Granger SmithLocal fans of rising country singer Granger Smith will have to wait a little longer to see him perform live in Chattanooga.
Smith had been tapped for the US101 Acoustic Country Christmas for Kids show tonight, Dec. 8, at Track 29, until a fall during a show in Sayreville, N.J., over the weekend resulted in “two completely separated, broken ribs and a punctured and partially collapsed lung.”
According to his management at NPG Public Relations, Smith “was standing on a monitor when it gave way, bringing Granger crashing off the stage into a metal barricade.
“Miraculously, Granger managed to get up and finish the set through excruciating pain …”
The show was to have been a benefit for the Forgotten Child Fund of Chattanooga, which provides Christmas gifts to children in need. The fund may be best known for Christmas Eve deliveries to some homes via the Santa Train, a caravan of Chattanooga Fire and Police department vehicles.