Little Texas in Concert
Location: Auditorium
Date: 2013-10-06
Time: 19:00
Country Stars Little Texas will be coming to Zanesville’s Secrest Auditorium on Sunday October 6th, 2013. The concert will benefit the Philo Boys Basketball team. The show will start at 7pm, and doors will open at 6pm. The group is raising money to purchase new equipment and new uniforms for the upcoming season.
Little Texas’s first radio release, “Some Guys Have All The Love,” became a Top-10 hit, as did their next single, “First Time For Everything.” After the album First Time For Everything was released, five singles reached the top of the charts. The second album, Big Time, truly was the big time for Little Texas.
The sophomore release, which has sold more than three million copies to date, spawned three No. 1 singles- “What Might Have Been,” “God Blessed Texas” and “My Love”- and captured the group’s first CMT Award, a Billboard award, a Radio & Records award and a Grammy nomination.
The group’s cover of “Peaceful Easy Feeing” by the Eagles charted well; albeit without an official release, and with that, Little Texas broke another record in country music history: three different songs on three different charts with three different lead singers, all at the same time. It is a feat that has never been repeated since by any band. The year 1994 also brought the lineup an Academy of Country Music Award for “Vocal Group of the Year.”
Little Texas released their Kick A Little album, and their first true arena-headlining tour began, supported by Keebler and newcomer Tim McGraw with opening act BlackHawk. The tour and album were huge successes, highlighted by shows in Detroit and Minneapolis, where they sold out the arenas just days after their heroes, The Eagles, had played the same venues. The tour continued on through 1995, finishing as the fifth largest-grossing tour of the year, and over the course of ’94 and ’95, the band received two more Grammy nominations and released Little Texas- Greatest Hits.
Today, though, Little Texas is back! The multi-platinum band’s four original members have rebuilt the franchise with a completely new sound. And with two recent albums under their collective musical belt, they couldn’t be happier to be back on tour and bringing fans what they do best.
Local group Carson Drive will be opening the show at 7pm. The group has been performing locally for many years together. Carson Drive most recently is the closing act for the Jaycees Stars and Stripes on the River Event on July 4th at Zane’s Landing, and is also the opening act for the Roots & Boots Tour with Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw, and Aaron Tippin on Nov. 16th at Secrest Auditorium.
Tickets will be going on sale on Friday August 30th at 9am. If you have any questions feel free to contact Jeff Rinkes at 614-595-4972, Darren Tigner at 740-624-0320, or Secrest Auditorium at 740-454-6851. Also feel free to visit Secrest’s website www.secrestonline.com for the link to purchase tickets, or CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS. Tickets will also be available at the Secrest Box Office and during limited times at the Philo High School and Junior Highs. Ticket prices range from $35 – $25 plus tax and fees.
We would like to thank our Gold Sponsor The Paul Contruction Company, and our Silver Sponsors Century National Bank, Fulmer’s Insurance, North Valley Bank, and People’s Bank. If you would like information on becoming a sponsor please feel free to contact Jeff Rinkes at 614-595-4972.
