A Trion High School alumni made his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday night.  Ben Chapman shared the stage with legendary Opry members Jeannie Seely, Patty Loveless, Vince Gill and John Conlee. 

Chapman graduated from Trion High School, dropped out of college and moved to Nashville in 2018 to pursue a career in country music.  Chapman landed his first publishing deal in 2021 with hit-songwriter Hillary Lindsey’s Hang Your Hat Music, a creative joint venture with Concord music, Chapman launched a monthly, year-long residency at the top of 2022 called “Peach Jam”, a name paying ode to his Northwest Georgia roots.

According to Chapman’s bio from the Grand Ole Opry, “Inspired by the honky-tonk influence of Roger Miller and the genre-blending enterprises of The Grateful Dead, Chapman released his debut project Make The Night Better in March of 2022 exhibiting “not only his strength as a candid storyteller but also his poise as a quickly emerging artist” (American Songwriter). Produced by publisher-turned-producer Jake Gear (Hailey Whitters, Flatland Cavalry), and featuring fellow North Georgia native, and personal mentor to Chapman, Channing Wilson”.

Not only did Chapman make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, on Friday December 1st, he released a new single “Baby Don’t Cry, It’s Saturday Night”.  The song is now available on various music platforms.