Brad Paisley returned to playing live music with a three night drive-in concert series last weekend. Not only was the country star finally able to play music for fans again, he also had the opportunity to raise money for a cause close to his heart.
Paisley revealed that his Saturday night (July 11) show in Nashville helped raise $26,000 for his free grocery store, The Store. His performance in Music City was livestreamed for free on his Facebook page, which gave fans the opportunity to make donations if they wanted to.
"I’m told that those of you who hit the tip jar on our [Facebook] live broadcast from the Nashville show raised 26k for [The Store, Nashville]!!" Paisley wrote on Instagram. "Thank you! I know these are trying times, thank you for helping to feed people. #liveatthedrivein."
The Store is a free grocery store located in Nashville created to help individuals and families in need as they work toward self-sufficiency. Paisley started The Store with his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, after they were inspired by Unity Shoppe in Santa Barbara, California.
The Store opened in March 2020 and immediately started serving three times the number of customers they expected due to the tornadoes in Nashville and the coronavirus pandemic.
"We had about a week of operating like we expected when we opened in March, and here we are opening something like this when, basically, all hell breaks loose," Paisley told the Today show earlier this year. "Now we're already serving three times the amount of people we expected right away. We thought we would soft roll this thing out, like a slow build to what we would become, and all of the sudden we’re kind of thrown into the fire with it, but it’s really going well so far — knock on wood — I think."
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