Creager Added to Takin' Texas Tour Stop
June 28, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release
ROUND ROCK, Texas - In addition to Grammy-award winning Texican rock band Los Lonely Boys, Roger Creager also will headline a night of music and fun at The Dell Diamond in late July, Ryan Sanders Baseball announced Monday. The event will take place Wednesday, July 28; gates open at 5:30 p.m. CDT with music starting at 6.
The show will be part of Los Lonely Boys' 2010 "Takin' Texas" Tour, presented by State Farm Insurance. Special guests Vallejo and Patricia Vonne also will perform at the event.
Tickets are available through the Round Rock Express Baseball ticket office at 512.255.2255 or online at https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID2956. Advanced-purchase tickets are $20; day-of-show tickets are $25. Kids 12 & under will get in free with the purchase of one paid adult per child.
"This is a great addition," Express CEO Reid Ryan said. "This was already a great show; but, with Roger Creager, you have another dimension of great Texas music. We couldn't be more excited about this show."
Los Lonely Boys hail from San Angelo, Texas, and feature a style of music that pulls from rock, blues, soul, country and Tejano. Brothers Henry (guitar, vocals), Jojo (bass guitar, vocals) and Ringo (drums, vocals) released their fourth major-label studio album - 1969 - last fall. Their 2006 Sacred album peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. charts.
Earlier this year, Los Lonely Boys were named "Best Rock Band" at the Austin Music Awards. They have a past connection with baseball as they sang the national anthem prior to Game 2 of the 2008 World Series in St. Petersburg, Fla. The group's song "Heaven" reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 list; the song also made its way onto Guitar Hero: On Tour and won a 2005 Grammy Award.
For more than a decade, Roger Creager has built a reputation on his distinctive brand of hard-core, rabble-rousing Texas Country music, on his rich, full-bodied voice that can carry a tune for miles, and on his exceptional ability to work thousands of Texans into a rabid frenzy with his voice and guitar, in the great concert tradition of Jerry Jeff Walker and Robert Earl Keen. He recently received his fourth #1 hit in-a-row on the Texas Music Chart from his latest album Here It Is.
Vallejo, which formed outside of Birmingham, Ala., in the early 1990s, is now based in Austin. The rock band consists of A.J. Vallejo (lead vocals, guitar), Alejandro Vallejo (drums), Omar Vallejo (bass guitar, vocals), Bruce Castleberry (guitar, vocals) and Alex Geismar (percussion). Vallejo has released nine studio albums since 1994, most recently 2008's Thicker Than Water, and one E.P. album, 2009's Temporary Thing.
San Antonio native Patricia Vonne has released three studio albums. She also has appeared in several films, including Quentin Tarantino's 2005 cult-classic Sin City. Tarantino used Vonne's song "Mudpies and Gasoline" in his film Hellride, which starred the late Dennis Hopper.
The night of music at The Dell Diamond is sponsored by State Farm Insurance. State Farm(r) the leading insurer of cars and homes in the U.S. and Texas. State Farm insures 1 out of every 5 cars in Texas, and 1 out of 7 households have a home or renters policy with State Farm. In addition to auto and home insurance, State Farm sells life and health insurance, and financial services products. Twenty-five percent of Texas households have a State Farm product. Over 3 million Texans have come to rely on the quality people, outstanding service, innovative products, integrity and financial strength of State Farm Insurance Companies.
"We at State Farm are pleased to partner with the Round Rock Express Baseball Club and bring a great mix of Texas' best music to the community," said Ronnie Lee Vandiver, State Farm Texas Zone Marketing Manager. "It will be exciting to experience the wide array of local and regional music all in one night. We value the opportunity to take this time to celebrate our Texas culture with our Central Texas neighbors. This will be a great event for families to enjoy this summer."
This show adds to the long line of musical performances at The Dell Diamond since its gates opened more than a decade ago. Included in that list are Tracy Lawrence, Clint Black, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kellie Pickler, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson and the Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam.
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