Hooker also fathered three children with Hilliard, whose eldest of four children is from a previous relationship. Rea was the mother of Hooker's newborn child. The former Sarah Hooker divorced her ex-husband last year, but she said they had been separated since 2005. Hilliard said Hooker has a history of domestic violence and beat her in the decade they were married. The licensed massage therapist and father of four faces a first-degree murder charge. Police say 28-year-old Eric Devon Hooker killed his ex-girlfriend, 22-year-old Courtney Rea, in her Wilson home on Jan. I'm just sorry she had to be the second." "He has no respect for women's life, period," Hilliard said. Sarah Hilliard said her ex-husband had an explosive temper that grew worse as she tried to make a life with her high-school sweetheart. 07-Six years before he was charged with murder, Eric Hooker pleaded guilty to punching and choking his wife on Christmas Eve. Pictured at top: Hardy performs during a recent concert.Add To Favorites Did domestic violence lead to murder?įeb. To find tickets for Saturday’s Hardy concert, which also features Dylan Marlowe, go to. “They mix country, rock, rap with an outlaw attitude, and fans are definitely reacting to it.” “The one constant with this entire movement of emerging artists is the desire to not be put in a box,” Bigley said. Hardy and his rocking contemporaries – including Wetzel and Jelly Roll – have a lot in common. The rest of the country has since caught on, and the rock-country subgenre is now “ruling the airwaves and concert sales,” Bigley said. “It was incredible because the majority of people didn’t know who he was, but there was a rabid fan base that was eager to buy.” “It was one of the fastest sellouts at the arena since the pandemic,” Bigley said. “ mainstream exposure got much bigger from the time the show was booked to the show date,” said Ken Bigley, vice president of show promoter JAC Live.īut fans of Hardy and Wilson were on board from the jump. Resale tickets are all that’s left, and they range from almost $500 to well over $100 for the cheap seats. Hardy could probably re-record his entire catalog into alt-rock hits.ĭemand was brisk for the Covelli Centre concert when tickets went on sale six months ago. But he’s got a split personality and is quick to barrel into rock territory. Lyrically, he fits in the trucks-and-girls sector and doesn’t stray from the plain-spoken country vocal style. Hardy has twang in his voice and he’s not afraid to deploy a steel guitar. 3 concert at the Canfield Fair.īoth artists are on the cutting edge of Nashville’s raging rock fetish. His Youngstown appearance comes on the heels of Koe Wetzel’s Sept. 1 songs in a 12-month period) award recipient, the reigning ACM Songwriter of the Year and the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year. The Mississippi native is a three-time CMA Triple Play (three No. Hardy has also been raising hell on the awards front. Having Wilson aboard on Hardy’s tour means fans will hear “Wait in the Truck” just like it sounds on the radio. (Photo by Amy Harris | Invision | AP)įollowing Wilson in the nominations race are Jelly Roll, who boasts five nominations, and Luke Combs and Hardy, with four each. This year, she is up for album, song, music video, entertainer and female vocalist of the year, as well as two separate nominations in both the single of the year category (for “Heart Like a Truck” and her duet with Hardy, “Wait in the Truck”) and the musical event of the year category (once again for “Wait in the Truck” and her feature on Jelly Roll’s “Save Me.”) Lainey Wilson performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago on Aug. Wilson has now topped the CMA Awards nominations for two straight years while becoming intertwined with Hardy. She has also become a television star for her role on “Yellowstone.” Adding extra punch is Wilson, who last week garnered nine Country Music Award nominations.
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