LA GRANGE - The Fayette County Country Music Club will host the monthly opry on Monday, Aug. 19, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in La Grange. The show starts at 7 p.m. and the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $8. The entertainers will be Chris Winkler, Brianne Adams and David Simper. Winkler, native of La Grange, has crafted his musical selections for over 30 years. He's guaranteed to entertain any crowd, with his vast collection of classic and contemporary country, rock and Americana music. He has performed as a drummer/vocalist with bands for many years. Now he performs as a solo artist in the San Antonio area, where he lives.
Adams is not exactly a rebel, but with her musical mashup of Waylon, Skynyrd and Janis Joplin, you could be forgiven for thinking she is. In reality, Texas singer/songwriter Adams is a sweet-natured Southern crooner who really just wants to share her music with the world.
Her songs are a honky tonk trip of classic dancehall and 70's outlaw country rolled into a tightknit package, all headlined by a big Texas voice and an unmistakable style that's all her own. And if you catch a little twist of blues and rock'n' roll in the vocal, that's not by accident. Growing up in a small Texas town like Winchester, that's the way country music is done. For the last 15 years, Adams has been touring Texas. She has opened for some Texas Country/Red Dirt greats, including The Bellamy Brothers, Randy Rogers Band, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, and Charlie Robison. Simper lives in Moulton and has been playing music since he was 12 years old. He started playing with his brothers, who were called George and the Country Boys. Later, he was a member of the Velvets, and he played steel guitar and sang harmony with them for over 20 years.
