Get Out to Live Music!

The Chattanooga Nightfall Series is a major asset for the city of Chattanooga, TN.

While certainly not a one person show, Carla Pritchard, Executive Director of the Chattanooga Downtown Partnership, is certainly the person responsible for the content of the series. Carla does an outstanding job assembling the diversity of music that reaches out to the community at large. One can find a great variety of genres represented throughout the summer and can certainly find many Friday nights where the live music will draw you in.

Ruthie Foster put on an amazing performance Friday night in Chattanooga at the Nighfall Event. Her soulful Blues touched deep as her passion captivated the audience. As is common, we could not leave without saying hello to Ruthie after the show and purchasing one of her CD’s. She was very friendly and sincerely appreciative of the support for her music.

Be sure to place her on your short list of great performers to see…

Scott Downes will be at Underneath in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, July 26th. If you have not been to any shows at Underneath, you should definitely check it out. It’s a 32-seat listening room built by Alex Wolf of the band Vortex Park. Alex designed it as a place to highlight emerging local and national singer-songwriters.

You can learn more at http://www.vortexpark.net.

If you’ve never heard Scott before, you can check him out at http://www. scottdownes. com, look for the link to his live show at Kavarna from last Saturday night.

Get Out to Live Music’s featured artist for July is Mama Hagglin. Check out Sarah’s interivew with three of the band members – Jeff Porter, Jerry Adamowicz, and Jimmy Palmer!

I saw Nathan Nelson perform at Northside Tavern on Tuesday evening. Nathan is an awesome blues singer and guitarist. I really liked the addition of the traditional blues drum setup. Get out to see Nathan anytime you get the chance!

Instead of going over to Centennial Park to watch fireworks with thousands of “close” friends, Steve and I headed over to Front Page News on Crescent in Mid-town. We are definitely happy with our decision! We got there late, so the first band we saw was The Sexual Side Effect. This band is a real crowd pleaser…fun, energetic, and brings out the energy in the crowd. The next band, Jet Blk Joy was fantastic as well. What a great lead singer and guitarist! We truly enjoyed the evening and their fans!