From: morgan@nd.edu (Lori J. Morgan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Billy Ray Cyrus/Darryl & Don Ellis
Keywords: What An Experience
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:31:21 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Human Resources

To add to what Jennifer said...

Myself and a friend also attended the Billy Ray Cyrus concert which was in 
Merrillville, Indiana, Friday, August 14, 1992.  

To start...Darryl & Don Ellis, who opened for Billy Ray...were awesome, I 
mean they were absolutely terrific!!!  I had heard of them in passing but 
never had actually heard anything they had done, being they are extremely 
new to the country music circuit.  My friend and I were so impressed by 
these brothers, ok...they were gorgeous!!  For those of you who have not 
heard or seen them let me put this into graphics for you:

      Darryl:  He is 27, about 6'6 or so, nice physic, very clean cut and 
               boy oh boy can he ever move.  His personality is wonderful, 
               he has a way with knowing exactly what to do to get the 
               audience into it, not only the ladies, even the guys were 
               getting into it.  He took time for "EVERY" single person who 
               came to the stage and made them feel important!  (Not like   
               Mr. Cyrus who brushed off a small child bringing him 
               flowers...very wrong...NOT!!!)
 
      Don:     He is 25, about 6'5.  (Yes, they are both up there!!!)  He 
               has dark hair, about shoulder length and naturally curled!  
               He does most of the singing.  He also can move, boy can he!  
               He also has a way with the audience!

The two brothers are definitely headed to the top.  With the mixture of good 
looks, terrific personalities and wonderful sound they have what it takes to 
make it in today's country music business!!!  Call your local radio station 
and request their new single..."NO SIR", it is a ballad and kind of a follow 
up to Trisha Yearwood's, "She's In Love With The Boy"...it is great!  Look 
for their first album to be out in late September, 1992...trust me on this 
one...you'll be glad you did!!!

As far as the entire concert went...we left Billy Ray...he was far too stuck 
on himself for us to even enjoy ourselves...he was into him looking HOT and 
him getting the attention, his concert had nothing, absolutely nothing to do 
with his audience and his fans!!!  These two "Billy Ray" fans are no 
longer...we left the concert and actually met Darryl & Don during the end of 
the Billy Ray concert...they are truly down-to-earth and really enjoy their 
fans and audiences...they play to make you happy and enjoy yourselves, not 
to make themselves look good!!!

We then drove to the Indiana State Fair to hear how they (Darryl & Don) 
would sound and how they would do in their own concert...let me tell you my 
friends, it was just as good, if not better and more entertaining than on 
Friday...although it was a free concert...I would definitely pay more to see 
them than Billy Ray any day of the week!!!

Let me know if anyone out there has heard anything further on this new 
talent and what you think, we're curious to hear your feedback!!!