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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....
by kaineriggan
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on Tue May 22, 2018 at 11:49 AM PDT
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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...
by kaineriggan
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on Wed May 02, 2018 at 08:55 PM PDT
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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...
by kaineriggan
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on Thu Apr 19, 2018 at 09:33 PM PDT
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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...
by kaineriggan
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on Wed Mar 14, 2018 at 11:01 PM PDT
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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...
by kaineriggan
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on Fri Mar 09, 2018 at 02:11 PM PST
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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...
by kaineriggan
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on Sat Mar 03, 2018 at 09:39 PM PST
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