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Writers At The Water, 115 27th Avenue North, Nashville, TN (2026)

06/19/2026

“Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music.”
~ Gioachino Rossini

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

We had a room full of Rossinis this week, every note they played and sang was inspired. And I think I even collected some pointers on how to machine wash my delicates? It's all going in the memoir, Twenty Three Songwriters After Dark (A Song And A Thong). Don't sue me, Sisqó:

+ Zoe, Stephen, and Ross fixed the speakers!

+ Ross was patriotic but also nuanced about it

+ Daniel Ford danced on those notes like an aria

+ Waytoven got us excited for his new album

+ Abe visited from Hawaii with a sound tapestry

+ John Kontur edumacated us about cross-meter

+ Dave returned from OKC with new material!

+ Janele moved, grooved, and proved she's it

+ Eric evoked the aural emotions of espionage

+ Ellis sounded like Maynard singing John Lennon

+ Jon Lipshaw earned every note he played

+ Mike pumped out more well designed lyrics

+ Trey shared take two of his new cowboy song

+ Joaquin mic'd his guitar and shattered our hearts

+ Tyler hyped up Flipsville -- x2 in July!

+ Bobby just has too much love in his heart (pants)

+ Mad Mary detuned the un-detune-able guitar 😮

+ Felix unveiled a new one for our grateful ears

+ Stefani returned to claim her Nashville crown

+ Karissa and band shared some smokin' word

+ Beaux morphed two songs into one opus

+ Tyler & James Brown are a force to reckon with

+ Loose Bolts snuck in under the wire for a cover

+ note from the host: 3 folks got second song helpings, which was awesome, and most importantly, everyone gave each other grace with time swapping needs; the host may not have been perfect (he sucked!) about knowing exactly what was going on, but everyone was so patient and flexible, it was really inspiring

A walaʻau welcome to our Hawaiian newcomer Abe Miller, welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

06/12/2026

"Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them."
~ Louis Armstrong

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Some wise words from Louis, it is reassuring to know nobody at the Springwater is retired. There's way too much music still inside them to do that. Just some of the beauty that keeps us burning the midnight oil, as heard in the twenty incredible artists who all got to play two songs tonight:

+ Sherrin evoked the greats of the 1960s in her melody

+ Ross kicked it loud & proud on a classic dreadnought

+ Ellis unearthed some truly amazing, "archival audio"

+ John Lomax III paid his respects to the late monarch

+ Tyler invented an entire new genre: orthodontal punk

+ Eric n' Beaux soared to new musical heights together

+ Waytoven let his mellow synth tones wash over us all

+ either J. Allingham is a mad scientist or we all are

+ Jon Lipshaw debuted a badass new song live in TikTok

+ Kit visited us from North Carolina and fit right in!

+ James Brown Band literally had a singing dog 😮 what?

+ Loose Bolts hyped their new single, y'all go presave

+ Bobby Numbers celebrated an anniversary of his birth

+ Karissa juggled PSAs and poetry, prose n' positivity

+ Beaux went all Mix Master Mike w/ a 3D printed pedal

+ Mike Lancial sang 2 hits, on a beautiful Gibson J-50

+ HIMBR Tribe rocked a Monday Night Writes collab

+ John Kontur spoke in verse to stir up our intellects

+ Ten O'clock Scholar played our weird host's favorite

+ Our weird host did 2 new tunes that nobody asked for

An inexplicably Welsh welcome to our 2 newcomers (Kit McKay, Mike Lancial), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

06/05/2026

“What you do is, you get a truck and you drop it on your foot."
~ Angus Young, to Brian Johnson

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Well, finally, we know how to get that signature AC/DC sound: a truck, a foot, the rest is history. What's not history, what's present day, right here right now, is the artists making history in real time with THESE sounds:

+ Ross kicked us off with patriotic American music

+ STEPHEN THE VIDEO GUY MADE HIS DEBUT! INCREDIBLE

+ Irish sang one she co-wrote with our weird host!

+ Kolt kicked out two incredible Americana ballads

+ Tyler knows you will ALL be @ Flipsville tonight

+ Jerry & Cliff set the world on fire before us...

