# Event Details - **Event Name**: Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 11:30 pm - **Event Description**: Don't miss this high energy show with one of the hottest bands in the scene! This will be a Labor Day weekend you won't forget.About this EventSince their inception in 2015, Giovannie and The Hired Guns have made a blockbustercareer out of wildly defying expectations. With a visceral sound that merges alt-metal, RedDirt country, Latin pop, Americana, and much more, the Stephenville, Texas-based five-piece have ascended from playing local honky-tonks to taking the stage at major festivalsand arenas across the country, drawing an ardent crowd ranging from cowboys tometalheads to skate punks. As they continue their colossal rise—a journey that’s includedscoring a No. 1 radio hit with their smash single “Ramon Ayala” and winning the 2023iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Artist in Alternative & Rock—Giovannie and TheHired Guns now return with their new album Quitter: a body of work that pushes theboundaries with even more intensity, matching its explosive riVs and unforgettable hookswith the band’s most brutally honest songwriting to date.Produced by Johnny K (Megadeth, Sevendust, Plain White T’s), Quitter marks the fourth full-length from Giovannie and The Hired Guns (frontman Giovannie Yanez, guitarists CarlosVilla and Jerrod Flusche, bassist/tuba player Alex Trejo, and drummer/pianist Milton Toles)and second LP since signing with Warner Music Nashville through a first-of-its-kindpartnership with Warner Music Latina. While the band have always brought a powerfulemotionality to their lyrics, the album embodies an unfiltered urgency that has much to dowith Yanez’s processing a number of life-altering troubles in real-time, including the deathof a close friend and his own relapse into addiction. Recorded at the famed Sonic Ranch (aresidential studio near the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas), Quitter ultimately suppliesthe kind of catharsis that can only come from exorcising your demons and bravely movingtoward a better future. “When I first listened back to this album I realized I wasn’t all therefor some of the songs; I was so blinded by the suppressants that I thought were helping meout,” Yanez admits. “But it feels good to look back and know that I made it out to the otherside. I hope it ends up helping people realize that there’s always hope no matter how badthings seem. There’s always a tomorrow.”The follow-up to 2022’s Tejano Punk Boyz, Quitter finds Giovannie and The Hired Gunsdoubling down on the freewheeling attitude they first embraced in their earliest days as aband, back when Yanez was working the counter at a nearby pawnshop. “From thebeginning I told the guys not to worry about sounding too rock or too country on thisrecord,” Yanez recalls. “We just went in there and had fun and didn’t let anything hold usback, and because of that the album shows the full range of what we can do as a band.”Immediately delivering on that promise, Quitter opens on the galvanizing rhythms andthroat-shredding vocals of “Cheap Tequila”: a ferocious yet fun-loving track that speaks anunvarnished truth about their shared life experience. “I wrote that song thinking about us inour younger days, when we were all broke and working these mid-paying jobs,” says Yanez.“There’s a feeling of not really caring what’s going to happen next—you’re just living fortoday, waiting for your next paycheck so you can go out and get drunk again.”Throughout Quitter, Giovannie and The Hired Guns reveal their rare ability to channelpainful self-reflection into songs with all the raw exuberance of a fist-pumping partyanthem. On “Quitter,” for instance, Yanez closely details the confusion and loneliness ofdealing with addiction (“Something’s really wrong with me/And I don’t wanna talk about myhistory/Just crush ’em up so we can live happily”), but brilliantly twists the mood at thetrack’s sing-along-ready and strangely carefree chorus (“I’m not a quitter/But I wish I was”).“Everything kind of clicked for this album after we wrote ‘Quitter,’” Yanez points out. “Jerrodcame up with a riV and I just jumped in and started singing those opening lines: ‘Here we goagain/Pass me a Xan.’ It was exactly what I was going through at the time, but I didn’t evenmean for it to come out.”An album rooted in the band’s fearlessly candid storytelling, Quitter takes its title from oneof its most poignant tracks—a thundering but undeniably tender expression of longing andself-doubt. “Quitter is about being out on tour all the time and never getting to be at home,and also feeling like you don’t deserve the person who’s back at home waiting for you,” saysYanez. Another track informed by all-consuming regret, “Letcha Down” unfolds in soulfulguitar work as Yanez confesses to certain missteps in his past. Meanwhile, on “PineappleSunshine,” Giovannie and The Hired Guns bring breezy reggae beats and bright acousticstrumming to an unguarded meditation on the destructive