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I had a moment of panic last night when I realized that I only have 7 or 8 more shuffles to post in 2016. (I haven't decided if I am working Wednesday of next week so...). I have handed 32 "Earie" Awards so far in 2017, but there are a bunch of awards still to go... I am going to start with four more:
1. "The Dirty Rice" Award (year 2). Last year, I handed out this award (dedicated to the State of Louisiana where my roots are deep) to D.L. Duncan and Kevin Gordon. The award this year goes to two more gentlemen whose music I have come to know this past year. 1st: Brian Langlinais. Brian has been in Nashville almost as long as I have, but his Louisiana roots are strong. His latest album Right Hand Road was at least partially recorded in Lafayette, Louisiana and produced by D.L. Duncan himself. The album includes many Nashville and Louisiana musicians. 2nd: Chris Watts. Watts is a native of Pineville, Louisiana and makes Nashville his home now. His album, The God's Own Truth was released earlier this year.
2. The "This will Make Me Look Really Smart Next Year" award goes to Rayvon Pettis. 2014 E2TG Artist of the Year has been telling me about Rayvon Pettis for months and months, but it wasn't until very recently that I finally got to see him live, and I'm a believer. I am not alone. Word is that an album is on the way in 2017. I expect by this time next year a whole lot more people will be buzzing about this guy.
3. The "Please, Please, Please, Please..." award goes to the one and only Buck 'N' Stuff. If 2015 Artist of the Year, Jon Latham and I have our way (and why shouldn't we have our way), 2017 will be the Year of Buck 'n' Stuff. Buck 'n' Stuff are simply put the most exciting musical idea to emerge in the last decade (or maybe ever). On the surface, they are a Buck Owens tribute band - which is pretty cool on it's own. But, I don't normally hand out "Earies" to tribute bands not matter how good they are. But, when it comes to Buck 'n' Stuff, "Normal" is not even a real word. I can't explain their awesomeness right now... go look up some videos on You Tube. They will be playing NYE at The 5 Spot - kicking off the Year of Buck 'n' Stuff.
4. The "Cheese Chronicler" award goes to Tommy Womack. Womack was a member of the legendary Government Cheese (and he chronicled their adventures and misadventures in Cheese Chronicles: the True Story of a Rock Band You've Never Heard Of. Since moving to Nashville, he has been/is a member of The Bisquits and Daddy. He's played with Todd Snider and released several well received solo albums including Namaste which came out in 2016. He is a fellow DJ on WXNA, and I am happy to have been able to see him perform several times in 2016, and I even got to dance with my daughter to one of his best known songs, "Nice Day".
Now on to the Music City Monday shuffle:
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Monday, December 19, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Music City Monday Morning Shuffle - Ghost of Dylan Thomas Mix
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Well, I can't really say that it is good to be back from my week-long vacation, but it is good to be back to blogging. I hope followers of my Facebook Page enjoyed the throwback posts throughout the week.
And...here we are in August. Time... thinking about how fast it seems to go got me to thinking about the Stephen King short story. And somehow, I just found out that this exists!
Anyway, it is Monday - when I shuffle songs connected to the Music City...
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Well, I can't really say that it is good to be back from my week-long vacation, but it is good to be back to blogging. I hope followers of my Facebook Page enjoyed the throwback posts throughout the week.
And...here we are in August. Time... thinking about how fast it seems to go got me to thinking about the Stephen King short story. And somehow, I just found out that this exists!
Anyway, it is Monday - when I shuffle songs connected to the Music City...
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - I Forget What Eight Was For Mix
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Ah, Thursday!
Last night was the opening night of the Jason Ringenberg residency at The 5 Spot in East Nashville. Ringenberg is the Jason from Jason and the Scorchers (the seminal Nashville band beginning in the early 1980s). He is also the Jason from Farmer Jason (host of a PBS kids show and creator of albums for children). His special guest for week 1 was Webb Wilder (another quintessential figure on the 80s Nashville music scene).
Playing to a pretty packed house, Ringenberg and Wilder really seemed to be enjoying themselves. Jason opened with "Halcyon Times" - the title track from a Scorchers album before turning the stage over to Webb Wilder who moved through a set that encompassed his long career. Including, classic Webb Wilder songs like "How Long Can She Last" and "Human Cannonball".
