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Holly was a guest performer at the Moore & Moore Fan Appreciation Concert on Thursday for the CMA Music Festival (aka Fan Fair). The concert was held at the MetroCenter Neely's Barbecue in Nashville, TN. You can watch the video that I shot below.
Holly met Debbie & Carrie Moore (aka Moore & Moore) in her Jazzercize class and found they had a lot in common. The girls were kind enough to invite Holly to come sing at their latest gig and it was a lot of fun. It was a thank you concert for their fans and after doing a small set, they turned the show over to several guest artists while they socialized with their fans. It's a really great idea! We met people from all over the United States who came to Nashville strictly for Fan Fair and to see the Moore sisters.
Speaking of which, Moore & Moore have a very popular video right now to "Find Me A Man Like Goober", which you can see on YouTube at this link. There are a TON of cameos, so keep your eyes peeled.
And for the geeks out there, I shot the video with Flip Ultra and edited it in iMovie HD 6 because iMovie 08 doesn't import .mpg (don't get me started).
Went shopping today to help my Mom choose a new digital camera. Here's a list of the items that she bought:
It's a pretty sweet package and now her camera is actually better than mine!
I've been writing a lot the past week about my migration to the MacBook. During this migration, I've had a lot of help along the way from fellow Mac friends. However, it became clear to me that there was one person that I failed to thank and I need to right this wrong.
During my initial diving into Mac OS, Mike Rohde and Justin Nolan gave me a lot of assistance. Having them both online so that I could assault them with questions was a big help for me. For some of the more obscure questions related to Parallels and Windows-ish questions, Hal-J was a great lifeline. Yet none of these questions would have been possible without the years of gentle council and guidance of my Mac-Zen guru Fred Heumann.
Holly will be performing live at Lyrix tonight at 8pm. She's part of a ladies' night with an organization called the Women in Music Business Association (WMBA) of which she is a member.
Holly's performing a total of four songs - three originals and one cover. Her set will include:
» I Wanna Live Like That - by Larry Wayne Clark
» Lost In America - by Larry Wayne Clark and Tom Fisch
» You Don't Know Me - by Eddie Arnold and Cindy Walker
» What's Not To Like - by Holly Ashby
Holly will be performing live at Dan McGuiness Irish Pub tonight at 8pm. She's part of a ladies' night with an organization called the Women in Music Business Association (WMBA) of which she is a member.
Holly's performing a total of four songs - three originals and one cover. Her set will include:
» Lost In America - by Larry Wayne Clark and Tom Fisch
» I Wanna Live Like That - by Larry Wayne Clark
» You Don't Know Me - by Eddie Arnold and Cindy Walker
» What's Not To Like - by Holly Ashby
The first two numbers are from her last demo album and the third one is a cover. The reason for the cover is that it's always good to throw in at least one song that the audience already knows. New music is good, but hearing the familiar now-and-again helps keep people attention.
What I'm most excited about is her last number, "What's Not To Like". Holly wrote it a couple of weeks ago, so it's hot off the presses. It's a solid tune and we hope to record it soon. Tonight though, Holly's being backed up by piano, acoustic guitar, bass, dobro and box, so it'll be a rockin' set.
Here's a list of her backup band:
» Bill Rankin (piano)
» Reilly Gallagher (acoustic guitar)
» Analog Dave (bass)
» John Calzabera (dobro, sax)
» and Me (box, roadie)
If you're free tonight, please stop by Dan McGuiness Irish Pub. Holly is in the first set, so she'll be singing at 8pm sharp. We've got a small group together and we'll have a table out on the patio front and center. As always, we'll be out on the patio enjoying a pint and some fish and chips, or shepherds’s pie.
And as if hearing Holly perform while enjoying great food and beer isn't enough, you never know who might show up there. Keith Urban has been known to make and appearance on a Monday night with his good buddy John Corbett, among others
Show starts at 8pm. Hope to see you there!
Based on reports from people I've talked to, Nashville has been all over the news regarding the deadly tornados that ripped through Middle Tennessee yesterday. I'm happy to report that we're fine and sustained no damage in yesterday's storm. Although we did get plenty of wind, rain and M&M sized hail, the worst of the storm was to the north of us. We were very lucky and VERY thankful that we dodged this bullet. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affect by this horrible storm.
Mike Rohde just sent me a link about a guy who is still in downtown New Orleans and he's blogging and hosting a web cam. He goes by the name of Interdictor and from reading his profile he's a bit extreme, but I guess you'd need to be in times like this. To quote is synopsis of his blog:
Now you might be wondering just what the hell this guy is doing staying in New Orleans. Well, it seems he works for a company called DirectNIC, which hosts hundreds of thousands of web sites and their data center is located in downtown New Orleans. He's on the 10th and 11th floors of a corporate high rise on 650 Poydras Ave right near St. Charles. They are running a diesel generator to keep power going and the police have been using their building as a staging area, so that's good news.
As you may, or may not know, I'm originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and if you've been watching the news at all for the past week or so, you've probably seen reporters broadcasting from there. Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and the Gulf Coast earlier this week and even made it's way through Nashville yesterday. It's been one hell of a storm and caused catastrophic damage along the way. I've been in constant contact with friends and family both in Baton Rouge and New Orleans and I thought I'd post an update.
Holly will be performing live at Dan McGuiness Irish Pub tonight at 8pm. She's part of a ladies' night with an organization called the Women in Music Business Association (WMBA) of which she is a member.
Holly will be performing both originals and covers. Her set will include:
Lost In America - Holly Ashby
I Wanna Live Like That - Holly Ashby
If I'm Not In Love With You - Dawn Thomas
I Wanna Man - Trisha Yearwood
So if you're free tonight, please stop by Dan McGuiness Irish Pub. We'll be out on the patio enjoying a pint and some fish and chips, or shepherds's pie. And as if the great food and beer isn't enough, you never know who might show up there. Keith Urban has been known to make and appearance on a Monday night with his good buddy John Corbett.
This morning I woke up with a disturbing message on my mobile from one of my best friends, Ken Duffy. He left me a message to let me know that a friend of mine, Dennis Smith, had been shot during an undercover arrest. Dennis is an undercover police officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department and during a undercover drug bust, he was shot in the line of duty and rushed to the hospital.
As of this writing he is in stable condition and from the last phone call I received he's responsive and appears to be getting better by the hour which is fantastic news. I know that many readers of this weblog are friends of mine who may know Dennis, so I thought it best to post something here and I'll try and update this page as I receive news of his improvement. If anyone needs hospital information, please contact me.
I know this is a very stressful and tragic time for Dennis and his family. My thoughts and prayers go out to them and I hope that readers of this weblog would include them in their prayers as well.
