Taylor Swift follows Amanda Shaw at Family Gras this Friday

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This should be interesting. Family Gras is a free outdoor concert series just outside of New Orleans. Parades follow the music after each show. This year, besides Taylor and many others, the acts include Elliot Yamin, Billy Ray Cyrus, and The Bangles. (Check out the rest of the line up here.)

Taylor will have to work hard to follow up local talent, Amanda Shaw. Amanda is 16 (maybe 17 by now) and has been playing since the age of three. She writes many of her songs and really rocks. You can hear samples and see a video on her MySpace.

Family Gras is where I saw Kellie live last year and first posted the photos and videos here (and here) on KellieFans.

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No Taylor this weekend. It was in the low 40's and raining so I decided not to go. Good thing too. Amanda Shaw had to cut her set short and Taylor was canceled. It was muddy out there.

On the news, they showed Taylor come out on stage with an umbrella (ella, ella, ella) and apologize to the what was left of the crowd. She was sorry that they couldn't play after driving here from Nashville. She also came down and autographed the rain boots of several fans.