CMT Blog: Archive

We started out in one of my favorite places this weekend — Denton, N.C. — at Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s bluegrass festival. This was like going home for me, seeing and visiting with old friends, along with Doyle and the boys. The promoter said it was the biggest Thursday they have ever had since the festival started many years ago. We did two 45-minute sets. It was packed when we got on stage; the crowd was incredibly receptive and we had fun together. In the middle of our second set, the clouds opened up and it started hailing hard! I MEAN REALLY HARD! Luckily the show was held under a pavilion, so we stopped the show, and Darrin and I went over and sat on the edge of the stage. We took pictures with folks until the storm passed and then finished our show. The crowd was wonderful and brought us back for two encores, plus we sold out all of our merchandise. WOW! What a night!

On Saturday we were in Harrisonburg, Va., at Eastern Mennonite University for a Dailey & Vincent show that was a benefit for the Valley Associates for Independent Living. We had a great crowd, and we were glad to be able to help them with their fundraising. We were also thrilled to bring out a special friend of ours — a great singer and soon-to-be member of the Country Music Hall of Fame — Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers. He was back home in Virginia for the weekend visiting his family. We brought him out to sing “Elizabeth” and he stayed out on stage with us the rest of the show, singing some of his other hits. We had a great time. Darrin and I love Jimmy and we always enjoy singing with and hanging out with him. — Jamie Dailey of Dailey & Vincent