Nashville rock n’ roll pioneers, The Clutters, is heading out of town for a week of shows. The nameless tour – “I think it has to include more than three states in order to name it,” joked band leader Doug Lehmann – is in support of the band’s recently released Breaking Bones album, out now on Chicken Ranch Records.

Ten years ago, when The Clutters first emerged in Nashville, there was a lot of head scratching. So this is rock n’ roll, eh? When the band’s debut album hit, the record pretty much exploded the “rock free Music City” myth and now, 10 years after the genesis of The Clutters, Nashville has become an epicenter for the rawest of rock n’ roll. Coincidence? Probably not.

Breaking Bones finds The Clutters – vocalist/guitarist Doug Lehmann, bass player Jake Rosswog, drummer Stephanie Brush and keyboardist Andrew Higley (who also moonlights as a touring keyboardist with Ben Folds) – raising the bar for rock n’ roll once again with 12 tracks that land somewhere between Vanilla Fudge and The Voidoids, AC/DC and The Animals.

The Clutters Tour Dates for July 2011
07/20 Lexington, KY @ The Green Lantern
07/21 Fort Wayne, IN @ The Brass Rail
07/22 Muncie, IN @ Be Here Now
07/23 Chicago, IL @ Cal’s Bar
07/24 Peoria, IL @ The Brass Rail
07/25 Quincy, IL @ NHB
07/26 Kansas City, MO @ Davey’s Uptown