Billy T. Midnight was the first band in the lineup Saturday at Albert Music Hall in Waretown, “the Grand Ole Opry of the East,” as front man Troy Mezzanotte put it. His stage name represents his love for country and classic rock genres and the intoxicating feeling of creating and performing music. Mezzanotte means midnight in Italian.
The guitar-playing singer-songwriter made a run for fame in Nashville in the ’80s but got his heels cooled by an injury that derailed his dream.
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