Dave Fenley |
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Showtime
Friday, September 18th - 8pm Doors Open at 7pm |
Original Artist
Live Concert Country / Soul / Americana |
Rockbox Theater in Fredericksburg, Texas is proud to present Dave Fenley, a Country-Soul-Americana songwriter/musician from Nashville, as one of the talented group of artists in our 'Original Artist' series of live concerts! Opening for Dave is Wes Nickson, an original Texas Country Music performer in his own right. These concerts feature talented musicians and bands that tour the country and perform their own original music, todays music, that's playing in your car and on your radio right now. Some of these talented folks will be the honored with tributes in their name down the road, but we don't want to wait, we want to share them with you today! You can also look forward to some featured original artists performing live at the Rockbox Theater that already have tribute bands honoring their orginal works as well, names you'll know and love, coming soon to beautiful downtown Fredericksburg, Texas.
We are limiting seating for this show to allow plenty of space for guests to distance, and seating is limited to groups of no more than 10 guests. Doors open at 7pm and cocktails will be available throughout the show.
We are limiting seating for this show to allow plenty of space for guests to distance, and seating is limited to groups of no more than 10 guests. Doors open at 7pm and cocktails will be available throughout the show.
About Dave Fenley
Dave Fenley was born and raised in the small town of Lufkin, an East Texas town is deeply rooted with religion, family values, and music. At a young age, Dave showed an aptitude for learning melodies and lyrics. As a child, he sang with the children’s choir in his Southern Baptist church while his father sang bass in the “big choir.” His father Elton would sing in the home all the time and teach Dave harmonies to all the “good” country songs on the radio. Dave also joined the choir in his elementary school and stayed with it till high school.
In high school, his family moved to Canada, so Dave had a whole different set of influences. No longer surrounded by only country music, Dave found that he loved anything with soul. Starting with Boyz II Men, Dave back tracked to artists like Otis Redding, Ray Charles, and Percy Sledge. Thats when Dave really started using his voice. He began writing songs at the age of fifteen and picked up a guitar at 18. There was no stopping him after that. He taught himself how to play songs he loved and would perform them at bars before he was even legal to drink alcohol.
The next decade was just Dave honing his craft, figuring out what type of artist he would be, and learning that he loved every kind of music. He had a “genre-free philosophy” for his shows so the audience would always be surprised by what would come next. Dave’s talent with an audience did not go unnoticed. He has shared the stage with musical royalty like Dwight Yoakam, Miranda Lambert, and Dierks Bentley. Dave currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes songs for a living.
Dave Fenley was born and raised in the small town of Lufkin, an East Texas town is deeply rooted with religion, family values, and music. At a young age, Dave showed an aptitude for learning melodies and lyrics. As a child, he sang with the children’s choir in his Southern Baptist church while his father sang bass in the “big choir.” His father Elton would sing in the home all the time and teach Dave harmonies to all the “good” country songs on the radio. Dave also joined the choir in his elementary school and stayed with it till high school.
In high school, his family moved to Canada, so Dave had a whole different set of influences. No longer surrounded by only country music, Dave found that he loved anything with soul. Starting with Boyz II Men, Dave back tracked to artists like Otis Redding, Ray Charles, and Percy Sledge. Thats when Dave really started using his voice. He began writing songs at the age of fifteen and picked up a guitar at 18. There was no stopping him after that. He taught himself how to play songs he loved and would perform them at bars before he was even legal to drink alcohol.
The next decade was just Dave honing his craft, figuring out what type of artist he would be, and learning that he loved every kind of music. He had a “genre-free philosophy” for his shows so the audience would always be surprised by what would come next. Dave’s talent with an audience did not go unnoticed. He has shared the stage with musical royalty like Dwight Yoakam, Miranda Lambert, and Dierks Bentley. Dave currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes songs for a living.
About Wes Nickson
Born and raised in West Texas, Wes found country music at an early age. After high school Wes joined the United States Marine Corps. When his stint in the service ended Wes came home to Lubbock to pursue his first love… Music!
Wes attended the highly respected commercial music program at South Plains College where such stars as Leanne Womack, Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks, Heath Wright of Ricochet, and many more great musicians honed their craft. After college Wes formed the early version of what is now the Wes Nickson Band. Their debut album "Tired of Waitin'" did well on Texas radio and very well in Europe. Topping no less than 5 Top 20 music charts and the title track landed Wes a top 10 hit in France.
Wes and the boys have run the Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico dancehall circuit with great success. Along the way sharing the stage with music greats such as: DAVE FENLEY, CODY JOHNSON, BRI BAGWELL, WADE BOWEN, RANDY ROGERS, JOSH ABBOTT, JASON BOLAND, RECKLESS KELLY, CORY MORROW, and many many more.
The Wes Nickson Band is bound for greatness. They are fantastically talented and hungry to share their music with the world. With an all new record planning to drop in early spring, these guys are the definition of exploding.
Heres some things some of these greats had to say about Wes:
Josh Abbott: "Wes has the best voice in Texas"
Jason Boland "Can sing his a$$ off"
Bri Bagwell: "Adorable" "I want to sing like him when I grow up" "He's all the GOOD parts of 90s country minus the bad hair"
Kent Finlay of Cheatham St. Warehouse: "One of the best singers I know and I know George Strait"
Born and raised in West Texas, Wes found country music at an early age. After high school Wes joined the United States Marine Corps. When his stint in the service ended Wes came home to Lubbock to pursue his first love… Music!
Wes attended the highly respected commercial music program at South Plains College where such stars as Leanne Womack, Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks, Heath Wright of Ricochet, and many more great musicians honed their craft. After college Wes formed the early version of what is now the Wes Nickson Band. Their debut album "Tired of Waitin'" did well on Texas radio and very well in Europe. Topping no less than 5 Top 20 music charts and the title track landed Wes a top 10 hit in France.
Wes and the boys have run the Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico dancehall circuit with great success. Along the way sharing the stage with music greats such as: DAVE FENLEY, CODY JOHNSON, BRI BAGWELL, WADE BOWEN, RANDY ROGERS, JOSH ABBOTT, JASON BOLAND, RECKLESS KELLY, CORY MORROW, and many many more.
The Wes Nickson Band is bound for greatness. They are fantastically talented and hungry to share their music with the world. With an all new record planning to drop in early spring, these guys are the definition of exploding.
Heres some things some of these greats had to say about Wes:
Josh Abbott: "Wes has the best voice in Texas"
Jason Boland "Can sing his a$$ off"
Bri Bagwell: "Adorable" "I want to sing like him when I grow up" "He's all the GOOD parts of 90s country minus the bad hair"
Kent Finlay of Cheatham St. Warehouse: "One of the best singers I know and I know George Strait"
