NSN Courtney Jaye; Sam & Ruby 12-14-08

I was really excited to have Nashville's own Sam & Ruby back on the show. I couldn't believe it had been so long since their last appearance, which was in April last year. That's when they first knocked me out with "Heaven's My Home" among others. It was my introduction to Courtney Jaye, also now a Nashvillian. She's got a new CD coming soon in 2009 and a few songs from it are already available on an EP called "The Exotic Sounds Of Courtney Jaye." Courtney's setlist:

Pipeline
I Need Love
Don't Tell A Girl
Sweet Ride (the new single)
Mele Kalikimaka (a Christmas song)
Tiger's Eye
Sweet Dreams
Maru Maru
Queen Of Sabotage
Box Wine
Sunlight

Courtney had dropcards on all the tables offering a free download of "Tiger's Eye." I grabbed four unused cards and offer you the download access codes from them here, so the first four people who read this can get the song. I was going to use one myself, but Courtney gave me a copy of the EP, so I don't need mine now. Redeem the codes at:

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Now, on to Sam & Ruby. This partnership began organically. They met at a writer's night a couple years ago and then would go to see each other's shows. That led to singing a song or two together at each other's shows and obviously something very special happened when they teamed up. Audiences loved it and now it's a full-blown partnership and the duo are releasing their first full-length album in 2009 on Rykodisc records and it will include many of the songs we've come to love by them in concert, including the stunning "Heaven's My Home," which we've played on Lightning 100 and which was featured in the movie "The Secret Life Of Bees." Another of my favorites on the CD is "Too Much," which they strongly opened with on this night. The setlist:

Too Much
Sarah
Never Surrender
What Do I Do Now
The Best
This I Know
Suitcase Song
Heaven's My Home
The Here & The Now (first song they ever wrote together, title cut of the new album)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Ain't Love Something
Chillin'

Seen in the audience: past NSN performer Audrey Spillman, drummer Bryan Owings, who's played with Patty Griffin and many others.

NSN with Cary Ott & Ben Taylor 12-7-08

Cary Ott, the former Chicagoan who's now Nashville-based, opened with a set that included the song we played from his Lucid Dream CD, "I Wouldn't Do That To You," as well as a cover of a song by The Band, "Twilight," that he contributed to a Teach For America benefit.

Sentimental Queens
Wear You Down
Daylight
I Wouldn't Do That To You
Am I Just One (a song that was featured on Grey's Anatomy)
Pink Sunglasses (a new song)
Twilight (the Band cover)
Ain't No Upside
Just Up The Road

Our headliner was Ben Taylor, son of James Taylor and Carly Simon - how 'bout those musical genes? He was accompanied by fellow artist David Saw.

Love Gets Sweeter
Must Of Fallen
Wrong
I See You
Nothing I Can Do (Ben said this one was about his mom)
Broken Down Figure (David Saw, title cut from his latest CD)
Wicked Way
America
Cow Cow Yiki
Turn On The Lights
Wilderness
After It's Over

NSN with Meaghan Smith & Eric Hutchinson 11-23-08

It was a packed, sold-out house at 3rd & Lindsley for Eric Hutchinson. The crowd was treated to Meaghan Smith as the 8pm opener and they seemed to enjoy her unique spin on 1920's, 30's and 40's style music. She played songs from her forthcoming (early 2009) release "The Cricket's Orchestra," including all four songs on the preview EP "The Cricket's Quartet." The setlist:

I Know
If You Asked Me
Drifted Apart
A Little Love
You Got Out
We Ain't Poor
A Piece
Take Me Dancing
Five More Minutes

Eric Hutchinson proved himself a great new entertainer, with a whole bunch of good songs besides his first hit "Rock & Roll." His trio includes Tom Craskey on bass and Jimmy Coleman on drums. I bet we're going to be seeing and hearing a lot more from Eric in the future. His setlist:

Back To Where I Was
You've Got You
Outside Villanova
Food Chain
Lisa
All Over Now
You Don't Have To Believe Me
OK, It's Alright With Me
Gonna Get Some Dudes Together
Sad Songs
It Hasn't Been Long Enough
It Hasn't Been Long Enough (Cher version)
Rock & Roll
Oh

Spotted in the audience: Nashville's own Matt Wertz, who told me he's finally off the road for a while and home for the holidays.

