The Club Regent Event Centre was packed full of an audience wishing to be taken back in time to hear the roots and legacy of two country music’s most prolific artists on Thursday night.
Golden Ring: The Story of George and Tammy brought two Canadian country artists to centre stage to pay tribute to the careers of George Jones and Tammy Wynette through song and storytelling.
The show was headlined by Duane Steele singing a catalogue of Jones’ classics alongside Mariya Stokes, an aspiring songwriter from Stavely, Alta., who sang several tracks that put Wynette in the country radio landscape. Steele and Stokes joined for a number of duets that Jones and Wynette originally recorded together including the title track of the show.
Before the show, CTV Winnipeg’s Joseph Bernacki had a chance on Thursday to catch up with Duane Steele, who is from Hines Creek, Alta., and was inducted …