Fans of the pedal steel will have the chance to kick back and enjoy the music when country singer Lee Kernaghan slides into town.
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Mr Kernaghan will be performing at the Yoogali Club in June as the ninth stop on his Backroad Nation Tour.
The tour will be celebrating his new album also called Backroad Nation.
Mr Kernaghan will be joined by Tasmanian act The Wolfe Brothers who made country music history in January, becoming the first group to win four Golden Guitars in one night including the Album of the Year with their release Country Heart.
Also performing will be Christie Lamb who was voted Female Artist of the Year in 2018 at the Country Music Channel awards.
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Having spent much of his childhood in Albury, Mr Kernaghan said he has a strong connection to the Yoogali Club.
"Griffith is just one of the great regional towns and I wanted to make sure it was included in the regional tour," Mr Kernaghan said.
"I used to play at Yoogali Club in my dad's band when Ray was the singer, now being able to come back and have our own show and have every one be able to sing along to the songs is awesome.
"I have been playing there most of my life last time was the 25th Anniversary Tour, and it was a sold out show."
Being a keen fan of utes and four wheel drives, Mr Kernaghan said the Yoogali Club car park has also always been a happy place for him.
"There are a lot of ute signings which happen in the car park," Mr Kernaghan said.
"I have signed many strange items (there), tail gaits, baby's heads and bras, you name it I've signed it."
Regarding the show he will be playing in Griffith, aside from the tracks off his new album which he will be playing Mr Kernaghan said he will also be bringing new lighting and displays with him.
"This is the biggest tour I have ever undertaken it's an all new show featuring all the big hits including Hat Town, Boys From the Bush, Flying With The King, She's My Ute, there will also be some from Spirit of the Anzacs," Mr Kernaghan said.
As far as the new album is concerned Mr Kernaghan said his intention while recording the 12 new tracks was to create the perfect soundtrack for people exploring the country.
"The album is very much about a spirit of adventure getting out and seeing our great country," Mr Kernaghan said.
"I really hope it will provide a great soundtrack for a lot of people who are out there doing it."
Mr Kernaghan said he believes one song in particular will go down especially well with Griffith fans.
"There is a song that i just received for back from mixing in Nashville called Live To Ride," Mr Kernaghan said.
"It's a song about veterans returning from Vietnam and Iraq it's about them returning and getting out in a club and going on a ride."
The song was actually played for some veterans by Mr Kernaghan out of the speakers of his 79 series Toyota Landcruiser after he ran into them during coffee run this week.
"I ran into some veterans while i was getting some coffee, I said do you want to hear a new song and they said yeah.
"Fair dinkum some of them started choking up and had to look away, you could tell it really meant something to them."
The show will run on June 20 with doors opening 6.45pm.
Tickets are available here.
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