NSN with Edwin McCain 11-16-07

We wound up with a double-dose of Edwin McCain on this NSN, after scheduled opener Brian Vander Ark came down with a bug that took away his voice. Edwin graciously agreed to perform both the 8pm and 9pm sets. He certainly has more than enough songs to sing and stories to tell to fill the time. I was expecting Edwin to fill the set with songs from his new album of all-soul covers (Nobody's Fault But Mine), but he did not. "I Got Dreams To Remember" is the only song I recognized as being from that album. Mostly Edwin stuck to his own compositions from down through the years. He didn't work from a set list, so I don't have a definitive list for you this week, but he did do long-time favorites "Solitude" (2nd song in the 9pm set), and "I'll Be" and "Grammercy Park Hotel" (the last two songs of the night). A few other titles I remember from the first set were "White Crosses" and "I Could Not Ask For More." The second set included "Shooting Stars" and "I Got Dreams To Remember." Edwin's done our show several times and it's always a treat.

NSN with The Bridges & Matthew Sweet 11-9-08

This night's opener, The Bridges, are a young group of siblings (Natalie, Stacey, Jeremy and Isaaca Byrd) and a cousin (Brittany Painter) whose debut album "Limits Of The Sky" was produced by headliner Matthew Sweet. When I talked to Matthew on the phone last Friday he said he was just a big fan of their music. As you might expect from a family group, the harmonies are spectacular. Their set was all songs from the debut album:

All The Words
One I Love
Echo
Runaway
Unconditional
One Way
To Say The Least
Pieces (which they identified as the first single)
Blue

Matthew Sweet and his veteran band rocked through a set that had a whole bunch of songs from his new album "Sunshine Lies," his 10th studio album of his two-decade-plus career. It wasn't until about half-way through that he got to some "hits." "I've Been Waiting" and "Girlfriend" were performed with The Bridges onstage to lend a hand. The set ended with "Sick Of Myself." Surprisingly, "What Matters," "Where You Get Love," "Evangeline," and "Thought I Knew You" were not performed on this night, but I guess you can't do 'em all. The set:

Time Machine
Room To Rock
Byrdgirl
Dandelion
We're The Same
You Don't Know Me
I've Been Waiting*
Girlfriend*
Sunshine Lies
Pull The Trigger
Ugly Truth
Flying
Sick Of Myself

NSN with Newton Faulkner & Sonya Kitchell 11-2-08

Both these artists were paying return visits to NSN this week. Newton was here back in April. For Sonya, it had been much longer. She was with us in May 2006. Newton Faulkner played his set totally solo, but he's able to coax a whole lot of sounds out of his guitar and his foot-pedal keyboard. He's a great entertainer and was funny and warm with his between-song patter with the audience. Newton told me he thought 3rd and Lindsley might be the first American venue he's now played a second time. His setlist:

To The Light
I Need Somebody
Teardrop
She's Got The Time
Pure Imagination
UFO
Dream Catch Me*
Gone In The Morning*
Bohemian Rhapsody

Sonya Kitchell's first visit in 2006 was when her debut CD, "Words Came Back To Me," came out. We just barely got her on this tour for the new album "The Storm." Sonya told us it was the last night of the tour with her backing band The Slip. The setlist:

Here I Am
This Storm
Every Drop*
Who Knows
No Matter What
Walk Away
Running
Robin
Effortless
Fire

NSN with Nick Pagliari & Drew Holcomb

This was a great night of music from a couple of artists who have both Nashville and Memphis connections. Opener Nick Pagliari has moved back to Memphis recently, but was here in Nashville for a 5 year period, during which he won the 2003 Nashville Scene Readers' Poll for Best Unsigned Songwriter. Nick concentrated on songs from his new CD "Please & Thank You," leading a great band that was augmented on some songs by a great horn section. The setlist:

The Union Infantry
Leave It Alone*
Play That Rock & Roll Loud
Romantic Picture Show
I Don't Wanna Die Lonely
Highway Stays The Same
Do What You Love
Somebody Told Me
Carl's Revenge
Magazines

