Erik Vincent HueyErik Vincent Huey

Erik Vincent Huey is an Americana singer-songwriter whose second full-length solo LPFort Defiancewill be released on February 13, 2026.Fort Defiance was produced by The Godfather of Americana Eric Roscoe Ambel, the legendary Rock n Roll guitarist (Joan Jett, Del-Lords, Steve Earle & The Dukes) and producer (Bottle Rockets, Jimbo Mathus, Yayhoos, Sarah Borges). It features guest vocal appearances by Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Guns & Roses), Sarah Borges, and musical backing Baltimore power pop phenoms Starbelly, who toured the US and internationally with Erik after his last album.Fort Defiance was recorded at Ambels Cowboy Technical Services in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and is the follow up to 2023s critically acclaimed solo debut Appalachian Gothic, which garnered him comparisons to Woody Guthrie (Folk the Appalachian Tommy, garnering a 4.5 / 5 star review by American Songwriter, who called the album a mesmerizing, unforgettable major work.The son of four generations of coal miners, Erik grew up along the banks of the Monongahela River in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania, and recently relocated to Austin from Washington, DC. He came of age on The Clash, X and the Sex Pistols, but never truly escaped his Appalachian roots. From the cowpunk on-ramp of The Blasters, The Beat Farmers, Jason artists hed listened to as a kid in the cab of his Uncle Jacks 18-wheeler.Erik (under the nom de plume Cletus McCoy) is the longtime frontman of The Surreal McCoys a cowpunk hipster doofus band (as Mojo Nixon dubbed them) with two albums under their belt thatbolstered by airplay of the mashup single Whole Lotta Folsom on SiriusXMs Outlaw Countryenjoys 50K monthly listeners and has collected over 3.5 million spins on Spotify.In addition to Eric Ambel, Huey is backed on Fort Defiance by Starbellys Bryan Ewald on guitar and organ, Cliff Hillis on guitar, Dennis Schocket on bass, and Greg Schroeder on drums. Additional musicians include bassist Keith Christopher (Lynyrd Skynyrd), guitarist Tim Smith (The Surreal McCoys), and drummer Phil Cimino. General Admission tickets guarantee entry into the venue but do not guarantee a seat. All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. We ONLY accept tickets purchased through Ticketweb. Seating and venue layout vary by show. Handicap accommodations are available, please contact the venue in advance. You do not need to present the credit card used for purchase. You will just need to provide the name the tickets were purchased under to enter, your party does not need to arrive at the same time, each guest can enter under the name the tickets were purchased under.