Dude! Jeff Bridges & The Abiders embark on summer tour

He's an actor, a musician and, to legions of The Big Lebowski cultists, The Dude (or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing).

Jeff Bridges and his band, The Abiders, are hitting the road this summer for more than a dozen dates that will include a debut East Coast swing. His daughter Jessie Bridges will open select dates.

Bridges and his group have been performing widely since the 2011 release of his self-titled album on Blue Note Records.

Bridges and Sheryl Crow will co-host and perform at the June 26 all-star Austin City Limits benefit concert honoring the series' 40th anniversary. The show, also starring Bonnie Raitt, Gary Clark Jr., Alabama Shakes, Kris Kristofferson, T Bone Burnett, Robert Earl Keen, Doyle Bramhall II, Jimmie Vaughan and others, will air as a two-hour special, Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years, Oct. 3.

Bridges won an Oscar for portraying a fading music legend in 2009's Crazy Heart. He released his debut, Be Here Soon, in 2000. He stars in sci-fi drama The Giver, opening Aug. 15.

JEFF BRIDGES & THE ABIDERS ITINERARY

June 20-21, Red Rocks Casino, Las Vegas

June 26, Moody Theater (Austin City Limits 40th), Austin

Aug. 22, Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minn.

Aug. 23, Pabst Theater, Milwaukee

Aug. 24, City Winery, Chicago

Aug. 27, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville

Aug. 29, The Paramount, Huntington, N.Y.

Aug. 30, Wellmont Theater, Montclair, N.J.

Aug. 31. The Birchmere, Alexandria, Va.

Sept. 2, City Winery, New York

Sept. 3, Wilbur Theatre, Boston

Sept. 5, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.

Sept. 6, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, Conn.