By Wil Comstock
Music City Arts Contributing
Writer
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 -- 6 p.m.
show at Whiskey Rhythm Saloon
This show was a benefit for SOURCE, the
invitation-only women’s music business organization that provides professional
contacts, career opportunities, and industry related information and
education. Whiskey Rhythm Saloon
provided an intimate spot where these writers could tell us their stories and
knock us off our feet with their killer songs.
Canadian-American singer songwriter Jaida Dreyer is quite the character. Her “Tease it to Jesus and Spray it to Hell,"
a quote from Loretta Lynn, had us in stitches. She delivered quite a tale about her first
time in LA. She was a little nervous about working with an unnamed writer. They hit it off just fine, worked on a song,
and Jaida was invited back to her apartment to hang out afterwards. After a few hits of whiskey and several cigarettes,
her host asked Jaida if she could do a Tarot Card reading for her. For an hour and a half, her new friend
proceeded to tell her the most horrible things, 90 percent of which came true! They
remained friends, and Jaida put this experience into the haunting “There Will
be Blood." Dreyer closed with her
number one hit for Luke Bryan and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town, “Home
Alone Tonight,” telling the crowd excitedly, "I can finally say I have a
number one!"
Big Machine artist Danielle Bradbery, winner of The Voice season four in 2013, sang
the memorable “Sway." Lari White commented that the hook would be in our
heads for weeks to come. Bradbery also shared
two new songs that really pulled at the heart: “Potential,” about falling in
love with the potential of a guy, and the sweet “Laying Low," sometimes
you need a quiet time away from the crowds.
Lari
White asked us to imagine it was Saturday night around midnight. We’ve had six
or seven beers, and we knew there was no way we would make it to church the
next morning. “So,” she whispered,
“We’re gonna have church right here” as she played the beginning chords to “Lead
Me Not into Temptation." Everyone
rededicated their lives as she delivered the most soulful performance of the
evening, "Hallelujah!" We were
treated to two songs from her "Green Eyed Soul" CD, the sassy “Because
I’m a Woman” and “Eden, Before the Fall,” which she co-wrote with Gary
Nicholson. White was in the Broadway
musical “Ring of Fire ” about Johnny Cash.
While in New York, she was inspired to write a classic like those in the
Great American Songbook. She exceeded all
expectations with the stunning “Champagne." All I could do was shake my
head and smile, "Hmm, hmm, hmm..."
Jo
Smith kicked off with “Poster Child,” a song about being good at finding a
guy that’s trouble. Her Motown-torcher
“Old School Groove” is a Highway Find on SiriusXM’s “The Highway.” She
announced that the video
shoot was tonight at the American Legion!
I loved the infectious “Dance Dirty with Me." And we all could relate to her closing number
“This Town” about the ups and downs of life in Music City.
This is a night to savor and play over again
in my mind as I “Lay Low” and sip a glass of “Champagne"!
Tin
Pan South continues through Saturday, April 1. See the show schedule at
http://www.TinPanSouth.com/schedule.
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