Nashville Last Night

VonBonfire said:
Hair rock guitar tone with southern drawl vocalists and some fiddles here and there to keep it real. :LOL:
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I miss the real southern rock of the '70s. Back in the 70s, I saw Rossington-Collins Band twice, ZZ Top, Outlaws, Pure Prairie League, Charlie Daniels Band 2-3 times, Marshall Tucker Band 2-3 times, Black Oak Arkansas, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, probably a few others.

Wish I had a chance to see these guys before the plane crash:

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rsm said:
I miss the real southern rock of the '70s. Back in the 70s, I saw Rossington-Collins Band twice, ZZ Top, Outlaws, Pure Prairie League, Charlie Daniels Band 2-3 times, Marshall Tucker Band 2-3 times, Black Oak Arkansas, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, probably a few others.
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Never been a big rock music guy. My favorite southern rock is the Allman Bros mostly because they are closer to a blues band than any of those guys. But they still aren't really a blues band.

Floyd Eye said:
God I hope not.
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My wife was a huge fan of his and had all the studio records. She says in recent interviews he seems like he fried his brain. He hasn't released anything that I"m aware of in over a decade. I can't say I ever cared for the satanic vibe a lot of his stuff has.
 
VonBonfire said:
Never been a big rock music guy. My favorite southern rock is the Allman Bros mostly because they are closer to a blues band than any of those guys. But they still aren't really a blues band.


My wife was a huge fan of his and had all the studio records. She says in recent interviews he seems like he fried his brain. He hasn't released anything that I"m aware of in over a decade. I can't say I ever cared for the satanic vibe a lot of his stuff has.
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Shit, he's the best thing that happened to country music this century.
 
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rsm said:
His early rapsterrock was a nonstarter for me. Now rap and rock, like Anthrax and Public Enemy were fine, actually saw them perform together live.
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I agree mostly although Early Mornin Stoned Pimp and Paid are both decent.
 
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rsm said:
His early rapsterrock was a nonstarter for me. Now rap and rock, like Anthrax and Public Enemy were fine, actually saw them perform together live.
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His early stuff was just rap. The polyfuze method and all that. I don't care for the mashup of music. Stay gold pony boy...
 
VonBonfire said:
His early stuff was just rap. The polyfuze method and all that. I don't care for the mashup of music. Stay gold pony boy...
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Grits sandwiches for breakfast, etc.. Yeah I liked those songs better once he re-recorded them for Cocky or American Bad Ass.

Prodigal Son
My Oedipus Complex
Bullgod
Fuck That.

He has a few cool ones.
 
SBlue said:
The amount of talented musicians in this city in unbelievable. And when I said talented, I meant beyond what I could ever imagine during my previous 20+ years working in the music business.
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Talent is still here but as was posted it's all in decline now, it's a shell of what it used to be. Music Row is a ghost town. Back in the day you could walk the row and bump into a country star walking beside you. My first real job was working at a EMI publishing converting tape to DAT lol. I used to grab lunch with Trisha Yearwood and her first husband who was my boss. Whom she promptly left once her debut album went through the roof.

Late 80's this place was busting with country and rock. Even had area's where each had their own little scene. 90's and early to mid 2000's is was still kicking. Country joints, Rock clubs - Nashville had it all. Then the realtors took over and everyone wanted to move here to experience it.

Now, most of the great places are gone for tourist bullshit or another high rise. They've sucked the Nashville right out of this place and it's just another overcrowded city now with a highway system 30 years out of date.

But hey, we're getting a new football stadium for a shitty football team and shopping district, whoopee.
 
VonBonfire said:
What's the Nashville scene like today? I was there almost 20 years ago but am in the Austin area now. I would imagine a lot has changed there.
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There is no scene. Enjoy Austin. Hopefully they won't kill that place like they always do.

I really thought Nashville could stand strong and keep their identity but it's over. I was just out on what we call Elliston Place, was basically a whole block of shops, eateries, live venues etc... Used to be packed. Even back around the mid 2000's it was still popping. You could play The Exit/In or The End, grab beers and food at the Gold Rush or any number of eateries, it was great. Sit down and eat and drink at the Gold Rush with Butch Walker or the guys in Lit, and they'd walk across the street and play the Exit/In. For us local bands, we had to put people in The End before the Exit/In would consider you. Then you had great clubs like 12th and Porter, The Rutledge etc... so many places gone.

I'm old now, glad I got to experience and partake in what Nashville used to be and glad I'm too old to even try to be a young musician now looking for gigs. There's some new places that popped up but there is no vibe here for music anymore best I can tell. Maybe @SBlue has a different take on it.
 
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