DENNIS & BRAD'S
GREAT BREWERY TOUR
COMING TO YOU

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May 5, 2022

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After being canceled twice by Covid, our first West Coast tour was a complete blast!  The 5-week trek had us playing around 20 shows in 9 states, and it was all fantastic.   Demand was so high, and then reception so good, that we're now exploring a 2nd west coast tour later this year... possibly in September!  In the last 3 months Django has swam in the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific for the first time; we played mountain tops, wine country, pot country, a rooftop in Reno, a flatbed in Utah, big stages and cozy corners.

We met thousands of great people, reconnected with old friends, and enjoyed hundreds of tasty beers of all styles. We cruised in the RV through the Donner Pass and white-knuckled a few other narrow mountain passes, and battled gale-force winds in the high desert, and had a near-miss tornado in the plains.

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Nov 22, 2022

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Hey!  Our t-shirts have been super hot this year!  We do a new shirt for each leg of the tour (Summer, Fall, West Coast, etc.), and if you check out our store page you'll see they're all sold out.... but we DO have some of West Coast, Pt 2 shirts available, and currently on sale!  These shirts were so hot they sold out halfway through our recent (Sept/Oct) west coast tour, so we had to scramble to get get more made and shipped to us on the road, and so now we have a few left in each size (M, L. XL, XXL).  As always, we only use the best quality 100% cotton shirts, and the printing is HQ silk screening (not computer printed, etc.).  Normally $20, on sale now for just $15, plus shipping ($3 per shirt).  With every order we also throw in a few free stickers.  You can order them while they last via our page, or what's even easier is just Venmo (no fees... just put what size you want, and your shipping address in the notes section, and we'll get 'em right out to ya).  To Venmo, just send payment and info to http://venmo.com/dennisohagan (if they ask for 4 digits, they are 2413)!   THANKS.... and when you get it, send us a pic of yourself wearing it, as we plan to do a collage of fans wearing the various shirt designs! 

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Oct 26, 2022

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After a few days of hibernation, we have more or less recovered from the West Coast Tour, Part 2... and what a tour it was! 8 weeks, 6700 miles (we've put 30,000+ miles on the tour bus since acquiring it in January!), passed thru 15 states, played in 10, multiple shows in 6 (spent an entire month in California). Played more than 20 new breweries (we've now played about 500, in 45 states). We experienced gas prices ranging from just over $3 to more than $7 in California. We played at altitudes ranging from more than 7000 feet, to sea level, on the beach. We woke up to the first snow of the season on the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas, and a few weeks later 100+ temps in the desert, along with a monsoon in the middle of the Arizona desert. Django swam again in several spots in the Pacific, and added Lake Tahoe and the Colorado River to his list. But the best was that we discovered so many great new breweries and beers, and made many, many new friends (and got to reunite with some old ones)! We had more fun than legally allowed, and so much so that we'll be back next May! Many thanks to the many people and breweries that made it such a great tour... you all rock!

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May 5, 2022

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After being canceled twice by Covid, our first West Coast tour was a complete blast!  The 5-week trek had us playing around 20 shows in 9 states, and it was all fantastic.   Demand was so high, and then reception so good, that we're now exploring a 2nd west coast tour later this year... possibly in September!  In the last 3 months Django has swam in the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific for the first time; we played mountain tops, wine country, pot country, a rooftop in Reno, a flatbed in Utah, big stages and cozy corners.

We met thousands of great people, reconnected with old friends, and enjoyed hundreds of tasty beers of all styles. We cruised in the RV through the Donner Pass and white-knuckled a few other narrow mountain passes, and battled gale-force winds in the high desert, and had a near-miss tornado in the plains.

Worthy Brewing, Bend, OR... Spring Tour 2022
 

The high gas costs in CA, OR, and NV were particularly painful (especially as we're touring in a motorhome), but the fans did a fantastic job of offsetting that pain for us by buying a ton of merch.... we nearly sold out of the new t-shirts and buttons!    So THANK YOU so much for that, and if you bought a shirt please don't forget to send us a photo of you wearing it for the special fan collage that we're working on!

While booking, we had many more breweries interested than we had time to play, particularly in California, Oregon, and Colorado.... and now that we've had so much fun and had so many breweries invite us back, we are exploring another run out west this year.... possibly in September!  Stay tuned for updates.....

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March 21, 2022

Winter Tour was a raging success and a ton of fun... we covered more than 8000 miles, broke in the new RV, and brought Django along for all of it!  Several weeks in Texas, Florida, some Midwest shows, and capping it off with a run through coastal Virginia and the Carolinas, we played almost exclusively new breweries, and met a ton of new friends along the way.

