Confederate Railroad to play Lake Winnie
Concert times are 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. and the show is free with admission to Lake Winnie.
Confederate Railroad’s roots are traceable to several country music legends such as Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., and Charlie Daniels.
As lead singer Danny Shirley says, “Our roots are real deep in Southern rock. I used to run with the boys in Lynyrd Skynyrd, but what turned me on to country music was when Waylon and Willie hit.”
Most of Confederate Railroad played together as David Allen Coe’s backing band through the early ’80s. The group’s no-holds-barred instrumental style helped enlarge the scope of country radio in the ’90s.
With the release of Confederate Railroad’s fourth album, “Keep On Rockin'” Shirley says, “We wanted to do some stuff that wasn’t necessarily in style for country music, just great songs that we like. We decided it was time for some fun in country music and that the public was really ready for it. So we went in and did the best kind of Confederate Railroad album we could do.”