About this Event
DAISY CHAIN & MONK'S PRESENTS JASON DEA WEST THE WAY BACK WEST TOUR WITH LOCAL SUPPORT RIDDY ARMAN + O.T. HOLLOW DOORS 7P MUSIC 8P 21+ $18 ADV $23 DOS
JASON DEA WEST
Jason Dea West
Jason has been writing, recording and performing folk music around the country for some decades.
In his early years he traveled the country by freight train, hitchhiking and questionable old vehicles, cutting his teeth as young buskers on the streets of New Orleans, Nashville, Austin, Chicago and San Fransisco.
He has toured extensively with different bands throughout the lower 48 States and Alaska, appearing in barn dances and taverns, theaters and music festivals, the circus and vaudeville circuits and on radio and in film, forging and delivering their own unique blend of American folk and western music. He is a self-built, independent artists who has gained the attention of many passionate fans all over the world.
Wests’ poignant songwriting breathes new life into vintage sounds of country, folk and blues. From fierce guitar and harmonica instrumentals to humorous and heartfelt song and story, Jason never strays far away from his traditional untraditional anarchic punk-folk roots.
They have shared the stage with various other artists including Matt Heckler, The Resonant Rogues and Larry And His Flask.
In recent years Jason has worked as direct support for Sierra Ferrel, Lostdog Street Band & The Bridge City Sinners.
https://jasondeawest.com/
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RIDDY ARMAN
Riddy Arman is a La Honda Records recording artist. Fans have long anticipated her debut release since her popular performance video, shot by Western AF in a Montana Rail Link boxcar, where the world was introduced to her distinct, sultry lope.
Against the bucolic and industrial backdrop of the video, Arman is clearly in her element, clad with ranch worn clothing. It is obvious she lives a lifestyle many romanticize, but few truly understand. The chapters of her life so far make for a story much richer than a common western archetype. Unafraid to take new paths, Arman has traveled across the country — from the farmlands of the Midwest to the bustling streets of New York City, and now Montana— writing songs, working as a ranch hand, and practicing an Agrarian lifestyle.
Arman herself has chosen to take a different path, embracing isolation and interpreting her life through the rural landscape that adorns her lyrics. With fierce honesty and a voice that immediately commands attention, on her debut record, Riddy Arman has proven herself as much more than just a cowboy, singing her lonely songs.
https://www.riddyarman.com/
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RED MCADAM
Although he was born in the industrial heart of New Jersey, Red McAdam’s mother Maggie made damn sure to rear him on country and folk music. She served up a steady diet of celebrated songwriters and singers on their kitchen radio day after day, from classics like Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb to burgeoning legends like Lucinda Williams and Brad Paisley. Red’s father Bartholomew, a lifelong bass player, took it from there, teaching him banjo, mandolin, bass, and guitar.
A self-proclaimed ‘Western fraud,’ Red makes no effort to fit the country mold, but rather draws from the unique and largely unsung landscape of his world. Stranger-than-fiction episodes from his time on the road, preposterous characters with bizarre motives, and plain old bullshit mingle with vulnerable expressions of a tumultuous life and a threadbare heart. A first responder, passionate outdoorsman, recovering alcoholic, and heartbroken songwriter—Red earned whatever authenticity the country audience craves through his life, not place of birth.
McAdam’s playful outsider country music presents an inventive vision of what the genre can be. His rich, risky blend of traditional honky-tonk and Western swing draws on indie rock, R&B, and beyond, reflecting a lifelong love of all music and disdain for genres and rules of any kind. A consummate road dog, he brings his frenetic, dynamic, and occasionally delirious performances to dives, dancehalls, clubs, and theaters across the country. Listeners will recognize the Lone Star eccentricities of Terry Allen and Guy Clark, forlorn folk sensibilities of Elizabeth Cotton and Karen Dalton, and the driving genre-bending of The Band and Bob Dylan.
Over the past several years, he spent time working in National Parks and schools, bars and the backwoods, and most recently between emergency departments and ambulances across the country. After a spell hidden away in his high desert Arizona home, Red hit the road full tilt. In two barnstorming years, he and his band played 37 states over 13 tours, logging 90,000 miles and averaging over 200 shows a year. Red now lives outside of Austin in his 1976 Dodge Jamboree as the newest resident of the storied hill country and absolute greenest in a hallowed lineage of Texas songwriters.
https://www.redmcadam.com
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O.T. HOLLOW
Clawhammer Banjo & Old-Time Music
https://www.instagram.com/oldtimehollow?igsi=MnV5NWlrc3Zidmw5
Event venue & nearby stays
Monk’s, 225 Ryman, Missoula, United States
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