August 17, 2024 - August 17, 2024 Outlaw Square along with our title sponsor American Family Insurance Frank Pavich Agent is once again proud to bring you PREACHER SMITHS “DEADWOOD REDEMPTION DAY” on August 17, 2024, featuring Christian Recording Artist JORDAN FELIZ!
This will be the 5th consecutive year Outlaw Square has scheduled this event to remember one of Deadwood’s early residents Preacher Henry Weston Smith, who some consider to be Deadwood’s first Preacher in the mining town back in May of 1876. The 3rd weekend of August 148 years ago is when his remains were found on the outskirts of town, in the area surrounding the current Preacher Smith monument. We take this 3rd Saturday in August to remember him with this wonderful Family & Faith event.
This concert is free of charge to all guests and will begin at 6:30 with Aldergate Churchs Praise & Worship group 6:33 returning to open the night followed by this year’s headliner JORDAN FELIZ at 8 pm.
Fronting the West Coast buzz band A Current Affair gave Jordan’s powerful vocals some major exposure right out of high school. The band performed on the Warped Tour and other high-profile gigs before dissolving. But heavy metal was never Jordan’s passion; it was just a fun experience with his friends to grow musically. As a child, Jordan grew up with R&B artists like Sam Cooke and Earth Wind & Fire providing the soundtrack to his frequent road trips to a ski resort with his family. Artists from what his father called “the good music era.” Those were the sounds and stylings that stuck in Jordan’s musical memory and by the time he was old enough to realize that his own singing voice was a gift, it was those early groove-funk-soul singers that had shaped his personal aesthetic. If he was going to make records, those were the kind of influences he wanted to draw from.
After his move from California to Nashville, Jordan was invited to participate in an unsigned artists retreat hosted by Centricity Music. It was the combination of Jordan’s nuanced vocal abilities, the freshness of his retro-influenced melodies and songwriting, and his warm, enthusiastic personality that spurred label execs to take a closer look and ultimately sign him.
Jordan Feliz’s debut project, Beloved, brings the rich influence of 70’s sensibilities into a modern pop context. Intentionally constructing uncluttered tracks free of production tricks and excessive instrumentation, Jordan instead focused on arrangements that were designed to give the vocals center stage. The songs on the Beloved 10 song album are soul-influenced pop numbers, and the instruments present are articulate in their voicings and melodies, saying only as much as they need to.
The album’s title track, while every bit as soulful and catchy as the first single, was penned from a more personal and autobiographical posture. Jordan’s wife was about to give birth to their first child, and Jordan began to consider what he, as a new father, would most want to communicate to the daughter he was about to meet.
“I wrote ‘Beloved’ before she was born,” he says, “and I wrote it with two guys who both had little girls. The thing I really wanted my daughter to grow up knowing was that no matter what the world tells her, she’s beloved. She’s loved beyond compare. Regardless of what any of the people around her think, she doesn’t have to be concerned with measuring up because I’m gonna love her unconditionally as long as she lives. She’s beloved and that’s a love she was born into without having to earn it. I wrote it for her, but of course the parallel of God’s unconditional love for His children is obvious. Anything I feel for my daughter is just a small echo of what God feels for her and for all of us.”
Jordan Feliz takes the stage at 8 pm on Saturday, August 17, 2024 – this is a FREE FAMILY & FAITH night for all to come and enjoy an evening under the stars in Historic Downtown Deadwood.
Outlaw Square is located on Historic Main Street in Deadwood, SD and is the local gathering place for all to enjoy wonderful events throughout the year. You can follow the Outlaw Square Facebook page and Instagram or log on to Outlawsquare.com for information on schedules and upcoming events.
