Sleepy’s marchin’ on…Stateside!

So it’s not too often you hear of a Scottish artist embarking on a US tour these days. There are exceptions, like yer SXSW when (mainly) shite indie bands get a grant to be chased by Vic Galloway who gets some licence fee money to be a cock on a different continent than usual

However the good ole boys in the southern US are in for a treat, as the King of the Clyde Delta Blues has gambled like rain man and been the wheels merchant for an out of town heist crew on enough occasions to score a ticket for his spiritual home. Aided and abetted by Slate Dump (a fine fellow if ever there was one) Sleepy Eyes Nelson is embarking on his week long tri state tour ‘Covered in Blues’ this coming Saturday. If you’re in Mississippi, Tennessee or West Virginia, check out the dates on the poster below.
Y’all know us at Hooverville are confirmed fans of our man, but isn’t it great to see him head to the states and realise an ambition? Hopefully he’ll not only enjoy himself but pick up a few fans and contacts to further his popularity. It seems to have been a good year for Sleepy, with plenty of cool gig bookings, and I don’t think it’ll jinx the situation to say he’s getting up a head of steam. I was thinking ‘maybe he’ll even get some arts funding for SXSW’ but that’s probably a non starter. He doesn’t have that carefully scruffy mid length wankers hair cut you seem to need and would probably give a good right hook to the fat jester when he asks ‘So why you called Sleepy Eyes? Actually….that interview could be a youtube sensation. Let’s start a campaign!