Whitey Morgan and the 78's bring 'Hell On The Highway' to The ELM on Jan. 29

The Michigan honky-tonk outfit's first studio album in eight years puts them on North 7th in the dead of a Montana winter, two nights before Missoula.

Whitey Morgan and the 78's play The ELM on Friday, Jan. 29, 2027, then head over the pass to the Top Hat in Missoula on Sunday, Jan. 31.

Logjam Presents announced both Montana dates on Oct. 14. The run supports Hell On The Highway, Morgan's new album and, per the announcement, his first full-length studio project in eight years. Morgan is also bringing his son, Wyatt, out on the tour. Tickets are through Ticketmaster via Logjam's event page; with three months to go, there's time, but a Friday-night country show in a 1,100-capacity room in Bozeman in midwinter is not the kind of ticket that lingers.

Eight years is a long time between studio records for a band that never really stopped working. Whitey Morgan and the 78's have built their following the slow way, on the road, in rooms like this one — a hard-country, outlaw-leaning outfit that sounds most like itself late on a Friday. A new record gives that touring machine fresh material, and a Montana January gives it a crowd that's been waiting.

The room is a good match. The ELM, at 506 N. 7th Ave., holds about 1,100 and is Logjam's Bozeman flagship — the company announced its grand opening and first concert season back in 2021. For a band like this, it's ideal: enough people to make a scene, a floor with room to two-step, and none of the distance of a seated theatre.

It also slots into a strong early-2027 run on Logjam's Bozeman calendar. In the same week Morgan's dates went up, the promoter announced Tim Montana, Martin Sexton and Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country for Bozeman and Missoula in 2027, and The Elovaters are returning in the spring. Winter in this town has a soundtrack, and it's filling in fast.

The practical bit: Jan. 29, The ELM, tickets through Logjam Presents. Wear boots you can dance in and a coat you won't mind checking. If you're the kind of fan who travels, the Missoula Top Hat show two nights later makes for a weekend.

Sources: Logjam Presents – Whitey Morgan and the 78s Announce Shows in Bozeman & Missoula (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – The ELM (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – The ELM Announces Grand Opening + Fall Concert Season (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – Tim Montana Announces Shows in Bozeman & Missoula (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – Martin Sexton Brings Live Wide Open Tour to Bozeman & Missoula in 2027 (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country Returns to Bozeman & Missoula in 2027 (logjampresents.com); Logjam Presents – The Elovaters Return to Bozeman & Missoula Spring 2027 (logjampresents.com); Whitey Morgan – About (whiteymorgan.com); Tickets – Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com)