Released exclusively through iTunes earlier this summer, "Take Us To The Start" proved an instant success. The digital-only release hit the top 10 on iTunes' overall "Top Albums" chart, while also reaching the upper half of the Billboard 200.
The album follows Hires's debut EP, "Live At The Hotel Caf�," which reached the top 10 on iTunes' "Top Singer/Songwriters Albums" chart upon its October 2008 release.
9/12-11/18 w/Tyrone Wells Except * w/Marc Broussard
SEPTEMBER
4 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
5 Orlando, FL The Social
12 Denver, CO Soiled Dove Underground
13 Colorado Springs, CO Stargazer's Theatre
15 Des Moines, IA People's Court
16 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
17 Iowa City, IA The Mill
20 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway
22 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
23 Charlotte, NC Double Door Inn
29, 30 East Vienna, VA Jammin' Java
OCTOBER
1 Philadelphia, PA World Caf� Live
2 Boston, MA Caf� 939
4 Fairfield, CT Fairfield Theatre
6 Burlington, VT Club Metronome
7 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
8 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
9 Pittsburgh, PA Hard Rock Caf�
10 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theatre
11 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
12 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig
15 Indianapolis, IN Birdy's Bar
16 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsay
17 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
18 Orlando, FL The Social
20 Houston, TX House of Blues
21 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
23 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar
25 Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch
26, 27 Los Angeles, CA The Mint *
29 San Francisco, CA Caf� du Nord *
30 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern *
NOVEMBER
5 San Diego, CA Anthology
6 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
7 San Francisco, CA Slims
8 Sacramento, CA Marilyn's On K
11 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
14 Seattle, WA Neumos
18 Boise, ID The Reef
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