Headliner Drew Holcomb was paying us a return visit to NSN, having played our show back in February. Drew was raised in Memphis but is now based in East Nashville as is most of his band, thus the name Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors. They've been playing live a lot - over 500 concerts across the country in the past 4 years. The new CD is called "Passenger Seat," from a line in a great song on it called "Love Is Magic." The band consists of Drew's wife Ellie Holcomb on harmony and sometimes lead vocals and sometimes guitar, mandolin, percussion, Nathan Dugger on guitar, Rich Brinsfield on bass and Jon Radford on drums. The band is incredibly tight and the setlist was full of outstanding songs. It was a great performance from start to finish. Ellie told me she's trying to learn to play more instruments so she has more to do onstage than just sing and I thought she did well and always looked like she was having fun. The set included a great cover of The Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," which they've brilliantly rearranged into a faster rocker than the original Beatles' ballad. Drew mentioned that people say "don't do Beatles covers, because the best song in the set will never be your own." But he says screw it, he loves the Beatles and he's gonna do it anyway. I told him I thought it was good to do a Beatles cover when you do something special to it, like they did with this one. The whole setlist:

Hallelujah
Late Night Drama Queen*
Fire & Dynamite*
Daylight
Boy
Hung The Moon (Ellie-lead vocal)
The Wire
Love You, Come Back Home (new song)
Rhythym Of The Clock*
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away*
Heartache Heartbreak*
Love Is Magic*
Jamie*

You can hear "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "Jamie" on demand on our "Media"/"Live Performances" page at Lightning100.com.

NSN with Arizona & Amy Ray 10-19-08

Opening act Arizona, despite their name, is not from Arizona. They're from Brooklyn, NY, but now are based in Ashville, NC! It's a long story. Their sound dips its toe in the psychedelic folk-rock of the late 60's. No set list was provided, but they stated during the set that they were playing their new album, Glowing Bird, in order, so you see the names of the songs on their album.

Indigo Girl Amy Ray was our headliner, playing the first show of her latest solo tour, supporting her new solo CD "Didn't It Feel Kinder," which is her 4th solo album. It has always seemed to me that Amy was the one who liked to rock out in the Indigo Girls and I would imagine the acoustic-folk nature of that duo's sound constrains her a bit, so these solo outings are a way of getting her punk rock on. Amy's show definitely rocked, and the 3rd & Lindsley crowd that packed the house didn't seem to mind at all! Despite having to deal with bus troubles getting to the gig, Amy was having a good time on this tour-opener and played on after we went off the air. Something that frequently happens and is a good reason to come see our NSN shows live!

Amy Ray setlist:
Birds Of A Feather
Bus Bus
Black Heart Today
Rural Faggot
Give In
She's Got To Be
Salt Lake City Radio
Gun Gun
Blender
Mountains Of Glory
On Your Honor
Cold Shoulder
Driver's Ed

NSN with Madi Diaz & Amie Miriello 10-12-08

A night of two great up-and-coming female artists. First up was Nashville's own Madi Diaz, whose solo debut CD is "Skin and Bone," but she has some new songs and a new record coming, as she revealed to us on this night. The setlist:

Late Night Driving
Nothing At All
Just A Little Bit
Love You
Heavy Heart
Let's Go*
Ten Gun
Pictures
I Know

Then it was our headliner, Amie Miriello, who I've been looking forward to having on our show after seeing her perform in Boulder, Colorado a couple of months ago. I got to hang out with Amie and her songwriting partner and guitarist Jay Dmuchowski a little bit, grab a meal and see some other shows. They're both great folks, we had a lot of laughs, and Jay is one heck of a music trivia buff. He knows a lot more about the 60's and 70's than he should for his age. Amie used to be in a band called Dirtie Blonde and she enjoyed the line I used in my introduction that she don't need no dirty band. They had a setlist prepared, but jumped around all over it unpredictably, choosing which song to play next as they went along. Here's the order they actually performed them:

I Came Around*
Brand New
Tearful Bride
Snow
Grey
Beauty Of Goodbye
List Of Things
What's Good
Drifter

NSN with Rabbit Ears Radio & Erin McCarley 10-5-08

This night showcased some great talent living right here in Nashville. First up was Rabbit Ears Radio, who I had not seen or heard before. The group is really new, having formed recently out of a collaboration of several Nashville-based artists, who have recorded and performed individually and in other groups. I think they have put together something greater than the sum of its parts and expect we'll be hearing a lot more from them in the future. They are Larissa Maestro on vocals and guitar, James Farrell on guitar and keys, Adam Popick on drums, Adam Ollendorf on slide and Rachel Loy on bass. The setlist:

Something I Don't Know
You'll Never Change
Moment Of Closure
Through With Love
Too Good To Be True
Blowing Out The Smoke
You And Me
Not Supposed To
Just What You Did
Push Me

