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So Rebek and I checked out the Sixpence None th Richer reunion show down at 3rd & Lindsley Sun. night. Yes, the band that soared to MTV stardom with Kiss Me and There She Goes. I must admit there new stuff is quite good, more mature and edgier, I guess thats what 10 yrs. will do for you.
But I was truly impressed by the openning act, Trent Dabbs. Whoa, his band was smokin’ in a groovy low key kind of way. I was pleasantly surprised that one of my favorite Nashville guitar players, Paul Moak, was his sideman. Tasty, tasty licks…..
(BTW Paul Moak started playing guitar with Plumb at the age of 20, and has played on pretty much every major CCM release to this day…and produces more obscure artists in his own studio in town…including Trent Dabbs)
So if you want to rock out in a mellow way, check out Decade Fades by Trent Dabbs.
So today I am hanging with my buddies down at Warner Bros. Nashville, TN studios. I am having a blast. This is what I want to do for a living!
I am sure most of these guys are very important in the music industry but I have no clue who they are. Paul Worley is here who did the first two Dixie Chicks records, and has won two Grammy awards. I am a little overwhelmed….
So Rebek and I were in downtown Nashville a few weekends ago. we stopped at the famous Gruhn Guitars. So we go i and are immediately facing a ‘vintage’ wall. We see this love it and then look at the price tag….$18,500! yep that’s right, and it’s a cheaper one.
Man, 50 yr old guitars are expensive! Here’s a pic for you to love… it’s a 1952…I think I’d honestly be scared to play it.
This Saturday started off with some really cool stuff.
One I can’t share right now (legal reasons) that involves my wife and TV.
excited is an understatement…
Then I hung out with a friend from Wilmington, NC who goes to school in Nashville, TN.
We were on the set of a MUTEMATH music video all day….No Doubt.
SNOW!!!
Ok…now for the cool stuff.
So I knew it was gonna be good when we got the tickets (tickets can be art)
I meet this guy. His name is Chris McHugh…he has played drums for everyone and anyone in Nashville (Country, Pop, CCM).
He is currently out on the road with Keith Urban!
Tom Bukovac, the number 1 session player here in town and personal guitar idol walked in and played bass, yep, bass. I guess all the guitar positions were covered…needless to say he was amazing and sat/stood about a foot from us.
I bumped into Steve Wariner (famous country artist and guitarist) before we left (his son played guitar for Jedd Hughes Band and was quite awesome himself).
I think we were part of something pretty special last night, both artists were of a different country breed than most down here. It didn’t feel very hardcore country, it was like Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac on STEROIDS!!!!!
@ The Basement
-no chairs
-a girl puked -concert started late
MORE TO COME!!! (It Got Better…)
SO a friend of a friend of Rebekah’s called tonight about 6PM and said they had an extra ticket for the DAUGHTRY show at the Historic Ryman Auditorium (where the Grand Ole Opry used to be) for FREE!!!!Needless to say, I went. It totally rocked. There was a fair share of teeny boppers there, but that in no way hindered the ‘face-melting rock’ I experienced. He even threw in a few covers, Paradise City (Guns & Roses) ; Home Sweet Home (Motley Crue) ; Hey Man, Nice Shot (Filter) ; Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) and an odd reggae version of Crazy Train (Ozzie Osbourne).Here are a few pics I snapped with the iPhone:opening act, The Midway State
