Pity the souls without Heart Strings for Hope tickets. The show has sold out - as it always does.
Presented by US101, the annual concert features top country songwriter Kelley Lovelace, a Hixson High School graduate, and a few of his famous friends. Taking the stage with him this year are Justin Moore, Dustin Lynch, Chris Janson and Cole Swindell, all of whom have songwriting experience in addition to singing chops.
Proceeds from the concert, scheduled Wednesday, March 2, at the Tivoli Theatre, benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
For his part, Lovelace can draw on a lengthy list of hit songs he's written for multiple country artists, including Joe Nichols, Jason Aldean, Terri Clark and Carrie Underwood. His longest, most successful collaboration is with Brad Paisley. Together they've produced the No. 1 hits "He Didn't Have To Be," "The World," "Ticks," "Online," "I'm Still a Guy," "Start a Band," "Water" and "Remind Me."
Here are some of the songs you've probably heard from the other performers.
* Cole Swindell: "Chillin' It," Hope You Get Lonely Tonight," "Ain't Worth the Whiskey," "Let Me See Ya Girl."
* Chris Janson: "Buy Me a Boat," "Power of Positive Drinkin'." (He also wrote "Truck Yeah" for Tim McGraw.)
* Dustin Lynch: "Cowboys and Angels, "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)," "Hell of a Night."
* Justin Moore: "Small Town USA," "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away," "Til My Last Day," "Lettin' the Night Roll," "You Look Like I Need a Drink."