+ Kurt reminded us that we are all human, even him

+ Waytoven made The Black Jubilation ring out loud

+ John Allingham tested the limit of known reality

+ Ghettobilly Collective raw dogged musical poetry

+ Eric sang a related song, with related authority

+ Joaquin shattered a heart, & named it Clementine

+ Beaux explored cross-meter...and cross-dimension

+ Joe did an amazing, bittersweet Alzheimer's song

+ John Lipshaw delivered his masterclass on melody

+ Trey did a brand new one, just written on Monday

+ Karissa got the band back together, w/ her words

+ Pat gave us that acoustic rock and roll we crave

+ Harlow workshopped a new one too...like a badass

+ Peyton ALSO did a new one! How lucky are we all?

+ Willie was equal parts humor and loud heartbreak

+ John Kontur is a poet n' don't worry he knows it

+ Felix *ALSO* did a new one & man we are grateful

+ HIMBR Tribe surfed their way to our hearts' ears

+ Wonder Woman returned with fresh words to share!

+ JTR & Willie lay tribute to

A wonderful welcome to our newcomer Stephen The Video Guy!, welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

05/29/2026

“Every person in this room is wearing a uniform and don't kid yourself.”
~ Frank Zappa

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

If only Frankie had paid us a visit some Wednesday night. I know of at least 28 artists (yes -- that's no typo, TWENTY EIGHT artists) wearing absolutely no uniform:

+ Ellis remixed Kurt wiki-wiki-Fortmeyer

+ Beaux ended songs how I end romance...

+ John Lomax III taught us about co***ne

+ David Nassau unveiled a new one! Prog!

+ Rob harkened back to an old flame gone

+ Eric held one note longer than forever

+ Russ gave us a preview of his next gig

+ Daniel mixed pop, jazz & human insight

+ Troy finally got that Fender in tune!!

+ Tyler hyped up Flipsville, June 5, 7pm

+ Kurt hooted, hollered, howled: and how

+ Janele made us squeal, like piggy boys

+ Von Berger made his hump day H2O debut

+ Trey was glass; bold, bright & brittle

+ Honey Sauce added us to the collective

+ Jon Lipshaw went live with that banger

+ Felix Z taught X-***ed music education

+ we missed Pat and hope he feels better

+ Joaquin truly left it all on the stage

+ After Glow has those 'apocalypse eyes'

+ Willie: cowboy amalgamation of a scene

+ The Lion and Willie T.O.R.E. I.T. U.P.

+ Peyton broadcast a Music Row-ready hit

+ Malignant Narcissist earned that title

+ J.P. growled softly and howled sweetly

+ Lydia - Chris Olsen is the one for you

+ Harlow pulls zero punches. Zero. Zero!

+ John Kontur kept it in the Family Tree

+ Angie & AJ's vocal harmony soared high

+ Mad Mary was crowned the queen of rock

+ also extra special thanks to nevin_lyle

A wild welcome to our *four* newcomers (Von Berger, Honey Sauce, Chris Olsen, AJ), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

05/22/2026

"When a piece gets difficult, make faces."
~ Artur Schnabel

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

We sure had some faces tonight. Not Rod, he didn't show, but someone said they saw Ronnie Wood in the back. Or was that Ron Howard? It was after all a Happy Day:

+ Our Weird Host tried his hands at the Piano Man

+ Jon Lipshaw live streamed his set! So hip, so with it

+ Beaux enlisted backup to p**s off Sir Nick Cave

+ Kolt did a brand new song, hope you heard it once!

+ Jeremiah let us be in a live music video taping

+ John Allingham disassembled a scale before our eyes

+ Waytoven brought us regards from the most high

+ Ghettobilly Collective preached to all the converts

+ Mitchell was 1 part Elliott Smith, 1 part Ryan Adams

+ Saint No One let our host know how he really feels

+ Doctor Cyn is the teeth! And we are also! Grrr!

+ Eric and Beaux danced on the notes like kites

+ Tyler gave us a preview of his Flipsville energy

+ James Brown Band took a stand for freedom of speech

+ Malcolm gave Levon Helm a run for his money

+ Zach was like Thom Yorke singing Grant Lee Phillips

+ Olivia traded in the harmonium for a guitar!