Then it was time for our long-awaited NSN debut of Erin McCarley. She's one of the Ten Out Of Tenn artists who recently toured together and many of her contemporaries have already played NSN, so it was about time we finally got her on. She recorded her album "Love, Save The Empty" in a recording studio just down the hall from Lightning 100 in Marathon Village! I told Erin it was cool to see shots in her EPK that were obviously here at Marathon. Her song "Pony" has been a bit hit on Lightning 100, and of course it was in the set along with these others:

Sticky Sweet
Hello Goodbye
Love Save The Empty
Lovesick Mistake
Gotta Figure This One Out
Little Drummer Boy (a short preview of an upcoming Ten Out Of Tenn Christmas album)
Sleepwaking
Blue Suitcase
Pony
Pitter Pat

NSN with Steve Conn & Sonny Landreth 9-28-08

For rock & roll Louisiana-style, it doesn't get much better than these two artists. Both have made past visits to NSN over the years, always enjoyable, and I was excited to have them back-to-back this night. Steve Conn, who's made Nashville his home since 1993, was first up. Steve's often played with Sonny on recordings and live, and he would on this evening, too, but opened our show with a set of his own songs. The list:

Trouble
These Are The Best Days
Easier Said Than Done
Thinking In Tongues
I'm Losing You
I've Got Your Dog
It Is What It Is
The Only Truth

Steve's set was running a little long and volunteered to cut a song, but since I knew there was very little set changing needed tonight, I encouraged him to do them all. So, we were only away for about 10 minutes before it was time for Sonny Landreth. Sonny's new album "From The Reach," his 9th, is loaded with guest stars such as Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Dr. John, Jimmy Buffett and others. No, none of them showed up for the show on this night. I figured the best chance was for Vince Gill, who lives here and has made it out to some NSN shows in the past, but not this night. My favorite song on the new album is the one with Mark Knopfler, "Blue Tarp Blues." It was in the set, along with old favorites like "Native "Stepson" and "Back to Bayou Teche." Here's the whole setlist:

Port Of Calling
South Of I-10
Native Stepson
Promise
Deucer
Hell At Home
Storm Of Worry
The Milky Way Home
Blue Tarp Blues*
Uberesso
Key
USS Zydecoldsmobile
All About You
Back To Bayou Teche
Pedal To Metal

NSN with Lilyphone and Pictures & Sound 9/21/08

Our opener this week, Lilyphone, is a fresh group from Denmark with a folky sound. They have some business ties to Nashville, so maybe we'll be seeing them around some. They're just starting to get their name established here in the U.S. They came by the Lightning 100 office to play a private lunchtime set for us earlier in the week and were impressive, so I was already somewhat familiar with them and looking forward to the broadcast. Lead singer Marie Keis Uhre is lovely, has a beautiful voice and an infectious smile. She looks like she's always having a good time and it rubs off on the audience. They won some new fans with this show. The other members are Thomas Bang on bass, Thomas Stern Hansen on drums and Jakob Thomhav on guitar and all the guys add harmony vocals. The setlist was:

Rosie
Please Baby Please
Baby Makes It Burn
Twinkling Of An Eye
All Because Of You
One For The Road
Watching You*
Susie Why Do You Do Me Wrong
You
Natural Born Heartbreaker

Ex-Blue Merle frontman Luke Reynolds returned to Nashville Sunday Night to perform under the name of Pictures and Sound, which is basically just a name he's chosen to use as a solo artist. I don't think there's a set "band," at least not yet, and in fact for this show, none of the sidemen listed on the record were present. Instead, Luke utilized Nashvillians James Haggerty on bass and Marc Pisapia on drums - the rhythym section of Joe, Marc's Brother. Luke's old Blue Merle bandmate Beau Stapleton was spotted in the audience, but any hope for a semi-reunion on stage didn't come to pass. Beau didn't bring his mandolin, he was just hanging out enjoying the show. Pictures and Sound did perform a mandolin-less version of Blue Merle's big hit "Burning In The Sun," which was interesting, but not quite the same without Beau's stellar mandolin playing which we're accustomed to on that song. The setlist:

The Last Ocean
Burning In The Sun
Forever To Reach
Everything Leaves A Mark*
Big Screen
It's You*
100 Different Directions
Every War
Space Between The Lines
The Youth

Also spotted in the audience on this night was David Mead, who was our guest on the show just three weeks earlier.

