John Rich said it was about a year ago when he was talking with Full House Productions President Bob Durkin about his new lifestyle line and the need for a country music festival in the Southeast.
“I trademarked the phrase ‘Redneck Riviera’ and I have a lifestyle line,” he said. “What better place than Myrtle Beach to have a country music festival?”
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