WAYNE HANCOCK | Sam Joens

The King of Juke Joint Swing pulls into Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 20.

Wayne Hancock has been working the road for thirty-plus years, carrying a sound that predates most of country radio and outlives most of what's come since — upright bass, steel guitar, an archtop slung low, and a voice cured by every honky-tonk between Texas and the Iowa state line. Hank III called him "the real deal."

The Ideal Theater & Bar, in NewBo, is exactly the room for it. A close room, low light, a decent whiskey selection, and a stage close enough to see the calluses on their hands. This is the kind of show that gets retold by the people who were there — to the people who weren't — for years.

Iowa's own Sam Joens opens the night with the kind of honest, hard-country songwriting that earned him a local following the slow way: one good room at a time.

Saturday, June 20.

Show at 7 PM.

Age 18+

$23 ADV / $30 Day of Show