Showtime!
If you like your country music on the honky-tonky, Bakersfield-sound, outlaw side, then you don’t want to miss Tony Barge and the Good Guys Band. They’re the Butler Farm Show’s opening performers, playing at 7 and 9 p.m. Monday in the Auditorium Pavilion.
There’s no extra charge for the performance. All you need is a general admission ticket.
Country music performer Tony Barge, a native of Ellwood City, has spent a great deal of his lifetime performing the classic style of country music. He has performed in the bands and shared with stage with many country legends from Kitty Wells to Merle Haggard and Brad Paisely.
Barge has performed at notable venues ranging from the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas to the “world famous” Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville.
In 2002, Barge released his album “Empty Places,” which featured an original composition titled “That September Day” commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In March, Barge traveled to Brady, Texas, to record a new album. The CD and its title cut are “Man With The Blues,” a song written by Willie Nelson. The album was produced by Justin Trevino, well-known Texas country singer and engineer. Trevino joins Barge for a duet on the album, a cover of the old Buck Owens song “Cinderella.” Barge is joined by another well-known Texas country music performer, Amber Digby, for a duet of another old Buck Owens song “We Split The Blanket.”
Visit his website: tonybarge.com.
