{"id":2006,"date":"2019-09-06T12:07:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olered.com\/tishomingo\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2019-09-06T12:07:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:07:42","slug":"blake-shelton-shares-why-he-chose-tishomingo-as-ole-reds-first-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olered.com\/tishomingo\/articles\/2019\/blake-shelton-shares-why-he-chose-tishomingo-as-ole-reds-first-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton Shares Why He Chose Tishomingo as Ole Red&#8217;s First Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Blake Shelton loves his home state of Oklahoma fiercely. Two years after opening Ole Red Tishomingo, Blake reflects on his roots that inspired Ole Red.<\/h3>\n<p>When Blake Shelton got the idea to open Ole Red, he thought first of his native Oklahoma. The neon lights of Nashville\u2019s Lower Broadway would soon call, but Shelton\u2019s first order of business was to give back to his adopted hometown of Tishomingo, remembering his early days as a performer when a venue in nearby Ada ignited his love for music.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Blake performed regularly at Ada\u2019s McSwain Theatre, a 560-seat venue in a town with a population shy of 18,000 people. It was on McSwain\u2019s stage where he\u2019d realize his big-time dreams that inspired him to pack his bags for Music City at age 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was probably the actual reason that I ended up pursuing country music as a career,\u201d Blake says of McSwain Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Now with 26 No. 1 songs to his name and sights set on opening Ole Red\u2019s fourth location in Orlando next spring, Blake reflects on why he opened Ole Red\u2019s first location in Tishomingo, which will celebrate its second anniversary later this month.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOleRedTish%2Fvideos%2F478467732957734%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since opening in 2017, Ole Red Tishomingo, which hosts live music four nights a week in its adjoining music hall The Doghouse, has become the spot for entertainment in town. But that\u2019s just a part of Blake\u2019s bigger vision: Giving local artists a top-notch stage to play on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Doghouse is creating the opportunity of a lifetime, even if it\u2019s just for one kid out there somewhere. You can look back and go, \u2018Oh wow, I got invited and I got invited back again and again, and realized I wanted to pursue this,\u2019\u201d Shelton says. \u201cIf that happens \u2014 and I\u2019m sure it will \u2014 it\u2019s going to make all of this worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Ole Red Tishomingo opened, dozens of artists have played on its stage \u2014 including Blake himself, who likes to hold pop-up performances and bring along friends like Luke Bryan. The location has brought more than 60 jobs to the community as out-of-towners travel from faraway places like Japan and Germany to see what the Ole Red is all about.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a heck of a two years in Tishomingo, and the party will keep rolling with multiple shows this fall, some of which have yet to be announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opryentertainmentgroup.com\/OleRedTish\/Online\/mapSelect.asp\">Craig Wayne Boyd<\/a>, Season 7 winner of the <em>The Voice<\/em>; singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opryentertainmentgroup.com\/OleRedTish\/Online\/mapSelect.asp\">T.G. 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