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Elvis Perkins had long planned to attend this year's Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. After performing there last year, he contacted festival organizers about tickets to attend as
a spectator, but they replied with an unexpected request: Justin Townes Earle had just suffered a hand injury requiring stitches and opted out of the festival, so could Perkins and his band
Dearland take Earle's place? A storyteller with a flair for narratives that traverse unexpected terrain — last year's _Doomsday_ EP features an epic tale of zombies titled
"Stay Zombie Stay" — Perkins continues to face down demons, both real and imagined. SET LIST * "While You Were Sleeping" * "Who'll Join" *
"Dresden" * "Stay Zombie Stay" * "Shampoo" * "Hey" * "All The Night Without Love" * "Setting Sun" * "Lorraine, Lookout"
* "Chains, Chains, Chains" * "Stop Drop Rock N Roll" * "I'll Be Arriving" * "Doomsday" Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit
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