Multi-platinum MCA recording artist and award-winning songwriter Josh Turner takes the stage for the premiere of NSAI’s “IT ALL BEGINS WITH A SONG” Performance Series on Wednesday, July 22, at the Wildhorse Saloon (120 Second Avenue).
“On behalf of all American songwriters NSAI is extremely grateful to Josh for helping launch what will be a permanent series supporting the work we do. NSAI was founded as an advocacy organization for songwriters. In recent years the organization’s work has increased the value of and the respect for songwriters’ copyrights and helped secure the growth of future royalties,” said NSAI President, Grammy-nominated songwriter Steve Bogard.
Named by People magazine as one of Country’s Hottest Stars, Grammy-nominated Turner has celebrated back-to-back multi-week #1 radio singles and back-to-back platinum albums, Long Black Train and Your Man, now certified Double Platinum. His current project, Everything Is Fine, was certified Gold in just four weeks. “Another Try,” a duet with Trisha Yearwood, was recently nominated for the Academy of Country Music’s Vocal Event of the Year. His hit singles include “Would You Go With Me,” “Your Man,” “Firecracker,” “Me and God” and “Long Black Train.”
Turner, one of the youngest members of the distinguished Grand Ole Opry, was recently the youngest member to be inducted into Nashville’s Walk of Fame. With his passion to support music and the arts, he launched The Josh Turner Fund for the Arts that will award its first scholarship recipient this year. For more on Josh Turner, visitwww.joshturner.com.
“I was attending an event focused on intellectual property protection where Josh was passionately speaking about these issues. He was impressive and certainly understood the heart of NSAI’s mission. Josh continues his work by helping assist NSAI by launching this performance series,” said NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison.
Tickets go on sale May 30 and are available for purchase at www.ticketmaster.com, as well as the Wildhorse Retail Store or by calling 615.902.8211. General Admission tickets are $20, Reserved Seating tickets are $35, and there are a limited number of $75 tickets available that include a Meet & Greet with Josh Turner. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
About NSAI: The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the world’s largest not-for-profit songwriters’ trade organization. Established in 1967, the membership of more than 5,000 spans the United States and seven international countries. For over 40 years, NSAI has been dedicated to protecting the rights of and serving aspiring and professional songwriters in all genres of music. For more information, visit www.nashvillesongwriters.com.
About Wildhorse Saloon: The Wildhorse® Saloon turned a three-level historic warehouse into a 66,000 square foot live music and dance destination. The Wildhorse is simultaneously a restaurant, bar, concert site, dance venue and television studio. Annually, more than 1.5 million music fans stampede to the Wildhorse to have a great meal, catch the hottest concerts and learn the newest dance steps. Over a normal year the Wildhorse uses around 3000 gallons of BBQ sauce and about 2 million pickle slices in our famous fried pickle recipe. As for shirts, they have sold around 50,000 and we can’t leave out our bottles of beer, over 10 million bottles have been sold. We have been involved in over 4000 television shows and tapings. The Wildhorse is the largest per capita restaurant in all of Tennessee and also has the largest television screen in Music City. The Wildhorse® Saloon is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, visit www.WildhorseSaloon.com.
