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-Additional funding provided by... And these individuals... [ Mid-tempo music plays ] -The South -- mysterious and old, a muse to poets, storytellers, and songwriters, myself included.

There's a beauty in the music that runs through this land, through its rivers and mountains, through its people and towns, like this one -- Sumter, South Carolina.

Sumter is a unique Southern town, ever growing, yet still keeping its charm, filled with history, stories, and its share of music.

My name is Patrick Davis.

I'm a singer and a songwriter.

I love traveling, I love storytelling, I love playing music with my friends, and I love the South.

Welcome to "Southern Songwriters" with me, Patrick Davis.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] So, hello, Sumter, South Carolina.

[ Cheers and applause ] I am thrilled to be here this evening, and I have brought along some incredibly talented friends.

So, if you will, please give some love to Ms. Maggie Rose right here.

[ Cheers and applause ] One of my oldest buddies in Nashville, Mr. Charles Kelley.

[ Cheers and applause ] And then someone that I love to hear sing and play, Mr. Gabe Dixon down there.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Life's full of broken things ♪ ♪ Like hearts, homes, and dreams ♪ ♪ We all come from something broken ♪ ♪ Baby, I've tried to forget ♪ ♪ Cover up, keep them all hid ♪ ♪ But lying here, I'm not scared ♪ ♪ Out in the open ♪ -♪ And yes, tonight, for the first time ♪ ♪ I feel freedom ♪ ♪ And I'm not scared of showing all my jagged pieces ♪ ♪ 'Cause life's full of broken things ♪ ♪ Like hearts, homes, and dreams ♪ ♪ We all come from something broken ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh ♪ -♪ Wrong turns down broken roads ♪ ♪ Lead to things we'd never know ♪ ♪ Yes, worlds collide, like yours and mine ♪ -♪ In the darkness, hold on tight ♪ ♪ And yes, tonight for the first time ♪ ♪ I feel freedom ♪ ♪ And I'm not scared of showing all my jagged pieces ♪ ♪ Because life's full of broken things ♪ ♪ Like hearts, homes, and dreams ♪ ♪ We all come from something broken ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪ ♪ Yes, tonight, for the first time, I feel freedom ♪ ♪ And I'm not scared of showing all my jagged pieces ♪ -♪ 'Cause life's full of broken things ♪ ♪ Like hearts, homes, and dreams ♪ ♪ We all come from something broken ♪ -♪ Yes, we all come from something broken ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-yeah ♪ -♪ One more time ♪ -♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh ♪ -♪ Oh-oh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you, guys.

Maggie Rose, Charles.

Slim back there on the guitar.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Thanks, Patrick.

This is so cool.

I got to play this on the "Today" show, which was really cool and very nerve-wracking, but even more nerve-wracking to play it at my little sister's wedding for her first dance.

So, for all you lovers out there.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I remember the way you looked at me ♪ ♪ For the first time ♪ ♪ Our eyes lingered ♪ ♪ In the symphony of another Saturday night ♪ ♪ And you still do that to me like I'm the only one ♪ ♪ The only melody ♪ ♪ Yeah, it's you I was waiting for ♪ ♪ Never, ever saw you coming ♪ ♪ I need you forever more ♪ ♪ I never want to see you go ♪ ♪ Love was just a losing game ♪ ♪ Far as I knew ♪ ♪ Yeah, I think of all the hearts ♪ ♪ That had to break just to find you ♪ ♪ And you still drive me crazy ♪ ♪ So crazy ♪ ♪ I wanna have you, baby ♪ ♪ Baby, it's you I was waiting for ♪ ♪ Never, ever saw you coming ♪ ♪ I need you forever more ♪ ♪ Never wanna see you any other way than this ♪ ♪ You turn me on like no one ever did ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ Today and every day ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, yeah ♪ ♪ Never, ever saw you coming ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ No, no, no ♪ ♪ Never want to see you...go ♪ ♪ Don't go, baby ♪ ♪ Baby ♪ ♪ Don't go, don't go, don't go, baby ♪ ♪ Oh-oh ♪ ♪ Never wanna see you...go ♪ ♪ Go ♪ ♪ Go ♪ ♪ Go...go ♪ ♪ Go ♪ ♪ Go-o ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Ah, Maggie Rose.

