Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcasting live from Music Row on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined on the newsmakers line by Frank Leahy, a member and only brother of the musical group Leahy.
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On Wednesday’s the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed new-found distant cousin, Maria Leahy of the Leahy music group, to the newsmakers line.
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Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined in studio by the all-star panelist, Ben Cunningham.
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The Franklin Theatre on Sunday will screen the 2007 Emmy-award winning documentary The Battle of Franklin. After the rare showing of the Civil War film, there will be a brief panel discussion on the historic battle, the making of the movie and preservation efforts. Produced and directed by Robert Lee Hodge, the documentary portrays Confederate General John Bell Hood’s struggle to gain control of Tennessee from Union forces. The 1864 Battle of Franklin is related through the actual thoughts and words of the soldiers who experienced the bloody and decisive conflict. The movie was partially filmed on the original battlefield. Ed Bearss, chief historian emeritus of the National Park Service, has said the film is “one of the best, if not the best, documentaries I have seen on a Civil War battle.” “Not since Ken Burns’ monumental PBS production, The Civil War, have I seen better,” Bearss said. Hodge gained famed as one of the Civil War reenactors profiled in Tony Horwitz’s book Confederates in the Attic. A photo of Hodge appeared on the cover. Horwitz first wrote about Hodge for a Wall Street Journal article. At age 9, Hodge already had an idea of what he wanted to accomplish, according to his…
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Country music artist Lee Greenwood will perform at the Franklin Theatre on Saturday and tickets are still available. Greenwood has performed before at the theatre for charity events, but Saturday’s event will be a regular concert. “He’s an iconic singer and has a big audience in the area,” Dan Hays, executive director of the theatre, told The Tennessee Star. Greenwood is best known for penning the hit song “God Bless the USA,” which was named CMA Song of the Year in 1985 and has been voted the most recognizable patriotic song in America. He has released more than 30 albums, including I Want to be in Your World, released in 2011. Greenwood wrote three of the seven songs and plays saxophone on the original track, “Here Comes Love, There Goes My Heart.” Hays said Wednesday there are about 40 to 50 tickets left for each of Saturday’s performances at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $48, $53 and $63. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
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