Log House Concerts

We are pleased to welcome back Nashville stalwart Tommy Womack for another evening of brilliant original songs that will make you laugh and cry. 
                   

www.tommywomack.com  

$20 donation - 100% to performer

Doors open at 7, show at 8                                           Voluntary potluck, BYOB               

Another intimate event with an American songwriting legend, the great Eric Taylor.  We have hosted Eric many times in years past, and what great shows they all have been!

An Eric Taylor concert is so much more than just a man plucking a guitar and singing folk songs; an Eric Taylor concert is a moving glimpse directly into Eric's soul, sweet and tormented as it might be. The spoken word carries equal, perhaps even greater weight than the words sung.   

"For me to say that Eric Taylor is one of the finest writers of our time is an understatement." - Nancy Griffith

www.bluerubymusic.com  

$20 donation - 100% to performer

Doors open at 7, show at 8                                           Voluntary potluck, BYOB                             

We are pleased to welcome Radoslav Lorkovic for his first solo visit to the Log House.

Radoslav will be familiar to those who attended Ronny Cox's first show here with his trio, with Rad on piano/accordion and T. Bruce Bowers on violin/mando.   

Drawing from a multitude of influences ranging from elegant classical and jazz styles to the rawest, most basic blues, country and soul, Radoslav Lorković has taken on an unusually broad musical spectrum and refined it into his distinctive piano style. His tenure on the R&B and folk circuits has culminated in five critically acclaimed solo recordings and numerous appearances on the recordings of and performances with artists including Odetta, Jimmy LaFave, Ribbon of Highway Woody Guthrie Tribute, Greg Brown, Richard Shindell, Ellis Paul, Ronny Cox, Dave Moore, Andy White, and Bo Ramsey. His thirty year touring career has led him from the taverns of the upper Mississippi River to the castles of Italy, The Canary Islands, The Yup’ik villages of Alaska, The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall (and Log House Concerts).

This promises to be a great evening of entertainment. The usual details apply:

$20 donation (100% to performer)Doors open at 7, show at 8. Voluntary potluck, BYOB.

We are thrilled as ever to welcome Richard back for another return engagement.  We are in for a wonderful eveniing of amazing fingerstyle guitar mastery.of many musical genres and styles, from Bach to the Beatles, to moving original compositions.



"If you like my playing, you should hear Richard Smith" - Tommy Emmanuel cgp

“The most amazing guy I know on the guitar.
He can play anything I know, only better.”
Chet Atkins, cgp

www.richardsmithmusic.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8.  Voluntary potluck, BYOB.

$20 Donation

We are excited to welcome back to the Log House two of Nashville's premier songwriters, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, accompanied by master guitarist and songwriter Thomm Jutz.



Grammy nominees Eric Brace & Peter Cooper have created a body of work that reflects their journalistic sensibilities, a love of harmony and wry humor, and their deep respect for the masters they've played with. 

On tour, Brace and Cooper’s shows are engaging and funny and reflect the pair’s easy camaraderie. They can command the stage of a concert hall or festival with the same ease and intimate feel they bring to a coffeehouse. The duo has opened on large stages for John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Don Williams, Todd Snider, Rodney Crowell, Iris Dement, Chris Smither, Dan Tyminsky, Travis Tritt & Jerry Douglas, among others. They’ve shared the stage with Tom T. Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Suzy Bogguss, Dan Navarro, Marshall Chapman, Kim Carnes, Emmylou Harris, and others. They’ve recently played such U.S. festivals as Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Tin Pan South, Americana Music Festival, Folk Alliance International, 30A Songwriters, and Knoxville Rhythm and Blooms, as well as the Truck, Summertyne, and Maverick festivals in the U.K. They are frequent guest DJ’s on the legendary WSM radio station in Nashville.

http://redbeetrecords.com/eric-brace-peter-cooper

$20 donation (100% to artists)
Doors open at 7, show at 8. 

Voluntary potluck, BYOB

We are very excited to welcome back one of the world's greatest flatpickers, whose virtuosic abilities combined with his unbounded imagination and improvisational spirit never fail to amaze his audiences.

"When you see a guy like David Grier for the first time, it can be confusing to the senses. If you were to listen but not see, you would swear that there were at least two people on stage" - Jambase. 

