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Jakob Dylan In Concert - Photo From jakobdylan.com
Wriiten by Guest Blogger Josh Jackson
I’ve never been a super-huge fan of Jakob Dylan, but have always respected and admired his talents from afar. I had my first introduction to him back in 1995 when the then unknown Wallflowers opened for Chris Isaak at TPAC. I was able to see the Wallflowers one other time, a wonderful show at the now defunct 328 Performance Hall, but lost touch with their music, not paying too much attention to it after 2000’s Breach.
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38 Special In Concert - Nashville, TN - Wildhorse Saloon
Concert Blast was accepted as media to cover the .38 Special concert in Nashville, TN at the Wildhorse Saloon. Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and James Downing attended the show on Thursday October 7th 2010.
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38 Special In Concert - Nashville, TN - Wildhorse Saloon
Classic Rockers .38 Special returned to Nashville, TN to perform another concert at the Wildhorse Saloon and Concert Blast was on hand to witness Don Barnes, Donnie Van Zandt, and their bandmates thrill the packed house.
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Jason and the Scorchers In Concert
It was Friday, October 8th 2010 when Jason and the Scorchers made their long awaited return to Nashville, TN to play The Mercy Lounge. Before the band’s sound check, Mike, Brian, and James met with Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges for a short interview as they traveled down memory lane.
The show started about 9:40pm with Brian on one side of the stage, James on the other side of the stage and Mike in the middle. Brian and James had their cameras ready while Mike was ready with his mic to record any special live audio clips for the podcast (and there were several).
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Jason and the Scorchers - The Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
On Friday, October 8th 2010, Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and James Downing met with Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges of Jason and the Scorchers for a quick interview and reviewed their concert at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN.
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Tony Joe White - Americana Music Festival
Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and James Downing attended the 2010 Americana Music Festival events in Nashville, TN.
Their week began with the Award Show which included many top artists in the Americana, Country, Alternative, and Rock genre.
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Americana Music Festival - Shelby Lynne
Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and James Downing attended the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN and discovered many major music artists were involved in this yearly event in Nashville, TN.
Mike, Brian, and James discovered how much fun this was and how they now want to be involved in the event each year.
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Michael Bolton In Concert - Nashville, TN
Brian Hasbrook provided the photographs during the Michael Bolton concert tour stop in Nashville, TN at the Wildhorse Saloon on 8/26/2010.
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Michael Bolton - One World One Love Tour
On Thursday August 26, 2010, Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and James Downing returned to one of Concert Blast’s favorite concert venues, the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN. On this night the staff from Concert Blast decided to step out of their classic rock/upbeat country genre to cover a multi grammy winning performer, Michael Bolton.
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Tom Petty - First Album from 1976
Written By James Downing
I remember working at Rivergate Mall (just outside of Nashville, TN) for a record store called Camelot Music in the mid-seventies. One of the many benefits of working at a record store is getting the lowdown on new music before it’s released. There were all kinds of great bands coming out back then, some of them are still around and some are not.
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