American country music star Mo Pitney Live in Concert will play this Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Egyptian Theatre in Downtown DeKalb, IL. Special guests to include local favorites Stroker Red and Olivia Dvorak.
Mo Pitney was born in Cherry Valley, IL and now resides in Nashville where he is signed with Curb Records. He released his first single “Country” in 2014 which entered the Top 40. His second single “Boy & a Girl Thing” was released in late 2015 and continues to climb the charts.
“I just love music,” Mo Pitney says, exhibiting atypical maturity for someone still in their early twenties. “It has never been about praise. Playing the Grand Ole Opry was an amazing experience, but I have just as much fun sitting on my bed playing along to an old record. It’s always been that way.”
That music-centered outlook is already generating the unsought acclaim of which he speaks. Perhaps the best example is the aforementioned Opry performance. “Everybody asked me if I was nervous, but I don’t think I was,” he says. “I definitely thought about it a lot more than I normally do. My respect for that stage and the circle is great.
For his first song, he selected “Clean Up On Aisle Five” and eyed one goal: to sing his heart out. “I didn’t feel like anybody was sucked into the song at all, but when it was over I stepped back from the microphone and people erupted,” he says. A standing ovation approaching a full minute ensued. “After about 30 seconds, I stepped forward to say something because I thought I heard them dying down, but they just got louder. I lost it. It took me about a week to come off that feeling.”
Reserved tickets prices are $50 Gold Circle, $25 Premium, and $15 Regular with Student/Senior tickets at $10. Tickets can be purchased at www.egyptiantheatre.org, over the phone at 815-758-1225, or in person at the Egyptian Theatre Box Office. The Egyptian Theatre is located at 135 N. 2nd Street in Downtown DeKalb, IL and is owned & operated by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Preservation of Egyptian Theatre, Inc.
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