“His unmatchable mastery of the guitar is ever present, but it’s the emotional exploration of the music as a whole that leaves a lasting impression. There is evidence everywhere of deep musical introspection: real soul-searching, and, I would have to say, bravery.” ~ Martin Mull

“David Grier is a willful, accurate instrumentalist whose every note seems to run through a bright, intelligent sieve. He maintains an unqualified standard of excellence in guitar playing, always with a knack for unorthodox surprise.” ~ Claire Lynch

“Grier sculpts fascinating forms the way air and moisture combine to create billowing cumuli.” ~ Jazz Review

“I’ve had the good fortune to see David Grier live several times, and while I certainly delight in watching him play, I especially like to watch folks who have never seen him live before. There’s this denial/acceptance cycle as they try to rationalize what they “know” to be possible with the guitar versus what their eyes and ears are experiencing. And he does it in this self-effacing way that almost undercuts his musical inventiveness [and] preternatural skill.” ~ Chris Thiessen, Flatpick Guitar Magazine

www.davidgrier.com  

Doors open at 7, show at 8

Voluntary potluck, BYOB.

Donation: $20                                       

We are excited as always to welcome Will Kimbrough back to the Log House.  A consummate performer, Will is a master guitarist, singer, songwriter, and entertainer. 

Will is one of our favorite performers. If you attended his other shows here, you know why. If you didn't, you owe it yourselves to be here this time. You will not be disappointed!

His records make me jealous. So do his songs.” ~Todd Snider

www.willkimbrough.com 

Weather permitting, the performance will be on our outdoor stage, so please bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

$20 donation (100% to artist)
Doors open at 7, show at 8. 
Voluntary potluck, BYOB.

We are truly excited to welcome back Ronny Cox to the Log House. He is an artist who wears a variety of hats –– from actor to musician to family man –– but if there is one common thread that pulls it all together it’s the “real” person that wears each hat and the warmth his craft brings to anyone exposed to his many talents. His musical style is eclectic and he confesses that he has no set-in-stone criteria for picking or writing songs.

The truth is that Ronny has been writing songs and telling stories for over four decades. Only in the last 10 years has the world seen him evolve from being an “actor who sings” into knowing him as a “singer who happens to have a pretty fair career acting.”

With a career that spans over a hundred and twenty-five films and television shows, RonnyCox is often ironically identified with the villains he has played in movies like TOTAL RECALL, ROBOCOP and the ruthless politician in the hit science fiction TV series STARGATE.  Ronny's first film… his first time acting in front of a camera was as the guitarist in the famous "dueling banjos" scene in DELIVERANCE.  His second big film was BOUND FOR GLORY,  Hal Ashby’s film about Woody Guthrie. 

“I enjoy all kinds of music and I try to bring that eclectic approach to the music I play, Ronny says. “I'm interested in weaving a tapestry of songs and stories with an over-all arc that eventually comes together and tells us something about 'the human condition'. I know that sounds kinda pompous... but that's what I'm trying to do..... and to have a few laughs along the way."

www.ronnycox.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8

Voluntary potluck, BYOB

Donation: $20 (100% to performers)

We are thrilled to welcome great American songwriter and performer David Olney to his first show here at the Log House. 


Master craftsman, acclaimed singer/songwriter and globe-trotting performer David Olney has released more than 20 albums over four decades, including six live recordings. His music has been prominently featured in ABC-TV’s Nashville and his stellar songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Del McCoury, Tim O’Brien and Steve Young, among many others. Catch up with David on his weekly live, You Never Know streamcast – starring the Bard performing a song and sharing the story behind it – every Tuesday on DavidOlney.com and YouTube. "Though he's best known as a masterful wordsmith, Olney has a knack for creating the ideal atmosphere for his gothic noir tune.” - Acoustic Guitar Magazine

David will be joined by bassist Daniel Seymour for the performance.

www.davidolney.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8. Voluntary potluck, BYOB.

$20 Donation (100% to performers)

Webb Wilder is one of Nashville's most colorful characters. Songwriter, singer, guitarist, bandleader, film maker, actor, a multimedia monster!  This promises to be a great show.               

"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --

www.webbwilder.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8
Voluntary potluck, BYOB
Donation: $20  (100% to performer) 

We're looking forward to John's return.to the Log House. With a career spanning five decades, John brings to the stage an amazing voice and outstanding guitar chops, along with great songwriting skills. His solo performances, as well as his shows with James Lee Stanley, are intimate and highly entertaining.

