Tickets for the Taira Baughman Benefit Concert are SOLD OUT online.
We will have approx 50 tickets available at the door starting at 6:30 PM on March 29 at Madison Heights Baptist Church. These will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
815 East Old Hickory Blvd Madison, TN 37115

An intimate concert with the Dove Award winners The Isaacs and Grand Ole Opry Legend Connie Smith

to benefit Taira Baughman

Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7PM at Madison Heights Baptist Church

815 East Old Hickory Blvd Madison, TN 37115

Doors open at 6 PM. Tickets are General Admission.

Advanced ticket holders should arrive by 6:30 PM for VIP seating. We expect an advance sell out crowd, however if there are still seats available, we will sell tickets at the door starting at 6:30 PM.

Advanced purchase is advised as only a few hundred tickets will be available to the public.

A love offering accepted for Taira.

Tickets are non-refundable.

You will not receive paper tickets for the show, you will receive a confirmation email and can print out your own ticket. We we will also have your name on the list at the door if you cannot print your ticket.

Sponsored by:

TeamMartina.com                    BecauseHopeMatters.com              YMCA After Breast Cancer

Madison Heights Baptist Church

Proceeds from this concert go to benefit Taira Baughman, who is a stage 4 cancer patient, and her family for medical expenses. An additional love offering for Taira will be accepted at the concert.

About The Isaacs:

The Isaacs are the co-writers of the song "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" along with Ben Hayslip. The song, a top 10 country hit, was made famous this year by Martina McBride and nominated for a Grammy. Taira Baughman appears in the video for the song along with members of the Isaacs family.

The Isaacs, a family group that has traveled for over 30 years, are based out of LaFollette, TN. Current group members are Lily Isaacs, Ben Isaacs, Sonya Isaacs, Rebecca Isaacs Bowman, and John Bowman. They have a unique style that marries bluegrass harmonies and instrumentation with modern southern gospel lyrics. Their musical influences immerge from all genres of music including bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk, contemporary acoustic and southern gospel. They perform frequently at the Grand Ole Opry, are active members on the Gaither Homecoming Videos and Concert Series and travel throughout the year performing nationally. Concert venues include civic centers, auditoriums, arenas, fair grounds, parks, churches and other locations. They have been asked to perform the National Anthem for many events, including a Cincinnati Bengal’s football game, several Nashville Predators Hockey games, various Political Rallies and most recently at Carnegie Hall for a Gaither Homecoming video.

            Lily Fishman Isaacs: Vocalist and matriarch of the group. Lily was born in Germany after World War II to two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. She grew up in the Bronx, NY studying theatre, performing on Off Broadway and recorded her first album in 1968 on Columbia Records with her friend as “Lily and Maria.” Being raised in a Jewish home, she was taught against Jesus as the Messiah and did not become a Christian until 1971 when a death in the family brought her to church for the first time. It was at that point in her life that she decided to serve God with her music as well and along with the Isaacs patriarch, Joe began the foundation upon which the Isaacs have been built.

            Ben Isaacs: Vocalist, song writer and upright bass player. Ben is the only son and the oldest of the three children. Ben spends much of his off time in the studio producing and playing bass on numerous other artists’ albums including the Crabb Family, Rhonda Vincent, Don Rigsby and many others. He arranges many of the Isaacs songs and is their sound technician on tour. He is the father of Cameron Faith Isaacs who makes her appearance with her dad from time to time.

            Sonya Isaacs: Vocalist, song writer and mandolin player. Sonya is the middle child of the three children. She has co-written many of the Isaacs hit songs including, “From the Depths of My Heart” (with Ben), “Stand Still” (with Rebecca), and “Thank You”. She has been nominated for several awards in all types of venues and won her first award at age 19. She has enjoyed singing background on many well-known artists’ albums including: Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Ralph Stanley, Brad Paisley, Kirk Talley, Selah’s Allen Hall, Cynthia Clawson, and many more. Sonya also has a solo career and has recorded two projects for Lyric Street Records in Nashville, TN.

            Rebecca Isaacs Bowman: Vocalist, song writer and guitar player. Rebecca, (aka Becky) is the youngest of the three children. She has recently stepped out as a song writer, co-penning recent singles such as “Stand Still”, “He Understands My Tears”, and “I Come In The Name of The Lord” (all co-written with Sonya). She married John Bowman in 1994 and their two children, Levi (7 years old), and Jakobi (2 years old) travel with them full time and even grace the stage most nights to perform. Becky has made special guests appearances on many albums including Dolly Parton (Little Sparrow Album), Bryan Sutton, Ralph Stanley, Mark Lowery and many more.

