Billy Dean in Richmond Hill

We won 4 VIP passes from KIX 96 to see Billy Dean right here in Richmond Hill, GA at JF Gregory Park Saturday July 19. It was a pretty neat show which we planned on attending anyway, but having VIP passes made it all the better. Kriss, her mom, and I went and immediately ran into people we all knew, but still it wasn’t a packed show and I think that’s the way it was intended. The passes got us into a VIP section roped off right in front of the stage and also to go backstage and meet Billy Dean. We walked right around the stage and watched him take pictures, sign autographs, and talk to people, he seemed like a pretty down to earth guy in the few minutes we were back there and listening to him tell funny stories about his life on stage between songs. What else was amazing was he performed for over an hour with no band just him and an acoustic guitar. There were several other people there including local dance band The Rogues, who have been around Savannah for decades, and also country newcomer and Effingham native Hannah Dasher. I think the Richmond Hill Idol winner was there before we got there and also the Mayor Richard Davis was there the whole night and gave Billy the key to the city, although I’m pretty sure I could pick the lock . Another cool thing we didn’t know about the show was that it was actually a concert that Billy auctioned off to raise money for his daughter’s small private school in Tennessee and Richmond Hill local JR Gill (who also is a country music promoter in Nashville) was the winning bidder. I spoke to Mr. Gill and he would love to bring more shows to Richmond Hill like this, he even called it a summer concert series and is trying to get Lee Greenwood and Lori Morgan to town. We all had a great time and hope he does.