NASHVILLE, TENN. – (Jan. 14, 2014) – Country music superstar Vince Gill and famed steel guitarist Paul Franklin performed the Buck Owens classic “Together Again” last Thursday (Jan. 9)  on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”  The song is from their album Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition, which will be available exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and CrackerBarrel.com beginning Jan. 27. The CD is available for pre-order now at CrackerBarrel.com.

 

Watch Gill and Franklin’s performance and Gill’s interview with Leno HERE.

 

During the interview, Leno told Gill, "You have been a good friend to the show. You have been coming here for 20 years. I want to thank you for that." Gill responded, "Well, we want to do the same thing. The country music community is better off because you were so kind to it over all these years." Leno remarked, "Well, I always liked country music."

 

Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition is an exclusive and expanded edition of the critically acclaimed original album that was released on MCA Records Nashville last year and earned a spot on many critics’ ‘Best of 2013’ lists. The album pays tribute to the “Bakersfield” sound by performing songs from two of Bakersfield’s favorite musical sons, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.

 

Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will contain four additional songs (for a total of 14) and will retail for $11.99 at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and online at crackerbarrel.com. The digital version of Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will be available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon.com on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

 

About the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® Exclusive Music Program: Vince Gill and Paul Franklin’s Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition is the latest CD release in 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’s charts including Top DVD Music Videos, Top Country Albums, Top Contemporary Christian Albums and Top Bluegrass Albums. The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program includes CDs with Alabama, Rodney Atkins, Mandy Barnett, Clint Black, Jason Michael Carroll, Steven Curtis Chapman, Dailey & Vincent, 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, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, Wynonna and the Zac Brown Band. For details, visit crackerbarrel.com.

 

About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.: 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 625 company-owned locations in 42 states. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.