Keith Urban will embark on his first arena/amphitheater tour in two years with the RipCORD World Tour 2016, slated to launch on June 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. The tour will stop in more than 50 cities, with additional legs to be announced soon.
The trek will feature Brett Eldredge, along with Maren Morris, and includes a stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 11.
The RipCORD World Tour 2016 will feature performances of tunes from Urban’s upcoming eighth studio album, RipCORD, which will feature his No. 1 song, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” and the album’s second single, “Break On Me.”
“I’m seriously chomping at the bit to kick off this tour,” said Urban. “We’ll be playing a lot of new music from RipCORD, all new production, new cities where we’ve never played …and Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris? It’s gonna be potent and unbridled!!!”
“I was a Keith Urban fan long before I ever got this music thing going,” said Eldredge. “He is an absolute powerhouse on stage–unlike anyone I’ve ever seen and to top it all off, one of the most down-to-earth people I know! The RipCORD tour is gonna be on fire! Get ready!”
“When I was asked to join Keith on tour, I was floored,” said Morris. “I’ve personally been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. This is my first tour at this level, and I can’t think of a more respected writer, artist, and musician to join for it. It’s going to be an absolute blast!”
Keith Urban’s RipCORD World Tour 2016 dates are below:
June 2: Kansas City, MO; Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
June 3: St. Louis, MO; Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 4: Indianapolis, IN; Klipsch Music Center
June 10: Myrtle Beach, SC; Carolina Country Music Fest
June 11: Alpharetta, GA (Atlanta); Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
June 16: Orange Beach, AL; The Wharf Amphitheater
June 17: Tampa, FL; MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 18: West Palm Beach, FL; Perfect Vodka Amphitheater
June 23: Clarkston, MI (Detroit); DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 24: Canandaigua, NY; Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
June 25: Mansfield, MA (Boston); Xfinity Center
July 2: Gilford, NH; Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
July 9: Toronto, ON; Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 14: Cincinnati, OH; Riverbend Music Center
July 15: Cleveland, OH; Blossom Music Center
July 16: Holmdel, NJ; P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
July 21: Salt Lake City, UT; USANA Amphitheatre
July 22: Greenwood Village, CO; Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 23: Albuquerque, NM; Isleta Amphitheater
July 28: Mountain View, CA; Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 29: Lake Tahoe, NV; Lake Tahoe at Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre
Aug. 18: Charlotte, NC; PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 19: Raleigh, NC; Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Aug. 20: Virginia Beach, VA; Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
Aug. 25: Syracuse, NY; Lakeview Amphitheater
Aug. 26: Philadelphia, PA; BB&T Pavilion
Aug. 27: Washington, DC; Jiffy Lube Live
Oct. 6: Bismarck, ND; Bismarck Civic Center
Oct. 8: Lincoln, NE ;Pinnacle Bank Arena
Oct. 13: San Antonio, TX; AT&T Center
Oct. 14: Dallas, TX; American Airlines Center
Oct. 15: New Orleans, LA; Smoothie King Center
Oct. 20: Los Angeles, CA; Staples Center
Oct. 21: Las Vegas, NV; T-Mobile Arena
Oct. 22: Phoenix, AZ; Talking Stick Resort Arena
Oct. 27: Grand Rapids, MI; Van Andel Arena
Oct. 28: Rosemont, IL (Chicago); Allstate Arena
Oct. 29: Toledo, OH; Huntington Center
Nov. 4: Milwaukee, WI; BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov. 5: Minneapolis, MN; Target Center
Nov. 11: Nashville, TN; Bridgestone Arena
Nov. 12: Bloomington, IL; U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Nov. 13: Youngstown, OH; The Covelli Centre
Nov. 17: Hershey, PA; Giant Center
Nov. 18: Uncasville, CT; Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov. 19: Brooklyn, NY; Barclays Center
Industry Ink: Garth Brooks, Silverado Records, LEGACY Events, Maxximum Artist Group
/by Jessica NicholsonGarth Brooks Sevens by CINCH Clothing Line To Debut in 2016
Garth Brooks and Cinch Jeans & Shirts will launch “Garth Brooks Sevens by CINCH,” featuring jeans and shirts endorsed and inspired by the singer-songwriter. This marks Brooks’ first licensed clothing endorsement in his 26 years as a singer, songwriter and performer.
