Nashville, TN, April 6, 2011: - Ross Key, a native of Lynchburg, Virginia and billed at Ross Key Country, has been performing throughout Nashville at prestigious locations such as The Listening Room Cafe. Key was well received at his performance there. He also recently performed at Drifters introducing Tonia Brown of Union City, Tennessee. Brown is an amazing vocalist and the two performed duets throughout the evening.
Key is booked throughout the month of April in Nashville and will be performing at venues such as Picks, the Commodore Grille, and The Bluebird Cafe. Key has four scheduled performances at the world famous Nashville Palace located across from the Gaylord Opryland. Randy Travis was a dishwasher at the Nashville Palace when he was discovered there.
Key's song, Saturday Night, has held the number one position on ReverbNation's local country music chart for Lynchburg for the past one-and-a-half years.
Ross Key Country is represented by BMI in Nashville, Tennessee; 20 South Promotions in Charlottesville, Virginia; and, Buttonwood Productions in Lynchburg, Virginia.
ABOUT ROSS KEY COUNTRY
Ross Key Country performs traditional country, Americana, and gospel music. He began playing guitar at 13 years of age when his brother gave him a guitar and a Willie Nelson album, The Redheaded Stranger, for Christmas. Self-taught, Key learned every song on the album.
He traveled professionally with Roy Campbell and the Nashville Sound—a country music band based in Lynchburg, Virginia—at the age of 16. He has fronted for Willie Nelson, Alabama, Hank Williams, Jr., Ronnie Milsap, Emmylou Harris, Freddy Fender, and many more. Key also sat in on stage with Willie Nelson. He later moved from country music into the professional bluegrass circuit performing with Lower 40 Grass. He switched over to the professional gospel circuit for 15 years, and traveled with the Vessels of God.
He left his professional career to raise a family in Campbell County, Virginia in the early 90s. Earning his degree in Drafting and Architectural Science at the University of Virginia, Key became one of Lynchburg's most sought after master carpenters. In early 2009, his current personal manager, Brenda Porter, heard him performing in a private setting. That meeting marked Ross Key’s return to the one true love of his life, the professional country music circuit. For more information and booking, visit www.reverbnation.com/rosskeycountry.
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