June 29th, 2017 (New York, NY) – Shawn James and the Shapeshifters kick-off European tour in support of their album titled, The Gospel According to Shawn James & The Shapeshifters. The album is a high energy rock opus blending elements of swampy blues, heavy metal and featuring intensely soulful, passionate vocals. SLUG Magazine reports the album “features some of their most ambitiously soulful pieces to date with plenty of fiddle, banjo and heavy guitar to accent frontman Shawn James‘ richly fervent vocals. “
The heavy guitar playing attracted the attention of the artist relations team at famed amp company Mesa-Boogie who have added Shawn James to their roster of rockers including members of Behemoth, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Metallica and many others. James will tour with his Roadster® 2x12 Closed Back Combo and Rectifier® Cabinets 4x12 Recto® Standard OS Straight Cabinet.
The band has also garnered the attention of music supervisors and original songs Shawn James has penned, like "Omen," have landed placements on popular TV shows like Yukon Men on the Discovery Channel and Shameless on Showtime, and most recently for the Naughty Dog/Sony PlayStation game, The Last of Us 2, which featured the track "Through the Valley.” The video game trailer instantly went viral online and countless fans from all over the world posted videos of themselves covering the song.
Shawn James and the Shapeshifters has shared the stage with artists like Crowbar, Helmet, He is Legend, Murder by Death, Lucero and The Hooten Hallers. On this tour the band will wow crowds at major summer festivals including Wacken in Germany and Blueballs Festival in Switzerland.
The band is Shawn James on guitar and vocals, Jedidiah Brandon on banjo and guitar, Sage Cornelius on fiddle, Jeff Bodine on bass and Kirby Westmoreland on drums.
Fans can visit the newly opened webstores
HERE for U.S. and
HERE for Europe.
SHAWN JAMES AND THE SHAPESHIFTERS EUROPEAN
TOUR DATES:
Saturday, July 1st at Pirate Farm Fest in Tielt-Winge, BE
Sunday, July 2nd at Sunday Roots Festival in Meppel, NL
Tuesday, July 4th at Irish Pub in Eibergen, NL
Thursday, July 6th at Schaubude in Kiel, DE
Friday, July 7th at Hobo Bar in Hildensheim, DE
Sunday, July 9th at Les Festival en Othe in Aix en Othe, FR
Monday, July 10th at L'antre du Phoenix (Solo Show) in Troyes, FR
Friday, July 14th at Garage Sound Fest in Madrid, ES
Saturday, July 15th at Razmatazz 3 in Barcelona, ES
Monday, July 17th at Place Salva in Guillestre, FR
Wednesday, July 19th at Sonic Ballroom in Cologne, DE
Friday, July 21st at Südwinsen Festival in Südwinsen, DE
Saturday, July 22nd Tonellis (Solo Show) in Leipzig, DE
Sunday, July 23rd at Tag der Jugend in Geislingen, DE
Tuesday, July 25th at Foodtruck Festival in Basel, CH
Wednesday, July 26th at Blueballs Festival in Luzern, CH
Friday, July 28th at Tower in Bremen, DE
Tuesday, August 1st private engagement in Berlin, DE
Wednesday, August 2nd at Music Star in Norderstedt, DE
Thursday, August 3rd Wacken Open Air in Wacken, DE
Saturday, August 5th at Krach am Bach in Beelen, DE
Sunday, August 6th at U & D in Stuttgart, DE
Tuesday, August 8th at Tucher Blues & Jazzfestival in Bamberg, DE
Wednesday, August 9th at Ponyhof in Frankfurt, DE
Friday, August 11th at Jungfer in Arnstadt, DE
Saturday, August 12th at Gruben Grooves
Sunday, August 13th at Open Flair Festival in Eschwege, DE
Shawn James and the Shapeshifters can be found online at:
shawnjamesmusic.com
facebook.com/ShawnJamesSoul
twitter.com/ShawnJamesMusic
youtube.com/ShawnJamesSoul
ShawnJamesSoul.bandcamp.com
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