Rodney Atkins Headlines Healing Plate

Rodney Atkins has spent decades creating the kind of songs that become part of people's lives.

From “Watching You” and “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” to “These Are My People,” “Take a Back Road,” “Cleaning This Gun” and “Farmer’s Daughter,” Atkins has built a catalog of songs about family, perseverance, ordinary people and getting through life's hardest moments.

The ACM Award-winning artist has achieved more than 4 billion global streams, six No. 1 radio singles and 16.5 million RIAA-certified units across nine singles and three albums.

His extraordinary longevity includes charting at least one single at country radio in three different decades while remaining with the same record label, Curb Records.

Atkins has appeared nationally on programs including NBC’s TODAY, Good Morning America and FOX & Friends, while his smash hit “Watching You” was named the No. 1 Song of the Decade by Country Aircheck and earned a BMI Million-Air Award.

But statistics tell only part of the story.

Atkins' music has connected with generations of listeners because his songs speak to real life — raising children, loving your family, remembering where you came from and finding the strength to keep moving when life gets difficult.

That message makes Atkins an especially meaningful artist for The Healing Plate.

“If You’re Going Through Hell” takes on an entirely different meaning when it is performed at an event dedicated to reminding people that they do not have to go through their darkest moments alone.