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Willie Nelson In Concert - Nashville, TN
Posted on 6/17/2011
On Friday, June 3rd, Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour traveled across the East Coast of America and made a stop in Nashville, TN to thrill Southern Rock/Country Music concert fans with Brian Hasbrook and James Downing of Concert Blast on hand to take photos throughout the evening.
Artists included in our coverage: Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Lee Brice, Lucas Nelson, and Craig Campbell.
Songwriters included in our coverage: Erin Enderlin, Heather Morgan, Dani Flowers, and Russ Roberts.
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Posted 06/08/2011
Eddie Money in Concert - Nashville, TN
Eddie Money returned to Nashville, TN on Friday May 13th 2011 for another performance at the World Famous Wildhorse Saloon. The guys from Concert Blast were more than excited about this show not only because of Eddie Money, but his opening act is one of our favorite live bands, The Stacie Collins Band. Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, Tom Thompson, and James Downing were all on hand for an audio podcast of this fun night with several live clips.
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Eddie Money in Concert - Nashville, TN
Posted on 6/7/2011
On Friday May 13th, Concert Blast was more than ready to catch two of their favorite acts on the same bill at one of their favorite concert venues. Eddie Money returned to Nashville with opening act, The Stacie Collins Band. All four Concert Blast hosts were there for the coverage and Brian Hasbrook provided the excellent photos for the evening.
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Posted 5/17/2011
Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival 2011
Mike Arnold and Brian Hasbrook of Concert Blast covered Saturday’s 2011 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival with artists; John Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams, Mumford and Sons, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hinder, and Paul Thorn.
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Posted 5/16/2011
Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival - Mumford & Sons
Mike Arnold and Brian Hasbrook of Concert Blast covered Saturday’s 2011 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival with artists; Lucinda Williams, Mumford and Sons, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hinder, and Paul Thorn. Unfortunately, JohnMellencamp did not allow the media into the photo pit and Ke$ha’s stage show was too dark for the non-flash cameras.
Enjoy the concert photos taken by Brian Hasbrook on this day two of his Photo Postings.
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Posted on 5/12/2011
Flaming Lips Concert - Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival
Mike Arnold and Brian Hasbrook of Concert Blast covered Friday night’s 2011 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival with artists; Stone Temple Pilots, Flaming Lips, MGMT, Cake, Everclear, Cage the Elephant, & B.o.B..
Enjoy the concert photos taken by Brian Hasbrook on this first of two Photo Postings.
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Posted on 5/7/2011
Beale Street Music Festival Crowd
Mike Arnold and Brian Hasbrook of Concert Blast covered Friday night’s 2011 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival with artists; Stone Temple Pilots, Flaming Lips, MGMT, Cake, Everclear, Cage the Elephant, & B.o.B..
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Posted 5/2/2011
This show is a popular reposted Music Discussion podcast from 2008 on songs that contain the phrase, “Rock and Roll”.
Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and Tom Thompson discuss various songs and artists. The guys read emails from their listeners who submitted their favorite songs, along with the Classic Rock Forum on Myspace (hey, I said it was originally posted in 2008!).
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Posted 4/8/2011
Stryper In Concert - Michael Sweet
On Friday March 18th, team members from Concert Blast were on hand to report on the Stryper concert at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. Brian Hasbrook and James Downing produced a fun audio podcast of the evening discussing the band, talking with fans before and after the show, and walking through the setlist as they discuss the concert review.
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Posted 4/6/2011
Stryper In Concert - Nashville, TN
On Friday, March 18th, 2011, Stryper returned to perform at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon as part of their tour supporting their new CD release, “The Covering.” The place was Standing room only. Brian Hasbrook had access to the photo pit to take these concert pictures… ENJOY!
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Posted 4/2/2011
Winter Jam 2011 Nashville, TN
Mike Arnold and Brian Hasbrook of Concert Blast were on hand at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN to enjoy and review the Winter Jam 2011 concert. This was a night of various styles of Contemporary Christian music and Mike and Brian loved this evening. With ten acts performing short sets of their new and popular tunes. The acts on the Nashville tour stop were; Newsboys, Kutless, David Crowder Band, Francesca Battistelli, Newsong, Red, Sidewalk Prophets, Chris August, Jason Castro, and several guest appearances from Christian Rapper, KJ52. Continue Reading…
POSTED 3/28/2011
Winter Jam 2011 - Nashville, TN - Newsboys
The Winter Jam 2011 Tour packed the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN and Brian Hasbrook was on hand to provide his photography skills. Brian included over 180 photos of the night from various styles of Christian Music Artists; Newsboys, Kutless, David Crowder Band, Francesca Battistelli, Newsong, Red, Sidewalk Prophets, Chris August, Jason Castro, and several guest appearances from Christian Rapper, KJ52.
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Posted 3/9/2011
Concert Blast - Tom Thompson, Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook
Written by Mike Arnold
The concert touring season seems to run from the middle of March through the begining of December. While we wait for the artists to hit the road or the Festivals to crank up the music for the large crowds, I decided this would be a great time to re-post our most popular Music Discussion Podcast – Time Songs from October of 2007.
Brian Hasbrook brought the idea to Tom Thompson and me, so we individually collected songs from our memory bank and our research then came together to record our podcast to discuss the songs we found and to remember stories of the artists of the songs.
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Posted 2/27/2011
Written by Mike Arnold
Every year during the month of February, our country celebrates Black History Month. I have thought about all the black artists that has touched our musical lives and realized black artists have been a major part of creating rock and roll. Brian Hasbrook, Tom Thompson, James Downing and I decided to celebrate Black History Month by creating a Music Discussion audio podcast of some of our favorite black artists.
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Posted 2/18/2011
Written by Mike Arnold
While the concert-touring season has slowed down for the winter, I thought it would be nice to show our listening audiences what we went through in 2010. I created multiple videos of our experiences with a month by month journey of our adventures.
Here’s Part 6, the final chapter of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts. This video takes you through our experiences of October through December.
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