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For the tenth year, Scene 75 opened its doors to 300 smiling children and their families for "Breakfast with Santa."

Nashville is a storied city in the most literal sense - a place built on imagination, interpretation, and narration. Alongside the songs and songwriters, journalists have played an under-rated role in building the idea and brand and renown of Music City. I got up to speed in this town reading Robert K. Oermann, Chet Flippo, Bill Friskics-Warren and other greats. But in the 21st century so far, nobody’s written the Music City story with more depth, discernment and humor than author, reporter, s...

What a time to be alive in Music City.

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Jon Byrd plays “what they used to call Country Music.” Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he grew up in the piney woods of south Alabama before becoming pivotal in Atlanta’s storied Redneck Underground music scene.  He was always a featured sideman, but his first solo recording ( Byrd’s Auto Parts 2007) didn’t happen until after he moved to Music City nearly 20 years ago.Read More

  Article Contributed by KG Music Press | Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Jon Byrd plays “what they used to call Country Music.” Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he grew up in the piney woods of south Alabama before becoming pivotal in Atlanta’s storied Redneck Underground music scene.  He was always a featured sideman, but his first solo recording ( Byrd’s Auto Parts 2007) didn’t happen until after he moved to Music City nearly 20 years ago. Since then he’s recorded 3 other f...

Chrissi Bickford Mando Saenz is a relatively taciturn fellow, so I called my friend Jon Byrd to ask some scouting questions before our interview. Byrd, one of the finest country songwriters and storytellers I know, had a lot of wonderful things to say about his close friend Mando, including this, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but he’s a great drinking companion. You can sit at the bar, and 15 minutes will go by and nobody’s said a word. It’s awesome!”  We crack up at this, beca...

>> another fourth of july weekend got off to a somber start in charleston, west virginia, where a memorial was held for senator robert byrd. he died monday at age 92, the longest serving member of congress in u.s. history. president obama and president biden were there and former president bill clinton who touched on byrds long-ago association with the klu klux klan. >> he did as good a job for you as he could. as far as he was concerned, there was no such thing as too much for west virginia. bu...

Seniority helped byrd steer billions in federal money back to wage. many projects bear his name. labeled by some the king of pork, byrd is unabashed. >> man, you are looking at big daddy. big daddy. >> reporter: fiercely outspoken against the war in iraq. he said no to the authorization to use force and called that his proudest vote. >> invading a country without our having been provoked, that was unconstitutional in my book. >> reporter: among his own regrets, he had been a member of the ku klu...

He never lost sight of home. he may have spent half a century in washington but there is a guy he never, never, never, never took his eye off his beloved mountain state and we shall not, to paraphrase the pope, we shall not see his like again and the senate is a lesser place for his going. >> that was vice-president joe biden just a short time ago commenting on the death of his long time friend and mentor senator robert byrd. he was 92. kelly odonnell has more on byrd, whose nine terms in office...