Friday, Sept. 9 — RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre, located at 30 Center St. in downtown Rutland, presents Lorrie Morgan, the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive Platinum albums, on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m.
Lorrie Morgan has been around great songs all her life. She is a Nashville native who is the daughter of Country Music Hall of Fame member George Morgan. She made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage at age 13, singing “Paper Roses.” Her father died suddenly of a heart attack at age 51. She was 16 at the time and just beginning her musical career. Lorrie Morgan began making her own records shortly thereafter and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at just 24 years old.
Morgan married fellow country singer Keith Whitley in 1986. She was signed to RCA Records in 1987, and her onslaught of hits began the following year. Whitley’s tragic death of an alcohol overdose in 1989 left her a widowed working mother. Their duet “Til a Tear Becomes a Rose” earned her a 1990 CMA award.
Her first three albums, “Leave the Light On” (1989), “Something in Red” (1991) and “Watch Me” (1992), all earned Platinum awards. Her greatest hits collection (1999) is also Platinum. “War Paint” (1994), “Greater Need” (1996) and “Shakin’ Things Up” (1997) are all Gold Record winners.
She sang “The Sad Cafe” on “Common Threads: Songs of the Eagles,” which was named the CMA Album of the Year in 1994. Country fans voted Lorrie Morgan their TNN/Music City News Female Vocalist of the Year in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Morgan maintained her recording pace in the new millennium, releasing collections in 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2010. In 2012 and 2013, she starred and sparkled in the lavish Enchanted Christmas productions at the opulent Opryland Resort in Nashville. She took that show on the road in 2014.
Morgan has recorded in collaboration with her father, as well as Whitley, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Tammy Wynette, The Beach Boys, Dolly Parton, Andy Williams, the New World Philharmonic, and Pam Tillis. She has toured with George Jones and shared a stage with Jerry Lee Lewis, newly inducted into the Country Music Hall Fame along with Whitley.
“Lorrie Morgan is just one of many highly talented performers that we are bringing to our stage this season. Country music fans should not miss this one-night only experience! Check out the full season line-up on our website where new shows will be announced monthly,” said Eric Mallette, the theatre’s Executive Director. The Paramount Theatre, a registered not-for-profit, fully ADA compliant organization including state-of-the-art hearing enhancement devices, is located at 30 Center Street in historic downtown Rutland.
Tickets are available for purchase 24-hours per day at the online box office at ParamountVT.org or at the Paramount box office at 36 Center St. or by calling 802-775-0903 during regular business hours: Friday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 11a.m.-3 p.m. and one hour before curtain on show days. Ticket prices range (determined by area of seating) from $30 to $40 plus tax and fees.
