Country music star Jake Owen‘s headlining 2020 Down to the Tiki Tonk Tour will feature him performing acoustically while seated on a barstool. The low-key tour will kick off at the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 14th and run through March 15th. The setlist will include songs from Owen’s most recent Greetings From…Jake album, which spun off the hits “I Was Jack (You Were Diane),” “Down to the Honkytonk” and “Homemade.”
“Sitting on a barstool, just playing a guitar and singing songs is how I first started making music and is what first led me to fall in love with performing. Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to have the venues get bigger, and to play for larger crowds on major headlining tours, but when I sat down to think about what was important to me this upcoming year, I really wanted the opportunity to go back to the beginning of it all,” Owen shared in a statement.
“For me, it was that intimate connection with fans and the ability to really engage on a more personal level… it just takes me back to the real roots of where and why you started doing this in the first place,” he added. “The strength of the songwriting and the magic of how that translates into a room with just a guitar and a song. I really can’t wait to play these rooms.”
Tickets for the Down to the Tiki Tonk Tour will go on sale to the general public on December 13th here.
2020 Down to the Tiki Tonk Tour Schedule
Feb. 14 – Des Moines, Iowa at Hoyt Sherman Place
Feb. 15 – West Lafayette, Ind. at Elliott Hall of Music, Purdue University
Feb. 27 – Green Bay, Wisc. at Meyer Theatre
Feb. 28 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Paramount Theatre
March 6 – Lancaster, Penn. at American Music Theater
March 7 – Wilkes-Barre, Penn. at The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
March 14 – Augusta, Ga. at Miller Theater – Brian J. Marks Hall
March 15 – Mobile, Ala. at Saenger Theater
“Down To The Honkytonk” Lyrics
Got a house down a back road
I got a flag on the front porch
I got a dog named Waylon
I got a driveway that needs pavin’
I got a boat with a two stroke
I got some ‘guaranteed make ya laugh’ jokes
I got friends in low places
Yeah, life is what you make it
I might not end up in the Hall of Fame
With a star on the sidewalk with my name
Or a statue in my hometown when I’m gone
Nobody gonna name their babies after me
I might not go down in history
But I’ll go down to the honkytonk
I got a girl, her name’s Shelia
She goes batshit on tequila
I got a job, it gets the job done
I got a loan at the bank, it’s a big one
The only place you might see my name
Is on the wall for a good call
I’m a local legend on Friday night
Then a Pabst Blue Ribbon, a neon light
I might not end up in the Hall of Fame
With a star on the sidewalk with my name
Or a statue in my hometown when I’m gone
Nobody gonna name their babies after me
I might not go down in history
But I’ll go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down
I go down to the honkytonk
I might not end up in the Hall of Fame
With a star on the sidewalk with my name
Or a statue in my hometown when I’m gone
Nobody gonna name their babies after me
I might not go down in history
But I’ll go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down to the honkytonk
I go down
I go down to the honkytonk
