Published: November 12, 2009 04:17 pm      

Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain in concert Nov. 21

Tennessee Valley Theatre in Spring City will present Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. EST. Cost is $10 per person. For reservations, please call (423) 365-PLAY.

Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain’s highly entertaining performances along with a mega chart topping album has made them one of the fastest rising stars in acoustic music. Carrie’s incredible lead vocals backed by some of the hottest young musicians in bluegrass music, have garnered the band #1 albums and #1 singles on a variety of outlets around the world. Carrie has been featured on the cover of Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine, was honored by her hometown of Pikeville, TN where the mayor presented her with the Key to the City and proclaimed "Carrie Hassler Day," among many other honors and recognitions in recent years.

Just over a month after their initial album release in 2006, the single "Seven Miles From Wichita" hit the #1 spot on Sirius Radio’s Bluegrass Top 40 and went on to spend 10 months on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Single Chart and was also a crossover in country radio as well. While that single was still charting, another single, "Going on the Next Train," hit the same chart and appeared until January 2008. Yet another track, the gospel bluegrass song "Least That I Can Do," spent a year on Bluegrass Now Magazine’s Gospel Truths Chart.

In 2008, Rural Rhythm Records released the band’s sophomore CD, CHHR2. The album made its debut at #5 on Billboard’s Top 50 Bluegrass Chart, climbed the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Album Chart and many more. The first single, "I Can Go Back Anytime," hit #1 on the May 2009 Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 with the second single, "Faith & Hope," also hitting the #1 spot on Power Source Magazine’s Top 10 Bluegrass Songs. The Alzheimer’s themed tune, "Stranger in His Mind," recently won Strictly Country’s Country of the Year. But it doesn’t stop there, another single, "Country Strong," was released in the U.K. and hit the #1 spot on UK Radio.

The band members are Carrie Hassler (lead vocals), Kevin McKinnon (mandolin, vocals), Keith McKinnon (guitar, vocals), Jamie Harper (fiddle, vocals), Travis Anderson (bass), and Zach Gilmer (banjo, vocals).

For more information, go to www.tennesseevalleytheatre.com or www.carriehasslerandhardrain.com.