2008 Woodie Awards
The Rock gets ready for all-star country invasion
By Caleb Pardick
Issue date: 4/22/05 Section: Entertainment
The Slippery Rock University's Aebersold Recreation Center will rock Monday night.
Well, technically it's country music, but the ARC will rock no less.
Trace Adkins, Chris Cagle, and the PovertyNeck Hillbillies will storm the ARC at 7:30 p.m. Monday to perform for an SRU crowd expected to reach 2,300 in attendance. Tickets are currently on sale for $15 with an SRU student ID and $25 general admission and at the door.
The PovertyNeck Hillbillies, natives of southwestern Pennsylvania, will kick off the event opening for Cagle and Adkins. They will be performing songs off their album, "Hillbilly State of Mind" that include "If You Could Only See," "Born to Be Free," and their most famous tune, "Mr. Right Now."
This won't be the Hillbillies' first performance in the area, or at SRU, for that matter. The Hillbillies performed at a free concert in the University Union's Multi-Purpose Room on Jan. 24, 2004 in front of approximately 450 students.
Chris Cagle, a Country Music Television Video Music Award winner, will be performing songs from his self-titled second album and will take the stage after the PovertyNeck Hillbillies.
Cagle, a nationally known and up-and-coming country music artist, has enjoyed his own success as well. In 2002, Cagle took home the CMT Flameworthy Breakthrough Video of the Year award for the video for "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out."
The concert's featured performer will be Trace Adkins, who will be performing songs from his critically acclaimed latest album, "Songs About Me" that was released on March 22.
Adkins said his latest album takes a more personal look at the aspects of his life that fans rarely get to see when watching his music videos or seeing him in concert.
"There's so much about this CD that is autobiographical," Adkins said. "Even if we're able to release four singles on this record, every one would perfectly represent me and where I am. Take 'Metropolis' for example. That song kills me. It's about where I came from and exactly what has happened to me."
Well, technically it's country music, but the ARC will rock no less.
Trace Adkins, Chris Cagle, and the PovertyNeck Hillbillies will storm the ARC at 7:30 p.m. Monday to perform for an SRU crowd expected to reach 2,300 in attendance. Tickets are currently on sale for $15 with an SRU student ID and $25 general admission and at the door.
The PovertyNeck Hillbillies, natives of southwestern Pennsylvania, will kick off the event opening for Cagle and Adkins. They will be performing songs off their album, "Hillbilly State of Mind" that include "If You Could Only See," "Born to Be Free," and their most famous tune, "Mr. Right Now."
This won't be the Hillbillies' first performance in the area, or at SRU, for that matter. The Hillbillies performed at a free concert in the University Union's Multi-Purpose Room on Jan. 24, 2004 in front of approximately 450 students.
Chris Cagle, a Country Music Television Video Music Award winner, will be performing songs from his self-titled second album and will take the stage after the PovertyNeck Hillbillies.
Cagle, a nationally known and up-and-coming country music artist, has enjoyed his own success as well. In 2002, Cagle took home the CMT Flameworthy Breakthrough Video of the Year award for the video for "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out."
The concert's featured performer will be Trace Adkins, who will be performing songs from his critically acclaimed latest album, "Songs About Me" that was released on March 22.
Adkins said his latest album takes a more personal look at the aspects of his life that fans rarely get to see when watching his music videos or seeing him in concert.
"There's so much about this CD that is autobiographical," Adkins said. "Even if we're able to release four singles on this record, every one would perfectly represent me and where I am. Take 'Metropolis' for example. That song kills me. It's about where I came from and exactly what has happened to me."
