JERRY
MAC
Jerry Mac is definitely no spring
chicken. He's been around a long time, but still meets life head
on with the vigor and enthusiasm of a much younger man. He's 65
years old, and until recently was performing regularly at some
of Nashville's most famous venues. He has entertained thousands
upon thousands of tourist in Music City, USA year after year.
The folks came from all over the
world to Nashville, and it was amazing how many of them would
start asking where Jerry Mac was doing his show even before they
checked into their motel. But he wasn't hard to find, because
he's known and liked by so many of the Nashville insiders. He
may have been doing his show on stage at one of the clubs in World
Famous Printers Alley, or he could have been doing one somewhere
out near Opryland in Music Valley, or maybe he was somewhere on
Music Row. He may have been doing his show in a nice club with
the white table cloths and all, or he may have been performing
in a real Honky Tonk, or he could have been somewhere on stage
outside or maybe under a tent. There was one thing you could be
assured of, however. Wherever Jerry Mac was, there was a show
going on, and people were having fun.
The old timers in Memphis remember
Jerry from his earlier days. Yep, Jerry Mac was there when it
was happening. I'm writing of the '50's. Jerry Mac was 16 in 1957
when he was working at the now "WORLD FAMOUS MEMPHIAN THEATRE"
which was made world famous due to the fact that ELVIS would rent
the theatre. Jerry Mac was the kid that served ELVIS and his entourage
their popcorn and cokes during those late night hours. He recalls
fondly the 1st time he met "THE KING".