Monday, October 04, 2004

 

Unknown Nashville - The Great American Honky Tonk Appalachian Harvest Festival

From the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader
8 p.m. Sun. at the Singletary Center for the Arts, Rose St. and Euclid Ave. $14.50, $12.50 students. (859) 257-4929.

Corey Lea is convinced the most authentic country music in Nashville is being made by artists you've never heard of. Forget the Tim McGraws and Toby Keiths. This onetime professional baseball player is so confident of the traditional depth of the singers he discovered in Nashville clubs that he rounded several up and hit the road.

Lea's country caravan hits the Singletary Center for a program called The Great American Honky Tonk.

"Down on Broadway is where a lot of people who play music in Nashville get their start," Lea said. "But I noticed everything they were playing were old cover tunes. It's great music. But you never hear it on today's country radio.


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Lexington Herald-Leader


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