… spent the whole time on the phone with Brooke Shields! But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Hey everyone! Intern Justine here.

As we all know, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, passed away on June 25.

As the world mourns and remembers Michael, one Nashvillian shares her memories of when Michael and his brothers were in Nashville in 1981.

Lisa Byrd, now a Nashville realtor, recalls the memories of when the Jacksons’ came to Music City to mix music at the Quad Recording Studio on Music Row. She even had a picture of the brothers playing pool at the Quad, where she ran things then.

When asked about Michael, Lisa said that he was very nice — and that he did his own thing.

“Michael though spend two days in my office the whole time and on the phone with Brooke Shields, giggling and carrying on. They were big friends then,” says Lisa.

Another memory she remembers was Michael’s reaction to MTV, which was only three weeks old at the time.

“Michael stood up and said ‘we would never be involved with something this commercial,’ then probably two or three months after this visit, they were all over it,” says Lisa.

Not only were the Jacksons  here to mix tracks, but to perform their last Nashville concert at the Municipal Auditorium.