{"id":10865,"date":"2015-04-21T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=10865"},"modified":"2015-04-20T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:30:38","slug":"rockford-belle-to-feature-versatile-music-artist-bob-wurst-on-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/rockford-belle-to-feature-versatile-music-artist-bob-wurst-on-april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockford Belle to Feature Versatile Music Artist Bob Wurst on April 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bob<\/a><\/p>\n

Bob Wurst, of Toledo, OH will be appearing in concert on April 25 at 7 pm, doors open at 6pm at the Rockford Belle, 135 Market Street, Rockford, OH. For more than 40 years, he has been engaging audiences by performing country music, 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s rock \u2018n roll, and classic music from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Elvis and more! Wurst has shared concerts with acclaimed Country Music artists such as Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Jr , Alabama, Billy Walker, Charley Walker, Bobby G Rice, and Narvel Feltz, and many, many more. Stage show promoter and WCSM Weekly Country Leisure Show Host Jim Highley will emcee the event.<\/p>\n

Bob Wurst\u2019s past performance highlights include winning talent contests and competitions from nationally known Buck Lake Ranch, Wrangler Country Star Search, and the State of Ohio division, which led to performances on stage at the Mother Church of country music\u2019s Grand Ole Opry. Other contest highlights include Nashville Network\u2019s \u201cYou Can Be a Star\u201d and the \u201cLake Erie West People\u2019s Choice Awards\u201d netting Bob Wurst the \u201cCountry\u201d award, winner of Male Vocalist, and top award \u201cEntertainer of the Year\u201d.<\/p>\n

The band began recording in Nashville by this time and continued up until the year 2000 with the great fortune of recording a complete album with the Jordanaires and DJ Fontana, Elvis\u2019 back-up vocalists and drummer. In the mid 80\u2019s, his recorded song \u201cShe\u2019s got the rhythm, I\u2019ve got the blues\u201d, enjoyed a mild success on the national record charts.<\/p>\n

Through local legendary performer Gary Shope\u2019s influence, Wurst\u2019s band staffed Buck Lake Ranch of Angola, Indiana, and this became the musical backdrop to meeting many big name performers, and enhancing the band\u2019s entertaining abilities. In 1983 a big thrill and musical career highlight for Bob came when asked to open for big name band \u201cAlabama\u201d. Over the years, the band would continue opening for some of the biggest names in coun\u00adtry music, playing at fairs and fes\u00adti\u00advals, and making count\u00adless TV appear\u00adances. They would play round and square dances for many local orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions and night clubs. When the circumstance presented itself, the band would play for ben\u00ade\u00adfits and fund rais\u00aders.<\/p>\n

Since 2003 Wurst has enjoyed a new side of his career playing solo and implementing technology. He continues to entertain at dances, Classic car shows, parties and festivals.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/a>Long time friend and entertainer Jim Highley will emcee for the evening\u2019s performance. Jim is now retired after having served since 1977 as an elected official in Mercer County as the Clerk of Courts. He is a businessman, stage show manager and promoter, and is best known for emceeing events and as the WCSM radio program personality of \u201cThe Weekly Country Leisure Show.\u201d Jim has been a patron and entertainer at the entertainment venue on many prior occasions and looks forward to having a great time as emcee at the Rockford Belle!<\/p>\n

Take this wonderful opportunity on April 25th to enjoy what will surely be a superior performance at the Rockford Belle in Rockford, Ohio. For more information, contact Tom Rogers at 567-664-9993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Wurst, of Toledo, OH will be appearing in concert on April 25 at 7 pm, doors open at 6pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3529,1542,1223,3528,2601,12,3527,2240,3526],"class_list":["post-10865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-belle","tag-bob","tag-concert","tag-highley","tag-jim","tag-ohio","tag-rockford","tag-toledo","tag-wurst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-2Pf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 03:52:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}