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I am back! We have some information to pass along, and a shuffle of new and older music. And more!
Last night, I made it back into town in time to head over to The Basement (OG) where Mike Grimes himself was running New Faces night. It was a great night with performances by E2TG favorites Josh Gray and Jason Erie and the first ever live performance by Dirt Reynolds - which is the new band led by Chris Watts which features Jason Paradise on guitar, Ryan Dishen on drums, and our old friend Drew Kohl on bass.
Tonight is the premiere edition of a new series at The 5 Spot - featuring punk rock music and other similar types of music. Slump Test will be heading up a great line-up - including Jibber-Jabber and Stuck Lucky. Shakes will be emceeing the event and is sure to have some words to say about the last Slump Test show that I saw which found Ben Douglas shedding his shirt.
We finally have the cover art, album name, and the release date to report for Kristen Englenz' new album. ingénue will be out 2/28/2020. I can't wait!
Before we go any farther, I wanted to give a shout out and a special Earie Award to the bands who played this year's E2TG Residency. The residency was late this year (September and October), and it almost didn't happen, but it did, and I am grateful for everyone who came out and supported live music in Nashville.
Thanks and an Earie to Ben Arthur, Conrad y Skordalia, Don Gallardo and How Far West, Ryan Sobb and the Dead Mall, The Truehearts, Jason Erie, Josh Gray, Meghan Hayes, The Big Dumb, and Microwave Mountain. And course I can't forget The 5 Spot - thanks and an Earie to you, too.
I am still getting organized for 2020. I will have more Earie awards to give out tomorrow and Friday.
Look forward to a "Featured" spotify playlist, a listing of new and forthcoming albums, upcoming show alerts and more. Coming soon to an E2TG near you. Today's shuffle is taken from all the songs saved to my phone.
