That’s a lot of talent on one stage.
Over the weekend, the Turnpike Troubadours graced the stage at Nashville’s newest music venue, The Pinnacle. The Oklahoma boys put on a stellar show, per usual, bringing their authentic Red Dirt sound to the heart of Music City.
“Thank You Nashville. What an amazing night in a big, beautiful, new venue. We had a great time.”
Shelby Stone got the show rolling for the night, but as you never know who you’ll see in Nashville, Turnpike took advantage of the surplus of stars in the city and surprised the crowd with Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor from Old Crow Medicine Show. The combination of Red Dirt and bluegrass never misses, and the crew sounded incredible as they joined forces for a few songs.
One of the songs they laid down, making for a memorable night, was Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel.”
I hope our readers are educated enough to know that Darius Rucker was not the originator of that song, but if I’m bursting your bubble, I am not sorry. Rucker may have released his #1 version in 2013, but the song was originally just a chorus written by Bob Dylan40 years earlier in 1973. And then about 25 years later, Old Crow Medicine’s Ketch Secor took that chorus and melody, wrote the verses, and the “Wagon Wheel” we all know was born.
Ketch took the lead on their song, flawlessly delivering the first verse. The audience was having a ball as you hear many hoops and hollers from behind the cameraman. For the second verse, Evan Felker steps up to the microphone and knocks his verse out of the park.
“Runnin’ from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin’ me down
Lost my money playin’ poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain’t a-turnin’ back to livin’ that old life no more…”
Throughout the song, Molly Tuttle supported the other artists on stage by playing the banjo and providing backup vocals during the chorus.
What a way to close out a sold-out show. Turnpike shared on social media that this show was a night to remember, and after this performance, I am sure it was one for the audience to remember, too. I’d love to see Turnpike team up with Molly Tuttle or Ketch Secor more often. Bluegrass and Red Dirt go hand in hand with each other.
Fire it up.
