Toy Factory Project Share Spring Tour Dates
Toy Factory Project, image via YouTube
Toy Factory Project, the Southern rock supergroup honoring the late Toy Caldwell and the music of the Marshall Tucker Band, have announced a set of new spring tour dates. After their highly anticipated return to the stage with two previously plotted performances at Port Chester, N.Y.’s Capitol Theatre, the stacked ensemble led by the Marshall Tucker Band’s founding drummer Paul Riddle will make two stops en route to their headline set at DelFest.
Riddle first imagined Toy Factory Project 13 years ago to recognize the achievements of the late Caldwell, and found the right band to carry his mantle with devotees like Marcus King on guitar and vocals, Oteil Burbridge on bass, Charlie Starr on guitar and vocals, Josh Shilling on keys and vocals and Billy Contreras on fiddle. For the first time since their electrifying debut at the 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival last June, the all-star cast of Southern rock torchbearers will reconvene at the Cap in February, then scatter for their independent projects through the early spring. They’ll take the stage again at Wilmington, N.J.’s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on May 19, and perform again on the following evening at Richmond, Va.’s Music at Marymont. The ensemble’s headline set at Delfest, running from May 21-24 at its longtime home of Cumberland, Md.’s Allegheny County Fairgrounds, currently stands as the final date on their live itinerary.
“It overwhelms me, the love and the respect they have for the music and each other is completely egoless,” Riddle said in feature for the latest issue of Relix. “They are all dear friends and great human beings—there’s no musicians on the planet I admire more than those guys. Oteil said, ‘We’ve got something that everybody wishes they have, and that’s complete joy.’ It’s about the love of the music. I thought for so long about who would fit, and how it would, and Oteil said, ‘If God hasn’t told you yet, he’ll let you know.’ It was meant to be, and it’s been really hard for me to get used to their love of the music.”
Tickets for the Toy Factory Project’s new tour dates are available now. Find more information at toyfactoryproject.com.
