ZACH WILLDEE AND CREATIVETS SET TO OPEN
LIVE FROM THE AMERICAN LEGIAN POST 82
WHO: Texas-born headliner Ben Burgess, East Nashvillian Zach Willdee, Nashville-based non-profit CreatiVets through songwriters Chris Ferrara and Eric Burgett.
WHAT: Burgess’ first-ever Nashville headline show in celebration of our veterans and his debut album,
Tears the Size of Texas. Donations of any amount will be accepted at the door for entry with all proceeds going to The American Legion.
WHEN: Saturday, November 12 | Doors at 6:30pm, Music at 7:30pm
WHERE: The American Legion Post 82 | 3204 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216
ABOUT BEN BURGESS: Ben Burgess is the pride of East Dallas, a renaissance man with a golden pen. After landing his first career cut with Jonas Brothers’ “Chillin’ In the Summertime,” he packed up a blossoming career born on Austin’s 6th Street to chase dreams in Los Angeles, but quickly relocated to Nashville shortly thereafter when his twang got a little too loud for the West Coast. Burgess started writing with Warner Chappell Music Publishing in 2015, where he stockpiled cuts including the BMI 2020 Country Song of the Year, Morgan Wallen’s 7X platinum “Whiskey Glasses,” Tyler Rich’s gold “The Difference,” Pat Green’s Texas radio #1 “Drinkin’ Days,” Lil Wayne’s “Dreams,” Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan’s platinum “There for You,” Dierks Bentley’s “My Religion,” HARDY’s “SIGNED, SOBER YOU,” and more. His tracks have landed TV placements on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and commercial spots for Major League Baseball, Xbox, and Lexus. Breaking out as an artist in his own right, Burgess signed to Big Loud Records in 2020, and in the same year, was featured on Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley’s buzzy Chapter 1: Snake Oil album on “Heartbreak.” He was featured on HIXTAPE: Vol. 2‘s “Red Dirt Clouds” alongside David Lee Murphy and Big Loud labelmate ERNEST. Touring with Warren Zeiders, Koe Wetzel, and Jelly Roll this fall, Burgess’ debut album Tears the Size of Texas is out now.
ABOUT CREATIVETS: CreatiVets’ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide wounded veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury with opportunities to use art, music, and creative writing to heal their unseen wounds of war. Their goal is to empower veterans with tools they can use for the rest of their lives and enable them to see their own capacity for success in an arena outside the battlefield. Learn more at creativets.org.