March 17, 2008

First Stop On Willie Nelson and Family Tour

window.document.getElementById(’post-50′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Willie Nelson is probably the biggest name to come to our town yet. The Willie Nelson and Family Band came to town last Friday, the 11th of January 2008. We live in Fort Pierce Florida, a humble town of 40,000 people. In the process of renovating our 100 year old down town section, the Sunrise Theatre built in 1923 became the centerpiece of the renovation. We are members of the Sunrise Theatre and we support it by going to shows there as often as we can. It has great acoustics and is very cozy, seating less than 2000 people.
We arrived about 45 minutes early to the largest crowd ever at The Sunrise Theatre. It was a whose who of ranchers, citrus growers, lawmen, including a former sheriff and many distinguished long time residents and business people.
To be honest the first Willie Nelson song I ever heard was Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. That could have been thirty five years ago. I didn’t even know who he was back then. One thing I did know was I loved that song and became a Willie Nelson fan instantly. I can’t say with any degree […]

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