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JIM COLE
Headlining the show will be Jim Cole, a Nashville based singer/songwriter and recording artist. Over the course of his career Jim has written and recorded nine albums, many of which have charted in the top ten, with his latest, Unto Us, peaking at #15 on the Billboard charts. In addition to his radio presence, Jim has performed as a featured artist on numerous television specials including Nashville Now for TBS, Daryll Waltrip and Amy Grant’s Easter and Christmas Specials for DirecTV, and The Tim Janis Enchanted Evening series for PBS. Cole has also provided the music soundtrack for Joan Lunden’s DirecTV series, Hometown Heroes.
 
As a working musician for more than thirty-five years, Jim has traveled extensively throughout the U.S., eastern and western Europe and Asia, performing in venues as varied as The Taipei Cultural Center in Taiwan and Carnegie Hall in New York. Additionally, as an Artist-In-Residence he has taught songwriting and stage performance at various universities throughout the world.
 
Born and raised in Ohio, Jim Cole is pleased to return to his home state and offer his take on the music of James Taylor. When asked to describe the impact JT’s songs have had on him personally, Jim commented, “James Taylor’s body of work from the late 1960’s to the present has provided the musical landscape for my generation. Certainly therapeutic, often celebratory, and always communal, his gift lies in his ability to point out what we share in common, while minimizing our differences. In our currently polarized culture, in my opinion, that makes his music more relevant than ever.”    
 
GREG MADDEN
Opening the show and  accompanying Jim on stage will be Greg Madden.   Greg grew up near Lebanon, Ohio, where he discovered his love for guitar, songwriting, and storytelling after his siblings left for college. Over the past 50 years, he has written hundreds of songs and released three independent CDs while performing in a wide range of bands—featuring everything from an Elvis impersonator and Texas Swing to classic country, early ’60s rock, and an Eric Clapton tribute group. His musical journey has carried him to Guantanamo Bay and up and down the East Coast, entertaining service members along the way. Today, Madden is focused on revisiting, rewriting, and modernizing his earlier work using cutting-edge technology