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Volume 20 | Issue 183 PUBLICIZING SINGERS, WRITERS & MUSICIANS TO MUSIC ROW AND BEYOND SINCE 1995 Sherri Justice The Beauty of Music Also Inside: Ben Rush, Keith Whitley, The Malpass Brothers, Blake Forrester & More NashvilleMusicGuide.com 2 NashvilleMusicGuide.com 3 Letter from Contents Departments Features 4 Editor’s Letter 6 2 Steel Girls 13 Business Spotlight Publisher & Editor Mad Black Magic 19 Growing Up Kilgore Once again it’s that time of year where the artist give back to the fans. 8 Blake Forrester 30 Artists On The Rise Nashville is bombarded by music fans from all walks of life from all 50 states and 41 countries. The inaugural Fan Fair was held April 12-15, 1972 in A Star in the Making 32 Inside Track Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. 5,000 fans attended the event. In 1973 the Risa Binder date was moved to June in the hope of finding better weather conditions and 8 36 NMG CAM the attendance doubled to 10,000. The festival was moved to Tennessee State Write. Sing. Repeat. Fair Grounds in 1982. In 2001 the event made a big change and moved from the Fair Grounds to clustered sites in downtown Nashville including LP Field 9 ETX Music and the River Front. In 2004, the Country Music Association renamed the 2015 Awards Publisher & CEO event to the CMA Music Festival in order to change the negative perceptions, 16 Randy Matthews embrace the CMA Brand, and to expand the appeal. Your legends and early 10 Ben Rush [email protected] artist didn’t like the name change and still refer to it like I do as FAN FAIR. Managing Editor Currently the event draws hundreds of thousands of fans and over 400 Come Get Ya Some Amanda Andrews artists and celebrities who hold autograph sessions and performance in one Jason Michael Carroll [email protected] of many concerts offered throughout the festival. Artists give back to the 12 8 Contributors Phil Sweetland, Preshias fans by spending long hours in autograph lines, holding fan club parties and What Color is Your Sky Harris, Leslie Armstong, Jessica performing free shows all over town. Northey, Rick Amburgey, Sherryl Craig, 14 Autographs Lynette Lorenz, Krys Midgett, Peggy Mercer, Steve Kilgore, Jerry Overcast This is personally my favorite time of the year, I have attended CMA Fest Have Your Favorite Artists Sign myself for nearly 15 years, making lifetime friends that I only see at fan fair Photography Bob Coan, Jerry Over- from all over the world. I would like to give a special thanks to our co-editor 16 Sherri Justice cast, Stacy Scruggs, Randi Radcliff, and graphic designer Amanda Andrews; she works really hard year round on Chad Lee, Michael Jenkins, Julianna our website, social media, and more to ensure that we stay as update as possible on music news. Also a special things The Beauty of Music Birdwell to our writer, Sherryll Craig, for all her hard work. As well as Jerry Overcast for submitting the great pictures from Iroquois Steeplechase the legend events, he is also a photographer for hire. Special thanks to Steve Merle Kilgore who writes great stories 22 Founder Dan Wunsch from the past. Thanks to Preshias Harris who has written for the Nashville Music Guide for 20 long years. #TNSteeplechase HOW TO REACH NMG Press releases, CD Reviews Nashville Music Guide has been going through many changes the past couple 24 Bonnaroo [email protected] of years in the terms of how often we print, but one thing is always for certain In Memory of The Darlins - we will ALWAYS have our annual CRS and CMA print issues. Founder Dan 26 Physical Mail Kymberly Matthews PO Box 332067 Nashville, TN 37203 Wunsch started the magazine 20 years ago this Septemeber and while it has Picking Up Speed seen it’s ups and downs with print and staff - we continue to stive to bring you 1976-2015 Disclaimer: Nashville Music Guide, Inc with the most up-to-date news, stories, reviews, and more on up-and-comers, 27 Steve Oliver is not liable for any inaccuracies sub- mitted by freelance journalists, adver- independents, new faces, legends, icons, and more. Many, many thanks to our Two Below in Tupelo subscribers and advertisers without you our magazine would not be possible. tisers, publicists, and/or persons using this issue for the free publicity and/or 27 Charter House Studio any royalty payments or fees due to On a special note I would personally like to thank all my Nashville friends, the publication of material in the form adopted families, Facebook friends etc. for all the prayers and condolences during 115 Years of Dreams of a press release, events, publicity, or the passing of my wife your thoughts and prayers are very much appreciated Special Ops DJ advertising. from the bottom of my heart and my children’s hearts. 29 Mobile DJs & Music Ent. Have a safe and exciting time during CMA FEST 2015, 31 Summer NAMM Editor ~ Randy Matthews Music Industry Day 37 The Malpass Brothers Traditional Music Heroes 26 NashvilleMusicGuide.com 4 NashvilleMusicGuide.com 5 Early in in the development of their music, mar- keting and promotions professionals wanted to take these two beauties and use that “Beauty Queen” image to help rock out their videos and photos...but Allison just wasn’t feeling it. As a daughter of the Appalachian hills, she said “No way” and held true to herself and the image of who 2Steel Girls really are...down to earth and true to themselves. RealTree, the largest camouflage manufac- turer in the world met with Allison and Krystal through “a happen chance”.....on Twitter... and decided maybe it was time to freshen up the @2SteelGirls face of one of the worlds leading hunting and camouflage companies...located right here in the good ole USA. Since this held true to who They can hunt.....they can fish.....and they can damn sure the girls are, they were a perfect fit. They’ve make some rockin country music. They are 2SteelGirls. worn RealTree clothing for years. Allison Steel and her daughter Krystal make up one of coun- Nashville Universe Awards held at the Wild Horse Salon and try music’s fastest rising independent artists this year. Last hosted by Storme Warren blessed 2Steel Girls with two out- year has brought great strides in their achievements but 2015 standing awards. Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year has already placed 2Steel Girls on the major watch list. for their single “Forward” from their first CD released in 2013 called “ Train Wreck.” They have come a long way since their first appearance at NMG Spotlights the Blue Bird Cafe and a major appearance on The Voice with Most recent is the honored opportunity for 2Steel Girls and Team Blake, and the world has enjoyed a taste of their out- lead guitarist Aaron Steel to be sponsored by BreedLove Gui- Nashville Music Guide’s standing talent and determination to make a mark in the in- tars, one of the countries largest creators of unique and ex- “Artists on the Rise” and dustry. quisitely designed guitars, basses, mandolins, and ukuleles. 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