Well, cousins, it’s the END OF AN ERA!
We just hosted our LAST EVER Nashville Field Trip!
If you got to come and enjoy the music, the people and the food these past 20 years, well, congrats! You got to see some awesome stuff go down!
We had a good time hosting you.
It’s time to let it go and focus on other things.
We’re gonna chill out, visit family and friends, play music and get out of the service industry. (We didn’t realize we were part of any “service industry” until lately. Ha ha. I just thought we were hosting parties and inviting our friends, but the vibe has started to change, so that writing was on the wall.)
Plus, we’ve just lost interest in promoting the huge, Nashville tourism machine. Nashville just doesn’t resemble the cool, old town I fell in love with.
I always knew when it would be time to turn away and focus on other things. That time is now. Thanks for the memories. Scroll down for pics and video of the good ol’ days…
Here are a few of the artists and bands who have graced our living room concert hall:
Congratulations to the talented Cassidy Daniels, above, who performed in our living room in 2024. She is currently tearing it up on the TV show, The Road, acquiring new fans and social media followers with her original songs, her incredible voice and indomitable spirit! We love combing through our list of Nashville’s hot young artists and incomparable veteran performers to find just the right match for the Field Trippers who sign up. This is a custom experience.
And here are some VIDEOS of past PERFORMANCES:
Irene Kelley and her band perform a Field Trip favorite, “Up In Those Blue Ridge Mountains.” Irene has written songs for some of Country Music’s brightest stars, such as Alan Jackson and Trisha Yearwood. Now making her mark as a Bluegrass chart topper, Irene has come into her own as a performer, and we’ve been lucky to have her and her talented friends play in our intimate, exclusive setting. “Irene’s voice and her sweet, powerful songwriting,” says Antsy, “Makes it feel more like home around here. I love Irene Kelley and I want everyone to hear her music.”
The Texas Chain Store Managers have become one of Antsy McClain’s favorite bands in Nashville – or anywhere. They’re serious, but fun, making it clear to every audience member that they truly enjoy what they do. Mostly made up of a lifelong circle of friends from Wisconsin, these guys have been tearing it up in Music City, building a solid, loyal fanbase with their passionate, hard-driving songs, brotherly-tight harmonies and masterful musicianship. Antsy McClain, and many Field Trippers, now count themselves among The Managers’ growing fanbase.
Father Sunn is a force of nature. As The King of “Crooner Jazz Punk,” he has combined the raw energy of Nirvana with the lyrical imagery of acts like John Prine, Loudon Wainwright III and Russell Smith of The Amazing Rhythm Aces. “I felt a musical kinship with Father Sunn before he even finished his first song,” recalls Antsy McClain, who was introduced to Father Sunn by his friends in Texas Chainstore Managers, “You’ll hear a timeless, ageless connection to rock and folk music going back as far as mid century vinyl can take you. This guy’s incredible.”