Mountain Tough Tennessee Fire Benefit to be Streamed Online
The country and roots community continues to rally behind the people of east Tennessee’s Sevier County affected by recent wildfires that displaced some 1,300 families and caused significant damage in the town of Gatlinburg. On Saturday, 12-17, Music City Roots, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., and Ole Smoky Moonshine are presenting a benefit for the fire victims called Mountain Tough that will include performances by Jim Lauderdale, Mo Pitney, The Secret Sisters, Chelle Rose, Sam Bush, Chuck Mead, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, and headliners the Zac Brown Band.
The benefit will be broadcasting from downtown Gatlinburg via WMOT / Roots Radio, 89.5 FM in middle Tennessee, as well as other local radio stations in the area, including WIVK, Knoxville’s WDVX, Nashville public radio station WPLN, University of Tennessee stations KUTK and WUOT and Chattanooga’s WUTC. NPR’s World Café will also stream the event that is being produced and served by Music City Roots of Nashville. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, and run all the way until nearly 9:00 p.m. Eastern.
Donations benefit the Sevier County Community Fund.
Stream the Mountain Tough Benefit
SCHEDULE:
| welcome/intros | 10:00a | |
| Greg Reish | 10:15-10:35a | |
| Bill Mize | 10:40-11:00a | |
| Chelle Rose | 11:05-11:30a | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 11:35-11:45a | |
| Carl Anderson | 11:45a-12:05p | |
| RB Morris | 12:10-12:35p | |
| Firewater Junction | 12:40-1:00p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 1:00-1:10p | |
| Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley | 1:10-1:35p | |
| Scott Miller | 1:40-2:10p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 2:10-2:20p | |
| The Secret Sisters | 2:20-2:45p | |
| Sarah Potenza | 2:50-3:20p | |
| Jim Lauderdale | 3:25-3:50p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 3:50-4:00p | |
| Mo Pitney | 4:00-4:25p | |
| Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys | 4:30-5:00p | |
| Derek St. Holmes | 5:05-5:50p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 5:50-6:00p | |
| Jason D. Williams | 6:00-6:45p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 6:45-6:55p | |
| Sam Bush | 6:55-7:40p | |
| interviews-sponsors-donations | 7:40-7:50p | |
| Zac Brown Band | 7:50-8:50p | |
December 16, 2016 @ 11:26 am
That is a seriously stacked lineup, Sam Bush is always worth seeing, and I’d go just for the Secret Sisters. Zac Brown’s the only one there that I wouldn’t be too enthused for, based off his output and comments from the last few years, but I can look past that for this. All the better that it’s for a worthy cause.
December 16, 2016 @ 12:11 pm
Zac Brown is there because you need a draw for the kids.
December 16, 2016 @ 12:23 pm
They should be ashamed of themselves putting the Zac Brown band on the same event as the great Chuck Meads smdh.
December 16, 2016 @ 5:07 pm
Lets not give a damn about who is on the bill with who. All of these folks stepped up to help a community heal. I live about 30 minutes from Pigeon Forge and the damage is even more unreal ‘In Color’. Homes, not just rental cabins, destroyed and lives lost. It wouldn’t matter if..insert your least favorite artist here…came to town for this benefit, the intent is in the right place. It would have been easy to curl up in a ball and wait for a handout ,but the number of volunteers, no pun intended, that have grabbed this by the balls is unbelievable. I say thanks to Zac Brown and the many others that have, and are, going above and beyond and might I add that if God has a name it is Dolly Parton…
December 17, 2016 @ 9:00 am
Off topic, but has anyone heard of a location/group taking clothing donations for those damaged in the fires? My family and I wanted to do this but haven’t found a good place to donate to.