November 18, 2024 • 14 mins
Lori Allen joins Dr. Shane and Tess for a look behind the scenes of Stars and Guitars throughout the years benefitting the Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy center. They're brining it back next year with headliner Clint Black! Get your tickets now at www.gulfcoastcac.org
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Stars and Guitars. What a great show and it's all
about those babies the Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center. Let's
talk about stars and guitars. Not only do we have
a big, big show coming up in twenty twenty five,
but Lorie Allen is here, Test is here, and we
just want to dive into stars and guitars. How many
years now, Lourie, go ahead and tell them.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
So we started in twenty and twelve.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Wow. Wow, I know that was our.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
First show in February of twenty twelve. And you had
such an integral part in the creation of Stars and Guitars.
Do you remember the first time I brought you over
to the cac so. I was hired as the executive
director in September of twenty eleven and they used to
do the country music Jamboree at the Marina Civic Center. Wow.
(00:47):
And the board told me like, hey, we need you
to plan a concert to benefit and we need it
to be profitable obviously, yeah, and we want it to
be exciting and it's got to be done. In early
twenty twelve, I'm thinking, Okay, I can do this.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Have you ever done an event of that scale?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Had not done an event of that scale, no, and
I certainly had not planned a country music show, so
I know I wanted it to be a bit different,
and I knew the person who could brainstorm that would
mean would be Shane. So I remember him and Gin.
You know, I've Knowlan Shane since I was in high school,
and when he first moved to Panama City, there was
(01:30):
the Seafood Festival out on Front Beach Road, and I
can remember us having pictures together way back in the
day with those shows, and I think it right, I mean,
we just look like babies when I look at those
pictures of that's the history that we have. So I
knew that I could call him and be like, hey,
(01:51):
you know, I want you to come and learn more
about this benefit and about the CAC and help me
brainstorm what we can do. And he came up with
the idea of doing a guitar pool to keep the
not only to keep the fans that were attending interesting,
because it's gonna be very unique, you know, it's not like, yeah,
you have a lot of storytelling kind of thing, but
(02:13):
it would help keep our cost down and more benefit
to the agency, and so it was very smart. So
I started brainstorming the name, and we just started collaborating
and putting this thing together. And it was Darryl Singletary
that was really the integral piece in that first year.
So he and Shane were friends, and then I became
(02:34):
friends with him too, and my goodness, God rest the soul.
One of the kindest, sweetest, most selfless talented individuals that
I've ever met. Right, Like, what's your history with Darren?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Darryl? He played for my dad's birthday party at the house.
Just he drove down from Nashville and I'll never forget this,
but it would. Nashville was closed in with a snowstorm
and he couldn't fly. So he called me, like forty
eight hours out. He says, man, I can't get that.
We're covered in snow. I can't I can't get a flight.
(03:08):
And I said, Daryl, can you drive it. I'll give
you a little extra love.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Some gas money.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, some gas money, he said, how much? Dog? So
we worked it out. The next thing I know, sh
he comes, he changes clothes in my bedroom because it
was a surprise, and then we walked him out and
he placed for Dad and he stands in my kitchen
and we're having after the picking at the house, We're
(03:35):
having gumbo, and I remember that was the biggest He
hurt my feelings. He didn't mean to, but he hurt
my feelings because he insisted I did not make that gumbo.
He said, Collins, there's no way, there's no way you
made that gumbo. And I was talling. We ate the
whole part that night. Just a great guy. But when
he got behind the microphone, and that's how Stars and
Guitar started. I mean, he was the very first one
(03:56):
you booked. I can't remember who else was on the
Andy Griggs maybe he.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Was on there. So what's cool about it? If you
remember you connected me with Darryl Daryl and I became friends.
Then we started bring some warmer with Daryl, like who
else can we call? And we got connected with Steve
at Tutsi's. So we had this kind of this inner
relationship partnership so that the Stars and Guitars event would
be what benefited and then we would do an afterparty
(04:20):
at Tutsis. And so Steve also had relationships with like
Randy Hawser and so then you know it became Houser single,
Terry Griggs, Terry Clark was another one that was very
much incorporated with Steve and Tutsie's family. So Terry Clark
came on and then I you know how I am.
I will just ask for anybody for anything. I am.
