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I was rummaging around looking for something at Mamma and Daddy's today, and I came across a bag of Grand Ole Opry Memorabilia from the time I performed on the show when I was 12.



There's so much I didn't remember!!! I remember Billy Walker introduced me, but Mark Collie was also during my time slot? Wow! Plus, Riders In the Sky, Porter Wagoner, Ricky Skaggs, Lorrie Morgan, Grandpa Jones : ), Bill Anderson, and Jeannie Seely were all on that same night.

That night was such a blur. I remember rehearsing that afternoon with a piano player, but I didn't play with a band until the actual performance. I remember them showing me "the circle" that had been taken from the Ryman stage where I would be standing. I remember lots of flashing lights. And I remember doing the Opry Backstage show with Bill Anderson who had me play "something on the fiddle" and I had no idea how long to play so I just kept going.... :)

What an incredible experience.... then... I flew back to L.A. to keep auditioning for tv pilots... What a cool life I've already been livin!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

Barcelona. Absolutes

Listening to the new Barcelona record, Absolutes.



:) I'm so happy right now.

James grew up in Seattle with Brian Fennell, the lead singer, so I have gotten to know the guys through hanging out in Seattle and going to their shows here in Nashville. They have a very Coldplay or Fray sound. BEAUTIFUL melodic piano-based pop-rock. The first time I saw them play was at 12th and Porter and the next time was about a year later at Exit/In, and if I were to guess the next time will be at the Ryman. They are unbelievable live. I LOVE their show. And it is SOOO much fun to walk into a record store and be able to buy a friend's album.

They actually got signed to Universal Records in New York while they were staying at my mother-in-law's and they had JUST slept on our floor in Nashville. :)

Isn't the life a musician amazing? One night sleeping on your friends' floor... the next popping champagne and living it up in NYC at your label signing!!!

These guys are so deserving. They are such unbelievably nice, down to earth people. And they have worked so hard... but of course... NOW the real work begins. I'm excited to watch them climb the charts!

This is a great video of them at the Showbox in Seattle doing "Stars"... one of my favorites!





So today I got a google alert for an article promoting our show on June 5 at a Marine Base in Beaufort, SC. And I had no idea it was the grand opening of their new facility!! That makes me feel all kinds of cool now!
Here's the article:
Single Marine Program Presents Burners to Fightertown


Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie