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ICYMI: Wopat appeared on WAFF-TV’s “Tennessee Valley Living” on Wednesday, June 07
Additional media assets and full tour schedule available at jwamedia.com/tom-wopat
ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (May 10, 2023) – Tom Wopat is an award winning actor from the hit CBS-TV series Dukes of Hazzard, a celebrated singer-songwriter, and Broadway musical star. Wopat will perform some of the music from his new album Simple Man, along with hosting fan meet and greet events during the North Alabama Pickers Market in Rogersville, June 10-11, at The Cotton Gin at Roberson Farms.
The North Alabama Market will also feature meet & greets with some of the other Dukes of Hazzard cast, including Byron Cherry (Coy Duke), Rick Hurst (Deputy Cletus Hogg), and Chris Hensal (Jeb Stuart Duke). There will also be live music, loads of food trucks, tribute artists playing Uncle Jesse, Boss Hogg & Rosco P Coltrane, the LuLu Coltrane-Hogg pie baking contests, amazing vendors, “Duke” look-alike contests, a Dukes of Hazzard General Lee Car Show and so much more!
Tickets are available on EventBrite at $5-$45 and are expected to sell out.
Album name: Simple Man
Album audio producer(s): David Finck, Tom Wopat, Joel Arnow
Buy/Stream/Listen at ffm.to/simpleman or tom-wopat.myshopify.com/products/simple-man
Track Listing & Songwriters:
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- Simple Man (Graham Nash)
- Riding Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal)
- County Line (Tom Wopat)
- Look Around (Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
- Frozen Man (James Taylor)
- Step In The Right Direction (Tom Wopat, Robert Byrne, Richard Bowles)
- Wait For It (Lin Manuel-Miranda)
- Why Is The Moon So Blue (Rhonda Coullet)
- Leave It Like It Is (David Wilcox)
- Use Me / For What It’s Worth (Bill Withers, Stephen Stills)
- Rita (Wiley Porter)
- Copperline (James Taylor)
- If I Had Only Known (Craig Morris, Jana Steinfeld)
About Tom Wopat:
Tom Wopat, first entering the national consciousness as “Luke “ in the iconic TV series, “The Dukes of Hazzard ” has been performing in stage musicals since the age of 12. Raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm, educated at the UW-Madison, Wopat has enjoyed a multi -faceted career in film, television, on the Broadway stage, and singing in venues as varied as Carnegie Hall, The Grand Ole’ Opry, and the Hollywood Bowl. He has also recorded 12 albums in the last 35 years, the most recent being his 2017 release, the eponymous singer/songwriter-styled “Wopat”. He also had a 5 week residency singing at the Beach Cafe on 70th and 2nd Avenue. Beginning with a starring role in 1978’s “I Love My Wife”, Tom has enjoyed a great deal of success on Broadway, including critically acclaimed work in plays such as “The Trip to Bountiful” and “Glengarry Glenn Ross”. Noted for his portrayal of leading men in a number of musicals, his Broadway career has been crowned by a pair of Tony nominations, one for “Annie, Get Your Gun” in 1999, and again in 2008 for “A Catered Affair”. Wopat recently added to his television credits with a guest-starring role in “Madame Secretary”. His favorite big screen adventure would have to be a featured role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”. Tom says, “At this point, I basically do what I enjoy… I’ve been blessed.”
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