Joe Hott to Perform at Pumpkin Daze as Part of Night at the Ritz

 

Press Release

Release: Immediate
Contact: Tami Mayhugh
Date: October 26, 2020
RE: Historic Ritz Theatre Welcomes Joe Hott

Toccoa, GA  October 26 – The weather is getting cooler but the Historic Ritz Theatre is keeping it hot with a free performance by up-and-coming bluegrass performer Joe Hott on Saturday, November 7^th at 2:00pm as part of Main Street Toccoa’s Pumpkin Daze event.

This Night at the Ritz show was originally scheduled for 7:00pm at the theatre.  When Pumpkin Daze was planned, the decision was made to move Hott to the outdoor stage for a free concert for those attending the day-long event.

Joe is a unique blend of retro-bluegrass, traditional country, gospel music and Appalachian mountain music. This mixture makes the West Virginian a rare treasure on today’s music scene with his 6-foot, frame and handsome boyish resemblance to Hank Williams, Sr.  Striding confidentially onto the Nashville music scene, Joe is poised to become a “must see/must hear” new face and voice for a broad scope of new listeners ready to discover that “all things old become new again.”

His debut album The Last Thing on My Mind left little doubt that classic sounds are perennial—and Joe Hott is here to prove it. It would earn him a 2018 Inspirational Country Music Association nomination for “Inspirational Bluegrass Artist of the Year.” Joe would release the single “West Virginia Rail” reaching #1 on the Roots Music Report’s “Top 50 Bluegrass Song’s Chart” and #3 on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. Consequently, he landed a spot on the coveted Rural Rhythm Records releasing his premiere project West Virginia Rail (the album) on the label in 2019. He closed 2019 with the single “Cry From the Cross” which debuted at #1 on Bluegrass Today’s “Gospel Weekly Airplay Chart.” It would go on to rank among the “Top 25 Songs of 2019” on Bluegrass Today’s Gospel Charts.

Our Night at the Ritz series is sponsored in part through generous grants from the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Please contact Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh at 706-244-0039 or tmayhugh@cityoftoccoa.com with any questions about Ritz events.