(04:43):
I am a fan. I am a fan, and I
love country music. I was born and raised. Just every
song to me puts me back in a place and
I can think about the person I was sitting next
to and the time and the place and the smells
and the food and that, you know, like it's just
good music. Does country music? Does that mean? So that's
really where I'm a fan. I'm not I'm not trying
(05:04):
to say this in a pretentious kind of way. I
don't get starstruck. I'm not like wrapped up as a like.
These are human beings that are talented people, and I
respect their talent. But I'm not gonna like break out
and cry. I don't see I will, you know what
I know, And I don't judge people that do that,
but I'm just not. But I adore the music and
the memories that tied to it, and that's what I'm
(05:25):
a fan of. So anyway, I reached out to William Morris,
which is a huge company, and there were several others
that c AA that manage talent and you, for those
of you who are listening, I have no idea how
this works. If you wanted to book a show you had,
I wouldn't know where to start, right. So then you
(05:48):
start looking at like management companies and you call these folks.
They have screeners that it's like you get someone on
the phone and they connect you to someone else and
then connect you to someone else and then they have
like an assistant to it into an assistant. I mean,
it is a credibility process. Like you just don't get
to say, I have you know, a million dollars, I
want to book this. It doesn't work that way because.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
If you're there, you're legit and not changing clothes in
Shane's bedrooms, exact.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
All of that. All of that like they you know,
because at the end of the day, these are human
beings that want to be safe and want to know.
These are good people that are hosting shows and know
what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So here I am no one knows who I am,
and I'm calling Nashville like these huge management companies like, Hey,
I'm putting on a show and I need some talent,
and I ended up breaking through with a guy, two
different ones actually, and building relationships going up to Nashville,
meeting these folks, and one of them is now one
of the partners at William Morris. Can I believe that
(06:48):
like started off like as this gatekeeper and now as
a partner, So you're in good. Yeah, But I mean
it was persistent phone calling, building relationships to be able
to get that, and that's how we book Josh Grayson.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
So we had all the relationships to get Singletary, Hauser, Griggs,
and Clark, but Grayson was kind of the gateway into
getting us into Nashville and through these book game management companies.
What's crazy is he never made the show.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
No, he didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
He got seed in.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
So he's from somewhere in the Midwest and he was
coming from there and he had just done American Idol
and was he age right? Like he would have been great,
But I think we kind of overkilled that first year anyway.
Five would have been a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Yeah, yeah, five art yeah, four is perfect.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
They tell all their stories and when they sing their songs,
they complement each other. I get right back to the
word intimate setting. It is like being in a living
room and just like a family picking. And if you
ever get a chance to go to Stars and Guitars,
and you have it coming up in twenty twenty five,
I want to make sure you get a ticket now.
At the same time, all that talent and all those shows,
(08:01):
we say, it's all about those babies. It's all for
the Gulf Coast Children's Advocacations.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Absolutely. I mean, what's great cost? Yeah, this country music Jamboree.
I went back and looked. I mean the most it
netted was like five hundred bucks in all the years, right,
I mean, and I think people don't understand that we
get these grants and contracts and they're from court fees
and restitution and so it depends on prosecutions whether or
not we have money to provide victim services. So we
(08:28):
have to have a backup plan, yeah, because it's not reliable.
And five hundred dollars on a biggest fundraiser is not
gonna it's not gonna work. So that first year we
netted twenty three thousand dollars. That was a big deal.
You know, our budget was fifteen hundred bucks for all
those people no way. Yes, that's it. That's it, that's
what we spent. Oh my, I mean, and Darryl was
(08:50):
kind of critical in that. I mean you kind of
think these folks took like five hundred dollars or less
to play this show because they believed in the cause.
And Darryl was one that was one hundred percent sold.
I mean, like he was all in. And Houser himself
had some personal experiences that resonated with him with the cause,
and so you know, it impacts way more people than
(09:12):
we think. And Terry Clark was the same, like she
was very much invested in the cause and wanted to help.
