MCA Nashville’s bold, new up-and-comer Clare Dunn fulfilled a life-long dream when she took the stage at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry Saturday night. Performing her brand new single, “Tuxedo,” and the heartfelt “Old Hat” off her self-titled EP, Clare received a warm reception from the packed Grand Ole Opry House. The audience included friends and family in town from her home state of Colorado, and former co-workers from Clare’s early days in Nashville when she worked in the Opry gift shop.
“Singing my songs at the Grand Ole Opry is something I’ve dreamed of for so long,” Clare shares through joyous tears. “To share this now with my family, who always believed in me and worked so hard to help me pursue my dreams, I just cannot put into words how much this moment means to me.”
Declared “One To Watch” by Billboard, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, USA Today and more, Clare has made a strong impression on critics and audiences alike with her stellar guitar work, her honest lyrics and her no-holds-barred stage show. Clare has upcoming shows in Mont.; Mass.; Penn. and Maine including opening for Lee Brice on the Life Off My Years Tour.
Clare recalls one of the “coolest” shows she watched while working at the Opry. It was during Marty Stuart‘s birthday celebration, and he was joined onstage by Keith Urban. “Marty and Keith sat alone on bar stools with acoustic guitars and proceeded to bring the house down with Hank Sr.’s ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.’ And I just remember standing at the back and feeling that electricity and never felt a room like that before. I’d never felt that feeling at a show. It was unlike anything I had ever witnessed. That was truly inspiring night for me, along with many countless shows that I got to watch while working there.”
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“I think one of the best and most memorable shows I ever got to watch at the Opry while I was working there was during Marty Stuart’s birthday celebration and Keith Urban joined Marty on stage for a duet. So, Marty and Keith sat alone on bar stools with acoustic guitars and proceeded to bring the house down with Hank Sr.’s ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.’ And I just remember standing at the back and feeling that electricity and never felt a room like that before. I’d never felt that feeling at a show. It was unlike anything I had ever witnessed. That was truly inspiring night for me, along with many countless shows that I got to watch while working there.”
