CD Arrives as the Best New Nashville Artists Fan Out Across the
Country to Perform at Select Cracker Barrel Locations
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The release of Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville CD on May 16 by
the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusivemusic
program sets the stage for an exciting introduction of original music
from 12 talented new artists. Each artist was hand-picked by country
music star Teddy Gentry, who is committed to fostering up-and-coming
talent in the Nashville music scene. Cracker Barrel guests in nine
states - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee - will have a chance to meet the Best New
Nashville artists when they play, sing and sign autographs on the front
porches of select Cracker Barrel locations between May 18 and June 7.
"We appreciate the time and effort Teddy Gentry dedicates to discovering
and mentoring fresh talent and we're pleased to provide these aspiring
artists with a way to share their music and provide them with an
opportunity to build their fan base through our exclusive music
program," said Julie Craig, Marketing Manager for Cracker Barrel. "We
hope our guests will enjoy the CD and the live performances."
Teddy Gentry is the bass player in the well-known group Alabama, and one
of Best New Nashville's co-founders. In an effort to ensure that the
best new voices in Nashville have a chance to be heard by a wider
audience, Gentry teamed up with music industry executive Bernard Porter
to mentor talented music hopefuls.
Music fans can read bios on the 12 Best New Nashville performers and
preview their music at http://bestnewnashville.com/home.
The Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville CD is available exclusively
at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations. Tour dates, times and
locations for individual artists, including appearances at Cracker
Barrel stores, are listed on this site. Fans can vote at
bestnewnashville.com for their favorite Best New Nashville artist and
enter the "Your City to Music City" Sweepstakes. The act receiving the
most votes will win $3,000. The sweepstakes winner will win a trip to
Nashville and spend some time with Teddy Gentry and their favorite Best
New Nashville artist.
Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville is the latest in Cracker
Barrel's exclusive music program. On May 2, Cracker Barrel released
Randy Travis' self-titled album Randy Travis. In March of this
year, Cracker Barrel released Kenny Rogers' The Love of God,
which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #2 on
the Top Christian Albums chart. In January 2011, Cracker Barrel released The
Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin,
which debuted at #1 on Billboard magazine's Bluegrass Albums chart and
at #26 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. In November of 2010,
Cracker Barrel released Smokey Robinson's Now & Then, which
debuted at #19 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and was nominated for
an NAACP IMAGE AWARD. September saw the release of the self-titled Rodney
Atkins, which includes four #1 hits, and also the release of Mandy
Barnett's Winter Wonderland, which offers up all the authentic
sounds of holiday traditions. In July, the company released Craig
Morgan's That's Why-Collector's Edition, and in May the release
of Wynonna's Love Heals debuted at #7 on the Billboard Magazine
Top Country Albums chart. February's release of Dailey & Vincent
Sing the Statler Brothers debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass
Albums chart, where it spent nine weeks in the top position and 18 weeks
overall in one of the three top positions. One of its songs was
nominated for a Grammy award®. Over the last few years,
Cracker Barrel has released exclusive CDs with Alan Jackson, the Zac
Brown Band, George Jones, Montgomery Gentry, Dolly Parton, Bill Gaither,
Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Josh Turner,
Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers, Sara Evans, and Charlie Daniels.
Tracks on Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville:
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Every Mile I'm Missing You — Jimmy Stewart
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I'm Gonna Cry — Chanel Campbell
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That's The Kind Of Love I Need — Garrett Steele
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A Good Place To Turn Around — 3 Lanes Crossing
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A Better Woman — Laura Fedor
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In His Hands — Chip Davis
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I'll Find You — Samantha Landrum
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Chip Away — Dillon Dixon
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My So Called Life — Southwind
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Long Lost Smile — Brad Long
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Run Baby Run — Adrianna Freeman
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Are You Ever Gonna Love Me — Amber Shalene
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About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store provides a friendly home-away-from-home
in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like
family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping
that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's
country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up
delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken
n' dumplins as well as its made from scratch biscuits using an old
family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and
offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in
1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 600 company-owned locations in 42
states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours
Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. — 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6
a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.
About Best New Nashville
An industry executive, Bernard Porter, and an industry legend, Teddy
Gentry, had a vision that started with mentoring up and coming talent
from all ages and genres. The two joined forces and created Best New
Nashville, a division of Porter-Gentry Productions, LLC. (PG
Productions, LLC).
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For Cracker Barrel
Julie Davis, 615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com
or
Webster
& Associates, LLC
Kirt Webster, 615-777-6995 x230
kirt@websterpr.com
or
For
Teddy Gentry/Best New Nashville
TinaMarie Holland, 615-732-8800
tinamarieholland@bestnewmusicgroup.com
or
For
Best New Nashville/Porter-Gentry Productions
Preshias Harris,
615-472-8448
preshias@pcgnashville.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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