Leaving on a Jet Plane, With Steel Guitar

Our neighbor, musician and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee Jim Whitford, will be leaving tomorrow to tour with the excellent Canadian roots/country rock band Loomer as they tour the United Kingdom.
Whitford, best know for his time playing guitar, singing and writing songs for the Pine Dogs, played steel guitar on Loomer's fantastic Songs of the Wild West Island CD, released in 2006, and has played live with the band. Loomer is made up of several former members of the Saddletramps, who the Pine Dogs played with here and in Canada.
Loomer and Whitford's United Kingdom itinerary will be:
Aug 10 - Glenrothes (Fife) - Rothes Hall
Aug 11 - Belladrum Festival (Inverness)
Aug 12 - Edinburgh - The Village
Aug 14 - Carlisle - The Brickyard
Aug 15 - Leicester - The Musician
Aug 16 - Nottingham - The Maze
Aug 18 - Beford - Ents Shed
Aug 21 - London - The Windmill (Brixton)
Aug 23 - Southampton - Talking Heads
Aug 24 - Brighton - Anchor Inn
Aug 25 - Bristol - The Prom
For more information, you can visit the band's website at www.loomeronline.com, and when Loomer returns to Buffalo, you will read about it here.