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Music Highway Crossroads Grand Opening News!
Posted June 15th: Save the Date! We're having our Grand Opening for Music Highway Crossroads 4th of July weekend with our Ribbon Cutting Friday, July 1st at 10:30 am with the Chamber Ambassadors. Lots of fun in the works. Stay tuned for details!
Posted June 18th:
(Jackson, TN) Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat go! Everyone knows those famous lyrics penned by Jackson's own Carl Perkins. Jackson, Tennessee is rich in musical history as is the entire West Tennessee area. It literally is at the Crossroads of the I-40 Music Highway and Highway 45 Rock-a-billy Highway. The Old Country Store recently opened a new venue in celebration of the many genres of music that have hailed from this area. Music Highway Crossroads will celebrate their Grand Opening the 4th of July weekend. A ribbon cutting has been set for 10:30 am Friday, July 1st with the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors with a reception following and live music planned throughout the weekend.
Posted June 18th:
You're Invited to our Grand Opening!
Music Highway Crossroads Grand Opening
Festivities Announced
Festivities Announced
(Jackson, TN) Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat go! Everyone knows those famous lyrics penned by Jackson's own Carl Perkins. Jackson, Tennessee is rich in musical history as is the entire West Tennessee area. It literally is at the Crossroads of the I-40 Music Highway and Highway 45 Rock-a-billy Highway. The Old Country Store recently opened a new venue in celebration of the many genres of music that have hailed from this area. Music Highway Crossroads will celebrate their Grand Opening the 4th of July weekend. A ribbon cutting has been set for 10:30 am Friday, July 1st with the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors with a reception following and live music planned throughout the weekend.
It is located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village adjacent to the Old Country Store and Casey Jones Museum. Co-owner Clark Shaw, Old Country Store CEO, said, "With Music Highway Crossroads we're celebrating the music of the Tennessee Delta and the artists who made it happen - Blues, Rock-a-billy, early Rock n Roll, Black and White Gospel, Country, R & B, Old-Time and Bluegrass. Iconic musical greats such as Carl Perkins, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elvis Presley, Eddie Arnold, Wink Martindale, Issac Hayes, Tina Turner, W.C. Handy, Denise LaSalle and others will be featured and plans are in development for museum quality exhibits to tell their stories, The museum exhibits are being carefully researched and designed and will likely be ready by August. Many important artists such are W.S. Holland, Carl Mann, Rayburn Anthony, Darryl Worley and Hank Williams, Jr. all call West Tennessee home and we want to accurately portray their musical contributions."
Music Highway Crossroads is managed by well known and highly regarded local musician Steve Patterson. Shaw said, "Steve has a great reputation as one of the region's best musical talents and has a real passion for showcasing and preserving the musical heritage of West Tennessee." Patterson noted, "We view this place as more of a "cultural center" than a museum and it will come to life regularly with our performance stage for local groups to entertain and guests to enjoy with free musical events each week Live from the Crossroads."
Grace Broadcasting's "Morning Praise" radio show with local radio veteran Tom Mapes is now broadcasting live on 97.7 FM from Music Highway Crossroads. The popular morning show airs from 8:00 am to 10:00 am Central Time Monday to Friday. More live programming from Grace is expected to be added in the coming weeks.
Shaw added, "Like food, music is an international language that bring people together. Music Highway Crossroads has something for locals as well as travelers from across the nation and around the world. Jackson is located between the two major music destinations of Memphis and Nashville making it an ideal location to feature the music and the artists who hailed from the heart of the West Tennessee Delta region. We already serve thousands of international guests and we plan to tie in museum packages to visit the historic Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum and dining packages to the Old Country Store. We are planning on incorporating a number of events including dramatically expanding the use of the Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre, use of a nearly 200 year old historic antebellum home for house concerts, use of a century old country church for gospel sings and more. For many years, Casey Jones Village has served as a venue for old-time music with the Jackson Area Plectral Society that performs every Thursday and features over 70 musicians, the popular Songwriter's Depot country music show with WYN 106.9 FM that showcases Nashville's best songwriters, monthly performances by the Casey Jones Barbershop Chorus and Jackson Lady Barbershop chorus, quarterly Southern Gospel supper clubs plus outdoor concerts and special events at the Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre."
Music Highway Crossroads also features a retail shop designed by co-owner Juanita Shaw who was assisted by Nancy Jane Hall and features antiques and eclectic design touches. Everything for sale in the shop must be music themed. Clark Shaw concluded, "There has been a tremendous interest in our new project and we fully expect to grow the museum aspect substantially in the months and years ahead. Music Highway Crossroads mission is to honor and celebrate the history and heritage of the music of the West Tennessee Delta region and the talents of the musical artists who created the music. Historical, cultural and educational programs will be used to tell the story. Plans are also underway to form a non-profit arm to benefit the museum."
