The Grand Ole Opry - April 11, 2009 - Nashville, TN
What a great night at the Opry! Guests include Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky thunder featuring Bryan Sutton (filling in for Cody Kilby who is on the road with the Travelin’ McCourys), Martina McBride, Vince Gill, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Jo Dee Messina, The Whites, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, and Aubrey Haney filling in for Hoot as the house fiddler. A special treat for me was seeing Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder play Wheel Hoss with dueling fiddles played by Andy Leftwich and Aubrey Haney… not to mention Bryan Sutton! For those of you not familiar, Bryan Sutton played the guitar on Ricky’s big comeback to acoustic bluegrass… Bluegrass Rules!
Kara and the Hit Men - The Elysian Inn - Nashville
Kara’s got a HUGE voice and can be seen regularly at South Nashville’s Elysian Inn.
Purchase Print / View Entire PostThe Gene Ween Band - Exit/In - Nashville, TN 3-24-2009
Gene Ween put on a great solo show with a fantastic band at Nashville’s Exit/In. Top notch performance!
The Travelin McCourys - Bluegrass Underground - 3-14-2009
These guys always smoke! It addition to Alan Bartrum and Jason Carter, Cody Kilby joined the group lending his incredible guitar skills. Fantastic show with a great turnout!
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Wayne “The Train” Hancock at FooBAR in East Nashville
Wayne Hancock played a very welcomed gig in East Nashville Friday night. Nashville needs a lot more of this guy! Wayne has one of the best honky tonk voices out there and plays with an outstanding western swing band… no drums, just upright bass, tele and steel. Wayne bangs away relentlessly on his Larrivee and would have played and sung all night long without the 1:15 curfew (east nashville or FooBAR rule?). This is real country music and Nashville needs to see a whole lot more of it!
The Volcano Room - Cumberland Caverns - Bluegrass Underground
The Silver Jews performing their final show for Bluegrass Underground.
Purchase Print / View Entire PostThe Eric Heatherly Band at The Listening Room
Eric Heatherly played The Listening Room in Nashville and tore the place up! I’ve been lucky enough to work with Eric on his recording of Unforgettable (heard on Gray’s Anatomy) as well as songs from his upcoming album “2 High to Cry,” produced by Carson Chamberlain. This was my first time hearing the live show and it definitely rocked!
Cadillac Sky - Bluegrass Underground Photos - Cumberland Caverns
This was the best Bluegrass Underground to date! Cadillac Sky is an incredible new band on the Skaggs Family Records label. Virtuosic playing is just the beginning… these guys have perhaps the best on stage presence I’ve ever seen in a bluegrass band. Combine that with top notch singing and songwriting and you have a band that will surely forge great paths in the bluegrass world over the upcoming years. This was my second time seeing Cadillac Sky and they blew me away both times.
The Farewell Drifters - Bluegrass Underground Photos - Cumberland Caverns
The Farewell Drifters have such a great sound! I’ve seen them many times and they always sound great. Smooth harmonies and catchy back to basics melodies make their songs instant classics! Clayton is also quite the monster on guitar… no doubt comes from shredding all those metal licks in his early years.
The Silver Jews Final Performance - Bluegrass Underground Radio Show
The final Silver Jews show took place in the Volcano Room of Cumberland Caverns for a radio show titled “Bluegrass Underground.” This was a detour from the Bluegrass Underground format in a number of ways… the obvious being that in absolutely no way is this a bluegrass related band… they were fully plugged in and with drums if you can imagine that! The show went very well and the fans were very appreciative that they get to see the apparent last show of The Silver Jews, a band with an impressive underground following but not much public presence, in such a spectacular venue.
Rollo Greb at Liquid Smoke - Murfreesboro, TN
CD Release Party at Liquid Smoke in Murfreesboro, the band’s hometown intimite venue.. This is a killer rock band… you will hear much more from them in the near future. I mastered the cd at Creative Caffeine Studio here in Nashville.
The Del McCoury Band - New Years Eve 2008 at The Ryman
The Del McCoury Band brought down the house New Years Eve at the Ryman Auditorium! Wow! They were the first band of the night to play unplugged and they sounded fantastic! It was refreshing to hear the instruments without pickups for the first time of the night. After a full set the band was joined by The Infamous Stringdusters, The Emmit-Nershi Band, Ronnie Bowman, Chris “Critter” Eldridge, Don Reno and a great deal of friends and family.
Sarah Jarosz - New Years Eve 2008 at The Ryman
Sarah Jarosz played a few songs in between headliners… Ronnie joined her on a few tunes.
The Infamous Stringdusters - New Years Eve 2008 at The Ryman
The Infamous Stringdusters kicked off the New Years celebration… I would have liked to hear them without pickups on the instruments, but a great set to start off the night. They were joined by Del for “Little Cabin Home on the Hill” sung by Del and Travis. Ronnie stayed for a few additional tunes. Playing a good part of the show was Chris Eldridge, known to all as “Critter,” who was right at home with his old band mates. Check out more of what Critter is doing at PunchBrothers.com.
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