Worley’s Tennessee River Run celebrates 10th anniversary with Montgomery Gentry and Kansas

Aug. 18– Darryl Worley’s Tennessee River Run volunteers are working on last-minute details to host the biggest celebration yet for the festival’s tenth anniversary..

Montgomery Gentry, Kansas and Worley headline concerts that are part of a full slate of activities that culminate in a weekend celebration on Sept. 15-17.

Bumpus Harley-Davidson sponsors the 2011 Tennessee River Run.

The Friday night, Sept. 16, concert in downtown Savannah will bring rock legends to the stage when Kansas, Derek St. Holmes (lead singer of the Ted Nugent band) and Mark Slaughter (lead singer of Slaughter) perform.

The Saturday night, Sept. 17, concert at Pickwick Landing State Park features Montgomery Gentry and Worley with Jesse Keith Whitley, the Tony Bridges Band (from American Idol Season Five) and the 2011 Battle of the Bands winner.

Tickets are available at the Darryl Worley Foundation office at 325 Main St. in Savannah and by searching Tennessee River Run at www.ticketfly.com.

On Saturday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m., winners from competitions in Jackson (Ben Mathis and the Sidekicks), Memphis (Nick Garrison with Hammer Down), and Florence, Ala. (The Ben Parker Project) will compete in the 2011 Battle of the Bands finals at Bumpus Harley-Davidson of Jackson.

The band selected will receive six hours of studio time with mixing and editing at Jaxon Records, along with a CD and the opportunity to perform when Montgomery Gentry and Worley perform at Pickwick Park.

The 10th Anniversary Gala Darryl Worley and Friends Songwriters in the Round: Black Ties and Blue Jeans will be held Thursday, Sept. 15, on the lawn of the historic home of Savannah Mayor Bob Shutt.

Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m., with music beginning at 7 p.m. Sponsorship tables for 10 and individual tickets are available.

The TRR Golf Tournament will be Friday, Sept. 16, at Ross Creek Landing Golf Course in Clifton.

The bass tournament also begins that same day and the Slaughter, St. Holmes, and Kansas concert in downtown Savannah concludes Friday’s activities.

The second day of the bass tournament is planned for Saturday, Sept. 17.

A 5K run, motorcycle poker run, youth fishing tournament, and an arts and crafts fair will welcome participants on Saturday, also.

The final event of the Tennessee River Run will be the country concert with 2011 Battle of the Bands winner, the Tony Bridges Band, Whitley, Worley and Montgomery Gentry at Pickwick Park that evening.

Updates on all events can be found at www.facebook.com/TennesseeRiverRun, www.darrylworley.com and www.tnriverrun.org.

Proceeds from the Tennessee River Run fund the Darryl Worley Foundation. The foundation, a 501c3 public benefit corporation, has existed since 2001 to serve special needs for people in West Tennessee, Northwestern Alabama and Northeastern Mississippi.

Additionally, it supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center.

More information is available at www.darrylworleyfoundation.org.