“Freestyle Fridays” featuring Drake White and The Big Fire have shown a different side of the Dot Records recording artist with stripped versions of often never-before-heard cuts from the artist Rolling Stone called “Bonnie Raitt’s secret twin brother.” The weekly performances have debuted directly to the fans on his Facebook page, @DrakeWhite. But on Friday, October 30, he took “stripping it down” to a new level after performing at Us Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois on his last stop of an 11-show run with Little Big Town on the Painkiller Tour. During the group’s hit, “Pontoon,” White and band literally stripped down into swimming trunks despite the thermometer reading in the 40s outside and danced along the back of the stage much to Little Big Town’s surprise.
Archive | November, 2015
INAUGURAL OFF THE RECORD BRINGS LARGE SCALE, HIGH-END EVENING OF FASHION AND MUSIC TO NASHVILLE
About Off The Record:
The inaugural Off The Record event on Sunday, Nov. 1 combined fashion and music to kick off CMA Awards week in Nashville, featuring performances by some of Nashville’s top new and established artists. An array of silent auction items were on display in designated estate rooms, as well as featured art pieces by Nashville’s Ray Stephenson, all benefitting Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Featured items in the silent auction included jewelry from Shelly Brown, art, luxury luggage, autographed memorabilia and more. The event featured top-of-the-line production by Premier Global Production and creative directed by Go West Creative. Models from all over the Untied States were flown in to hit the runway in a night of high fashion including designs from John Varvatos, Gucci, Tribe Kelley, Johnathan Kayne and Kaufman Franco to name a few. Event concept and execution spearheaded by award-winning Nashville-based Neste Event Marketing’s Gil Cunningham. This event serves as the flagship event for Neste’s new event division, EntertainmentBuy. Continue Reading →
My 2015 CMA Awards Predictions
Just for the fun of it, here are my CMA Awards predictions. Don’t forget to watch on Wednesday at 7pm central on ABC to see how accurate I am!
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