Ahead of Bobbie Nelson’s death in March 2022, prodigious fiddler and vocalist Amanda Shires tapped Willie’s “little” big sister to join her in the studio. Now, Shires is taking the 10-song album of covers released in June, Loving You, to two iconic Texas dance halls as a tribute to the late piano virtuoso, joined by Texas swingers Asleep at the Wheel. Loving You was a chance for Shires, who at 15 joined the Texas Playboys, to work with one of her longtime idols – a rare woman, shining with unmitigated talent, among the male-dominated industry and genre.: “Much of my path seemed possible because I saw a woman working and making a career of music at a young age, and that woman was Bobbie Nelson,” Shires said in a press release. The original plan was for the two women to join together for a long weekend once a month to play songs from the album and do “a little shopping and some fine dining,” Shires told Texas Monthly. She’s fulfilling that original intention with stops at Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom and the inimitable Gruene Hall, with additional surprises promised.