Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jimmy Bowen, Rhonda Vincent
And . . . action! The made-in-Murfreesboro musical variety show Jimmy Bowen & Friends is coming in singing. A plethora of heavy-hitting performers will come in for the New Year and help begin 2022 with a bang. An all-new, musically varied assortment of award-winning artists are on the docket, ready to get up close and personal at Ridenour Rehearsal Studios for the program’s fourth-season taping task.
Among the talents ringing in the week will be country recording artist Wade Hayes, known for “Old Enough to Know Better,” “On a Good Night,” “The Day She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)” and more. Hayes has recently taken new music to many a street—some as part of a recurring Hats Off To the 80s and 90s showcase (joining T. Graham Brown and Bryan White), appearing with hit songwriter and author Rory Feek at his Homestead Hall in Columbia, and also to kick off last month’s holiday extravaganza in Lebanon.
Wade Hayes
Also set to join are recent Opry inductee (and longtime friend of Uncle Dave Macon Days) Rhonda Vincent, Statler Brothers stalwart Jimmy Fortune, hit singer-songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson (“Complicated,” “Single White Female,” “I Don’t Want You to Go”), Ana Cristina Cash (wife of John Carter Cash) and industry veteran Terry McBride (likely best known for his group McBride & the Ride).
Johnson and McBride both have new projects to purvey, the latter touring widely with a McBride & the Ride reunion show. The ACM, CCMA and Juno award-winning Carolyn Dawn Johnson has joined Martina McBride’s touring entourage as a backup vocalist and has also lent her voice to charity endeavors in hopes of helping others overcome loss; Johnson wrote the song “It’d Be Christmas (If You Were Here)” after the loss of her brother, and it has since been relevant for many more losses over the years.
Terry McBride
Jimmy Bowen & Friends Season 4 tapings take place Monday, Jan 10, through Thursday, Jan 14, at The Alley event space inside Ridenour Rehearsal Studios. It is free to attend, but be advised that space is limited. So get rolling! Ridenour is located at 1203 Park Ave. in Murfreesboro. Reach them at 615-956-7413.
“Each episode of our show is 22 minutes, with about 7, maybe 8 minutes of talking. The rest is focused on the music. I don’t want people to get bored. I want to leave them wanting more,” Bowen said.
The show airs/streams on numerous networks including Heartland TV, The Family Channel, The Country Network and others. For more information on how to watch, visit jimmybowen.com; episodes are also available via youtube.com/jimmybowenmusic.
Jimmy Bowen & Friends Season 4 taping schedule:
Monday, Jan. 10
5:30 p.m. – Wade Hayes
7 p.m. – Rhonda Vincent
8:30 p.m. – Jerry Salley
Tuesday, Jan. 11
5:30 p.m. – Steve Dean
7 p.m. – Jimmy Fortune
8:30 p.m. – Terry McBride
Wednesday, Jan. 12
5:30 p.m. – Shane Owens
7 p.m. – Buddy Jewell
8:30 p.m. – Ana Cristina Cash
Thursday, Jan. 13
5:30 p.m. – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
7 p.m. – Minnie Murphy
8:30 p.m. – David Starr
