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Tickets are on sale for a special appearance later this summer by Dwight Yoakam, two-time Grammy Award-winning country music star, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Amidst a major cross-country tour promoting his new album, �Blame the Vain,� Yoakam will perform a benefit concert at Western on Friday, Aug. 19, for Habitat for Humanity and other charities. He�ll be joined by special guest the Charlie Daniels Band. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. A country and Southern rock �n� roll star and fiddling phenomenon, Daniels is perhaps best known for his 1979 hit �The Devil Went Down to Georgia.� His new album �Songs from the Long Leaf Pines,� released this spring, is Daniels� first major foray into the bluegrass genre. Critics have called it �bluegrass with a swinging rhythmic funk that promises to put the spirit in your feet.� Billboard Magazine praises his new release as �musical magic � one of the finest albums of his storied career.�
Tickets are on sale. Admission is $39.50 or $49.50. For tickets or information call (828) 227-7722, toll-free (866) WCU-FEST, or visit http://ramseycenter.wcu.edu. (Image provided by WCU.)
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Yoakam�s new release, �Blame the Vain,� likewise crosses genres, embracing tradition one moment then playfully uprooting it the next, critics say. �There�s a lot of reckless joy on this album,� says Yoakam. �Intentional Heartache,� a frisky ode to Southern culture, the swaggering rockabilly rev-up �3 Good Reasons� and the pedal steel drenched shuffle �I�ll Pretend� are among his new singles.
