Tanya Tucker Little Nashville Opry Concert Photos

Photos may not be copied or used without permission from the photographer. Photos by Linda (IN)

Tanya Rocked the Little Opry

I attended the concert at the Little Opry House in Nashville, IN yesterday.

It was a good concert, but I seem to take bad luck with me. About 5 min before the auditorium doors were to be opened all the power in the building and surrounding area went out. They had back up power for the band and lights, but not the air conditioning. The concert was totally sold out so there were a whole lot of people in there and it became very hot very fast. I had a decent seat in row 11 right in front of the stage. I was hot, but the performers were literally dripping wet under the lights.

I talked to the couple selling souvenirs before the concert about Tuckerville. They said it is not looking good. Tanya says it interferes too much with her touring. During the show Tanya said it is still not settled.

The opening act was a male guitar player and singer and a female singer. They were very good. I could not catch their names except the girl was Tammy Sue ??. The boy joked some and was very good performer as they sang duets. Then there was a break while Tanya's band set up and then 2 of the guitar singers sang solo's and they were good. Both of them were new. The rest of the band was Jack on drums, Jerry and his girlfriend and on the keyboard was a guy that was with T when I saw her in June. T introduced Jerry as her ex and Layla's dad. She also introduced his girl friend. Tanya said she is a lead singer in a group I cannot remember and that she helped them out sometimes.

Finally Tanya came out and did a very good full concert, despite the heat. At one point someone in the band spilled a glass of water and she joked "just leave it there and I will soak it up". All of them were using wet towels to try to beat the heat.

Tanya did about the same show as Billy Bob's except she sang "Love Me Like You Used to" and "Oh What It Did To Me". Also someone yelled from the crowd for "Spring". At first she said she did not think she could do it as the band probably did not know it, but the keyboard player said he did so she did a great job of singing it and the band joined in once they heard the start. She joked some with the 2 new guys in the band, especially the electric guitar up front on the stage. I think she was trying to loosen him up some (or maybe flirting with him). Who knows with T!!

After the concert, I waited around for about an hour to see if there would be a "Meet and greet" Nobody seemed to know and my husband was getting impatient waiting for me, so I left. I would imagine that T was so drained from performing in the heat that she just wanted to cool down. I doubt she was coming out, but I do not know for sure.