Posting History for kaineriggan
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| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |