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NashvilleMusicGuide.com 2 NashvilleMusicGuide.com 1 Contents Executive Editor & CEO Randy Mat- 34 Letter from the Editor thews [email protected] Let's start out by letting everyone on these pages and they will be jamming with us on May Features know that Big Joe Matthews has left WKIRURXU%OXHV-DPDW:LQQHU V%HVXUHWRFRPHRXW Managing Editor Amanda Andrews the building. We would like to sin- WRWKHNLFNRIIRXU¿UVW6SHFLDO(GLWLRQDWRXU%OXHV-DP [email protected] Music City Smokehouse cerely thank him for all his hard work :HZLOOKDYHDVHULHVRI6SHFLDO(GLWLRQVWKURXJKRXWWKH 7 at NMG. We support him completely year and parties to celebrate. We are emphasizing Music in Director, Sales & Marketing Janell Webb Smoking Blues & BBQ [email protected] with his future endeavors and in fol- 0XVLF&LW\E\FUHDWLQJVSHFLDOLVVXHVZLWKDVSHFL¿FIRFXV 8 The Blues Connection lowing his dreams. But don't worry, on different genres and/or themes. 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WRXUQDPHQWWKDWZLOOEHKHOGGXULQJ&0$:HHNRQ-XQH Accounts Rhonda Smith 10 Judge’s Vinegarroon This issue is the First Annual Blues WK DW 7KH +DUG 5RFN 7KH WRXUQDPHQW ZLOO IHDWXUHG D [email protected] Spicing Things Up In Edition of Nashville Music Guide and JDPH FDOOHG <RX YH%HHQ 6HQWHQFHG &RXQWU\ (GLWLRQ´ Music City RXUYHU\¿UVW6SHFLDO(GLWLRQEXWQRWWKHODVW This version will not be available for purchase until the Contributors Phil Sweetland, Preshias, Rick Moore, Andrew Miller, Leslie Arm- If you track down the root to all great music and you will )DOO3URFHHGVIURPWKHWRXUQDPHQWZLOOEHQH¿W&KLOGUHQ V stong, Brion Dixon, Harrison Baker, Jes- 12 Jim Quick & Coastline ¿QGD%OXHVLQÀXHQFH,QWKHHDUO\VWKH¿UVW%OXHV 0LUDFOH1HWZRUNDQG6XFFHVV:RQ W:DLW sica Northey, Hank & Edna Beach, The Gettin’ Crazy Down South song was published, It is called 'Dallas Blues' and was Gherm Guys, Bronson Herrmuth, Krys ZULWWHQE\+DUW:DQGDURXQG/\ULFVZHUHDGGHGWR 7KH&0$0XVLF)HVWLYDOLVMXVWDURXQGWKHFRUQHU,KDYH Midgett 16 Harold ‘Hal’ Rugg WKHVRQJLQE\/OR\G*DUUHWW%OXHVPXVLFLDQVIURP heard that there will be changes to how they are doing au- The Past With A Personal %HVVLH6PLWKWR5D\&KDUOHVKDYHKDGDKXJHLPSDFWRQ tographs this year. Instead of standing in line and possibly Photography Bob Coan, Jerry Overcast, Departments the up and coming artists of today. The musicians featured camping out for tickets to get autographs from the 'hot' ce- Touch here are no exception. lebs, they have changed it to an online ticket system. For HOW TO REACH NMG Bobby Braddock 2 Editor’s Letter -LP4XLFNLVJUDFLQJRXUFRYHU+HDQGKLVEDQG&RDVWOLQH PRUH LQIR RQ WKLV JR WR ZZZFPDZRUOGFRP 6RPH KRW Press releases, CD Reviews 17 OLNHWRJHWFUD]\'RZQ6RXWK7KH\KDYHWDNHQWKH%OXHV up and coming stars will still be available for autographs [email protected] The Present With A 4 Musician’s Spotlight DQG$PHULFDQDZRUOGE\VWRUP:HKDYH%OXHV&RQQHF- without tickets and if you catch me running around town, Advertisement/Rates Personal Touch Tyrone Carreker tion, the amazing Kenny Olson and Paris Delane, along you may even get my autograph. 