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Cheyenne Frontier Days has unveiled a star-studded entertainment line-up for its July 2009 ‘Frontier Nights' extravaganza and it features some of the hottest names in country music including recent CMA award recipients George Strait and Kenny Chesney.
The 113th annual event, what organizers say is the world's largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration, is simply known as the "Daddy of ‘em All" to rodeo cowboys, and takes place each year during the last full week in July in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Kicking off Cheyenne Frontier Days' entertainment fun on Saturday, July 18, will be George Strait, one of the giants of Country music and a star who owns the all-time record for the most No. 1 singles in any genre.
Strait has more career nominations than any other artist in both the Nashville-based Country Music Association awards and the California-bred Academy of Country Music honors. He has more gold and platinum albums than any other country artist. He will be joined by Julianne Hough.
On Sunday, July 19, fans will get a chance to experience Sawyer Brown, the Apopka, Florida-bred band that in its music offers up visions of country dirt roads, small towns, little thrills, tiny moments and intimate connections.
"We came out of the notion we were there to entertain people, to make sure everybody had a good time," says concedes creative catalyst Mark Miller, known as much for his hyperkinetic performances as for writing "Some Girls Do," "The Dirt Road," "Hard To Say," and "Thank God For You."
"You're looking at a bunch of blue collar people here, who were raised to put the work in, to make sure the people are satisfied and who really love being on that stage and seeing the people letting it all go," Miller says. "Somebody once told me ‘If you can't have fun at a Sawyer Brown show, you can't have fun...' I don't know, but it would sure be nice if it was true."
Cheyenne Frontier Days brings in another Country rising-star crowd pleaser when Rodney Atkins takes the stage on Wednesday, July 22.
Atkins' latest album, "If You're Going Through Hell," captures every aspect of his life, from his humble, multiple-adoption beginning, to his rural east Tennessee upbringing, to his present-day, stick to your roots convictions.
And judging by his breakout success in 2006, "If You're Going Through Hell," certified gold, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country albums chart; the title track spent four weeks atop the Billboard country singles chart, earning Billboard Most Played Song of 2006 and SESAC Song of the Year honors. The follow-up single, "Watching You," written by Rodney about his son, Elijah, spent two weeks at Number One on both the Billboard and Mediabase charts -life is pretty good for Atkins.
Another Country rising star will thrill Frontier Nights' fans when Taylor Swift, with Kellie Pickler, appear on stage on Thursday, July 23.
Swift has had a meteoric rise to stardom. She recently debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Country chart with her second album, and will take the CFD stage as a headliner this season.
"I want my fans to know that I'm the same girl I was when the first album came out," says Swift. "I'm just not in high school and I have a different schedule. I feel the same things, I feel the same way. And my songs are where I'll never hold back."
Supporting Taylor at Frontier Nights will be Kellie Pickler, whose hit, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful,' is more than a song, it's a statement from Kellie, who chose the upbeat tune to lead off her self-titled second album.
Urging inner strength, independence and confidence, the first single from Kellie Pickler introduces Kellie as she is today, a resilient young woman who has wrestled with insecurity, endured tragedy, suffered heartbreak and celebrated triumph on a winding road to maturity, self-awareness and newfound happiness.
One of the most exciting evenings for Country fans will be Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, when the Country super-star Kenny Chesney, with Jake Owen, turns Frontier Nights fans electric.
Chesney has taken Country to a whole new level, especially with his love affair with the ocean that goes back almost as far as his first breakout hits. It certainly colored his Billboard Top 200 Number One debut, "Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair," an intimate collection of self-penned songs celebrating the life the Luttrell, Tennessean found in the Caribbean.
Now, with "Lucky Old Sun," Chesney's created a project that not only honors the time he's spent on the water, but also dives a little deeper into the essence of the man he's become there.
"I could've done a ‘greatest hits,'" says the man who just notched his 15th Number One single and has more Top 10 country hits than any artist this century. "But I think to really be an artist, you have to stand in your now. So as a songwriter, I felt it was more important to offer this picture of me now rather than later.
Joining Chesney for his two-night performance will be Jake Owen, another rising Country star.
"Since I was 12 years old, my plan was to play professional golf. I was determined that golf was going to be my life. I couldn't wait to get out there and start playing with Tiger Woods and the guys on tour," says Owen, who'd mapped out his life at 12 years old.
Owen's aim was true; unfortunately, one summer afternoon he suffered a career ending injury. That accident turned out to be a blessing in disguise. When he put down his golf clubs, he picked up a guitar, and a new plan emerged; one that would take him off the fairway and onto Music Row, bypassing, he admits, many of the traditional steps along the route.
