(Nashville, Tennessee...) - Night three of the 22nd Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Presented by Regions Bank continued a streak of packed clubs, incredible talent and delighted audiences.
At the sold out, smokin' Rutledge Live Music Venue early show, Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby rocked with a three-piece band backing them. According to roving reporter and Regions Bank Senior VP Lisa Harless, Natalie was wearing the best shoes of the festival.
As expected the Peach Pickers - Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip - with a full backing band drew a capacity crowd ready to party at the 3rd & Lindsley
late show. The trio, which is responsible for numerous #1 singles, came
back for an encore and played a few of their personal favorite songs. Justin Martin, aka "Martin" from Duck Dynasty, took in the entire show.
NSAI Song Contest winners Matt Casey and Keith Dozier opened the early round at 3rd
& Lindsley with a performance of their song "Plain White Tee." The
"Beauty and the Beasts" then hit the stage, and songwriter and former
"American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi stole show with
her rendition of "Undo It." With the sass she brought to the performance
and her playful, woman-scorned type interactions with JT Harding throughout the song, he must have felt like it was written about him.
There was no shortage of female power at other clubs throughout the night. The "Ladies of the Night" show, led by hitmaker Liz Hengber at the Commodore Grille, included incredibly talented ladies Erin Enderlin, Kellys Collins and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Alex Kline, who also celebrated a birthday last night. Across town at the Hard Rock, Jennifer Denmark held court at the "A Little 'Chick on Pick' Action" show with a diverse group of ladies including Kelsea Ballerini, Sara Haze, Meghan Linsey and Danielle Peck.
ABC TV "Nashville" stars Lennon and Maisy Stella made a guest performance at the early Hard Rock show, where their parents, The Stellas, performed with Sarah Siskind and Fred Wilhelm. "Late" was the key word at the Bluebird Café, as Wendell Mobley, Jim Collins, D. Vincent Williams, and special guest Marv Green kept going until 11:30pm.
Tonight's early show at the Hard Rock will see Marcus Hummon, who wrote "Bless The Broken Road" for Rascal Flatts and "Born to Fly" for Sara Evans, introduce his wildly talented son Levi. Stephony Smith, who has had songs recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Barbra Streisand, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney and more, will also be on the bill.
Jim McCormick co-wrote Jason Aldean's "Take a Little Ride" and Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" - both of which were #1 singles - and he will join Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and others at the Listening Room Cafe late show. New Tin Pan venue BB King's Blues Club continues to be a fan favorite.
Tin Pan South shows for tonight and Saturday begin 30 minutes later - 6:30pm and 9:30pm.
For up-to-date lineups, ticket information, venues, schedules and other festival updates, visit tinpansouth.com. Updates can also be found on the Tin Pan South Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram.
Produced
by NSAI, Tin Pan South reigns as the world's largest all-songwriter
festival. This year close to 400 talented songwriters will perform over
90 shows at 10 of Nashville's top music venues. Thousands of music fans
attend the event annually to hear songwriters tell stories behind hit
songs they have written and perform the songs as they were originally
composed. Regions Bank returns for the seventh year as the presenting sponsor of the event.
Credit below Photos: Moments by Moser.
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| Regions
Bank's Lisa Harless (r.) and Laura Williams (l.) join the Peach Pickers
Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip at the 3rd & Lindsley
late show. |
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| (l. to r.) Robby Armstrong, Greg Barnhill, Lee Roy Parnell and James Otto at the Rutledge Live Music Venue late show. |
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| JT Harding and Kara DioGuardi at the early 3rd & Lindsley show. |
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| Lennon and Maisy Stella at the Hard Rock Cafe early show. |
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| Rodney Crowell (l.) joined Jim Lauderdale (r.) at the Station Inn early show. |
Credit below photo: Jennifer Denmark
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| "A
Little 'Chick-On-Pick' Action" songwriters (l. to r.) Kelsea Ballerini,
Jennifer Denmark, Danielle Peck, Sara Haze and Meghan Linsey at the
Hard Rock late show. |
Organizers of the 22nd Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival would like to thank the following sponsors:
Title Sponsor: Regions Bank
Americana Music Association
ASCAP
Beaird Music Group
BMI
D'Addario
Eagle Parking
Folk Alliance
Graffiti Indoor Advertising
Grand Avenue
Jack Daniel's
JACK FM
Lightning 100
Loews Vanderbilt Plaza
Maggiano's
Midtown Printing
Mix 92.9 FM
Music City Unsigned
Music Row Magazine
Music Row Show
Musicians Corner
NASH FM
Nashville Muse
Nashville Recording Academy
Nashville Scene
NCVB
News Channel 5
ole
POP ROCK Café
SESAC
Sonicbids
Vident
Warner Chappell Music
WSM
Your Move Real Estate
About NSAI:
The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the
world's largest not-for-profit songwriters trade organization.
Established in 1967, the membership of more than 5,000 spans the United
States and seven foreign countries. For more than 40 years, NSAI has
been dedicated to protecting the rights of and serving aspiring and
professional songwriters in all genres of music. For more information,
visit nashvillesongwriters.com.
About Regions Financial Corporation:
Regions Financial Corporation, with $117 billion in assets, is a
member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation's largest
full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth
management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions
serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and
through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,700
banking offices and 2,000 ATMs.
Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
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