NSN with Rick Brantley & Moon Taxi 9-14-08

It was a great finale to the Next Big Nashville festival which we broadcast this week. Atlanta's Rick Brantley kicked off the show at 8. He was voted by fans on Metromix.com as Atlanta's hottest rocker. You may have wondered why during his mellow, solo opening song, but then he brought the band on stage and all hell broke loose. It was a rockin' set full of songs from his new CD "Prize Fight Lover Soul Auctioneer." The set list:

Liberty
PFLSA
She's A Woman
You Shoot Me
Ride With Me
Born In A Bottle
Peace On Earth
Tookie
War For The People

Then it was time for the last act of this year's Next Big Nashville - and the honor fell to Nashville's own Moon Taxi. These improvisational rockers have been described as The Allman Brothers meets Rush, and I found that to be a fairly appropriate description. They pleased their fans and won new fans with this outstanding set:

The Breeze
Common Ground
Music City
Whiskey Sunsets
Fools Gold
Gimme A Light
Poncha Cooper
Here To Stay

And how about those new stage lights at 3rd & Lindsley? They were projecting changing green patterns on the black curtains that frame the stage - a nice new touch.

Seen in the audience this week: Local Lightning artist - Audrey Spillman, Local Lightning Rewind host and friend of Moon Taxi - Justin Hammel, and former Lightning 100 DJ and co-founder of Next Big Nashville - J. Moon Wilkins.

NSN with David Mead & Matthew Ryan 8-31-08

It was great to have both David Mead and Matthew Ryan back on our Nashville Sunday Night show. Although both have been spotted in the audience from time to time enjoying our shows, neither had actually been on stage on our show in two, to almost three years!

David Mead led off and revealed that he has a new album coming in October called "Almost & Always." He previewed a few new songs for us, backed by an all-star band that included Bill DeMain on guitar and Tommy Keenum on backing vocals. Both of those gentlemen have headlined our show on their own in the past. David's set list:

Rainy Weather Friend
Little Boats
Blackberry Winters
Mojave Phone Booth
20 Girls Ago
From My Windowsill
Sicily
Grammercy Park
Last Train Home
Nashville (solo)

David said someone had requested he do "Nashville" and I'm glad they did. It's one of my favorites, too.

Matthew Ryan came on at 9 and due to a mysterious "gardening accident," played his set sitting down - a rarity for him. Despite the injury, Matthew seemed in fine spirits, joking between songs and during "Irrelevant," threw in some lyrics from Elvis' "Suspicous Minds" and from U2's "All I Want Is You." The set list:

Dulce
For Blue Skies
Me & My Lover
Symphony
Irrelevant
Caged Bird
Everybody Always Leaves (with Kate York)
Jane
American Dirt
It Could've Been Worse

After we went off-air, Matthew took requests for a few more songs, and unable to stay seated any longer, he played them standing up. I tried to get him to reveal what the gardening accident was, but he kept it a mystery.

NSN with Audrey Spillman & Mike Farris 8-24-08

It was a night of return visits to NSN for both these Nashville-based artists. Audrey Spillman opened, celebrating the release of her first EP "Fade." At long last, fans can get some songs by Audrey on a CD. You can hear some of it and see the fabulous cover photo on her myspace page. Audrey was stunning as always, and her set this night went like this:

Fallin'
Tomorrow
What You've Been Doin' To Me
Comfort You
Fade
What Are You Waiting For (solo)
The Ride

Then it was time to "go to church" on this Sunday night! Mike Farris and his incredible Roseland Rhythym Revue brought back their unique blend of Memphis-soul styled gospel-rock. Here's the set:

Precious Lord
Streets
Oh Mary
Can't No Grave Hold My Body
Sit Down Servant
Devil Don't Sleep
Change Is Gonna Come
Selah
I'm Gonna Get There

NSN with Perrin Lamb & Ernie Halter 8-17-08

Before we went on the air at 8, Nashville singer/songwriter Trey Lockerbie played a set and he was on stage when I walked in. I caught the last 2 1/2 songs and for the last two, he called up Beau Stapleton, formerly of Blue Merle to play some mandolin. Beau didn't have to play anything as firey as his work on "Burning In The Sun,' but it was good to see him in action again, anyway. Perrin Lamb, also from Nashville, kicked off our broadcast at 8, playing some old and new songs, including "Be This Way" which has been featured on the TV shows "Army Wives" and "Kyle XY," and a song which is literally brand-new, "Nothing Left To Say," which Perrin said is so new, he's not even sure if it's finished, but I thought it was quite good.
Perrin Lamb's setlist was

Newborn Child
The Picture
Feels Like Home
Stolen Car (Springsteen cover)
Nothing Left To Say
Cling To Me
Love You More
Shiver
Be This Way

Ernie Halter, from Los Angeles, took the stage at 9, totally solo. Ernie was entertaining between songs as well as during them. He took requests from the audience as he switched back and forth between guitar and keyboards and so the supposed setlist was quickly abandoned. I can't report to you every song he played, but I do know he included these...

