GENEVA FESTIVAL ON THE RIVERS
LAST SATURDAY IN APRIL
APRIL 23rd, 24th & 25th 2010
GENEVA, ALABAMA
SATURDAY ~ APRIL 24, 2010
FOOD COURT ENTERTAINMENT
Have lunch with our food vendors they welcome you to the Food Court Saturday & Sunday
You will be entertained by:
Talent Contest Winners
DO-SA-DO'S OF DOTHAN
THE KOUNTRY FOLK KLOGGERS - CHIPLEY, FL.
RON FRENCH
FORMER MEMBER OF THE DIXIE ECHOES & BIBLE TONE
Entertainment will begin at
9:00 AM until 12:30 PM
BRING YOUR LAWN
CHAIR & HAVE FUN
Country Talent Winners
will perform at Gazebo
1:00 PM (approximately on
Saturday)
Gospel Talent Winners
will perform at Food Court (on Saturday)
and at Gazebo
on Sunday
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD
ANDY GRIGGS
ASH BOWERS
3:55 PM
2:35 PM
1:30 PM
Confederate Railroad first rolled onto the national country music scene in the early 90s with its unique style and sound.Headed by founder and front man Danny Shirley, the former backup band for both David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck got their big break by signing with Atlantic Records. The first single from their debut album ("Confederate Railroad") was "She Took It Like A Man". It went to No. 26, a preview of what was to come. "The next two singles, "Jesus and Mama" and "Queen of Memphis" went to the top of the charts. Three more huge hits followed, "Trashy Women", "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back", and "She Never Cried". "Trashy" would lead to a Grammy nomination and become their signature song. That album with six hits and nearly three million sales brought Confederate the Academy of Country Music's Best New Group Award in 1993 as well as numerous nominations from the Country Music Association and the British Country Music Foundation.
The second album, "Notorious", produced one of the group's most popular songs "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" which became a No. One video as well. "Elvis and Andy" and "Summer in Dixie" would further establish the Railroad as one of the most versatile acts in the business. This album would sell more than one million. Their overall totals are 18 charted hits and five million albums sold.
From rowdy country to raw emotion, a Confederate Railroad concert today covers a wide range of feelings. Young people will be there rocking to "Trashy Women", while their parents and even grandparents will likely be singing along to "Jesus and Mama". The band plays 100 or so dates each year. Whatever the venue, they are right at home…being it a fair, a club, or a biker show. Shirley, the lead singer and vocalist, and his mates, Mark Dufresne on drums, Wayne Secrest on bass, Rusty Hendrix on lead guitar and Cody McCarver on keyboards and vocals are obviously having fun right along with their appreciative audience. At the end of each show, the band stays around until every fan who wants an autograph, or to pose with the group for a picture or just say "hello" is taken care of.
Andy Griggs has had a successful music career. Arriving in Nashville with guitar in hand in 1994, Andy quickly made a name for himself on the country scene. After his debut single “You Won’t Ever Be Lonely” on RCA was certified Gold in 2000, he racked up ten top 10 hits including his title cut on his debut album and on following albums, Freedom and This I Gotta See. “She’s More,” his second number 1 was followed by top 10 hits including: "I'll Go Crazy," “Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man,” “Practice Life” with Martina McBride, “She Thinks She Needs Me,” and “If Heaven” which leaves everyone in tears and even though he didn’t write it, could be a testimony of his life. "Ain't Livin' Long Like This,” gave fans a sampling of his scorching soulful side.
He released his second album, Freedom, in 2002. Although its lead-off single "How Cool Is That" peaked at #22, the second single, "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man", became his fourth Top Ten hit at #7. Closing out this album was "Practice Life", a #33 duet with Martina McBride.
In 2007, Griggs signed to his second recording contract, this time with Montage Music Group. His first album for the label, The Good Life, produced two low-charting singles in "Tattoo Rose" (co-written by Cole Deggs, lead singer of Cole Deggs & the Lonesome) and "What If It's Me".
He was growing up in a working-class family in Jackson, Tennessee, and he would need a lot more than dreams to make it to the country music capital 130 miles east on I-40. Determination came with his sometimes-tough upbringing. He practiced all he could on an old keyboard he had, until his mother bought him a used, out-of-tune piano their church was replacing. As for talent and charisma, it was evident he had plenty of both from the moment he began stepping on local stages. His goal was to impress other people the way Jerry Lee had impressed him, and the crowds he played for at fairs and talent contests told him he was onto something.
"Stuck," the album’s first single, is both highly relatable and tellingly autobiographical. A tale comparative to his own life experience as a John Deere diesel mechanic aching to live out his musical dreams, Ash strikes a chord with millions of Americans who dream beyond their current jobs. It’s as timely as the evening news and as universal as the human spirit. Ash’s youthful spirit makes the song’s video, shot in part on a helipad atop a 28-story building in downtown L.A., a shout-out to blue-collar dreamers everywhere.
Nowhere is the CD more personal than in two songs dealing with strained father-son relations. Both written by Ash, they speak volumes about responsibility, loss and forgiveness in settings wrought from the stuff of real life.
