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The Don
Ledford
Auto Park Stage
presents
Moo-sic on the Menu
by 101.7 WLAR Radio |
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1 p.m. |
Scott
Lindsey
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Scott Lindsey
comes from the country, born in Beaver Dam,
Kentucky, in the same county as Bill Monroe
and raised just down a country road from
Merle Travis’s hometown. That’s fertile
ground for a budding singer/songwriter.
Scott’s talent was nurtured by his mother’s
love of classic rock and by his father, a
honky-tonk performer who co-wrote with
Songwriting Hall of Famer, Tommy Collins.
“Tommy and dad would critique my songs when
I was just 12 or 13. It was very cool.”
Scott was influenced by the likes of Randy
Travis, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell. He
picked up the guitar by watching great
musicians like his cousin Paul Moseley, a
member of The Thumb-Pickers Hall-of-Fame.
Says Scott, “People like that around just
jamming and playing new songs at home was a
priceless learning experience.”
After high school, Scott headed for
Nashville to study music. He attended
Belmont
University and finished his degree at MTSU.
Though he’ll tell you, “I probably got as
much education from the clubs as I did in
the classroom.” Now a seasoned performer, he
has played thousands of shows at top venues
such as Billy Bob’s and Antone’s in Texas.
The Barn in Rosine, KY, Nashville’s
Wildhorse Saloon, and the world famous
Bluebird Café. Along the way, Scott has
opened for the likes of Ronnie McDowell,
Exile, Chris Young, and Jason Aldean. |
2 p.m. |
Rachel Williams
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Rachel
Williams’ music truly is music with no
boundaries that just about everyone can
identify with. At its core are all the
elements of country but this girl’s
practically created a genre of her own.
Merge Nashville with Motown, mixing in a bit
of edgy pop-rock and you begin to get an
idea of her captivating sound. Originally
from just outside Detroit, Michigan, Rachel
Williams is proving herself to be a
powerhouse force to be reckoned with. With
the release of her latest CD, Lovers &
Liars, Rachel is securing her rightful place
in the music business as both an artist and
a songwriter. A finalist on USA Network’s
“Nashville Star 2”, Rachel has released two
full-length CD’s as well as two EP’s since,
all available on iTunes. She has shared the
stage with the likes of Wynonna, Trace
Adkins, Jason Aldean, Clay Walker, Ronnie
Milsap, Jo Dee Messina, Jimmy Wayne, and
countless others! Rachel has also hosted her
own booth as well as been a featured
performer the past 4 years at CMA Music
Festival in Nashville. Country Weekly,
Maverick, UnRated, and Music Row magazines
all sing her praises and she was named by
LimeWire in their “Top 10 to Watch in 2010,”
as well as a spotlighted new artist on
ClearChannel.com. |
3 p.m. |
Leah
Seawright,
featuring Mark Herndon,
former Alabama Drummer
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All it takes
is a quick glance at the song titles on Leah
Seawright’s new album, Country Girl 101, to
realize you’re dealing with a new kind of
country girl—not simply one who grew up poor
(which she did) but one who also grew up
very smart, emotionally sure-footed and with
lots to say. From the light-heartedness of
“Don’t Take My Lexus” and “Soft Abs Hard
Arteries” to the somber empathy of “Strong,”
“Over The Storm” and “Feeling You Gone,”
Seawright’s songs are like intimate
conversations with a close friend. The
thoughts and attitudes are authentically her
own. She wrote or co-wrote 13 of the album’s
14 songs.
A native and still a resident of Fort Payne,
Alabama—the home lair of the supergroup
Alabama—Seawright was immersed in music from
birth. “I guess I was predestined to do
this,” she says. “My mom and my dad are both
musicians and singers. As far back as I can
remember we’d have people over on the
weekends. Mom would sing and dad would play
the guitar. In fact, he could play just
about anything he picked up.”
It should be noted at this point that
Seawright has an even closer link with the
band Alabama. Its longtime drummer, Mark
Herndon, recently emerged from musical
retirement to become her drummer. |
4 p.m. |
Tiffany
& One
Night Rodeo
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(One Night Rodeo)
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TIFFANY is
back! ...to her roots. The dynamic voice of
the 80s has returned to where it all started
for her, country music and the Nashville
music scene. Now a critically praised
songwriter, Tiffany is set to capture your
hearts again...with her new album of
country/rock tunes!
She also just wrapped a starring role in a
SyFy Channel Movie, stars in a national
commercial with Meatloaf, & appeared on the
CBS TV shows "The Young & the Restless" &
“How I Met Your Mother.”
The “I Think We’re Alone Now” Girl recently
Won VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club where she lost
30 pounds! Needless to say it gathered her
an avalanche of press from the cover of “In
Touch” Magazine, radio to television show
like the Tyra Banks show, Entertainment
Tonight and the Insider TV shows.
The late Mae Axon first brought Tiffany to
Nashville at the tender age of 10, where she
performed on The Ralph Emery Show. At this
young age, Tiffany shared the stage with
such acts as George Jones, Jack Reeves, and
Johnny Lee.
Meet
One Night
Rodeo, The Next GAC Star! An American
contemporary country band founded in
Bradenton, FL, ONR is composed of Cory
Hildreth (lead vocals, keys, guitar, and
mandolin), Jack Tamburin (lead guitar,
vocals), Duane Allison (bass guitar,
vocals). Thirteen years and over 2,000
performances in their career has prepared
ONR for their own launch into Country music
stardom. Opening for superstars such as
Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and Montgomery
Gentry is nothing new to this group of
seasoned musicians who worked long and hard
to get here.
One Night Rodeo most recently won the Great
American Country and Music Nation's Next GAC
Star competition. The band released their
first single and video, 'Alive and Living',
which has maintained its spot in the Top 20
Country Countdown on GAC TV, and currently
remains on the Independent Music Network
charts. The Next GAC Star allowed voters to
pick who they wanted to hear and America
crowned their winner, One Night Rodeo. |
5 p.m. |
Gwen
Sebastian
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“My motto is,
‘Don’t settle,’” Gwen Sebastian declares.
“Don’t give in. If you’re not liking what
you’re doing in your life, you’re not going
to be the person you want to be.”
That’s the guiding principle that led
Sebastian to leave her tiny rural hometown
to go for broke in the topsy-turvy Nashville
music world. It’s what led her to spend the
last several years paying her dues
entertaining crowds all over the country,
earning one fan at a time the old-fashioned
way. And it’s what shaped the full, rich
musical personality heard on her new six
song EP from Open Road Records titled V.I.P.
It’s a lesson she learned as a kid, growing
up on a farm about 15 miles down a dirt road
in the southwestern North Dakota town of
Hebron (population: 800). Her house was
filled with music—her father played guitar
and fiddle, her mother played bass, and both
were singers; her younger brother played
drums. She took piano lessons as a child,
and by 11 replaced her cousin as the
organist at her little country church. The
impulse toward entertaining came early and
easily. “Ever since I was little I put on
shows in the living room and tried to
perform,” recalls Sebastian, whose early
favorites were harmony-centric acts like the
Everly Brothers, Alabama and the Eagles.
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Be sure to check our
entertainment line-ups for both stages on Saturday & Sunday. There is
something for everyone! |
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