It is open daily and located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee only seconds from I-40 exit 80A. The Village website is www.caseyjones.com and find MHC on Facebook under "Music Highway Crossroads". The phone number is 731.660.4243.
Live from Music Highway Crossroads
Music Highway Crossroads Live Music
Thursday & Friday, June 9th & 10th!
"Live from the Crossroads" presents:
Thursday
6/9 6:00 p.m. Marilyn and Coley Graves (Hammered Dulcimer & Guitar)
7:00 p.m. Slaphappy String Band (Great old time music)
Friday
6/10 7:00 p.m. Adrienne Wagster and Bree McCuin.
Its all FREE! Now open & located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/musichighwaycrossroads
Thursday & Friday, June 9th & 10th!
"Live from the Crossroads" presents:
Thursday
6/9 6:00 p.m. Marilyn and Coley Graves (Hammered Dulcimer & Guitar)
7:00 p.m. Slaphappy String Band (Great old time music)
Friday
6/10 7:00 p.m. Adrienne Wagster and Bree McCuin.
Its all FREE! Now open & located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/musichighwaycrossroads
FREE Concert Saturday, June 4th!
Join
us for a free & family friendly concert Saturday night, June 4th,
at Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre located behind the Old Country Store
starting at 7:00 pm. Sponsored by 92 FM, Froggy 104, the TJ Network and
Highland House Productions it will feature Echoes; The History of Rock,
Ruacamole, Avonlea, Bree McCuin & Adrienne Wagster & the new
manager of Music Highway Crossroads Steve Patterson! Spread the word!
Music
Highway Crossroads is now open in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village
next to Art in the Village. Visit us soon! Stay tuned to all of our
live music news from the Village with our new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/musichighwaycrossroads ! See the press release below.
Music Highways Crossroads Opens in Casey Jones Village!
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All Aboard for Songwriter's Depot May Show
WYN 106.9 presents the
next Songwriter's Depot live from the Old Country Store in Casey Jones
Village on Thursday, May 26th. Our guests this month are Grammy nominated
songwriter Gary Harrison, Carson Chamberlain and Michael
White. Some of their hits include country music's most popular hits including "The Baby" by Blake Shelton, "Strawberry
Wine" by Deana Carter, "The Best Day" by George Strait, "Wild Angels" for Martina McBride, "Wrong Side of Memphis" for Trisha Yearwood
and many more.
Doors open in the Barnside Room at the Old Country Store at 6:00 pm for the Supper hour and the show starts at 7:00 pm and lasts for about 90 minutes. Please call WYN 106.9 at 731.427.9616 for reservations. Admission is $10 at the door. Dinner is not included in the cover charge. Join us as we celebrate country music at its finest and the singer/songwriters who bring us the songs.
Doors open in the Barnside Room at the Old Country Store at 6:00 pm for the Supper hour and the show starts at 7:00 pm and lasts for about 90 minutes. Please call WYN 106.9 at 731.427.9616 for reservations. Admission is $10 at the door. Dinner is not included in the cover charge. Join us as we celebrate country music at its finest and the singer/songwriters who bring us the songs.
Songwriter's Depot April News!
Updated
April 18th, 2011: Tonight's Songwriter's Depot was one of our
favorite shows to date. It was filled with huge country music hit after
hit written by singer/songwriters Jimmy Melton, Casey Beathard and Phil
O'Donnell. The crowd enjoyed singing along at different points
in the show which was really neat. Our talented artists were really
funny too and are so talented and gifted musically. We also enjoyed a
number during the show by Jackson's own and country music artist Ash
Bowers. Learn more about this rising star at www.ashbowers.com .
It was such a special night. Our thanks once again to show producer
Shane Connor, Operations Manager for Thomas Media and WYN 106.9, for bringing such phenomenal talent to Songwriter's Depot
each month on the 4th Thursday.