The “Garth Brooks Sevens by CINCH” clothing line showcases high-quality jeans and shirts at accessible prices. Designs come from Brooks’ stage-inspired styling and combine his high-energy on-stage presence with CINCH’s commitment to authentic western apparel. The “Garth Brooks Sevens by CINCH” clothing line will be available at CINCH retailers in September 2016. Retailers will first see the line at the Denver Merchandise Market this month.
Exegan Music Group Launches Country Label Silverado Records
Aaron Chesling
Las Vegas-based Exegan Music Group has announced the launch of a new Nashville-based country music label, Silverado Records. Nashville resident and former Big Machine Records staffer Aaron Chesling has been hired as A&R Director.
Silverado CEO Scott Thomas says, “Aaron brings both experience and a strong passion for country music. We’re excited to begin this journey with him on the team.”
LEGACY Consulting, PR & Events Adds To Team
Pictured (L-R): Meredith Martin, Tresa Halbrooks, Rachel Martinez at Carrie Underwood’s album launch event
LEGACY Consulting, PR & Events has expanded its staff to include two new hires. LEGACY recently produced the album launch party for Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller album. Additional clients have included Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus, Sony Music, ESPN College Gameday anchor Kevin Carter, Gigi’s Cupcakes, and more.
Rachel Martinez joined the firm to handle Strategic Development and Special Projects while Meredith Martin has been named PR & Special Events Assistant. Martin will serve within the public relations and creative services division of the company while Martinez will work within the non-profit and events production division.
LEGACY Consulting, PR, and Events was founded in 2012 by sports and entertainment executive Tresa Halbrooks.
Maxximum Artist Group Staffs Up
Disney’s career has included work at Word Records, Benson Music (Provident/Sony), Worthy Publishing, as well as a management role for Steven Curtis Chapman (1987-1990). Since 2009, Disney has worked as an adjunct instructor at Nashville’s Belmont University.
Additionally, Aaron Benward has joined as Director of National Promotions and Development, and will run a Los Angeles office for Maxximum. MarQuis Hardin has joined as Management Assistant/Social Media Coordinator. A former Maxximum intern, Hardin recently graduated from Belmont University.
Rounding out the team are artist managers Kristi Brazell (day-to-day management for Grant), Penny Railey (manager for Gokey), and project coordinator Ben Pogue.
Tin Pan South, Watkins College Unveil Winning Design
/by Craig_ShelburneTin Pan South Songwriters Festival has partnered for the ninth consecutive year with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film for its festival artwork. Select Watkins students competed to create a concept that captured the essence of the event, and this year, Chris Robertson‘s design has been chosen to represent all Tin Pan South marketing, passes, posters and banners.
Chris Robertson
The competing students were all enrolled in department chair Dan Brawner’s Illustration I class. Robertson is an artist and writer from Alabama now living in Nashville. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from the University of Alabama and is a junior in Graphic Design at Watkins.
The popular Tin Pan South Fast Access Passes are scheduled to go on sale at tinpansouth.com on Tuesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. Information about venues, lineups, schedules and more will also be available on the website. Updates can also be found on the Tin Pan South Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram.
Produced by Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), Tin Pan South is the world’s largest all-songwriter festival. Last year, close to 350 talented songwriters performed 92 shows at 10 of Nashville’s top music venues. Thousands of music fans attend the event annually to hear songwriters tell stories behind hit songs they have written and perform the songs as they were originally composed.
Regions Bank returns for the ninth year as the presenting sponsor of the event. Additional sponsors include ASCAP, BMI, Ford, News Channel 5 (official broadcast sponsor), ole, SESAC, Southwest Airlines (official airline sponsor), Vident Financial, and Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
LifeNotes: Trucker Song Specialist Red Simpson Passes
/by Robert K OermannFacebook.com / Red Simpson
Bakersfield Sound pioneer Red Simpson passed away on Jan. 8 following a heart attack.
Simpson, who was 81, made his mark as a songwriter, a session musician and a country hitmaker who specialized in truck-driver songs. He performed right up to the end of his life. He headlined the opening concert of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Bakersfield Sound exhibit in 2012. He was on tour in the Pacific Northwest when he suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized on Dec. 18, 2015. He returned to Bakersfield to recuperate at home. He went into cardiac arrest last Friday and was rushed to the local hospital, but could not be revived.
