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Mourning A Stage Mama
Mourning A Stage Mama Did I ever tell you about the time I almost didn’t make it on the Grand Ole Opry? I was cast in a musical called “Smoke on the Mountain” at the Ryman Auditorium, which is like a Carnegie Hall for rednecks. But so much more....
kaineriggan 05/22/2018 4 14 - -
Playing With The Possum
I worked at the box office for the Grand Ole Opry for my first job in Nashville after moving there alone at age 19. That summer, George Jones and Tammy Wynette were playing an early evening concert on alternating nights in an amphitheater at Opryland...
kaineriggan 05/02/2018 10 18 - -
Lamar, Leibovitz & Letterman
At first sight of the headline, you might think this week’s column is a story about a law firm someplace up North. In actuality, it’s a memory I’d like to share with you from my years of driving limousines in Nashville, Tennessee. The client I was...
kaineriggan 04/19/2018 3 10 - -
Directing Drama: Comparing Downtown Economic Development to Producing Theatre
Someone said to me this week, "Why are you here? Why are you doing this? Henderson is dead." My immediate answer was about loving my job and appreciating time with my Mama and my family, some of whom are quite elderly. And my belief (and...
kaineriggan 03/14/2018 5 2 - -
Dolly Parton's Houseboy
For two years in my early twenties, I had the great honor of working 9 to 5 cleaning toilets for the person who penned that very tune. Seriously, I was Dolly Parton's houseboy. I had started a cleaning company (well, printed some business cards...
kaineriggan 03/09/2018 141 396 - -
Gone Are The Whip-poor-wills
The logging trucks are hard at work hauling out the thicket of pine trees that have towered over the land of my childhood in Kittrell. While I understand that harvesting timber is a necessary part of the maturation process and the local economy, I...
kaineriggan 03/03/2018 14 31 - -
Delusions of Fame
The kids are doing it for the fame. Media has made fame the ultimate validation. And at that age, didn't we all desperately seek validation? I heard this years ago in a discussion group in Santa Fe and thought it was a stretch. To blame mass...
kaineriggan 03/03/2018 5 6 - -