Before becoming a country music sensation, Florida-born Joshua “Jake” Owen dreamed of becoming a professional golfer until a wakeboarding incident led to reconstructive surgery and left Owen unable to keep playing. He borrowed a neighbor’s guitar and began teaching himself to play, eventually playing country covers in bars before writing his own material and moving to Nashville.
Old Dominion is a Grammy-nominated pop/country band known for the hit singles “One Man Band” and “Break Up with Him,” as well as their platinum-certified 2015 debut album Meat and Candy, a Billboard 200 hit that was praised by everyone from Rolling Stone to NPR. The Nashville-based country rockers — composed of singer Matthew Ramsey, multi-instrumentalist Trevor Rosen, lead guitarist Brad Tursi, bassist Geoff Sprung and drummer Whit Sellers — was formed in 2007 and originally honed their songwriting skills by authoring hits for everyone from Luke Bryan and Keith Urban to Kenny Chesney and Cole Swindell.
Special Guests include:
Priscilla Block
Adam Doleac
and Kylie Morgan
Luke Bryan is one of country music’s most prolific hitmakers. The Leesburg, Georgia native began his career writing hit songs for country icons Travis Tritt and Billy Currington. Since breaking out in 2011 with the record-breaking single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” Bryan has produced 12 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and more RIAA-certified digital singles than anyone in country music.
His accomplishments include selling 13 million albums, with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, and hits like “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” showcase the relatable Americana and catchy hooks that have made him a five-time ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year.
On the road, Bryan has played sold-out tours for over 13 million fans worldwide, including 2014’s That’s My Kind of Night Tour (the highest-grossing country tour of that year). Since 2018, the country music icon has also been a judge on American Idol alongside Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.
WHITEY MORGAN IN CONCERT:
Honky tonk hero Whitey Morgan has been giving fans a boot-stomping good time for the past decade, but 2015 proved a watershed year for Morgan when he and his band The 78’s made their first appearance on the Billboard charts. The album the landed them there, Sonic Ranch, cracked the Top 10 on the Heatseekers chart, earning heaps of critical acclaim and putting the band on the national radar . Since then Morgan has been in peak form, performing barroom brawlers like “I Ain’t Drunk” and “Another Round” with his signature devil-may-care attitude while his band kicks out bluesy piano riffs, walking basslines, and rip-roaring drums. Morgan’s gruff yet soulful voice and world-wise lyrics are the real deal, and fans looking for an authentic honky tonk experience won’t want to miss him as he burns it down live.
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Jelly Roll
With Special Guest… Ellie King Struggle Jennings
and Josh Adam Meyers!
Mary Chapin Carpenter has recorded 12 albums and has sold over 13 million records. With hits like ‘Passionate Kisses’ and ‘He Thinks He’ll Keep Her’, Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards (with 15 nominations), two CMA awards, two Academy of Country Music awards for her vocals and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October of 2012. Her songs speak to the most personal of life’s details and the most universal. Ashes and Roses, the new album from Carpenter, was released June 12, 2012 by Zoë/Rounder. This is Carpenter’s twelfth studio album and features a special duet with James Taylor on the track ‘Soul Companion’.