Dent May, who most music fans recognize as the ukulele-toting front man of the band …And His Magnificent Ukulele (TMT Review), just recently completed a tour of the US of A with A.C. Newman and opened for Animal Collective in the UK, but now he's announced that, yes, he does want to steal Tiny Tim’s legacy as “the strange guy who plays a little guitar and sings with a slightly odd voice.” Oh, also, he’s going on tour or something. But as far as I’m concerned, the only guy who can get away with records based around the ukulele is Tiny Tim.
Since I'm here, though, I might as well give you the information about the tour, which represents May’s first headlining jaunt around the country and includes a date at the Sasquatch! festival in Washington. Dates:
05.15.09 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
05.16.09 - St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
05.17.09 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
05.19.09 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
05.20.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05.21.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
05.22.09 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05.23.09 - George, WA - Sasquatch
05.27.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
05.28.09 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
If you go to the Chicago show, be sure to pick me up a record so that I have something to burn when the winter nights get too cold and I have no way to express my anger about overly-twee musicians who can’t play anything but a guitar as big as my cock.
LONG LIVE TINY TIM! TIP-TOE THROUGH THE FUCKING TULIPS WITH ME!