[ Cheers and applause ] This young man, we've been buddies for way too long to remember, and it's a real treat that he was willing to come here tonight.

He's used to playing some of the biggest places in the world.

And for him to come to South Carolina and to the Sumter Opera House means a lot to me, and I hope it means a lot to you guys.

From Augusta, Georgia, Mr. Charles Kelley.

-I don't know if you remember this, but Patrick was one of the first people I'd actually -- even first friends, but even just first person.

I think it was like the first or second night I was in town.

My brother Josh Kelley is an artist, and he's the reason I moved to Nashville.

He said, "Hey, I got this buddy, Patrick.

You should go eat dinner with him."

-We went to Jackson's.

-And we went to Jackson's, which is no longer there.

-You guys are all like, "Oh, Jackson's."

No, you don't know Jackson's.

But it was in Nashville, and we went to dinner, and I just remembered being like, "Man, good luck.

I don't know what's going to happen."

And next thing we know, we wrote some tunes together.

And I actually remember there was a demo tape that you guys were passing around that had "Love Don't Live Here Anymore."

EMI Publishing said, "You need to write with these guys."

I was like, "Oh, I had dinner with him."

-Yeah.

-"We're super tight."

-Yeah.

You were the first person I ever played "Need You Now" for.

It takes a lot to get Patrick riled up.

And he was like, "That right there -- That's a smash."

I was like, "You think so?"

It's funny.

It's amazing how stuff comes back.

I mean, we've been buddies 17 years now and, you know, really as long or longer than my band Lady A is, you know, started.

And so, again, this is just a fun night.

♪♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ I run from hate ♪ ♪ I run from prejudice ♪ ♪ I run from pessimists ♪ ♪ But I run too late ♪ ♪ I run my life ♪ ♪ Or is it running me?

♪ ♪ Run from my past ♪ ♪ I run too fast ♪ ♪ Too slow it seems ♪ ♪ When lies become the truth ♪ ♪ That's when I run to you ♪ -♪ Oh, this world keeps spinning faster to a new disaster ♪ ♪ So, I run to you ♪ ♪ I run to you, baby ♪ ♪ When it all starts coming undone ♪ ♪ Baby, you're the only one I run to ♪ -♪ I run to you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We run on fumes ♪ ♪ Your life and mine like the sands of time ♪ ♪ Slipping right on through ♪ ♪ Oh, and our love's the only truth ♪ ♪ Love is the only truth ♪ ♪ And that's why I run to you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ -♪ This world keeps spinning faster to a new disaster ♪ ♪ So, I run to you, I run to you, baby ♪ ♪ When it all starts coming undone ♪ ♪ Baby, you're the only one I run to ♪ -♪ I run to you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ This world keeps spinning faster ♪ ♪ To a new disaster ♪ ♪ So, I run to you, I run to you, baby ♪ -♪ When it all starts coming undone ♪ ♪ Baby, you're the only one I run to ♪ -♪ I run to you, I run to you ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, I run to you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Patrick, thank you for having me on the stage with these amazing singers, musicians, songwriters.

I write a lot of songs, and I was in a phase where I was writing a lot of sad songs, which can be really beautiful and powerful.

But I think it's harder to write a happy song, a joyful song.

So, I tried to write one, and I think I did it.

[ Laughter ] -It's true, though.

-It's true.

-It's so easy to write sad songs.

There's something -- How to write a fun song that's not cheesy is hard.

-That's it.

That's it.

Because I've written lots of happy songs that are cheesy.

I don't want anybody to hear those.

