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Ok, so I know it has been a while since the 12th and Porter show with Christen Cole, but a gig report is still in order. It was a great night! So, as Matt mentioned on facebook, it was completely random. When we showed up to load in, the stage we were supposed to play on was completely covered in gear and we weren’t able to even bring in our stuff until 7:00 (when our set was supposed to be starting). Why? Well, because it just so happened that The Jane Dear Girls were doing a live showcase on CMT in the other room. All the fancy equipment on our stage was there to facilitate the live broadcast. Anyway, it really didn’t bother us to start late. I hadn’t even plugged in my guitar when I took the stage to start the evening. We sound checked as we were playing the first song, and rocked on from there. Matt and I threw in a new tune called “All I Want Is You.” So be listening for it. You’ll have the chance to hear it (and maybe some more new ones) if you come to The French Quarter or to 12th and Porter in a couple weeks. (Just check our dates page .) After we finished up our set, we were ushered into the green room for an interview with Amped Up Magazine. They are an online magazine that tries to keep people up-to-date with what is happening in the Nashville music scene.
We did the interview while Alex Maddox played her set and then we took the stage again backing Christen Cole. It was a fun set as always. Matt was on electric, BGVs provided by yours truly and percussion brought to you by the ever talented Lee Holland. Once Christen finished up, Adam Wheatly closed out the evening. I left 12th and Porter energetic and excited, which doesn’t usually happen after doing a show in Nashville 🙂 And they asked us back, so we’ll get to do it all over again on March 8th. So thanks to all who came out, we hope to see you again soon!
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Last night we had the honor of leading worship at Awaken My House in Cookeville, TN. We met in the little 2 story church building on the corner of 4th and Peachtree. It used to be called New Covenant and it was the church Matt and I attended in college. It was like coming full circle. We were asked by Rachel Jared to lead this month’s gathering. God has given this young lady a vision for a multi-cultural, multi-generational, multi-denominational time of worship, and though she has not yet graduated high school, she is following through with the vision. It’s pretty inspiring if you ask me. Anyway, the funny thing is that Rachel remembers us doing music at New Covenant back when she was just 5 or 6 years old. I about choked when she said she was 5 or 6. It just reminds me of how long it has been since we lived in our college town. But I tell you, it was beautiful! There is nothing like being in a room full of people who really want to BE WITH God! Having the children gathered in the front all bundles of joy while we sang “Happy Day” and “Shabach”, and then the group of young women who danced just made my heart swell. It brought back all the wonderful memories of when I first learned to worship in that very room. And now, here I am, 10 years later, married with three kids of my own who were dancing and worshiping with us. It was beautiful. Afterwards I “met” several of the kids I used to teach in Friday School (homeschool arts program). I was amazed that I totally recognized their faces though they have matured so much. I taught music and drama for several semesters there, and some of them are now teachers at Friday School. So many people have learned about God and how to listen to him in the little white building on the corner of 4th and Peachtree (now called Peachtree Learning Center). Shoni Smith (director of Friday school) spoke at the beginning of the evening about heritage and how it is what we come from that shapes who we are…and it is true…so true.