Born in 1934 in Higley, Arizona, Joseph “Red” Simpson was raised in Bakersfield as the youngest of 13 children. He began his musical career in the nightclubs of the city as a sideman on both guitar and piano.
He helped to create the bright, twanging, Telecaster-heavy Bakersfield Sound that characterized the recordings of such better known adherents of the style as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Simpson played on Haggard’s signature 1969 hit, “Okie From Muskogee.”
He also wrote songs recorded by both Owens and Haggard. Owens recorded more than 30 Red Simpson songs, including the hits “Gonna Have Love” (1965), “Sam’s Place” (1967) and “The Kansas City Song” (1970). Haggard placed eight Simpson songs on various albums, including 1988’s “Lucky Old Colorado.”
More than 200 other artists have recorded Red Simpson songs. Among the standouts in his catalog is “You Don’t Have Very Far to Go,” which as been recorded by Haggard, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, Suzy Bogguss, Johnny Paycheck, Connie Smith, Bonnie Owens, Jeannie Seely and The Grascals, among others.
Charlie Walker had a 1964 hit with Simpson’s “Close Up the Honky Tonks” (a.k.a. “Close All the Honky Tonks”), and this song has also been popularized by Owens, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, Dwight Yoakam, Dawn Sears, Radney Foster, Tony Booth, Chris Hillman and more. “I Bought the Shoes That Just Walked Out on Me” has also been recorded by multiple artists.
As a recording artist, Red Simpson first made the charts in 1966 with the Tommy Collins song “Roll Truck Roll,” followed by his own composition “Highway Patrol.” Junior Brown revived “Highway Patrol” in 1995.
Simpson’s biggest hit was 1971’s “I’m a Truck,” a Capitol single that rose to No. 4 on the Billboard chart. He also charted with “Country Western Truck Drivin’ Singer” (1972), “Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves” (1967), “Awful Lot to Learn About Truck Drivin’” (1973), “Truck Driver’s Heaven” (1976) and “The Flying Saucer Man and the Truck Driver” (1979).
Later in his career, Simpson recorded two duets with Junior Brown, 1995’s “Semi Crazy” and “Nitro Express.” He also sang duets with singer Lorraine Walden in 1977.
Simpson released nine albums. Two of them were Top 10 hits: 1966’s Roll Truck Roll and 1972’s I’m a Truck.
He performed frequently in Bakersfield, including a longstanding Monday night gig at Trout’s in nearby Oildale. In 2013, he participated in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Poets and Prophets series. His most recent singles were “Hey Bin Laden” and 2015’s “It’s a Bakersfield Thing.”
Sixth Season Of ‘Front And Center’ Spotlights CMA Songwriter Series
/by Jessica NicholsonRonnie Dunn and Brett Eldredge.
The sixth season of public television series Front and Center kicks off this month with five all-new CMA Songwriters Series episodes featuring Ronnie Dunn, Brett Eldredge, Kip Moore, Darius Rucker, and Steven Tyler.
Filmed at Marathon Music Works in Nashville (Dunn, Eldredge, and Rucker), and New York’s Iridium (Moore) and Melrose Ballroom (Tyler), the new season will begin airing this month on public television (check local listings).
Pictured (L-R): Lindsey Lee, Steven Tyler, Eric Paslay.
Dunn tapped craftsmen Dallas Davidson, Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Tommy Lee James, Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, and Craig Wiseman to perform No. 1 hits including “Red Dirt Road” and “Neon Moon,” as well as songs from his solo album Ain’t No Trucks In Texas. Dunn was also joined onstage by Eldredge for special performances of the Brooks & Dunn smash “Believe” and Eldredge’s “One Mississippi.”
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience shooting Front and Center in Nashville with a bunch of my buddies, not to mention the best songwriters in Twang Town,” said Dunn.
Kip Moore
In addition to his performance with Dunn, Eldredge takes the stage for his own show featuring songwriters Scooter Carusoe, Ross Copperman, Douglas, and Heather Morgan. Eldredge offers chart-topping hits from his debut album Bring You Back including “Beat of the Music,” “Mean To Me,” and “Don’t Ya.”