But this one is just kind of about lifting somebody up in whatever way they need.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Pretty words can mean a lot ♪ ♪ Be everything but when they're not ♪ ♪ Sometimes you need just a little bit ♪ ♪ More, more, more, more, more ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ They're creeping in, the fears and doubts ♪ ♪ You need a sin to go without ♪ ♪ And your highest me just hit the floor ♪ ♪ That's when I need to come home ♪ ♪ If you're about to take the fall ♪ ♪ I want you to wait a moment ♪ ♪ If you're about to blame yourself ♪ ♪ I can't even give you help ♪ ♪ Whatever it is you think you did ♪ ♪ Well, you don't know the half of it ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, lay it on me ♪ ♪ It's never easy when your head is wrong ♪ ♪ It doesn't mean you play along ♪ ♪ It only leaves if we say so, so, so, so, so ♪ ♪ Yeah, it's not a place you ever find ♪ ♪ Happiness, it's a state of mind ♪ ♪ You never see if you're looking low ♪ ♪ Why, yeah, lean on me ♪ ♪ I'll walk you home ♪ ♪ If you're about to lose your mind ♪ ♪ Well, maybe just before you cry ♪ ♪ Well, I know I can make you smile ♪ ♪ Well, I can keep your makeup dry ♪ ♪ Before you curse the stars above ♪ ♪ Come over here, I'll give you love ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, lay it on me ♪ ♪ If you're about to take the fall ♪ ♪ I want you to wait a moment ♪ ♪ If you're about to blame yourself ♪ ♪ I can't even give you help ♪ ♪ Whatever it is you think you did ♪ ♪ Well, you don't know the half of it ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, yeah, lay it on me ♪ ♪ Oh-oh ♪ ♪ Every lover needs a friend ♪ ♪ Every friend needs a lover ♪ ♪ Every lover needs a friend ♪ ♪ Every friend needs a... ♪ ♪ So, whichever one it is, oh, you know I got you covered ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ If you're about to take the fall ♪ ♪ I want you to wait a moment ♪ ♪ If you're about to blame yourself ♪ ♪ I can't even give you help ♪ ♪ Whatever it is you think you did ♪ ♪ You don't know the half of it ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, lay it on me ♪ ♪ If you're about to lose your mind ♪ ♪ Maybe just before you cry ♪ ♪ I know I can make you smile, baby ♪ ♪ I can keep your makeup dry ♪ ♪ Before you catch the stars above ♪ ♪ Come over here, I'll give you love ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, lay it on me ♪ ♪ Lay it on me, lay it on me ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -All right.

-I remember visiting Swan Lake Iris Gardens when I was a kid.

Back then, I didn't realize that Swan Lake is the only public park in the U.S. that has all eight species of swans.

In fact, I just learned that thanks to Colette Daniels, who was nice enough to take me on a stroll down memory lane.

-Well, of course, for the community, it's just priceless.

It's a community treasure.

We're all very proud of it.

It's amazing to see people's responses to this place.

They are just overwhelmed, either by the irises in the spring, the camellias in the winter, the birds all year round, all the other varieties of flora and fauna that we have out here.

-While walking around with Colette, some other sculptures caught my eye.

So, I decided to find the artist that created them, and it happened to be local sculptor Grainger McKoy.

Next thing I knew, I was in his studio learning how he works and talking with the bird artist himself.

-This is where I work.

This is where I live.

-Oh, man, this is beautiful.

-I told my mother I wanted to carve a bird.

So, at 13, I said, "I needed some dry wood," so she put a saw in my hand, went out and lifted me up by my belt, and let me cut off the end of her house.

You know, the logs?

-Uh-huh.

-I mean, she loved this log cabin, but she sacrificed the end of her log cabin to let me carve my first bird.

-You still have it?

-Yeah.

I gave it to my wife in high school as a gift, and I had to marry her to keep it.

[ Both laugh ] It's in the house.

So, anyway... -I don't know much about birds or the art of sculpting, but Grainger can tell you just about anything you want to know.

He showed me his early models of the sculptures you see today at Swan Lake, some upcoming pieces he's working on for a new museum, and even a few frozen birds and rattlesnakes he uses to create his incredibly accurate pieces of art.

So, everything in here has got a story.

-Everything -- that's how life's a story.

-Yeah.

-Young people come through here, and I encourage people to find their passion.

-Yeah.

-Very few people ever find their passion.

-Yeah.

-You found your passions.

-Yeah, yeah.

Every corner of Grainger's studio had a story and was a source of imagination and creativity.

