<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span id="inserted2511" class="fontplugin_fontid_196_FONTH" style="font-size: 34px; color: #993333;">The Band of Heathens
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<p class="fontplugin_fontid_1379_RockSalt" style="text-align: center; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Americana / Austin</p>
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Celebrating ten years together, <strong>The Band of Heathens</strong> is set to embark on a banner year with founding members <strong>Ed Jurdi</strong> (guitar, keys, vocals) and <strong>Gordy Quist</strong> (guitar, vocals) along with <strong>Trevor Nealon</strong> (keys, vocals), <strong>Richard Millsap</strong> (drums, vocals) and <strong>Scott Davis</strong> (bass, vocals). Fresh off the boat from the SiriusXM Outlaw Country Cruise, this Austin, TX based world class rock n roll outfit has two new releases slated for 2016. The <em>Green Grass </em>EP premieres four new <strong>BOH</strong> originals and a faithful cover of The Band’s “Bessie Smith,<em>”</em> featuring <strong>Joe Fletcher,</strong> and will be followed by their 8th full length album tentatively slated for release in September.

In the coming months, they will be sailing the high seas aboard <strong>Kid Rock’s</strong> 7th Annual Chillin’ The Most Cruise, hitting select markets in the Rockies, Midwest and the Southeast and are set to return to The Ride Festival in Telluride, CO with Pearl Jam and many others later in the year. For their spring and summer 2016 tours, fans will receive a free digital download of the five-song limited edition EP,<em> Green Grass</em>, with all advance ticket purchases. The CD version will only be available at their shows and in the web store: <a href="http://www.bandofheathens.com/music" target="_blank">www.bandofheathens.com/music</a>. For a limited time anyone can download the title track for free at <a href="http://bit.ly/BOH_GreenGrass_2016" target="_blank">bit.ly/BOH_GreenGrass_2016.</a>

The title track of the EP, “Green Grass of California,” is a timely tongue-in-cheek marijuana anthem. “The issue of legalization has become both a ballot issue and a hot topic of discussion around the water cooler, so I like the idea of pushing it a little bit and getting involved in the discussion,” says Ed Jurdi. We’ve been playing that song live and it’s something that everyone’s been talking about with us after the show, so it’s connecting and is something that is on people’s minds.”
<p style="text-align: left;">For more information on The Band of Heathens please visit their website <a href="http://www.bandofheathens.com" target="_blank">bandofheathens.com</a></p>