Joe Nichols, a four-time Grammy-nominated country artist, will be bringing his country twang to the Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Nichols, best known for singles such as “Yeah” and “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off,” is also known for his “uncanny knack for balancing heart-breaking ballads and message songs with breezy tunes,” according to countrymusic.com.
Nichols began his career in music in 1996. While his first recording contract fell through after his first album did not generate the attention the label wanted, Nichols still kept trying. After signing with Universal Music Group in 2002, he came out with his first album, “Man with a Memory.”
Nichols was nominated for three Grammys after his debut single, “The Impossible,” hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart. With two more singles in 2003, Nichols won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male Vocalist award and Country Music Association’s Horizon Award for top new artist.
During that same year, Nichols toured with Alan Jackson until 2004.
In the following years, Nichols released five more albums. One album was certified gold, as was the single, “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.”
Nichols then released “Real Things” in 2007 and “Old Things New” in 2009. Both of the albums had high-ranking singles and were “solid hits” for Nichols. But after the release of his 2011 album, “It’s All Good. It’s All Good,” Nichols left Universal Music Group.
Nichols joined Red Bow in October 2012 and released “Crickets” in 2013. In Nichols’ biography on his website, he said, “I wanted to be in business with somebody who had the same sense of urgency about me as I do, and Broken Bow did.”
Nichols also explained that with “Crickets,” he “wanted to be rigorous about finding songs that cut through,” whether or not people that listened to the music thought it sounded like him.
While Nichols explained the reasons he has stayed with Red Bow, he explained his love for old music but he is “starting the first chapter of a new book” and hopes “there are a few surprises for people along the way.”
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online or at the Luhrs’ box office. The price ranges from $50 to $65 and the show starts at 8 p.m
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