Boot City Opry Calendar
| June 23, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Jason has teamed up with one of the best singers in the business to bring 2 legends of country music together for the very first time…Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Carolyn Martin is an award-winning singer that has gained national notoriety from the PBS special, ‘The TimeJumpers’. Now, she brings her incredible talent to Jason’s newest show. Hank Williams and Patsy Cline were the 2 biggest names country music has ever seen. Their lives were both fascinating and tragic. The legacy they left is still felt to this very day. Along with a live 5-piece band, Jason and Carolyn will take you back in time to when these country giants ruled the airwaves. All of their biggest hits are covered: Crazy, Hey Good Lookin’, Sweet Dreams, Your Cheatin’ Heart, Walking After Midnight, I Saw The Light, I Fall To Pieces, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry….and many, many more.
| June 30, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Scott Haggard is the son of Merle Haggard, and is carrying on in the tradition. Scott will present a very energetic traditional country music show for all Merle Haggard fans young and old. He is backed by the Lonesome Fugitive band, of which one of the member’s (Scott Wikle) was a resident of Terre Haute for many years.
Fan’s will delight in hearing Scott perform “Okie From Muskogee”, “Mama Tried”, “Big City” and many more of his dad’s famous tunes. Scott will also perform some songs from his new cd including the self-penned “Living In The Shadow Of Merle”
| July 14, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
The Backstreet Cruisers consists of four veteran musicians playing two guitars, bass, and drums. The musical careers of all members of the band extend back to, and are firmly rooted in, the exciting dawn of the Rock ‘n Roll era. All band members sing, adding to the musical variety and harmony necessary to faithfully recreate these timeless Rock ‘n Roll Classics.
| July 21, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
National Touring and Recording Artist Robert Shaw and his Lonely Street Band present their critically acclaimed production ”Heartbreak Hotel – A Salute to Young Elvis.” This concert features a “Young Elvis” belting out hits from the first part of his career, starting in the mid – 1950′s through the early 60′s. The show kicks off with Elvis’ first recordings at Sun Records in Memphis (“That’s All Right Mama,” “Good Rockin’ Tonight”), through his chart topping years at RCA records (Dont’ Be Cruel,” “Hound Dog”), and even highlighting the King’s hits from his first movies (“Jailhouse Rock,” “Love Me Tender”). This show is chock full of humor, hip-swiveling and toe-tapping fun!
| July 28, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Terry Lynn Barton started playing piano when she was four. She also started singing at a very young age. She inherited much of her musical ability from her father, Ron Gaddis who played, wrote and sang country music for many years. Terry Lynn sings classic country, contemporary country and gospel. This is a show you won’t want to miss.
| August 4, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Dennis Pettet, artist-and-repertoire agent for Collectables Records, has high praises for the authentic street corner, New York City sound of Harbor Lights. The Harbor Lights group offer various version of doo-wop, teen-idol pop and old-school rhythm and blues. The song list for Harbor Lights includes arrangements such as Ricky Nelson’s, “Poor Little Fool”, the Motown chart topper, “Just My Imagination”, Curtis Lee’s, “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”, the Dell-Vikings, “Come go with me”, and a host of other popular 50′s and 60′s music.
| September 8, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
He’s traveled Hank Williams’ Lost Highway from Nashville to Broadway…and now he’s bringing his award-winning sounds of the country music legend out on the road.
Jason Petty has won critical acclaim all over the country for his surreal performance as country legend Hank Williams in the off-Broadway hit Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway’”. So much so that his performance racked up 5 nominations in New York’s award ceremonies for Best Actor. Now, this multi-talented singer/actor/musician is bringing his own tribute show out on the road for. This new show is called “Hank and my Honky Tonk Heroes” and showcases Jason’s uncanny ability to capture the sounds of Hank Williams. The show takes audiences back in time to the very beginnings of country music and pays homage not only to Williams, but also to other country legends, such as Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, George Jones, and many more.
| October 13, 2012 | ||
| 10:00 pm |
| November 3, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Mike Porter and sister Marsha Banning have been performing and harmonizing their way to the hearts of audiences from TN to the Midwest states of Indiana, Iowa and Illinois, where they are active members of the Illinois Country Music Association. They grew up on Traditional/Contemporary Country, and the 50′s and 60′s songs that could be heard at the town square on Saturday night, as well as the upbeat Southern Gospel favorites they sang every Sunday morning in church. Growing up on Panther Creek Lane, the two became dubbed the “Panther Creek Duo”. Mike also began to excel in the art of Yodeling and performing legendary Rockabilly artists like Elvis, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis.
The Panther Creek Duo has won various awards, and performed on the same stage as Joe Diffie, Confederate Railroad, & Clay Walker, to name a few. They are currently the 2008 Illinois Country Music Association’s Duo of the year (for the 4th consecutive year in a row), and their album, “Panther Creek Duo”, has been named 2007 NACMAI Country Music Album of the Year. Mike was also named The 2005 International Grand Champion Yodeler, so yodeling songs are always a unique favorite at his shows. He has opened for Loretta Lynn, Ronnie McDowell and Phil Vasser, to name a few.
Mike currently has 10 albums total, the most recent being, “Nashville Ain’t Gonna Come To Me”. This self written album has already earned 2 International awards and was named the 2008 Illinois Country Music Association’s Album Recording of the Year. In March 2007, Mike was awarded NACMAI Songwriter of the Year, for the title track, “Nashville Ain’t Gonna Come To Me”, and 2007 NACMAI Songwriter of the Year (Holiday), for “It just Don’t Feel Like Christmas”, featured on the album. He also has albums featuring his Classic Country, 50′s and 60′s and Yodeling favorites.
Mike has earned the title of Illinois Country Music Association’s Songwriter of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and the 2008 Male Vocalist in an Opry for his creation and performances in the “Gym Bob’s Jamboree Show”, www.GymBobs.com.
In March of 2009, he earned the title of “The 2009-10 Prairie Thunder Country Idol” winner, (finals were held at the U.S Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL).
| December 8, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
An oldies show group specializing in 50′s and 60′s Rock and Roll. They sing a cross section of oldies and combine a unique blend of comedy, choreography, tight harmonies and costume changes.
When the Van-Dells hit the stage it is non-stop from start to finish!
Two shows- 3pm and 7pm.










