With the return of the Grand Ole Opry to the Grand Ole Opry House, the Tuesday Night Opry also returns this week.
It is a pretty solid line-up with four of the seven artists being Opry members.
7:00: Connie Smith; Michael Ray
7:30: Mark Wills; Jake Hoot
Intermission
8:15: Henry Cho; Dailey & Vincent
8:45: Chris Jason
This will be the Opry debut for Jake Hoot.
Don’t let his larger-than-life presence fool you. Jake Hoot may stand 6’6″, but the reigning Season 17 Champion of NBC’s “The Voice” is just as genuine and sweet natured as ever. His dynamic storytelling abilities and powerful vocals led to an unprecedented run on the Emmy-award winning talent series. Shattering records left and right, Jake’s chart-topping abilities landed him a record 6 songs in the Top 10 of the iTunes Country Singles Chart as well as a #1 song on the overall iTunes Singles Chart.
The Team Kelly Clarkson contestant amassed a fiercely loyal following during his time on the show thanks to his authentic delivery of straight-from-the-soul music. Much of this and his sincere humility could be attributed to his unique and adventurous life growing up as the 2nd of 9 siblings to Baptist Missionary parents. Born in Texas, he led quite the gypsy childhood having lived in Oklahoma, Haiti, and an 11-year stint in the Dominican Republic where he first learned to play guitar. Fluent in Spanish, he credits his diverse musical influence to his time on the island. The singer/songwriter relocated to Tennessee at 20-years-old where he began gigging and attended Tennessee Tech University as a walk-on football player.
Currently amassing over 1 million Apple Music streams and gearing up to make his Grand Ole Opry debut, the future proves promising for this mega-talent with a heart of gold who is known by his 4-year old daughter simply as “Daddy.”
6'6"! Maybe he also should stand on top of Trace Adkins!
ReplyDeleteAnyone listen to Eddie and Marty last night? I got to hear all but the first 15 minutes. Good radio, maybe more so since the long interviews by Eddie are getting few and far between these days. Sounds like Marty is working hard on the museum in Mississippi and there is a lot of support for it. Also toured heavy the past couple years. I was not aware that Connie will soon have a new project out and that is exciting to hear.
ReplyDeleteJim
Knightsville, IN
Jim,
DeleteI've had the opportunity to hear Connie's latest project, and happy to report that it's a return to the old "Connie Smith Sound."