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Shaun Murphy 30 NMG Cam @NashMusicGudie 32 April Music Events 32 37 Biz Buzz When Radio Rigs the Charts 38 Nashville Country Club NashvilleMusicGuide.com 2 NashvilleMusicGuide.com 3 Q: +RZROGZHUH\RXZKHQ\RX¿UVWVWDUWHGSOD\LQJPXVLFDQGZDV\RXUIDPLO\PXVLFDO" Tyrone: Oh man, I was young. I started off playing the upright bass in 4th grade, so that probably puts me starting at 8 or 9. My mom, she got a scholarship to Michigan State for music, which she ended up switching to teaching after a while, but yeah, she was very musi- cal and my whole mom’s side of the family is musical, they all sang in church. Q:'LG\RXKDYHPXVLFLQVFKRRO" Tyrone Carreker plays the blues. From Detroit, Mich., Tyrone came Tyrone: Yeah, all the way up from 4th to 11th grade I played bass. I simply played that, but to Nashville four years ago and his in 11th grade I heard a guitar solo. You ever heard, “Feels So Good” by Chuck Mangione? QHZ&'LVGXHRXWLQ0D\ Man I heard that guitar solo and I wanted to play guitar ever since then. That solo just blew me away, but I didn’t get around to picking it up until a couple of years later when I was 22 in college, but yeah, so the music has always been the forefront for me at least. 6WDUWLQJ RXW SOD\LQJ WKH XSULJKW bass, his guitar playing is now his Q: 'R\RXUHPHPEHUWKH¿UVWVRQJ\RXHYHUZURWH" focus, along with his songwriting and performing. Tyrone: <HDKEXW,GRQ¶WZDQWWRWDONDERXWLW ODXJKLQJ ,ZDVIRUWKH¿UVWRI¿FLDOVRQJ I ever wrote. I remember when I was in high school, I didn’t have a tape recorder that you Blessed with a ton of talent and could do your melodies into, so I would — this is strange (laughing) — but I would write DJUHDWYRLFH7\URQHSOD\VD¿QH down what the melody sounded like, and I would go back and I would remember it from that. guitar and he and his band mates I remember doing that when I was in high school and middle school. — Jarvis Mosby on bass guitar and Jason Bolejack on drums — Q:6RZKHQ\RXZULWHWKHPXVLFFRPHVWR\RX¿UVW" have put together a great trio. Tyrone: ,JHWDIHHOLQJ¿UVWWKDW,KDYHVRPHWKLQJWRVD\OLNHVRPHWKLQJ¶VERWKHULQJPH The following is from an exclu- You know I’ll be sitting there and I’ll just be in a mood so I’ll start playing on my guitar, so sive interview that Nashville Mu- ZKDWFRPHV¿UVWWRPHLVMXVWWKHIHHOLQJRIZKDW,ZDQWWRZULWH,I,¶PDQJU\WKHQ,¶OOKDYHDQ sic Guide writer, Bronson Her- angry lyric, I’ll have an angry melody on my guitar. As a matter of fact there’s a song on my album right now called “Liars.” That came from me feeling really just a little bit in the mo- rmuth had with Tyrone. ment, of just being not quite angry, but just really confused on the inside. In the song, the way the music came out especially recording-wise, that angst is so prevalent and it’s just good To learn more about ‘cause that lets me know that feeling was accomplished in the song. You can feel the pressure 7\URQH&DUUHNHUYLVLW on my shoulders when I’m playing and singing. I can feel it come back to me and that’s good. www.tyronecarreker.com Q:<RXUQHZ&'LVGXHRXWLQ0D\:LOO\RXEHJRLQJRQWRXU" To read/listen to Bronson’s entire LQWHUYLHZZLWK7\URQH Tyrone: )RUVXUH:H¶UHGH¿QLWHO\JRLQJEDFNKRPHWR'HWURLW,¶PDOVRORRNLQJDW&KL- FDJR6HHWKHJRRGWKLQJDERXWJRLQJWRFROOHJH¿UVWLV\RXKDYHDORWRIIULHQGVWKDWDUH scattered across, so obviously the good thing to do in terms of touring is to play in those cities and they tell the people that they know. 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