Ten Out of Tenn
Schuba's - Chicago
Sunday, October 4, 2009
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Sunday, I attended one of the most special, musical and amazing performances I can honestly say that I've ever been privileged to witness. The best part? I got to photograph it as well.
I went to this show because of a performer/artist named Andrew Belle. I first heard Andrew's music while visiting my friend Rob over at Uptown Recording in Chicago. The amount of talent that I heard in Andrew's music from just the raw tracks REALLY impressed me. I sought him and his manager out, and requested the usage of his music on my website (remember that contest I held a while back? Andrew is one of the winning artists. I've simply been waiting to announce this).
Seth, Andrew's manager, greeted me at the show. Both he and Andrew proved to be two of the kindest people I've met in the business so far. I'm so glad that everything has been coming together as far as working with these guys goes.
So - this show at Schuba's: Ten Out of Tenn. Ten artists from Tennessee were formed for this extra special tour; eleven were present. Among them were:
What they did was a rotation on stage. Each singer/songwriter performed one song, and all of the others were the supporting musicians. There was a healthy mix of both men and women performing songs that ranged from mellow to incredibly wild and just plain old happy. These performers looked and felt like family on stage. Twenty songs in all were performed on stage, and then everyone joined the audience in the round for a performance of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds." I've got to say, I couldn't express how perfect the timing was to hear almost 200 people singing "everything's gonna be alright..."
After the show, I was given the pleasure of mingling with a few of the performers. I even met a few other fabulous new talents in the audience who will be playing around Chicago in the very near future. Stay tuned for photos from their shows!
And now, for a peak at an evening with the Ten Out of Tenn lineup:
