IF YOU GOWhat: Benefit concert for Gem Theater restorationWhen: Saturday, 7-9 p.m.Tickets: $10, available at Etowah Chamber of Commerce, businesses in Etowah and Athens and at the door.Organizers are asking concertgoers to bring non-perishable items to help storm victims.
ETOWAH, Tenn.-For years they played music behind some of the best-known country singers.
For years, the Gem Theater has been Etowah’s gathering place for live performances – music, drama, vaudeville and occasionally movies.
Next weekend, the talent and the venue come together for a benefit concert for the Gem.
Each member of Pete Miller and The Country Classic Band has 30 to 40 years experience backing up the likes of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., Reba McEntire, Sawyer Brown and the Oak Ridge Boys.