eVects of trying to hide your pain(from the chorus: “Wearing my fake prescription smile/So my friends’ll think that I’malright”). “That song’s about feeling like you can’t talk to anybody about your problems,because you’re worried they’re just going to judge you,” says Yanez. “It’s such a hugeproblem in today’s world but it’s still something I really struggle with, so the only way I knewhow to tell the truth was in a song.”Although Quitter includes plenty of heavy-hearted moments, Giovannie and The HiredGuns let loose with absolute abandon on tracks like the lust-crazed “Talk Dirty” and theluminous and groove-heavy “Chiquita” (a blissed-out track featuring the smolderingsaxophone work of guest musician Frankie Hill). “‘Chiquita’ happened in the moment in thestudio,” Yanez notes. “I asked Milton to play a disco beat and the words just fell out, and itturned into something that’s disco but with a Latin feel.” On “Never Change,” the band slipsinto a wistful but shimmering piece of funk-pop lit up in the gorgeously sweet backupharmonies of singer/songwriter Cameron Jayne. And on “You,” Quitter drifts into balladterritory as Giovannie and The Hired Guns present a heart-on-sleeve love song graced withlush strings and beautifully cascading guitar lines.Like all of their work thus far—including their 2017 debut Bad Habits and 2020 self-titledsophomore eVort, both self-released—Quitter fully echoes the singular collision ofelements that makes their live show so glorious: the force-of-nature energy, formidablecamaraderie, and passionate refusal to stick to any particular style or sound. A self-drivenmusician who got his start gigging in dive bars while working at a nearby rock quarry, Yanezgrew up on such wide-ranging genres as outlaw country, classic alt-rock, hip-hop, andMexican folk music and deliberately assembled a lineup with similarly eclecticsensibilities. Thanks to word-of-mouth praise for their frenetic and party-like live show,Giovannie and The Hired Guns quickly made the leap from can’t-miss regional act to a fast-rising sensation playing sold-out shows all over the Lone Star State. Fueled in part by theirphenomenal performance on streaming platforms, the band soon broke onto the nationalscene and achieved such triumphs as opening for country superstar Jason Aldean before acrowd of 36,000 at Globe Life Field (a stadium in Arlington, Texas). Prior to signing withWarner Music Nashville, they also shattered records with the meteoric success of “RamonAyala”—a 2021 release that marked the first time in over 15 years that an artist’s firstcareer-charting radio single reached the No. 1 spot on both the Active Rock Radio Chartand the Alternative Radio Chart.Looking back on the making of Giovannie and The Hired Guns’ most personal album yet,Yanez reveals that Quitter helped to clarify his overall mission and vision for the band. “Thisrecord made me want to keep putting out songs that are fun and serious at the same time,”he says. “I want to show everyone that it’s okay to feel sad and out of place, but thatdoesn’t mean you can’t have a good time—it’s all a part of being human. We just want to bereal with our fans and let them know we’re all diVerent and a little oV-the-wall too. Andwhen they come out to the shows, I try to make them feel like they’re just as much a part ofthe band as my guys are. We’re all connected, and without them we’d never be where weare now.” - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/graford/giovannie-and-the-hired-guns-live-at-pk-icehouse-labor-day-weekend-bash/100001998937582118 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, parties, art, fireworks, festivals, health-wellness, fine-arts, meditation, dance, tejano, reggae, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes - Location: PK Ice House - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 35.8, max: 400.9, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Graford - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: PK Ice House - **lat**: 32.9179052 - **long**: -98.4340589 - **full address**: PK Ice House, 359 Farm to Market Road 2353, Graford, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/91a148bbe9d57d6333ed5c2a9a02f2db204f081db796bc88a22b5a68e689290c-rimg-w1200-h804-dce8e8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1787880678 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash being held? - **A:** Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash takes place on Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 11:30 pm at PK Ice House, 359 Farm to Market Road 2353, Graford, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash? - **A:** Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash is organized by Sage Entertainment. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Giovannie & The Hired Guns Live at PK Icehouse- Labor Day Weekend Bash is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Graford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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