How to go
WHO: Tracy Lawrence
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 12
WHERE: JD Legends, 65 Millard Ave., Franklin
COST: $17.50 general admission, $80 VIP, www.jdlegends.com
Country singer Tracy Lawrence returns to JD Legends in Franklin Saturday, Sept. 12, this time bringing a little rock with him.
That’s not rock as in rock music, but his new CD “The Rock,” selections of which will be played alongside many of his familiar hits, said Marisa Henderson, a publicist for Music City News in Nashville.
“He’ll be playing hits like ‘Paint Me a Birmingham,’ and ‘Find Out Who Your Friends Are,’; and he’ll be doing some songs from ‘The Rock.’ It’s religious-based, but not heavily,” Henderson said.
Simply put, Lawrence is back at JD Legends by popular demand, said its manager, Steve Miller.
“He’s one of the most accomplished country artists going and we’re excited to have him. He played here last year, and the response we got showed all winter long. People were saying ‘Are you going to have him back, are you going to have him back?’” Miller said.
In promotional material for the CD, Lawrence said “My mom and dad have been coaxing me for years to record an inspirational country CD. I promised them I would, but kept pushing it off because it didn’t ‘feel’ like the right time. I had to grow personally and artistically, to get there.”
Now, the timing is right, he believes.
“In a time when our social and political climate is in disbelief and he overall mood of the country is in despair, the music is hopeful and bright. This project came along at the perfect time in my life; it was the right time for me to record it and it’s the right time for the music to be heard,” Lawrence said.
Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2836 or erobinette@coxohio.com.
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