Lynch makes Opry debut Friday
Hailing from nearby Tullahoma, Tenn., Lynch grew up listening to and visiting the Grand Ole Opry and dreaming of one day playing there. "The Opry is one of the most hallowed stages in the world of music because of its history and tradition," said Lynch. "Growing up I watched my idols grace the stage and I dreamed of playing that stage and dreamed of becoming a member of the Opry one day. One of these dreams is coming true this Friday, and I'm honored, humbled, and grateful I've received this invitation to make my Opry debut."
Lynch will be on a bill with Opry members Mel Tillis and Montgomery Gentry as well as Gloriana and Rhonda Vincent at 7 p.m.
Lynch released his debut single, Cowboys and Angels in January.
Influenced in his youth by such stalwart country singers as Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and Clint Black, Lynch went to David Lipscomb University in part because it was less than two miles from the Bluebird Café, the Nashville music club. Renting an apartment behind the venue's back parking lot, Lynch literally walked to the Bluebird several times a week.
Lynch eventually signed with Broken Bow Record. He is currently in the studio working with producer Brett Beavers (Dierks Bentley) and engineer Luke Wooten (Brad Paisley, Sunny Sweeney) on his debut album due later this year with a backlog of his own songs.
More news for Dustin Lynch
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- 02/10/22: Lynch, Block, Nichols, Cactus Blossoms present new releases
- 01/19/22: Lynch gets "Blue in the Sky"
- 05/14/21: Lynch + Lane = "Tequila on a Boat"
- 10/22/20: Lynch plays, parties in Sin City
- 04/08/20: Lynch burns it up with "Mama's House"
- 01/17/20: Lynch, Little Big Town drop new discs
CD reviews for Dustin Lynch
Dustin Lynch has made his bones on songs depicting small town life. It's only fitting that he would eventually make an album devoted solely to what he knows best. He calls "Tullahoma" a concept album. If you're thinking in the vein of "The Wall" or "Tommy," you're in for a disappointment. It's really an exercise in Country 101.
He said, "The concept was, 'Let's write songs, let's record songs that the fictional small-town boy ...
Like a lot of 'country' releases these days, Dustin Lynch's "Current Mood" includes a few songs that - if their quality had been duplicated throughout - would have made for one fine album. The ballad, "Love Me or Leave Me Alone," which also features Karen Fairchild (of Little Big Town), is a powerfully memorable song. It's followed by "Back on It" which, with its love/addiction analogy (although already done many times before) is nevertheless ...
Dustin Lynch is a throwback on his sophomore release thanks to the good-looking Tennessee native sporting a straw cowboy hat, Now that's something you don't see these days unless you happen to be King George Strait. Instead, the hat acts of yesteryear - the moniker, in reality, was a dig at those who were part of the same milk toast country sounds that were being put out in the '90s - traded them in for baseball caps.
Lynch is yet another in the seemingly endless line these days, ...
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