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Loves performing, loves Kearney, too
David St. Romain, 28, of Baton Rouge, La., has made it as one of the last seven finalists on USA Network’s “Nashville Star.”
Reprinted with permission from the Kearney Hub
By MITCH LAUBY, UNK journalism student
01/25/2007
The television show showcases hot country performers in an “American Idol” format.
St. Romain has performed in the Kearney area more than a dozen times in shows at Maxwell’s Live and Copperfield’s in Kearney. He has been performing in Kearney since 2002 and enjoys every visit here.
“I love coming to Kearney, I never felt out of place. Ya’ll make it so easy for me to fit in,” he said.
Since his last visit to Kearney, he has married his long-time girlfriend, and has fathered his first daughter, Bailey. “They are my life, and none of this would be possible without them,” said St. Romain. “The support that my wife Elizabeth gives is completely remarkable.”
Nashville Star is hosted by Jewel and Cowboy Troy, with judges such as Blake Shelton, Anastasia Brown and Randy Owen, the lead singer for Alabama.
“It’s hard not to be intimidated by such big names, but I’ve performed in front of crowds of 4,000 people before, and there are only 1,000 in the studio, so I am fairly comfortable up there,” said St. Romain.
He started performing in bars as a teenager. With the release of his first album, titled “DSR,” his career has taken him through 20 states and about 150 shows per year. In 2006, St. Romain published his first song. He now writes with many of Nashville’s hit songwriters.
St. Romain has kept many ties to the area and is a supporter of Kearney businesses. “I actually have Intellicom, a Kearney-based company, hosting my Web site,” said St. Romain. “I met Shane Freeman at my first show in Kearney. We’ve become great friends, and now his company is hosting my site. I flew him down here to Nashville to view one of the live “Nashville Star” performances for all of his hard work on my Web site.
“All the awesome people and the great memories I have in Kearney makes me want to come back. I actually miss late-night Amigo’s, and I haven’t had a good steak like Whiskey Creek since I was there last.”
St. Romain hopes to return to the Kearney area sometime soon. “Obviously, my first priority right now is being a father, and then “Nashville Star.” But I would love to get Kearney back into my rotation. Maybe even a Comstock performance would be awesome.”
“Nashville Star” airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays on USA Network, which is on Channel 37 on Charter Cable in Kearney. St. Romain is in the final seven, and all the performances are on live television. The public does the voting after the show to see who will be eliminated the next week.
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To find out more about David St. Romain, visit his Web site at www.davidstromain.com or vote for him at www.usanetwork. com/series/nashvillestar.
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