cover songs of 1960s and 1970s rock classics). The band continues to tour throughout the US and Europe, often in co-bill shows with REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Def Leppard, and other classic rock bands. In the spring of 2007, Shaw Blades went on a small, often sold-out tour to promote Influence. The shows were held in smaller venues throughout the United States. The shows featured remakes of 1960s classics and several top hits from Styx and Night Ranger. At the end of a Styx tour, Shaw Blades added a second tour with new dates through the end of 2007. On New Year's Eve 2007, Shaw made a guest appearance with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Birmingham, Alabama, where they performed such songs as "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade", as well as TSO originals. Shaw made his bluegrass debut at the Grand Ole Opry on March 26, 2011, after the March 22 release of his bluegrass album The Great Divide. In 2011, Shaw worked on Don Felder's Road to Forever album, cowriting and performing on the songs "Wash Away" and "Heal Me". On June 28, 2018, Shaw, along with his guitarist & musical director Will Evankovich, released an acoustic live album with CYO as Styx played with them in 2006 on the album One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra on which they played his own Styx songs, Damn Yankees, and his solo works. Although it was broadcast on July 9, 2016, the concert took place at the Waetjen Auditorium on May 27, 2016. It was released on CD & Blu-Ray. In 2022, Shaw sang lead vocals on "Uroboros," the first release from Alan Parsons' album From the New World. Alabama Music Hall of Fame Tommy Shaw was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame on February 22, 2008, at their awards banquet held in Shaw's hometown of Montgomery at the new Montgomery Convention Center, the construction of which was completed just prior to the ceremony. Personal life In 1975, Shaw married Cuppy Smith when he was 21 years old in Michigan. Their divorce was finalized in April 1980. Between late 1979 and mid-1981, Shaw dated actress Linda Blair. Shaw lived with horse trainer Betsy Waltman on his farm near Niles, Michigan, in the early 1980s. He dated and shared an apartment in Chicago with news anchor Joan Esposito in 1984. Shaw married his second wife, actress Pamela Donnelly, on