CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE® CONGRATULATES 2013 DOVE AWARD NOMINEES

STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN AND DAILEY & VINCENT

ON THEIR NOMINATIONS

 

THE GOSPEL SIDE OF DAILY AND VINCENT and Chapman’s DEEP ROOTS Available at All Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® Locations, CrackerBarrel.com, iTunes, and Amazon.com

 

LEBANON, Tenn. – August 23, 2013 – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® congratulates Christian music songwriter and artist Steven Curtis Chapman and Bluegrass superstar duo Dailey & Vincent on their 2013 Dove Award nominations, announced on Aug. 21. Both artists released albums with Cracker Barrel (The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent and Chapman’s Deep Roots) that received a nomination in the Bluegrass Album of the Year category. Two songs from Dailey and Vincent’s album (“Living in the Kingdom of God,”written by Jamie Dailey, and “Peace That Covers All Pain,” written by Wayne Haun and Caleb Scott Collins) also received nominations for Bluegrass Song of the Year. Both albums are available in all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations as well as crackerbarrel.com, iTunes, and Amazon.com.

 

“We are proud to work with such outstanding artists as Steven Curtis Chapman, Jamie Dailey, and Darrin Vincent, and are excited to have these albums that were released through the Cracker Barrel exclusive music program recognized by the voters of the Dove Awards,” said Julie Craig, Cracker Barrel’s Marketing Manager.

 

Chapman’s Deep Roots (produced by Chapman and Brent Milligan) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart after it was released on March 11, 2013. The project was the fulfillment of his longtime dream to release a country/bluegrass-infused album that would allow him to revisit his Kentucky roots. The project features all new recordings of several beloved hymns, such as "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" featuring Ricky Skaggs and “Life is Like a Mountain Railroad (Life’s Railway to Heaven)” featuring Herb Chapman Sr. and Herb Chapman, Jr., as well as new versions of Chapman’s hits “His Eyes,” “Be Still and Know,” and “Cinderella.”

 

Chapman has sold more than ten million albums (including two RIAA-certified Platinum albums and eight RIAA-certified Gold albums), achieved 47 No. 1 hits, and won five GRAMMY® Awards, one American Music Award, and 57 Dove Awards (more than any other artist to date). For more information, visit stevencurtischapman.com.

 

The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent (produced by Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums Chart (where it stayed for seven consecutive weeks), reached No. 3 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart, and received a 2013 GRAMMY® Award nomination for Bluegrass Album of the Year. The album features a combination of new songs brimming with inspirational messages and melodies as well as popular favorites that Dailey & Vincent often perform in their shows.

 

This is the duo’s second album for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, following on the heels of their successful Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers, which won the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Award for Album of the Year in 2010 and was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award in 2011 for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the album track“Elizabeth.”

 

Dailey and Vincent won the Dove Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year in 2011 for Singing from the Heart. They were named the IBMA Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year for three consecutive years (2008-2010). For more information, visit daileyandvincent.com.

 

Both Chapman and Dailey & Vincent received Dove Award nominations for other projects in addition to their albums distributed through the Cracker Barrel exclusive music program. Chapman received a total of four Dove nominations and Dailey & Vincent received a total of five nominations. For a complete list of Dove Award nominations, visit www.doveawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DoveAwardNominees.FINAL_.2013.pdf.

 

The 44th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented by the Gospel Music Association, will be held on Oct. 15, 2013 at Allen Arena at David Lipscomb University in Nashville, and broadcast on UP, America’s favorite channel for uplifting entertainment, featuring music and inspiring stories the whole family will enjoy.  For more information, visit doveawards.com.

 

About the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® Exclusive Music Program: Since 2005, Cracker Barrel has released CDs with a wide variety of artists, some of which have debuted in the top three spots on a range of Billboard magazine’s charts including Top DVD Music Videos, Top Country Albums, Top Contemporary Christian Albums and Top Bluegrass Albums. In addition, An Evening with…Dolly earned a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold award, Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers won “Album of the Year” from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and a track on that CD was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award, Smokey Robinson’s Now & Then was nominated for an NAACP IMAGE AWARD, and Steven Curtis Chapman’s Deep Roots received a 2013 Dove Award nomination in the Bluegrass Album of the Year Award category. The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent also received a 2013 Dove Award nomination in the Bluegrass Album of the Year category, and two songs from the project (“Living in the Kingdom of God,” written by Jamie Dailey, and “Peace That Covers All Pain,” written by Wayne Haun and Caleb Scott Collins) received 2013 Dove Award nominations in the Bluegrass Song of the Year category. Cracker Barrel’s exclusive music program includes CDs with Alabama, Rodney Atkins, Jason Michael Carroll, Steven Curtis Chapman, The Charlie Daniels Band, Ronnie Dunn, Edens Edge, Sara Evans, Bill Gaither, Montgomery Gentry, Amy Grant, The Grascals, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson, George Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out , Craig Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, Wynonna, and the Zac Brown Band. Cracker Barrel’s most recent release is When I Said I Do from country music superstar Clint Black. For details, visit crackerbarrel.com.

 

About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. provides a friendly home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America’s country heritage…all at a fair price.

 

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 624 company-owned locations in 42 states. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.