Cool and so it was really cool. And Griggs, I mean,
how do you not love Griggs? You know, he's just hilarious.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Still loves Northwest Florida. He does to come down and
play with the George Robertson all the time. Absolutely right,
great folks. Coupling up in twenty twenty five The Next
Stars and Guitars is a superstar, a superstar, but this
is a full band show.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
It is we had to evolve. Obviously we've been Hurricane
Michael really messed us up. I mean, if we're being honest,
so we lost the Civic Center. We really do not
have another venue available too much. Yeah, that's indoors to
create that kind of setting. I mean the Civic Center
sat twenty five hundred. Then next option we have and
(10:00):
we went to mostly high school for a few years,
but that capacity is like what five twenty five, So
it's a fifth And at the end of the day,
these artists are willing to take a lesser book rate,
but not do it for free. I mean, I still
have to cover fifty thousand dollars in expensive.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
You can't sell that many tickets and it doesn't financially
make sense.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And the other thing too, people like live music and
beer together. I mean that's just the way it is.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
High school, you do every button.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And so you know, it actually did cause a problem
for people. You know, they wanted to be able to
relax and enjoy an adult beverage and listen to live music.
I get it. And we could not create that environment
with any other venue in Panama City. So after we
did the band Perry in twenty twenty one in Thompson Square,
(10:51):
we have not had a show since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
It's coming back, coming back, I mean, we.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Really so we had to reinvent it, and so Aaron
Bessent It's going to be the new home and I'm
going to do a bigger show. It's just going to
be a bigger show. And we're still going to get
to the heart of like of course bringing up and
recognizing new talent. But for me, as long as I'm involved,
and hopefully you all will always be involved, Shane has
a big you know, part of this is bringing back
(11:20):
those legends, Like of course we don't have the Possum
around anymore, we don't have Haggard, we can't really of course,
Hat Junior, if you're listening, we'd love to have you
come on out. But I mean these folks that were
really integral and laying down what I know and love
as country music when I was young, and now getting
into the nineties, I mean, we've pretty much had every
nineties artist on the Stars and Guitars stage with the
(11:42):
exception of Clint Black, and now we're having him having April.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Actually April twenty twenty five, Clint Black.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Yeah, and that's going to be at Aaron Bessent Park.
So tickets are on sale now and it's going to
be big, fun and you can have your adult beverage
there as.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Well, and food, and you can bring your lawn chair.
And the weather should be great and a April early
April it should be pleasant, nice. So it's going to
be a really cool experience. And listen, we understand that
people work hard and we needed to keep the ticket
prices reasonable. So what is it fifty nine dollars hasn't
heard of?
Speaker 3 (12:13):
He says, I know, Chase Matthews up and coming star
is huge.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I love the way you mixed the new with the legend.
I love that. I love that. Get those tickets. Tell
me where it is again? The website again, Golf COASTCAC
dot org.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Sorry I mean yeah, no, it's going to say, and
you can go to the website and there's also we're
using etics. Oh so uh e t i X dot com.
But if you go to the Golf Coast SAC's website,
it gives you the link to etics. But if you
go directly to etex and search stars and guitars, you
can find it there too.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I want to continue this conversation. We've got to have
her in again.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
We're going to do this. We're gonna have lots of
conversations about the different acts that have come, some memorable
moments and the great partners involved for this wonderful cause
for the Golf Coast on Zavocacy Center.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Listen, we have some funny stories for real things that
have happened at that stage. I mean, behind the scenes, hilarious.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Joe Diffy, the Oysters.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
The Oysters and Joe Diffy and the Maker's Mark and
just all the things that he did.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
He was in the meet and greet with an oyster
in each hand, like smiling for pictures, and Laurie.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Was shocking him backstage as quick as she could, and
Joe would run in between songs backstage get a oyster
come back. I mean, it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
It's one of to me. He did the show twice
and I would have had him back every year. I mean,
honestly they all. I love Mark Chestnut too. He is
my brother, and I have this thing. He's like, Okay,
if you could pick one artist that you could only
listen to for the rest of your life, who would
it be? And that's a hard thing, right could. But
Mark Chestnut is on my mouth rushmore. I mean he
(13:53):
just is. I love that man. Oh yeah, And you
know what he's so said Beaumont, Texas. True like humble guy.
You know what he wants on his writer?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
What does he want backstage?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
A case a Miller lite. Hey, you ch that's it.
That's all he wants he needs, I mean, and it's
so simple. He's like, hey, if you just give me
a case a little lot, I'll be thrilled. Just super
laid back, super chill, I mean.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
And a true fan. Diffy was singing, and I think
at one point Chestnut was was backstage just watching, just watching. Yeah,
Diffy and a fan, a fan of each other. That's
one thing I love about country music. It's a family.
It truly is, and your family too. Starters and Guitars
is coming in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Make sure you get your tickets Golf coastcac dot org.