Moore, whose current release Wild Ones hit No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart, performs an acoustic set with the help of fellow songwriters Brett James and The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston.
Darius Rucker
Rucker is joined by songwriters Casey Beathard, Nathan Chapman, Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley, Tim James, Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, Clay Mills, Frank Rogers, and Rivers Rutherford. The group gives a performance filled with hits like “Homegrown Honey,” “Alright,” “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” and “Come Back Song.”
Rounding out the lineup for season six is Tyler. The stripped down, country-inspired set marks his CMA Songwriters Series debut and features stories behind the making of his first country single, “Love Is Your Name,” written by (and performed with) Lindsey Lee and Eric Paslay. Tyler also shares the stage with Nuno Bettencourt for “More Than Words” and the band Loving Mary for performances of “Jaded” and “Sweet Emotion.”
The sixth season of Front and Center is a production of Front and Center Entertainment, LLC in association with WLIW21 for WNET, and distributed by American Public Television.
Songwriters Lineup Revealed For “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley” At CRS
/by Jessica NicholsonNumerous top-shelf songwriters will take the stage next month as part of the fifth consecutive “Bob Kingsley‘s Acoustic Alley” at Country Radio Seminar 2016.
On Feb. 9, songwriters including Rhett Akins, Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman, Andrew Dorff, Josh Kear, Shane McAnally, Heather Morgan, Tim Nichols, Josh Osborne, Jonathan Singleton, and Jimmy Yeary will offer their renditions of the songs they have penned for artists like Keith Urban, Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw and Sam Hunt.
The event is co-sponsored by Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 and SunTrust Bank, with additional support from ASCAP Nashville, who will provide attendees with a complimentary first drink of the evening.
This year’s Acoustic Alley will be held on Feb. 9 from 7 p.m. until midnight near Legends Ballroom (level 2) at The Omni in Nashville. A cash bar will be provided. A CRS badge will be required for admittance.
Kingsley states, “For the past five years, putting on Acoustic Alley has been a wonderful experience. These wonderful performing songwriters have provided us all with greater insight into the music we hear on the radio. And as informative, educational and inspiring as each of these evenings has been, I think this year is going to top them all.”
CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne adds, “We are beyond thrilled to announce this high-caliber lineup. Having the opportunity to witness this level of talent in our new, beautiful and intimate setting will add to making this year most memorable.”
Keith Urban’s RipCORD World Tour 2016 To Hit Nashville in November
/by Jessica NicholsonKeith Urban will embark on his first arena/amphitheater tour in two years with the RipCORD World Tour 2016, slated to launch on June 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. The tour will stop in more than 50 cities, with additional legs to be announced soon.
The trek will feature Brett Eldredge, along with Maren Morris, and includes a stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 11.
The RipCORD World Tour 2016 will feature performances of tunes from Urban’s upcoming eighth studio album, RipCORD, which will feature his No. 1 song, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” and the album’s second single, “Break On Me.”
“I’m seriously chomping at the bit to kick off this tour,” said Urban. “We’ll be playing a lot of new music from RipCORD, all new production, new cities where we’ve never played …and Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris? It’s gonna be potent and unbridled!!!”
“I was a Keith Urban fan long before I ever got this music thing going,” said Eldredge. “He is an absolute powerhouse on stage–unlike anyone I’ve ever seen and to top it all off, one of the most down-to-earth people I know! The RipCORD tour is gonna be on fire! Get ready!”
“When I was asked to join Keith on tour, I was floored,” said Morris. “I’ve personally been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. This is my first tour at this level, and I can’t think of a more respected writer, artist, and musician to join for it. It’s going to be an absolute blast!”