+ Kyle saw the smoke while we were feeling the fire

+ Stone Jack was like the southern pat mAcdonald

+ Ian hopes you'll have a really terrible Christmas

+ John Kontur warned us about catching Scarlet Fever

+ Mean Dean kissed his cousin and then got caught

+ Harlow unveiled a new one that most definitely rocks

+ Bill did a doozie about the lines on all our faces

+ We even got 2ND SONGS by Malcolm, Zach, Olivia & Kyle

A wonderful welcome to our two newcomers (Dr. Cyn and Olivia), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

05/15/2026

“People say I'm wearing heels because I'm short. I wear heels because the women like them.”
~ Prince

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Well, on Wednesday nights, we wear heels because the water is rising. Sometimes it's high tide, other times the roof is leaking, and sometimes the spirits are just flowing. Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise:

+ The Lion played both his latest release and his next one!

+ Jon Lipshaw took requests (as long as the request was looping)

+ Tyler visited to hype his NON STOP FRACAS on June 5

+ Eric gave us a deep dive into the word dumb (as in, struck)

+ Jojo showed us how it's done in Framingham (she's a man!)

+ Kurt took us waaay down to Stompin’ Holler (it was a trip)

+ Ghettobilly Collective went free jazz (plus shipping & fees)

+ John Allingham almost made sense and it was terrifying

+ S. Flower played a new tune and it was truly epic

+ Daniel reminded us how deep his catalog of hits runs

+ Mason and Hank Jr blew us away on that vintage Alvarez

+ Beaux took freeform to a new level with a 3D printed pedal

+ Karissa told the truth like she has done for years

+ Joaquin channeled the emotion of the entire city

+ Pat played us a beautiful song about beating the odds

+ Kyle read the tea leaves and they were bittersweet

+ Zach workshopped because we are a safe space for that

+ John Kontur was in standard tuning and I had a heart attack

+ Harlow was like New York Dolls meets the Stones, acoustic

+ Janele got every heart beating in synchronization

+ Mad Mary put the cherry on top of our ice cream Sundae

A wonderful welcome to our newcomer (Mason Thompson), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

05/08/2026

“Music is my religion.”
~ Jimi Hendrix

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Church on a Wednesday night? Crazier things have happened. Like catching the devil flu in Iceland and being put out of commission for a week. And like surviving a cult, getting clean and sober, being featured in 's 40th anniversary issue, and then guest hosting for these rockstars:

+ The Lion growled out our benediction

+ John Lomax III gave us a preview of his upcoming show next week at 3rd & Lindsley

+ Rob gave the sound guy a compliment for the ages

+ Gabi bared her soul and backed it with precision

+ Waytoven gave us sensory refuge

+ John played a "normal song" and The Spring didn't burst into flames. And then he played a NOT normal song and everything was normal again

+ Harlow played us some punk rock and reminded us of our dive bar environment

+ Sunflower gave us Danzig and Prine laced sonic candy like only he can

+ Mitchell ran out of tears

+ Beaux found a few more things for the kitchen sink in Willie, Waytoven, and Nick the house drummer

+ Willie got the Strat out of the pawn shop and played that thing like it still owed him money

+ Pat Duffy brought the lovely pink dragon on his guitar to LIFE

+ Joaquin made the room feel the pain

+ Mean Dean gave us a lesson about octopi

+ Karissa brought us the word on the street without the commercials

+ Eric mercifully relieved the Lion of joke-telling duties

+ The Infamous Russell Wix made his Springwater/Writers debut and we have thus been evangelized

+ Pat Smith hopped out of the crowd and closed us out on the house guitar with a banger

A wonderous welcome to our three tubular newcomers (Gabrielle Tusberg, Russell Wix, and Pat Smith), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

04/30/2026

“Music with dinner is an insult to both the cook and the violinist.”
~ G.K. Chesterton

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Is that so, G.K.? I guess we can't prove you wrong, since there's no supper served at the ol' Supper Club. But we sure did feast on some delicious chops:

+ Our weird host kicked us off with 2 new originals

+ Buz followed that with some world class writing

+ Jerry O. played his NEWEST and OLDEST songs ever

+ Jon Lipshaw looped like a pro & went guitar free

+ Morgan debuted a stellar new track just for us!

+ Grunge Dylan gave major Bright Eyes but modern

+ Tony paid homage to the incredible Chris Cornell

+ Jojo shared a tall Texas tale, a true story! (?)

+ Daniel tested out a truly stellar new one on us

+ Kurt isn't Elvis bus he did wake up this morning

+ Karissa put that advertising training to work!

