Thursday, February 2, 2012
Events Enjoy Cocktail Supper, Cool Concert at University School's Music Night
Posted by Chris Chamberlain on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Kicking off the evening at 6 will be the "Taste of Music Night" cocktail supper, which is included in the ticket price for the concert. The menu features a smorgasbord of the best chefs and caterers in Nashville, including F. Scott's, Silo, Panache, Jamie Kay, Bang Candy Co., Bongo Java and others, as well as wine provided by Lipman Brothers. Don't be put off by the fact that the dinner will be served in USN's new cafeteria. Recently renovated, it pretty much a seriously badass cafeteria.
At 7, the musical portion of the evening kicks off with special guests special guests Jay Knowles, Andy May and Clay Mills, who between them have an alphabet soup of awards and nominations (Grammy, IBMA, ASCAP, etc.) and who also happen to be parents of USN students. The headliners of the evening are Trigger Hippy, a supergroup made up of USN dad and Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, vocalist Joan Osborne, singer-songwriter Jackie Greene, guitarist Audley Freed, and bassist Nick Govrik. Their performances are an energetic modern take on old-school soul and roots rock.
I mean, come on! Joan Osborne in the same auditorium where I played Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls? Have you ever seen Joan Osborne live? Her smoldering voice almost burned down 328 Performance Hall at a show I was at over a decade ago. Think what she'll do to you in this intimate setting.
At $75 for the food, the wine and two amazing musical acts, that sounds like a can't miss to me.
Tickets are available only online here, and they do expect the event to sell out so don't dawdle. You'd hate to miss the opportunity to get your ears pinned back by Ms. Osborne.
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In a very YASNI moment, one of our readers wanted to draw my attention to the fact that Franklin Road Academy also has a music fundraiser coming up the following week on February 24 at TPAC. Their headliner is another little band you've probably heard of...Journey.
Only in Music City.
Meanwhile, headlining the benefit for Metro Public Schools is...
uh...
well...
Picture this:
Tik Tok
(The SchoolYear's Ending)
A Metro Nashville Public Schools Benefit Concert
Featuring Ke$ha
That's a pretty brilliant suggestion, D.A. But I think KE dollar sign ha actually went to school in Williamson County.
I figure she owes Davidson County for her continual presence at Springwater. Kinda like making people who live in neighboring counties but work here get their emissions tests done anyway?
Besides, all I want is for certain School Board members' heads to pop off.
Your logic continues to unassailable, DA. I like the emissions reference. Why can't we get you to run for Metro Council?
Ke$ha went to Franklin High and then "graduated" from Brentwood High. So what the heck is she rebelling against?
Are you maybe thinking of Taylor Swift, Nicki?
Can't run for Council personally, but the skeletons in my closet probably have their own political ambitions. Besides, I don't think Nashville is quite ready for my brand of insanity, even if they DID elect Adam Dread once upon a time.
Having known many FHS and BHS kids over the years, there's an element of something almost parochial in Williamson County that tends to make them go apeshit when they break ranks and go to college. I mean, BHS is just a stones throw away from a Baptist church that's so gigantic it has its own internal coffeeshop.
But in her case, I think she had some sort of glitter-related catharsis in Kindergarten.
