2011 Smoke on the Water - Ribs for the Red Cross to Feature John Michael Montgomery, Tonic and Green River Ordinance as Headline Entertainment.

The American Red Cross Toledo Area Chapter is proud to announce the headline entertainment for the 2011 Columbia Gas Smoke on the Water - Ribs for the Red Cross event.


Friday, August 5: Green River Ordinance
This Texas-based rock band has several Top 40 hits, "Come On" and "On Your Own" and their songs have been featured on more then over 20 TV shows, including So You Think You Can Dance", "The Hills" and "The Young & Restless.” Capitol/Virgin Records debut album "Out of My Hands" was released in 2009 to critical acclaim. The band's most recent work, "The Morning Passengers - Acoustic Sessions EP" was an iTunes only, and it was the #3 Billboard Heatseeker, as well as the #39 Billboard Independent Release.


Saturday, August 6: Tonic
With six Top 10 singles, more then 4 million records sold, two-Grammy nominations and the #1 most-played rock song of 1998, Tonic is a musical powerhouse. The band stormed the charts with debut album “Lemon Parade” and its monster hit “If You Could Only See.” They have released a total of four albums, including the 2010 release “Tonic.”


Sunday, August 7: John Michael Montgomery
A true Country music superstar, John Michael Montgomery has sold more then
16 million records world-wide and has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" (1994) and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
(1995). Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery has won four Academy of Country Music awards, three Country Music Awards and has twice been nominated for a Grammy. Montgomery was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in April of this year. He continues to tour extensively.

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