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PAT GREEN

The three-time Grammy nominee has become a cultural force across the country selling out venues from Nokia Theater in Time Square to the Houston Astrodome in Texas.

Pat has sold over 2 million albums including Gold-certified “Wave On Wave.”
He’s appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Austin City Limits
His new album “What I’m For” made its debut at #2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart
Has toured with the Dave Mathews Band, Keith Urban & Kenny Chesney
“The heartland rocker that country music has needed for years.” USA Today
“Pat Green is the Bruce Springsteen of the Southwest. He’s passionate, expressive and engaging, coming at your steady and hard.” People
“Green's middle American populism and his guitar crunch are reminiscent of John Mellencamp.” Associated Press
“Rowdy shows celebrate life and the youthful pursuits of freedom…his upbeat shows often turn into wild parties, with the energetic singer as head toastmaster.” Country Weekly
“Green engaged the crowd with a good-time approach, blending pulsing rythyms, melodic songs and an earthy voice.” The Hollywood Reporter

UNCLE KRACKER

Uncle Kracker is an American rock, country, and rap rock musician, most popularly known for his hit singles "Follow Me", "Smile", and "Drift Away". His music was more rap rock-based at the start of his career before turning in a more country and Top 40 style music direction on later releases.

MARTY STUART

Marty Stuart is an American country music singer, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. In the early 1990s, he had a successful string of Country hits.

Four-time Grammy-Winner
Spent six-years performing with the legendary Johnny Cash in the 80’s.
Platinum Recording Artist
Grand Ole Opry star
Can be seen weekly on the Marty Stuart Show on RFD TV

“Marty Stuart seems wrapped in his destiny at the point in time. Not only as country music’s most notable ambassador/caretaker, but as its main archetypical crusader. He has without a doubt evolved into one of the most important roots musicians and visionaries in America.”
-Musicologist Peter North

RADNEY FOSTER

Radney Foster is an American country music artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd. Between then and 1990, the duo recorded three studio albums for RCA Records and charted nine singles on the country charts. Foster began his solo career in 1992 when he signed to Arista Records, Although his first release for the label (1992's Del Rio, TX 1959) produced four consecutive Top 40 hits, Foster saw his commercial success waning with the release of his second and third albums (1995's Labor of Love and 1999's See What You Want to See, respectively), and by 1999 he had exited Arista's roster. He then signed to the independent Dualtone Records label, for which he has recorded three more albums to date: 2001's Are You Ready for the Big Show?, 2002's Another Way to Go and 2006's This World We Live In. Overall, Foster has charted thirteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Top Ten hits "Just Call Me Lonesome" (#10, 1992) and "Nobody Wins" (#2, 1993). In addition, he has written singles for other country artists, including, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Keith Urban and Jack Ingram.

ARANDA

Dameon and Gabe Aranda have been creating music since an early age. The band first formed in June 2001 and has worked with Jessica Simpson, the Backstreet Boys and Grammy-nominated producers Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Mark Ronson. The band's first record, Aranda, was released in 2008 and the first single, "Still in the Dark", shot straight up the rock music charts. Aranda has toured with bands like The All-American Rejects, Saliva, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry and Tantric. Their latest chart hit single "Wanna bring me down" was used as official theme song for WWE, and later, recorded by Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson. Their song "All I Ever Wanted" was also recorded by Kelly Clarkson for her fourth record.

JONATHAN TYLER & THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

Jonathan Tyler is an American born rock and soul singer, musician, and songwriter who began performing at thirteen. His debut album, Hot Trottin' (Jonathan Tyler Music/Indie), is currently enjoying spin time on Austin's KLBJ radio. The CD's single, GYPSY Woman, is quickly becoming a request line anthem. Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights is composed of JT on lead vocals and lead guitar, Nick to the Jay on bass and additional vocals, Jordan Cain, on drums, Kansas on rhythm guitar and Mo Brown on additional vocals and tambourine. The band has opened for Chicago, Kool and the Gang, and Leon Russell.

WES JEANS

Striking like a flash of lightning out of the piney wood region of East Texas, Wes Jeans ranks as one of the “Top Young Gun Guitar Players” - Guitar Player Magazine, March 2004. Wes delivers a soul-drenched mix of high voltage, rockin’ Texas Blues. Wes commands the stage from the start to finish and opens with a spirit of intensity that will surely grab you with his grinding rhythms and stinging leads allowing you a deep look into Wes Jeans’ Marshall, TX roots.

LANCE LOPEZ

"Texas has been know throughout the years to be the breeding ground for some of the baddest guitar players of all time...Lance is yet another one to carry on that Texas tradition..." BILLY F. GIBBONS - ZZ TOP

"A very exciting and intense Blues Guitarist..." JEFF BECK

"Lance Lopez got 3 standing ovations when he opened a show for me and I was among those standing..."B.B. KING

"One of my favs, the boy can make a Stratocaster sing!" GREG MARTIN - KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS

GO FAST

The core members of the Little Rock, AR, band Go Fast joined together in the late '90s. Scott Diffie on lead guitar and vocals, Matt Floyd on bass, and Trey Baker on drums quickly gained a local following. The band was ready to go to the next level when they added guitarist Kevin Kerby, who was pulling double duty as the leader of his own band, Mulehead. After exposure on an Arkansas rock radio station, the band landed a gig as the opening act for Lynryd Skynyrd. This exposure led to their signing with HTS Recordings. Their debut, Great American Get Down, was recorded over one weekend in October 1999, and released the following year. Famed artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was commissioned to paint the cover.

