Day Three at the Americana Festival was a blur. We didn't even get outside the walls of the hotel, which by the way is the newly renovated Sheraton Nashville Downtown. Everyone here has made us feel so welcome. From the folks in the front office to those at the front desk, to the people bringing stuff to our room. Everyone has a smile, a kind word, and a can do attitude. You know, I didn't even tell you who all we had up to the Sweet Sheraton Suite on Wednesday! Defibulators, Tommy Emmanuel, Frazey Ford, Rodney Crowell, Corb Lund, Sunset Slim, Hayes Carll, Mary Gauthier, Jon Langford, Exene Cervenka, and Chip Taylor. Then yesterday it was Mike Farris, Amy Speace, The John Henrys, Peter Case, Sarah Jarosz, The Infamous Stringdusters, Over The Rhine, The Coal Porters, Cindy Bullens, Darrell Scott, Paul Thorn, David Jacobs-Strain and Danny Barnes. Wow! Plus, it was cool that we saw more than a few folks yesterday play one of the beautiful Gibson guitars in our studio, a Hummingbird and Songwriter Deluxe Standard on the acoustic front, and a Les Paul Studio and an SG Standard from the electric realm. Huge thanks to our friends at Gibson for providing them.
We are loving what we have been capturing, and can't wait to bring it to you! We have a video from day two for you now. It is the inimitable Rodney Crowell, a Cadillac of a songwriter, a crooner of the first order. When he was writing the songs for the album Sex & Gasoline, it was through the prism of watching his daughters grapple with what it means to be a female in this society. A brave and honest exploration into understanding, at the same time that he understands what the emotional landscape is of being a man. I love reading Rodney's articulate lyrics. He has a book coming out, a memoir, in 2011, and I can't wait to read that too. And you know I love to listen to him as well. Here's Rodney Crowell with "The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design." More is coming from the abovementioned artist sessions in the coming days and weeks...you bet!
- Jessie Scott
