Casey Sutton to sing in finals of national competition in January
By From staff reports
Published in News on November 4, 2013 1:46 PM
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Casey Sutton
Goldsboro native Casey Sutton will compete in finals of Texaco Country Showdown Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in Nashville, Tenn. It will be held in the historic Ryman Auditorium.
Recently, Casey won the Northeast Regional round of the competition at Hersey Park, Pa. Earlier in October, she won the North Carolina/South Carolina state preliminary competition, competing against winners from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York and the New England states.
Country music greats who have won the Texaco Country Showdown include Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride.
Casey won singing a modernized version of the rock classic "House of the Rising Sun," originally recorded by The Animals, along with a song she wrote and recorded titled "Smokin' Gun."
She has also recorded her first music extended play featuring four original songs, which feature traditional folk instruments such as the mandolin, fiddle and dobro. It's available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other major music distributors.
Tickets to the finals are free and may be obtained by emailing to suttonc08@gmail.com.
Casey is the daughter of Rick and Karen Sutton of Pikeville. She's a graduate of Charles B. Aycock High School and East Carolina University. She's a teacher at Panther Creek High School in Cary.