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Concert Blast 2013 Flashback Video

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    Posted on 1/7/2014

    CMA Music Festival Riverfront Park Crowd
    As the guys from Concert Blast reflect back on the coverage performed in 2013, we thought it would be better to show you with hundreds of photographs taken throughout the year in a video segment. The year’s photo coverage began with an interview with singer/songwriter/actress Jewel from our guest blogger/photographer friend Samantha Shrader and ended with Mike Arnold‘s visit to the annual Christmas 4 Kids benefit touring of tour buses. This year also included the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival, the CMA Music Festival, and the K-Love Fan Awards,  along with numerous concerts, interviews, and CD reviews throughout the year. Enjoy this video of the Concert Blast 2013 Flashback and Happy New Year from Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and Tom Thompson!

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      Concert Blast Webisode 5 – The Friday Night Concerts – Memphis in May Part 4

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        Posted on 10/10/2013

        Tom's Muddy Boot

        Mike Arnold showing Tom Thompson's Muddy Boot in the Media Trailer at the 2013 Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival

        Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and Tom Thompson of Concert Blast have reported through 3 Webisodes on the 2013 Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival and now this webisode begins the coverage with various clips from the Friday night performances, This coverage begins with us warming up in the media trailer before attending concerts of The Wallflowers, Sheryl Crow, Ygnwie Malmsteen, Hall and Oates, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Bassnectar, and Alice In Chains… Enjoy this short Concert Blast video webisode.

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          Concert Blast Webisode 4 – The Sheryl Crow Photo Dilemma – Memphis in May Part 3

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            Posted on 9/30/2013

            Concert Blast in the Media Trailer at Memphis in May 2013

            Concert Blast in the Media Trailer at Memphis in May 2013

            On this fourth Concert Blast Webisode we explain that during the opening night of the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival, Sheryl Crow was the first of three acts for the entire weekend to refuse the photographers from taking concert photos of her show. The photographers in the media trailer were very upset on this decision and you will see and hear their rants about her. Brian Hasbrook explains the photo pit access while Tom Thompson and Mike Arnold pick on Brian for not taking photos of Sheryl from the middle of the crowd. Enjoy Concert Blast Webisode 4 – The Sheryl Crow Photo Dilemma – Memphis in May 2013 Part 3.

             

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              CMA Music Festival 2013 – Stadium Concert Review – Friday 6/7/2013 – Podcast 248

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                Posted 6/22/2013

                Fans Having a Good Time at the CMA Music Festival 2013

                Fans Having a Good Time at the CMA Music Festival 2013

                It was night number two of the CMA Music Festival stadium concerts and Concert Blast was on hand to cover this fun event.  This podcast is the review/coverage on the second of four nights of the stadium concerts with Mike Arnold, special guest host Will Perry (Tom was absent that night), a short recap from photographer Brian Hasbrook (who was losing his voice), and lots of Concert Blast friends in attendance.  Here are the artists that performed that night, (in order of appearance) Randy Travis, Kip Moore, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town (with special surprise guest Sheryl Crow), and Blake Shelton… ENJOY!

                Thanks to our CMA Music Festival sponsor, The Old Spaghetti Factory.  Please visit them and tell them Concert Blast sent you!

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                  CMA Music Festival 2013 – Stadium Concert Photos – Friday 6/7/2013 – Photos

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                    Posted on 6/22/2013

                    Sheryl Crow with Little Big Town - CMA Music Festival 2013

                    Sheryl Crow with Little Big Town - CMA Music Festival 2013

                    It’s night two of the CMA Music Festival and Concert Blast photographer Brian Hasbrook was on hand to take the photos for the stadium concerts at LP Field on 6/7/2013.  On this second night of the concerts, performers  included Randy Travis, Kip Moore, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and their surprise guest Sheryl Crow, and Blake Shelton.  Check out Concert Blast’s Brian Hasbrook’s excellent photography work from this night… ENJOY!

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                      Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival – Friday – 5/3/2013 – Podcast 243

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                        Posted on 5/14/2013

                        Beale Street Music Festival Crowd

                        Beale Street Music Festival Crowd

                        One of the first topics Concert Blast covered on our very first show was the discussion of Tom Thompson’s trip to Memphis as he attended the Beale Street Music Festival in May of 2005.  Every year since, Concert Blast has covered the three day music festival and have enjoyed every one of them.  This is part one of a three part series of what happened in Memphis, TN at Tom Lee Park during the first weekend in Memphis In May. Special thanks to the Memphis In May staff for inviting us every year to cover this event and for making us feel very welcomed!

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                          The World of Music and Politics

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                            Presidential Campaign Rally

                            Presidential Campaign Rally

                            Posted on 11/08/2012

                            Written by Mike Arnold
                            Here in the United States of America we just had another election and this time it was to elect the Chief Executive, also known as The President of the United Sates of America.  During this election President Obama was re-elected to be the chief of the free world again, but to get there he had some help from some of the top artists in the music industry.

                             

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                              Tribute To Motown PBS TV Special – Washington DC (Blog)

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                                POSTED 3/4/2011

                                Motown Special PBS TV Special

                                Written by Josh Jackson

                                In January of 1959, entrepreneur Berry Gordy borrowed $800 and began the independent record label, Motown. The rest, as they say, is history.

                                On the heels of the 50 year anniversary of Motown, the producers of the PBS television series, ‘In Performance At The White House,’ thought it would be a great idea to pay tribute to ‘The Motown Sound’ – and I couldn’t have agreed more.

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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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                                      Concert Blast Video – Look Back on 2010 Part 4 – Bonnaroo Music Festival & More (Podcast 194)

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                                        Posted 2/03/2011

                                        Look Back 0n 2010 Written by Mike Arnold

                                         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 4 of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts.  This video takes you through our experiences of a fun music festival,  the Bonnaroo Music Festival as well as Sheryl Crow in Chattanooga and The Freeman Lake Concert in Elizabethtown, KY with Grand Funk Railroad and The Guess Who .

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