Darryl Worley - Saturday 8:30 pm
Through five albums and seventeen chart hits, Darryl Worley has produced one of the most impressive and wide-ranging catalogs in contemporary music. He has for ten years been a mainstay of modern country, a distinctive singer and first-rate songwriter whose music has chronicled life, love and the world situation with equal facility.
He has topped the charts with singles including "I Miss My Friend," "Awful, Beautiful Life" and "Have You Forgotten?" which accomplished the feat for one, two and an incredible seven weeks respectively. He hit the Top 20 with the first three singles from his impressive major-label debut, Hard Rain Don't Last - "When You Need My Love," "A Good Day to Run" and "Second Wind" and followed with smashes like "If Something Should Happen," "I Just Came Back From A War" and the iconic "Tennessee River Run."
Along the way, he has sold nearly two million albums, earned nominations for five major ACM and CMA awards, including "Song of the Year" and "Single of the Year," and has written songs for other major artists, including George Jones.
Now, with the release of his sixth album, Sounds Like Life, Worley reasserts himself as one of country’s true creative forces. Sounds like Life showcases Worley as a songwriter of depth and passion and a singer whose versatility and believability have grown stronger through the years. The project is a microcosm of his life and career, with the sometimes rocky, sometimes triumphant road he’s traveled infusing every track, and it bears both the sense of detail and the universality we’ve come to expect from the 6’6“ hit-maker.
Phil Dirt And The Dozers - Wednesday 8:30
PHIL DIRT & THE DOZERS. . . America's premiere "Rock 'N R'oldies" review (and the most popular vintage rock and roll show in the nation) will help you recapture those wonderful days! With their musical talent, high energy and contagious sense of humor, Phil Dirt & The Dozers will transport you to another time and place . . . namely, the 50's, 60's, and 70's of Rock and Roll! Imagine hearing The Four Seasons' Sherry with the original falsetto vocals intact . . . or the hauntingly beautiful Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody or their You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling or the beautiful ballads of Roy Orbison including Pretty Woman and In Dreams. Party on the beach with The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean. And imagine the Platters' soul-stirring Only You performed with all the scratches and skips found on a well-worn 33 1/3 record, the way The Dozers first learned it! The Phil Dirt Time Machine also stops in the '70's, where you'll experience some of this decade's greatest hits including those from the Doobie Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, The Eagles and even the O'Jays.
The PHIL DIRT & THE DOZERS' nostalgia show encompasses three decades of great music . . . and is performed absolutely live with a sophisticated yet light-hearted approach that creates an atmosphere all age ranges will enjoy.
Little Texas - Tuesday 8:30
After a six year hiatus (1998-2003) the band reformed and began playing shows again in 2004.
All four members of Little Texas are original, founding members. (Porter Howell, Duane Propes, Del Gray & Dwayne O’Brien)
All of Little Texas’ hits have been written or co-written by someone in the band.
Lead guitarist and principal songwriter, Porter Howell, took over the front man position in 2005.
In 2007, Little Texas released 2 new albums: The Very Best of Little Texas – Live & Loud (the band’s first live album) and Missing Years.
Little Texas formed in November 1988, and celebrated their 20th Anniversary last year.
Little Texas holds a country music record by being the only Country group to have three different songs with three different lead singers on three different charts – all at the same time.
Their song “God Blessed Texas” was recently featured on American Idol and was also heavily featured in HBO’s popular “True Blood” series.
Little Texas captured the ACM Top Vocal Group Award for 1993 and the CMA Album Of The Year for 1994.
Little Texas has been nominated for three Grammy awards.
The band is currently writing songs for their next studio project – release TBA.
The Little Texas website is www.littletexasonline.com
Little Texas has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide.
Glen Shelton - Saturday 7:00
Glen has worked with many Nashville recording artists since 1995, and he won the Colgate Country Showdown in 2002.
His first national radio release was a self-written Top 40 hit on the country charts in 2004. He has continued to work with well-known artists such as Jimmy Fortune who recorded with Glen on Glen's latest album. This album includes two self-written songs that hit the Top 10 (#3 and #6) on the nationwide Christian Country Top 100 in 2009.
Glen is also an ICM (Inspirational Country Music) New Artist Of The Year nominee, and an ICGMA (International Country Gospel Music Association) Male Horizon and Crossover Artist nominee.
The most popular question people ask Glen when they hear him for the first time is "Where have you been?"
Coal Train - Friday 8:00
NASHVILLE, TN - The Rock/ Americana Band, Coaltrain originally hails from Wheeling, West Virginia, making the critical move to Nashville,TN in 2005.The move has paid off & the band has opened for national acts such as; Sammy Kershaw, Montgomery Gentry , Neal McCoy, Randy Houser, James Otto, Pat Green & Jamey Johnson. The band was also Cowboy Troys backing band and opening act for 13 months in 2008/2009.
Coaltrain, features front man & fiddle player, Chris Denham, along with guitarist, Jeremy Holt, bassist, John "Sixball" McCombs, and drummer, Rudy Miller.
"As the band that knows how to party", quoted, by The Morning Show in Whitefish, MT, "these boys definitely know how to keep the crowd on their feet all night". "We want people to leave after a show and say, we havent had that much fun in along time", says Denham.
The group has become a hot commodity nationwide. They played over 150 shows last year alone. "We've had a blast touring the country & showing people what Coaltrain is all about", says bassist, 6ball McCombs.
Reptile Records out of Nashville,TN released Coaltrains first single 'If You Wanna Get to Heaven', in 2006 and took it to #85 on The Music Row Charts. Coaltrain has since released their brand new EP titled 'How I Roll' on their own label, 'Slippy Fist' .. It has already received rave reviews and continues to build momentum for the group.