You don't want to miss it. Clint Black, We're so excited.
And we'll keep this conversation going with Lori Allen
Stars and Guitars. What a great show and it's all
about those babies the Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center. Let's
talk about stars and guitars. Not only do we have
a big, big show coming up in twenty twenty five,
but Lorie Allen is here, Test is here, and we
just want to dive into stars and guitars. How many
years now, Lourie, go ahead and tell them.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
So we started in twenty and twelve.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Wow. Wow, I know that was our.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
First show in February of twenty twelve. And you had
such an integral part in the creation of Stars and Guitars.
Do you remember the first time I brought you over
to the cac so. I was hired as the executive
director in September of twenty eleven and they used to
do the country music Jamboree at the Marina Civic Center. Wow.
(00:47):
And the board told me like, hey, we need you
to plan a concert to benefit and we need it
to be profitable obviously, yeah, and we want it to
be exciting and it's got to be done. In early
twenty twelve, I'm thinking, Okay, I can do this.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Have you ever done an event of that scale?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Had not done an event of that scale, no, and
I certainly had not planned a country music show, so
I know I wanted it to be a bit different,
and I knew the person who could brainstorm that would
mean would be Shane. So I remember him and Gin.
You know, I've Knowlan Shane since I was in high school,
and when he first moved to Panama City, there was
(01:30):
the Seafood Festival out on Front Beach Road, and I
can remember us having pictures together way back in the
day with those shows, and I think it right, I mean,
we just look like babies when I look at those
pictures of that's the history that we have. So I
knew that I could call him and be like, hey,
(01:51):
you know, I want you to come and learn more
about this benefit and about the CAC and help me
brainstorm what we can do. And he came up with
the idea of doing a guitar pool to keep the
not only to keep the fans that were attending interesting,
because it's gonna be very unique, you know, it's not like, yeah,
you have a lot of storytelling kind of thing, but
(02:13):
it would help keep our cost down and more benefit
to the agency, and so it was very smart. So
I started brainstorming the name, and we just started collaborating
and putting this thing together. And it was Darryl Singletary
that was really the integral piece in that first year.
So he and Shane were friends, and then I became
(02:34):
friends with him too, and my goodness, God rest the soul.
One of the kindest, sweetest, most selfless talented individuals that
I've ever met. Right, Like, what's your history with Darren?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Darryl? He played for my dad's birthday party at the house.
Just he drove down from Nashville and I'll never forget this,
but it would. Nashville was closed in with a snowstorm
and he couldn't fly. So he called me, like forty
eight hours out. He says, man, I can't get that.
We're covered in snow. I can't I can't get a flight.
(03:08):
And I said, Daryl, can you drive it. I'll give
you a little extra love.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Some gas money.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, some gas money, he said, how much? Dog? So
we worked it out. The next thing I know, sh
he comes, he changes clothes in my bedroom because it
was a surprise, and then we walked him out and
he placed for Dad and he stands in my kitchen
and we're having after the picking at the house, We're
(03:35):
having gumbo, and I remember that was the biggest He
hurt my feelings. He didn't mean to, but he hurt
my feelings because he insisted I did not make that gumbo.
He said, Collins, there's no way, there's no way you
made that gumbo. And I was talling. We ate the
whole part that night. Just a great guy. But when
he got behind the microphone, and that's how Stars and
Guitar started. I mean, he was the very first one
(03:56):
you booked. I can't remember who else was on the
Andy Griggs maybe he.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Was on there. So what's cool about it? If you
remember you connected me with Darryl Daryl and I became friends.
Then we started bring some warmer with Daryl, like who
else can we call? And we got connected with Steve
at Tutsi's. So we had this kind of this inner
relationship partnership so that the Stars and Guitars event would
be what benefited and then we would do an afterparty
(04:20):
at Tutsis. And so Steve also had relationships with like
Randy Hawser and so then you know it became Houser single,
Terry Griggs, Terry Clark was another one that was very
much incorporated with Steve and Tutsie's family. So Terry Clark
came on and then I you know how I am.
I will just ask for anybody for anything. I am.
(04:43):
I am a fan. I am a fan, and I
love country music. I was born and raised. Just every
song to me puts me back in a place and
I can think about the person I was sitting next
to and the time and the place and the smells
and the food and that, you know, like it's just
good music. Does country music? Does that mean? So that's
really where I'm a fan. I'm not I'm not trying
(05:04):
to say this in a pretentious kind of way. I
don't get starstruck. I'm not like wrapped up as a like.
