Country Rockers- Aaron Lewis and Special Guest Blackberry Smoke LIVE at Legend Valley -Buckeye Lake

COLUMBUS, Ohio - June 22, 2013 - PRLog -- Grammy Award-nominated, and front man of band Staind, Aaron Lewis, will be performing live at The Legend Valley Music Center, an outdoor venue located at Buckeye Lake (Thornville, OH) on Thursday, June 27th. Gates will open for the show at 5pm. The Bluestone is proud to present this show, along with Bud Light and Yuengling, at the infamous Legend Valley. Southern rock quintet, Blackberry Smoke, will be opening the show for Lewis along with special guests, Drake White, Matt Mason and local favorite Cliff Cody. There are two different ticket types for this show a General Admission ticket and a Bud Light Pit Pass. General Admission tickets will allow entry into the show and are $33.00. The Bud Light pit pass allows entry into the pit area that is closest to the stage and are $53.00, all tickets include parking. Camping opportunities are also available, for more details visit: www.AaronLewisLegendValley.com.

Lewis transitioned into the country music industry in 2011 with his debut country EP album, “Town Line”, later to top the Billboard Country charts and reach the number seven spot on the Billboard Top 200. The released EP held award winning song, “Country Boy”, the hit single that earned Lewis two Academy of Country Music nominations for “Vocal Event of the Year”. Lewis also earned two CMT nominations, “USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year” and “Collaborative Video of the Year”. The success and positivity from his break into the country, lead to his November 2012 release of his first country album, “The Road”. Currently, Lewis is balancing both his country solo tour and the release of the seventh album from group, Staind.

Blackberry Smoke is no stranger to performing, as their schedule includes more than 250 performances each year. The band has recently joined Zac Browns record label, Southern Ground, and has released their first album under this label, “The Whippoorwill”. Performing for nearly a decade together, Blackberry Smoke has released 3 full length albums and has toured with many legends such as The Marshall Tucker band, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd and George Jones. With the most recent album release, Blackberry Smoke is seeing the benefits of belonging to a larger label. As Brit Turner states in a recent interview, “We love it, or we wouldn’t do it”.

Preceding Aaron Lewis and Blackberry Smoke, self-described soulful-funk-rock artist, Drake White, will also be performing on the Legend Valley stage. White has recently released his debut album, an album that consists of 12 songs that he either wrote or co-wrote. Among the album’s many highlights is “The One That Loves You Girl,” a heartfelt love song that shows White’s gentler side while “Alabama Dirt Road” is a funky look at life in his native state that showcases White’s soulful country voice and passion for the Southern way of life.
Matt Mason broke his way into the country industry in 2006 when he made top 10 on the USA Network’s Nashville Star. After placing fourth in the competition, Mason opted to audition for CMT’s Next Superstar 2011 and took the title Also opening the show is country music artist and songwriter, Cliff Cody. Cody signed his first publishing contract in 2005 with EMI and since has co-wrote many songs for various artists from Julie Roberts to Josh Thompson to his longtime hero, D. Vincent Williams, for which he co-wrote “Down by the River”, the first single on Williams’ album. Cody took part in the Key West Songwriters Festival in 2006 and has now become a regular performer in that area.

The Bluestone is honored to have the opportunity to host this outstanding lineup on the infamous Legend Valley Music Center’s stage located near Buckeye Lake in Central Ohio. Legend Valley Music Center has become the home of many large music shows since it opened in the early 1970’s. When they began booking show, they brought some of the largest acts to Central Ohio such as: Alabama, Hank Williams Jr., and also what became one of the largest and best stops on the Grateful Dead tour. The Legend Valley Music Center has become the home for the ‘All Good’ festival and the infamous ‘Hookahville’ event. The LVMC is located at 7585 Kindle Rd. Thornville, OH 43076. For more information about The Bluestone visit www.LiveAtTheBluestone.com.