{"id":1305469,"date":"2019-03-13T22:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T04:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803916"},"modified":"2019-03-13T22:05:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T04:05:41","slug":"blake-shelton-headlines-ole-red-gatlinburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/blake-shelton-headlines-ole-red-gatlinburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton Headlines Ole Red Gatlinburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:669607?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">16m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>What makes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/blake-shelton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Shelton<\/a> a household name is his unique ability to genuinely connect with anyone who hears his music. And that connection was palpable live at his headlining debut at the new Ole Red Gatlinburg.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s (March 13) sold-out concert had Shelton rolling through a 27-song hit-filled set with an ease, showmanship and professionalism that commanded everyone\u2019s attention. They\u2019re talents he picked up in the roadhouses and honkytonks that gave him his first opportunities to perform live when he was a rising artist and groomed him into the entertainer he is today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIl45dxOidc?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIl45dxOidc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day all I really care about is to sing, and I love to be onstage,\u201d Shelton said at a press conference earlier Wednesday afternoon. \u201cI spent more time trying to develop a relationship with a crowd than I ever did trying to be artistic and all that stuff that I probably should have done. But this is what always got me fired up was being in front of people, being onstage; especially back when I was onstage and the challenge was to get them to notice me before the night was over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to Wednesday\u2019s show with the Swon Brothers and a surprise appearance by the Smoky Mountain Blue-eyed Darlin\u2019, Con Hunley, were sold through in a charity auction that raised $29,214 for music programs at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. Representatives from the school were present at the afternoon press conference to receive an oversized check donation of $54,214 reflecting the ticket proceeds and the Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation\u2019s match of $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to open more Ole Red locations are in the works. A groundbreaking for a spot in Orlando, Fla. is next.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the set list from Shelton\u2019s Ole Red Gatlinburg concert:<\/p>\n<p>Neon Light<br \/>All About Tonight<br \/>Doin\u2019 What She Likes<br \/>Sangria<br \/>I\u2019ll Name the Dogs<br \/>Everytime I Here That Song<br \/>Drink On It<br \/>Guy With a Girl<br \/>Mine Would Be You<br \/>Gonna<br \/>Lonely Tonight<br \/>She\u2019s Got a Way with Words<br \/>All My Exes<br \/>She Wouldn\u2019t Be Gone<br \/>Turning Me On<br \/>Sure Be Cool If You Did<br \/>I Lived It<br \/>Some Beach<br \/>Ol\u2019 Red<br \/>Came Here to Forget<br \/>Home<br \/>Hillbilly Bone<br \/>Austin<br \/>Honey Bee<br \/>Boys Round Here<br \/>Footloose (Encore)<br \/>God Gave Me You (Encore)<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803916\/blake-shelton-headlines-ole-red-gatlinburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 16m ago What makes Blake Shelton a household name is his unique ability to genuinely connect with anyone who hears his music. And that connection was palpable live at his headlining debut at the new Ole Red Gatlinburg. Wednesday\u2019s (March 13) sold-out concert had Shelton rolling through a 27-song hit-filled set with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1305469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 22:11:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}