1 songs, earned three GRAMMY® Awards, one American Music Award and more than 40 Dove Awards. Smith is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician who has sold more than 15 million albums, achieved 32 No. Tickets will be $40 per car, "not per person.Michael W.
Smith will host a "LIVE Drive-In Concert" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park, 4215 Long Lane, Franklin. I hope I can be that voice of calm, that people can pull out of there and go, 'You know what? I'm gonna get through this.' " If you go We're definitely gonna make some history. But I think it'll be a good night, and hopefully the weather will cooperate. "I think it could be honestly anybody (performing)," he says. "Everybody's just itching to get out of the house and to go watch some live music, no matter who it is. He's expecting a big crowd, but he's not giving himself credit for that. That might be awhile, especially if Smith's plan to have some "Oh my gosh" special guests comes to fruition.
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Smith says he'll have his full band with him at his drive-in concert, and they anticipate being up on stage for as long as his audience will have them. She was so gracious and (said she) looked forward to meeting me one day." He's also made contact with Sinach, thanking her for writing "Waymaker." I'm getting ready to do it in Spanish and Portuguese in the next couple of weeks."
We worked hard, and we pulled it off, and it's been very well received. I wanted this thing to sound like I've been speaking Italian my entire life. In March, as Italy went into lockdown, Smith was moved to record a special version of "Waymaker" in Italian - with the help of background vocalist Vanessa Campagna and a dialect coach. It's been a long time since I've had a No. It kind of struck a nerve, and it's been No. but I made an exception because I felt like something in my gut told me that I think this is a very, very important song, and I didn't realize, obviously, with this pandemic, boy am I ever glad I did it. I've never written anything for radio in my entire life. "I kind of fought against that because I usually don't do that. Smith says he was approached by "a couple of radio guys" who suggested he record a studio version. They want to hear what they know, and it was so well received." Usually, people don't like to hear new songs (in concert). "I knew it was special when I heard it, but I really knew it was special when I sang it at Bridgestone (Arena). His daughter played it for him, calling it her "go-to song." By the time Smith heard it roughly two years ago, it was already on its way to becoming a standard.
"Waymaker" was written by Nigerian gospel star Sinach, who released her version in 2015. It had been 35 years since he had recorded his breakthrough hit, "Friends." That show led to last fall's "35 Years of Friends" tour, and Smith had a spring leg mapped out earlier this year. MORE DRIVE-IN CONCERTS: Christian acts TobyMac and Newsboys United to embark on drive-in concert tourĪround this time last year, more than 50 artists shared the stage at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena to celebrate Smith's career. I mean, that's crazy! I just think people are kind of excited about doing something that's never been done before." "Four (thousand) or 5,000 people in their cars, pulling up. "It is odd and wonderful all at the same time that we're doing something that's very unprecedented, caused by a pandemic," Smith tells The Tennessean. but the format is catching on, and might be the flagging concert industry's best option in the age of social distancing. It's also one of the first drive-in concerts to be staged in the U.S. It's set to be the first large public concert held in the Nashville area since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Tennessee. The Christian music mainstay will headline his own "drive-in" concert Saturday night at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park in Franklin. Instead, he finds himself ushering in the future - for now, at least - of live music. Smith was supposed to spend his spring revisiting his past.
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