George Porter, Jr. to Tour with 7 Walkers

Legendary New Orleans bassist George Porter, Jr. will be hitting the road as part of the jam supergroup, 7 Walkers, on their upcoming tour. The band, founded by ex-Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and guitarist Papa Mali, will also be releasing their self-titled debut on November 2 through Response Records. Though Porter is on the album, much of the bass work is also done by Reed Mathis, who left the band due to commitments with the group Tea Leaf Green.

Porter is best known for his groovy lines with funk pioneers, the Meters, but 7 Walkers is more of a southern rock jam band, in the vein of the Grateful Dead. Their new countrywide tour will begin in October throughout California and is scheduled to wrap up on New Year’s Eve in Reading, Pennsylvania.

7 Walkers Tour Dates:

• October 1 Uptown Theatre Napa CA
• October 1 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Speedway Meadows San Francisco CA
• October 22 Revolution Hall Fort Lauderdale FL
• October 23 Magnolia Music Festival Live Oak Fl
• October 25 Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach CA
• October 26 Winston’s Beach Club San Diego CA
• October 28 Coach House San Juan Capistrano CA
• October 29 Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz CA
• October 30-31 Las Tortugas Festival Groveland CA
• December 9 Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville CT
• December 10 Narrow Center for the Arts Fall River MA
• December 11 Higher Ground South Burlington VT
• December 12 Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH
• December 14 Port City Music Hall Portland ME
• December 16 Stage One Fairfield CT
• December 17 Boulton Center for the Arts Bay Shore NY
• December 18 World Cafe Live Philadelphia PA
• December 19 City Winery New York NY
• December 28 Tupelo Music Hall White River Junction VT
• December 29 Pearl Street Northampton MA
• December 30 Westcott Theater Syracuse NY
• December 31 The Silo Reading PA