ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY STREAMS JOE FLETCHER’S SOLO DEBUT ‘YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG MAN,’ OUT TOMORROW & RECORDED TO CASSETTE IN SEASIDE VILLAGE; ANTEBELLUM FARMHOUSE; AND EAST NASHVILLE HOUSE

Entertainment Weekly is streaming Joe Fletcher’s new album ‘You’ve Got The Wrong Man,’ out tomorrow on Wrong Reasons Records. Miles Raymer writes, “To fans of folk’s darker side, Joe Fletcher’s You’ve Got the Wrong Man should come as a bracing breath of fresh air... His third LP, recorded solo to tape in multiple locations around the country, has the no-fi production values of a Lomax field recording, the hardscrabble allure of Springsteen’s Nebraska, and the gritty tunefulness of Mississippi John Hurt."

Befitting the stark, narrative-oriented nature of the songs, Fletcher decided to make this album solo, recording in stereo directly to cassette tape in several locations, including the seaside village of Warren, RI, where he lived until last year; an antebellum farmhouse in Arnoldsville, GA just outside of Athens; and his new home in East Nashville, TN.

The Georgia farmhouse was built in 1859 and serves as site of the biannual Wildwood Festival, at which Fletcher will perform in November. Robert E. Lee slept in the house, which is part of a 30-acre farm.

While most of the album was recorded solo, Fletcher called in a cadre of friends for fan favorite “I Never (Reprise)” and his version of Brown Bird’s “Mabel Grey,” both recorded in East Nashville. Those joining him in singing the refrains of those tunes include Patrick Sweany, John McCauley (Deer Tick), JP Harris, Joshua Black Wilkins, among others.

Joe Fletcher Tour Dates:

OCT 6 - Driftwood, San Francisco, CA
OCT 8 - Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
OCT 9 - El Cid, Los Angeles, CA
OCT 16 - White Water Tavern, Little Rock, AR
OCT 17 - Magnolia Motor Lounge, Fort Worth, TX
OCT 19 - Whip In, Austin, TX
OCT 30 - Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL
OCT 31 - The Gramophone, St. Louis, MO (w/ Whitey Morgan & the 78s)
NOV 1 - HiFi, Indianapolis, IN
NOV 7 - Ground Zero, Spartanburg, SC
NOV 8 - Wildwood Revival, Arnoldsville, GA
NOV 10 – Exit / In, Nashville, TN (w/ O’Death)
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)
NOV 15 - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
NOV 16 – Atwood’s, Cambridge, MA
NOV 20 - Southgate House, Newport, KY
NOV 23 - Sugarland Distillery, Gatlinburg, TN
DEC 11 - The Basement, Nashville, TN
DEC 31 - Higher Ground, Burlington, VT (w/ The Devil Makes Three)
JAN 2 - Higher Ground, Burlington, VT (w/ The Devil Makes Three)
JAN 3 - State Theater, Portland, ME (w/ The Devil Makes Three)