I may not be a sculptor, but I agree with Grainger.

If you can, find your passion, whether it's birds, music, or some other spark.

-♪ Buy the house, visit Rome ♪ ♪ Wear the dress that stops the show ♪ ♪ Don't you know?

♪ ♪ No one gets out alive ♪ ♪ Call the boy, ask the girl ♪ ♪ Have no regrets when you leave this world ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know no one gets out alive ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Stay a while here on the swing ♪ ♪ Let's pretend we'll always be together ♪ ♪ There's no way that we could know ♪ ♪ When we'll go where all things go forever ♪ ♪ I'm gonna hope for better ♪ ♪ Watch the sky from the hill ♪ ♪ Do what you can to make time stand still ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know ♪ ♪ No one gets out ali-i-ve ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Bring the wine and stay up late ♪ ♪ Let's pretend we'll always be together ♪ ♪ There's no way that we could know ♪ ♪ When we'll go where all things go forever ♪ ♪ I'm gonna hope for better ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ So, bring the wine and celebrate ♪ ♪ Let's pretend we'll always be together ♪ ♪ There's no way that we could know ♪ ♪ When we'll go where all things go forever ♪ ♪ I'm gonna hope for better ♪ ♪ Oh, dear friends, forgive the night ♪ ♪ Die to love, live your life ♪ ♪ Don't you know?

♪ ♪ No one gets out alive ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah.

-You're gonna win some awards on that.

So, I want to do a song that I wrote kind of recently.

I just celebrated a little over a year and a half of sobriety recently.

[ Cheers and applause ] But it's been one of the best things that's ever happened to me in my life.

And I've got a little boy that -- he's about to turn eight next week, and I think that was the main reason I wanted to do it.

I didn't want him to grow up with that dad in the house.

So, it's been a journey.

But I couldn't go through this process and not write a song about it.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It's why I moved to Nashville ♪ ♪ It's why I almost left ♪ ♪ It made me feel love ♪ ♪ But you scared me half to death ♪ ♪ I thought I couldn't hit that stage ♪ ♪ Without you running through my veins ♪ ♪ Now I sing the songs I always have ♪ ♪ But the meaning is bound to change ♪ ♪ 'Cause you took me high ♪ ♪ But you sure as hell brought me down ♪ ♪ We said goodbye ♪ ♪ But I'm gonna see you around ♪ ♪ To tell the truth, I thought I never would ♪ ♪ But it's time I finally put you down for good ♪ ♪ Because you've taken me as far as you could ♪ ♪ You gave me the courage the night I met my wife ♪ ♪ You helped me make her laugh ♪ ♪ Till you helped me make her cry ♪ ♪ Oh, you started out a friend, turned into something else ♪ ♪ Oh, and I like who I am with you sitting on the shelf ♪ ♪ You took me high ♪ ♪ But you sure as hell brought me down ♪ ♪ We said goodbye, but I'm gonna see you around ♪ ♪ And to tell the truth, I thought I'd never would ♪ ♪ But it's time I finally put you down for good ♪ ♪ 'Cause you've taken me as far as you could ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh-whoa-oh-oh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ You're a part of my story ♪ ♪ Good times I won't forget ♪ ♪ I can say I'm glad you're gone ♪ ♪ But can't say wish we'd never met ♪ ♪ 'Cause you took me high ♪ ♪ But sure as hell brought me down ♪ ♪ You put up a good fight ♪ ♪ But look who's standing now ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ But to tell the truth, I thought I never would ♪ ♪ But it's time I finally put you down for good ♪ ♪ How do I almost lose it all before I understood?

♪ ♪ That you've taken me as far as you could ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Oh, man.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you so much.

Appreciate that.

-All right.

Beautiful.

-Thank you so much.

-Ooh!

Beautiful.

-I know what you're about to play.

-Oh, do you?

-Oh, now you're changing up on me.

-[ Laughs ] I want to do this one.

I like to do this when I'm in rounds, especially when there's a chance a part of the audience doesn't know who I am, because there's a chance you know the song.

