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Farm Aid - 25th Anniversary Concert
Written By Guest Blogger Josh Jackson
October 2, 2010 marked the 25th Anniversary of Farm Aid, the concert started back in 1985 by Willie Nelson to provide relief for America’s family farmers. Since it’s inception, stars from all genres of music have joined Willie and board members John Mellencamp, Neil Young & most recent appointee, Dave Matthews to form star-studded events for the cause. One would hope that after 25 years the problem would have been corrected, but there is still a great need to provide help to farmers across the country. As Willie stated this year, ‘The great thing is we’re still around 25 years later. The bad news is…we’re still around 25 years later.’
So, once again a massive event was hosted to support the American family farmer. And for the first time, the event was held in Milwaukee at the fabulous, Miller Park: home to the Milwaukee Brewers.
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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 - Courtney Jaye
The Concert Blast continuation coverage of the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN, finds Mike, Brian, and James back at The Cannery for the last night of the festival. Mike was looking forward to seeing Mike Farris and the Cumberland Saints Revue in concert as well as the night’s closing act, Todd Snider and his Rock and Roll Revue, which included an All-Star Band. James was looking forward to seeing one of his all-time favorite singer/songwriters, Susan Cowsill perform as well as the creator of the classic hit “Polk Salad Annie,” Tony Joe White. Brian was up for anything that night, so he and James stayed in the Mercy Lounge while Mike roamed both floors trying to cover as many acts as possible.
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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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Heart In Concert
Heart performed their concert skills in Nashville, TN at the historic Ryman Auditorium on 8/17/2010.
James Downing took a some photos of the Sold-Out performance.
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Posted on 9/17/2010
Written By James Downing
Heart has been burning up the road this past year gearing up for the release of their brand new CD, “Red Velvet Car”. It has been 6 years since “Jupiter’s Darling” was released in 2004 and Heart fans were ready for some new tunes from The Wilson Sisters. In its first week, “Red Velvet Car” debuted at number 10 on the Billboard charts. Not too shabby for a band that has been around for over 30 years.
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Posted on 9/15/2010
On Thursday night, September 2nd 2010, 80′s rockers Cinderella took control of the Sold-Out Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN.
Not only were Concert Blast on hand to provide an exciting podcast, but Concert Blast photographers Brian Hasbrook and James Downing were also on hand to bring the live concert photos for you.
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Posted on 9/13/2010
Cinderella In Concert - Tom Keifer
It was a hot September Thursday night in Nashville, TN, but inside the Wildhorse Saloon it was much hotter! 80′s Rockers, Cinderella took the stage and cranked up the Rock and Roll heat in the Sold-Out venue.
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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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