Thursday, April 1, 2010

Hard Road To Nashville in Elk Grove


Last night I covered auditions for the show The Hard Road to Nashville at The Wrangler in Elk Grove.
The Hard Road to Nashville is a reality show, not about drama, but about real country singing talent. Auditions are occurring across the country to find unknown singers. The winners will go straight to the finals. No semi-finals needed.
The winners will be put on a bus- five at a time- and perform six shows in six days, just like a real touring musician. After each week, one person will be booted from the bus and another person added.
About 30 people from Elk Grove and surrounding areas came to the bar to try out.
At least five people will go on to the finals, I was told.
Country singer Bobby Chitwood, 101.9 The Wolf's Kelly Symone and American Mixed Martial arts fighter Scott Smith were all "judges." They all went really easy on the singers. However, most people auditioning could carry a tune- I was pleasantly surprised. No William Hungs here.
Chitwood said he was releasing an album soon and could not "piss people off" by making harsh comments. Makes sense.
Plus, the real judges would watch the video tape being recorded by Tomas "Doc" Jones, the energetic host.
Two Elk Grove people auditioned- Craigs Killingsworth and Warren Marcus. Let's see if they make it to the finals!
For more info about the show visit http://thehardroadtonashville.com/online_audition.php

2 comments:

  1. It's time for some NEW info in re of this show. Why can't we get any up to date stuff? Or do u have to be a facebook member to get all the good stuff. On 1 site i pulled up, u had to be a facebooker to click the link. All the links-10 pages of 'em. I know I'm not the only 1 out there that wants some info thats not 4 or 5 months old. Get somebody out there on this.

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  2. Why does it say 0 comments did my comment get denied? I just want some up to date info on the Hard Road...Why can't we get some recent news on what's going on. It's been 4 months, people, get out there & tell us what is going on. Please. I have a family member who was chosen (so far). I hate to see it canceled cause some dude took off with the money,30K. Country Music usually stands up for their fellow artists. They could raise that much in no time. Maybe, someone should ask 'em to.

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