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Join The Whiskey Treat Roadshow for their CD release party at Memorial Hall on Saturday, June 13 at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance (purchased at Floodwater or online) or $25 at the door. The doors open at 5:30 PM and seating is first come first serve. Children under 13 are $5.The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow is made up of Massachusetts-based songwriters Tory Hanna, Chris Merenda, Greg Daniel Smith, and David Tanklefsky. For over 10 years, the band has thrilled regional and national audiences with its high energy live shows, earning them slots at acclaimed festivals, including Green River Fest, Fresh Grass, The Rock Boat, Levitate Flannel Jam, Strange Creek, Wormtown, The Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, and the Black Bear Music Festival. The Treaty has been nominated for three New England Music Awards for Best Roots Act, winning the award in 2022.
Originally founded as an offshoot of the Whiskey Treaty Festival, which took place in the early 2010’s in Greenfield, Mass., the “roadshow” was a four-night run from western Mass. to Boston undertaken by the singer-songwriters who would form the band in the summer of 2014. But a short-form documentary about the project began earning recognition at regional film festivals, inspiring the group to continue playing together. The band quickly built a devoted following with its foot-stomping, instrument-swapping, song-trading live show.
In January 2020, the band released its debut studio album, Band Together, featuring Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) on drums and Pat Sansone (Wilco) on bass and a cameo from Berkshires music legend Arlo Guthrie. The album was produced by acclaimed Berkshires musician/producer Johnny Irion. The album received praise from Rolling Stone, No Depression, and American Songwriter. A coveted slot on the traveling music festival The Rock Boat followed, as well as a video performance with PASTE Magazine.
The following year the band released Recovered, a COVID-era covers album and video project producer by long-time member Billy Keane, which raised more than $20,000 for out of work service workers, earning the band the Berkshire Community Action Council’s Volunteer of the Year Award. In 2023, the band released Late Night Laid Back…and Live, a live record featuring more than a dozen new songs written and recorded at the famed Egremont Barn as part of a week-long writing retreat.
Each summer, in addition to touring, the Treaty has hosted its own music festival, “Mountain Day,” which has drawn upwards of 700 people to the Berkshires for a day of music and community since 2022.
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Shelburne Falls Memorial Hall Association, 45 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-1141, United States
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