The Pub at The Inn of the Hills Conference Center in Kerrville, Texas and Revolution FM Radio are proud to announce a very special edition of The Acoustic Revolution. The ongoing series showcasing songwriters is sponsored each week by the Inn of the Hills and RevFM Radio. On Monday July 2nd at 8:00 PM Gary Nicholson will open the show for the legendary Whitey Johnson. Admission is free, limited to ages 21 and over, prior to the show RevFM will be broadcasting live from The Pub.
GARY NICHOLSON, presently calls Nashville home, but is originally from Garland, Texas is one of the most successful songwriters working today. He draws from the well of his life experience to create portraits of people we all know. Gary’s list of credits includes writing songs for such artists as Alabama, Greg Allman, T. Graham Brown, Waylon Jennings, The Dixie Chicks, and David Allan Coe. Gary had a #1 hit recently with “One More Last Chance” co-written with and performed by Vince Gill. His songs have also been heard in movies including “Urban Cowboy”, “Major League”, “Happy, Texas”, and many more. He has earned twenty-six ASCAP awards for writing and publishing and has taught songwriting workshops all over the world.
Gary co-produced Delbert McClinton’s CD, “Cost Of Living”, which occupied the #1 spot on the Americans Music Chart for five weeks and was awarded a Grammy in 2006.
This was Nicholson’s second Grammy as a producer. In 2007 he produced the Pam Tillis CD “Rhinestoned”.
WHITEY JOHNSON, is harder to pin down, an enigma, a true Bluesman in the tradition of Manse, Lightin’ and all the Kings, Whitey is originally from Dallas, TX, probably Oakcliff or East Dallas. Nobody knows for sure. Guy Clark recently covered Johnson’s “Worry Be Gone”. The best way to learn about Whitey is check out whiteyjohnson.com
The Inn of the Hills Pub is located at 1001 Junction Highway, Kerrville, TX
Phone 830-895-5000 Inn of the Hills
www.garynicholson.com www.whiteyjohnson.com www.revfmradio.com
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