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Down Home Country Show to Feature Country Singer/Songwriter Billy Yates
Grand Country Music Hall in Branson Welcomes Star Entertainer
(Tuesday, January 9, 2024 ~ Branson, MO) Country Singer/Songwriter Billy Yates will be featured in the award-winning “Down Home Country Show” performed at the Grand Country Music Hall in Branson, MO.
Mike Patrick, Executive Producer of over eight shows at the Grand Country Music Hall, said, “Billy was making a guest appearance on our Friday night late show, Branson Country USA, and hearing his sound and watching his interaction with our audience, it hit me that Billy really is a perfect fit for our classic country show.” Billy Yates adds, “I love traditional country music and the Down Home Country Show is the best place in Branson to find that sound. I’m super excited and honored to be a part of this great show with such a talented group of entertainers.”
In Branson, prior to 2020, Billy starred in the live music show “Raiding the Country Vault” and his own show “Billy Yates’ Hit Songwriters in the Round”. He also has an active real estate business with PB Realty where he continues to work out of both the Doniphan and Branson offices. Billy says, “When I first moved to Nashville, my friend Mel Tillis told me he was moving to Branson, and I was so surprised because, as a country music artist, to me Nashville seemed like the dream. Then, when I myself got to Branson, I fell in love with the people here and our visitors. So being able to work and be a part of the music community in both towns is really living the dream.”
The “Down Home Country Show” also features Entertainer of the Year, Jamie Haage, and Comedian of the Year, Jarrett Dougherty. The incredible cast of singers and pickers allows audiences to step back in time to real country music. The show has been voted “Best in Classic Branson” and provides a variety of singing, comedy, gospel, bluegrass and down-home fun. Shows begin on April 17, 2024, and continue thru May 24, then resume Sept 4 thru Dec 13, 2024, and are performed at 10:00am at the Grand Country Music Hall on the world-famous Hwy 76 strip in Branson MO. For more tickets and information call 417-335-2484 or visit on-line GrandCountryLiveMusic.com.
BILLY COMPLETES 50th FEATURED PERFORMANCE ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY's country classic show
"Grammy nominations, numerous accolades and awards don't compare to performing on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry according to Billy. "Growing up out in the country in rural Missouri, some of my greatest memories are listening to the Opry with my family. I often dreamed of one day getting to go to the Opry, but to be honest, at that point in my life, I don't think I even knew how to dream big enough to ever think I'd perform on that stage, let-a-lone, 50 times!" His first performance was several years ago and he described that night as magical as he recalls stepping onto the "sacred circle" for the first time to sing. "I remember being so excited, but I was also determined to soak it all in and not let it become a moment that would be forgotten because of nerves. I just stood there and took a deep breath and I asked the audience to give me a minute, I looked down at my boots that were standing on the same circle where many of my heroes had stood. It truly was a night to remember!" Now flash forward to June 11th and the same respect was displayed as Yates performed his 50th performance on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry during one of their ever-so-popular "OPRY COUNTRY CLASSICS" shows!
(Pictured above is Billy with show host, Larry Gatlin.)
BILLY IS PRESENTED BMI'S MILLION AIR AWARD ON OPRY STAGE at the ryman auditorium in nashville
June 11th was a special day as Billy was invited to perform his 50th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. As Billy completed the last of three songs he was performing, he was surprised by the show's host, Larry Gatlin, as he, along with WSM and Grand Ole Opry announcer, Bill Cody, presented Billy with the coveted "Million Air Award" for the Yates penned, "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair" that country music legend, George Jones made famous back in 1992. The song was Yates' first song to have been recorded by anyone and was also awarded the "CMA Vocal Event of the Year" in 1993.
The BMI Million Air Award is awarded to songwriters, composers and publishers whose songs accumulate over one million U.S. broadcast performance, the designation has been bestowed upon many revered songwriters, including Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, and Roy Orbison.