Country rocker and songwriter Anthony Orio has always had a passion for country music.
As an artist, Orio has performed twice at The Grand Ole Opry and continues to be on the Bluebird Café’s regular rotation of featured singer/songwriters. ASCAP has featured him at their “Hot On the Row Series,” designed to showcase Nashville’s top up and coming singer/songwriters, and NSAI featured Orio in a round during this year’s Tin Pan South songwriters festival.
For Orio, the main draw to music has always been connecting with a crowd through live performances. Currently, he tours with his band, performing his high energy rock-infused version of country music throughout the US and Canada. Orio spends a great deal of time on stage, averaging over 250 shows per year. His concerts have taken him everywhere from casino show rooms in Tunica, Mississippi to 2,000 capacity clubs in Georgia and Alabama to venues in Ottawa and Toronto Canada, with many shows in between. In addition to his tour schedule, Orio performs in Nashville at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. “For me, there is no place I would rather be than on stage, sharing music with an audience. The energy that comes from a live show is the ultimate high,” says Orio.
Orio’s band, the Goodfellers, have been seen in past years opening for Travis Tritt, Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, and Dierks Bentley, among others. They also played the Canadian Country Music Awards and Stage Coach Festival with RCA recording artist Crystal Shawanda. Most recently, guitar player Jonathan Newton was part of the Brad Paisley “Paisley Party” Canada tour.
As a writer, Orio has enjoyed some success with cuts by country comedy legend Ray Stevens. He also had several indy cuts in the past 2 years. Sony Music, Universal Music, RPM Music, and Major Bob Music are a few of the companies who have published Orio’s songs. His songs “The Right Reverend Roadhog McGraw,” “Run Out Of Radio,” and his recording of “Good Problems,” have all received national radio airplay.
In January of this year, Orio released his first independent project. The CD features 9 songs co-written by Orio. He has a full tour schedule for the remainder of 2010 to promote the new CD, with new dates being added daily.
5 responses so far ↓
1 jason vennis // May 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM
hey man had a great time the other night you aw did great keep up the good work i listed to your songs on here sounds good……….wrote alittle song lastnight after your gig hidden down that highway east 65 going to tootsies to hear them goodfellers live thell have you yelling and singing out lound theyll have you taking shots out their in the crowd and its the place we come to listen to that country dance and have some fun…………………..p.s THANKS FOR GOODTIMES JASON
2 Anthony // Jun 2, 2009 at 8:17 AM
NICE BRO! Love the tune. We’ll have to have you jump up and throw it in during a song in the set! Glad you had a good time….don’t be a stranger.
3 Marcinda // Nov 9, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Saw you guys at Tootsies. Great show! Looking forward to seeing another one!
4 Janice Zyck // Feb 9, 2010 at 4:03 PM
My husband and I saw you the other night at Tootsies in Nashville. You were wonderful!!!! Your voice and stage presence are amazing. We hope to see you perform again soon and expect that you will be very famous very soon. All the best. Janice and Tom from Illinois
5 mike venables // Jun 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
yo whats going on man sounds like your doin it real good congrats “coca cola” remember that thought you would get laugh outta that if your ever gonna be playing in this area let
me know if im down ur way ill get in contact with ya to see u play
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