Denver, CO – The Joey Canyon Show is coming to cable’s RFD Television in early 2016, it was revealed today by veteran country music star / personality Joey Canyon. RFD-TV will debut
Canyon’s exciting new half-hour country music and variety television program, which is hosted by Canyon and co-hosted by country music artist and producer Dean Miller, son of country music star Roger Miller.
The weekly show, which will originate out of Colorado – – “where the music meets the mountains” – – says Canyon, will feature performances by A-list country artists as well as star interviews from Denver and Nashville. Artists who have already been interviewed for the show include such country music chart toppers as Kix Brooks (Brooks and Dunn), Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan, and the award-winning band Highway 101. Canyon is also signing other top country artists for the show’s first season.
Describing his new venture into television, Mr. Canyon emphasized, “We are a contemporary version of a ‘traditional old time variety show.’ Our show is ‘music-driven’ but will also include man-on-the-street interviews, guest appearances by well-known sports figures, and more. It’s a cross between The Dean Martin Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Glen Campbell Hour, and a dash of Hee-Haw.”
“I’m hoping the ‘The Joey Canyon Show’ is going to be an exciting representation of the country music tradition,” says co-host Dean Miller.
Kelly Kantz, GM/Senior VP of Programming commented further:
Canyon says The Joey Canyon Show will be produced and shot in Denver, the first of its kind to be created and produced in Colorado. “We want to kind of meld Nashville and Hollywood together and let it come out of Denver as a musically wholesome show,” says Canyon. “We want to put Denver on the map that way. This is not a Hollywood glitz product. We want to be different. We want to make our own mark in Colorado.”
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Curtis Stone, co-founder and award-winning bass player for the groundbreaking country group Highway 101, is the show’s music director, “in a kind of Paul Shaffer capacity,” he says. “I think the show’s going to be cool,” Stone adds. “It’s country-driven, an old-school style country show being re-grooved for contemporary audiences. It’s going to cover all the bases of old and new country.”
About Joey Canyon
Joey Canyon has well over three decades of storied accomplishments in the country music and entertainment industries as a singer and recording artist, songwriter, executive producer, co-director, voice-over artist and actor. In 2012 Joey’s career soared with the release of his album, “Canyon Country,” which yielded him a No.1 hit nationally with his original song, “Lonely Love.” Also in 2012, Joey was nominated in seven categories from the Independent Music Network and New Music Weekly, which included “artist of the year,” “best song,” “breakout artist of the year,” and “crossover artist of the year.” For more information, see his website: www.joeycanyon.com;
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About Dean Miller
Dean Miller, son of chart-topping country pop artist Roger Miller, has recorded three albums and charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. He has also written singles for Trace Adkins and Terri Clark. Miller is the CEO of Nashville-based Dean Miller Entertainment, a full service entertainment organization offering music production, video direction, songwriting, artist management, and consulting.
About The Joey Canyon Show
The Joey Canyon Show is hosted by Joey Canyon, who is also the creator and executive producer; co-host and segment producer is Dean Miller. Director is Jim Phelan, winner of hundreds of industry awards, including an Emmy Award. Writers Brian Lally (actor, writer and director, known for the films L.A. Confidential, Hesher, and Funny People; writer on TV series Helmet and the web series I Say Who); and John Boston (recipient of Will Rogers Lifetime Humanitarian Achievement Award, twice-named Best Humor Columnist in America by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists). Joey and Dean will also round out the writing group for the show.
The Joey Canyon show will be produced on the soundstages of West Works Studios in Centennial, Colorado CO, a suburb of Denver.
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About Rural Media Group, Inc. (RMG)
Rural Media Group, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of multimedia content dedicated to the rural, country and Western lifestyle. Reconnecting city with country, RMG is the parent company of RFD-TV, FamilyNet, RFD-TV The Magazine, and RFD-TV The Theatre. RMG networks (RFD-TV, RURAL TV, FamilyNet, and RURAL RADIO) are distributed to more than 100-million homes worldwide by DBS, telco and cable systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV®, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, AT&T U-Verse, Mediacom, Charter, Optimum, Bright House, Suddenlink Communications, Time Warner, Cox, and more than 600 independent rural cable systems. RMG’s corporate headquarters and broadcast operations are based in Nashville, Tennessee.
About RFD-TV
RFD-TV is the flagship network for RMG, Inc. Launched in December 2000, RFD-TV is the nation’s first 24-hour television network, featuring programming focused on the agribusiness, equine and the rural lifestyle. Along with traditional country music and entertainment, RFD-TV programming includes Market Day Report, Rural Evening News, Western Sports Weekly, top rodeo events such as The American, and award-winning musical entertainment such as The Marty Stuart Show, Reno’s Old Time Music, The Mollie B Polka Party, and Larry’s Country Diner.
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