Alex Miller says he will be "nervous but right at home" at Kroger Field singing the national anthem. (American Idol Photo)
Recent American Idol contestant Alex Miller of Garrard County will sing the national anthem before the Kentucky-Tennessee game Nov. 6 at Kroger Field and the life-long UK fan can’t wait.
“Kentucky contacted my publicist and I was jumping up and down when I found out it was the Tennessee game,” Miller, a recent Garrard County High School graduate, said. “I would say I will be pretty nervous but I will feel right at home. Kentucky is the team I rooted for all my life.
“I have been to UK football games. I enjoy watching Kentucky football and for me to get to be part of a game is just unbelievable. But it is a lot of pressure. If you mess up the national anthem everybody knows.”
Miller recently released a new single — “Don’t Let The Barn Door Hit Ya.” It’s on over 650 jukeboxes in Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the nation because he is the chain’s October Artist of the Month.
He also got to open for Hank Williams Jr. at the Wisconsin State Fair and for Josh Turner at the Kentucky State Fair.
“It is more great exposure for me to get to sing the national anthem at Kentucky,” he said. “Maybe I will pick up some new fans who enjoy my music.”
He’s traveling and performing full time across the country.
“The craziest thing so far is when I was flying from Detroit to Seattle and as I was getting off the plane the pilot said, ‘Are you the boy from American Idol?’ He said he was a big fan and had to get a picture for his daughter,” Miller said. “But I love that and can’t wait to get to sing in front of all those Kentucky fans before Kentucky plays Tennessee.”
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