IN THE SPOTLIGHT – DAVID BALL

The first time I saw David Ball in concert was when he opened for Alan Jackson in the mid-1990s at the US Air Arena in Maryland, east of Washington DC. I lived in Virginia and had to drive halfway around the beltway, into unfamiliar territory, to get to his show. The second time was two months ago, when my sister and I were in Nashville; we went to see him perform at Honky Tonk Tuesday Nights. That, too, was unfamiliar territory, but only three miles down the road from our hotel.

CONCERT REVIEW – DOUG STONE

My sister, Kayo Paver, went with me recently to Sisseton, South Dakota, to see Doug Stone at the Sisseton Performing Arts Center. We talked to him briefly before the show. I told him my favorite song of his is “Fourteen Minutes Old.” He and his wife, Jade, had just driven in from Sturgis. He mentioned that he has been playing guitar since age five.