Justin Trevino salutes Ray Price at Llano Country Opry

The Llano Country Opry will present Justin Trevino “A Salute To Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys” at the Llano Country Opry on Saturday, January 9th, with one performance at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are now available at www.heartoftexascountry. com or by calling the Llano Chamber of Commerce at (325) 247-5354. Admission is $15 for general admission and $20 for reserved seating.

Justin will be featuring songs off his tribute project to Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Price. Price helped to shape the music industry in Texas and was an influence to so many future Country Music entertainers.

"Ray Price has always been an idol to myself and countless other Traditional Country Music artists," Trevino said. "He helped to shape the careers of so many entertainers with his incredible voice and selection of some of the finest material ever recorded. I wanted to honor him and those that came out of the Cherokee Cowboy band including Johnny Bush, Darrell McCall, Willie Nelson, Buddy Emmons and many of my other musical heroes."

In his album “Justin Trevino Salutes Ray Price and The Cherokee Cowboys,” Trevino selected 20 songs from the hard core honky tonk anthems of "Sittin' And Thinkin' and "Walk Me To The Door" to the more lush and soulful sounds of "Soft Rain" and "I Won't Mention It Again."

"Ray literally had two careers between the solid Honky Tonk songs of the 1950's and 1960's into the more orchestrated sounds of the 1970's," Trevino said. "He helped to broaden the listening horizons of the general Country Music fan and gained a much bigger audience while doing that."

The highlight of the tribute project is a duet between Trevino and Price on the Floyd Tillman classic of "I Gotta Have My Baby Back." Price and Trevino make this song their own with so much emotion and feeling. Other duets included former Bandolero Duane Wavra on "Different Kind of Flower" and Myra Rolen on "Heartaches By The Number."

"Justin Trevino may have delivered some of his finest vocals on 'A Salute To Ray Price And His Cherokee Cowboys'" Heart of Texas Records President Tracy Pitcox said. "Justin has been honoring Ray Price each and every night on bandstands around the world since he started performing. This collection of songs only proves Justin's true admiration for Mr. Price and his music. It was a very unique project intended to pay homage to one of the greatest in the industry and we are looking forward to having Justin perform some of those songs at the Llano Opry."

Other entertainers will include Kaye Tolson, Charley Walton, Benny Fred Kothmann, Bode Barker, Tom Tolson and Bucille Snotgrass. Tracy Pitcox will MC the show.