Toronto roots rock ensemble the Wooden Sky returned with Let's Be Ready last year, and the band are gearing up to take those songs back on the road for a string of North American tour dates. In honour of the tour's launch, the band have offered up a live video paying homage to Tom Petty's "American Girl."
It's a tune that's been in the band's live lineup for a while now, and the new clip captures on film their fresh take on the Petty classic. A statement from the band about the new video reads:
There's still some magic left in the innocence of rock and roll and this song embodies a lot of that spirit. It's an early Tom Petty classic and one we've been playing live off and on for a few years. We were in a little beach town filming our own songs at an old theatre when one of the camera men, who'd been with us since our early days, asked us if we would play "American Girl" for him. It had been a long day of filming but we fired up one take for old times sake. When we got the footage back it was clear that we'd captured something and thought maybe it was time we put our take on it out there into the world.
You can see the group's upcoming tour dates listed below, and scroll past those to watch their take on "American Girl" in the player below.
Tour dates:
06/16 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
06/18 Winnipeg, MB - WECC
06/19 Saskatoon, SK - Moso Festival
06/20 Regina, SK - Artesian
06/23 Nelson, BC - The Hume Hotel
06/25 Edmonton, AB - Mercury Room
06/27 Lac La Ronge, SK - Napatak Ramble 2015
07/08 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
07/09 Washington, DC - DC9 Nightclub
07/10 Brooklyn, NY - Cameo Gallery
07/11 New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall
07/13 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Upstairs
07/14 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
07/16 Halifax, NS - The Carlton
07/17 Halifax, NS - The Carlton
07/18 Fredericton, NS - Fredrock Festival
07/23 - 25 Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07/26 Seattle, WA - The Capitol Hill Block Party
07/30 Kelowna, BC - The Habitat
08/01-02 Wells, BC - TBA
08/04 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
08/05 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
08/06-09 Darrington, WA - Summer Meltdown 2015
08/07 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
08/08 Coffee Creek, CA - Trailhead Pizza
08/09 Oakland, CA - Leo's
08/14-16 Elora, ON - Riverfest Elora 2015
08/28-30 Toronto, ON - Camp Wavelength
It's a tune that's been in the band's live lineup for a while now, and the new clip captures on film their fresh take on the Petty classic. A statement from the band about the new video reads:
There's still some magic left in the innocence of rock and roll and this song embodies a lot of that spirit. It's an early Tom Petty classic and one we've been playing live off and on for a few years. We were in a little beach town filming our own songs at an old theatre when one of the camera men, who'd been with us since our early days, asked us if we would play "American Girl" for him. It had been a long day of filming but we fired up one take for old times sake. When we got the footage back it was clear that we'd captured something and thought maybe it was time we put our take on it out there into the world.
You can see the group's upcoming tour dates listed below, and scroll past those to watch their take on "American Girl" in the player below.
Tour dates:
06/16 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
06/18 Winnipeg, MB - WECC
06/19 Saskatoon, SK - Moso Festival
06/20 Regina, SK - Artesian
06/23 Nelson, BC - The Hume Hotel
06/25 Edmonton, AB - Mercury Room
06/27 Lac La Ronge, SK - Napatak Ramble 2015
07/08 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
07/09 Washington, DC - DC9 Nightclub
07/10 Brooklyn, NY - Cameo Gallery
07/11 New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall
07/13 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Upstairs
07/14 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
07/16 Halifax, NS - The Carlton
07/17 Halifax, NS - The Carlton
07/18 Fredericton, NS - Fredrock Festival
07/23 - 25 Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07/26 Seattle, WA - The Capitol Hill Block Party
07/30 Kelowna, BC - The Habitat
08/01-02 Wells, BC - TBA
08/04 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
08/05 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
08/06-09 Darrington, WA - Summer Meltdown 2015
08/07 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
08/08 Coffee Creek, CA - Trailhead Pizza
08/09 Oakland, CA - Leo's
08/14-16 Elora, ON - Riverfest Elora 2015
08/28-30 Toronto, ON - Camp Wavelength
