Lil’ Andy is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal. Lil’Andy has five albums on his name, contributed to a Leonard Cohen Tribute, and is celebrated in his own country as a “musician-musician”, one of the best-kept secrets for the European mainland if you ask me. Next month, the singer-songwriter takes his most ambitious project to date, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925-1930) on a European tour.
The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925-1930) is at once music, history, fiction, biography, and recorded performance art. A two-disc, 29-song box set also including a 150-page novel telling the story of Hezekiah Procter, the tracks were painstakingly recorded on both analog tape, and using pre-electric, 1920s technology. Overall, it is another stunning example of Li’l Andy’s boundless artistic goals and pure love of early North American roots music.
The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter is a live medicine show act, a dazzling display of virtuosity by Canada’s most revered old-time and folk musicians, and a performance art piece that takes audiences back to the beginnings of country music. A collaboration between Montreal songwriter Li’l Andy and folk festival darlings Sheesham and Lotus & ‘Son, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter sees Andy adopting the persona of “Hezekiah Procter” a long-lost legend of old-time music. The group combines harmony vocals, fiddles, banjos, sousaphone, and theatre to recreate the stage show of “Hezekiah Procter.”
Li’l Andy has his unique box set, which includes his novel, with him on tour. Li’l Andy is telling the entire, fictional life story of Hezekiah Procter, a performer as talented and troubled as Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, or Robert Johnson.
Go see these unique medicine shows. They provide an insight into and are directly related to the deeply rooted North American societies and cultures of that time. Lil’Andy great voice supported by vocal harmonies, fiddle, banjo, and sousaphone does the rest. Sedate Bookings in the Netherlands put together a very challenging and varied tour schedule to lick your fingers.
EUROPEAN TOUR 2023
14/06: Copenhagen, DK – Alice
15/06: Norderstedt, DE – Music Star
16/06: Drachten, NL – Iduna
17/06: Nijmegen, NL – Kids ‘n’ Billies Festival
18/06: Terschelling, NL – Oerol Festival
19/06: Lint, BE – ’t Groot Verzet
20/06: Krefeld, DE – Kulturrampe
23/06: Bottelare, BE – ’t Ketske