I once again thoroughly enjoyed my latest visit to the Loveless Barn to see Music City Roots. The eclectic line-up opened with Nashville’s own, The Greencards, featuring the oh, so beautiful looking & sounding Australian Carol Young on vocals. There was Brooklyn Bluegrass from Rebecca Pronsky. Who knew my hometown New Yorkers could play some pretty fine Bluegrass music! Then there was The Sweetback Sisters which featured great harmonies and some pretty killer lead guitar licks. Darrell Scott, the writer of countless country hits, opened his set with a Paul Simon cover and sang a bunch of his own songs including a great rendition of the Travis Tritt song he penned, “It’s a Great Day To Be Alive.” Now that’s the power of positive thinking!
Jim Lauderdale closed the show by leading a Loveless Jam finale of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” (see the photo below courtesy of the MusicCityRoots.com) which sounded more than a bit better then when my friends and I try to rock it out on Rock Band!
As if that all that wasn’t enough for a splendid $10 musical night out, to top it off I bumped into Rock n’ Roll legend, Robert Plant, on the way out. That’s the second time I’ve bumped into Mr. Plant in the past few months. Maybe he’s stalking me for a co-write or blog plug! Yeah, I guess not. I did want to tell him it’s time for a 15-minute Led Zeppelin reunion during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLV, but he seems more into rootsy Nashville music and Bongo Java these days. Who would have thought I’d have two things in common with Robert Plant! Maybe it’s time to grow my hair out. Yeah, I guess not.
Next Wednesday on Music City Roots – Will Kimbrough, The Vespers, The Hot Seats, Ashley Cleveland & Amber Digby. You can view the current season’s schedule here. Who knows, maybe someday there will be an Allison Krauss & Robert Plant performance on the schedule. It’s probably more likely than a halftime show to me!
Cheers,
Johnny T
