Upstaged: Predators anthem singer replaced by A-list artists
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NASHVILLE — He says he’s been done wrong and maybe there’s a country song lurking somewhere in this.
The longtime anthem singer at Nashville Predators hockey games has the blues. He’s been replaced in the Stanley Cup playoffs by superstar singers such as Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town.
Dennis K. Morgan, who has sung at about 185 Predator games over the past 17 years, told The Tennessean he has been hurt and disappointed by being upstaged by A-list country acts, including Underwood, who is married to team captain Mike Fisher.
“They came to me and said the captain’s wife asked to sing the anthem that night,” Morgan said. “It was presented to me as a one night only kind of thing and I agreed to it. Then they continued to bring in these other singers and touted them as ‘A-listers,’ which kind of hurt me.”
