The Kentucky Headhunters Return to Grand Ole Opry for “Opry 100 Honors Bill Monroe”
GRAMMY® Award-winning Southern Rock, Blues and Country Band to Perform on Opry Stage Next Tuesday, September 16
Next week, for only the third time in the band’s near 40-year career, GRAMMY® Award-winning southern rock, blues and country group The Kentucky Headhunters will return to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for “Opry 100 Honors Bill Monroe.”
The Headhunters are set to perform live next Tuesday, September 16 as the Opry salutes the late “Father of Bluegrass,” Bill Monroe,as part of the next “Opry 100 Honors” shows.
Richard Young, one of the band’s founding members, credits Monroe for helping to launch the career of the Headhunters. “Without a doubt, The Kentucky Headhunters’ version of the bluegrass song ‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine,’ written by Bill Monroe and Jake Landers and recorded for our indie album, Pickin’ on Nashville, had a huge bearing on Mercury Records president Harold Shedd signing us to the label after seeing us perform the song and several originals at Douglas Corner,” he explains.
Originally, Monroe wasn’t sure about the Headhunters but later changed his tune.
“Initially, Mr. Monroe was less than delighted with our cover of ‘Walk Softly,’” says Young. “But after learning we were fellow Kentuckians and hearing of the song’s new notoriety, he took us under his wing and claimed us as ok cats!”
In addition to The Kentucky Headhunters, next week’s “Opry 100 Honors Bill Monroe” includes performances by Ricky Skaggs, the Del McCoury Band, Carly Pearce, Rhonda Vincent, Riders in the Sky, Wyatt Ellis and The Brothers Comatose.
