Huntingdon, Tenn.–The Dixie Performing Arts Center will start the new year with the legendary country music singer/songwriter Whisperin’ Bill Anderson. Bill Anderson will return to The Dixie stage for a memorable afternoon, performing his greatest hits and telling his best stories as a part of The FirstBank “Dixie Live” Series for the 2017-2018 season with Friends of The Dixie as the event sponsor. Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis will be joining Whisperin’ Bill as a Special Guest.
A country music staple, Anderson is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, a 56 year member of The Grand Ole Opry, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Making a lasting mark as both an entertainer and a songwriter, Bill Anderson has had a long and more than just slightly successful career.
He is one of the most awarded songwriters in history of country music. Penning songs for country’s greats, such as Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Jim Reeves, Conway Twitty, Eddy Arnold, Roy Clark, Brad Paisley, and George Strait, many of Anderson’s songs are now country classics.
Anderson’s legacy as an entertainer runs along the same lines of success. He earned the nickname “Whisperin’ Bill for his soft vocal delivery and spoken narrations during his performances. But there is nothing subtle about Anderson’s rise to stardom.
Bill Anderson started his career as a sportswriter and disc jockey in Georgia. He caught his big break and moved to Nashville in 1958 when Ray Price recorded his song “City Lights” and put it at the top of Billboard magazine’s country charts for 13 weeks.
Bill Anderson will perform at The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center on January 20, 2018. The show will begin at 2:00PM, with the box office opening 2 hours before. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.DixiePac.net or from The Dixie’s Box Office, 731-986-2100, M-F, 10:00AM-4:00PM.
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