ER Nurse Honored By Her Mother For First Responder Friday
An ER nurse is honored by her mother for First Responder Friday this week. Paula is honoring her daughter, Tianna. Tianna is a ER nurse at Mease Countryside Hospital and is just an amazing woman who loves and cares for all her patients. She always wanted a job to help others.
Congrats to Tianna as she receives a $100 gift card from Crown Buick GMC. She also gets another $100 gift card from Demesmin & Dover Law Firm.
Every Friday we honor a first responder in Tampa Bay. Do you have someone in your life that is a first responder? Someone that you admire, a relative, a friend? Whoever it is that you want to spotlight. We want to hear from you, and you can nominate someone right now by doing so HERE. The nomination process takes about five minutes. Once you nominate someone we will be in touch with you to schedule a call with you.
Every 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull Artist In 9 Years
Since 2015, Country Music’s biggest artists have been hitting the stage at 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull. Guitar Pull has been around for 8 years now, but since we all know how 2020 went, only 7 shows have been able to go on. Every fall we announce our lineup for the next year. Before getting into our 2024 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull artists, we want to take a look back on every Guitar Pull artist since 2015.
If this is your first time learning about Guitar Pull, you might be wondering how this is different than your average concert. At most concerts, you might get lucky to hear the artist slow it down and pull out the acoustic to play a few songs. This event is everything but average. With every artist sitting side by side with only a story and a guitar, these performances are unlike anything you’ll be able to see ever again. Listen to the artists swap stories behind the songs and take a look inside of how some of your favorite songs were written.
Some of the best country artists of the past, present, and future have sat on this stage. While taking a look through the past, we did some research on what all these artists have accomplished throughout the years and it’s crazy to see.
Over the past 9 years and 8 shows, 22 country artists have played the 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull and from those artists, there have been:
- 130+ Academy of Country Music nominations and 30+ wins
- 98+ CMA Awards nominations and 14+ wins
- 140+ combined No.1 singles as singers and/or songwriters
Now, we’re going to take a look back on Guitar Pull’s artists since 2015. Here is every artist who has taken the stage in Tampa Bay for 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull!
2015
99.5 QYK’s first Guitar Pull … is this a throwback or what? Some of the biggest artists of the decade to kick off a tradition!
Hunter Hayes
At the time, Hayes was just getting off a tour with Lady A. He also went on tour with Kelsea Ballerini.
Lee Brice
Fun fact! Lee Brice played in all 50 states in 2015. Guitar Pull was his Florida show for that year!
Charles Kelley
We got a glimpse of Charles Kelley solo project at this year’s Guitar Pull!
Jerrod Niemann
We got to hear his hits including One More Drinkin’ Song and Lover, Lover.
Eric Paslay
Just before the show, Paslay released “High Class” as the lead single to his upcoming second studio album.
Maddie & Tae
Maddie & Tae would be a returning artist for Guitar Pull! We also recently saw them at Busch Garden’s summer concert series!
2016
The second ever Guitar Pull came in strong with some heavy hitters to hit the stage once again.
Gary Allan
Guitar Pull alum Gary Allan was just on tour with Luke Combs this summer!
Tyler Farr
Tyler also went on tour with Brad Paisley and Maddie & Tae this year!
Chris Lane
We got to hear his hit single “For Her” and “Broken Windshield View”.
Josh Turner
Two-time Grammy-nominated country music star Josh Turner was on the lineup in 2016.
Chase Bryant
Chase played his hits like “Little Bit of You” and “Room To Breathe”
Kane Brown
Kane played the 99.5 QYTK Guitar Pull right before the release of his big debut studio album!
2017
3rd time’s the charm right? Back for year 3 with a dominant lineup of 6 different acts one being the legendary duo, Big & Rich.
Danielle Bradbery
The season 4 winner of The Voice joined the Guitar Pull family!
2018
We only had 5 artists at Guitar Pull 2018, but make no mistake … there was no shortage of entertainment.
1. Dustin Lynch
Dustin also had a busy year touring with Cole Swindell.
2. Dylan Scott
He played his hits like “Hooked”, “My Girl”, and “Nothing To Do Town”
3. CAM
Cam’s introduction included an Axe body spray reference and other things that we can’t probably talk about here.
