French Lick Resort Announces Upcoming Concert Season
FRENCH LICK, IN (July 15, 2011) – French Lick Resort is excited to announce seven headlining acts who will take the stage in it’s Windsor Ballroom beginning this September. The resort’s 2011-2012 concert season will include award-winning entertainers Neil Sedaka, Billy Ray Cyrus, Travis Tritt, Glen Campbell with his Goodbye Tour, Wynonna, Kenny Loggins and the returning Charlie Daniels Band. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through Ticketmaster or by visiting Spring House Gifts in the French Lick Springs Hotel. An exclusive discount will be given to those who attend all seven concerts that includes a complimentary overnight stay. Ticket prices range from $35-$95 for each concert. Guests can also make a weekend of the event with individual concert packages available on www.frenchlick.com.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
8 p.m.
Neil Sedaka began playing classical piano at the age of eight. He attended classes at Julliard School of Music’s Preparatory Division for Children. Throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s, Sedaka owned the charts, whether through recording or writing. As a songwriter, Neil Sedaka has provided hits for everyone from The Captain & Tennille to Cher, the Monkees and even Elvis Presley—just to name a few. By the age of 24 he had already sold 25 million records worldwide—and that was just the beginning of his career.
Hit Songs: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Laughter in the Rain, Bad Blood, Oh! Carol, Calendar Girl, The Diary, You Mean Everything To Me, Stairway TO Heaven, Sweet Little You
Awards:
- Six-time BMI Award Winner
- Grammy Award Winner
Saturday, October 22, 2011
8 p.m.
Intuition and an inner voice told Billy Ray Cyrus to buy a guitar when he was a 20 year old Georgetown College student on a baseball scholarship. After losing a two year gig at a bar in Ironton, Ohio, and all of his equipment in a fire, Cyrus ventured, like so many country boys before him, to Nashville looking for a recording contract. Mid 1992 Cyrus’s first album was released with a catchy tune and light hearted lyrics, Achey Breaky Heart, an almost instant crossover success.
Hit Songs: Could’ve Been Me, Some Gave All, Achy Breaky Heart, She’s Not Cryin’ Anymore, In The Heart Of A Woman, Somebody New, Busy Man, You Won’t Be Lonely Now, Wher’m I Gonna Live”
Awards:
- Five-time TNN/Music City News Award Winner
- Two-time American Music Award Winner
- Country Music Association Single of the Year Winner
Friday, November 11, 2011
8 p.m.
Travis Tritt fell in love with music when he was just a boy, taught himself to play guitar at age eight and was writing songs by the ripe old age of 14. For more than two decades, Tritt has been developing a style that is part country, part bluesy southern rock and sprinkled with just a touch of gospel. He has worked with Randy Jackson from American Idol and also Ken Kragen-legendary music manager who has represented the likes of Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie and Trisha Yearwood.
Hit Songs: Help Me Hold On, Anymore, Can I Trust You With My Heart, Foolish Pride, Best Of Intentions, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, I’m Gonna Be Somebody, Drift Off To Dream
Awards:
- Two-time Grammy Award Winner
- Four-time Country Music Association Award Winner
Friday, December 16, 2011
8 p.m.
In his five decades in the music business, Glen Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold more than 45 million records and accumulated multiple Gold, Platinum and even one Double Platinum album! Though Campbell began as a session musician in Los Angeles playing songs for the Monkees, Elvis, Sinatra and Merle Haggard, by the end of the 60s he was a popular solo-artist in his own right. He continued making hits until the 80s when he began to concentrate on live performances in his Branson, Missouri theatre.
Hit Songs: Let It Be Me, Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman, Galveston, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Gentle On My Mind, Southern Nights
Awards:
- Ten-time Academy of Country Music Award Winner
- Three-time Country Music Association Award Winner
- Grammy Award Winner
Saturday, January 14, 2012
8 p.m.
As half of the hugely popular country music mother-daughter duo, The Judds, Wynonna transcended her rocky childhood by reaching success as the biggest selling country music duo in history (until Brooks & Dunn). When her mother retired in 1991, Wynonna embarked on an equally successful solo career. Her first three songs went to number one on the Country Charts and were well received on the Pop Charts.
Hit Songs:She Is His Only Need, I Saw The Light, No One Else On Earth, Girls With Guitars, To Be Loved By You, Rock Bottom, What The World Needs Now Is Love
Awards:
- Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year
- Five-Time Grammy Award Winner (as the Judds)
- Nine-time Country Music Association Award Winner (as the Judds)
- The Judds named #11 on 40 Greatest Women of Country Music by CMT
Saturday, February 25, 2012
8 p.m.
Singer, songwriter, musician and performer, Kenny Loggins, is proficient on both guitar and piano but it was his songwriting skills that paved the way for his storied career. He’s been in bands, written songs, was the other half of a successful duo (Loggins & Messina) and continues to explore a variety of musical genres to this day.
Hit Songs: This Is It, Whenever I Call You Friend, I’m Alright (Caddy Shack), Don’t Fight It, Foot Loose (Footloose), Danger Zone (Top Gun), Heartlight, Footloose, I’m Free, Forever, Nobody’s Fool.
Awards:
- Two-time Grammy Award Winner
Friday, March 16, 2012
8 p.m.
The Charlie Daniels Band performs from 50 years of award winning honkytonk, western swing, folk, rock, country, bluegrass with a touch of gospel, including favorites we all know the words to. The band fuses hardcore country with southern rock, boogie and blues. Instrumental dexterity is at the fore of this rotating cast of musicians. Over the years the band has transitioned from a country rock band to more of a straight country band and enjoyed crossover success with both models. The one common element is Charlie and his blistering fiddle.
Hit Songs: The Devil Went Down to Georgia, The Legend of Wooley Swamp, Uneasy Rider, LongHaired Country Boy ,The South’s Gonna Do It, In America, Simple Man, Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues
Awards:
- Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award
- Country Music Association Founding Presidents Award
- Two-time Academy of Country Music Award winner
- Three-time Country Music Association Award winner
About French Lick Resort
French Lick Resort is a $500 million historic restoration and casino development project that includes the West Baden Springs Hotel, French Lick Springs Hotel and the new French Lick Casino. This premier resort and casino destination in Southern Indiana features 686 guest rooms and suites; a 51,000-square-foot, single-level casino; 45 holes of golf, including the fully restored 1917-designed Donald Ross Course at French Lick and the new, 18-hole Pete Dye Course at French Lick; two full-service spas with a combined 36 treatment rooms totaling 42,000 square feet; meeting and event space totaling 115,000 square feet and an array of dining and entertainment options.
For more information or to book a stay, please visit www.frenchlick.com or call our reservation specialists at (888) 936-9360.
Media Contacts:
Dyan Duncan
Public Relations Manager
French Lick Resort
812-936-5926
dduncan@frenchlick.com
Tessa Higgs
Public Relations Coordinator
French Lick Resort
(812) 936-5861
thiggs@frenchlick.com
