{"id":1122,"date":"2019-11-20T16:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wacohippodrometheatre.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1122"},"modified":"2020-03-18T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:22:46","slug":"steve-wariner","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wacohippodrometheatre.com\/event\/steve-wariner\/","title":{"rendered":"POSTPONED – Steve Wariner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Wariner, originally scheduled for March 27th, 2020, has been postponed and rescheduled for\u00a0November 12th, 2020.\u00a0All tickets for the original show date will be honored on the rescheduled date, and you can continue purchasing tickets on the same ticket page. If you cannot attend on November 12th, you can receive a full refund by emailing hippoboxoffice@gmail.com<\/b><\/p>\nBuy Tickets<\/a>\n

Twenty albums into his five-decade career, Steve Wariner still has plenty of musical tricks up his sleeve. On All Over The Map, his fans will hear him like never before. For the first time, Wariner displays the astonishing breadth of his talents on one album. All Over The Map, on Wariner\u2019s own SelecTone Records, showcases not only the dazzling, innovative guitar work for which he\u2019s so well known, but his command of other instruments as well.
\nPeople know me as an artist and a guitar player, but I don\u2019t think they know the full musician side of me, including playing steel, lap steel, drums and even upright bass,\u201d Wariner says, all of which he tackles on the new set. \u201cThis album pulls back all the layers.\u201d
\nThroughout All Over The Map\u2019s five instrumentals and seven vocal songs, Wariner brings a sense of joy to his music that rings out as an expression that is at once deeply personal, but also universal.
\n\u201cThis album is me. It is what I do,\u201d the four-time\u00a0GRAMMY<\/span>\u00a0Award winner says. \u201cThis just shows off everything that I love and what I\u2019m about\u2014not only the writing, but the musicianship and where I come from, my roots and my blood. This is me right here.\u201d It\u2019s so thoroughly him, that Wariner, an accomplished artist, even painted the cover artwork.
\nAs the album title aptly captures, stylistically, the music is exhilaratingly diverse, spanning country, bluegrass, rock, jazz and pop, all unified by Wariner\u2019s adroit playing and singing. As Wariner, who wrote 10 of the 12 tracks here, worked with musical friends and heroes from all over the world\u2014including some from as far away as Australia\u2014he realized he was spanning the globe geographically as well. \u201cPeople would say, \u2018Describe the album\u2019 and I\u2019d say \u2018Well, it showcases my singing, my musicianship, I\u2019ve got guests, there\u2019s some instrumentals. It\u2019s all over the map\u2019,\u201d he recalls. \u201cFinally one day, I go, \u2018that\u2019s my title right there!\u2019\u201d
\nTop among Wariner\u2019s collaborators is the late, legendary Merle Haggard. The pair co-wrote heartbreaking, traditional country ballad, \u201cWhen I Still Mattered To You\u201d in 1996 and Wariner revisited the track after Haggard\u2019s death earlier this year.
\nWariner, who produced the album primarily at Twangra-La, his home studio outside of Nashville, also enlisted a league of top-flight musicians to work with, making it his most guest-laden album since his acclaimed instrumental set, 1996\u2019s No More Mr. Nice Guy. \u201cI just started thinking about some of my pals I hadn\u2019t had a chance to record with,\u201d he says.
\nThe Grand Ole Opry member brought in brilliant guitarist Eric Johnson for lilting, jazzy instrumental, \u201cMeanwhile Back In Austin,\u201d Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy for the twangy \u201cNashville Spy-line\u201d and Jack Pearson, known for his work with The Allman Bros., for rollicking album opener, \u201cDrop Top,\u201d a remake of Billy Love\u2019s 1952 Chess Records cut. The Kentucky Headhunters\u2019 Greg Martin plays on the swampy \u201cWay It Goes,\u201d which features a rare social commentary from Wariner, while his longtime buddy Ricky Skaggs provides exquisite mandolin accompaniment on bluegrass delight, \u201cDown Sawmill Road.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is about the highest level of musicianship you can get, these guys,\u201d Wariner says. \u201cThat\u2019s what I wanted and what\u2019s amazing is they\u2019re all my friends. In the case of Eric and Jack, I\u2019ve known them forever but never did have a chance to go in and cut with them. That part of the bucket list is pretty much being fulfilled.\u201d
\nWariner started crafting the album more than 20 months ago, beginning with the breezy \u201cCGP,\u201d shorthand for Certified Guitar Player, a designation lovingly bestowed upon him and four other guitarists by Chet Atkins for their exemplary playing prowess. He\u2019s joined by the other two remaining CGPs, Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles, in the tribute to their friend and mentor.
\nWariner even manages to duet with himself on guitar and steel guitar on tangy \u201cModulation Situation.\u201d The shootout came at the suggestion of his son, Ryan, whose bluesy rocker, \u201cThe Last Word,\u201d Wariner recorded for All Over The Map, playing alongside his son.
\nThe most personal song on the album is \u201cMr Roy,\u201d a western swing tribute to his dad, featuring Wariner on lap steel. \u201cThis is really a tip of the hat to my pop, who is such a dear influence for me,\u201d he says. By the time Wariner was 10, he was playing drums with his father\u2019s band. He then picked up the bass, and as a teenager, moved from his native Indiana to Nashville and joined Dottie West\u2019s band. It was only a few years later that Atkins signed him to\u00a0RCA<\/span>\u00a0and produced his first recordings. More than 30 Top 10 hits followed, including 14 No. 1s such as \u201cAll Roads Lead To You,\u201d \u201cSome Fools Never Learn,\u201d \u201c Lynda,\u201d and \u201cWhere Did I Go Wrong.\u201d The moving \u201cHoles In The Floor Of Heaven\u201d garnered Wariner the\u00a0ACM<\/span>\u00a0award for Song Of The Year in 1999, as well as\u00a0CMA<\/span>\u00a0awards for Song and Single Of The Year. Additionally, artists ranging from Garth Brooks, Keith Urban and Clint Black have all scored hits with Wariner-penned songs.
\nForty years after signing his first record deal with\u00a0RCA<\/span>, Wariner\u2019s passion for writing, playing and singing music remains undiminished. \u201cI was every bit as enthusiastic about recording this project as I was the very first day I went in with Chet Atkins in 1977 and recorded my first stuff. I still get as excited, especially when the room is full of great players. The joy is in creating for me, and it never goes away.\u201d
\nAs he prepares to release All Over The Map, he urges his fans to do some traveling with him, perhaps over some new musical terrain, as he continues the journey he started so long ago. \u201cI came to Nashville when I was 17,\u201d he says. \u201cI came here as a player. I still am. And I wanted this album to show every facet of what I do and what I love. This record just reveals who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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