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Inaugural Gimme the Mike! Winner Brings Country Rock to American Tobacco |
Jason Michael Carroll, winner of FOX 50’s 1st season of Gimme the Mike! plays for the American Tobacco Thursday night with Steel Kickin’. |
FOX 50’s 2004 Gimme The Mike! contest winner, Jason Michael Carroll, took to the American Tobacco Campus Amphitheatre stage on Thursday, June 15, 2006 for a night of country music and southern rock. Close to 300 fans, some sporting cowboy hats, turned out to see this North Carolina native and rising country star perform.
Earlier in the day, Jason Michael Carroll’s Raleigh-Durham Fan Club threw him a surprise 28th birthday party complete with lunch and a guitar-shaped birthday cake.
A crowd of close to 300 fills the lawn at American Tobacco. |
WCMC-FM’s Paige Ellis (left) & Jonathan Denglerman man the new country station’s tent. |
Jason Michael Carroll gets the crowd into his show quickly, making it easy to see how he won FOX 50’s Gimme the Mike!. |
The concert was emceed by The New 99.9 Genuine Country’s Vince Daniels and attendees were given the chance to win tickets to Brad Paisley’s upcoming concert at Alltel Pavillion at Walnut Creek. The New 99.9 Genuine Country is a co-sponsor of the American Tobacco Campus Summer Concert Series, as is CBC’s Durham television station FOX 50.
Carroll got a surprise before the concert. His Fan Club threw a surprise birthday party for his 28th birthday. |
Carroll’s Fan Club presents him with a guitar-shaped birthday cake. |
Carroll gets up close and personal with the crowd. |
WCMC-FM The New 99.9 Genuine Country is a sponsor of the American Tobacco Thursday night concert series this summer. |
Carroll gets into the music with his band. |
Carroll shares the stage with Steel Kickin’ for the evening set. |
Join the fun every Thursday night this summer for the American Tobacco concert series. The concerts take place form 5:30-7:30pm on the amphitheatre under the water tower. For a complete list of performers, click here.
Thanks to ATC’s Valerie Ward for this capcom story & these capcom photos.
