John Rich with a special appearance by Cowboy Troy
Performing July 3rd, 2010 at 8:45 pm.
Son of a Preacher Man
With the leadoff single to his first solo project, John Rich has captured the tenor of a troubled age. “Shuttin’ Detroit Down,” a populist anthem that gives voice to millions of hard-working Americans who have watched an economic elite benefit while the nation’s economy collapses, has quickly swept the nation. Its premiere airing on Detroit country radio stations galvanized the working class in the beleaguered blue-collar city, and the universality of its sentiment lit up phone lines across the country and made it the fastest-rising single of Rich’s storied career.
Tyler Dickerson
Performing July 3rd, 2010 at 7:15pm
I’ve been told I’m a miracle child. When I was only 8 months old and living in Columbia, Mississippi, I got very ill after a round of shots. My parents carried me screaming and crying to the emergency room three nights in a row. The doctors said it was an ear infection and sent me home with pain medication. On the fourth day, I was unresponsive. The pediatrician took one look at me and sent me back to the E.R. for a spinal tap. My parents were warned I would cry and were asked to step outside the room. They waited, but I never wailed. I was admitted and diagnosed with encephalitis.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Performing July 4th, 2010 at 8:45 p.m.
“Music is the thread that’s gone through my life and given it so much meaning” - Michael Franti
Michael Franti is a very big man who has always dared to say very big things through his joyous and passionate music during an unusually diverse and highly impressive career.
Yet for all the wide-ranging, yet consistent excellence of his body of work, what’s most impressive about Michael Franti as a recording artist and live performer is his ability to inspire. Ultimately, the heartfelt music that Franti makes and his dedication to greater understanding on a global level, are not two aspects of his life, but very much one and the same.
Arrested Development
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Performing July 4th, 2010 at 7:15pm
90’S HIP-HOP GROUP ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT HITS BACK with “STRONG”
The two-time Grammy award winning hip-hop group Arrested Development, are true trailblazers bringing balance to hip-hop. Since 1991 they’ve championed advancement, equality and spreading unique hip-hop around the world. As recipients of an NAACP image award (1993) they represent black America with pride & dignity.
Bettye LaVette
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Performing July 4th , 2010 at 5:45pm
Bettye LaVette brings the British Invasion home to its American R&B roots on her latest CD, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook. While Bettye’s Grammy-nominated 2007 disc The Scene Of The Crime went to the source to find triumph over her own anguish, Interpretations looks to the past this time for inspiration and uncovers common ancestry in seemingly divergent musical paths.
Chronology of Featured Artists
Past performances by:
2009 - Joe Nichols, Steve Wariner, JD Shelburne, The Ohio Players, Greyboy Allstars, Lyrics Born
2008 - Gary Allan, Candy Coburn, Patrick Henry Huges, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, JJ Grey & Mofro, Los Lobos
2007 – Josh Turner, Mark Chestnut, Johnny Berry & the Outliers, The Neville Brothers, Jo-El Sonnier, Steel of the Night
2006 - Trace Adkins, Dalton, Johnny Berry & the Outliers. Morris Day & the Time, Nappy Roots, The Villebillies
2005 – Jo Dee Messina, Josh Turner, KC & the Sunshine Band, Midnight Star
2004 – Al Green, Van Hunt, Unlimited
2003 – Joe Cocker, Koko Taylor, The Devonshires
2002 – Montgomery Gentry, Tim Krekel, Johnny Berry & the Outliers
2001 – Chaka Kahn and the Louisville Orchestra
2000 – Jose Feliciano, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe
1999 – Ricky Skaggs, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Jonell Mosser & Enough Rope, Sam Bush Band, Keith Hunter and the Witness for Christ Choir, Kentucky Repertory Jazz Orchestra
