Lindale’s Texas Music City Grill to host ‘Real Country’ watch party
Published 2:00 pm Monday, November 12, 2018
- Billie Jo Sewell is one of the contestants on the new USA Network singing competition "Real Country." (Courtesy)
Texas Music City Grill and Smokehouse, located in The Cannery Lindale, will host a party at 8 p.m. Tuesday to watch “Real Country,” a country music singing competition that will debut on USA Network, the venue announced.
Forty-two Texas singers auditioned this summer at Texas Music City Grill, formerly Love & War in Texas, to appear on the show. Of those, seven, including Billie Joe Sewell of Lindale, were selected as contestants, the announcement said.
The show airs beginning at 9 p.m. Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt are the judges.
Lindale Mayor Jeff Daugherty said having Lindale serve as an audition site helps draw attention to the city as a center for live music.
“We’re moving in the right direction in our vision for Lindale,” Daugherty said in a prepared statement. “Recently becoming Texas Music Office’s new Music Friendly Community and now being chosen as a Texas location for USA Network’s television show ‘Real Country’ is truly an honor for our great city.”