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2014 CMA Music Festival – Friday (Podcast 262)

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    Posted on 7/14/2014

    2014 CMA Music Festival - Tom Thompson with Fans

    2014 CMA Music Festival - Tom Thompson with Fans

    As the Concert Blast coverage of the 2014 CMA Music Festival continues, this podcast is focused on the activities from Friday. Mike Arnold and Tom Thompson headed downtown for the first act of the day, which was Craig Morgan on the Riverfront Park stage at 10am! Later in the day helper Will Perry joined in. The coverage ended as Blake Shelton said goodnight from the Stadium stage at 12:30am. That’s over 14 hours of walking, waiting, talking, and snapping pics of many artists, fans, and others. Friday’s coverage included (in order); Craig Morgan, Will Hoge, Holly Tucker (contestant from The Voice), Trace “the rib-whisperer” Arnold (not in the podcast), Mike Wolfe (from American Pickers), Hunter Hayes (surprise acoustic show). Then they covered the stadium concerts of (in order); Travis Tritt, Eric Church, The Band Perry, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, and Blake Shelton. What an exhausting day and night, but with a lot of fun! Enjoy listening to the 262nd audio podcast and/or reading the blog written by Mike Arnold.

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      CMA Music Festival 2013 – The Interviews – Podcast 249

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        Posted on 6/28/2013

        Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry - CMA Music Fest 2013

        Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry - CMA Music Fest 2013

        Throughout the week of the CMA Music Festival, there are many publicists who contact the attending media to have interviews or attend the events for the artists they represent.  Each year we receive more and more requests (and we like it!).  Sometimes we get excited about meeting someone new and then the performance schedule changes so we have to constantly balance how we work and who we will cover.  Here’s our interviews from this year’s CMA Fest in the order on the podcast… Bo Bice – Hollywood Yates – Lucas Hoge – Jenny Casey – Maggie Rose – Rachel Williams – Mustang Sally – The Band Perry – Julie Roberts – Lady Antebellum.   Special Thanks to The Old Spaghetti Factory for sponsoring Concert Blast during the CMA Music Fest 2013… Enjoy the audio interviews!

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          CMA Music Fest – Various Events Coverage – 6/8/2012 (Podcast 233)

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            Posted on 6/15/2012

            Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown In Concert - CMA Music Festival

            Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown In Concert - CMA Music Festival

              
            Concert Blast returned to the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN once again to attend and cover one of the best and most organized music festivals in the world.  The CMA Music Festival is a week long celebration of country music which brings in people from all over the world.  There are fan club parties, free concerts in the streets and at Riverfront Park, the hotels and restaurants are packed with tourists, and who knows what star will make their way to the stage in the downtown bars.  We always do our best to cover the Stadium shows of the top selling country acts, but we also try to participate in the other special events.  This podcast covers the unique events.  An interview with three stars from the History Channel’s hit TV show Swamp People (Troy, Jacob, and Chase Landry),  Coverage of Little Big Town fans, Detroit’s country band Cold City Cowboys, and Sawyer Brown’s concert at Riverfront Park.  Enjoy our podcast and reading about these experiences!

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              Concert Blast Hosts Remember 2011 – Part 3 – Mike Arnold

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                Posted on 1/20/2012

                Concert Blast - Mike Arnold's 2011 FavoritesWe felt Concert Blast had a successful year in 2011 with our stats and the experiences we were very blessed to encounter. We will have a series of Concert Blast Blogs from each of us that is dedicated to 2011 as Mike Arnold, James Downing, and Tom Thompson remember their favorite times covering events for Concert Blast.

                Here is Mike Arnold’s Concert Blast Favorites from 2011.

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                  Concert Blast Hosts Remember 2011 – Part 2 – Tom Thompson

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                    Posted on 1/17/2012

                    Concert Blast Host Tom Thompson Remembers 2011We felt Concert Blast had a successful year in 2011 with our stats and the experiences we were very blessed to encounter. We will have a series of Concert Blast Blogs from each of us that is dedicated to 2011 as Mike Arnold, James Downing, and Tom Thompson remember their favorite times covering events for Concert Blast. 
                    This Blog is Tom Thompson’s Concert Blast Favorites from 2011.

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                      Concert Blast Hosts Remember 2011 – Part 1 – James Downing

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                        Posted on 1/15/2012

                        Concert Blast Hosts Remember 2011 - James DowningWe felt Concert Blast had a very successful year in 2011 from our stats and the experiences we were very blessed to encounter. This is the first in a series of Concert Blast Blogs from each host that will be dedicated to 2011 as Mike Arnold, James Downing, and Tom Thompson remember their favorite times covering events for Concert Blast.

                        Enjoy James Downing’s favorite 2011 Concert Blast Experiences! 

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                          Billy Burnette Interview – Nashville, TN (Podcast 221)

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                            Posted 10/24/2011

                            Billy Burnette

                            Billy Burnette

                            James Downing met up with legendary musician, singer, songwriter, Billy Burnette before his show at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, TN for an interview.  This interview covers Billy’s wide range of his musical history, his childhood, and his acting carreer.  Billy has toured with many artists including being a member of  Fleetwood Mac and John Fogerty’s touring band. 

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                              CMA Music Fest 2011 Interviews and More Events – Nashville, TN (Podcast 212)

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                                Mike Arnold Interviews Lauren Alaina

                                Mike Arnold Interviews Lauren Alaina

                                Posted 7/10/2011

                                During the CMA Music Festival 2011, Concert Blast conducted various interviews at various events and more in this audio podcast. 

                                This podcast is focused on the CMA Music Festival 2011 Events.  Not the stadium concerts, but the other events.  The coverage includes the Montgomery Gentry Fan Club Party, The Fan Fair Booth signings, The Celebrity Softball Game to raise money for the City of Hope Cancer Research Center, Riverfront Park Concerts, and the Wildhorse Saloon.

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                                  Artists Crazy Concert Experiences – From Concert Blast Interviews (Podcast 202)

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                                    Posted 4/22/2011

                                    Concert Blast Experiences - Guest List-Backstage-VIPThis podcast is a special post from Mike Arnold’s book, Concert Blast Experiences - Guest List-Backstage-VIP.  This is actually an audio of Chapter 16 – Artists Crazy Concert Experiences.  We are giving this to you in the format of using the recorded clips from our Concert Blast Interviews.  Mike sets up each clip and then you will hear the artist tell their crazy concert experience.  Over 20 music artists are telling us their Crazy Concert Experience.

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                                      Concert Blast Video – Look Back on 2010 – Part 6 – The Final Chapter – October through December (Podcast 196)

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                                        Posted 2/18/2011

                                        Written by Mike Arnold

                                        A Look Back 0n 2010- Part 6 The Final Chapter

                                        While the concert-touring season has slowed down for the winter, I thought it would be nice to show our listening audiences what we went through in 2010.  I created multiple videos of our experiences with a month by month journey of our adventures.

                                        Here’s Part 6, the final chapter of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts.  This video takes you through our experiences of October through December.

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