Colby Acuff, Michael Moeller at The Southgate House Revival – Sanctuary – Newport, KY
Get your tickets to see Colby Acuff, Michael Moeller in Newport, KY. Happening on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at The Southgate House Revival – Sanctuary. Doors open at 8:00 PM.
Sometimes it seems like country has forgotten its wild roots or least outgrown them, changing as it has to reflect an ever-evolving world. Then theres a guy like Colby Acuff. A fourth generation Idaho native with a rugged spirit true to his mountain home, honest-to-a-fault lyrics and a sound as raw as the remote wilderness, Acuffs untamed brand of country stands proudly apart in todays format, pure and untouched by modern gimmicks. Self-taught and largely self-contained, hes already used it to find success on his own terms and with new major-label backing from Sony Music Nashville, plans to do the same nationwide. Just dont expect him to follow the pack. If you wanna do something right, youve gotta do it yourself, Acuff says, speaking with the hardscrabble charm of an old-soul troubadour. Hailing from Coeur dAlene, Idaho, a Rocky Mountain oasis near the very top of the continental U.S., that proudly-independent attitude forms the heart of Acuffs outgoing personality and a creative drive stretching all the way back. Growing up, Acuff was always busy with three things fishing, duck hunting and making music and it was music that captured his imagination. He learned piano at 5, drums at 9 and guitar at 11, took the stage for the first time at 12 and was even writing songs by 15 and even those early efforts were unique, inspired by bold artistic outliers. Favorites included bluegrass trailblazers like Flatt outlaws like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson some of the first to successfully buck the Nashville system. Even modern-day mavericks like Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers have his admiration, although Acuff has always followed his own winding path. So winding, in fact, he eventually wondered what else he could do and with typical go-your-own-way flair, went and found out.
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