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Justin Trawick's 16th Annual 29th Birthday Show!

Twenty-nine again! Justin Trawick and the Common Good are back at the Hamilton Live for another throwdown birthday bash featuring Justin's full band and opener, Your Old Radio. This annual January tradition started 16 years ago at the now closed IOTA Club and Cafe in Arlington, VA and now for the second year in a row, it's back on the Hamilton Live stage in Washington DC.

JUSTIN TRAWICK AND THE COMMON GOOD

Justin Trawick has been performing in the Washington DC area and along the East Coast since 2006, citing musical influences like Bob Schneider, Greensky Bluegrass, The Tallest Man on Earth, G. Love, Old Crow Medicine Show, and David Gray. In February of 2014, Trawick won “Song of the Year” at the Washington Area Music Awards for his solo recording of “All the Places That I’ve Been," which can be downloaded on iTunes as a single along with his five other solo records and EPs. In June of 2015, Trawick released his first single, “Goodbye,” under the band name "Justin Trawick and the Common Good,” written about the search for direction and belonging in a world that always feels one step ahead of you. In January of 2018, “Justin Trawick and The Common Good” released their first EP, “The Riverwash EP,” which features Norah Jones’ guitarist Adam Levy. In 2020 the band released the single “Back of the Line” during the coronavirus quarantine and was featured on Reuters, CNN, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, Parade Magazine, American Songwriter Magazine, Voice of America and Virginia Living Magazine for Trawick’s livestream series and secret backyard concert series created during the pandemic. On August 27th, 2021 Trawick released the single “I’m Doing Alright”, whose chorus he’d been singing as a theme song on Facebook Live and his secret backyard shows throughout the entirety of the pandemic. Starting January 11th, 2023 the band has released a new single every eight weeks including “These Days”, “Life in the Middle”, “Standing on the Edge”, and “Five and Dime”. The debut full album from Justin Trawick and The Common Good is planned for 2027.

Trawick and the band have performed for DelFest, Charm City Bluegrass Festival, Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival, Appaloosa Roots Music Festival, Floyd Yoga Jam, Wolf Trap, NHL Stadium Series Game in Raleigh NC at Carter Finley Stadium, TedxEast in NYC at the City Winery, and TedxPennsylvaniaAvenue in DC at the Newseum. Additionally, Trawick has opened for over 30 national acts, including The Wallflowers, Suzanne Vega, Wyclef Jean, Brett Dennen, Blues Traveler, Enter The Haggis, Bob Schneider, and Edwin McCain, and shared bills with Dr. Dogg and The Avett Brothers. As the founder of the nationally touring show “The 9 Songwriter Series” and co-founder of “The Circus Life Podcast" with guests such as Kevin Eubanks, Chris Thomas King, Ernie Halter, Yarn, and Snuffy Walden, Trawick has built a brand that extends far beyond his home base in DC.

YOUR OLD RADIO

Your Old Radio features a compelling landscape of musical guests, but it is really the work of two longtime friends and collaborators, Stephen Dawson and Jarrett Nicolay, whose musical partnership began as members of Virginia Coalition, a hilarious, tuneful and funky direct descendant of Little Feat that was founded in the late ‘90s and still sells out large rooms all over the DMV today. The debut album, One in a Row, retains VACO’s runaway train exuberance, but redirects the energy towards Dawson’s remarkable collection of new songs — Graceland as reimagined by Big Star.

For any wheelchair or ADA needs, please contact the Box Office in advance of the performance by email at [email protected]

Please note that the front row of tables and chairs will be cleared for this show to create a general admission Pit. Be advised that there may be some seated areas where vision of the stage is obstructed.