The Bluebird Cafe Scrapbook (available on our website: www.bluebirdcafe.com, along with other Bluebird merch).
Heroes
Don Schlitz, of course! Victoria Shaw, Fred Knobloch, Thom Schuyler, Lori McKenna, Jelly Roll Johnson, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Steve Forbert, Steve Earle, Marshall Chapman, Tim Krekel, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Tony Arata, Chris Wallin, etc., etc., etc.
The Bluebird Cafe's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Friends
Hometown:
Nashville, TN
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
The Bluebird Cafe is undergoing some cosmetic work on this lovely bit of Myspace. We'll be back once the wounds heal. Posted at 6:12 PM Oct 5 view more
About me: First of all, this is the ONLY official Bluebird Cafe MySpace page! Now, about us:
The Bluebird Cafe has gained a reputation worldwide for presenting the best original country and acoustic music seven nights a week. Performers do not generally play "cover" songs. Musicians do not jam here, and songwriters frequently are accompanied by just one guitar or piano.
As a listening room, quiet is requested at all times during a performance - which is why our slogan has become "Shhh!"
You are welcome to drink and eat with us at any time, but if you are looking for an evening of conversation there are more appropriate places in Nashville. Between the sets you will undoubtedly have plenty to talk about!
A little history:
We opened in 1982 as a casual gourmet restaurant with some live music, and have become a music club first and a restaurant second. In 1985 Sunday writer's nights were added as a chance for new writers to audition and perform before a special guest writer. This became an immediate success. In 1987 dinner shows were added. The concept was to have the audience come earlier than 9:30, eat dinner and watch some lesser known musicians play. Although it took a while for the idea to catch on, these shows have also become very popular.
The Bluebird has been featured in many newspapers, on TV, and is also the setting for the movie "The Thing Called Love," starring River Phoenix, K.T. Oslin, Samantha Mathis & Sandra Bullock. Kathy Mattea was the first star to be identified with The Bluebird, she is still a friend and a regular guest today. Garth Brooks played on our Open Mic and Sunday Songwriters Shows before he was discovered. Some other famous folks who have graced our stage are: Keith Urban, The Dixie Chicks, Melissa Etheridge, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Trisha Yearwood, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Phil Vassar, Brad Paisley, and countless others. You may be able to see some of our shows on the web.
We take shows to other venues around the world including festivals in the Southeast and Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Plus, and this is the most important part, we have two shows a night, seven nights a week! Sunday nights are our Writers Nights and Monday nights are our Open Mic Nights. Catch a show while you're in town, or catch many if you're local.
We can't wait to see you and you never know who you may get to see. . . our famous friends drop by from time to time to say hi and play a few songs.
Just letting all my top friends on MySpace know I'm on Twitter now. You can follow here:
http://twitter.com/DenHollinden
I hope to exchange follows with the wonderful talent at the Bluebird. By the way, I think you guys are the only cafe I know of where nobody ever talks about the food! : )
Vince is being featured in the current issue of Country Weekly in the Listen Up! section. Also, as part of being featured they are letting all his fans download "Walkaway Joe" from their website. If you would like to purchase more songs by Vince Melamed you can do so on www.adroitrecords.com
