Ray Dog Productions and Gilmer Arts are pleased to present the 2025 Festival Kick-Off, Host Venue, Sponsor & VIP Welcome Reception, and Concert

This epic, not-to-be-missed festival kick-off event features cocktails, wine sampling, local cuisine, songwriter performances and ultra-exclusive meet-and-greet with host wineries and venue owners, sponsors, Gilmer Arts board members, supporters, community leaders, and other VIPs.

Proceeds benefit Gilmer Arts

This is event requires no purchase but you must RSVP.

We are proud to feature Songwriters John Cable & Pat Terry.

John Cable

John is a veteran musician who began his career in the late 60s. After serving as lead guitarist and vocalist for Texas country rock pioneers, Colours, John became a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. In 1977, they became the first American band in history to perform in the Soviet Union. John became the first American to lecture at the Moscow Conservatory of Music on the history of Western Blues and Rock music.
John has performed on The Tonight Show, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, The Midnight Special, Austin City Limits and the Grand Ole Opry. He has performed in some of the great concert venues as well including, Wolftrap, Carnegie Hall and Red Rocks. For the last seven years, John has played and toured with John McEuen and The Circle Band.

Pat Terry

My name is Pat Terry. I’m first and foremost a songwriter, but I also play guitar, produce records, and

perform as a soloist.

If you were around in the seventies you might remember the music I made with The Pat Terry Group. In the eighties I made three solo albums which I co-produced with my friend Mark Heard in Los Angeles. Then in 1986 l began writing songs for Nashville country artists like Foster and Lloyd, Travis

Iritt,

Tanya Tucker, Kenny Chesney, John Anderson, and The Oak Ridge Boys. I still love the Nashville music community, but these days I spend most of my time in Smyrna, Georgia, the town I grew up in, primarily

writing and recording songs for my own projects.

And of course, I’m often out on the road playing concerts for friends like you. If you’d like me to perform in your

area, drop me a líne. I bet we can make it happen. Besides music I enjoy books, movies, well-worn guitars,

and roaming around the Scottish highlands in rental cars. Life is good here down south with my amazing wife Pamela, and our dogs, Apple and Andrew.