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Had a blast last night at Music City Roots! Note to myself: it's not really that bad driving down there.
Peter Cooper hosted and opened show with a song. It's always good to hear Peter Cooper - even if it is just one song.
E2TG favorites Adrian + Meredith were the first guest act. Every time I see them, I am more and more impressed, and they sure won over the crowd at the Factory in Franklin.
Sean McConnell was next. I was not that familiar with his music - though he has a quite a following. Great voice, great playing, catchy songs.
Mark Robinson Band - another E2TG favorite was smoking as always - doing some of my favorite songs of theirs. Somehow, no matter the line-up, Mark Robinson always has a killer band and he is - a consummate entertainer in the truest sense of the word.
New Orleans legend Walter Wolfman Washington closed the show. Smooth rhythm and blues music that was dripping in New Orleans charm and history. Backed by a great band - Washington has roots back to many of the New Orleans legends - like Ernie K. Doe for example, and it is great to hear him still making great music in 2017.
The closing "jam" was a treat. I have to say, I had never seen someone clogging to a blues song, but I have now thanks to Meredith (of Adrian + Meredith). All that and I was home not long after ten.
As you may know by now, we are still "celebrating" the sixth anniversary of this blog via a special playlist I created. Basically, I went through my entire collection of music and selected one song from each artist that I determined was an E2TG alumnus. It gets complicated - I admit. Back in the early days of the blog, I had "Bands of the Week" "Bands of the Month" "Featured Artists" and the like. I considered any band/artist that fit one of those categories to be part of the E2TG "Family" (whether they liked it or even knew about it). Later, I decided just to keep writing about bands but not worry about designations. Nowadays, I get music submitted to me from a variety of sources. I still think about the bands I write about as "family" - albeit a very extended family. Of course, in some cases I never really connected with the band/artist - or I have lost touch in the intervening years, or whatever... but in any event, I went through all of the artists I had songs for - and the ones that I deemed E2TG artists were added to this playlist. 450 in all originally. Every Thursday, we shuffle that list - we'll do it until I get tired or it or we run out of songs - which ever comes first.
