Willie Watson announces debut solo album, 2014 tour

Old Crow Medicine Show founding member Willie Watson will release his debut solo album titled Folk Singer Vol. 1 on May 6 and he'll spend much of his spring and summer criss-crossing the U.S. on tour.

Watson will play the Cat's Cradle Back Room in Carrboro on Wednesday, July 16. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 7, via Ticketfly for $10.

Check out a video of Watson performing the song "Keep It Clean" in a factory at the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion last year below.



Willie Watson tour dates
03.12.14 - Austin, TX - SXSW – St. David’s Episcopal Church
03.13.14 - Luck, TX - Heartbreaker Banquet
03.14.14 - Midland, TX - ArtiZen
04.01.14 - Florence, AL - 116 E Mobile
04.02.14 - Birmingham, AL - The BottleTree
04.03.14 - Athens, GA - Green Room
04.04.14 - Johnson City, TN - The Down Home
04.04-06.14 - Knoxville, TN - Rhythm and Blooms Festival
04.26.14 - Indio, CA - Stagecoach Festival
04.27.14 - San Diego, CA - Adams Avenue Unplugged
05.01.14 - Decatur, GA - Eddie’s Attic
05.02.14 - Lawndale, NC - Five-String Fest
05.03.14 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall
05.06.14 - Nashville, TN - Record Release In Store at Grimey’s
05.07.14 - Nashville, TN - Music City Roots @ Loveless Café Barn
05.08.14 - Nashville, TN - The Station Inn
05.09.14 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar [Tickets]
05.10.14 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
05.11.14 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
05.13.14 - Evanston, IL - SPACE
05.15.14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
05.16.14 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
05.17.14 - Washington, DC - Gypsy Sally [Tickets]
05.21.14 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
05.22.14 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live Upstairs [Tickets]
05.30.14 - Berkeley, CA - Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse [Tickets]
06.13-15.14 - Palisade, CO - Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival [Tickets]
07.11.14 - Somerset, KY - Master Musicians Festival @ Somerset Community College
07.12.14 - Sugar Grove, NC - MusicFest ‘n Sugar Grove
07.13.14 - Mount Solon, VA - Red Wing Roots Music Festival
07.15.14 - Ashland, VA - Ashland Coffee & Tea
07.16.14 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Backroom [Tickets]
07.17.14 - Abingdon, VA - Abingdon Music Experience
07.18-20.14 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
08.28-31.14 - Fayetteville, AR - Fayetteville Roots Festival