MAHOMET — The Sangamon River Music Festival is feeling the effects of Hurrican Harvey, as the storm has prevented headliner and Texas native Mark Chesnutt from performing Saturday.
MAHOMET — The Sangamon River Music Festival is feeling the effects of Hurrican Harvey, as the storm has prevented headliner and Texas native Mark Chesnutt from performing Saturday.
« Due to travel complications, Mark Chesnutt will not be able to perform, » festival organizers posted on its Facebook page.
Chesnutt will be replaced by country singer Mark Wills, known for such hits as « 19 Something, » « Jacob’s Ladder » and « Back at One. »
« It’s going to get pretty bad down here in South East Texas, » Chesnutt wrote on his Facebook page. « I’ m really sorry I can’ t make it, I was really looking forward to coming up there. You can bet I will be there next time. »
The country singer grew up in Texas and never left.
« A lot of my fans are from Texas, and they love the traditional sound; that’s why they’ re listening to my band, ” he told the News-Gazette earlier this week. « We’ re one of the few to have a steel guitar and fiddler with me. »
