Sawyer Brown 40th Anniversary Tour (Canada)

With Shenandoah

Special Guest George Fox

October 17th - November 2nd, 2024

By Curtis Newart

October 1, 2024

Sawyer Brown (L to R): Shayne Hill, Joe "Curly" Smyth, Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Mark Miller (Photo Credit: Dean Dixon)

Sawyer Brown 40th Anniversary Tour

Sawyer Brown's 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR continues into Canada on October 17th in Edmonton, Alberta, celebrating 40 years since winning the inaugural Star Search competition, and signing with Capitol Records.

To commemorate their anniversary, Sawyer Brown released the documentary Sawyer Brown: Get Me To The Stage On Time, a behind-the-scenes look at a forty year career they describe as "the American Dream by way of a dirt road".

Sawyer Brown Film Official Trailer | "Get Me To The Stage On Time"

The documentary, which shares its name with a track from their Desperado Troubadours album, debuted one year ago, on October 1st, at the 54th Nashville Film Festival.

Update! Sawyer Brown has announced that the documentary will debut on streaming platforms on November 4, 2024, on Amazon, Google, and iTunes.

Sawyer Brown: Get Me To The Stage On Time documentary

After being thrust into the public eye by their Star Search win, Sawyer Brown opened for Kenny Rogers during his 18-month arena tour.

Sawyer Brown with Kenny Rogers in Japan (1985) (Photo courtesy of Randy Dorman)

Sawyer Brown has released nineteen studio albums, one live album, and five compilation albums.

Their albums The Dirt Road, Outskirts of Town, and Greatest Hits 1990-1995, have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Canadian (CRIA). The album The Boys Are Back is certified platinum by the CRIA.

Dick Clark Interviews Sawyer Brown - American Bandstand 1985

The Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM Awards) winners will be touring with GRAMMY Award-winning band Shenandoah, and Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA Awards) winner George Fox, for twelve dates across Canada.

Sawyer Brown 40th Anniversary Tour poster

Tour Dates

Canadian Dates - BUY TICKETS NOW!

Oct. 17 - Edmonton, AB - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Oct. 18 - Red Deer, AB - Peavey Mart Centrium
Oct. 19 - Saskatoon, SK - Sasktel Centre
Oct. 21 - Prince George, BC - CN Centre
Oct. 22 - Kelowna, BC - Prospera Place
Oct. 24 - Calgary, AB - Winsport Event Centre
Oct. 25 - Lethbridge, AB - Enmax Centre
Oct. 26 - Moose Jaw, SK - Moose Jaw Events Centre
Oct. 27 - Brandon, MB - Keystone Centre
Oct. 30 - Peterborough, ON - Peterborough Memorial Centre
Nov. 1 - Windsor, ON - The Colosseum
Nov. 2 - Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square

Additional Dates (Opening Acts TBD) - BUY TICKETS NOW!

Nov. 3 - Belleville, ON - Empire Theatre

Nov. 6 - St. John's, NFLD - Mary Brown's Centre (Special Guest Charlie Major)

Nov 8 - Moncton, NB - Casino New Brunswick

Nov 9 - Truro, NS - Rath Eastlink Community Centre (Special Guest Charlie Major)

Sawyer Brown is expected to play their biggest hits, some classic covers, and music from their new Blake Shelton-produced album Desperado Troubadours.

Desperado Troubadours 2024

Sawyer Brown - Desperado Troubadours (Official Music Video)

Sawyer Brown has charted 51 singles on the Billboard Hot Country chart, with 19 top ten singles, and three number one songs, "Step That Step", "Some Girls Do", and "Thank God for You".

Sawyer Brown - Step That Step

Sawyer Brown - Some Girls Do (Official Music Video)

Thank God for you - Sawyer Brown (CMA 1993)

Sawyer Brown Tour T-shirt

Contest

WINNER!
Scott H
of Windsor, ON

Their 1986 single "Shakin'" from the album of the same name hit #15 on Billboard's weekly Hot Country Songs chart.

Sawyer Brown - Shakin' (Official Music Video)

In 1989, their album The Boys Are Back produced the top ten hit single and fan favourite "The Race is On".

