The other night, "All Out of Love" came on my iPod in the car. Joey and I were on the way to Kroger. When the song came on, I started laughing. Joey wanted to know what was so funny to me about the song. I explained it wasn't the song, but what memory it brought back to my mind.

If you don't know it by now, Nashville, TN is my hometown. It's where my grandparents lived. It's where my parents grew up. It's where I was born. While I only lived in Nashville as a baby, I have plenty of memories of that place from all the times I visited the city. Grandmother lived in South Nashville. Grandma and Grandpa lived in East Nashville. And how my parents met at school in Gallatin, I don't know. But they did. Well, being that my family lived in 2 different parts of town, we did a lot of traveling between the two parts of towns. Usually, my family stayed at Grandmother's and drove to Grandma and Grandpa's. The route we took usually had us get on I-24 at Murfreesboro Rd. and take it "west" to Shelby Ave. During the trip, I-40 and I-65 meet up with I-24.

As a young child in the early 1980s, I recall after I-65 and I-24 meet up, there was this billboard for Twitty City. The thing was for up for years. On it was this big picture of Conway Twitty and this knockoff of Tweety Bird. It was a benchmark to denote we were close to our exit on the Interstate. At the same time, Air Supply was big on the radio. I recall hearing their music as a child. I had also seen them a few times on TV. In my child mind, at times, I thought Russell Hitchcock was Conway Twitty. In due time, I realized they were 2 different people. But when you're 3-4-years-old, they are the same guy by virtue of having the same hairstyle! I can't listen to Air Supply, even to this day, without ever seeing the Twitty City billboard of my childhood. When I explained this story to Joey, he laughed. He could see how, as a child, I could confuse the 2.

I know the billboard is long gone. Conway Twitty's been dead for years. However, I'd like to see that billboard once again. I'd like to remember the times when I was a young, innocent girl that had a interesting mind. Those memories of the early 1980s are sweet and dear to me.

[♪ Listening to: "Islands In The Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton]

Posted by Shawn at October 6, 2007 8:47 PM in Memories.