Rick Ferrell Brings Timeless American Songwriting to the Velvet Room
Live Music event:
When: Friday, April 11, 2026 —7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Who: Rick Ferrell
Where: Wayfarer Appalachia | Main Street, Tazewell, VA
Stage: Live in The Velvet Room
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Some songwriters write hits. Others write songs that stay with people for years because they feel lived in, honest, and true.
Rick Ferrell brings that kind of music to the Velvet Room for a night shaped by story, craft, and the kind of sound that still means something.
Based in Nashville, Rick Ferrell carries a timeless style. You can hear country in it. You can hear rock in it. Most of all, you hear the steady truth of a writer who knows how to say something real without dressing it up too much. It is the kind of music that fits a room where people actually listen.
A Nashville Songwriter with a Lasting American Sound
Rick Ferrell is a BMI award-winning songwriter whose work has been recorded by a remarkable list of artists, including Earl Thomas Conley, Eddie Raven, Tanya Tucker, Michelle Wright, Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Julianne Hough, Jason Michael Carroll, The Swon Brothers, and many more.
His songwriting has reached far beyond the stage, showing up in places that speak to just how deeply his work has traveled through American culture.
One of his best-known songs, "Something Like That," recorded by Tim McGraw, became one of the defining radio songs of its time. By the end of 2009, it had emerged as the most-played radio song of the decade across all genres.
A lot of people know it as the BBQ Stain Song, but behind that familiar nickname is a songwriter with a rare gift for writing songs people keep carrying with them.
Songs You Know, Stories You Feel
Rick's work has also been featured in a national Budweiser commercial, used as the theme song for The Outdoor Channel, and heard across major media outlets, including A&E Network, Good Morning America, Ellen, Cold Case Files, Entertainment Tonight, Fast Money Halftime Report, and JetBlue.
That kind of résumé tells one amazing story. However, an even better story is what happens when a writer like that gets in a room and plays the songs up close.
A Special Night at Wayfarer Appalachia
This show in the Velvet Room is a chance to hear a Nashville songwriter whose work has already become part of the American soundtrack, but in a setting that lets the songs breathe. No distance. No noise around it. Just a great room, a live audience, and music built on years of writing what lasts.
If you love strong songwriting, lived-in lyrics, and the kind of night that feels both intimate and memorable, make plans to join us for Rick Ferrell live in the Velvet Room on April 11 from 7 to 9 PM.
For tickets and more information, visit our website www.wayfarerappalachia.com
