JD & The Straight Shot Come to City Winery NYC This Month

New York City-based Americana band JD & The Straight Shot - featuring vocalist/guitarist Jim Dolan whose voice the New York Post calls "reminiscent of Tom Waits and Randy Newman," bassist ByRon House (Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton) and violinist/fiddler Erin Slaver (Martina McBride, Rod Stewart) - has announced a hometown NYC show on June 22nd at City Winery.

JD & The Straight Shot's sound is steeped in the quiet fire of Americana with distinctive elements of roots music topped off with a dash of classic rock. Rock At Night calls them "Superb Americana," Stageshottz Magazine raves, "They define the new Americana sound," Bullet Music enthuses the band is "Chock-full of good ol' American soul" and Write On Music declares them "uniquely different and altogether dynamic."

The band is currently working on their forthcoming album due out in 2017. The achingly beautiful first single "I Know, You Know, I Know" gives an exciting taste of what's to come. The sparkling ballad produced by Chuck Ainlay (Mark Knopfler, Miranda Lambert), was written by Dolan, Slaver and Marc Copely (B.B. King, Rosanne Cash) with sweeping accordion refrains by Shawn Pelton (Sheryl Crow, Levon Helm, Saturday Night Live band).

JD & The Straight Shot has been touring nonstop in support of their 2016 all-acoustic album Ballyhoo!. In addition to upcoming June 6th - June 18th dates with rock icon Don Henley, the band has performed alongside luminaries such as Joe Walsh, Keith Urban, the Dixie Chicks, Jewel, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Chicago. South Florida Insider gushes, "JD & The Straight Shot's wonderful harmonies make the melodies even sweeter" and their live set is "everything a music lover could want and more."

JD & The Straight Shot on Tour:

6/6 Boston, MA @Blue Hills Bank Pavilion*

6/8 Washington, D.C. @The Theater at MGM National Harbor*

6/10 Bethlehem, PA @Sands Bethlehem Events Center*

6/13 Toronto, ONT @ Budweiser Stage*

6/15 Cincinnati, OH @PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Event Center*

6/17 Chicago, IL @Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*

6/18 St. Paul, MN @Xcel Energy Center*

6/22 New York, NY @City Winery
*(w/ Don Henley)