Ringenberg's set included several classic Scorcher's songs as well as songs from his solo albums, and a cover of "Trail of Tears" by the great Georgia band, Guadalcanal Diary.
Wilder then joined Ringenberg to close out the night by each singing a song by the other. Jason sang, "Sitting Pretty" from 1991's Doo Dad and Webb sang "Shop it Around" from the first full-length Scorchers album Lost and Found. They then performed a Farmer Jason song before closing the evening with a really awesome version of Buddy Holly's "Rave On".
Tonight, I am going to check out Joey Kneiser and his band at The East Room. His new album, The Wildness is getting rave reviews.
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Ah, Thursday!
Last night was the opening night of the Jason Ringenberg residency at The 5 Spot in East Nashville. Ringenberg is the Jason from Jason and the Scorchers (the seminal Nashville band beginning in the early 1980s). He is also the Jason from Farmer Jason (host of a PBS kids show and creator of albums for children). His special guest for week 1 was Webb Wilder (another quintessential figure on the 80s Nashville music scene).
Playing to a pretty packed house, Ringenberg and Wilder really seemed to be enjoying themselves. Jason opened with "Halcyon Times" - the title track from a Scorchers album before turning the stage over to Webb Wilder who moved through a set that encompassed his long career. Including, classic Webb Wilder songs like "How Long Can She Last" and "Human Cannonball".
Ringenberg's set included several classic Scorcher's songs as well as songs from his solo albums, and a cover of "Trail of Tears" by the great Georgia band, Guadalcanal Diary.
Wilder then joined Ringenberg to close out the night by each singing a song by the other. Jason sang, "Sitting Pretty" from 1991's Doo Dad and Webb sang "Shop it Around" from the first full-length Scorchers album Lost and Found. They then performed a Farmer Jason song before closing the evening with a really awesome version of Buddy Holly's "Rave On".
Tonight, I am going to check out Joey Kneiser and his band at The East Room. His new album, The Wildness is getting rave reviews.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - The Rainbow Didn't Bring Me No Luck Mix
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Welcome back... No shuffle yesterday because I was off work for Veteran's Day. Lot's to recap...
Tuesday night, I attended the weekly $2 Tuesday show at The 5 Spot. As it always is, it was a great time at a great price. Included: a second opportunity to see Brock Zeman and Blair Hogan - who killed it. Bob Lewis with great band that included my old friend Joe Bidewell plus Lemuel Hayes and Issac Anthony. Plus Derek Hoke's always awesome set, and the late night spot was rocked hard by new Nashvillian K. Phillips whose band included by friend Steven Cooper.
Since, I was off I got to hang out in the studio and observe the making of Darrin Bradbury's next album. A lot of people are going to be surprised by his turn toward gangsta rap, but I never question an artistic genius.
Last night, a great night of songwriters at Mad Donna's featuring the always awesome Kiely Schlesinger who was backed by Drew Kohl - who did a killer version of Springsteen's "Atlantic City", Violet Delancey who was backed by a great band that included Andrew Leahey on guitar, and Lindsay Ellyn who was awesome as always backed by Raun Schultz and Buddy Woodward and for the first time by fiddle player - Holly Parks.
In the midst of all that, I wrote a review of the (still fairly new) Sara Syms album, Way Back Home. The title track (coincidently) showed up in the shuffle today, so I will post the links when I get to that song...
On to the shuffle
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Welcome back... No shuffle yesterday because I was off work for Veteran's Day. Lot's to recap...
Tuesday night, I attended the weekly $2 Tuesday show at The 5 Spot. As it always is, it was a great time at a great price. Included: a second opportunity to see Brock Zeman and Blair Hogan - who killed it. Bob Lewis with great band that included my old friend Joe Bidewell plus Lemuel Hayes and Issac Anthony. Plus Derek Hoke's always awesome set, and the late night spot was rocked hard by new Nashvillian K. Phillips whose band included by friend Steven Cooper.
