Daisha McBride at Analog at Hutton Hotel for Slim & Husky's Unplugged, July 2022
The contributions of Black and brown artists, businesspeople and community leaders are now and have always been vital to the culture and economy of Nashville — even if they’ve seldom been celebrated like they should. Slim & Husky’s, the excellent and constantly expanding pizzeria founded in Nashville by TSU alumni Clint Gray, Derrick Moore and E.J. Reed, built on its success by launching a monthly concert series produced by Christina Raiford called Slim & Husky’s Unplugged that celebrates a broad range of Black talent. That includes music and poetry — with performances from MCs like Daisha McBride and Brian Brown, singers like Yours Truly Jai and Melo Roze and spoken-word poet Patrick Walker Reese — as well as business, with the S&H founders appearing at each show and emphasizing networking with the well-connected folks in the audience.
