Apr 2
Tim Hensley to debut on the Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, Tenn. — He recently debuted in the Top 10 debut on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart with “Long Monday,” his first album ever… He has national airplay for Rodney Crowell’s “Ridin’ Out The Storm,” Monday’s lead single…He has accolades from Vince Gill on the song, “What A Sight To Behold”… He just performed at Ernest Tubb’s Midnite Jamboree… and now into his third decade as a journeyman musician, Tim Hensley will play the Opry April 4 in support of his own music.
It’s kinda hard to believe,” says the acoustic guitar/tenor singer about the prospect of hearing his name called on the country music’s greatest tradition, the Grand Ole Opry. “I mean, when you’re looking at the history of this music, the Grand Ole Opry is the one thing that runs through all of it… It doesn’t matter who or when or how, it’s the one place I think everybody wants to play.”
Play the Opry Hensley most certainly has. First with bluegrass traditionalist Ricky Skaggs, where he replaced Carl Jackson as the acoustic guitar/high harmony singer in Kentucky Thunder. Then with Patty Loveless, who was in the midst of her meteoric rise to Female Vocalist of the Year. Most recently, he has been there with 6-time Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney, whose band Hensley is still an active part of it.
“I kinda have to pinch myself. So many things that you kinda dream, but maybe don’t think would ever happen… they’ve been happening. It’s hard to describe, but then I look around and I know it’s real. And, I mean, my goodness… I’m playing The Opry! That’s just the best feeling in the world.” Tim Hensley
Hensley ought to know. In addition to making “Long Monday,” which is the John Prine-penned title track, Carl Jackson’s “Lonesome Dove,” John Scott Sherrill’s “Five Generations” and the traditional “Workin’ On A Building,” as well as Crowell’s “Ridin’ Out The Storm” as lead single, he reprised the Appalachian gospel of a song he learned from his grandparents – “Two Coats” – with Loveless. Other guests included Vince Gill, Sonya Isaacs and Melonie Cannon.
With Chesney’s Poets & Pirates Tour about to kick-in, the April 4th appearance gives Hensley the opportunity to celebrate his own record in the most exciting way possible. Along with an XM Radio interview and an appearance with Bill Cody on WSM (April 3 at 8:00 am), in addition to an upcoming feature in The Tennessean, Long Monday is being noticed by a lot of the right people.
It took his entire life of playing to get to this record, but now that it’s here, Tim Hensley isn’t going to let a moment pass by with enjoying it. After all the years, the songs, the miles, it’s Hensley’s turn to stand on stage at the Grand Ole Opry House and sing his songs. April 4 is everybody’s chance to hear.
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