Dede Davis lives in Charlotte, NC, USA. At the age of 33 she has been
a fan for 8-1/2 yrs and seen the guys 65 times!

Feb. 7-8, 1997-Birmingham, AL, USA: My close friend Lisa and I decided
to take a little trip (6 hours) to see the Connells in Birmingham on
Friday night and in Nashville on Saturday night.  We got to the club
right before soundcheck: the crew had just finished setting up but the
band wasn't there yet.  As each bandmember walked in the door, he
would see us and say "What the hell are y'all doing here?"  After
soundcheck, Lisa and I went to get a room at the hotel where the band
had their room.  The only thing left was a suite, so a suite it was. 
After the show, everyone was invited to our room, as usual.  Peele,
Jeremy (the drum tech), and Dave Goforth (the guitar tech) were the
first to get there.  While Goforth took a shower, Peele, Jeremy, Lisa,
and I lounged around the bedroom of the suite (the TV was in there.) 
Jeremy and I had started to play a game where I threw grapes at him
and he tried to catch them in his mouth.  He didn't catch any.  Peele
was sitting on the floor at the foot of the bed, channel-surfing the
TV (we never did find the remote.)  I called out "Peele!" and gestured
that I wanted him to try and catch a grape.  He nodded and I tossed
him a grape.  He caught it!  He caught every single grape I threw! 
Jeremy said "Y'all ought to take that on the road."  I said "Yeah, the
Amazing Grape-Catching Black Man."  Peele added "It's the lips!"  We
all about died laughing.

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