An East Nashville
Christmas
By Gary Wien
On December 10, four criticallyacclaimed songwriters from
Nashville will bring a little East
Nashville Holiday spirit to The
Strand in Lakewood. Amy Speace,
Rod Picott and Doug & Telisha
Williams (of Wild Ponies) will
transform The Strand into The
Bluebird Cafe. Rod Picott gives us
the scoop on the show.
How did Decembersongs come
about? It was actually Amy
Speace’s idea. She did the tour
New Jersey Stage
a couple years running with Dan
Navarro, Sally Barris and John
Vezner. Incredibly talented people
all of them. Last year, I think one of
them couldn’t do the tour so Amy
decided to shake it up and bring
a grittier version of the show. It
might have been grittier than she
expected asking me along but
Amy is always game so I got the
invite again this year as did Doug
and Telisha Williams. It’s a really
great mix of talents. I do what I do,
November 2014
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