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Sunday, September 26, 2010 | 7pm

Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall :: 4544 N Lincoln Ave.

Connie Smith

With special guest Robbie Fulks

$28 General Public/$26 Old Town School Members/$24 Seniors & Children

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"The Sweetheart of the Grand Ole Opry," Connie Smith, is considered to be one of the greatest singers in country music. Although she never achieved the level of commercial success as some of her contemporaries like Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Lynn Anderson and Dolly Parton, she is often hailed by music critics as one of the finest voices in country music, voted in 2001 by fellow artists and members of the Country Music industry as #9 of the 40 Greatest Women of Country Music of all time. None other than Dolly Parton herself praised Smith by once saying, "There's only three real female singers; Barbara Streisand, Linda Ronstadt and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending."

ConnieSmithMusic.com
Connie Smith on MySpace

"Mr. Fulks is more than a songwriter. He's a gifted guitarist who has taught for years at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, he's a soulful singer with an expressive honky-tonk tenor, and he's a natural performer. It rings true when he says he's only truly comfortable when he's onstage or when he's totally alone. But what really sets him apart is his songwriting, which is one part artful country, one part artful sendup of country and one part a little of everything else." -- New York Times

RobbieFulks.com
Robbie Fulks on MySpace