ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD FALL & WINTER TOUR DATES
WITH TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS, NIKKI LANE, SUSTO, AND KENDELL MARVEL
TO APPEAR AT WHISKEY MYERS’ FIREWATER FEST, AMERICANAFEST,
BRISTOL RHYTHM & ROOTS REUNION & MORE
49 Winchester will make their Grand Ole Opry debut on August 30th in support of their critically acclaimed Fortune Favors the Bold. The new album has quickly generated over 10 million global streams and is now generating north of 750,000 streams a week. Fortune Favors the Bold debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top New Artist Chart, #7 on the Billboard Current Country Chart, and #10 on the Billboard Folk Americana Chart as well. Of their Opry debut, frontman Isaac Gibson said, “I remember when this band first started, people half-jokingly said, ‘When are you boys gonna be on the Grand Ole Opry?’ And I would respond, half-jokingly myself, ‘Someday soon.’ After years of constant work, and the utmost faith in each other and what we are doing, here we are. Seeing this play out before our eyes is quite literally a dream come true. It’s a tremendous honor, and a feather in the cap of anyone in this realm of music.”
Met with critical acclaim, Whiskey Riff said, “49 Winchester strikes gold…The best record released so far in 2022, don’t be surprised if it still remains on top at the year’s end,” while Magnet Magazine called them “One of the country’s most promising new outfits.” Holler awarded the album an 8 out of 10 star review while Glide Magazine said, “…the Virginia-based 49 Winchester has put plenty of miles on the van, playing hundreds of shows, sticking with their own brand of outlaw country that would make Willie, Waylon and the boys beam with pride.”
Quickly becoming a standout live act, 49 Winchester has been garnering new fans while supporting Whiskey Myers on their Tornillo Summer Tour and will also appear at their Firewater Festival as well. The band recently made their Ryman Auditorium debut to thunderous applause and will also return to the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, where they have solidified themselves as a fan favorite. Additionally, they have announced an appearance at this year’s AmericanaFest, as well as select dates with Turnpike Troubadours, Nikki Lane, SUSTO, Kendall Marvel, and more. Please see tour dates below.
Formed on Winchester Street in the small mountain town of Castlewood, Virginia (population: 2,045), 49 Winchester started as a group of neighborhood teenage friends set on a calculated DIY path. In 2014 they independently released their eponymous debut, followed by 2018’s The Wind, and 2020’s celebrated III. Reflecting on his early days as a jack-of-all-trades stone mason, where it was about trying to make ends meet in an effort to keep the band rolling along, frontman Gibson can’t help but be grateful for a well-earned notion at the core of the band’s ethos — anything worthwhile in life is built brick-by-brick. “Everything has to be built. And very few people are going to achieve success overnight,” says Gibson. “We didn’t start out as a bunch of hot shot pickers out of Nashville. We started out on the ground floor — very basic songwriting and instrumentation. But we kept working at it, always progressing in what we wanted to do and how we wanted to sound — each song better than the previous one, the show this evening better than last night.”
49 Winchester’s Fortune Favors The Bold is available NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS.