FORT STEWART, Ga. - Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield will salute America and those who serve her with two days of Family fun, good food and a concert headlined by country singer Martina McBride and R&B singer Mario at Fort Stewart on July 4, while Hunter Army Airfield's celebration of Independence Day will be on July 3 with performances by Joe Bachman, Victor Wainwright and WildRoots.This week the performers are highlighted. In the coming weeks, look for a schedule of events and reminders.
Hunter Performers
Performances begin at 4:30 p.m., July 3, at the Showmobile on the Family Day Field. The concerts are free. Pets and coolers are prohibited at all locations for the Independence Day celebration.
Joe Bachman is a modern country/pop artist from Philadelphia who averages 200-250 shows each year. His debut album, "one" was released Jan. 3 and is a blend of rocking party anthems "Small Town Rock Stars," and "That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy." Two of the album's stand out tracks, "Brothers" and "Back Home" emotionally display Joe's commitment and dedication to the men and women in our U.S. Armed Forces.
Victor Wainwright and the WildRoots deliver what is described as power-house blues, Memphis soul, and roots rock'n'roll. Their music features high-octane boogie piano and big soul sounds of vocalist and blues man Victor Wainwright, a Savannah native and Benedictine graduate. The WildRoots debut CD, "Beale Street to the Bayou," was released in Sept. of 2009. Their follow up CD "Lit Up" was released in 2011.
The WildRoots and Wainwright -- who said his music was greatly influenced by greats such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Ray Price and Ray Charles --performed at the Blues & BBQ event in Hinesville last October.
Fort Stewart Performers
Donovan Field is the site for the concert in celebration of Independence Day 2012 at Fort Stewart. Gates open at 5 p.m., with more than three hours of entertainment scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Video cameras are prohibited.
Mockingbird Sun will open up the evening of entertainment. The group is composed of lead singer and lead guitar player Charlie Berry, soul singer and Gibson picker Brett Taylor and Renaissance man Truck Roley. Charlie, Brett,and Truck have been strongly influenced by a variety of music icons from Hank Williams to Tom Petty. The band draws from the slow blue heat of vintage country to solder whiskey-washed folk with classic American rock and roll. Their album, "The Muscle Shoals EP," was released in Sept. 2011. The leadoff single, 'Lucky Guy,' was co-written with Grammy winning songwriter Liz Rose.
Mario, an R&B singer-songwriter, actor, dancer and model, will take the Fort Stewart concert stage following Mockingbird Sun. Mario is best known for his hit singles "Just a Friend 2002" (2002) and "Let Me Love You" (2004), which won him two Billboard awards, as well as for appearing in the films Step Up and Freedom Writers. Mario starred alongside Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan in Step Up, a dance-themed film released on Aug. 11, 2006. He has released four studio albums. Mario began recording his debut album "Mario" at age 15, a year before releasing it in July 2002.
Contemporary country singer Martina McBride, featured entertainer for the star-spangled "Worth Fighting For" celebration, rose to stardom in the late '90s, starting out with a more traditionalist approach and later moving into more pop-friendly territory. Her debut album, "The Time Has Come," was released in 1992. The pop-inflected 1993 follow-up, "The Way That I Am," was her commercial breakthrough, with the lead single "My Baby Loves Me" zooming up the country charts to the number two position. McBride has won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" award four times (tied with Reba McEntire for the most wins) and the Academy of Country Music's "Top Female Vocalist" award three times.
McBride has recorded nine studio albums, one greatest hits compilation, one "live" album, a Christmas compilation, as well as two additional compilation albums.
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