The audience at Penn’s Peak Old Crow Medicine Show July 21 may not know Margo Price yet but after listing to her personal lyrics and classic country style, they will be hooked.

“I’m just writing the music I want to hear,” said Price of her solo debut album, “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter.”Price is on her first stretch of a long tour where she will be performing for crowds throughout summer and into fall. The country crooner has been playing music since she was 12 years old, when she started playing the guitar intuitively by ear. Price also sang in her church and school productions.“I’ve always loved it,” she said. “I figured it out myself, picking up tricks from folks along the way. When I picked up a guitar, I felt like it was my own thing and I could paint whatever kind of picture I wanted.”Her solo work is honest and raw, covering her struggles as a female in the music industry to unexpected loss and relationships.In her song “This Town Gets Around,” she sings over her 1965 Gibson acoustic guitar, “Maybe I’d be smarter if I played dumb.”Price said she had her fill of managers in the beginning of her career who tried to take advantage of her country girl persona.“I’m so happy with all the people I’m working with who respect me and know what I stand for,” she said of her new team.On her newly released single, “Hands of Time,” she sings her life story starting on a family-owned farm that was lost and the hard blue-collar jobs she had to take on like her parents.According to Price, “Hands of Time” was one of the hardest songs on the album to write.“It took time to get through and play for someone. I think that honesty creates the best art. People relate to someone who’s honest about their failures.”Price always keeps a journal by her bed and in her bag in case inspiration strikes.The Illinois-raised blonde says her family has been in the music business since before she was born.“My grandma and great-uncle wrote country songs. He wrote for Reba Macintire. It was always in the family.”Price said she grew up with classic country songs but has been influenced by many artists over the years, especially rock singers like Tom Petty.All the instruments synonymous with country are present in her songs and performances, including twangy pedal steel guitar on “Since You Put Me Down,” a song she has played on CBS Morning show and Saturday Night Live.“It’s a big sound,” she said of her five-piece band.Price looks forward to opening for Jim Thorpe favorites Old Crow Medicine Show.“We love the guys from Old Crow. We’re grateful to get out and share the stage with them. They’ve been so welcoming.”The audience can expect a genuine country set.“We put on one hell of a good show. We make a set list before the show, but every now and then I change my mind. We try to mix it up every night,” Price said.Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at Penn’s Peak. Visit pennspeak.com for more information.