Jason Michael Carroll's Exclusive All-Country Numbers CD
Released with 11 New Songs and One Previous Hit
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Former Cracker Barrel Old Country Store server Jason Michael Carroll
brings his new CD Numbers to the table as the first artist ever
signed by the company's exclusive music program who once worked in one
of its restaurants. Carroll, who started singing in public while working
as a server at the Cracker Barrel located in Henderson, N.C., has joined
the ranks of the stars in the company's exclusive music program.
The CD Numbers is a compilation of songs about everyday life
experiences, including "Alyssa Lies," which reached #5 on the
Billboard Country Chart from Carroll's 2007 album, and the title song "Numbers,"
written by Patrick Davis and Rodney Clawson. "Most numbers mean
absolutely nothing," says Carroll, "but some of them, like the date you
meet the person you are going to spend the rest of your life with, mean
everything." Cracker Barrel and Carroll collaborated with the
Quarterback Records radio team, GrassRoots and country radio nationwide
to debut the song as a single this past April. The Numbers CD
debuts today exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
locations and online at crackerbarrel.com.
"Jason Michael Carroll's Cracker Barrel experience has come full
circle," said Julie Craig, Marketing Manager for Cracker Barrel. "Numbers
is about the connection between being at certain places at certain times
in your life, and our special connection with Jason was born the day he
started working in our Henderson store. He's already made history within
the Cracker Barrel family and we hope when people hear this CD, he'll be
on his way to making some music history as well."
In addition to the 12 songs featured on the CD, fans will have an
opportunity to see Jason Michael Carroll perform on the porches of some
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations this summer. Dates and times
will be posted on crackerbarrel.com/music
as soon as they are confirmed.
Numbers is the latest in Cracker Barrel's exclusive music
program. On May 16, Cracker Barrel released Teddy Gentry's Best
New Nashville with original music from 12 talented new artists. 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.
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Tracks on Numbers:
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1.
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This Is For The Lonely
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2.
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Numbers
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3.
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Ray Of Hope
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4.
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Meet Me In The Barn
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5.
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Hell Or Hallelujah
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6.
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Can I Get An Amen
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7.
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My Favorite
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8.
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Don't Know Why
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9.
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Let Me
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10.
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Stray
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11.
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Last Word
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12.
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Alyssa Lies (from the album Waitin' in the Country,
Arista Records, 2007)
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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 603 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.
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For Cracker Barrel
Julie Davis, 615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com
or
For
Jason Michael Carroll
Kirt Webster, 615-777-6995
kirt@websterpr.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
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