30 Jun Sheridan Opera House: John Corbett in Concert
The Sheridan Arts Foundation is proud to present actor and country musician John Corbett and his band live in concert at the Sheridan Opera House Saturday, July 5, 2014. Showtime is 8:30 p.m.
Recognize the name? You should. John Corbett is a Hollywood and TV luminary. But stars moonlighting as musicians don’t always get taken seriously. Corbett has already faced crowds of skeptics wearing looks that silently challenge, “All right, actor boy, show us what you’ve got.” And Corbett has never had a problem meeting the doubters on stage with his band or on radio airwaves.
From John Corbett’s website:
Corbett’s self-titled debut album, released in 2006, climbed to No. 42 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, surprising even the guy who rose to fame as Cicely, Alaska’s resident radio deejay on the “Northern Exposure” – and made women swoon in “Sex and the City” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.”
No one has to tell John Corbett that Hollywood stars moonlighting as musicians don’t always get taken seriously. He’s already faced crowds full of skeptics wearing expectant looks that silently challenge, “All right, actor boy, show us what you’ve got.”
But Corbett’s never had a problem doing just that, onstage with his band or on radio airwaves. His self-titled debut album, released in 2006, climbed to No. 42 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, surprising even the guy who rose to fame as Cicely, Alaska’s resident radio deejay on the “Northern Exposure” TV series (and made women swoon in “Sex and the City” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”).
With his new album, Leaving Nothin’ Behind, on his own Funbone Records label, Corbett confirms what fans know: The guy was never just moonlighting. Growing up in the shadow of Wheeling, W.Va.’s famed Capitol Music Hall, just a few miles from where Brad Paisley was raised, music was always Corbett’s first love. He’s been playing since he can remember.
“I never for a second dreamed that I could make a living making music, except probably when I was a freshman in high school and would daydream about what it would be like to be in Kiss or Styx or something,” he admits, laughing. “But I always had a guitar with me.”
Corbett’s mom bought him his first instrument when he was 7 or 8— right about when she ignited his enduring passion for Elvis. He’s such a huge fan, he owns the king’s birth record, handwritten by the doctor who delivered him in Tupelo, Miss. Corbett also swears allegiance to the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and Aerosmith, plus Garth Brooks (a fellow Kiss fan), Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings and Buck Owens (who gave Corbett the last guitar the Bakersfield legend ever bestowed, two weeks before he died).
But it’s Corbett’s passion for a somewhat lesser known talent—Dallas-born musician, songwriter and producer Jon Randall Stewart—that drives Leaving Nothin’ Behind.
Longtime Guy Clark collaborator Stewart wrote or co-wrote seven of the album’s 10 songs, and co-produced with Gary Paczosa. Stewart also contributes guitars and harmonies, alongside talents including his wife, Jessi Alexander, John Cowan, Brian Sutton, Dan Dugmore, Michael Rhodes, Steve Gorman, Audley Freed and other respected Nashville names.
Corbett says Leaving Nothin’ Behind’s birth was almost as much of a fluke as his first effort — the result of a suggestion by country singer Joe Nichols, who heard Corbett’s pleasing tenor during a late-night pickin’ session after they’d presented a CMT Flameworthy Award to Shania Twain…
Continue reading his bio here
“I want them to put on the marquee, ‘From ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ I want as many people in those shows as I can get. I don’t care how they get in there,” he says.
When you hear tracks from Leaving Nothin’ Behind at his Opera House gig, it won’t be a hard sell.
Come see Corbett play with a full band and decide for yourself over the Fourth of July weekend!
Tickets are $40 GA on the floor, and $50 reserved seats in the balcony plus a $3 ticketing fee. Tickets and additional information are available at www.sheridanoperahouse.com or call 970-728-6363, ext 5.
For a preview of the concert, which includes tracks from Leaving Nothing Behind, enjoy this video.
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