Canada's longest running country music festival has conjured up a cool concept for the June 27 opening night. It's being billed as an evening with 'The Young Guns of Outlaw Country' on the Manitoba Lotteries Main Stage, featuring performances by the sons of three legendary musical 'outlaws':
Justin Townes Earle (son of Steve Earle)
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (son of Willie Nelson)
Shooter Jennings (son of Waylon Jennings) - headliner
Check out a special video announcement here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg7XPkguBd0
SHOOTER JENNINGS
Make no mistake about it, Shooter Jennings has never been one to allow expectations, boundaries, genre or ideals to dictate the direction of his art. From the moment he burst onto the scene, it was clear that he had a style and a vision all his own that would separate him from the leagues of cookie-cutter artists out there. His new album The Other Life sees Shooter using all the colors of the pallets of previous recordings, and bringing them together to make his most diverse and interesting album to date. He also hosts a regular radio show on SiriusXM called Shooter Jenning's Electric Rodeo.
In the long run, in his short time here, Shooter has been a very prolific and daring artist. Bound only by the progressive evolution of music and controlled only by will and determination, Shooter Jennings will never be able to placed upon a shelf or chained to a simple concept. But as dreams and nightmares continue to blossom and reality continues to crumble, there is comfort to be taken in the fact that artists like Shooter still care about art and disregard the rigid restrictions put upon it by corporate slave-drivers and the mainstream gatekeepers. www.shooterjennings.com
LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL
For some, their first musical memory might be a favorite song playing on the radio, a video on MTV, or a concert their parents took them to. For singer-songwriter-guitarist Lukas Nelson, his first music memory is being onstage with such superstars as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and his father Willie Nelson singing along and stomping his feet to a crowd of thousands.
To say Lukas was born to play music is an understatement. The sixth child of one of the most acclaimed and beloved music stars of all time Willie Nelson, and his fourth wife Annie, Lukas inherited his father's musicality, his penchant for penning his own music, and his love of the road. But more important - and possibly more surprising to some - he also inherited his father's humility and genuineness.
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
On a rainy Nashville Thursday last October, Justin Townes Earle leapt onstage at the famed Ryman Auditorium to accept the 2011 Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. The triumphant evening capped a turbulent twelve months for the gifted young musician categorized by significant hardship as well as notable achievement including debut performances at New York's Carnegie Hall and on The Late Show with David Letterman.
ABOUT DAUPHIN'S COUNTRYFEST
Canada's longest running country music festival, Dauphin's Countryfest celebrates its 24th anniversary June 27 to June 30, 2013. Tickets for this year's event sold out in a record-setting 12 hours back in November.
Countryfest is a not-for-profit organization that consists of a 12-member volunteer Board of Directors and a membership of over 1500 loyal followers. Organizers credit the 2000 volunteers who work tirelessly every year providing essential services for the festival weekend, while fundraising for their respective community organizations. Countryfest contributes approximately $150,000 annually toward these organizations for providing these services.
Dauphin's Countryfest was awarded the 2012 Philanthropist of the Year Award from The Dauphin & District Community Foundation. It was presented at the Community Foundation's annual dinner, given to individuals or businesses that show the true spirit of philanthropy and giving.
