A simple gesture from country music legend Randy Travis once meant a big deal to up and coming Priscilla Block.
While her debut single, "Just About Over You," is climbing the charts and can be heard on your favorite Audacy country station, the Tik Tok breakthrough artist was in a very different place early last year. Without a record deal, she barely had enough money to cover rent, and was facing all the other challenges of the pandemic as well. But thanks to a jacket, things started to look up.
“I was playing at the Nashville Palace with some friends, and I look out and it’s Randy Travis just sitting there, hanging out,” recalls Priscilla in a statement from her label. “The night went on, he watched the entire set, and midway through, one of the workers there was like, ‘Hey-Randy wants to auction this jacket off for you guys.’ We’re all like, ‘Whatttt?’
"So, the Nashville Palace gave Randy a jacket that said Nashville Palace on it," she continues. "It was really cool. It was one of their super special jackets, I’m sure. And he signed it and said let’s give it to the band. The worker there was like we’re gonna auction off this signed Randy Travis jacket and all the money’s gonna go to the band up on stage.
"People are calling out all throughout the restaurant, raising hands, raising hands. We were sitting up on stage, I am crying. Once again one of those moments that no one knows where you’re at in life, and that meant more to me than anything in the world. He didn’t have to do that, but he did.”