Mark Chesnutt — Champ Country Singer!
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt — torch-carrier. No, silly, he’s not running with a torch for the Olympics, but is keeping country music on fire, in its true, old-style alive and healthy.
Chesnutt and his huge band — 3 boss instruments being keyboards, steel, and fiddle, plus a few guitars, the drums and bass, and lots of those musicians helping out with backup vocals — played a riveting set at Southern Junction Saturday night (April 20) in rollicking ol’ Rockwall.
Chesnutt pulled out all his hits from the 80s, and the crowd sang along with him to such songs as “Bubba Shot The Jukebox,” “I Just Wanted You To Know,” “She Dreams” and, appropriately for this Beaumont, Texas, native, “Blame It On Texas.”
Crowd-pleasers all night long.
Jon Beaumont
Jon Beaumont & New Old West got the packed house all warmed up, including the dancers which kept the dance floor hopping through the NOW set. Then, they sat back, smiled, and seemed to be enjoying Chesnutt’s show as much as everyone else.
Keep your eye on the S.I.T. calendar for Southern Junction, or click on their site, linked below. They have house bands — hot-dang good ones like NOW, four nights each week, and bring in the guest bands with regularity. Next up, as a guest band, will be the Wade Bowen Band on May 4, with Big In Vegas opening that night and that week. (May 1-4) Between now and thend, the Keith Mitchell Band will play Wednesday-Saturday, April 24-27. You just can’t lose, if you love country, danceable music.
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