Carissia & Company to entertain Friday

Experience the intense power of Carissia & Company/ Live Music In America during the Friday night Main Street LIVE! summer concert series.
The Warren County Bicentennial event will mark the second in the concert series with intense, soulful, rhythm and blues. During the evening, there will be a mixture of Motown, R&B, Rock-n-Roll, ’50s and ’60s music.
Based out of Tennessee, vocalist Carissia Dixon-Malone has performed to many live audiences and enjoyed several successful national and international tours. She has tours in Italy, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Guam under her belt. She is a professional singer who can stir emotions with jazz, the blues and classic soul rhythm and blues.
Joining Carissia will be Tom Malone on guitar, Kristin Weathers on bass, Ronald ‘Ron Ron’ Bowie on drums, Waldo Weathers on saxophone ‘ from the James Brown Band ‘ Regi Wooten on guitar ‘ from the famous Wooten Brothers Band.
The band is all about new blood. Other musicians who have played with Carissia & Company include Chester Thompson, Joel Edwards, Doug Dowlings, Terry Townsend, Dennis Denham, Steve Forrest, Allan Hatcher and many more.
The song list includes ‘Proud Mary,’ Satin Doll,’ Natural Woman,’ Love Overboard,’ Sweet Home Alabama,’ Down Home Blues,’ ‘Rocky Top,’ ‘Stand By Me,’ ‘Stormy Monday,’ ‘Free Bird,’ and ‘Celebration.’
Carissia & Company/ Live Music In America will take the stage and begin entertaining at 7 p.m. on the West Lawn of Security Federal. Food and beverage vendors are open at 6 p.m. For more information about the band, visit www.carissiaandcompany.com.
The Main Street LIVE! summer concert series is a production of Main Street McMinnville. The events are free due to sponsorship by Dr Pepper, River Park Hospital, the Law Offices of Galligan and Newman, Tennessee Arts Commission, Ben Lomand TV, Clear Channel Radio, and the Southern Standard, your source for local news.