WINDSTORM

Windstorm is THE hottest soul band in the Ark La Tex, bar none. Pros, that are multi-talented and a sight to behold onstage. They can put on an electrifying show with choreography & costumes or a laidback musical medley that'll make you fall in love all over again. Windstorm has traveled many places, including a trip to perform in London, England. They have also opened for Bobby Brown, Lakeside, Luther Vandross, H-Town, Usher, and the Commodores. Guitarist Ron Johnson played for years with Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Co-Leader Eric Hunter is one of the three featured vocalists/frontmen , backed by a 5 piece band for an 8 piece Showband Royale.

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CHRIS LOGGINS

Chris Loggins moved back to his hometown of El Dorado, Arkansas five years ago and stripped down his sound. An acoustic singer & songwriter, he defies easy classification. He's been called "an ecclectic blend of roots, blues & rock", a "conduit through which something mystical and magical flows." Loggins also performs a wide variety of cover songs you wouldn't expect to hear in an acoustic setting and makes them his own.

SAD DADDY

Sad Daddy is a “new old-time country outfit” that Damn Bullets member Joe Sundell formed with Hot Springs singer/songwriter Brian Martin and bassist Melissa Carper of The Carper Family in Austin.

THE YOUNG GUNS

Since they were small children, Tommie and Brandon Closson listened to classic rock by Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. They played ukuleles that belonged to their great-grandfather before they graduated to an electric guitar for Tommie and an acoustic guitar for Brandon. Their first band was Bloody Sculls. Wearing tank tops with a picture of a bloody scull on the front, they played '80s rock. Tommie, 15, now is lead guitarist and Brandon, 13, is guitarist/lead singer in Young Guns, which also features Brandon Russell, 13, on drums and Michael "Ace" Caserta, 14, on bass. Russell comes from a musical family. His sister, Reba Russell, is a veteran Memphis performer and other family members are in a band called Brittany Russell and the Trunk Monkeys. Brandon Russell picked up drums after playing a set his dad was trying to sell for a friend. "I started playing an AC/DC beat, which is just a simple beat," he said. The Closson brothers decided to keep Brandon after he filled in for their old drummer at a show in Knoxville. He became a fan the first time he heard the group: "They liked classic rock. My friends, they don't like that stuff. They like rap music and present day (music)." After Brandon Russell joined, the band played at a Memphis Redbirds game. The audience included "a bunch of college girls," Brandon Closson recalled. They asked them to sign guitar pics and a boot. "I signed someone's neck," Tommie said. Caserta joined after Young Guns lost their old bass player and his music teacher asked him if he was interested. "I just thought they were the coolest thing in the world," Caserta said. "You got a singer that can belt it, a shredding guitar player and an awesome drummer who can just smash the crud out of everything." The band members were likewise impressed with Caserta. "I had never seen someone slap the bass," Brandon Russell said. They describe their music as funk, blues, rock and metal smashed together. Michael's dad, Angelo Caserta, who was in bands when he was younger, has been recording the Young Guns. "When you listen to kids this age, you wouldn't expect that maturity of classic rock with kind of the grunge sound," he said. "I liked them so much I went out and bought some more equipment."

DAVE ALMOND

MONTY RUSSELL

OUTSIDE LEFT MAGAZINE Review of live performance supporting Dwight Yoakam, 11-16-05 @ The Varisty Theatre, Baton Rouge The opening act, Monty Russell, was my kind of roots rock, a brace of 50+ fat guys with a pleasant demeanor and great stories and chops that could Ginsu any upstart to shreds. His guitarist, introduced as General (Keith Patterson) alone was worth the price of admission, with his years of road work layered like summer hot asphalt on the stretched of Highway 61 the band sings about. Everyone in the place exclaimed to the person next to them, "That guitar player is awesome!"

TREY JOHNSON

TREY HAWKINS BAND

GENERAL PATTERSON

I learned to play guitar in the summer of '71 because my cousin played. I began by being taught in Nashville, TN (where I grew up), by a great jazz guitarist Roland Gresham. Anyway, I filtered down to Louisiana, the Land of my Parents and ancestors and hooked up with some bands around the area. I played and still play on occasion with Howard Shaft. All of these guys have gone on to do some incredible work with famous people and I hope I inspired them a little.

WADE REEVES

BRADLEY BRIDGES

CHRIS CANTERBURY

BILLSTOWN

Billstown featuring the Campbell Family Band – Billstown was formed in 2008 and includes three generations of the legendary Campbell family. This group includes Glen Campbell’s older brother Gerald, nephew Steve and great-nephews Josh, Sean and Wes. This act is a true testament to Arkansas’ rich, musical heritage and is sure to be a crowd pleaser!