



NEW CD
For immediate release
August 14, 2023
SINGER-SONGWRITER HANK WOJI RELEASES BRAND-NEW HIGHWAYS, GAMBLERS, DEVILS AND DREAMS ON SEPTEMBER 1
Carefully chosen covers (Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Land of Hopes and Dreams,’ Woody Guthrie’s ‘I Ain’t Got No Home’) back Woji’s sharp songwriting
TERLINGUA, Texas – Hank Woji crafts personal narratives with equal measures soul (the opening “Don’t Look Back”) and sway (“Chasin’ My Headlights Again”). Evidence: Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams. The seamless new album deftly offers sharp songwriting fortified by Technicolor narratives (“I’m Gonna Hit the Number”). Community guides the journey (Townes Van Zandt’s “I’ll Be Here in the Morning,” featuring rapidly rising Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jaimee Harris). “I set out on this musical odyssey in August 2021 with a full tank of gas and a vision of what this record might be,” Woji explains. “Then spent the next eighteen months on the road, crisscrossing the country, recording in fifteen different studios across eight states and chasing down what ultimately ended up as a twenty-three track double album. I’m grateful for the magic and artistry old and new friends breathed into this project.”
The new album – due out September 1– features guest performances from Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jaimee Harris, Bill Kirchen, Joel Guzman (Joe Ely, Paul Simon), David C. Johnson (Aaron Neville) and Radoslav Lorkovic (Odetta, Shawn Mullins) to name just a few. The new collection stretches the boundaries of Americana with intensely personal reflections on our life and times. The album title Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams pretty much reflects the common threads running through the songs.
Results already have turned heads. “Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams is a sprawling meditation on mythic American themes,” Tony award winning singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell says. “Hank is a warm-hearted and precise troubadour of the old school.” “I can hear the influence of the raw highway, the rocks and sand, the endless landscape on Hank Woji’s new Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams,” echoes legendary Lost Gonzo Compadres bassist Bob Livingston. “The album is a great soundtrack for a road trip traveling westward toward Marfa and Terlingua. You’ll be in the right mood when you get there.”
Woji’s originals – including co-writes with the late Texas bluesman Michael Durbin (“Man in a Cave”), Oklahoma-born songstress Susan Herndon (“Start Building Bridges”), and songwriter David Levine (the closing meditation “Peace Unto You”) – are alternately punchy and poignant and critical and cutting. The songs offer reflections on life, death, love, hope and dreams, all penned by a nomadic troubadour with a keen eye for history, politics and culture in an “unexpected world.” The sum total delivers a genre-bending musical odyssey along highways, back roads and dead-end streets. Listen closely. You’ll hear: Hank Woji’s Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams elegantly paints the soundscape of our uniquely American journey. “I’m in love with Hank’s new Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams,” says Keith Grimwood from Trout Fishing in America. “Great songs, performances and production values. What’s not to like? This is some of the real stuff we ache for. This is my new traveling music.”
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Woji Tour Dates 2023
Thursday October 19th – 7pm – 8:30pm
Hank Woji Trio
w/ Thomas Helton, Doublebass and Jeff Duncan, Fiddle
Kojak’s
1912 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008
Friday October 20th – 6pm – 9pm
Hank Woji Trio
w/ Terry Buffalo Ware, Guitar and Bob French, Fiddle & Mandolin
The Midway Deli
601 W Eufaula St, Norman, OK 73069
Sunday October 22nd – 2pm – 5pm
Hank Woji Duo
w/ Doug Adamz, Fiddle & Guitar
Truth or Consequences Brewing
2001 E Lohman Ave, Unit 115, Las Cruces, NM 88001
Monday October 23rd – 2pm – 4pm
Hank Woji Solo
Cowgirl BBQ
319 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Thursday October 26th – 7pm – 10pm
Hank Woji Trio
w/ Brian Mullins, Mandolin & Resonator and John Cordes, Fiddle
The Bisbee Grand Hotel
61 Main St, Bisbee, AZ 85603
Saturday October 28th – 1pm – 4pm
Hank Woji Trio
w/ Brian Mullins, Mandolin & Resonator and John Cordes, Fiddle
The Thirsty Lizard
5838 W Double Adobe Rd, McNeal, AZ 85617
Sunday October 29th – 3pm – 6pm
Hank Woji Trio
w/ Brian Mullins, Mandolin & Resonator and John Cordes, Fiddle
The Hitching Post
316 Pirrung Ave, Bisbee, AZ 85603
Sunday November 5th – 6pm – 9pm
Hank Woji Duo
w/ Ted Arbogast
High Sierra Bar & Grill
100 Terlingua Ghost Town Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852
Monday November 6th – 6pm – 9pm
Hank Woji Duo
w/ Ted Arbogast
The Starlight Theatre
631 Ivey Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852
Friday November 10th – 8pm – 11pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
The Old Gringo
101 W Avenue E, Alpine, TX 79830
Saturday November 11th – 7pm – 10pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
The Starlight Theatre
631 Ivey Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852
Sunday November 12th – 5pm – 8pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
DB’s Rustic Iron BBQ
10 Terlingua Ghost Town Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852
Thursday November 16th – 6pm – 9pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
Long Draw Pizza
22720 FM 170, Terlingua, TX 79852
Friday November 17th – 7pm – 10pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
La Kiva
23220 FM 170, Terlingua, TX 79852
Saturday November 18th – 7pm – 10pm
Hank Woji Conspiracy
w/ Co-Conspirators: Ted Arbogast, Guitar, Rory Hancock, Drums and Marc Utter, Bass
The Boathouse
Ghost Town Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852 &


