Atlanta Rising: Charities For Alan, Blizzards, Conway and Davey

On Nov. 13, 1993, after Ward Burton had his final (now Xfinity) Busch win, the concert was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The ABCD order went like this: Alan, Blizzards, Conway and Davey. Three people died and the thing called Blizzards in March. Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt, McBride & the Ride, Shelly Walther, Marla Medders and Faron Reeves performs. McBride & the Ride had one of the last performances until Billy Thomas and Ray Herndon quit nine days later. The set lists went like this:

Joe:
Honky Tonk Attitude
Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox
Home
Ships That Don't Come In
John Deere Green

Mark:
It Sure Is Monday
Brother Jukebox
Almost Goodbye
Too Cold at Home
Blame it On Texas

McBride & the Ride:
Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run
Sacred Ground
Just One Night
Trick Rider
No More Cryin' (for Lane Frost)

Shelly:
Cool Down Lover
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Garden (for Martha Jarrett)
Easy To Be Brave
It Was Almost Like a Song

Faron:
Nobody Describes It
Waiting in the Wings
Hello Darlin'
If I Had a Cheating Heart
Hard to Love You (with Joe Bessey having a cameo)

Marla:
There Must Be Something About Me That He Loves
I'm the Only Thing (with Joe Diffie)
Gone Too Far
Better Than I Did Then/All The Gold in California (with the Burton Brothers)
Every Time I Think It's Over

Finale:
Conway Twitty Medley:
She's Got a Single Thing in Mind - McBride & the Ride
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Joe Diffie and Shelly Walther
After the Fire is Gone - Mark Chesnutt and Marla Medders
I Don't Know a Thing About Love - Faron Reeves
That's My Job - All

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