If you ever saw this movie that came out a few years ago called "The Proposal," starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds... [ Cheers and applause ] Maybe you were on an intercontinental flight, and you saw the two of them there, and you're like, "What's that?"

Even if you just watched the first two minutes of the film, you heard this whole song.

So, I want to do it for you.

This is called "Find My Way."

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I don't mean to trouble your mind ♪ ♪ I'm just trying to find my way home ♪ ♪ Suddenly, I'm seeking a kind of a way to get by ♪ ♪ On my own ♪ ♪ Downtown Saturday in a better way than I ever was before ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Don't need anyone standing in my sun ♪ ♪ Don't need that anymore ♪ ♪ It's a long way, I know ♪ ♪ And there's no one way to go ♪ ♪ But it's all gonna show in the end ♪ ♪ Oh, I got to find my way, find my way ♪ ♪ Find my way home ♪ ♪ I got to find my way, find my way ♪ ♪ Find my way home ♪ ♪ All those plans that I made for myself ♪ ♪ I got nobody else to lean on ♪ ♪ I've gone so far with my head in the clouds ♪ ♪ Now it's time to come down and be gone ♪ ♪ Downtown Saturday in a better way than I ever was before ♪ ♪ Don't need anyone standing in my sun ♪ ♪ Don't need that anymore ♪ ♪ And all the time in the world ♪ ♪ And everything I have heard ♪ ♪ You know it's all in a word, destiny ♪ ♪ Mmm, yeah ♪ ♪ Find my way, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Find my way, yeah ♪ ♪ Mm, find my way, yeah ♪ All right, now, help me out, y'all.

♪ I got to find my way ♪ Come on, drummers.

-♪ Find my way ♪ -Yeah.

♪ Find my way home ♪ ♪ I got to find my way, find my way, find my way home ♪ ♪ Find my way ♪ -♪ Find my way ♪ -♪ Find my way ♪ -♪ Find my way ♪ -♪ Find my way home ♪ ♪ Yeah, find my way, find my way, find my way home ♪ Yeah.

-Speaking of finding your way home, legendary New York Yankees second baseman and Sumter native Bobby Richardson has been back in his hometown since retiring in 1966.

I got to talk with Bobby before the ribbon cutting and dedication of Bobby Richardson Field at Riley Park.

What was it like to be a New York Yankee in the '50s and '60s?

-Well, it was the team, and they won nine out of the first ten years I played.

I started in '55 as a 19-year-old, and we played the Dodgers, '55 and '56.

Milwaukee '57, '58.

'59 was the only year we didn't win.

-Besides being a remarkable teammate on the field, Bobby was also a respected and beloved friend off the field, so much so that he gave the eulogy at a number of his former teammates' funerals, including Yankee heroes Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle.

-In fact, Roger's was one of the first ones I had, and it's really funny.

But when the funeral was over, we got on a motor home going back to the hotel, and Mantle sat down by me and he said, "I want you to have my funeral."

And I thought, "Well, that'll never happen," you know?

But he would always remind me, "Don't forget now."

And, sure enough, that time came, and I did.

-Eight-time All-Star, five-time Gold Glove winner, three-time World Series champion, and the only World Series MVP from the team that didn't win -- Bobby Richardson's 11-year Major League Baseball career reached heights most can only imagine.

But for Bobby and for most of us, when it comes down to it, there's no place like home.

♪♪ ♪ Well, I've rambled all around this world ♪ ♪ Seen the northern lights ♪ ♪ I have drank with kings and queens ♪ ♪ And señoritas of the night ♪ ♪ I've been lost up in Alaska ♪ ♪ Lived in Ohio ♪ ♪ But when the good Lord comes a-calling ♪ ♪ Let me tell you where I'll go ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ No, I don't believe that heaven is only in the sky ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ Well, I've seen tornadoes twisting ♪ ♪ Across the Texas plains ♪ ♪ And I've watched the palm trees swaying above the angels ♪ ♪ In L.A. ♪ ♪ But there's nothing like a crescent moon ♪ ♪ Peeking through the pines ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ So, take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ No, I don't believe that heaven is only in the sky ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ Give it up for Slim back there.

