by Erin Duvall - The Boot

Jo Dee Messina has packed up the music room of her Franklin, Tenn. home and brought it on the road to set the tone of her new laid back, all-request tour. The stage set up includes a couch, two chairs, a coffee table, floor lamps, three curtains and four suspended window frames, which resemble those in the songstress' abode. Oh, and then there's a piano and four musicians with an array on instruments.

"I was in Florida and a fan said something to which I responded, 'That would hurt my feelings,'" Jo Dee explains to The Boot. "The girl said, 'You get your feelings hurt? I figured with 'Bye Bye' and 'Lesson in Leavin'' that nothing phases you.' It made me realize the fans know my music but they don't know me: the person. Let's invite them over and just talk back and forth."

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