+ Eric said he train wrecked but we say otherwise

+ Felix wants to stick his quarter inch deep inside

+ James Brown Band shined, shimmered, and simmered

+ Joaquin lifted our emotions higher than the sky

+ Janele absolutely belted it out, Mariah who?

+ Trey may need your help getting through revival

+ Kolt knocked a new BANGER cowrite outta the park

+ John Kontur dug down into some very deep cuts

+ Bobby would like to see your dress on the floor

+ Pat was like Neil Young covering Everclear (?)

+ Dorian lobbed a real heartbreaker over the edge

+ Josh broke any remaining unbroken hearts, wow!

+ Bill did more in two minutes than I did all day

+ Elandés closed us out with Luke Combs A Ca****la

A wily welcome to our three thoughtful newcomers (Grunge Dylan, Pat Duffy, Elandés), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

04/23/2026

“A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.”
~ Tori Amos

Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Charming indeed, Tori. No one at Springwater had a cold tonight, but a few were ICE COLD. And in a very real way, every song we heard tonight was a love song:

+ Ellis remixed one of our weird host's love songs!

+ John Lomax III sang a WORK IN PROGRESS (we loved it)

+ Rob never said he was perfect (but love him anyway)

+ Buz & Kasia sang both fun & sentimental love songs

+ Waytoven shared the black jubilation! Full of love

+ S. Flower loved on some Frank Zappa school tools

+ Beaux and 2-3 pedals love looped some loop love

+ Matt Freakin' Awesome came back! Love! Love! Love!

+ Ghettobilly Col-love-tive rocked a new love poem

+ Jojo got us to quit bitchin' and love the goat

+ Karissa read some lovely words -- with heart

+ Malcolm let the love burn all slow and vulnerable

+ Zach unveiled 3.5 new minutes of musical love

+ Love it or hate it Paula absolutely brought it

+ Kolt did the song Our Weird Host loves the most

+ Daniel danced a lovely voice on some lovely notes

+ Eric proved that war songs can be love songs too

+ Kate may not love everything about this country

+ Jon Lipshaw loves sugar, and frankly we do too

+ HOLYEFFINSHIHTZU we heard the singer from phish 😮

+ Joaquin had so much love, it turned into despair

+ Willie made a love burrito and we ate it right up

+ Ian rocked an uptempo love ballad soundtrack hit

+ Mean Dean and his ukulele might be falling in love

+ Wonder Woman still loves driving with naked toes

+ Danny brought some love from D.F. Mexico Rock City

+ Bill loves giving advice ... but never taking it

+ Our Weird Host even loved on a new one this evening

A warm welcome to our terrific three newcomers (Nicholas Alvarez, Danny Martin, Kate G), welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

04/16/2026

"Waylon and Willie wouldn't walk 3 feet to see a p**sant eat a bale of hay."
~ Glen Campbell

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Springwater Supper Club
Nashville, Tennessee

Well, I can't speak to how far Willie or Waylon would walk to see... a p**sant eat a bale of hay??? But I can tell you this: I flew 20,000 miles to realize I have everything I need every Wednesday at the Springwater. There is nothing quite like:

+ David singing acoustic metal on that Martin sixer

+ Ross sneaking in, treating us to two originals

+ Jon Lipshaw sticking it to the man as only he can

+ Buz saying yippie-tay-aye-yay (ain't any other way)

+ Waytoven medleyed a medley for our medley pleasure

+ Jojo got called some names, but he fought back

+ S. Flower kept it tight, but loose at the same time

+ Melinda unveiling a brand new piece, just for us!

+ Daniel doing "just the hits" aka his masterclass

+ Kurt enlisting Willie The Monster on that S.G.

+ Eric singing an unrelated song, god bless Vera Lynn

+ Beaux keeping the collab train rolling all night

+ Willie teaching a bird watching class on the cuckoo

+ James Brown Band talking to angels in our midst

+ John Kontur bringing us CD hard copies of S.R.T.!

+ Joaquin belting out Clementine with top emotion

+ Kolt dueting a super badass Nashville 24 throwback

+ Mean Dean offering to push in our stool for us

+ Tony of HIMBR catching a vibe and surfing it down

+ Bill making sure we sign that good old prenup

+ Janele making us squeal like a bunch of piggy boys

+ Shane reminding us we're lucky here in Nashville

+ Our weird host even did one he wrote in Madagascar

Welcome back to the returning champions (see Notebook Of Infamy photo for names), and see you all next Wednesday.

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