2007-2007 Concerts : Nashville Tennessee

April 21, 2007: The Nashville Fire Fighters Association presents Raindrops & Teardrops 

starring B.J. Thomas & Billy Joe Royal at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.

April 21, 2007: B.J. Thomas Concert Review by Pat Adams

Going to a B.J. Thomas concert was like going back in time for me, since he performed at my first  ever concert, in the late 1960's along with headliners The Turtles & Lovin Spoonful at the Nashville Fairgrounds Coliseum, which later burned down. I saw B.J. Thomas perform at the 2nd WMAK Music Festival (early '70s) the Centennial Park bandshell in Nashville.  He and his band sounded great at this springs Firefighters Concert. 

Several members of his band were from Nashville. They started the show off with "I Just Can't Help Believing" and continued on with hits including "Hooked On A Feeling", "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head", "Rock And Roll Lullaby", "Mighty Clouds Of Joy", and many more hit songs .He performed his first hit "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and had the crowd singing along with "Hey Won't You Play, Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".  I have always been a big B.J. Thomas fan and last saw him at the Exit In in the '80's. As a kid, I had several of his albums including "Most Of All" and  "Billy Joe Thomas". Time has been good to B.J. Thomas, as he still sounds and looks pretty much the same as past decades. It's always fun to attend the Oldies Firefighters Concerts, since I am a big oldies music fan.

Leon Russell at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville Tennessee. Pictures by Pat Adams

December 16, 2007: John Prine at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Pictures by David Hofer