Cheap Trick

We went to see Cheap Trick at the Ryman Auditorium tonight!!! Paul (my manager) bought tix for James, Ben, and me as an early Christmas present. And Cheap Trick is one of his favorite bands, so he wanted us to experience the almighty Cheap Trick for ourselves :)

It was SOOOO MUCH FUN!!!! They are incredible live. And dude. Robin Zander?!?!? Good Lord. If I have half of his voice when I am over 50, I will be good to go!!! The bass player was playing a 12 string bass. Ummm... NEVER seen that before. But it was really cool.

These guys KNOW how to put on a show. They are rockers in the true sense - as in, you don't feel like they are trying to rock. They just do. And the audience was pretty impressive. It was packed with session players, artists in town and even LARRY DAVID! Hilarious! No idea what he is doing in Nashville, but I saw him... didn't think it was actually him... because, well, why would he be in Nashville??

Man, I really loved that 12 string bass. It was such a cool sound. And he had the most gorgeous finish on it - very sparkly - and has given me inspiration for my next fiddle finish. :)

Yeah. So tonight rocked. It was a great way to kick off our marathon of being at home! Grandpa walked 4 times today, and his chest tubes came out. So YAY for that!!! Progress there :)

And welcome to the new blog followers! I see there are a few newbies to the list :) I'll try not to let you down. I may not be on the road the next few weeks, but I have no doubts there will be plenty of adventures to share :)

Night all.

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

Remedy

We went to see The Black Crowes tonight at the Ryman.




Good Lord.

It's amazing when you have such a dedicated fan base that you can play almost two hours and not play any of your biggest songs. But if you like what they do, then you don't have to know ANY of their songs to enjoy the show. They only did 2 tunes from their Greatest Hits record. But that's also part of their charm. That's why they are such a COOL band. And one of the reasons that their fans love them so much. I'm not that cool. And I never will be.

Chris Robinson has such a fantastic voice, I could listen to him sing anything.

It's so inspiring to go to other shows. I got so many great ideas tonight! From songs ideas to merch ideas... not that it takes much for James and me to brainstorm on merch and ways to make the show better. I feel like that's all we ever talk about sometimes. But it's so fun. And right now it feels like so much that we've worked for is coming together. Idea-wise, show-wise, record-wise, visually... it's all starting to click in ways that it only can after being on the road for a couple of years.

I'm pretty excited. And I can't wait to have my own audience like the one that they had tonight. Night... after night... after night.


Peace. Love. Fiddle. And Big Dreams.
~natalie