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In The Round with Barry Hutchens, Will Hutchens, Laura Leigh Jones & Bill Whyte
with Barry Hutchens, Will Hutchens, Laura Leigh Jones, Bill Whyte
CST (Doors: )
$12 / $12 food/bev minimum Buy Tickets

THIS IS A PREPAID SHOW, REFUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open.

Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the non-refundable cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.

Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.


Artists

Barry Hutchens

Barry Hutchens is a singer/songwriter from Stuart, VA. He began playing music at six years old and grew up playing bluegrass, country, and gospel music. When he was a teenager, he toured with various bluegrass bands playing festivals alongside legendary performers such as Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Rick Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Mac Wiseman, and others.

Barry and his brothers, Bill and Bryan, were a country music trio (The Hutchens) on Altantic Records in the mid 1990's and recorded the top 40 song, "Knock, Knock". As a performer, Barry has shared the stage with artists such as Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Shenandoah, Marty Stuart, and Lonestar, to name a few.

As a writer, Barry has had songs recorded by Shenandoah, Carly Pearce, Marty Raybon, Sonya Isaacs, The Lonesome River Band, John Bowman, and others. He has penned songs that have reached #1 on the Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel, and Christian Country charts. In 2023, he received a Song of The Year nomination by the International Bluegrass Music Association for the Lonesome River Band's hit song, "Heyday", that he co-wrote with his son, Will.

Will Hutchens

Will Hutchens is a songwriter from Stuart, VA. Growing up in a musical family, he was taught piano by his grandmother at an early age.  He then learned bass guitar to play in his church praise and worship band. He began playing acoustic guitar and songwriting at 16. While attending NC State University, he kept writing and played singer/songwriter nights. Upon graduation from college, Will embarked on a career in business, but his passion for songwriting continued to grow. “I’ve known since I was 16 that I had to write songs. Regardless of what I was doing to make a living, I had to write songs,” said Hutchens. Blending his traditional roots with contemporary country tones, he hopes to bring a fresh sound to Music Row.

Will has penned multiple #1 Bluegrass songs, and his song, "Heyday", recorded by Lonesome River Band was nominated for Song of The Year by The International Bluegrass Music Association in 2023. Written with his father, Barry Hutchens, the song has helped catapult his career. “It is truly a blessing to have this song recorded by Lonesome River Band and heard around the country. It’s a song of nostalgia, hopefully of pride, for small town folks all over,” Hutchens commented. “It’s also given me some credibility to get in the room with more great writers,” he noted.

Will commutes to Nashville regularly from his home in Southern Pines, NC, where he lives with his wife (Laura) and two kids (James & Maggie).

Laura Leigh Jones

Raised on country, bluegrass, and roots music on the Virginia/Carolina line, Laura Leigh has been writing and performing since she was 10. At an early age, she started performing with her family’s bluegrass band The Cana Ramblers, where, as children, Laura Leigh and her siblings showcased musical talent way beyond their years. She moved to Nashville in 2011, and quickly found herself in writing rooms all over town penning songs with some of Music City’s top hit makers. She has the perfect personality for performing and making people laugh – her vocals are fun and soaring – the whole thing is a bit contagious. Laura Leigh will make you laugh – and Laura Leigh will make you cry.

Laura Leigh is currently in the studio working on a bluegrass album to satisfy those who crave more from the busy singer songwriter. She is sure to make a fan out of anyone who listens.

Bill Whyte

Originally from Missouri, Bill Whyte is a songwriter, comedian, Hall of Fame radio announcer, performer and more.

He’s recorded two comedy song album’s “Off the Wall” and “Leave Em’ Laughin."

His songwriting credits include “Safe Haven” by Hillary Scott & The Scott Family that was included on the album “Love Remains”. That album won the Grammy Award for “Best Contemporary Christian Album of 2016. He also wrote “Crickets, the title song on the Joe Nichols album, “Retired” by Ray Stevens, “Goin’ Ugly Early” by Cledus T. Judd, and “Finger Pickin’ Good” for Kristy Cox featuring world class guitarist Tommy Emmanuel that won the Golden Guitar Award for “Best Bluegrass Recording” in Australia for 2020, “Grand Ole Circle” for Darin and Brook Aldridge and many others.

He’s also had a long morning show radio career. He’s won a CMA Award for Best Large Market Radio Personality and was given the industry’s highest honor when he was inducted in the Country Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2012.

Bill plays across the country with two songwriting trios. “Hits & Grins” with Steve Dean and Victoria Venier, and “Evening in The Round” that includes Grammy winner Linda Davis and her husband Lang Scott as well as various solo shows.