            John Bowman: Vocalist, guitar, banjo and fiddle player. John grew up in Ararat, VA and learned at an early age to play different instruments. Although on stage he only plays a few instruments, he is gifted to play many other instruments. The first professional music job he had was with the bluegrass artist Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. He then traveled two years with Alison Krauss and Union Station. In 1994, John married Rebecca and then became a full-time member of the Isaacs. In 1997, he was called into the ministry to preach the gospel, and spends much of his time speaking at churches and using his talents to help other artists record.

About Connie Smith:

Connie Smith is a Grammy nominee and long time member of the Grand Ole Opry and a member of the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame. Since 1964, when her debut single, “Once A Day,” stayed at #1 for eight weeks, Opry legend Connie Smith has enjoyed a reputation as a singer’s singer. She is cited as a favorite by many, including George Jones, Junior Brown, and Dolly Parton, who said, “There’s really only three real female singers in the world. Streisand, Ronstadt, and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending.” 

What the singers she's been influencing for decades spot in Connie Smith's performances—besides her genius for phrasing, perfect diction and a vocal range which have all long been envied—is her fervent joy in singing itself, her love for the emotional and physical act of letting loose a song, which is as evident on her recordings as it is in front of audiences at the Grand Ole Opry, on RFD TV's weekly Marty Stuart Show, or on the road.

Success found her in 1963. On a whim, the young housewife entered a talent contest in Columbus, Ohio. She won five silver dollars and the chance to appear on stage with Grand Ole Opry star Bill Anderson. The chance meeting led to an invitation from Anderson to visit Nashville and record.

“That demo session wound up in the hands of Chet Atkins,” Smith said, “and Chet wanted to sign me to RCA, and turned me over to Bob Ferguson to produce me. I cut ‘Once a Day’ on the very first session and it went to number one and was there for eight weeks. And I thought I might as well give it a shot.”

The propelled success of "Once a Day" led to a string of Top 10 hits within the next five years on the Billboard Country Chart. Her follow-up single to "Once a Day," "Then and Only Then" reached #4 and its flip-side "Tiny Blue Transistor Radio" made the Top 25 in 1965. She had a string of Top 10 hits for four years, starting with "I Can't Remember" and "If I Talk to Him" in 1965, followed by "Nobody But a Fool Would Love You," "Ain't Had No Lovin," and "The Hurtin's All Over" in 1966. In 1967 she had hits with "Baby's Back Again" and "Cincinnati, Ohio." She also recorded an album of Bill Anderson-written songs that year titled, Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson, although by this time she was no longer working with him. Also around this time, Smith released a string of LPs which spawned her major hit singles during this period, beginning with Cute 'n' Country (1965), Miss Smith Goes to Nashville (1966), Born to Sing (1966), and Downtown Country (1967).

In 1965, Smith became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was in high demand for tours and concert appearances.

Smith was a fixture on the country charts through the 1960s and 1970s with 47 chart hits. Starting in the late 1960s, as she turned her focus more to raising her family, she also turned to religion, insisting in her recording contract with Columbia that she be allowed to record one gospel album a year. During the 1980's, she concentrated on raising her children.

Martina McBride calls Connie Smith one of her major musical influences growing up and she asked Connie if she would come and sing "Once A Day" with her during one of McBride's recent Grand Ole Opry performances. Martina McBride also included her own version of "Once A Day" on her hit album "Timeless" paying tribute to Connie Smith.  Smith noted that the two of them share a deep love for songs, and that each is very particular about the material they choose to perform. "She sings every song she sings like she means it," Smith said of Martina McBride.

In August 2011, Connie released her first new album in 13 years, Long Line of Heartaches . Five of the featured new songs were written by Connie and husband and fellow Opry member Marty Stuart, and the track “Take My Hand” includes vocals from Connie’s daughters Julie, Jeannie, and Jodi. The traditional country album features Connie’s long-time band, The Sundowners.

Eddie Stubbs, Opry announcer, commonly refers to Connie Smith as “the Rolls-Royce of country singers.”