Sawyer Brown - The Race Is On (Official Music Video)

Sawyer Brown's 1997 album Six Days on the Road, gave us the titular track "Six Days on the Road".

Sawyer Brown - Six Days On The Road (Official Music Video)

In February, 2024, Mark Miller released his memoir The Boys and Me.

The Boys and Me: My Life in the Country Music Supergroup Sawyer Brown - Buy Now on Amazon.ca

How did they get their name? According to AllMusic biographer Steve Huey, the band met at their manager's office in Nashville and looked through local telephone books, finally deciding on the name from a nearby thoroughfare, Sawyer Brown Road.

Read the review in our November issue!

Shenandoah

Shenandoah (L to R): Paul Sanders, Marty Raybon, Mike McGuire, Donnie Allen (Courtesy of Shenandoah)

Shenandoah 2022 Sizzle

Shenandoah kicked off their 50-stop TWO DOZEN ROSES TOUR on May 31, 2024. The first leg of their trek included festival appearances with Nickelback and Luke Combs.

Shenandoah released a new version of their 1989 hit “Two Dozen Roses” featuring Combs in September, 2023, which soared to the top of the iTunes All Genre and Country charts, becoming the band's first chart topper in 30 years.

CMT Hot 20 Countdown on "Two Dozen Roses" - Shenandoah and Luke Combs

Marty Raybon and Mike McGuire founded Shenandoah with bassist Ralph Ezell, keyboardist Stan Thorn, and guitarist Jim Seales in 1984 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

They signed a recording contract with Columbia Records and released their eponymous album debut in 1987.

Their follow-up album, The Road Not Taken, launched five top ten hits, including "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" and "Mama Knows", plus three consecutive number one hits, "Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses."

Shenandoah - Church on Cumberland Road (Official Music Video)

Shenandoah - Sunday in the South featuring Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan

Shenandoah performs Two Dozen Roses on TV program Austin City Limits

Shenandoah Signed T-shirt Contest

WINNER
Melanie U

of Blacksville, NB

They have recorded ten studio albums (three certified gold), and have had 26 singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts, including "Next to You, Next to Me," and "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)."

Shenandoah - If Bubba Can Dance, I Can Too (Official Music Video)

Their duet “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” with Alison Krauss won a GRAMMY for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, and a CMA Awards trophy for Vocal Event of the Year.

Shenandoah - Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart featuring Alison Krauss (Official Music Video)

The group currently consists of Marty Raybon (lead singer), Mike McGuire (drums), Paul Sanders (bass), Donnie Allen (fiddle/acoustic/electric), Austin Brown (lead guitar), and Dale Wallace (keys).

Shenandoah has sold over eight million albums worldwide, and has had over 400 million on demand streams.

Read the review in our November issue!

George Fox

George Fox told me that people are asking him, “George are you making a comeback? I don't know about that. All I know is a lot of people that I happen to run into tell of how they are starved for their 90's country music."

George Fox (Photo Credit: Sherry Smith Photography)

“I'm thrilled to get out there to deliver some of my hits from back then, along with two great bands like Shenandoah and Sawyer Brown. It's also a fantastic way for me to launch my brand new memoir Trail of The Fox, a book I've been working on since my CCMA Hall of Fame induction two years ago. I'm making the first copies available on this tour as a concert exclusive.”

George Fox Signed Book Contest

Trail of the Fox by George Fox. In 1995, George was honoured by his hometown of Cochrane, Alberta, with the naming of a local roadway, George Fox Trail.

WINNER!
Gina D
of Camrose, AB

George Fox is a Canadian country western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Calgary, Alberta. He grew up 22 miles away on a ranch in Cochrane, raising cattle with his parents.

His first single, "Angelina", charted at number eight on the Canadian country music charts in 1988, and number seven on Billboard's Hot Country Radio Breakouts in 1990.

George Fox - Angelina (LIVE)

Since then, he has earned seventeen top ten spots, including "Goldmine", "No Trespassing", "Mustang Heart", "I Give You My Word", "Breakfast Alone" and the number one hits "What's Holding Me", and "First Comes Love".

George Fox - What's Holding Me (Official Music Video)

Fox has recorded 11 albums, headlined sold out shows coast to coast, and opened for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Randy Travis, and George Strait.