ACM TOP NEW VOCAL DUO WINNER JOEY+RORY
AND MARCY JO’S MEALHOUSE HOST
2ND ANNUAL "BIB & BUCKLE" FEST
Live Concert, Home Cookin’ and Family Fun on the Farm
with Joey+Rory and Special Guests including
CMT “Can You Duet” Season I Cast
Nashville, TN (May 26, 2010) – The 2nd Annual Bib & Buckle Fest is fast approaching and this year it’s being dubbed the Unofficial CMT “Can You Duet" Season I Reunion. On Saturday, June 5 in Pottsville (45 mins south of Nashville), husband and wife duo Joey+Rory will be joined by “Can You Duet” cast members Caitlin & Will and Kate & Kacey as well as other CYD cast members and musical acts for their annual community event with family, friends and fans. The event is put on in partnership with their family-owned restaurant Marcy Jo's Mealhouse and is sponsored by Lyons-Chevrolet, Buick and GMC in Lewisburg, TN and workwear retailer Carhartt.
"We had been doing this for a few years before it got it’s official name. It was originally created as a homecoming concert and a day of family fun, food and music for all of our neighbors," says Rory. “When people actually started coming in from as far as Michigan, Florida and even Washington State, we decided it needed to be a special yearly event.”
“When you travel all over the country singing for people like we do,” adds Joey, “It's so
neat to be able to have them come to us and to share our own community with them." Joey says, "and the name Bib & Buckle fest? Well, it's kind of obvious I guess. I've always worn a belt buckle with my jeans and Rory loves his Carhartt bib overalls."
The pickin’ begins at 3:00 p.m. and the eatin’ at 5:00 p.m. Live music will continue into the evening with the hosts' headlining performance beginning at 7:00 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn-chairs or quilts for seating to fully enjoy a fun family evening outside in the grass and under the stars.
"This year, for fun, we decided to make it a "Can You Duet" Season 1 reunion and invite some of the other artists that were on the TV show with us in 2008”, says Rory. “They are all so talented and honestly, we never get to see each other any more. This is a chance for us to all reconnect, and even more...for our fans to connect with the other artists they loved on the show also.”
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and under (ticket price includes meal, dessert, drinks and entertainment.) To purchase tickets, visit
www.joeyandrory.com or call Marcy Jo's at 931-380-0968. Rain date is schedule for Sunday, June 6, 2010.
EVENT SCHEDULE
3:00 PM Bluegrass Band
4:00 PM Can You Duet Contestants
5:00 PM Dinner served while artist are performing
6:00 PM Andrew Combs & Heidi Feek
7:00 PM Joey+Rory
MARCY JO’S MENU
Boston Butt and Chicken, Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, & Cornbread
Dessert: Coca Cola Cake & Elvis Cake
Drinks: Sweet Tea and Coffee: free. Water, Sodas: for sale
EVENT ADDRESS
5054 Hargrove Road, North Marshall County, Columbia, TN 38401.
###
ABOUT JOEY+RORY
Currently playing dates this summer with the Zac Brown Band, Joey+Rory have been having the time of their lives. Their upcoming album, simply titled Album #2, will be released later this year and fans can expect another collection of wonderful songs penned by the duo. Their debut album titled The Life of a Song debuted #10 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and remained on the charts for 50 weeks selling 200,000 copies. Joey+Rory's debut single "Cheater Cheater" was not only their first Top 30 hit at country radio but also became a nationwide Top 10 Dance Club hit. The single peaked at #3 on iTunes Top Country Album Chart with over 400,000 downloads. When not performing, writing music or in the studio, Joey visits with patrons and lends a hand at Marcy Jo’s Mealhouse, a restaurant she and her sister-in-law co-own in Pottsville, TN. Rory spends his days at their farm, where he continues to pen award-winning hits. His most recent hit is the #1 “A Little More Country Than That” recorded by Easton Corbin. Other hit songs include the #1's “Some Beach” by Blake Shelton (multi-week), “Chain of Love” by Clay Walker and “Someone You Used to Know” by Colin Raye along with cuts by Kenny Chesney, Reba, Randy Travis, Terri Clark, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens and many others.
About Mary Jo’s Mealhouse
Once a general store and major gathering place for the farmers and families of the area, it’s now a charming restaurant and barker, thriving with new life, great fellowship and food. Opened in 2006 by Joey and her sister-in-law Marcy (Rory’s younger sister), the eatery has quickly become one of the most popular restaurants and music venues in middle Tennessee. From the refurbished, clapboard mercantile in the heart of the couple's tight-knit, rural community, mornings commence at 4 a.m. Joey, when she is not on the road gigging with Rory, still bakes bread and pours coffee for friends and customers at Marcy Jo's.
Media Contact:
Kathy Best
FrontPage Publicity
kathy@frontpagepublicity.com
615-383-0412
