I was a teenage school boy in Northwest London when I first heard Conway Twitty sing It's Only Make Believe. I loved it. Linked to those great memories of sharing music tastes with other school friends. For awhile, when Conway went Country he lost favour with me, but in adulthood, I came to appreciate him once more.
I was lucky enough to see him perform at the first country and western exposition in London in early March 1970. It was just shortly before I emigrated to Canada. A friends mother worked at the old Wembley Stadium and adjoining showplace. The exposition had sold too few tickets, they gave every employee a couple of tickets; hence we got in for free.
So when I was in Nashville in the early 80's I couldn’t miss up the opportunity to go to Conway's home and as it turned out it was a museum about his rise to fame. It was called Twitty city I love that name.
The site is now owned by Trinity Broadcasting Corporation and no longer functions as an homage to Conway Twitty.
Another piece of Americana lost to the mists of time.
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