These are human beings that are talented people, and I
respect their talent. But I'm not gonna like break out
and cry. I don't see I will, you know what
I know, And I don't judge people that do that,
but I'm just not. But I adore the music and
the memories that tied to it, and that's what I'm
(05:25):
a fan of. So anyway, I reached out to William Morris,
which is a huge company, and there were several others
that c AA that manage talent and you, for those
of you who are listening, I have no idea how
this works. If you wanted to book a show you had,
I wouldn't know where to start, right. So then you
(05:48):
start looking at like management companies and you call these folks.
They have screeners that it's like you get someone on
the phone and they connect you to someone else and
then connect you to someone else and then they have
like an assistant to it into an assistant. I mean,
it is a credibility process. Like you just don't get
to say, I have you know, a million dollars, I
want to book this. It doesn't work that way because.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
If you're there, you're legit and not changing clothes in
Shane's bedrooms, exact.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
All of that. All of that like they you know,
because at the end of the day, these are human
beings that want to be safe and want to know.
These are good people that are hosting shows and know
what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So here I am no one knows who I am,
and I'm calling Nashville like these huge management companies like, Hey,
I'm putting on a show and I need some talent,
and I ended up breaking through with a guy, two
different ones actually, and building relationships going up to Nashville,
meeting these folks, and one of them is now one
of the partners at William Morris. Can I believe that
(06:48):
like started off like as this gatekeeper and now as
a partner, So you're in good. Yeah, But I mean
it was persistent phone calling, building relationships to be able
to get that, and that's how we book Josh Grayson.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
So we had all the relationships to get Singletary, Hauser, Griggs,
and Clark, but Grayson was kind of the gateway into
getting us into Nashville and through these book game management companies.
What's crazy is he never made the show.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
No, he didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
He got seed in.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
So he's from somewhere in the Midwest and he was
coming from there and he had just done American Idol
and was he age right? Like he would have been great,
But I think we kind of overkilled that first year anyway.
Five would have been a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Yeah, yeah, five art yeah, four is perfect.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
They tell all their stories and when they sing their songs,
they complement each other. I get right back to the
word intimate setting. It is like being in a living
room and just like a family picking. And if you
ever get a chance to go to Stars and Guitars,
and you have it coming up in twenty twenty five,
I want to make sure you get a ticket now.
At the same time, all that talent and all those shows,
(08:01):
we say, it's all about those babies. It's all for
the Gulf Coast Children's Advocacations.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Absolutely. I mean, what's great cost? Yeah, this country music Jamboree.
I went back and looked. I mean the most it
netted was like five hundred bucks in all the years, right,
I mean, and I think people don't understand that we
get these grants and contracts and they're from court fees
and restitution and so it depends on prosecutions whether or
not we have money to provide victim services. So we
(08:28):
have to have a backup plan, yeah, because it's not reliable.
And five hundred dollars on a biggest fundraiser is not
gonna it's not gonna work. So that first year we
netted twenty three thousand dollars. That was a big deal.
You know, our budget was fifteen hundred bucks for all
those people no way. Yes, that's it. That's it, that's
what we spent. Oh my, I mean, and Darryl was
(08:50):
kind of critical in that. I mean you kind of
think these folks took like five hundred dollars or less
to play this show because they believed in the cause.
And Darryl was one that was one hundred percent sold.
I mean, like he was all in. And Houser himself
had some personal experiences that resonated with him with the cause,
and so you know, it impacts way more people than
(09:12):
we think. And Terry Clark was the same, like she
was very much invested in the cause and wanted to help.
Cool and so it was really cool. And Griggs, I mean,
how do you not love Griggs? You know, he's just hilarious.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Still loves Northwest Florida. He does to come down and
play with the George Robertson all the time. Absolutely right,
great folks. Coupling up in twenty twenty five The Next
Stars and Guitars is a superstar, a superstar, but this
is a full band show.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
It is we had to evolve. Obviously we've been Hurricane
Michael really messed us up. I mean, if we're being honest,
so we lost the Civic Center. We really do not
have another venue available too much. Yeah, that's indoors to
create that kind of setting. I mean the Civic Center
sat twenty five hundred. Then next option we have and
(10:00):
we went to mostly high school for a few years,
but that capacity is like what five twenty five, So
it's a fifth And at the end of the day,
these artists are willing to take a lesser book rate,
but not do it for free. I mean, I still
have to cover fifty thousand dollars in expensive.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
You can't sell that many tickets and it doesn't financially
make sense.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And the other thing too, people like live music and
beer together. I mean that's just the way it is.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
High school, you do every button.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And so you know, it actually did cause a problem
for people. You know, they wanted to be able to
relax and enjoy an adult beverage and listen to live music.
