FREE TICKETS!!!!

I have two tickets to see Duwayne Burnside and Delta Saints on Thursday night at the Exit/In.  Email me with why you should win tickets.  Best answer will receive two free tickets to the show!

E-mail: aaron@rabbitholerecording.com

Aaron's Picks for 1/25-1/31

So, I was thinking that while it is nice to know about a show that has come to town, I thought that it might also be nice to know what shows I am thinking about going to this week so that your only experience with them isn't just reading the blog after you have missed it!

Here are my picks for this weeks shows:

1/25 - Mercy Lounge: 8 off 8th featuring Moon Taxi and Boroughs. (Free)

1/26 - Exit/In: Rock The Block featuring Biscuits and Gravy, Colourmusic, Hey Penny, The Hollywood Ten and more! (Free)

1/26 3rd and Lindsley: Gabe Dixon supporting Dylan Altman

1/27 - 12th and Porter: Healing Haiti 1 Song at a Time featuring Jonny Lang, Marc Broussard, Dave Barnes, Josh Hoge, Tommy Sims, Heidi Rojas, Matt Ridenour, Melinda Doolittle, and Matt Wertz.

1/27 - Mercy Lounge: Justin Townes Earl w/ Dawn Landes and The Hounds, and Caitlin Rose

1/28 - Exit/In: Duwayne Burnside w/ Delta Saints

1/28 - The End: Vermicious K'nids and more.

1/30 - Exit/In: The Non-Commissioned Officers w/ Wax Fang and How I Became The Bomb

1/31 - 3rd and Lindsley: Band of Heathens w/ Scrapomatic and more

I hope you all get a chance to enjoy a show or two this week.


Also, on another note, I would like to thank the guys at Mercy Lounge for finding my camera, you are awesome and I sincerely appreciate it!

-Aaron

Dirty Dozen Brass Band & The Coolin' System @ Exit/In 1/21/10

On Thursday night I went to the Exit/In to check out the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured left) and one of my favorite instrumental jazz groups in town, The Coolin' System (below), whom I have seen several times over the past year and have grown as a band significantly since I first saw them. It is fun to watch a band like The Coolin' System because every time you go to one of their shows it is better than the last one, and the last one was usually great! As anticipated, The Coolin' System delivered. The large crowd at the Exit/In was groovin as the members of the band traded solos and brought to life a Nashville crowd that always seems hesitant to dance. After getting the crowd warmed up, The Coolin' System exited stage left and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band took the stage.
This show was my first experience with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, but from talking with many other people I was a rare attendee that hadn't seen them before. Not only was this a Nashville crowd, but I ran into friends from Bowling Green who had come down to see the show and as the DDBB took the stage I realized why they made the drive. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their hit "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now", This New Orleans based horn band brought together that old time New Orleans sound with a hint of hip-hop flavor. It was danceable, sing-a-long, fun music and the band looked like they were having a blast as well. They played for several hours non-stop and the crowd loved every minute of it. This is not a band to miss if they make their way back through town again.



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