Archive | December 7, 2012

A Candle to You: Remembering Tony Lopacinski

Family, Friends and Fans Join For One More “Tailgate Tuesday” At Dan McGuinness

Tony LopacinskiAbout a year and a half ago the music community lost a great musician and wonderful man, Tony Lopacinski. On Tuesday, his friends and family gathered to celebrate his life and music in a very special performance at Dan McGuinness Irish Pub.

Tony was a multi-talented singer/songwriter/instrumentalist who penned hits such as “We Weren’t Crazy” by Josh Gracin, eventually becoming his bandleader. He also toured with Train as their guitarist, as well as playing with Shelly Fairchild, Julie Roberts and others. At the time of his passing, he was concentrating on his band Tailgate South. He passed away in June of 2011 after a 15-month battle with cancer.

Tuesday saw the patio at Dan McGuinness full, as Tony’s friends and former collaborators took the stage to sing his music. Among the artists were Nashville songwriting standouts Mike Willis and Devin Belle, and former Tailgate South partner Mickey Kelley.

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Colbie Caillat Offers Up Single “Christmas In The Sand” As Soundtrack To Viddy Users

Multi-platinum selling pop singer Colbie Caillat has joined Viddy‘s ever growing community of Viddy-ographers from around the world. Today, Caillat became the most recent celebrity to join Viddy, a social mobile video app that helps people connect people around the world with short videos. Caillat also announced that she’s offering up her latest single, “Christmas in the Sand,” as a free soundtrack for Viddy users wanting to put a touch of the holidays in their videos.  View Caillat’s “Christmas in the Sand” Viddy announcement by clicking here.

“I’m so excited to have my new song ‘Christmas in the Sand’ as a soundtrack in the Viddy app,” says Caillat.  “Now my fans around the world can make Santa-themed music videos to share with friends and family this holiday season!”

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