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Dueling Duos // The Don Juans vs Sweethearts of The Rodeo
June 14, 2023 @ 5:30pm - 10:00pm
All proceeds will go to Music Health Alliance, which offers free programs and services that help musicians find affordable healthcare and financial resources during medical crises. Music Health Alliance is music’s resource for healthcare solutions and access. MHA has now served 20,000 music industry professionals and their families and secured over $100 million in healthcare cost reductions to Heal the Music.
By their name you might assume that the DonJuans rely merely on their good looks. However, you will be impressed to know that the group includes two GRAMMY® Award-winning songwriters, Don Henry and Jon Vezner. Their song, “Where’ve You Been” (recorded by Kathy Mattea) was the first song in country music history to sweep all major song of the year honors including the GRAMMY®, ACM®, CMA, and the Nashville Songwriter’s Association International (NSAI) awards. In the nearly 25 years since “Where’ve You Been,” Don and Jon have performed in venues from the Bottom Line in New York City to the Bluebird Café in Nashville, sharing stages with artists as diverse as Joey Ramone, John Hartford, Michael Johnson, and David Crosby.
Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver (guitar, vocals) and Kristine Arnold (vocals). The duo recorded for Columbia records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. During the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records. The duo reached Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs chart seven times in the late 1980s, with their highest-charting singles being the No. 4 hits “Midnight Girl/Sunset Town” and “Chains of Gold”, both in 1987.