Jelly Roll's Stardom Shines, Hometown Crowd At Bridgestone Arena In Awe

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The 37-year-old Antiochian cemented his rising star status with a 130-minute concert at the Bridgestone Arena.

Jelly Roll's sold-out performance at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena was a memorable moment in the renaissance of country and rock music that produced major pop superstars.

Once upon a time, being the long-haired son of a sinner who needed to be saved was a guarantee of stardom in mainstream music.

It has been seven decades since men fitting that description have often been pompadour-wearing rednecks, blurring the lines between soul and gospel, pop and rock, and using slang terms for people from social and cultural marginalization.

When Jelly Roll, aka Jason Deford, the 37-year-old songwriter from Antioch, took the stage on Lower Broadway on Friday night (after performing for Parmalee). Power Act Actavis smokes marijuana in front of its customers and advertises the benefits of cough syrup and soft drinks.

Seven decades ago, this achievement was the definition of a rock and roll star.

But seventy years later, and the thought that Deford, a law-abiding young drug addict who spent most of his time in the Davidson County Correctional Facility, would top the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart ("Dead Man Walking") and the Country Chart at number three (and popularity) of the Airplay single ("Sinful Child") this year, but launching his rap show can still be a stumbling block.

Here it was not for most viewers.

Because before Jelly Roll signed with BBR Music Group in 2021, Jelly Roll had released 23 solo albums, EPs or mixtapes, many of which had a lively vibe. In doing so, he brought together artists such as the Oscar-winning Three Six Mafia, indie artists Tech Ni9ne and Criz Calico (who performed Jelly Roll's "Creatures" at the Bridgestone Arena) and other Nashville-based artists. Native and hybrid country/rap/rock artist Struggle Jennings.

After taking the stage to collaborate on an earlier release, Jennings said, “[Jelly Roll] came on set, took it all in and never gave up. Jelly Roll Collaboration "Cowboys" and "Autumn Autumn".

The hard, bluesy, confident voice of Joe Cocker's Jelly Roll surprised country and rock music in 2022. This is followed by a sold-out Music City Mainstream concert in September 2021 at Ryman Hall.

However, five times more people came to this concert. In addition, Michael Buffer of the famous wrestling ring was shown asking the crowd if they were ready to scream as hard as they were fueled by the adrenaline rush from alcohol or other mind-altering substances.

Bridgestone Arena responded with the roar of the elite.

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Ahead of the 2021 concert, Deford told Billboard his main goal is to create a style of country music that will secure Nashville to the point where he can get more exposure through his major label. The songwriter system was where the spirit of hip-hop songwriting and songwriting was expected, with someone serving the direct consumer audience on the street.

Finally, in 2011, Big Loud signed with ERNEST. In 2022, he appeared at the concert to perform not only his country hit "Flower Shops" but also "Sinful Child".

ERNEST told the audience ahead of his speech that in the years leading up to his commercial success, he spent his formative years as an aspiring rapper and singer, often smoking high doses of THC (a psychoactive chemical found in marijuana) in jelly.

If that's no proof that the success of the Jelly Roll is fueling Nashville's booming music scene, there are other artists like Nashville native Chris Young (singing his 2021 country hit "Famous Friends") as well as artists like Sam Hunt ( as the soundtrack to Body) and Riley Greene appeared when Deford helped his family mourn the death of his father Horace Deford in March 2019, saying of Greene, "I wish grandparents never died."

“This is a family gathering where we play healing music,” said Jelly Roll midway through the concert.

With faces drenched in tears and sweat, mostly labor supporters or other sobriety day symptoms, they applauded the results of temporary health checks, releases or survivors.

He went deep, albeit relentlessly, adding what he called a "political statement" to the show.

“We need to legalize marijuana in Tennessee. Let's take prescription drugs and heroin off the streets and add marijuana to them," Deford said.

“Children's marmalade rolls,” he added with a wry smile.

The final half hour of the Jelly Roll concert was a summing up of her lessons, her past accomplishments, and her incredible potential for the future.

Begins with a new sadistic "she" about the dangers of addiction. They were followed by their 13-year-old daughter Bailey Ann, who was fathered by her former partner (who is currently married to content creator Bunny XO), who was also a drug addict. They were followed in 2019 by Tears Can Speak, in which her daughter wrote about the pain of seeing her mother suffer.

Then, based on their dates together in 2022, Brent Smith and Zach Myers of the rock band Shindown showed up and performed an acoustic Jelly Roll version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic "Easy Man". The Fisk Jubilee Singers then took to the stage 50 meters from the main stage to play Jelly Roll's next gospel-influenced single "I Need a Favor". The evening ended with the song "Save me".

The song was a story about the power of redemption and proved that the best thing is to be among the superstars of the music industry and save people who believe in the power of music to change our lives.

Jelly Roll at Bridgestone Arena - 09/12/2022 - SET LIST

• The hate continues.
• Only
• Same asshole
• son of the dirty south
• Celebrity Friends (with Chris Young)
• Cowboys (Wrestling Jennings)
• Fall (with Struggle Jennings)
• smoking room
• They have
• Potpourri like "House of the Rising Sun" and "Body Like a Country Road" (with Sam Hunt).
• Bottle and Mary Jane
• I Wish Grannies Never Died (with Riley Greene)
• Florists (with Ernst)
• Son of a sinner (by Ernest
• The Creature (featuring Tech N9ne and Chris Kaliko)
• the walking Dead
• you
• Tears Can Speak (with Bailey Ann Deford)
• Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover starring Zach Myers and Brent Smith from Shinedown)
• I need you
• I Want a Favor (with the Fisk Jubilee Singers)
• save me

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