BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1713@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T220000 DTSTAMP:20240722T142802Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/twitty-lynn-a-salute-to-conway-loretta -presented-by-the-washington-county-foster-families-foundation/ SUMMARY:TWITTY &\; LYNN: A SALUTE TO CONWAY &\; LORETTA- Presented by the Washington County Foster Families Foundation DESCRIPTION:There’s a moment right at the very beginning of any Twitty &a mp\; Lynn show that affords country music fans the chance to lookback in t ime. Just after the band has played the signature intro to “Louisiana Wo man\, Mississippi Man\,” Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn shoot each other a gl ance that summons the electrifying chemistry of their grandparents: Tre is the grandson of Conway Twitty\, Tayla is the granddaughter of Loretta Lyn n.\nAudiences can’t believe their eyes. From that moment\, for the next 90 minutes\, they’re in the presence of living country music history.\n “Fans have told Tayla and me that when they see us onstage singing\, tal king\, and just looking at each other\, they think\, ‘Wow\, there must b e something genetic in those two families\,’” Tre says. “It validate s the experience of the concert for them. We’re telling our grandparents ’ story through our story.”\nBut Twitty &\; Lynn — and their inte rnationally popular show “A Salute to Conway &\; Loretta” — aren ’t impersonators. Tre doesn’t groom Seventies sideburns and perm his h air\; Tayla doesn’t mimic her grandmother’s mannerisms. Rather\, they are onstage celebrating country music\, the lost art of duet singing\, and the two beloved icons they refer to as “Poppy” and “Memaw.”\n“I think of us as the ambassadors of the Twitty and Lynn names — we’re j ust the new version of what they’ve already established\,” Tre says. “But we also want to be caretakers of the past. At our shows\, we get ge nerations of fans because country music is passed down.”\n“It’s abou t family — the fans’ families and our own\,” Tayla says. “We have so much love and respect for Conway and Loretta and we want to carry this on in such a way that we make our families proud.”\nLoretta herself was impressed. The Country Music Hall of Fame member helped her granddaughter and Tre with their show and had the same time-traveling experience that to day’s audiences do while watching them perform. “Memaw just loved it. It brought up so many memories of Conway for her and took her back to a pl ace in her life when they were building their careers. She’d always say that Tre has Conway’s heart\,” says Tayla\, who lives at Lynn’s Tenn essee ranch and used to tour with her grandmother\, cuddling up together i n the bus’s bedroom to watch old movies while on the road. “We were ve ry close\,” she says.\nTayla first had the idea for the show after witne ssing Tre perform Conway’s songs during a concert at the ranch. She appr oached him about teaming up and\, after a few shows to test the waters\, t hey embarked on a tour of Canada in 2018.“Even though we didn’t grow u p together\, meeting each other wasn’t like meeting strangers\,” Tayla says. “It was like we had always known each other because we had the sa me experiences.”\nNow together as “Twitty &\; Lynn” for five year s and poised to launch a huge summertime tour\, the duo has cultivated an audience and caught the attention of Nashville along the way. In 2022\, th ey made their debut on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry\, singing “Louisi ana Woman\, Mississippi Man” on the very same circle of wood where Conwa y and Loretta once stood.\nThe duo credits their show’s popularity to th e timeless songs of Conway and Loretta — duets like “After the Fire Is Gone” and “You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly” are all in the se t\, along with Conway and Loretta solo hits like “Hello\, Darlin’” a nd “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” But they’re also giving audiences a ch ance to relive a moment in time that ended far too soon: Conway and Lorett a stopped touring together full-time in 1981\, and Conway died in 1993. “Conway has been gone30 years\,” Tre says. “Had Poppy lived\, I thin k there would have been a great second act for him and Loretta. There’s a lot of people that wanted to see that\, and we’re able to let them hea r those songs and stories again.”\nTre and Tayla are busy forging their own artistic identities too. The duo has an album of originals (and a few covers) on the way. With Tayla as chief songwriter\, she and Tre have writ ten songs for the project with Jeffrey Steele\, Mark Narmore\, Shelly Fair child\, and their producer Scott Baggett. “We’re at a great time in co untry music and Americana\, where artists like Miranda Lambert\, Margo Pri ce\, and all these funky country singers are embracing the Seventies style of Conway and Loretta. So when I’m writing\, I’m drawn to that\,” T ayla says. “We’re in a prime time to be doing our type of music.”\nT he pair also released a smoldering cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire” in 2022\, with a haunting music video filmed on the New Jersey shore\, and cut a version of Conway and Loretta’s “Feelins’” — recorded the day after Loretta died last year. The raw emotion in the song is palpable. “It wasn’t planned out\,” Tre says. “We were going i nto the studio to record our original tracks and Memaw had died the day be fore. So we said\, ‘Let’s do one of her songs with Conway.’ There wa s this emotion in the room that we just couldn’t ignore.”\nHonest emot ion\, along with Tre and Tayla’s innate chemistry\, is what defines thei r onstage performances. Whether they’re singing to each other or interac ting with the audience\, there’s an easygoing authenticity that comes ac ross. Tayla even talks to the crowd about her sobriety\, sharing a persona l tale of struggle and redemption.\nIn the end\, though\, their goal is to entertain while\, at the same time\, honoring their grandparents. Tre is lobbying for Conway\, already a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame\, to be inducted into the Rock &\; Roll Hall of Fame\, and Tayla is work ing on preserving not just Loretta’s music but her fashion: she wore one of her grandmother’s outfits on stage at the Opry.\n“Conway and Loret ta used to do everything with so much passion: the way they dressed\, the way they recorded\, the way they performed\,” Tayla says. “We want to bring that to fans who were lucky enough to see our grandparents before an d to those who are just learning about them.”\n“Our show gives people an idea of what Loretta and Conway were like through their grandchildren ’s eyes\,” adds Tre. “It’s a special gift to keep that flame burni ng.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /07/t-and-l.png CATEGORIES:Arts & Entertainment,Events,Music LOCATION:Peoples Bank Theatre\, 222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, U nited States GEO:39.415852;-81.453433 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Peoples Bank Theat re:geo:39.415852,-81.453433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR