Studio 30A Live

08/11/2023

Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.

11/08/2023

Levi Lowrey has a new song out! If you’re not sure exactly who I’m talking about, we’ll, he co-wrote “Colder Weather” for the Zac Briwn Band and a whole bunch of other great tunes. To say he’s talented is an understatement for sure! Download now at www.levilowreymusic.com

25/05/2022

From Bobby:

I know Ronnie will be saying more about yesterday’s evil in Uvalde Texas yesterday and this is not intended to preempt his thoughts…but this from Anne Lamott is so well expressed that I thought it worth sharing.

21/03/2022

A brief history lesson on a classic country song from a stellar country music legend, Tanya Tucker!

On March 17, 1972, a precocious Tanya Tucker walked into a Nashville recording studio for the first time, for a 10:00 a.m. session. She was thirteen years old. Producer Billy Sherrill introduced her to some of Nashville’s best musicians, including three future members of the Country Music Hall of Fame: pedal steel guitarist (and member-elect) Pete Drake, harmonica player Charlie McCoy, and pianist Pig Robbins. Tucker stepped to the microphone and looked toward the musicians. “Well, I know my part, boys,” she said. “Do you know yours?”

Tucker began singing “Delta Dawn” in her preternaturally husky voice. Sherrill (also a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame) had rearranged the song, written by Alex Harvey and Larry Collins, so that it opened with Tucker’s voice, supported by harmony singers, on an a ca****la take of the chorus. By the time the musicians joined in, they realized this willful girl was a special talent. “When she sang,” McCoy told Daniel Cooper of the “Journal of Country Music,” “she was right on the money.” Columbia Records rush-released the single three weeks later, and “Delta Dawn” became Tucker’s first hit, reaching #6 on the country chart.

“I didn’t really understand what the song was about,” Tucker wrote in her autobiography, “Nickel Dreams.” “The concept of losing a lover and going insane over it was beyond me.”

“Delta Dawn” remains Tucker’s most requested song, and fifty years later, she still performs it to close nearly every concert. “It made me a star,” she said.

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20/03/2022

Ok. I’ve found us another artist to listen to…and she’s amazing! Check out Sarah Darling and know you’ll be hearing more from her on my show this week!!

15/02/2022

Zac Brown singing a Jason Isbell song…wow!!

02/02/2022

Heads up music fans… Red Clay Strays is a band you want to start following…great music, fun live shows…

20/01/2022

From left to right: Rachel Loy, Meghan Trainor & Lauren Lucas in 2011 at the 30A Songwriters Festival

30/12/2021

If y’all haven’t noticed over the years, one of my favorite singer/songwriters has always been Nicole Witt. She’s an amazing soul and she’s written some great songs (“Trains I’ve Missed” “If It Ain’t With You” “Bourbon” and many others)….

Check this one out. It’s a New Year’s prayer and a damn good one as we head into 2022!

Listen to the single New Year's Prayer on Spotify

23/12/2021

This is cool… Eric Benet, Nathan East, Ray Parker Jr….all bragging about Shania Twain’s residency in Las Vegas..

21/09/2021

24/08/2021

RIP Charlie Watts!

08/07/2021

If you’re in Nashville tonight you want to be sure and go to The Basement and catch this show! The Red Clay Strays bring it every show and you WILL be hearing more from them soon!

If y’all didn’t know, now ya do. We’ll be at The Basement Nashville in good ol Nashville, Tennessee tomorrow night with Highway Natives. Might even have a couple special guests show up on stage with us. Tell ya Nashville friends!!

17/05/2021

What an interesting story and perspective....thanks Garrison Starr for sharing this!

Sunday Gratitude Stories

*History*

September 1997, my major label debut. Eighteen Over Me, released on Geffen Records. I was 22. (I think)

I’ve been thinking a lot about my history over the last month. Where I came from, what roads have led me to where I am now, all the mistakes I’ve made, all the things I would change. Funny how it’s hard to make lists of all the awesome stuff.

When I didn’t have the tools to take care of myself, I thought I had to eradicate anything or anybody from my life that ever hurt or disappointed me. Today, I know that I can take care of myself and set boundaries that keep me safe while also remaining loving to those around me.

One time I was bitching to my sweet soul sister about feeling like I had “fallen in a crack”- I wasn’t where I thought I should be in my life and career-(which was a REALLY frequent theme of a S**T TON of conversations during a specific period which was ALOT) and in that sweet, honest and somehow still loving and completely non-judgmental way she paused and then said “have you ever tried making friends with the crack?”!!

I guess I finally made friends with the crack, and for that, I am grateful today!

Share your gratitude below! 👊🏽❤️❤️

20/04/2021

Just because I’ve been away tending to family health issues does not mean I’ve forgotten y’all or music... and just to prove it here’s a brand new tune from Charlie Worsham that he co-wrote with Travis Meadows and Jeremy Spillman called “Fist Through This Town”...damn, it’s good!!

Listen to content by Charlie Worsham.

18/03/2021

As many of you have already heard, Travis Meadows has recently undergone a frightening and u… Karen Sikes needs your support for Travis Meadows: A Fund(Riser)

05/03/2021

A giant in the country and bluegrass music worlds, the Cater family is considered by most to be the first family of country music. As we celebrate we share with you this article about June Carter Cash and hope you’ll read and enjoy !!

You can’t tell the story of country music without June Carter Cash. Her mother, Maybelle Carter, helped usher in the era of commercial country music through the 1927 Bristol Sessions as a member of The Carter Family. When that group disbanded, Maybelle eventually gathered her three daughters – J...