One of my favorite bands, The 77's, are releasing a blues/gospel album this summer. In preparation, lead singer/guitarist Mike Roe is embarking on a mini "house show" tour. During the tour, he travels to friend's houses in different cities and performs various songs from the upcoming CD for a small audience. About 30 tickets are all that are sold to each performance. The first stop on the tour was last night In Nashville and I was able to "snag" a couple of tickets for Amy and I. The show took place at the home of John J. Thompson (True Tunes, The Wayside) who recently moved to Nashville from Chicago. it was a great show. Mike was his usual eccentric self as he gave us a teaser of the upcoming album. 

One of the advantages of seeing this kind of show in Nashville is that it usually attracts a number of "usual suspects" in the way of musicians that tend to show up. So, along with MIke, a number of other artists showed up to play with him. They included Phil Madeira (The Phil Keaggy Band, et al), Matt Slocum (Sixpence None The Richer), Jimmy Abegg, and Steve Hindalong (The Choir).  Needless to say, it was a once in a lifetime event that I was glad to have been a part of.

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