Different Lives
Love In L.A.
Lisa
Lighthouse
Pretty Girl
Cyclone
My Heart Is With You
Whisper

NSN with Plex Plex & The Duke Spirit 8-10-08

This was my first chance to ever see or hear Nashville's own Plex Plex and...wow! They were impressive. Singer Amanda X is kinda like watching Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders if she were fronting an electronic group. Even though their music falls into the electronic-influenced category, there's no keyboard here, just guitar-bass-drums. Amanda told me the core of the band has been together since high school and have been playing together for years. It shows. They have it together and their CD release, hopefully coming this fall, will be one to watch for.
The Plex Plex set list was:

Flash
Nadia
Come & Go
Atomic
She Loves City
Teardrops
Tokyo Arcade

London's The Duke Spirit are a much heavier, hard-rocking group than I would have guessed, just from listening to their single "The Step & The Walk" from their album Neptune. They're great at what they do, but on this night - chalk it up to hometown pride or whatever - I enjoyed Plex Plex more. Frontwoman Liela Moss certainly has the rock charisma and she gets brownie points for dedicating a song to the late, great Isaac Hays. The Duke Spirit's setlist:

Send A Little Love Token
Lassoo
Dog Roses
My Sunken Treasure
The Step & The Walk
Into The Fold
Wooden Heart
This Ship Was Built To Last
You Really Wake Up The Love
Red Weather
Love Is An Unfamiliar Name

NSN with Patrice Pike, Tori Sparks, Danielia Cotton 8-3-08

There's nothing like being 3 minutes to live-on-the-air and discovering the studio equipment and the remote location equipment are not communicating with each other! Fortunately we got it resolved pretty quickly and got on with our special triple-bill of Patrice Pike, Tori Sparks and Danielia Cotton only 5 minutes late. Putting 3 acts in a time slot usually reserved for just 2, cuts down the available time for set changes to practically nothing, instead of our usual leisure of 20 minutes, so to lose 5 more of that really put the pressure on. Thankfully, everything went off without a hitch and we had a fantastic night with three women who rock!

Patrice Pike & I were reminiscing before the show that we really hadn't seen each other since her days in Sister Seven, her former Austin, Texas band that we played quite a bit on Lightning 100 back in their heyday. Patrice said she'd been to Lightning 100 once since then, but it just so happened I wasn't there at the time, so we missed each other. It was great to see her again, and my first time ever to see her perform totally solo - just her and her guitar. The all-too-brief set went like this:

1-Pressure and Heat. 2-Jack Knife Girl. 3-Rufus. 4-What's The Trouble. 5-The Coppertree.

Patrice is working on a new album for 2009, so hopefully we'll get her back then to play longer.
2nd on our triple-bill was Tori Sparks, from right here in Nashville. It was my first time to see her live and she was impressive. After I introduced her, she cracked me up by calling me "such a rock star!" Again, time constraints being what they were, it was a too-brief set from Tori.

1-Cold War. 2-Penny On A Rail. 3-Poison Well. 4-Providence R.I. 5-Out of the Void.
I noticed she'd skipped the planned 3rd song on her setlist, so I asked if they wanted to do one more before we broke away, (I must be out of my mind - we were running late already) and so we got a sixth song-Caged Bird. We'll have to have her back.

Then running just slightly late, a little past 9pm, it was time for our headliner - a return visit from Danielia Cotton. She just flat-out rocks! What a voice! And that band kicked! Danielia's setlist:

1-Bang My Drum. 2-Testify. 3-Devil. 4-Take My Heart. 5-Let It Ride. 6-Bound. 7-Righteous People. 8-Rare Child. 9-Make U Move. 10-Purple Rain. (yes, the Prince song, excellently covered!)

Although I'd told Danielia to just play what she was going to play anyway and not worry about the time, pro that she is - she rocked through her set and actually got us off the air at our regular time. Incredible!