Like a moth to a flame...

That's me when it comes to the incredible live music that can be found EVERY SINGLE NIGHT all over Nashville.

In the past ten days, I've been in the studio helping JC with background vocals, have written or co-written (w/Lala and Karleen Watt) 2.65 songs and have seen some incredible musicians / songwriters perform: Keith Anderson with Bob Hatter and Pretty Boy, Jedd Hughes, Pat Buchanan (twice... once with the full band at third- Greg Morrow, Tom Bukovac and Allison Prestwood - and another in the round at the Bluebird), Blue Mother Tupelo, Will Kimbrough, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Jason Sellers and a couple boys from Dirt Pharm.

I'm wearing myself out... but just can't help it. YES... OK... I admit it... I'm a music junkie. But, even after five years, I'm still discovering songwriters and bands here that just blow me away. It's so inspiring as a musician, a performer and a writer... for that matter... as a human being.

So, I'm sorry if I've been neglecting you my blog peeps... I'll try harder to keep you in the loop on all of the juicy nuggets Nashville has to offer... no more slacking off in 2006. And, if you ever want to join in on the fun... just say the word and hang on tight for a wild ride! Wwwwwwhhhoooooooohhhhoooooooooooooo.

Flight Attendant School

Have you ever wondered what happens during flight attendant training?

Well, now you can find out. On Thursday, 1/12, at 8 p.m., the Travel Channel is airing a reality show, "Flight Attendant School" featuring Frontier Airlines training staff.

Katie's first song...

It has come to my attention that my 7 year-old niece wrote her first song this past week. According to Brenda (her mom), she caught the bug after listening to a demo CD of a few songs I've written that I gave out to family when I was home for Christmas.

Katie's Song:
I can't believe I came home and found you on the floor with that other girl
I can't believe you did that after all the things you said to me
You told me you loved me...
you told me you liked me more than your cat.

Ladies... can you relate?!

I think we've got a budding songwriter on our hands here!

New Hendersonville residents

Check it out... Barry Gibb and his wife bought Johnny Cash's digs.

FYI: The BeeGees Greates Hits was the first album I ever owned. My parents gave it to me for Christmas one year. The album cover folded out to reveal three photos of each BeeGee. Maurice was my fav but Barry will do.

Now you know... the rest of the story.

Ankle biters...

Alison just shared this story with me: Pack of Angry Chihuahuas Attack Officer

While I'm sure the chihuahua bite is painful... the visual of it all still cracks me up just a little.
Ok... well... maybe a lot.

Crapola translator

I was googling to try to find the "Magic 8 Ball" lunch predictor (anybody else know what I'm talking about and/or have a link to it?) and ran across this in the process. It translate's sites into pig latin, valley girl, etc. and it is a scream.

Consider it my insidious timewaster contribution for the week.

BB's back...

Wow. Time flies when you're having fun.

We came back from our trip a day early (because both my mom and I contracted some tiring stomach virus)... but all in all, we had a great time.

On Friday, John and I went to see King Kong. Definitely intense and suspenseful. Friday night I spent time loading my new iPod... whoohooooo.

Saturday, John had a gig with BMT at Brackin's in Maryville (over by Knoxville) so I tagged along. We had a blast. Can't believe it is already 2006.

Sunday we returned from Maryville. I went to a songwriter get-together with Karleen at Lisa Torres' home. What fun! Lisa's parents had whipped up some very yummy Mexican... with homemade guacamole, enchiladas and salsa. MmmmGood.

Yesterday, I slept in until 9:30 and then spent the day domesticatin. Got alot cleaned, but still have a lot to do. Karleen came over mid-afternoon to write, but we ended up just hanging out and catching up... which was nice. Last night we had supper with JC, Shannon and JC's twins (Tatum & Jonah, who were visiting their Dad from Nebraska.) His kids are so cool.

Now... back to work. Feels good to be back and I'm proud of myself for not looking at my blackberry or calling in while I was out. Hopefully doing that gave me the opportunity to be fully recharged and ready to jump into 2006.

I'll keep you posted on that as the week goes on.
**wink**

Missed ya!
Happy New Year!