The Scene In The City

From holiday events to rock shows, there is plenty going on this week in music city. Check out the video archives for this week’s Scene In The City!

Crystal Gayle Dusting With Her Hair!

Blue eyed beauty Crystal Gayle has had a big year. The country legend recently released her her first live CD & DVD Live! An Evening With Crystal Gayle. Also this year, her classic T-shirt was put back in the spotlight thanks to Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights and it was announced Gayle will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

I caught up with the blue eyed beauty at her shop Crystal’s here in Nashville, where she dusted the shelves with her hair! Click here to check out the video, or view the video in the archives under “Country Legend’s Career Continues To Thrive.”

Tour The Stars’ Homes!

For a small donation per person, folks can visit the home-away-from-homes of more than fifty stars and celebrities. Jeff Bates, Taylor Swift (picture courtesy GAC), Chris Young, Little Texas, Ronnie McDowell, Karen Keely, Brad Cotter, and race car driver Tyler Cordell (#48) are among the latest announced to appear tonight at the Hendersonville Wal Mart. Many of the touring country music singers will be on hand to sign autographs and show fans around the buses today from 5:00-9:00PM.

All proceeds from the Tour Bus Show and the Charlie Daniels Band & Friends Benefit Concert (held earlier this year) will be donated to the Christmas For Kids Organization for the children’s Christmas Shopping/Bus Excursion which is scheduled to take place December 19th.

For information on participating artists and how you can volunteer for the shopping spree, visit www.christmas4kids.org.

Circus Legend Flying On…

It’s been a week of tears and heartache after the passing of Duina Zacchini Norman. What an honor it was having such an amazing lady in my life. Most of her family and close friends knew her as “Nanu.”

There was no question when “Nanu” entered a room that she was a legand…her spark, wit and downright bluntness was enough to entertain one for weeks to come.

Norman, a member of a famed circus family, was known as the ballerina of the air with her amazing trapeze performances. She told me her father created the first double human cannonball and she was the first female shot through the air.

Nanu traveled the world performing the cannonball act for more than 20 years. She made the cover of Life magazine, several appearances in movies and she was featured on Ed Sullivan’s TV variety show. NASA even asked Norman to be the first female to fly to space, but she declined.

Once Noram settled down to raise her family in Nashville, she opened Pia’s Antiques.

Duina Norman died this Wednesday, at 82. She is being buried Monday in Tampa.

“Nanu“ was and always will be the queen of the circus to me.

Almost a year ago I took her to the circus, you can watch the story on my video player. It is the story she told me, which differs a little from her obituary.

Meet Niki Taylor…

Tonight is your chance to meet supermodel Niki Taylor. She will be hosting a holiday open house at her upscale boutique Abbie and Jesse’s in Franklin.

Taylor, who was one of the faces of Cover Girl and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, today is focused on building her fashion empire at the shop she opened last year.

Taylor is 31 and a mother of two 11-year-old twins, Jake and Hunter. The boys are from Taylor’s three-year marriage to Arena Football League player Matt Martinez. Taylor also dated country music star Keith Urban on and off in 2002 and 2003 and this year she got engaged to NASCAR driver Burney Lamar.

Abbie and Jesse’s is located in Cool Springs and %15 of all proceeds today benefit Mercy Ministries. Taylor is expected to arrive at 6 PM.

Music Row makes Titans fight song

Can you believe the Titans are in Music City USA but they don’t have a fight song from some of our music-making stalwarts?

Neither could country-soul singer T. Graham Brown and his wife, Sheila. So they wrote one.

It’s called Keep on Fightin’ Titans, and you can hear it HERE.

His Royal T-Ness wrote it with band and posse members Mike Caputy, Bobby King, Joe McGlohon, Jeff Jordan and Dennis Wage and Jody Jackson.

Guitar god/songwriter Steve Cropper (Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay) added his axman magic, and Music Row veteran Eddie Gore mixed it up.

Titans Head Coach Jeff Fisher and several players have heard the fist-pumping anthem and they like it.

But no one’s quite sure what might happen with this song. Stay tuned.

Web exclusive: Trick Pony raw!

Check out Keith Burns and Ira Dean of Trick Pony cutting up, talking about their future and giving each other death threats.

Click HERE.

This interview happened backstage at the Wildhorse Saloon, where Trick Pony started and ended their run.

Heidi Newfield is off to a solo career.

But Ira and Keith say they’ll announce a new Trick Pony lead singer soon and start working on a new album next month.

Check out the whole interview — jokes and all.

Oprah’s Man In Town!

Before heading to the Grand Ole Opry House to speak, Stedman Graham stopped by News 2 and talked with me! He is in town to promote his book Diversity Leaders Not Labels.

Stedman says he’s never been to the Opry, but likes country music and Nashville! “It’s hard to beat good weather, good solid people and a strong historical background based on what country and western has given to this world.” Stedman added, “I have had some good BBQ in town!”

After all these years why hasn’t he married Oprah?
Stedman said, “She has a big life and I have a big life…I am proud to be with her and know her and love her.”
Oprah and Stedman have plans to go to Africa this Christmas, where Oprah has been building a school.

Wheel… of… country!!

Wheel Of Fortune, seen right here at 6:30 p.m. weekdays on News 2, is having a Country Music Stars Week.

The stars: Trisha Yearwood, Wynonna, Montgomery Gentry, Lonestar, Lorrie Morgan, Josh Gracin, Terri Clark, Steve Azar, Trent Tomlinson, Julie Roberts and Mark Wills.

For the week of Feb. 12-16, you’ll see the stars paired with a fan as they play for money for the celebs’ fave charities.

Those shows won’t be taped here. Instead, that’ll happen in Charleston, S.C.

Web exclusive: Little Big Town raw!

Little Big Town is hot, yo!

The group scored its first Grammy nominations. And Kimberly just got married.

Get the full interview with the group HERE.

And you can meet Kimberly’s hubby and see that full interview HERE.

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