Posted on 28 Jun 2010
When Jimmy Wayne returns to his Meet Me Halfway walk this week after taking two weeks off for concert commitments, don't be surprised if you see him floating through the desert. He's been on cloud nine since this past weekend.
Saturday night (June 26), Jimmy performed in Richland Center, Wisc., along with Dierks Bentley, Josh Thompson, Darryl Worley and Patty Loveless, as part of the Star Spangled Celebration. For Jimmy, sharing the same stage with Patty was something he had been looking forward to from the moment he was asked to perform at the event.
"I've always been a huge fan of Patty Loveless," Jimmy tells The Boot. "When I was nine years old, I lived on Second Street in Kings Mountain, N.C., on one end of that street. Patty lived in the brown trailer at the opposite end of that same street."
More than two decades later, the two met under very different circumstances. "Patty agreed to record a duet with me on the 'Do You Believe Me Now' album, on a song called 'No Good For Me.' I wrote this song about an ex-girlfriend. Although she and I had a bad breakup, I didn't want the song to be one dimensional, as if I was putting the blame all on her. Therefore, I asked Patty if she'd sing it with me. This allowed the responsibility to become ours. We were both equally to blame. We both were no good for one other."
Up until Saturday night's performance, Jimmy had not seen Patty in several years. The two reunited right in the middle of Jimmy's set. While he singing his debut hit, 'Stay Gone,' Patty surprised her former neighbor on stage.
"I heard another vocal come in while [I was] singing," Jimmy says, still grinning from the excitement......
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Posted on 24 Jun 2010
Another new date! The last time she played so many festivals and fairs was in the 90's! So, it looks like Drive4COPD will be setting up at a lot of Patty's shows this year, and getting a lot of people to screen.
Michael Martin Murphy announced today that Patty is joining them at his "West Fest".
The festival is held at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle, CO. The fest is held Aug. 12 - 15- her exact date was not announced yet (but she has a gig on the 12th in KY, so that won't be it!)
