Josh Turner — Live Across America Album and Singles Will Be
Available for Download on iTunes and Amazon.com
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Country troubadour Josh Turner will be traveling down the road for a
second time with the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store exclusive music
program when his new live album Josh Turner—Live Across America,
debuts on August 27, 2012. The CD will be available exclusively at all
Cracker Barrel® locations and online on crackerbarrel.com,
Amazon.com, and on iTunes for $11.99. The album features live
performances of Turner's biggest hits including "Long Black Train," "Why
Don't We Just Dance," "Your Man," as well as his never-before-released
version of Waylon Jennings' "America." The performances were recorded at
12 different live shows from Lancaster, Pa. to Austin, Texas during
Turner's 2012 tour, which continues through December and is sponsored
exclusively by Cracker Barrel. Turner previously collaborated with
Cracker Barrel for his 2007 release, Josh Turner—Live at the Ryman.
"This is my second go-round with Cracker Barrel, who also sponsors my
tour. We came up with the idea of taking a mobile studio out on the road
and recording our show every night. And that's what Live Across
America is: the best renditions of songs from all over the country,"
Turner says. "The fans will be able to hear recordings from their
hometowns."
Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager Julie Craig shares, "Josh's
music genuinely resonates with many of our guests, and we are thrilled
to join forces with him on a second Cracker Barrel album. Because the
songs were recorded during actual performances, there's a feeling of
being in the audience and getting caught up in the energy and excitement
of a live show."
Josh Turner—Live Across America track listing:
1) "All
Over Me" - Live In Biloxi, MS (3:28)
2) "Firecracker"
- Live In Lancaster, PA (3:47)
3) "Everything Is Fine"
- Live In Knoxville, TN (3:52)
4) "So Not My Baby" -
Live In Lake Charles, LA (3:35)
5) "Would You Go With Me"
- Live In Plant City, FL (3:48)
6) "Long Black Train" -
Live In Austin, TX (5:27)
7) "I Wouldn't Be A Man" -
Live In Savannah, GA (3:39)
8) "Me And God" - Live In
Key Largo, FL (3:17)
9) "Another Try" - Live In
Atlanta, GA (3:51)
10) "Your Man" - Live In Kansas City, MO
(3:38)
11) "America" - Live In Charlottesville, VA (3:33)
12)
"Why Don't We Just Dance" - Live In Atlantic City, NJ (4:00)
In celebration of this release, Cracker Barrel is offering a sweepstakes
with entries being accepted now through September 14, 2012 (5:00 p.m.
CT). One lucky fan and a guest will win an all-expense paid trip to
Nashville, Tenn. to meet Turner and see him perform at the Grand Ole
Opry. A winner will be announced on or about September 30, 2012. See
Official Rules for details at http://www.crackerbarrel.com/joshturner.
Josh Turner - Live Across America is the latest in Cracker
Barrel's exclusive music program. Since 2005, Cracker Barrel has
released CDs with a wide variety of artists, some of which have debuted
in the top three spots on a range of Billboard magazine's charts
including Top DVD Music Videos, Top Country Albums, Top Christian Albums
and Top Bluegrass Albums. In addition, An Evening With ... Dolly earned
a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold award, Dailey
& Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers won "Album of the Year" from
the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and a track on that
CD was nominated for a Grammy® award, and Smokey Robinson's Now
& Then was nominated for an NAACP IMAGE AWARD. Cracker Barrel's
exclusive music program includes CDs with Alabama, Rodney Atkins, Jason
Michael Carroll, The Charlie Daniels Band, Ronnie Dunn, Edens Edge, Sara
Evans, Bill Gaither, Montgomery Gentry, Amy Grant, The Grascals, Merle
Haggard, Alan Jackson, George Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station,
Craig Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Aaron
Tippin, Randy Travis, Wynonna, and the Zac Brown Band. For details visit crackerbarrel.com/music.
About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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 616 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 Josh Turner
One of country music's most recognizable hit-makers earning numerous
CMA, ACM and GRAMMY nominations since the release of his debut album, Long
Black Train, Josh Turner has sold more than five million albums and
garnered four No. 1 hits (including three multi-week chart-toppers):
"Your Man," "Would You Go With Me," and "Why Don't We Just Dance" (a
four-week No. 1 that was named the most-played song of the year in 2010
by MediaBase). His song, "All Over Me," from Haywire also reached
the top spot on the charts, making him one of only seven country artists
to have two No. 1 hits in 2010. A Hannah, SC native, Turner has been
songwriting and performing since he was a young child, and in support of
music education, created The Josh Turner Scholarship Fund to assist
students interested in pursuing a future in arts/music. As a high school
student, he had very little access to music education, therefore
realizes first-hand the importance of arts in the schools. Celebrating
the release of one of his fastest-rising singles to-date, "Time Is
Love," Turner recently celebrated the release of his fifth studio album, Punching
Bag on Tuesday, June 12 which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country
Albums Chart. The Associated Presssays, "With Punching Bag,
Turner once again proves he ranks among the most effective -- and most
hard-core country -- performers of his generation." For more information
on Josh Turner including a list of his upcoming headlining tour dates,
visit www.JoshTurner.com.
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For Cracker Barrel
Jeanne Ludington, 615-443-9115
jeanne.ludington@crackerbarrel.com
or
Essential
Broadcast Media, LLC
Ebie McFarland/Amanda French, 615-327-3259
ebie@ebmediapr.com
/ Amanda@ebmediapr.com
or
For
Josh Turner
UMG Nashville
Dixie Owen, 615-524-7516
Dixie.Owen@umusic.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
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