Tuesday, June 27th
The Gig-The Basement
I am writing this entry while Ben is driving. We have a long drive to West Virginia next. We had a late start, but we’ll make it. The gig last night was our second time at The Basement in Nashville, TN. We love the venue and we love the city. There is so much music here it’s sick! Even the homeless are extremely talented. Now one would think that it would then be intimidating, but strangely it makes it a very supportive place to be. We were welcomed back by the owner of the place Mike Grimey. He also co-owns an awesome record store above the venue called Grimey’s which The Drive By Truckers played an instore at earlier in the day. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to see it. We hit some stopped traffic on the highway due to a two semi collision and we had to of course check out the Antique district in Glendale (I couldn’t buy anything because we were too rushed, but I highly recommend stopping in these little towns to check them out! It’s a nice break from the highway, and a good way to meet people from the area).
The night was called “New Faces” at the Basement. It is a no cover charge evening for mostly local bands to showcase their new groups. We were warmly introduced by Mike and the crowd was completely quiet and attentive. They especially liked all the songs and let us play a lot longer than we were supposed to. It was also a fantastic response at the merch table afterwards. There was an actual line for cds which made us feel good. I also have to mention that the press welcomed us as well. We got a nice article written and pictures of us in the “City Paper”, Nashville’s free press and a picture of us in the paper “All the Rage” put in telling readers about our show.
We appreciate such a notable music city like Nashville opening their arms to us. It is the people of a city that makes it great, and there are honorable people in Nashville. We cannot thank them enough. We also have to thank Mike at Grimey’s and Andy and Betsy Snyder for feeding us and housing us during our stay. We couldn’t do any of this without the help and hospitality of kind friends!
The Gig-The Basement
I am writing this entry while Ben is driving. We have a long drive to West Virginia next. We had a late start, but we’ll make it. The gig last night was our second time at The Basement in Nashville, TN. We love the venue and we love the city. There is so much music here it’s sick! Even the homeless are extremely talented. Now one would think that it would then be intimidating, but strangely it makes it a very supportive place to be. We were welcomed back by the owner of the place Mike Grimey. He also co-owns an awesome record store above the venue called Grimey’s which The Drive By Truckers played an instore at earlier in the day. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to see it. We hit some stopped traffic on the highway due to a two semi collision and we had to of course check out the Antique district in Glendale (I couldn’t buy anything because we were too rushed, but I highly recommend stopping in these little towns to check them out! It’s a nice break from the highway, and a good way to meet people from the area).
The night was called “New Faces” at the Basement. It is a no cover charge evening for mostly local bands to showcase their new groups. We were warmly introduced by Mike and the crowd was completely quiet and attentive. They especially liked all the songs and let us play a lot longer than we were supposed to. It was also a fantastic response at the merch table afterwards. There was an actual line for cds which made us feel good. I also have to mention that the press welcomed us as well. We got a nice article written and pictures of us in the “City Paper”, Nashville’s free press and a picture of us in the paper “All the Rage” put in telling readers about our show.
We appreciate such a notable music city like Nashville opening their arms to us. It is the people of a city that makes it great, and there are honorable people in Nashville. We cannot thank them enough. We also have to thank Mike at Grimey’s and Andy and Betsy Snyder for feeding us and housing us during our stay. We couldn’t do any of this without the help and hospitality of kind friends!
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