Free Concert by The Oak Ridge Boys at Huntingdon’s Heritage Festival
Huntingdon, Tenn.–Oom Pah Pah, Oom Pah Pah, Mau Mau. While these words might not make much sense on their own, when they’re placed deep within a song by The Oak Ridge Boys, audiences sing right along. West TN fans are in for a very special event – The Oak Ridge Boys will perform a free concert during the Huntingdon Heritage Festival on Saturday, September 23.
The time for the concert has now been confirmed for 2 p.m.
The Oak Ridge Boys have sold more than 41 million records and are synonymous with “America, apple pie, baseball, and country music.” In addition to their many awards and accolades in the country music field, they have garnered five GRAMMY® Awards, nine GMA Dove Awards, and two American Music Awards. In 1981, their double-platinum single, “Elvira,” set the Pop charts on fire and paved the way for three more Pop-charted singles, “Bobbie Sue,” “American Made, and “So Fine.”
Since that time, Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban—The Oak Ridge Boys—have come to be known worldwide as one of recording history’s most extraordinary musical successes. Registering multiple gold, platinum, and double-platinum singles and albums, they have charted more than 30 albums, including Deliver, Fancy Free, and 17th Avenue Revival.
The Oak Ridge Boys are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame (2015 Inductees), the Grand Ole Opry (since 2011), and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2000 Inductees). They are also recipients of the Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In August 2020, when the world needed a positive message, the group went into the studio with award-winning Nashville producer Dave Cobb to record their Front Porch Singin’ album. It was their fourth project with Cobb.
“I think God had a plan for this album. I really do,” says tenor singer Joe Bonsall. “I think it was bigger than the four of us even realized when we were working on it.”
The Executive Director of The Dixie Carter PAC, Angela DeMaris, says that this year’s festival will be one to be remembered. “Being the first festival after celebrating our Bicentennial of Huntingdon last year, we knew that we had to do something big in order to start off the next 200 years! Luckily, with the support of the Tennessee Arts Commission we were able to draw a major artist to our annual event celebrating our heritage, which is something the Town of Huntingdon is known for.”
Organizers of the festival plan to have a full day of fun events for all ages and hope that everyone comes out to enjoy this free live music festival in September on the court square in Huntingdon.
For more information about The Oak Ridge Boys, visit www.oakridgeboys.com. For more information about the Huntingdon Heritage Festival’s free event like them on Facebook, visit DixiePAC.net or call Huntingdon’s City Hall at 731.986.2900.
This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.