May 23, 2008 2 min read

It’s definitely, a known fact that the late Ron Nehls played an important role in revitalizing downtown Uniontown with the State Theatre and a memorial to Uniontown’s great native son, Gen. George C. Marshall. Ron proved that it is possible that a man with a dream can make a difference in this community. Unfortunately, none of his accomplishments were reported in his memorial commentaries. Very sad. I enjoyed going to the many country music concerts held at the State Theatre and miss them very much. I remember seeing Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Billy “Crash” Craddock, Sawyer Brown, Waylon Jennings, Mark Chestnut, Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw, Confederate Railroad, Collin Raye, etc. I wish they would bring country music back to the State Theatre.

I know, there are yearly concerts at the Fayette County Fair and Nemacolin Woodlands, but that’s only during the summer. I’d like to see concerts all year round and I bet a lot of other Fayette County residents would, too. Maybe they could start out with having four concerts per year and then if things go well, go to six or such.

I know there’s a lot of other wealthy people besides Joe Hardy, who’s already done quite a bit to help revitalize Fayette County, living in this area who could donate money and such to help bring country music back to Uniontown.

And we have a lot of talented local artists including myself who are willing, able and eager to open up for some of these Nashville stars. Let’s put this dream that the late Ron Nehls had back in motion and bring a little fun and excitement back to Fayette County.

Michael Allen Greer

Uniontown