[ Cheers and applause ] And today is the one-year anniversary of my 15-year-old little Shih Tzu Oliver passing away.

And, man, I think about that dog all the time.

He was my best little buddy.

Took a real man to walk around with that little dog.

[ Laughter ] But it's crazy how much they mean to us.

And so I send this off to my little buddy.

♪ Well, I hear there are golden streets, mansions in the air ♪ ♪ And my friends and my family ♪ ♪ And my dogs will all be there ♪ ♪ Well, I hope that I can make it ♪ ♪ But I'll only stay a while ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm going to Carolina when I die ♪ Y'all sing.

-♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ No, I don't believe that heaven is only in the sky ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ No, I don't believe that heaven is only in the sky ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ -♪ Take me back to Carolina when I die ♪ ♪ Take me back to Carolina... when I... ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Great singing, guys.

And great singing here, too.

-That is world-class right there.

-Oh, man.

Thanks.

-No, seriously.

Like, with the guitar hook and that, that is just like... -Thanks, man.

-That is really special, man.

-Thank you, brother.

-It's like instant classic.

-Yeah, it feels classic already.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I live in a mad, mad world ♪ ♪ Nothing is quite as it seems ♪ ♪ Smoke everywhere I turn ♪ ♪ Nobody says what they mean to your face ♪ ♪ It's all just fake flowers and sympathy ♪ ♪ What you give, what you take ♪ ♪ Comes aro-o-o-und ♪ ♪ I-I-I won't let you take me down ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ You tri-i-i-ed burning me to the ground ♪ ♪ Don't even make a sound ♪ ♪ I don't believe anything that you say ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] That's right.

♪ It's such a sad, sad truth ♪ ♪ All of the trust here is gone ♪ ♪ Now I can see straight through ♪ ♪ All of your counterfeit charm ♪ ♪ Don't you know it's all just fake flowers and sympathy?

♪ ♪ Don't you know what you speak comes aro-o-o-und?

♪ ♪ I-I-I won't let you take me down ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ You tri-i-i-ed burning me to the ground ♪ ♪ Don't even make a sound ♪ ♪ I don't believe anything that you say ♪ ♪ Don't you go speaking my name ♪ ♪ I'll never love you the same ♪ ♪ You only got yourself to bla-a-me ♪ ♪ I-I-I won't let you take me down ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ You tri-i-i-ed burning me to the ground ♪ ♪ You lie, lie, lie ♪ ♪ Keep my name out your mouth ♪ ♪ Don't even make a sound ♪ ♪ I don't believe anything that you say ♪ ♪ Hey, I don't believe anything that you say ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Hey, keep your fake flowers ♪ ♪ I, I, I-I-I don't believe anything that you say ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Hey, keep your fake flowers ♪ ♪ I, I, I-I-I don't believe anything that you say ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Whoo!

[ Cheers and applause ] -All right.

-Whoo!

-Good job, guys.

-Ripping it back here.

Like female Chris Stapleton over here.

My goodness.

Well, I feel pretty excited about this.

Maggie is going to play Hillary.

-Oh, I'm honored.

All my dreams coming true.

-Quick little backstory.

I kind of said earlier how Patrick, I'd played this song for him.

It just kind of started.

I used to play drums.

So, I just had started kind of picking up a guitar, and I learned a few little chords, and I had the verse, and all I had was... ♪ Picture-perfect memory scattered all around the floor ♪ And then... ♪ And I wonder if I ever cross your mind ♪ And I was like, "I don't know where to go with it."

And I handed the guitar over to Josh Kear, and he goes, ♪ It's a quarter after 1:00 ♪ [ Crowd singing ] And I was like, yeah.

Well, he didn't have that part yet.

[ Laughter ] It was more like this.

