Keith Urban Sets Sommet Center on Fire

Friday night Keith Urban walked onto the stage at Sommet Center in front of a nearly, if not sold out crowd of screaming fans and played his guts out.

“We made it back home,” said Urban at the conclusion of an audience-pleasing “Where the Black Top Ends,” which was the second song of the evening. “I can’t tell you how good it feels to be here tonight, but we’ll spend the next two hours explaining it to you, at least.”

And he did, and then some.

Urban engaged the crowd with blistering guitar solos, beaming smiles, infinite energy, multiple sing-a-longs and hit after radio hit.

He and his band, which is laden with jaw-dropping, first-rate players, kicked off the show with “Once in a Lifetime” and glided through songs including “Faster Car” and “Shine” before upping the intensity a step further with an acoustic version of “Raining On Sunday,” which morphed into a sing-a-long. “Stupid Boy” followed, wrapping with an epic, frenzied guitar solo in which the gold Les Paul he was playing got the beating of its life. The audience — dotted with stars including Martina McBride, The Warren Brothers and Rodney Crowell — couldn’t tear its eyes from the stage.

Read the full concert review in the Tennessean.

KJUG Radio Personality Pepper Daniels Talks About Country Radio Seminar Experience

It's always fun to see what folks visiting Nashville experience and enjoy. Here is Pepper Daniels and his story of Country Radio Seminar this year. Click HERE to read the entire experience and see more of his pictures.
~C.S. Webbspun



Pepper Daniels from KJUG in San Luis Obispo, California.



Gary Allan's to cool for the pool. Never miss your chance to see him. After that show, we went to a bar on Broadway (Nashville's honky tonk and tourist hub). It was called "The Stage," and on stage was Little Big Town. John Mellencamp came out after midnight to sing about 5 songs with LBT, who sang on about 8 songs on his "Freedom's Road" CD. You'll also see a picture below of Carol with Mark Wills who was in the crowd. Also, Storme Warren, who hosts GAC's Country Music Across America TV show was in the house. No one wanted to miss Mellencamp!



Wednesday was opening day at the seminar. Early in the morning a welcome breakfast showcased Keynote speaker Jon Bon Jovi. He was intereviewed by Nashville Radio legend and WSIX morning show host Gerry House. The music business and life as an artist were among the topics. The offical opening concert is called the "Music City Jam." The tradition is to have a superstar perform and get some "special, surprise guests."



The highlight for Carol was Bon Jovi. Late Thursday night, the band hosted a private show for about 200 people. Building off the success of the Nashville inspired "Who Says You Can't Go Home (with Jennifer Nettles), the band has a complete new CD coming inspired and written in Nashville. Carol and I made sure we arrived early to get close. We got right up front and stood until our legs were burning. But, as you can see from the close pictures below, it was worth it. Carol had an out of body experience. I must admit it was amazing to see such huge rock stars so closely. Make no mistake about it, rock stars! One commet though (look below), it's time for Richie Sambora to button up that shirt!



Friday was a big day. I was wisked away at lunch to a great souther cooking place called "The Loveless Cafe." We had southern fried chicken, ham, biscuits, sweet potatoes and more! It was awsome and quaint. I had to get a tshirt! But the best part was riding to the restauant and listening to un-released Big & Rich music which very few people have heard.