{"id":2124791,"date":"2025-10-30T13:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124791"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:57:20","slug":"james-burton-emmylou-harris-john-foster-to-perform-concert-food-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-burton-emmylou-harris-john-foster-to-perform-concert-food-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"James Burton Emmylou Harris John Foster to perform concert | Food & Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Renowned musicians James Burton, Emmylou Harris, John Foster and other talent will give a concert benefitting the James Burton Foundation and Bossier schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legendary guitarist James Burton\u00a0grew up in Shreveport where he began his career at 14. He wrote the music for \u201cSuzie Q\u201d and worked at the Louisiana Hayride radio show. He was Elvis\u2019 band leader until Elvis\u2019 passing in 1977.<\/p>\n

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James Burton stands in front of the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La.<\/p>\n

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Burton has played on thousands of recording sessions with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Costello, Linda Ronstadt, Tina Turner, The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison.<\/p>\n

Headlining the concert will be 14-time Grammy award winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris, and Burton will perform with her, according to event chair Janie Landry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other special guests will be \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d finalist John Foster, Johnny Owens and Marty Haggard, sons of country legends Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, \u00a0Australia\u2019s country star Angus Gill, and Louisiana Music Hall of Fame members Johnny Earthquake and the Moondogs will also play.<\/p>\n

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FILE – Country singer Emmylou Harris performs at the All for the Hall Benefit in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2019. (Photo by Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/p>\n

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Burton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Musicians Hall of Fame, The Academy of Country Music Hall of Fame<\/a>, The Rockabilly Hall of Fame, The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, The Fender Guitar Hall of Fame and is a multi-Grammy winner.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the concert will benefit The James Burton Foundation. Founded in 2005, the foundation supports music education and donates guitars and music instruction to schools, veterans, and children\u2019s hospitals throughout the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Funds raised will supply guitars and resources for Bossier Parish schools to launch a new music education program designed to teach music and inspire creativity, confidence, and self-expression, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

The concert will be at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Riverdome at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel-Bossier City<\/p>\n

Purchase tickets to the concert\u00a0online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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