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THE TIMES LEADER Rascal Flatts performs during a CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn.
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to catch opening acts Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes but also to witness the group’s hushhush introduction. “It’s something we’ve never done before. Jay, Gary and I are not seen, and we’re not playing instruments. That’s all I can say about it,” he teases, adding that the end of the show is just as captivating as its beginning. “The encore is really something. It’s a patriotic theme and is very special.” Anyone who has seen Rascal Flatts in concert before — they regularly play the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain each summer — can attest that Rooney’s guitar work is a highlight of the Flatts live experience. He has been known to treat audiences to intricate solos, drawing on everything from “Over the Rainbow” to the theme from “Top Gun.” “It’s classic, isn’t it?” Rooney asks of the famous fighter-jet anthem. “Ever since I was a little tyke, I loved guitar, and I started eating up all kinds of styles, from Chet Atkins to Stevie Ray Vaughan, from Jeff Beck to Vince Gill. My dad introduced me to country when I was a teenager, but I’ve always loved rock because of my three older siblings. It’s fun to stretch out.” Ditto for DeMarcus and LeVox, who each get their solo time to shine. “We have a moment in the show where we strip it down, and
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break? I can’t bend that far,’ ” Chabora said. “In the end, what does he do, but he bends? He’s going to survive that way.” “Fiddler on the Roof” is a story of survival, as the Jewish people of Anatevka face pogroms, poverty and, finally, a forced eviction from their village. “This is survival through faith and tradition and joyfulness,” Chabora said. “That’s
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TremblyofDenver,Colo.,saidshe’s a big fan of the Monday comedies. “I can relate to the humor,” said Trembly, a single economic development and marketing specialist. “Sometimes I wonder if the audience gets some of it. But they must because the night is highly rated.” Elliot Metz, a 22-year-old news producer from Wichita, Kan., used to watch “Two and a Half Men” with his parents — until they couldn’t anymore. “It was still funny,” he said. “We just kind of had trouble laughing without looking at each other awkwardly.” NeilFlynnsaidthehumorismostly lazy. Flynn, who stars as Mike Heck in ABC’s “The Middle,” said he’s put off by the constant sex and anatomy jokes and is proud parents and kids can watch his show together comfortably.
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Jay, Gary and I (honor) the influences we love,” Rooney says. “Gary does something by himself, Jay does something by himself, and then me, all with our backing band.” In between, the trio perseveres to work in as many hits as possible in a two-hour show, drawing from their staggering 30 singles, 13 of which went to No. 1. “That’s the hard part,” Rooney groans goodnaturedly. “We want to do as many hits as we can, but we want to have some fun, too. So we try to pick the best for each tour and change it up.” Ah, change — the word that best describes Rascal Flatts these days.
the key. It’s about brave people who are hanging on by their love for each other, their love for their community and their love for the things they do every day.” When the main characters have to leave their homes at the end, Chabora said, “It’s not very different from what a town goes through when a tornado or hurricane sweeps through. You come out with nothing but the shirt on your back and each other. You look at each other and say, ‘Praise God. We have each other. We can go on.’ ”
Still, the change the members were least expecting also is the one they’re most proud of: In September, during a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, Gill asked the flabbergasted Flatts to join the hallowed country institution. “It’s the greatest thing that has happened to us,” Rooney says without hesitation. “The beauty of seeing Vince Gill walk out on stage and invite us to be the next members of the Opry? We were blown away.” But most important, Rooney adds, the honor scores points with the folks. “That’s the one that makes mom and dad most proud!”
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