With the leadoff single to his first solo project, John Rich has captured the tenor of a troubled age. "Shuttin' Detroit Down," a populist anthem that gives voice to millions of hard-working Americans. The song is a fitting kickoff to "Son of a Preacher Man", an album that finds country music's Renaissance Everyman giving full rein to his own creative voice in a project as personal as it is musically arresting. Son of a Preacher Man grew out of a combination of factors that has so often worked magic for him--a creative window and sheer talent. A prolific songwriter, he has written more than 1300, John had a number of songs that were outside the scope of Big & Rich…and so he comes to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo as John Rich with Cowboy Troy!