The Road to the Opry - Ben Coulter's Delta Outlaws quest to play the Grand Ole Opry in one year

Well, I woke up this morning to the BIG 30! Feels the same as 29, but nobody has asked me how old I am yet! I'm performing at the Lakeshore Cafe in Lake Village, AR tonight from 6:30-10. I hope you can make it out!

Over the past few weeks I've been thinking about where I am in my career, and where I want to be. I know that I want to "make it", but what is my definition of that. So I decided to set a goal. I've talked to my girlfriend about it, and to my bass player, Zach Gibbons. By this time next year our goal is to perform at the "Grand Ole Opry". It's not going to be just a goal we set, but a mission or a quest. Starting today we are counting down to next Oct. 1st. Today is Day 365 and tomorrow will be Day 364, and so on. We will blog everyday about the experience, and what we are doing to get closer to playing the Opry. We are going to publicize this, and let everyone know what our goal is, and that we plan on playing the Opry in the next year! I needed to have a certain goal to go after to narrow my focus. I asked myself, "where do I want to be at this time next year", and the answer was obviously, "the Opry". We know that we really don't have control over us playing in there. We have to create enough "BUZZ" to catch the Opry's attention. So that's our plan. We are gonna let the nation know about this quest, and try to blow people away when we play their venue. From now till next October we will promote our gigs as "The Road to the Opry" tour, and we be doing a nationwide tour next year! It's gonna be exciting!!

There will lots more to come in the coming days. I will set up a facebook page about it, and a separate blog about it. For the next few days I will blog about it on www.bencoulterscountrymusicdeltastyle.blogspot.com. I hope you follow this, and get behind Zach and I on the quest. For now we will call it, "The Road to the Opry" - "Ben Coulter's Delta Outlaws quest to play the Opry in one year".

Day 365 - The Road to the Opry starts tonight at the Lakeshore Cafe