Down on D' Street

We attended the Nashville Rising concert last night.  There have been several benefit concerts for flood relief, however, this one was scheduled almost six weeks later in order to provide additional funds in an ongoing manner.

The concert was organized by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw and included variety that one would not necessarily expect!  The show was extremely well-designed with each artist performing approximately two songs and a brief intermission with videos and other activities.

The show began with Carrie Underwood.  I am not and never have been a fan and while many do love Carrie, I thought she was screechingly loud.  Her stage costume was a bit on the bizzare side and later I noticed that she may have tried unsuccessfully to emulate Faith with the black jacket!

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Well, it's that time of year again when I have a bit more time to share concert experiences around N'ville!

I'm going to work from most recent to cover what's been happening over the past year.

Last week was the CMA Music Festival.  The CMAs usually take place the same week as the Bonnaroo Festival.  CMAs - Nashville; Bonnaroo - Manchester!

We always opt for the CMAs.  Maybe due to convenience and quite possibly due to the fact that living for a week in a muddy field doesn't appeal to me all that much!

Because of the flood, I was wondering how the CMAs would go.  Many festival-goers who had booked rooms at the Opryland Hotel were relocated to other hotels in and around the N'ville area.  Needless to say, there was "no room at the inn" downtown.

We usually try to attend to of the nighttime concerts, however, this year we only went to the closing ceremonies due to teaching schedules and other events.  Although the concert was well worth the $$$, I still miss seeing Keith Urban! 

We got to LP when Blake Shelton was coming on stage.  We also saw Trace Adkins (...excellent!) and the show ended with Brad Paisley...who is always consistently outrageous as a N'ville picker!

Here are some of our pictures:








Although oppressively humid and hot, a good time was had by all.  I saw today that over 22 million dollars was spent ... great news for N'ville!

Here's a preview of what I'll be posting soon:

• Jimmy Buffet concert and the N'ville flood
• Christopher Cross and the N'ville Symphony
• James Taylor and Carole King 
• Trying to get Paul McCartney tix
• Last Rodeo!