If You're in Nashville, Please Consider This Great Line-up for Feb. 28

From Billboard Magazine, this article about a benefit from my neighbor, Todd Cerny:

GOOD WORKS

When songwriter Todd Cerney performed at Puckett’s Downtown in Nashville

on Feb. 11, he was overcome with pain and cut the appearance short, telling the

crowd it was likely his last live performance ever. Cerney, best-known for writing 

Restless Heart’s “I’ll Still Be Loving You” and Steve Holy’s “Good Morning Beautiful,” 

suffered a seizure Nov. 7 and was subsequently diagnosed with stage IV melanoma.

Restless Heart and Holy are just two of a long list of performers planning a

Feb. 28 benefit for Cerney at Nashville’s Red Rooster Bar & Music Hall. Ty Hern -

don, Bo Bice, Jeff Bates and Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits are on tap, along

with songwriters Wood Newton (“Bobbie Sue”), Rivers Rutherford (“When I

Get Where I’m Going”), Thom Shepherd (“Redneck Yacht Club”), Lisa Carver

(“Everyday America”), Richard Fagan (“Be My Baby Tonight”) and Casey Kelly

(“The Cowboy Rides Away”), among others.

The event will also mark a reunion of the Piggys, a rock band that had a sig-

nificant following on Nashville’s club circuit in the 1980s. The group hasn’t per-

formed in 25 years.

Admission for the 6:30 p.m. show at the Red Rooster, located at 1530 Demon-

breun St., is $15. Donations are also being accepted through the Friends of Todd

Cerney account at Regions Bank, 1600 Division St., Nashville, TN 37212. For

more information, contact Cerney’s wife, Kip Kirby, here.

Pics from empyrean coffeehouse

Whilst waiting for my boy to finish his skateboarding this fine sunday afternoon, I noticed a grasshopper suctioned to the exterior window, moved up close, and snapped a pic. I twittered it with the caption, "Lieutenant Grasven! Convey to the rest of the party that I have finally located the mothership!" There is just something about the AT&T building, affectionately dubbed by locals the "Batman Building," that makes this work. Thought I'd share it with you! Happy long weekend, if you're in the States. If you're not, I hope that your country celebrates hard work in its own way :)

You'll have to click the pic to see the whole work of art (lol).