The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership kicks off the 2004 Nightfall Concert Series this Friday, May 28, with the soulful country music of Billy Joe Shaver.
This native Texan has had a career spanning more than three decades writing and performing carefully crafted songs drawing from his sixty-three years of pain and joy. Shaver has worked with some of country music¹s biggest names, such as Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Music icons Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and the Allman Brothers Band have covered his songs.
In 2000, Shaver recorded the acclaimed song "The Earth Rolls On", written after experiencing the loss of his mother and wife to cancer. In November of 2002, he released Freedom¹s Child, "Šcertainly one of the year¹s best country albums," according to Joe Heim of The Washington Post.
Preceded by opening act The Rounders at 7:00 p.m., Billy Joe Shaver will take the stage at 8:00 p.m.
Nightfall has been bringing an eclectic mix of rock, blues, jazz, reggae, zydeco, funk, bluegrass, and folk music to Downtown Chattanooga for the past 17 years. This free 17-week series is held in Miller Plaza on Friday evenings from Memorial Day weekend through October 1. Beer, liquor, food and non-alcoholic drink concessions are available on site. No outside food or beverages are allowed. A limited number of handicapped parking spaces will be available on Georgia Avenue in front of the Joel Solomon Federal Building.
Corporate sponsors for this year¹s series are Miller Lite, Kelly Subaru, Fletcher Bright, Victory of Chattanooga, Southern Honda Powersports, Jack Daniel¹s, Yellow Tail, Sheraton Read House, Big River, and Allied Arts.
For more information on this free community concerts series visit www.downtownchattanooga.org, or to hear a sample of this week¹s headline act, call the Chattanooga Downtown Partnership at 423-265-0771 to be transferred into the Nightfall information line.