Pam Tillis Headlines Fair Concerts

14 GCFFA Pam Tillis Headlines Fair Concerts

The Gillespie County Fair is digging deep into its country roots for musical entertainment this year.

Grammy Award winner Pam Tillis will headline the concerts Saturday night. Raised in Nashville, Tillis has a strong background in country music because of her father and fellow country artist, the late Mel Tillis.

Her second album, “Put Yourself in My Place,” had several singles hit the Top 10, including “Maybe it was Memphis,” “Don’t Tell Me What to Do,” and “Shake the Sugar Tree.” That propelled her to country stardom in the 1990s. Last year Tillis announced that she was recording a new album which will be released on her own record label, Stellar Cat.

Joining Tillis on the bill for Saturday night are Holly Tucker and Curtis Grimes, both of whom appeared on the popular television series, “The Voice.”

Holly Tucker was born and raised in Waco and has been called the Angel of Texas Country Music. The 28-year-old has recorded four studio albums as well as three successful radio singles. Among her hits are “Dallas on Your Boots,” “You’re in Texas,” and “Rhythm of You.”

Grimes is also a Texas native and has had 12 hit singles on the Texas Country Music Chart. The award-winning performer has over 50 million Spotify streams and has sold over 100,000 albums.

He is known for songs such as “From Where I’m Standing,” “Put My Money on That,” and “The Cowboy Kind.”

Thursday night’s entertainment will be a free concert by La Calma. Friday night brings even more excitement with the appearance of Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys. Nix is a well-established country artist, hailing from Big Spring and is no stranger to Gillespie County.

Look for him to perform hits like “Sugar Moon,” “One More Time,” and “One More Rose.”

Country artist Pam Tillis will headline the Saturday night concert at the 2021 Gillespie County Fair. – Facebook photo

(Standard-Radio Post intern Rachel King contributed to this story.)