Carol Chase, Lynyrd Skynyrd Backup Vocalist Is Ready to Sing Again
Carol Chase is a backup vocalist for Lynyrd Skynrd and has been a band member since 1996. In addition to touring with this legendary group, Carol is a singer-songwriter and also records her own material. I can't remember a time when Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't one of my favorite bands. The [...]
Trevor Finlay On His Album, ‘Get Into It’ & Life As a Touring Musician
Trevor Finlay grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and began playing guitar as a child. For the last 30 years, Trevor has made his living as a professional musician, writing such songs as "Send My Mail To Nashville" and Get Into It, the title of his latest album. Until the COVID [...]
Nashville Session Bass Player Alison Prestwood
Alison Prestwood grew up in Alabama with music in her soul. The multi-instrumentalist and Nashville session bass player has played and recorded with many of Country and Americana's most successful and influential artists. I caught up with Alison and recorded this Southern Americana podcast episode on the stage of the [...]
Anthony Smith: Writing Songs for Country’s Elite
When Anthony Smith moved from East Tennessee to Nashville in the mid-1990s, he didn't realize a golden era of country music ended. Sometimes not knowing is best because this singer-songwriter achieved major successes when artists like Lone Star, George Strait, and Trace Adkins recorded his songs. There’s no shortage of accomplished [...]
Cory Marks: From Hockey to Flying Jets to Songwriting
Canadian Cory Marks excelled at playing hockey and won a spot on the Royal Military College team. If he wasn't going to make it as a pro hockey player, his backup plan was to fly fighter jets. Now he flys high as a successful songwriter and performer. Cory Marks [...]
Macy Fowler: A 15-year-old female football player fights cancer
Fifteen-year-old Macy Fowler is used to overcoming odds. After all, she's a starting linebacker for the freshman football team at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, TN. In late fall Macy's world was rocked when she was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma cancer. Macy Fowler starts as a linebacker for the [...]