Keith Urban’s RipCORD World Tour 2016 dates are below:
June 2: Kansas City, MO; Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
June 3: St. Louis, MO; Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 4: Indianapolis, IN; Klipsch Music Center
June 10: Myrtle Beach, SC; Carolina Country Music Fest
June 11: Alpharetta, GA (Atlanta); Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
June 16: Orange Beach, AL; The Wharf Amphitheater
June 17: Tampa, FL; MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 18: West Palm Beach, FL; Perfect Vodka Amphitheater
June 23: Clarkston, MI (Detroit); DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 24: Canandaigua, NY; Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
June 25: Mansfield, MA (Boston); Xfinity Center
July 2: Gilford, NH; Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
July 9: Toronto, ON; Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 14: Cincinnati, OH; Riverbend Music Center
July 15: Cleveland, OH; Blossom Music Center
July 16: Holmdel, NJ; P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
July 21: Salt Lake City, UT; USANA Amphitheatre
July 22: Greenwood Village, CO; Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 23: Albuquerque, NM; Isleta Amphitheater
July 28: Mountain View, CA; Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 29: Lake Tahoe, NV; Lake Tahoe at Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre
Aug. 18: Charlotte, NC; PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 19: Raleigh, NC; Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Aug. 20: Virginia Beach, VA; Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
Aug. 25: Syracuse, NY; Lakeview Amphitheater
Aug. 26: Philadelphia, PA; BB&T Pavilion
Aug. 27: Washington, DC; Jiffy Lube Live
Oct. 6: Bismarck, ND; Bismarck Civic Center
Oct. 8: Lincoln, NE ;Pinnacle Bank Arena
Oct. 13: San Antonio, TX; AT&T Center
Oct. 14: Dallas, TX; American Airlines Center
Oct. 15: New Orleans, LA; Smoothie King Center
Oct. 20: Los Angeles, CA; Staples Center
Oct. 21: Las Vegas, NV; T-Mobile Arena
Oct. 22: Phoenix, AZ; Talking Stick Resort Arena
Oct. 27: Grand Rapids, MI; Van Andel Arena
Oct. 28: Rosemont, IL (Chicago); Allstate Arena
Oct. 29: Toledo, OH; Huntington Center
Nov. 4: Milwaukee, WI; BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov. 5: Minneapolis, MN; Target Center
Nov. 11: Nashville, TN; Bridgestone Arena
Nov. 12: Bloomington, IL; U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Nov. 13: Youngstown, OH; The Covelli Centre
Nov. 17: Hershey, PA; Giant Center
Nov. 18: Uncasville, CT; Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov. 19: Brooklyn, NY; Barclays Center
Musicians On Call Promotes Katy Epley to EVP
/by Craig_ShelburneKaty Epley has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Musicians On Call after nearly 10 years with the organization.
Epley helped bring Musicians On Call, a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, to Nashville and facilitated local visits by artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Imagine Dragons, Charles Esten, Darius Rucker, Kelsea Ballerini, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes and more.
To date, Musicians On Call has played for 100,000 patients, families and caregivers in Nashville and close to 500,000 nationwide. Epley previously served as the Vice President of Music Programs, Director of Nashville Programs, and Director of Washington D.C. Programs.
“Katy has been the backbone of Musicians On Call for years,” said Pete Griffin, President of Musicians On Call. “In this position Katy will be able to use her years of experience to further advance the mission of MOC around the country, and soon, around the world. I’m personally grateful for Katy’s leadership and am excited to see how the organization grows as she settles into her new role.”
Oh Boy Records Announces New Leadership
/by Craig_ShelburneJohn Prine
John Prine has taken over sole ownership of his independent record label, Oh Boy Records. He assumes the role of President after the passing of his longtime business partner and manager, Al Bunetta, in March 2015.
Prine has appointed his son, Jody Whelan, as Director of Operations. Whelan will oversee all day-today operations for the label as well as directing all future partnerships and collaborations. He can be reached at jody@ohboy.com.
Eileen Tilson has been named as Director of Marketing. She can be reached at eileen@ohboy.com.
John Prine’s wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, is a managing partner in the business.
“I feel really great about Oh Boy Records being a family-run business and I’m excited about this new phase for all of us,” Mr. Prine said.
Pictured (L-R): Jody Whelan. Eileen Tilson.
“We’re all very excited to continue and grow the legacy of Oh Boy Records—one of Nashville’s most iconic independent labels,” Mr. Whelan said.
Founded in 1981 by Prine and Bunetta, the label became a successful independent label under the the direction of Bunetta and his then-partner, Dan Einstein. Oh Boy Records has released more than 40 audio and video recordings by Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts, Slick Ballinger, Shawn Camp, Dan Reeder and Todd Snider, along with a dozen reissues of classic country music artists.
