BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3069@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T000000 DTSTAMP:20260505T181306Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/jim-lauderdale-the-game-changers/ SUMMARY:Jim Lauderdale &\; The Game Changers DESCRIPTION:Jim Lauderdale\nAt any given time\, you’re likely to find Jim Lauderdale making music\, whether he’s laying down a new track in the s tudio or working through a spontaneous melody at his home in Nashville. An d if he’s not actively crafting new music\, he’s certainly thinking ab out it. “It's a constant challenge to try to keep making better and bett er records\, write better and better songs. I still always feel like I'm a developing artist\,” he says. This may be a surprising sentiment from a man who’s won two Grammys\, released 36 full-length albums\, and taken home the Americana Music Association’s coveted Wagonmaster Award. But hi s forthcoming album Game Changer is convincing evidence that the North Car olina native is only continuing to hone his craft.\n\nOperating under his own label\, Sky Crunch Records\, for the first time since 2016\, Lauderdal e recorded Game Changer at the renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville\, c o-producing the release with Jay Weaver and pulling from songs he’d writ ten over the last several years. “There's a mixture on this record of up lifting songs and\, at the same time\, songs of heartbreak and despair—b ecause that's part of life as well\,” he says. “In the country song wo rld especially\, that's always been part of it. That’s real life.”\n\n Lauderdale would know: He’s been a vital part of the country music ecosy stem since 1991\, when he released his debut album and began penning songs for an impressively long roster of country music greats. “When I was a teenager wanting to be a bluegrass banjo player\, I never would have imagi ned that I would get to work with people like Ralph Stanley and Robert Hun ter and George Jones and Elvis Costello and John Oates\,” he muses. “G etting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day\, and I know it a lways will.”\n\nFrom rollicking guitar riffs on “That Kind of Life (Th at Kind of Day)” to the slow\, sweet harmonies of “I’ll Keep My Hear t Open For You\,” Game Changer shows off Lauderdale’s ingenuity as a s inger\, songwriter\, and producer—while reestablishing him as one of Ame ricana’s most steadfast champions. "Country music is constantly evolving \, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for steel guitar and a Tel ecaster\," he says. "I have done my job on this record if people who love classic country feel like they can put it on\, or have it in their collect ion\, and it would fit right in."\n\nRespecting the past doesn’t mean he ’s not breaking new ground. “We’re All We’ve Got\,” a co-write w ith Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris\, offers a timely message about healin g torn relationships at home and across the world. And “Friends Again\, ” a grinning number about rekindling a friendship\, is fresh and forward -looking. At every turn\, Lauderdale’s collaborative spirit and genuine love for the creative process reveal themselves in thoughtful\, well-craft ed songs sure to stand the test of time. "When everything works right\, it 's just magical to be able to hear them back\," he says. "You feel\, at le ast for those three-and-a-half minutes\, like life makes sense.”\n\nAll shows are 18+\n\nBuy Tickets ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026 /05/FEATURE-700x530-1.png CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Adelphia Music Hall\, 205 2nd St\, Marietta\, OH\, 45750\, Uni ted States GEO:39.413719;-81.453701 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=205 2nd St\, Marietta\, OH\ , 45750\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Adelphia Music Hall :geo:39.413719,-81.453701 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR