Johnny does Nashville!

Recently, Downtown West Events sent me, Johnny G Lyon, to Nashville, Tennessee. What a trip I had! First, I appeared at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge! Then, I performed live at the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry! (Or, at least to me, it will always be the home of the Opry. It's also, as Merle said, where "some damn fool told Elvis to go back to drivin' a truck!")
Then, I performed live at the Country Music Hall of Fame! I had only been in Nashville a few days, but I was on top of the world!
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Inside the hall, I had a great time, with Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn just to name a few. I watched a video about rockabilly. It was great, with Elvis, Carl P., Jerry Lee... and then this cute little 50's babe comes up to the mike (on the video)... she's polite and soft-spoken, with an acoustic guitar... probably gonna be boring... then she spits out: "Hard headed woman, soft-hearted man, been a-causin' trouble ever since the world began!" and she ROCKS! intense like early Elvis! Shakin' and Poundin'... and Wailin'! and an awesome sexy 50's dress! I'd never heard a 50's rockabilly babe like this before! I was in LOVE! Turns out it's Wanda Jackson, and she was in fact the only real rockabilly babe of the 50's! And, sure enough, when she appeared on the Opry, another damn fool (not the one who told Elvis to go back to driving a truck) made her wear something over her shoulders, telling her "You can't show your shoulders!" I bought her CD, it's good, real good. But the video is AWESOME. she pumped. i wish i could get a copy of that video. But it's worth going to the Hall of Fame just to see that.
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More soon on these two topics from Nashville: Downtown West Events will try to bring guitarist Porter McClister to Tampa. And, DWE is opening a Nashville office! THIS IS EXCITING! Stay tuned for further developments!