Mon., Jan. 25: Mike Henderson continues his Monday blues
Mike Henderson plays Monday nights at the Bluebird Cafe.Mike Henderson has had songs recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless and many others, and at last year's Grammy Awards he was nominated for...
View ArticleSteelDrivers switch singers, show ‘seamless transition’
The SteelDrivers In March of 2010, Mike Henderson was uncertain, which is not among his usual mindsets. Henderson — the multi-instrumentalist whose SteelDrivers bluegrass band had moved from local...
View ArticleJohn Oates shows his range on Nashville-made ‘Mississippi Mile’ album
John Oates (photo: Art Burrows) Maybe it sounds like the setup for a joke: “OK, John Oates comes to Nashville to make an Americana album...” That’d be John Oates of Hall & Oates, the multi-platinum...
View ArticlePeter Cooper on Music: A mandolin player ZZ Top can love
Mike Henderson performs at the Bluebird Cafe (Photo: Tom Stanford/The Tennessean). Rolling Stone magazine editors recently asked ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons to pick his 10 favorite blues guitar recordings,...
View ArticleThe SteelDrivers drop new album ‘Hammer Down’ in Febuary
The SteelDrivers (photo: Mickey Dobo) If you’re a merry band of pickers like The SteelDrivers, with members whose collective experience as top-shelf musicians is already pretty impressive, you know a...
View ArticlePeter Cooper On Music: SteelDrivers forge fresh identity
The new SteelDrivers lineup: Mike Fleming, left, Tammy Rogers, Gary Nichols, Richard Bailey and Brent Truitt.Photo by Mickey Dobo The Bulls after Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. The Orioles after...
View ArticlePeter Cooper on Music: Veteran sideman Richard Bennett savors support role
Richard Bennett has been a guitarist for former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler since 1996, and has played with countless other musicians, including Steve Earle and Neil Diamond. (Photo: Courtesy...
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