Since, I was off I got to hang out in the studio and observe the making of Darrin Bradbury's next album. A lot of people are going to be surprised by his turn toward gangsta rap, but I never question an artistic genius.
Last night, a great night of songwriters at Mad Donna's featuring the always awesome Kiely Schlesinger who was backed by Drew Kohl - who did a killer version of Springsteen's "Atlantic City", Violet Delancey who was backed by a great band that included Andrew Leahey on guitar, and Lindsay Ellyn who was awesome as always backed by Raun Schultz and Buddy Woodward and for the first time by fiddle player - Holly Parks.
In the midst of all that, I wrote a review of the (still fairly new) Sara Syms album, Way Back Home. The title track (coincidently) showed up in the shuffle today, so I will post the links when I get to that song...
On to the shuffle
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Time Heals, Time Forgets Mix
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Time rolls on, and suddenly it is Thursday - that means tonight is Week 2 of the Campfire Propaganda residency at The 5 Spot, followed by Coverfest at The Basement East.
Shuffle time!
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Time rolls on, and suddenly it is Thursday - that means tonight is Week 2 of the Campfire Propaganda residency at The 5 Spot, followed by Coverfest at The Basement East.
Shuffle time!
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Another Magic Mart Mix
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Had a great time watching three of my favorite songwriters trade songs yesterday evening in The Gulch.
Reminder, TONIGHT: Darrin Bradbury and the Fran's Eastside Super High Band will be starting off a great night of music at The 5 Spot in East Nashville. Be there! 9:00p.m. $5.00.
Shuffle....
Kiely Schlesinger, Lindsay Ellyn, and Jon Latham at Two Old Hippies 1/21/2015
Had a great time watching three of my favorite songwriters trade songs yesterday evening in The Gulch.
Reminder, TONIGHT: Darrin Bradbury and the Fran's Eastside Super High Band will be starting off a great night of music at The 5 Spot in East Nashville. Be there! 9:00p.m. $5.00.
Shuffle....
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Leather and Chrome Mix
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Back at it after a long weekend.... some days, you just don't feel it, but you press on and music always helps.
Back at it after a long weekend.... some days, you just don't feel it, but you press on and music always helps.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Dream Too Much Mix
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Had a great time last night on my first visit to the (relatively) new City Winery Nashville. The first ever Nashville Nights featured Darrin Bradbury and Tim Easton with Megan Palmer with special guest Amy Speace. It's a gorgeous building and the music sounded great.
A bit short on time. As I do every year on this date, I begin the Video Playlist with a song (not part of the shuffle) by Cracker from their self-titled debut.
Had a great time last night on my first visit to the (relatively) new City Winery Nashville. The first ever Nashville Nights featured Darrin Bradbury and Tim Easton with Megan Palmer with special guest Amy Speace. It's a gorgeous building and the music sounded great.
A bit short on time. As I do every year on this date, I begin the Video Playlist with a song (not part of the shuffle) by Cracker from their self-titled debut.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Monday, March 11, 2013
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Death-Defying All Odds Mix
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I hope you haven't forgotten to check out Couch by Couchwest, but if you have, no worries. Unlike that other festival, you can go right now and get caught up. In a day and a few hours, we've already seen our friends: The Foresters, Kassy Key and the Raindogs ,and Cupla. Plus tons of bands who are new to us, but who we are digging on big time. We hope to have some highlights up soon.
Today was a rainy day, a Monday and it was the first work day after Daylight Savings Time began. How do you improve on that? How about a killer playlist of cool music.
Today's pre-shuffle shuffle included: The Avett Brothers, a triple shot of classic Elvis Costello, Delta Spirit, and The Dead Exs. All of these songs are included (or represented in the You Tube Playlist embedded below. We have four songs in our actual shuffle today. Check those songs out - after the jump:
Today was a rainy day, a Monday and it was the first work day after Daylight Savings Time began. How do you improve on that? How about a killer playlist of cool music.
Today's pre-shuffle shuffle included: The Avett Brothers, a triple shot of classic Elvis Costello, Delta Spirit, and The Dead Exs. All of these songs are included (or represented in the You Tube Playlist embedded below. We have four songs in our actual shuffle today. Check those songs out - after the jump:
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