CROSSVILLE —
Make plans to attend the Birthday Bash for Cumberland County native Tommy Dee Davenport Friday, April 6, at the Palace Theatre. There will be more music than you can shake a stick at and, be warned, you may laugh until you hurt.
To get this treatment, you don't have to bring a present, but you do have to be present at this show. A party like this only happens every 73 years.
Joining the celebration will be Dennis Payne, from Nashville. Payne has toured with Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and wrote the hit song "Highway Patrol" for Junior Brown. He also penned a song for a Tom Hanks movie and is known as one of the best guitarists in the country. Payne says the Tommy Dee Bash will be a memory tied to a smile that will last.
Also joining the party will be Audie McQueary from Kentucky. McQueary has a large fan base in Tennessee, probably because his singing and steel guitar playing is second to none.
The boys in the band joining McQueary are like the Darlins from the Andy Griffith Show. They don't say a lot. They just "git-r-done."
Also performing will be Regina Stevens, who promises to give the performance of her life for her buddy, Tommy Dee. A Palace Theatre favorite, Phillip Turner promises it won't be a song with just boots on, and comic Wetwood Dalton will be providing the laughs for the night. Other entertainers from Nashville, Florida, Ohio and Texas will also stop by. Some might even sound and look like Willie.
Butter Milk Billy is scheduled to sing a song or two. Walter Tollett of the Cumberalnd Jamboree will help emcee this party. Bree Davis, a 12-year-old singer who keeps people sitting on the edge of their seats, will also be there.
Tickets for this party are just $10 and are available now at the Palace Theater. Call 484-6133.
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