Concert Story #5: Nashville Now

My ticket stub with Pam Tillis's signature upside down on it!

#5

Nashville Now

Pam Tillis and Bill Ray Cyrus

Celebrity Theater

Opryland USA

June 24, 1993

Age 10

Five weeks in and I'm already out of order!  While searching for some photographs I found this ticket stub for attending a taping of the show Nashville Now.  While it's a taping of a television show and not a concert technically, both Pam Tillis and Billy Ray Cyrus performed at this taping, so I'm including it!  In the summer of 1993 my family took a road trip from Wisconsin, down through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.  When we were in Nashville we visited the Grand Ole Opry, Dollywood, and Opryland USA, which is where Nashville Now was tapped.

Already a country fan, I was super excited to see not only a television show taping, but also, the great Pam Tillis.  "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" had just came out that summer and I was obsessed with that song.  I couldn't believe my luck that she just happened to be performing at the same time we were there.  The legendary Billy Ray Cyrus* also performed during the show as well.  After the show both Ms. Tillis (she was such a idol to me, there's no way I can call her by her first name alone) and Billy Ray Cyrus gave autographs to the crowd and were incredibly nice and gracious.  Getting Ms. Tillis' autograph on my ticket (which is upside down you may have noticed), totally made the road trip for me.  

Now here are some truly terrible photographs from the tapping, remember, it is 1993 here, no iphones or fancy cameras for this family.

*I'm almost positive Billy Ray Cyrus performed at the taping.  I think my excitement for Ms. Tillis was so overwhelming my memory is a bit foggy again, but I think I remember my brother meeting his hair idol at that time!

You can probably see Ms. Tillis the best here, with the guitar