Must see youtube videos of Chapel Hart

AGT "You Can Have Him Jolene" Devynn Hart sings "Barracuda" AGT "This Girl Likes Fords" AGT "The Girls Are Back in Town"”

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – There are many ways to describe Chapel Hart. Their music has a twang of country, hair-raising sharpness of hard rock and a touch of soul. Then there’s an unmistakable layer of gospel, hick-hop and fierce girl power.

They are energetic, unapologetic and unafraid to have a good time. And that was never more evident than during their 2022 “America’s Got Talent" audition. By the time Danica Hart told the crowd, “Somebody get out yo’ seat tonight!” halfway into their breakthrough song, “You Can Have Him Jolene,” the audience and judges were already on their feet and part of the raucous revelry.

Seconds later, the trio became the first – and only – contestants in the show’s history to earn a group golden buzzer from all four judges and host Terry Crews.

Chapel Hart, sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their first cousin Trea Swindle, have tried to follow the traditional script to success since, but it didn’t work for them. They simply don’t fit into one genre. Confining them to one music category is like trying to catch a tempest in a Dixie cup.

“We’re trying to advance in the music industry without being on a label within a career where the label is king,” Danica Hart said during a recent telephone interview. “We’re trying to find a way to navigate being an independent artist, but we’re also trying to play within the guidelines to be considered in the confines of conversation about what’s going on competitively in music right now.

“It feels like the one big quest or question mark that we’re just trying to master is checking the door handles, turning it in, and seeing if it opens. And that’s been where we’ve been these last few years.”

The women from Poplarville, Mississippi, have a tremendous following. They joined Darius Rucker on “Ol’ Church Hymn.” They also got support from fellow musicians like ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Loretta Lynn, Vince Gill, Tanya Tucker and Dolly Parton.

A defining moment for anyone from country music was an appearance at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 17, 2022, where three standing ovations greeted them. They were only the second all-woman Black group, joining the Pointer Sisters in 1974, to play on the most famous stage in country music.

In all, there have been less than 10 Black women acts to appear at the Grand Ole Opry.

Chapel Hart will bring their energy and enthralling setlist to the Clay County Agricultural Fair on Friday, April 5. They will join Tyler Farr and Grace Tyler in the Cattleman’s Arena at 7 p.m. General admission is free with fair admission, while reserved and VIP seating ranges from $45 to $125 and is available at claycountyfair.org.

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter if there are two people or 20,000 people in the audience,” Swindle said. Every time we hit the stage, we’ll give y’all absolutely everything we have. The fact that we get to come back to Florida is just the icing on the cake because we always have way too much fun whenever we’re playing in Florida.”

The women have recorded three albums, “The Girls Are Back in Town,” “Glory Days” and “Out the Mud.” So what can we expect at the Fair?

“We always say you’ll hear something old, something new, something borrowed and maybe even something blue,” Devynn Hart said. “We just like to have fun with our fans. We’ll be doing some of our ‘Glory Days’ album. You may even hear something from our very first album (‘The Girls Are Back in Town’). We have all things lined up.”

The women of Chapel Hart said they would be available to sign autographs and take photographs with their fans at their merchandise table after their show.

Some of their biggest hits include “Glory Days, “Made For Me,” “Welcome to Fist City,” and “You Can Have Him Jolene,” which peaked at No. 4 digitally in the United States.

“We usually try and make fun,” Danica Hart said. “We make time to do, at least, a photo at the very minimum. We don’t get to talk much. We get to say, ‘Hello.’  It’s like a circle of love that we got going.”

Get your seats today. Don’t expect to use them when Chapel Hart’s on stage.