FORT SILL, Okla. (May 1, 2014) -- Little Big Town, reigning Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year, will headline Fort Sill Independence Day weekend festivities July 5 at Polo Field. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, and The O's will also perform. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets, which go on sale today, are $30 in advance or $35 at the gate. Tickets are available at Lawton and Fort Sill Adventure Travel offices; EZ GO Convenience stores in Lawton, Altus, Walters and Chickasha; Crutcher's for the West in Lawton; or online at www.sillmwr.com.
LITTLE BIG TOWN
The country vocal quartet Little Big Town began with Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild, two Georgia natives who sang together in college.
Arkansas-born and Alabama-raised Jimi Westbrook, a friend of Fairchild's husband, joined them to make a trio, and the group was completed by the addition of Arkansan Phil Sweet in 1998.
From the outset, Little Big Town devoted their sound to harmony and multiple lead vocals, a combination that made the band a hard sell at first.
"A Place to Land" in 2007 netted three singles and the band's profile continued to grow due to touring and supporting acts from Sugarland to Carrie Underwood.
In March 2010, the group released a new single "Little White Church" as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album, "The Reason Why." That single peaked at No. 6 on the country charts. The album produced two additional singles in "Kiss Goodbye" and the title track.
The band returned in 2012 with the single "Pontoon," which wound up topping Billboard's country charts. Little Big Town's fifth full-length album, "Tornado," followed in September 2012. "Pontoon," was Little Big Town's first single to receive a Platinum certification. "Tornado," was released as the album's second single in October. The song debuted at No. 47 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and reached No. 2 on the Country Airplay chart in 2013.
At the 55th Grammy Awards, "Pontoon" won for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in December 2012. Little Big Town has racked up multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM nominations and crafted Top 10 country hits "Boondocks," "Bring It On Home," "Little White Chapel" and "Pontoon."
TYLER BRYANT AND THE SHAKEDOWN
Tyler Bryant, now a 21-year-old guitarist, began playing at age 6 and was schooled on the roughneck blues of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Bryant's impressive resume reads as if he's been in the business for decades. Tyler was awarded the Robert Johnson Foun-dation's New Generation Award at age 16. That award pointed him out as one of the most promising new guitarists on the scene.
He was featured in the award-winning documentary Rock Prophecies (one of the most viewed documentaries on iTunes & Netflix), along with Santana and Slash, and was chosen at age 15 by Eric Clapton to play his Crossroads Festival.
The Shakedown is comprised of an incredible array of musicians including Caleb Crosby on drums, Noah Denney on bass guitar and Graham Whitford, the son of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, on guitar. Together, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, tore up the South by Southwest Interactive Festival stage this past year. The band has built its rapport over several years, thanks to a continuous string of live performances from opening stadiums for Aerosmith, Eric Clapton and B.B. King, to playing their own club gigs around the United States and in Canada.
THE O'S
Since forming in 2008, Taylor Young & John Pedigo, also known as The O's, have done just about everything an up-and-coming act can do. They've toured throughout the U.S., took off for Europe and played every festival that would have them. Also, their music popped up on various TV shows. The duo's guitar and banjo blend in pleasant sounding harmonies and tunes that suggest bare feet, a cool summer evening's breeze and a shared moment with good friends.
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