♪ It's a quarter after one ♪ [ Vocalizing ] And then I said... ♪ Need you now ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Picture-perfect memories scattered all around the floor ♪ ♪ Reaching for the phone ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can't fight it anymore ♪ -♪ And I wonder if I ever cross your mind ♪ -♪ For me, it happens all the time ♪ -♪ It's a quarter after 1:00 ♪ ♪ I'm all alone, and I need you now ♪ ♪ I said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control ♪ ♪ And I need you now ♪ ♪ And I don't know how I can do without ♪ ♪ I just need you now ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -♪ Another shot of whiskey ♪ ♪ Can stop looking at the door ♪ -God, I'm wishing you'd come ♪ ♪ Sweeping in the way you did before ♪ -♪ And I wonder if I ever cross your mind ♪ -♪ For me, it happens all the time ♪ -♪ Well, it's a quarter after 1:00 ♪ ♪ I'm a little drunk, and I need you now ♪ ♪ I said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control ♪ ♪ And I need you now ♪ ♪ And I don't know how I can do without ♪ ♪ I just need you now ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -♪ Whoa-whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Yes, I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all ♪ -♪ It's a quarter after 1:00 ♪ ♪ I'm all alone, and I need you now ♪ -♪ I said I wouldn't call, but I'm a little drunk ♪ ♪ And I need you now ♪ -♪ Oh, and I don't know how I can do without ♪ ♪ I just need you now ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I just need you no-o-o-w ♪ -♪ Baby, I need you now ♪ -♪ Oh, baby, I need you now ♪ ♪♪ -I think it's safe to say that between the four of us musicians, we've played on just about every kind of stage in the world.

And, personally, I think the Sumter Opera House is a pretty special one.

So, before the show, Seth Reimer was kind enough to give me a tour.

-It was built as a way to provide kind of a place for people to go that could find an escape from... -Reality.

[ Chuckles ] -...the dramas of living in the dust bowls and a lot of the trauma that was caused back then in the early 1900s.

-Yeah, but it's kind of like this is the crown jewel of downtown.

-We like to think so.

It's definitely iconic.

You know, when you see that clock tower, and, actually, when you get up inside of that clock tower, you're transported back in time easily to just turn of century.

-Yeah.

Wow.

Venues like this, when you find these small-town theaters, they're extraordinary for not just the performers on stage, but the audience.

We all feel it.

We love the sound quality in a room like this, but there's not really a bad seat in the house.

-♪ The new day dawns ♪ ♪ And I am practicing my purpose once again ♪ ♪ It is fresh, and it is fruitful if I win ♪ ♪ But if I lose, ooh, I don't know ♪ ♪ I'll be tired ♪ ♪ But I will turn, and I will go ♪ ♪ Only guessing till I get there ♪ ♪ Then I'll know ♪ ♪ Whoa, I will know ♪ ♪ And all the children walking home past the factories ♪ ♪ Can see the light that's shining in my window ♪ ♪ As I write this song to you ♪ ♪ And all the cars running fast along the interstate ♪ ♪ Could feel the love that radiates ♪ ♪ Illuminating what I know is true ♪ ♪ That all will be well ♪ ♪ Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ You can ask me how, but only time will tell ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The winter is cold ♪ ♪ But the snow still lightly settles on the trees ♪ ♪ And a mess is still a moment I can seize until I know ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ Even though sometimes this is hard to tell ♪ ♪ And the fight is just as frustrating as hell ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ And all the children walking home past the factories ♪ ♪ Can see the light that's shining in my window ♪ ♪ As I write the song to you ♪ ♪ And all the cars running fast along the interstate ♪ ♪ Could feel the love that radiates ♪ ♪ Illuminating what I know is true ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ You can ask me how, but only time will tell ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You got to keep it up and don't give up ♪ ♪ Chase your dreams and you will find ♪ ♪ All in time ♪ ♪ All the children walking home past the factories ♪ ♪ Can see the light that's shining in my window ♪ ♪ As I write this song to you ♪ ♪ All the cars running fast along the interstate ♪ ♪ Could feel the love that radiates ♪ ♪ illuminating what I know is true ♪ ♪♪ ♪ That all will be well ♪ ♪ Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ You can ask me how ♪ ♪ But only time will tell ♪ ♪ All will be well ♪ ♪ Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself ♪ -♪ All will be well ♪ -♪ You can ask me how, but only time will tell ♪ ♪ You can ask me how, but only time will tell ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Funding for this program is provided by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina.

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