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You won't want to miss the incredible new show featuring Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee! These two country music legends will give you an experience to remember as they bring back some of their chart topping songs completed with memories of the 1980 hit movie, Urban Cowboy. Gilley and Lee have earned an outstanding 38 Chart singles with 20 #1 hits including Gilley's "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls all Get Prettier at Closing Time," and Lee's "Cherokee Fiddle," and "Lookin' for Love." Sharing 10 years of their music careers together, these two are sure to put on an evening of great music, fun memories, and incredible entertainment!Mickey Gilley enjoyed a remarkable history in entertainment—country music, movies, television, and the nightclub business that helped share his talent with an even bigger and broader-based audience. When Hollywood producers decided to film on location for the hit movie, Urban Cowboy, which starred John Travolta, and made a movie star out of Debra Winger, they chose the enormous Gilley's nightclub in Pasadena, Texas as their location. Their decision to use Mickey Gilley's version of the Ben E. King hit, "Stand By Me," helped introduce him to an audience beyond country; it reached number one on the Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart. Gilley also made guest appearances in TV shows that were hugely popular in the late 70s and early 80s, including The Fall Guy, Murder She Wrote, and Dukes of Hazzard. Johnny Lee became a household name in the world of music, and not just country music, when he released "Lookin' for Love," the single that spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard country chart while, at the same time, popping up in the Top 5 on the Pop chart and the Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart; a rare feat in an industry awash with exceptional artists. He's had scores of other hits, including "One in a Million," "Bet Your Heart on Me," "The Yellow Rose ft. Lane Brody" and "You Could've Heard a Heart Break," all topping the Billboard Country chart.

This NCHC Sanctioned competition will offer all Sanctioned Categories, Solos, and Duets. Learn more: http://www.clog.org/

Born in Atlanta, TX, U.S. and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, U.S. Lawrence grew up on a solid diet of traditional country and Southern rock. The singer identified his talents and began performing around the local area's honky tonk circuit before he'd reached 18. After attending college, the singer packed his things and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. in the hope of finding success. After winning a number of talent shows, which led to a live radio performance Lawrence was noticed by Atlantic Records and signed with them in 1991.Prior to the release of his debut album, Lawrence was shot four times in a failed mugging in which he fought back allowing his girlfriend to escape in the chivalric act of the century. The move did Lawrence's album “Sticks and Stones” wonders in the south and was released later in 1991 when the singer was able to promote it. The album's title track hit No. 1 in the U.S. Country Chart and subsequent songs “Runnin' Behind”, “Today's Lonely Fool” and “Somebody Paints the Wall” all reached the Top 10. Lawrence's stardom was signed, sealed and delivered with his 1993 follow-up album “Alibis” which was a platinum seller and produced hits such as “Can't Break It to My Heart” and “My Second Home”. In 1994 he released the single “Renegades, Rebels and Rogues” which he contributed to the film “Maverick”, and his two subsequent albums “I See It Now” in 1994 and “Time Marches On” in 1996. Opening for Tracy Lawrence are The Davisson Brothers!

Mark Wills has captivated fans and listeners for over two decades. he achieved his first top-charting success at the young age of 23 and has maintained a longevity in the music business that many artist can only dream of. His mission is to create country music filled with depth and meaningful substance to create lasting memories through words. Born blind (his family thought it was retribution for sin), Ronnie Milsap's grandparents gave the boy over to the North Carolina State School for the Blind hoping for a better chance. There, Milsap discovered music – deviating from the school's classical curriculum to explore the nascent realms of race music, rock & roll and jazz. It was Ray Charles who told the young pianist when he was offered a scholarship to Young Harris College's law program, “Son, I can hear the music inside you…” It settled Milsap's fate. Forty #1s. Five decades of charted singles. Creating a new way of recording (being blind his hyper-attuned hearing led him to create/build what is now known as Ronnie's Place, where the new album, the Duets, was captured), he broke genre rules and became one of the biggest pop/AC and even R&B artists of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Six Grammys. CMA Entertainer of the Year and four Album of the Year Awards.

Eleven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson is “one of the greatest country singers of our time,” according to the Washington Post. He is one of only a few people in the history of country music to win two Song of the Year Awards from both the CMA and ACMs.His 2008 album, That Lonesome Song, was certified platinum for 1 million in sales, and his 2010 ambitious double album, The Guitar Song, received a gold certification. In addition, he won two Song of the Year Trophies, for “Give It Away” and “In Color,” both from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. He has received tremendous praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal and other publications, many of which have hailed his albums as masterpieces. In 2012, the Alabama native released his fifth studio album, a tribute project to late songwriter Hank Cochran. The Grammy-nominated Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran paired him with Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Elvis Costello, George Strait, Vince Gill and Merle Haggard. In 2013, the Nashville Scene's 13th annual Country Music Critics' Poll named it the year's best album. (Two years earlier, the same poll named Johnson's The Guitar Song as the year's best album, and Johnson himself as best male vocalist, best songwriter and artist of the year.) Come early and enjoy the Appalachian Brew, Que & Stew Festival!

With a refreshed lineup and newfound energy, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots music.Following an extended 50th anniversary tour, the ensemble grew to a six-piece in 2018 for the first time since their early jug band days. The group now includes Jeff Hanna (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Jimmie Fadden (drums, harmonica), Bob Carpenter (keyboards), Jim Photoglo (bass, acoustic guitar), Ross Holmes (fiddle, mandolin), and Jaime Hanna (electric and acoustic guitar). All six members also sing, and when their voices merge, the harmonies add a powerful new component for the legendary band. And with the father-son pairing of Jeff and Jaime Hanna, the band carries on a country music tradition of blood harmony.