MEDIA ALERT:
WHO: The Town of Woodstock, Alabama
WHAT: The 5th Woodstock Music Festival
WHEN: Saturday, May 7. Gates open at 3:00 PM, Show starts at 5 PM
WHERE: Holiday Raceway, 20105 HWY 11, Woodstock, AL 35188 (I-59, EXIT 97 )
COST: $10 Parking per vehicle to benefit the Alabama Suicide Prevention and Resources Coalition, a 501 (c) (3) that offers free suicide prevention training across the State of Alabama.
ARTISTS: Tab and the Mojo, Lorrie Morgan, and The Marshall Tucker Band
INFO: Festival seating, bring a chair, no pets or coolers, Holiday Raceway concessions and Food Trucks on-site
WOODSTOCK, Ala. Woodstock Mayor Jeff Dodson is pleased to announce the line up for the 5th Annual Woodstock AL Music Festival.
Opening the show at 5 PM is Tuscaloosa’s own Tabitha Cooley and the Mojo Band. Cooley won the 2019 Alabama Country Vocalist of the year and recently completed her much anticipated album, “The Admiral Bean Sessions” with noted producer Anthony Crawford.
In a 40 day span starting in April of 2022, Tab and the Mojo will have opened for Sugarcane Jane, the VIP Miranda Lambert festivities at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Lorrie Morgan, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Taylor Hicks.
“2022 marks the 3rd year Tab and the Mojo have performed at the Woodstock Music Festival and it’s been great to watch Tab and the band go from strength to strength,” said Mayor Jeff Dodson. “She’s definitely Alabama’s rising vocal star and it’s going to be amazing to have Tab and the band on the Woodstock stage again.”
Next on the bill is country music superstar Lorrie Morgan and it’s often been noted that Loretta Lynn Morgan was born to make music!
Barely a teenager when she made her first, and everlasting, impression on country music, Lorrie Morgan is a true child of the Opry, staking her claim as being one of the youngest to have made a debut at there when she performed alongside her father, George Morgan.
Three short years later, after her dad’s passing, Lorrie became a road warrior to launch her own career, touring with her father’s band. Walking in her father’s footsteps, she kept his memory alive while winning countless fans ensuring her rights to become a front-and-center entertainer.
“We can’t tell you how thrilled we are to welcome Lorrie Morgan to Woodstock, Alabama,” Mayor Dodson remarked. “She’s long been applauded for her talents and commitment to the heritage of country music, and of course made history of her own when she became a lifetime member of the Grand Ole Opry at the age of twenty-four.”
Lorrie was the youngest person ever to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.”
Today, Lorrie has become the essence of country music femininity. Having blossomed from a bright-eyed Opry starlet to carrying the torch for many a lady trendsetter—Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette—Lorrie Morgan has become a renaissance woman of the genre, recognized as country music royalty by her fans and her peers.
Headlining the 2022 Woodstock Music Festival is the legendary Marshall Tucker Band, headed up by original lead vocalist Doug Gray. They started in 1972 as a young and hungry six-piece jam band in Spartanburg, South Carolina. When asked to open for the Allman Brothers, they settled on the ‘temporary’ name of Marshall Tucker, spotted on the keychain of a local blind piano tuner the band rented practice space from. 50 years later the Marshall Tucker Band is still bringing their world-renown Southern Rock to stages across the globe. The band’s well known music catalog consists of more than 20 studio albums and live releases, racking up multi-platinum album sales many times over.
“There are songs that always manage to reach down and touch your soul the moment you hear the first note,” noted Mayor Dodson. “The Marshall Tucker Band is one such group that has profound impact on successive generations of listeners with their music. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone that can’t sing along to songs like “Searchin’ for a Rainbow,” “Heard it in a Love Song,” or “Fire on the Mountain.”
Marcus James Henderson – keyboards / saxophone / flute / vocals, Rick Willis – guitar / vocals, Chris Hicks – guitar / vocals
Dodson continued, “We’re proud to be a part of the Marshall Tucker Band’s 50th Anniversary Tour. To have a band of this caliber for the Woodstock Music Festival in only our 5th year is a testament to the hard work and diligence of our Festival producer, Town Clerk Tiffney Cook McCulley and her assistant producer, Court Clerk Dorinda Smith. We can’t thank them enough for bring this to fruition.”
Town Clerk Tiffney Cook McCulley is also heading up the festival t-shirt sales as well as producing the event.
“We have four t-shirt colors that are on sale in the courtroom at Town Hall now, Ivory, Cloud Blue, Cotton Candy Pink and Black. Each t-shirt is also available for shipping at this link: https://town-of-woodstock.square.site/
“The limited edition black festival t-shirt features the 800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number. The proceeds from the sale of this t-shirt will be donated to ASPARC, a 501(c)(3) that is now headquartered in Woodstock. We want to get the message out that help is only a phone call away,” said McCulley.
The Woodstock Music Festival is a free and family friendly event, with a $10 parking fee per vehicle. All parking proceeds will be donated to the suicide prevention work of ASPARC.
Bring a chair and please remember no coolers. Food and drinks will be available from the Holiday Raceway concession stand and numerous food trucks.
The Woodstock Music Festival saw attendance of over 3000 people in 2021, including visitors from Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi. “We’re thrilled with the response to the Festival and want to give credit to the people that make it all possible,” said Dodson. “Our headline sponsor for 2022 is Bibb Medical Center. They support our mission to help with suicide prevention and we’re grateful for their contribution.”
The Platinum sponsors for the 2022 festival are Taylor Sudden Service, and Elite Productions.
“Elite Productions, headed by Dustin Watson, provides all of our staging and sound needs and the Taylor Sudden Services team lead by Ed Tabor bring the power. These guys do a tremendous job with providing everything we need to bring world class acts to Woodstock,” noted Dodson.
The Bibb County Commission are gold sponsors again this year. (Jeremy Lightsey, Charles Caddell, Matt Downs, James Kelly, and Rodney Stabler.)
“The Bibb County Commission came on board in 2017 and their early support has been key to the growth the Festival,” said Dodson.
Silver sponsors are Patriot Mini-Storage, Cahaba Event Rentals, Senator April Weaver, Representative Russell Bedsole, McKinney Wrecker Service, Woodstock Drug, Highway 11 Recycling, Track Side BBQ, and George Septic.
“We want to send out a special thank you to Senator April Weaver and Representative Russell Bedsole for the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Grants. These made a vital difference for us this year,” commented Dodson.
Bronze Sponsors are DC Oil (the Chevron at the Y), AM/PM Store, Green Pond Grocery and the Kelley Group.
Patron sponsors are La Tortilla, Judge Stephanie Kemmer, Sibley Equipment Company, New Life Assembly, Bibb County Officials (Sheriff Jody Wade, Tax Assessor Angie Langston, Circuit Clerk Kayla Cooner, District Judge Craig Cargile) and Texaco Exit 97, West Alabama Bank, First US Bank, Birmingham Cremation Center, Cahaba Medical Care Foundation, Liddy Office Supply, Ty Corbell, Bibb County School Superintendent Duane McGee, ATS Hydraulics, and Judy’s Korner Store.
“Last but certainly not least, our thanks and gratitude to the Woodstock Town Council. With a huge event like this, and a small staff, the support of the town council in this endeavor has been remarkable,” remarked Dodson. “They’ve been all in since 2018 when we pioneered the event. We couldn’t ask for a better team.”
Media Contacts: Mayor Jeff Dodson, mayordodson@gmail.com, Cheryl Dodson, cdodson6672@yahoo.com.
Michele Dickey, library@townofwoodstockal.com.
Woodstock Community Library 
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