"When I look at my life, where I am right now, I know how improbable it is. I am totally aware of that. I haven't been doing it and dreaming about it since I was five years old, it doesn't run in my family, I didn't grow up singing in church, I didn't spend 10 years in honky-tonks. But I have always worked hard at whatever I have done, whether it was golf or writing songs or playing at Potbelly's in Tallahassee," he says. "I hope that my music and my songs can touch people, like I have been touched by other artists' songs."
Tickets are now on sale for Cheyenne Frontier Days and information about rodeo and concert prices is available at the web site at www.cfdrodeo.com or by calling (800) 227.6336.
The 113th annual event, what organizers say is the world's largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration, is simply known as the "Daddy of ‘em All" to rodeo cowboys, and takes place each year during the last full week in July in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Strait has more career nominations than any other artist in both the Nashville-based Country Music Association awards and the California-bred Academy of Country Music honors. He has more gold and platinum albums than any other country artist. He will be joined by Julianne Hough.
On Sunday, July 19, fans will get a chance to experience Sawyer Brown, the Apopka, Florida-bred band that in its music offers up visions of country dirt roads, small towns, little thrills, tiny moments and intimate connections.
"We came out of the notion we were there to entertain people, to make sure everybody had a good time," says concedes creative catalyst Mark Miller, known as much for his hyperkinetic performances as for writing "Some Girls Do," "The Dirt Road," "Hard To Say," and "Thank God For You."
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Cheyenne Frontier Days brings in another Country rising-star crowd pleaser when Rodney Atkins takes the stage on Wednesday, July 22.
Atkins' latest album, "If You're Going Through Hell," captures every aspect of his life, from his humble, multiple-adoption beginning, to his rural east Tennessee upbringing, to his present-day, stick to your roots convictions.
And judging by his breakout success in 2006, "If You're Going Through Hell," certified gold, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country albums chart; the title track spent four weeks atop the Billboard country singles chart, earning Billboard Most Played Song of 2006 and SESAC Song of the Year honors. The follow-up single, "Watching You," written by Rodney about his son, Elijah, spent two weeks at Number One on both the Billboard and Mediabase charts -life is pretty good for Atkins.
Another Country rising star will thrill Frontier Nights' fans when Taylor Swift, with Kellie Pickler, appear on stage on Thursday, July 23.
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"I want my fans to know that I'm the same girl I was when the first album came out," says Swift. "I'm just not in high school and I have a different schedule. I feel the same things, I feel the same way. And my songs are where I'll never hold back."
Supporting Taylor at Frontier Nights will be Kellie Pickler, whose hit, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful,' is more than a song, it's a statement from Kellie, who chose the upbeat tune to lead off her self-titled second album.
Urging inner strength, independence and confidence, the first single from Kellie Pickler introduces Kellie as she is today, a resilient young woman who has wrestled with insecurity, endured tragedy, suffered heartbreak and celebrated triumph on a winding road to maturity, self-awareness and newfound happiness.
One of the most exciting evenings for Country fans will be Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, when the Country super-star Kenny Chesney, with Jake Owen, turns Frontier Nights fans electric.
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Now, with "Lucky Old Sun," Chesney's created a project that not only honors the time he's spent on the water, but also dives a little deeper into the essence of the man he's become there.
"I could've done a ‘greatest hits,'" says the man who just notched his 15th Number One single and has more Top 10 country hits than any artist this century. "But I think to really be an artist, you have to stand in your now. So as a songwriter, I felt it was more important to offer this picture of me now rather than later.
Joining Chesney for his two-night performance will be Jake Owen, another rising Country star.
"Since I was 12 years old, my plan was to play professional golf. I was determined that golf was going to be my life. I couldn't wait to get out there and start playing with Tiger Woods and the guys on tour," says Owen, who'd mapped out his life at 12 years old.
Owen's aim was true; unfortunately, one summer afternoon he suffered a career ending injury. That accident turned out to be a blessing in disguise. When he put down his golf clubs, he picked up a guitar, and a new plan emerged; one that would take him off the fairway and onto Music Row, bypassing, he admits, many of the traditional steps along the route.
"When I look at my life, where I am right now, I know how improbable it is. I am totally aware of that. I haven't been doing it and dreaming about it since I was five years old, it doesn't run in my family, I didn't grow up singing in church, I didn't spend 10 years in honky-tonks. But I have always worked hard at whatever I have done, whether it was golf or writing songs or playing at Potbelly's in Tallahassee," he says. "I hope that my music and my songs can touch people, like I have been touched by other artists' songs."
Tickets are now on sale for Cheyenne Frontier Days and information about rodeo and concert prices is available at the web site at www.cfdrodeo.com or by calling (800) 227.6336.
