On Wednesday I arrived in Nashville midday, and proceeded to make the rounds. And EVERYWHERE I went, I ran into friends. For a time as I was driving, I started getting melancholy for the days when I lived in this town. Seeing ghosts on the corners, in the neighborhoods, on the streets. But then, walking into the haunts, there were actually humans that I knew, and it was wonderful being welcomed back. My evening ended at the Station Inn in Nashville, which usually plays home to stringed instruments. This Wednesday, it was the rousing gospel of The McCrary Sisters. And lots of folks in the house: Brigitte DeMeyer, Marshall Chapman, Lisa Grey, Eric Brace.
And all day, I have been wondering what I would write about Brian Wright, as we had planned to put up another video from his SXSW set from March at Threadgill’s. Low and behold, Brian Wright was at the gig too. I asked him to tell me a bit about the song “Mrs. Rosenthal.” He said, ”I wrote the song about a woman who showed me how things worked in life.” I said, “Kinda like Mrs. Robinson?” and he said, “The names were changed to protect the guilty, but Rosenthal Road was where I grew up.” And that is all we need to know. Brian’s album, House On Fire, came out earlier this year, and has landed on several ‘best of the year’ lists. Kudos to Brian. Here is the Music Fog recording of “Mrs. Rosenthal.”
- Jessie Scott