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www.johnbatdorfmusic.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8. 

Voluntary potluck, BYOB..

$20 donation

The Log House is pleased to welcome singer/songwriter and guitarist Bejae Fleming back again, this time along with another great musician, bassist Jackie Blount.  In the past, Bejae has opened here for Eric Taylor and we've been working on getting here as the headliner for a few years now. Bluesy, gutsy, yet somehow tender songs are her specialty and she backs herself with equally gutsy electric guitar work (the only electric player we've ever hosted). She has a heart as big as Ohio and it comes through in every one of her finely crafted songs. 

Jackie Blount studied the French horn, receiving her bachelor’s degree in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 80s. Long inspired by performances of such notable bassists as Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clark, and Charles Mingus, she began learning to play the electric bass in the late '90s. Jackie has accompanied BeJae Fleming’s performances ever since.

“A first-rate songwriter, easily the best lyricist in the state … rich, dynamic … a totally engaging, must-see live performer … a fully realized folksinger at the peak of her power.” (Iowa City Icon)

www.bejaefleming.com

$20 donation (100% to performers)

We are thrilled to welcome Richard and Julie back for another amazing evening of guitar and cello mastery.  Richard's guitar work is otherworldly and Julie's cello playing will move you to tears. We are in for a wonderful evening of many musical genres and styles, from Bach to the Beatles, to moving original compositions. Do not miss this!

A respected and well-seasoned sideman and studio musician after nearly two decades in Nashville, Aaron has fiddled and sung with Asleep At The Wheel, Pam Tillis, Jerry Reed, Tanya Tucker, Joe Diffie, Gail Davies, Wade Hayes, Raul Malo, Mel McDaniel, as well as bluegrass legends Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys and J.D. Crowe and the New South. In 2006 he performed at the White House with the Nashville Bluegrass Band. His fiddling can be heard on Jim Lauderdale’s 2008 Grammy Award winning “The Bluegrass Diaries,” and on the Mavericks’ 2013 comeback album, “In Time.” Aaron plays fiddle, viola, guitar, mandolin, upright and electric bass, 5-string and tenor banjo, Dobro, Hawaiian steel guitar and percussion. 

Aaron is touring in support of his great new CD, “The Staying Kind”, displaying his penchant for old country, bluegrass, swing, Celtic and Gypsy jazz, and showcasing his remarkable talents as a fiddler and singer, songwriter and arranger. On ten songs he plays all the instruments, with special guests helping out on the remaining five….



On a more personal note, I was also honored to have Aaron play fiddle and mandolin on the CD I recorded in Nashville last year. The record was produced and recorded in Richard Smith's studio. Richard, a frequent performer here at the Log House, is a good friend, 'playmate' and collaborator of Aaron's. 

This will be a great chance to see and hear one of Nashville's finest. Come on out and be amazed...

www.aarontill.com

Doors open at 7, show at 8.
Voluntary potluck, BYOB.
$20 donation

Few husband-wife musical duos provide audiences with the complete entertainment package that Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart dish out in a live performance. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling this couple captivates your attention from the first moment they are onstage. Based out of Tennessee, Earle and Stuart draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music. The years of touring the folk/Americana circuit (playing 170 concerts a year) have given them a knack for reaching out to the audience in an intimate “come in to my living room” fashion.

We are thrilled to welcome Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters to the Log House.  She will be accompanied by her husband, pianist Barry Walsh.
 


"In Peters' music every tale is brave, unique, beautiful.”
                  -Time Magazine

This should be a great evening of music!

www.gretchenpeters.com

Doors open at 6, show at 7 (note time change)

Donation: $20

Muriel is one of the world's greatest guitarists, crossing multiple genres.  Brilliant original compositions as well as stunning arrangements of other works.  .

www.murielanderson.com

Jack Pearson is a legendary guitarist, former member of the Allman Brothers and Gregg Allman and Friends, as well as a great singer/songwriter..

 
www.jackpearson.com                                   
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We are very honored to have had the opportunity to host Tommy Emmanuel, widely recognized as the greatest acoustic guitar player on the planet, for one of his intimate and insightful workshops.