Greetings from the little music room on the far end of the street where all the cool kids meet.

We started our programming a couple of weeks earlier than in past years because we wanted to accomodate Madaline Collins and John Wilkerson who were on a Memphis run from their new home in Fayetteville.  Pardon the run-on sentence but I'm still just thrilled about what occurred last night(1-10-26) and can't say enough about how it all came together.

As usual, the patrons filed in at the last minute which always makes this promoter a little anxious but it's so rewarding seeing a room fill up with people in such a short period of time.  First of all, Madaline always brings the energy and this was so much the case this time.  With the “Guitar Preacher” at her side, this power duo gave us the originals we expected at South Main Sounds and then launched into some covers that just raised the roof.

It's hard to say how many people were in the room but most of the 40 available seats were taken with folks mingling outside as well.  On that note, I've got to get a plan together for the outside speakers soon.  Brad Matherne(AKA Bart Mathews) had always pushed for a “two-headed show” as an alternative to our traditional songwriter-in the round lineups and it appears he, as almost always is the case, was spot-on.  On that note, thanks so much to Chris Coly for running immaculate sound!

Having the duo play the entire Two plus hours allowed momentum to build and the room to basically become electrified as Madaline fed off John's deep guitar riffs and covered some of the most classic rock songs of all-time.  And yes, I've paid the pipers so no worries there.

As always, thank you to our loyal parishoners as well as a lot of new folks that ventured in.  For anyone who may be working on gigs, promotion works!  Thank you Alex Coleman, Frank Rhodes and the staff at WREG for having me on to tell our story and push this show. Thanks also to the places that allow us to put flyers up:  Quick Check, Shangri La Records, Bayou Bar and Grille, The Peabody Hotel, Central Station Hotel, The Arcade Restaurant and of course The Corkscrew.

We'll be back in a couple of weeks with more great music and Memories in The Making.   I regret you never had a chance to play our room John Kilzer, but I think it's high time we put a photo of you on our wall.

Cheers Folks!