18-month Calendar Features Photos of Beautiful Churches Rogers Shot
While on Tour
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Kenny Rogers' newest release illustrates his artistic talent without
making a sound. An accomplished photographer, Rogers took photos of
churches while on tour in the United States and Europe and assembled
them in a special 18-month calendar. It is a fitting follow up to his
recent release of his first-ever inspirational album, The Love of
God, through the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
exclusive music program. Both the CD and the calendar are available
exclusively at all Cracker Barrel locations.
The calendar is a first for Rogers, who is always looking for something
creative to do. "I think I'm a person who loves to create beauty, so
doing my own landscaping and doing my own interior decorating and
creating music are all forms of beauty in just a different way. And
that's what drives me - getting up in the morning and having something
to do that's creative," said Rogers. "Until I started photographing
churches, I never realized how many beautiful churches there are in this
world. There are big churches and little churches, but they were all
built quite simply for the love of God. That's very impressive to me,"
explained Rogers.
"Kenny Rogers' artistic talent shines through the photos on every page
of this calendar," said Chris Ciavarra, Senior Vice President of
Marketing for Cracker Barrel. "We're pleased to be able to share it with
our guests alongside his inspirational CD The Love of God. Both
are firsts for Kenny and for Cracker Barrel."
The CD is Rogers' first authentic Gospel album featuring twelve new
recordings of songs that have touched him musically and spiritually
through the years. And it's the first time an artist has released a
second album through the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store exclusive
music program.
Printed on glossy paper stock, the 12-inch square calendar opens to 12"
x 24" with space to write appointments. The 2011-2012 calendar begins in
July 2011 and is available exclusively at Cracker Barrel for $14.99.
On March 7, 2011, Cracker Barrel released Kenny Rogers' The
Love of God which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums
chart, #2 on the Top Christian Albums chart and at #31 on the overall
Billboard 200. 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.
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 signature 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 599 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
Kenny Rogers
Kirt Webster, 615-777-6995
kirt@websterpr.com
or
Keith
Hagan, 917-886-8961
khagan@skhmusic.com
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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