Group Celebrates 30th Year
of "Elvira" and Cracker Barrel's 1st
Year in Kingwood
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
"Giddy Up A Oom Poppa Mow Mow" your way on over to the Kingwood, Texas
Cracker Barrel front porch on Sunday, October 9 to see and hear the Oak
Ridge Boys. From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Richard Sterban, Duane Allen,
William Lee Golden and Joe Bonsall will be performing songs from their
latest CD, It's Only Natural, meeting n' greeting folks and
signing autographs. The store is located at 24400 Eastex Freeway at U.S.
Hwy. 59 and North Park.
It's Only Natural recently debuted exclusively at all Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store® locations with fresh cuts of some
of their biggest hits, including "Elvira." Newly inducted into
the Grand Ole Opry®, the Oak Ridge Boys began performing
together in 1973. They became a top act in country music and then
crossed over to pop with the monster hit "Elvira" in 1981. The
song became their fourth No. 1 country hit, reached No. 5 on the pop
charts, won the group a Grammy® award and went on to become one of only
a handful of singles ever to go double platinum.
In honor of "Elvira's" thirtieth anniversary, the group
rerecorded the song, along with #1 CMT video hit Louisiana Red Dirt
Highway and former Top Ten Billboard hits "Lucky Moon," "No
Matter How High," "Gonna Take a Lot of River," "Beyond Those Years"
and "True Heart" on It's Only Natural. New songs on the CD
are "What'cha Gonna Do," "Wish You Could Have Been There," "Before I
Die," "The Shade" and "Sacrifice…for Me."
"We're delighted to have The Oak Ridge Boys celebrate their thirtieth
anniversary rerecording of "Elvira" and help us celebrate Cracker
Barrel's one-year anniversary in Kingwood," said Cracker Barrel
Marketing Manager Julie Craig. "If you haven't seen and heard them in
person, you are in for a real treat. They have a great time performing
and everyone around them has a great time too."
It's Only Natural is the latest in Cracker Barrel's exclusive
music program. In July, Cracker Barrel released Jason Michael Carroll's
all-country Numbers with 11 new songs and one previous hit.
In May, Cracker Barrel released Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville
with original music from 12 talented new artists and 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, 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 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 included four #1 hits, and Mandy Barnett's Winter Wonderland.
Over the last few years, Cracker Barrel has released exclusive CDs with
Craig Morgan, Wynonna, Dailey & Vincent, 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 It's Only Natural:
1. What'cha Gonna Do? (Steven J. Williams, Wil Nance & Sherrie Austin)
2. True Heart (Michael James Bruce Clark & Don Schlitz)
3. Before I Die (Woody Mullis & Trey Matthews)
4. Gonna Take a Lot of River (Mark Henley & John Kurhajetz)
5. No Matter How High (Even Stevens & Joey Scarbury)
6. The Shade (Shane Decker & Troy Jones)
7. Elvira (Dallas Frazier)
8. Louisiana Red Dirt Highway (Vernon Rust)
9. Beyond Those Years (Troy Harold Seals & Eddie F. Setser)
10. Wish You Could Have Been There (Steven Dall, Casey
Marshall & John Kennedy)
11. Lucky Moon (Mark Wright & Doug Johnson)
12. Sacrifice… For Me (Joe Bonsall)
For more information: http://oakridgeboys.com/natural
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 604 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
Jeanne Ludington, 615-443-9115
jeanne.ludington@crackerbarrel.com
or
For
the Oak Ridge Boys
Kirt Webster, 615-777-6995
kirt@websterpr.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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