Left to right: Phil O'Donnell, Ash Bowers, Shane Connor, Jimmy Melton & Casey Beathard
Songwriter's Depot On Track for April 28th Show at the Old Country Store
WYN 106.9 and the Old Country Store are gearing
up for the this month's Songwriter's Depot Live at the Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village. The next show is Thursday, April 28th with dinner hour at 6:00 pm and the songwriter's show is at 7:00 pm. Our
guests this month are the incredibly talented Jimmy Melton, Casey Beathard, and Phil O'Donnell. This show
will be full of the hits they've written such as "The Boys of Fall" and
"Don't Blink" for Kenny Chesney, "Real" by James Wesley, "She Was"
by Mark Chesnutt, "She Won't Be Lonely Long" by Clay Walker and "Sounds
Like Life to Me" by Darryl Worley. Casey also has hits with Darius Rucker, Eric Church, Trace Adkins and many more.
Don't miss the next show April 28th presented by Chad Oakley, mortgage banker, with First Bank. and WYN 106.9. Doors open at 6:00 pm in the Barnside Room at the Old Country Store restaurant. The live acoustic show starts at 7:00 pm. Please call WYN 106.9 at 731.427.9616 for reservations or email show producer Shane Connor at sconnor@wwyn.fm . Admission is $10 at the door.
Songwriter's Depot is held the 4th Thursday of the month at the Old Country Store in partnership with WYN 106.9 and features the finest singer/songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee.
Don't miss the next show April 28th presented by Chad Oakley, mortgage banker, with First Bank. and WYN 106.9. Doors open at 6:00 pm in the Barnside Room at the Old Country Store restaurant. The live acoustic show starts at 7:00 pm. Please call WYN 106.9 at 731.427.9616 for reservations or email show producer Shane Connor at sconnor@wwyn.fm . Admission is $10 at the door.
Songwriter's Depot is held the 4th Thursday of the month at the Old Country Store in partnership with WYN 106.9 and features the finest singer/songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee.
Music Fest News!
Attention music lovers!
Bring your lawn chairs to the Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre on
Saturday, April 16th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm for the first annual Cancer Research Institute of West Tennessee Music Fest.
Come enjoy local talents Steve Patterson of Half Past Memphis, The OK
Chorale Band, Paula Bridges and the Bandstand Band, Sorghum Hill Band,
the Morgan Briar Bluegrass band and more!
There will also be crafts from local artisans and BBQ from the Old Country Store. Price of admission is only $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids 5 and up and tickets are also good for free admission to the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum the day of the festival. All ticket sales will go to benefit the Cancer Research Institute located in downtown Henderson. So come enjoy great music, delicious food and crafts and help us fight a worldwide epidemic locally. Mark your calendars for April 16th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre.
Backstory:
The Cancer Research Institute of West Tennessee, located in downtown Henderson, was founded by Dr. Jerry Thornthwaite. He has devoted his clinical research to improving cancer patient care through laboratory procedures to individualize a patient's diagnosis, treatment and follow-up monitoring. He has established oncology laboratories at Cedars Medical Center and Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida. He also discovered the Natural Killer Cell in 1971, which has now become the cornerstone for our surveillance defense mechanism against the survival of cancer cells. The CRIWT's research is unique in that it develops diagnostic, prognostic, monitoring and treatment protocols for cancer patients on an individual basis. Customized protocols may be developed using these procedures to more accurately diagnosis a patient's tumor and prescribe the proper treatment. For more information about CRIWT and how to make a donation, please visit www.cancerfoundation.com.
There will also be crafts from local artisans and BBQ from the Old Country Store. Price of admission is only $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids 5 and up and tickets are also good for free admission to the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum the day of the festival. All ticket sales will go to benefit the Cancer Research Institute located in downtown Henderson. So come enjoy great music, delicious food and crafts and help us fight a worldwide epidemic locally. Mark your calendars for April 16th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre.
Backstory:
The Cancer Research Institute of West Tennessee, located in downtown Henderson, was founded by Dr. Jerry Thornthwaite. He has devoted his clinical research to improving cancer patient care through laboratory procedures to individualize a patient's diagnosis, treatment and follow-up monitoring. He has established oncology laboratories at Cedars Medical Center and Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida. He also discovered the Natural Killer Cell in 1971, which has now become the cornerstone for our surveillance defense mechanism against the survival of cancer cells. The CRIWT's research is unique in that it develops diagnostic, prognostic, monitoring and treatment protocols for cancer patients on an individual basis. Customized protocols may be developed using these procedures to more accurately diagnosis a patient's tumor and prescribe the proper treatment. For more information about CRIWT and how to make a donation, please visit www.cancerfoundation.com.
Jackson Area Plectral Society Schedule!