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Next up is our first voyage out west.... after two years of Covid-cancellations, we're finally doing the west coast, playing more than 20 shows in 8 states over 5 weeks (the entire month of April).  Then we'll rest our bones in May with some shows closer to home before another extensive run of east coast beach town breweries in June!  Hope to see ya out there, and follow on social media for the latest news!  

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February 23, 2022

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Well 2022 has taken off like a rocket!  The Winter Tour kicked off in Texas again this year, this time at the legendary Deep Ellum Brewing in Dallas (previous years have started in Austin), February was spent touring all over Florida, and now we're getting ready to hit the East Coast in March, and spend the entire month of April on the West Coast!  We're now traveling in the new RV with my boxer Django, and it's been a blast!  The RV will soon be wrapped in a really cool design that will feature the logos of some of the breweries we stop at.... so if you're interested in having your brewery included let us know ASAP!  

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As the reality TV show about the tour progresses we are starting to film a lot of funny stuff and will be featuring outtakes, etc. on our YouTube Channel exclusively for subscribers.... so subscribe today, and see the first installment.... an outtake of the pilot episode shot in Cincinnati, the band playing a few tunes mashed together with a message we think you'll like! 

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We have have so much happening in 2022!  This will be the tour's 5th year, and we're up to our eyeballs planning the itinerary... so far it looks like we'll be hitting at least 30 states in the new year, including an extensive Western Tour that will (finally) bring us to CO, UT, NV, NoCA, OR, MT, WY, NE in the Spring.  We'll be doing extensive Summer and Fall runs in New England, and a big run through the upper Midwest (Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, etc.) in July... in ADDITION to all our usual annual routes through the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and South.  We're kicking the year off again in January with a couple of weeks in Texas, then Florida in February... then branch out all over the place from there!

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With Brad now fully in the fold you can expect the vast majority of shows to be performed as a duo (with Dennis and Brad trading off on acoustic guitars, bass, lap steel, bouzouki, harp, percussion, etc.... billed as Dennis & Brad's Great Brewery Band), and periodic larger shows as a trio (where we add a drummer).  Brad and Dennis will also be playing their solo shows from time to time... so keep an eye on the schedule (above) for details on each show.  

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And finally... the TV show.  We've been so busy we're soon starting on the post-production of the first episode, which we filmed in October.  We'll obviously be filming many more in 2022, and are always on the hunt for excellent breweries in exceptional surroundings (exceptionally cool taprooms, beer gardens, etc.) to film our episodes, so drop us a line (below) if you have suggestions!  News on where you'll be able to watch the show will be coming soon (this TV thing is a SLOW moving process...)!

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Here's to a GREAT 2022.... see ya soon!

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BACK SOON... IN ASHEVILLE, NC!

While canceling the 2020 caravan was a huge disappointment for everyone, it was the right thing to do.  There were too many uncertainties around COVID, and it takes a ton of work to organize the logistics for lodging, etc. only to have it be canceled last minute.  The GOOD NEWS is that all parties are wanting to reschedule it... so stay tuned for confirmation!  Maybe pencil in Labor Day Weekend 2022....

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A very special "thank you" to UpCountry, Archetype, and Sierra Nevada breweries for their commitments and patience.

Dennis O'Hagan is an Irish/American songwriter and guitarist who has been active in the music scene for 30 years. Playing in various indie/alternative bands over the years, and currently credited with continuing the tradition of Folk Punk as a solo artist, he has shared the stage with artists as diverse as the Violent Femmes, the Church, Blue Oyster Cult, Bruce Hornsby, Afghan Whigs, as well as many others. His most recent band, the Voodoo Loons, hailed from both the US and Ireland, have released two critically acclaimed albums, and are in rotation on SiriusXM as well as other global streaming outlets.

In 2018 Dennis embarked on his Great Brewery Tour, which has continued on through 2021 with him playing solo/acoustic shows and sharing tales of his travels at craft breweries throughout the U.S... so far more than 400 in ~40 states.  He publishes a well read blog of his thoughts on the brewery and the beers he samples long the way, providing national exposure to regional breweries during a time of exploding craft beer tourism. The tour has been so successful that it is rolling on into it’s fifth year, and at this point seems to have developed into a perpetual tour.  

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In 2020 Dennis began work with a reknowned production company to develop a reality show based on the tour, combining his brewery stops with tour shenanigans, and expanding the music from a solo set to a small acoustic band (think Violent Femmes, but rootsier and with a wider selection of instrumentation.

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Dennis O’Hagan’s Great Brewery tour scales to allow him to play craft breweries of any size, ranging from small cozy nano-breweries to giant venues such as Sierra Nevada’s huge compound in Asheville, NC.  "Craft brewers are artists, and as such they and their patrons tend to be tuned in and have a deep appreciation not only for the art of making great beer, but also of music... so with me being a musician/songwriter and having a great appreciation of the brewer's art, there is this perfect mutual admiration that makes this whole experience very satisfying and FUN for everyone involved.”