JOE FLETCHER’S STRIPPED DOWN ‘YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG MAN’ RECORDED ON MOBILE FIELD RECORDING UNIT ACROSS UNITED STATES, SET FOR OCT 7 RELEASE

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Joe Fletcher has confirmed an October 7 release for ‘You’ve Got the Wrong Man,’ his solo debut. A departure from his 2011 full band recording ‘White Lighter,’ the album strips down Joe’s tales of dead-end towns, barstools, ghosts, sailing ships, rat-trap motels, and mysterious fires to just his cigarette-stained vocals and acoustic, electric, and 12-string solo guitar.

The first songs were recorded at Fletcher’s old apartment in the harbor town of Warren, RI. The next batch come from a 150-year old farmhouse in Arnoldsville, GA. The final round was harvested in his new home in East Nashville, TN.

Fletcher’s writing is second-to-none. “Florence, Alabama” sees a barroom romance stifled as an AWOL soldier is sent back to the front. Hank Williams’ ghost appears in “Haint Blue Cadillac,” a tale set in the Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery, AL. “I Never (Reprise)” is one of Fletcher’s signature songs in concert, concerning a ship’s crewmate who suggests mutiny over returning home. It was recorded with the help of Patrick Sweany, John McCauley (Deer Tick), JP Harris, Joshua Black Wilkins, and others. A cover of Brown Bird’s “Mabel Grey” original sea chantey closes the album and pays tribute to Dave Lamb, who passed away last year at 36.

The former high school English and American roots music teacher says, “For years I have been using my trusty blue Tascam cassette four-track machine to work on new material. A little while back when I decided I was going to make my first real solo record, I dusted off that same machine and began recording my ideas. It quickly dawned on me that this was the sound I was after for this particular project. It was raw and personal and imperfect.”

The hard-touring troubadour will be on the road through the fall and has opened shows for Jason Isbell, The Low Anthem, Deer Tick, Devil Makes Three, Joe Doe, and Lucero. Fletcher has also curated two Newport Folk Festival events and played the festival himself twice. This year will also mark his sophomore appearance at Americana Festival in Nashville, TN and a performance at Newport Folk Festival’s Way Over Yonder Festival, both in September.

‘You’ve Got The Wrong Man’ Track List:

1. Florence, Alabama

2. Haint Blue Cadillac

3. Miss Red

4. Blame Game Blues

5. I Never (Reprise)

6. Oceanside Motel

7. Heart in a Mousetrap

8. The Wilsons

9. Life of the Party

10. The Promise

11. Highway Roulette

12. Mabel Grey

Joe Fletcher Tour Dates:

Aug 27 - New Vintage, Louisville, KY

Aug 28 - Mahall's 20 Lanes, Lakewood, OH

Aug 29 - Howler's Coyote Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA

Aug 30 - Abilene, Rochester, NY

Aug 31 - Campfire Festival, Lakewood, PA

Sept 3 - Great Scott, Boston, MA

Sept 4 - Dream Away Lodge, Becket, MA

Sept 5 - Columbus Theatre, Providence, RI

Sept 6 - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1, New York, NY

Sept 20 – The Basement, Nashville, TN (Americana Music Festival)

Sept 25 – Pappy and Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA

Sept 26 - Way Over Yonder Festival, Santa Monica, CA

Sept 28 - Soda Bar, San Diego, CA (w/ Rev. Peyton’s Big Dam Band)

Oct 2 - Standing Sun Winery, Beullton, CA

Oct 3-5 - Keepin' It Country, Bandit Town, CA

Oct 8 – The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA

Nov 11 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA (w/ O'Death)

Nov 12 - The Pinhook, Durham, NC (w/ O'Death)

Nov 13 - DC9, Washington, DC (w/ O'Death)