I get it. And we could not create that environment
with any other venue in Panama City. So after we
did the band Perry in twenty twenty one in Thompson Square,
(10:51):
we have not had a show since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
It's coming back, coming back, I mean, we.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Really so we had to reinvent it, and so Aaron
Bessent It's going to be the new home and I'm
going to do a bigger show. It's just going to
be a bigger show. And we're still going to get
to the heart of like of course bringing up and
recognizing new talent. But for me, as long as I'm involved,
and hopefully you all will always be involved, Shane has
a big you know, part of this is bringing back
(11:20):
those legends, Like of course we don't have the Possum
around anymore, we don't have Haggard, we can't really of course,
Hat Junior, if you're listening, we'd love to have you
come on out. But I mean these folks that were
really integral and laying down what I know and love
as country music when I was young, and now getting
into the nineties, I mean, we've pretty much had every
nineties artist on the Stars and Guitars stage with the
(11:42):
exception of Clint Black, and now we're having him having April.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Actually April twenty twenty five, Clint Black.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Yeah, and that's going to be at Aaron Bessent Park.
So tickets are on sale now and it's going to
be big, fun and you can have your adult beverage
there as.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Well, and food, and you can bring your lawn chair.
And the weather should be great and a April early
April it should be pleasant, nice. So it's going to
be a really cool experience. And listen, we understand that
people work hard and we needed to keep the ticket
prices reasonable. So what is it fifty nine dollars hasn't
heard of?
Speaker 3 (12:13):
He says, I know, Chase Matthews up and coming star
is huge.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I love the way you mixed the new with the legend.
I love that. I love that. Get those tickets. Tell
me where it is again? The website again, Golf COASTCAC
dot org.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Sorry I mean yeah, no, it's going to say, and
you can go to the website and there's also we're
using etics. Oh so uh e t i X dot com.
But if you go to the Golf Coast SAC's website,
it gives you the link to etics. But if you
go directly to etex and search stars and guitars, you
can find it there too.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I want to continue this conversation. We've got to have
her in again.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
We're going to do this. We're gonna have lots of
conversations about the different acts that have come, some memorable
moments and the great partners involved for this wonderful cause
for the Golf Coast on Zavocacy Center.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Listen, we have some funny stories for real things that
have happened at that stage. I mean, behind the scenes, hilarious.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Joe Diffy, the Oysters.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
The Oysters and Joe Diffy and the Maker's Mark and
just all the things that he did.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
He was in the meet and greet with an oyster
in each hand, like smiling for pictures, and Laurie.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Was shocking him backstage as quick as she could, and
Joe would run in between songs backstage get a oyster
come back. I mean, it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
It's one of to me. He did the show twice
and I would have had him back every year. I mean,
honestly they all. I love Mark Chestnut too. He is
my brother, and I have this thing. He's like, Okay,
if you could pick one artist that you could only
listen to for the rest of your life, who would
it be? And that's a hard thing, right could. But
Mark Chestnut is on my mouth rushmore. I mean he
(13:53):
just is. I love that man. Oh yeah, And you
know what he's so said Beaumont, Texas. True like humble guy.
You know what he wants on his writer?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
What does he want backstage?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
A case a Miller lite. Hey, you ch that's it.
That's all he wants he needs, I mean, and it's
so simple. He's like, hey, if you just give me
a case a little lot, I'll be thrilled. Just super
laid back, super chill, I mean.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
And a true fan. Diffy was singing, and I think
at one point Chestnut was was backstage just watching, just watching. Yeah,
Diffy and a fan, a fan of each other. That's
one thing I love about country music. It's a family.
It truly is, and your family too. Starters and Guitars
is coming in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Make sure you get your tickets Golf coastcac dot org.
You don't want to miss it. Clint Black, We're so excited.
And we'll keep this conversation going with Lori Allen
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