CMA Perdections

Entertainer - Brad Paisley
Female - Carrie Underwood
Male - Kenny Chesney
Group - Rascal Flatts
Duo - Big & Rich
Single - Summertime
Album - The Road And The Radio
Video - 8th of November
Event - Brooks & Dunn
Musician - Randy Scruggs – Guitar
Horizion - Carrie Underwood

Did wind up going upto Keene, NH on Saturday for the Americian Songwriter Circle show and made a few requests which both Pat Alger and Richard Leigh did my Kathy releated songs (Goin Gone by Pat and a Killer version of Come From The Heart by Richard and everyone joining in with guitiar and vocals)

There is still 4 dates left on this tour and if you have a chance, please go out and support this as it is great that they are bringing the songwriters to New England to tell the stories behind the hits. The remaining dates are:

October 29 Rochester, NH Rochester Opera House

November 2 Amherst, MA Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

November 3 Albany, NY Hart Theater @ the Egg

November 4 Fitchburg, MA Monty Tech

Just happened to look at my google news aleart email for mattea and saw that there was a songwriter series tour hitting New England starting today so I just had to go and it was worth it. Got my ticket online at 2:30 and thought I had the 4th row. I got to the theatre around 6:15 for parking in the small lot near the theatre and went over to get my ticket and asked how sales were and was told not good. Couldn't go in until 7:15 or so as the artists didnt get in until 6:30 and were doing a sound check.

The 15 to 18 of us who brought tickets plus the staff of maybe 15 or so got to enjoy a great show with Ralph Murphy, Tony Arata, Darren Bessette, James Dean Hicks, Pat Alger and Richard Leigh. Each artist did 4 songs each taking turns like a songwriter in the round format.

Got to hear Seeds and after the show the artists shook hands with most of us and thanked us for coming. I wound up buying 3 CD's and a tshirt for this little tour. Thinking of going up to Keene, NH to see them again on Saturday, they are in New London, CT tomorrow but I am going to a SoundTiger game in Providence.. Oh well..

Kathy Mattea "House of Gold" CMT Studio 330 Sessions

Kathy Mattea

Ready for the Storm with Kathy and Dougie Maclean from the BBC Transatlantic Sessions.

Kathy Mattea at the North Carolina Women's Conference

Just got a surprise - God Aint No Stained Glass Window by Kathy Mattea on The Village XM15. I think that is the first time ever I have heard that on the radio.

What a crappy day yesterday. Headed to the mall after work and I move over to get by some sort of furniture in the middle of the road and somehow run over keys in the road with my rear tire. Decided to use Onstar Safe and Sound instead of AAA and someone was out there in about 15-20 minutes which was quicker that the 40 minute estimated wait time I was given. Would had done it myself but the damn lugnuts were so tight that I couldn't get them off.