4. Mitchell Tenpenny
Mitchell Tenpenny recently made his return to Tampa with Jason Aldean at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre and at Busch Gardens over the summer for their concert series!
5. Trent Harmon
American Idol winner Trent Harmon was getting a lot of love on stage during his performance of “Her”.
2019
Morgan Wallen and HARDY on the same stage back in 2019? We knew big things were coming for this lineup!
1. Chase Rice
Chase now has his own country bar in St. Pete! We love hanging out at Welcome To The Farm before any show at Jannus Live!
5. HARDY
HARDY would return to the Guitar Pull stage in 2022!
6. Morgan Wallen
So cool seeing Morgan Wallen in an intimate performance before he started selling out shows and playing stadiums.
2021
A fresh blend of new breakout artists with veteran performers. The artists on the stage in 2021 stage have a combined 25 No.1 singles now and we welcomed Maddie & Tae back to the stage for our first ever ROUND 2 artist.
1. Chris Young
We got to hear his popular songs like “Gettin’ You Home” and “The Man I Want To Be”.
2. Jordan Davis
We recently saw Jordan Davis this year on tour with Sam Hunt and 2023 Guitar Pull artist Brett Young!
3. Maddie & Tae
Our first RETURNING artists!
5. Parker McCollum
Parker McCollum is still making waves in country music!
2022
The 2022 stage was filled with huge up and coming talent. All of these artists were making waves at country radio. Lainey Wilson even starred in Yellowstone.
1. Jimmie Allen
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2. Lainey Wilson
We knew from her performance on stage last year that Lainey was going to BLOW UP! Now she’s one of the biggest voices in country music!
3. Niko Moon
Niko was so fun to have on stage and brought lots of laughs!
4. Jackson Dean
We’ve seen a lot from Jackson Dean over the past year. He’ll also be touring with Lainey Wilson for her Country’s Cool Again tour next fall.
6. Elvie Shane
Elvie Shane had the crowd in their feels when he performed “My Boy”.
2023
Our eighth Guitar Pull show featured some up and coming and returning artists!
1. Brett Young
Brett Young gave a great performance for our QYK crowd. He performed his popular hits “In Case You Didn’t Know” “Mercy”, and “Dance With You”
2. Tigirlily Gold
The sister group received lots of love from the crowd, many just hearing them for the first time. The songs that won over the crowd were “Blonde”, “I Tried A Ring On”, and “Shoot Tequila”.
3. George Birge
After being inspired by a TikTok making fun of cliché country music, Birge sat down to write the song that would launch his career, “Beer Beer Truck Truck” and land him on the stage at this year’s Guitar Pull. George also sang a new song “She Only Dances To Cowboy Songs” and “Mind On You”.
4. Brian Kelley
The Florida half of Grammy-nominated duo, Florida Georgia Line, made his solo debut in 2021 making new waves by bringing his beach-infused lifestyle into his music. Brian Kelley blessed us with a sneak peek of his new party anthem
5. Scotty McCreery
QYK fans got to hear some Scotty favorites like “It Matters To Her”, “This Is It”, and “Cab In A Solo”
2024
Meet the 2024 Guitar Pull lineup!
LoCash
You may have seen LoCash in Tampa recently this year when they opened up for Kane Brown at Amalie Arena. Now is your chance to see them in a close-up and intimate concert.
Matt Stell
Matt Stell returns to the Guitar Pull stage from 2021. “You start out wanting to sound like your heroes,” says Matt Stell, “but my heroes all sound like themselves. They believe what they sing.”Chayce Beckham
We were first introduced to Chayce Beckham on American Idol. He was a contestant on Season 19 and ended up winning it that season
Corey Kent
Corey loves touring and performed over 100 shows in 2021. Along with headlining his own shows and playing the top music festivals across the country, Corey has been the supporting act for artists including Parker McCollum, Cody Johnson, Chase Rice, Eli Young, Josh Abbott, Flatland Cavalry, and Kolby Cooper.
Chris Janson
You may have seen Chris recently when he played the free show earlier this year at Country In The Park. This isn’t the first 99.5 QYK Guitar Pull for Chris. He played our Guitar Pull back in 2017 when it was at the Straz Center.