By HAYLEY BEAUCHAMP
Communications Manager, The Honeywell Foundation

Wabash — Two concerts are remaining in the Singer/Songwriter Series at the Eagles Theatre taking place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 featuring J.D. Cable and again on Thursday, Nov. 12 featuring Aaron Barker. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 on the day of the concert. The concerts will be acoustic sessions by award-winning singer/songwriters as they perform their hits and talk about gaining success in Nashville and beyond.

Featured Oct. 22 will be Wabash native JD Cable and his lead guitarist, Marcus Ott of JD Cable and The Empty Bottle Band, which blends southern, country and classic rock. Performing nearly 150 shows a year, The Empty Bottle Band, entertains packed houses all around middle and east Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky. 

JD, a Southwood High School graduate and a Veteran of the United States Army’s Legendary Second Armored Division Band, has performed all over the Continental United States side by side with some of the best musicians in the world including John Michael Montgomery, Billy ‘Thunder’ Mason (Tim McGraw and ‘The Dance Hall Doctors’), Ralph Ezel (Shenandoah), Terry Wendt (Shania Twain) along with many more and has opened for artists including Travis Tritt, Neal McCoy, Sylvia, 38 Special and Foreigner.

The final concert of the Singer/Songwriter Series will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, and will feature Aaron Barker.  Barker wrote two number one singles in a row on George Strait’s, “Easy Come, Easy Go” and “I’d Like To have That One Back.” George Strait’s “I Know She Still Loves Me” and “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” also hit the number one position. Barker’s other number one songs include “Not Enough Hours In The Night,” “Watch This” and “You’re Beginning To Get To Me,”  Neal McCoy’s “Love Happens Like That,” Aaron Tippin’s “I’m Leavin,” and Lonestar’s single “What About Now.”

Although not a recording artist himself, Aaron’s voice is heard millions of times a year by millions of people as the writer and singer of many of the radio and television commercials for the Blue Bell Ice Cream Company. These include “Have Yourself A Blue Bell Country Day” and “The Good Ol’ Days.” The current “There’s More Than Just Ice Cream in a Carton of Blue Bell” was also written and performed by Aaron.

Performing with Barker is 1996 GMA Dove Awards’ Male Vocalist of the Year and former host of Prime Time Country, Gary Chapman. Chapman’s career as a Christian singer/songwriter spans more than 20 years and includes eight Dove Awards, four number one songs on multiple charts, three Grammy Award nominations, and three years as host of TNN’s Prime Time Country.

For more information please visit the Eagles Theatre website at www.eaglestheatre.com or call the Honeywell Center Box Office at (260) 563-1102.

For more than 100 years, the Eagles Theatre has been Wabash’s local motion picture theatre.  Watching movies at Eagles has been a part of our community’s social fabric for generations. To hear a list of upcoming shows, call (260) 563-3272.