37 is our final tally. That's how many artists we recorded over the past four days. Music Fog lives to record another day, somewhere yet to be announced! We had a short day yesterday, with session from Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, Sara Petite, Somebody's Darling, Will Kimbrough, and Susan Cowsill. Yowsa! We have been holed up behind closed doors in the Sweet Suite at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown for the 2010 Americana Music Festival & Conference, and have had a blast drinking from this well of wonderful music and great people! We thank the Americana Music Association for bringing us indoors, it was so much easier for the artists to come to us for their sessions. Thanks to the Sheraton for allowing us to build our studio in the middle of the host hotel for this event. Our commute was about twenty paces from sleeping quarters to the studio! And you know we sequester ourselves to get the mission done, so we haven't been out to see anything else. To explain it one step further, a couple of crew members literally did not step foot outside for two full days. Last night, though, we were happy to celebrate a successful trip by spending the night out on the town for some live music at a couple of the showcases. We ran into many friends, old and new.
Another thanks goes out to Gibson Guitars, who provided the guitars and amps, and we were once again so happy to have them, as that made it easier for the artists too. Watching them drool over the guitars was a sight to behold! Thanks to Sheila Francis for making the trip from Idaho to run camera, and to Beans & Aaron for driving the BBC from Maryland. Denise and I jump back on a plane to Austin today. Videos are forthcoming, once we get back to home base, and we can't wait to bring it all to you! Bye bye from Nashville, we've become airborne.
- Jessie Scott