With a career spanning more than 40 years, Prine continues to perform at sold-out shows all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He returns to the Ryman Auditorium in March for two sold-out shows, and is currently in pre-production for a recording project due in 2016.
During his time with Oh Boy, Prine collected Grammys in the Best Contemporary Folk Album for 1991’s The Missing Years and 2005’s Fair & Square.
Randy Houser Plans 17-Track Album Featuring Top Songwriters
/by Eric T. ParkerRandy Houser has planned his sophomore Stoney Creek Records album, Fired Up, to be released Friday, March 11.
Houser’s fourth studio album will include 17 tracks, produced by Derek George. Houser co-wrote four tracks on the album, which also features A-list Nashville writers including Chris Stapleton, Chris Janson, Trevor Rosen, Jeffrey Steele, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Craig Wiseman, Tony Martin, and Ashley Gorley.
“I’m very excited to finally get some new music out there,” said Houser. “Three years is a bit longer than I expected in between How Country Feels and this record, and so much has happened in that time. I wrote a handful of songs on Fired Up, but there are songs like ‘A Little Bit Older’ that I knew I had to record the moment I heard them.”
Full track listing for Fired Up:
1. “Back” (Jeffrey Steele, Bridgette Tatum)
2. “We Went” (Justin Wilson, Matt Rogers, John King)
3. “Chasing Down a Good Time” (Randy Houser, Steele, Anthony Smith)
4. “Senior Year” (Houser, Rob Hatch)
5. “Mine Tonight” (Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip)
6. “Lucky Me” (Houser, Davidson, Craig Wiseman)
7. “Song Number 7” (Wilson, Hayslip, Chris Janson)
8. “Before Midnight” (Houser, Shane Minor, Derek George)
9. “True” (Houser, Rob Hatch)
10. “Yesterday’s Whiskey” (Brice Long, Kylie Sackley)
11. “Fired Up” (Hatch, Davidson)
12. “A Little Bit Older” (Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney, Tony Martin)
13. “Gotta Get You Home” (Davidson, Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace)
14. “Hot Beer and Cold Women” (Brett Warren, Brad Warren, Travis Meadows)
15. “Same Ole Saturday Night” (Davidson, Hayslip, Martin Johnson)
16. “One Way” (Chris Stapleton, Lee Miller)
17. “Whiskeysippi River” (Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen)
Don Williams Announces Tour Dates For 2016
/by Troy_StephensonDon Williams
Country Music Hall of Famer and CMA/ACM award winner Don Williams has announced a tour of 21 venues across the country.
His 75-minute sets will include hits such as “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” “Tulsa Time,” “Back in my Younger Days,” “Louisiana Saturday Night,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “Come Early Morning,” “Lord, I Hope This Day is Good,” “Some Broken Hearts Never Mend” and many more.
DON WILLIAMS ON TOUR
Feb. 17 Florida Theatre – Jacksonville, Florida.
Feb. 18 Pensacola Saenger Theatre – Pensacola, Florida
Feb. 19 Tivoli Theatre – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Feb. 20 Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb. 23 Harvester Performance Center – Rocky Mount, Virginia
Feb. 24 The Beacon Theatre – Hopewell, Virginia
Feb. 25 Mountain Arts Center – Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Feb. 26 Peace Concert Hall – Greenville, South Carolina
Feb. 27 Lyric Fine Arts Theatre – Birmingham, Alabama
March 10 The Joint At Hard Rock & Hotel – Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 11 Walton Arts Center – Fayetteville, Arkansas
March 12 Baton Rouge River Center Theater – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
March 15 Hudiburg Center – Rose State College, Midwest City, Oklahoma
March 16 Gillioz Theatre – Springfield, Missouri
March 18 Golden Nugget – Grand Event Center – Lake Charles, Louisiana
March 19 IP Casino Resort – Studio A, Biloxi, Mississippi
April 6 American Music Theater – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
April 8 Renfro Valley Entertainment Center – Renfro Valley, Kentucky
April 9 Renfro Valley Entertainment Center – Renfro Valley, Kentucky
April 12 Liberty Hall – Lawrence, Kansas
April 14 The Arcada Theatre – St Charles, Kansas
April 16 Little River Casino Resort – Manistee, Michigan