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and yelled! The girls looked at each other and were glad they came.
    Pierce Layton’s the grandson of Uncle Felix Layton. Uncle Felix, as his fans called him, was a mega country Western star in the 1940’s and 1950’s, until he and his band were killed in a plane crash in Wyoming during a storm. Some critics say Pierce’s riding on his grandfather’s coattails. Given that or not he’s a tremendous performer and knows how to charm an audience.
    After finishing his first song, he asked for the house lights to be turned up. He explained to the audience that he liked to be able to look into their eyes when he sings this next song, Eyes of My Soul. He explained that this song was a small one, as it sold only 1 million copies. The audience went crazy. He strolled from each side of the stage, singing and ending the song at center stage. When he finished, he kneeled, reached for Jillian’s hand, and kissed it. He winked at her, then stood, and the audience went crazy.
    Robert John Montgomery, RJ, as his friends called him, stood offstage left, watching Pierce Layton sing and the audience going wild. The energy was great, and he was pleased that they’d be warmed up for him. He stepped further backstage, found a stool alongside a countertop, and puts down his glass. He sat down and picked up the crossword he’d been working on earlier during rehearsal. He divided his time between the puzzle and watching Pierce. He’d seen the hand kiss and thought: What a ham!
    Robert John Montgomery stood about six feet, was stocky in structure but not flabby. At 42, he felt fairly healthy, considering his hectic schedule. His brown hair showed few flecks of silver. His steel-blue eyes looked straight through you. Dressed not in the same garb as some country stars, he was wore blue jeans, a white tuxedo shirt with sapphire buttons, a sapphire-colored bow tie, a belt adorned with a large oval gold buckle, and of course, Western boots. But his boots weren’t the tuck-into-your pants Western boots, but just suede cowboy boots that appeared to be buttery soft and looked as though they’d seen quite a lot of stirrup use.
    Pierce finished his last song. “Now, it’s my pleasure to introduce my friend and Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year. Last but not least, please welcome Robert John Montgomery.” As soon as the applause started, it was like a bolt of lightening in RJ’s body. He’d tried to explain that it was like the feeling you get when you hear your name and the excitement of people cheering for you; simply unexplainable.
    From backstage he picked up his microphone, clicked it on, and strolled out onto the stage.
    “Good evening. Looks like I’m the rear-end of this show.”
    The audience laughed RJ started singing one of his greatest hits, Loving You. The applause was almost deafening. The lights were so bright on stage he couldn’t see past his arm’s length. As he once told a reporter, when asked about focusing on someone or something when he sang, he commented, “You can’t see past about six feet because of either the spotlights or camera flashes.” After he finished his second song, he exited left stage, leaving his backup musicians and singers to play singers and sing the intro to his final song.
    Upon his exit, he winked at Lynda, dazed from his previous song. The girls sitting commented, “Did you see that he winked at you!” “Ah huh” was all she could reply.
    When he finished his final song before walking offstage, he winked towards the ladies in the front. Each thought the wink was just for her. As in previous shows he tugged off his bow tie and tossed it into the audience. All ladies were grabbing, trying to reach the bow tie, thinking it was tossed “directly” at each of them.
    The four entertainers walked onstage, and again the audience went wild with applause. Willie introduced the final song, “We all travel several days a year, more than we want to count. Here’s a song that’s near and dear