Sierra Ferrell Takes Show to the Street After Fire Scare

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Sierra Ferrell’s career started on the streets as a busker, singing for ragged dollars and spare change. The street is also where she ended up to conclude her performance Monday night, July 14th in Davenport, Iowa, though not by choice.

The four-time Grammy Award winner was performing at the stately Capitol Theater in downtown Davenport Monday and was almost to the conclusion of her set when a fire alarm rudely interrupted the presentation, and forced staff to evacuate patrons. The crowd spilled out onto 3rd Street, and seeing how Sierra Ferrell was only a few songs from concluding her performance, she could have called it good and headed back to the bus.

But not Sierra Ferrell. She wasn’t finished, neither was her band, and neither were the lucky patrons who stuck around, and got an intimate and up close performance from Sierra acoustic and unplugged right there on the sidewalk of 3rd Street. According to those who experienced it in-person (and the video captured), it was one of those “moments” every music fan lives for.

It goes to show that sometimes when things gone wrong in live music, that’s when some of the most memorable performances occur, especially when you have artists like Sierra Ferrell who do it for the love of the music, and won’t be denied.

And luckily, there was no fire, it was a false alarm.

Sierra is currently touring out towards the West, is playing in Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday night (7-16), then on to Salt Lake City Thursday (7-17), and then this weekend’s FairWell Fest in Oregon where she performs on Saturday, June 19th.



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