Updated April 28th, 2011: We are so delighted to have the Jackson Area Plectral Society back with us on Thursday nights. These open air jam sessions are so incredible and we deeply appreciate the Plectral Society and how they share their musical talents with our guests and add such a festive atmosphere on Thursday nights April to October. Learn more about this club at http://www.freewebs.com/jacksonareaplectralsociety/
Posted March 25th, 2011: Great news! Our friends with the Jackson Area Plectral Society are planning on coming back for their weekly club jam playing ole time music on March 31st, 2011 weather permitting. During the winter they meet at a local church. We can't wait to have them back jamming on the front porch and around the Village with us! Photo below courtesy of Tennessee Department of Tourism...
Pull out that lawn chair from storage after a long cold winter and bring it to the Old Country Store on Thursday evenings this Spring & Summer until October for great live local music ~ casual style. You will love sitting around and enjoying one of the most unique musical events in the South on the front porch of the Old Country Store as the Plectral Society meets for their weekly jam every Thursday! Begins around 6:30 pm until. The Old Country Store is open until 9 pm. Y'all come! To learn more visit: http://www.freewebs.com/jacksonareaplectralsociety/
Posted March 25th, 2011: Great news! Our friends with the Jackson Area Plectral Society are planning on coming back for their weekly club jam playing ole time music on March 31st, 2011 weather permitting. During the winter they meet at a local church. We can't wait to have them back jamming on the front porch and around the Village with us! Photo below courtesy of Tennessee Department of Tourism...
Pull out that lawn chair from storage after a long cold winter and bring it to the Old Country Store on Thursday evenings this Spring & Summer until October for great live local music ~ casual style. You will love sitting around and enjoying one of the most unique musical events in the South on the front porch of the Old Country Store as the Plectral Society meets for their weekly jam every Thursday! Begins around 6:30 pm until. The Old Country Store is open until 9 pm. Y'all come! To learn more visit: http://www.freewebs.com/jacksonareaplectralsociety/
Songwriters Depot March News!
Songwriter's Depot Rolls into Casey Jones Village March 24th
(Jackson,
TN) WYN 106.9 is gearing up for the next Songwriter's Depot live from
the Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village. The acoustic country
music show will be held on Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 pm with the
Supper hour beginning at 6:00 pm.
This
month's musical guests are Jamie Teachenor, Bryan Simpson and Jay
Knowles. The show will feature the many hits they've written such as
"She'll Leave You With a Smile" for George Strait, "I'll Just Hold On"
by Blake Shelton, and "How Do You Get That Lonely" by Blaine Larsen.
Their songs have been recorded by Alan Jackson, Luke Bryan, Jason
Aldean and many others. Songwriter's Depot is sponsored by “Angela
Snider Family Law and Real Estate” of Hardee, Martin & Donahoe
with offices in Trenton & Downtown Jackson.
The popular country music show is produced by Shane
Connor, Operations Manager at Thomas Media and morning show host at WYN
106.9.
Call WYN 106.9 at 731-427-9616 for reservations or email Shane Connor at
sconnor@wwyn.fm . Admission is $10 at the door. Dinner is not included in the price of the show.
Held
on the fourth Thursday of the month, Songwriter's Depot guests enjoy
dinner in the Barnside Room at the Old Country Store restaurant and
then listen as an audience to a live acoustic show by some of
America's finest songwriters. Celebrating 46 years this year, Brooks
Shaw's Old Country Store is located at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson,
Tennessee.
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You'll "Love" the February Songwriter's Depot!
Posted February 11th, 2011:
The Old Country Store & WYN 106-9 is gearing up for the next Songwriter's Depot Live from the Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village. The next show is Thursday, February 24th with the Supper hour at 6 pm and the show beginning at 7 pm.
The Old Country Store & WYN 106-9 is gearing up for the next Songwriter's Depot Live from the Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village. The next show is Thursday, February 24th with the Supper hour at 6 pm and the show beginning at 7 pm.
Our incredibly talented guests are two Songwriter's Depot favorites Jason Matthews and Kerry Kurt Phillips! This show will be full of the hits they've written such as "Must Be Doin Something Right" for Billy Currington, "Country Man" for Luke Bryan, "Pick Up Man" & "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox" for Joe Diffie, "Down on the Farm" for Tim McGraw, "Almost Home" & "This Ain't Nothin" for Craig Morgan and many, many more. Get your reservations now by calling 731-427-9616. The Songwriter's Depot is sponsored by Angela Snider, family law and real estate attorney, of Hardee, Martin & Donahoe P.A. attorneys at law with offices in Trenton & Downtown Jackson and produced by Shane Connor with WYN 106.9. Don't miss this exciting show on Thursday, February 24th with WYN 106-9 at the Old Country Store!