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East Side Storytellin’ 27: When the extraordinary Lydia Peelle and Griffin House gave us many reasons for and advantages of enjoying life in general.

  Hello, good evening (or morning or afternoon depending on when you are reading this for the first or 100th time), and welcome to another excellent round of East Side Storytellin’.  RIGHT NOW, like the 26 great episodes before, YOU are in store to read about and listen to the magic that was made on […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 25: When we turned 1 year old and celebrated Vandy style

It was one year ago, on Tuesday, November 6th, on a cold, rainy election night when we started making this cool idea into a reality.  It seemed like and continues to seem like an obvious, perfect combination of inviting local authors to read from and describe their printed work, showcasing local musicians that perform and […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 23: Where Nashville’s art Bulb turned on paint & poetry for @artobernash’s sake!

Once again, sitting at my desk at the bookstore, East Side Story, days after the show you are about to read about and listen to, I am still amazed at all of the fun we are having for East Side Storytellin’ two times a month!  If you haven’t been to a live show yet, shame […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 21: Where A Dancing Girl Got Her Chair and Swan Dive too!

I can’t believe that I just wrote and said that number above.  Twenty-one shows that we have put together for East Side Storytellin’.  Over the course of ten months, we have had three friendly locations, and over forty-two groups of Nashville artists that have shared amazing talent to those willing to give us a chance […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 17: Where Virginia was for lovers … of great literature and music moved to TN alike!

  In the middle of the fun madness of life with MFA studies at Sewanee, such a 1st world problem to discuss, I was so relieved to get back into the East Side Storytellin’ pattern of hearing other people reading and singing instead of myself doing both in and out of my car and bookstore.  […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 16- When THE BOOK was read and Carolina Story and East Side Story done done it again! WOW!

Wow!  I can’t say it enough after experiencing what I experienced on Tuesday, June 18th, at Fat Bottom Brewing Co.  If you weren’t there, I’m not sure that words can put it all into context.  I shall try. Yet again, the random Tuesday morning showers cleared the skies for a beautiful evening to be seen […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 15 – Where Mr. Mojo Risin’ finally found a brain and the Watkins lady too

Hello again and welcome back to another recap for another amazing East Side Stortyellin’ show that was experienced on the evening of Tuesday, June 4th, in the most lovely of Nashville weather with some of the coolest people around.  To preface a lovely evening without stress, I should let you know why I changed my […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 14 – Where The2ndHand and East Side Story came alive

East Side Storytellin’ 14 was going to be something new for me.  It was the first show that I knew for sure that my loving and always supporting wife would not be attending because she was on a business trip of sorts.  The day of the show, May 21st, first appeared to be rocky and […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 10: Words by Barry Mazor, music by Paul Burch, and the spirit of Jimmie Rodgers

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, marked a very interesting night in Nashville.  Over at Fat Bottom Brewing Co., I was fortunate yet again to be in the middle of some of the most amazing, talented people in and around Nashville.  I mean, c’mon, when and where else can you be around a writer that has been […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 8: When Sewanee left the mountain for the city

On February 19th, 2013, a very special gathering that had been in the making for a few months, possibly since last Summer before East Side Story was a reality, occurred at Rumours East and it was an absolute blast.  With the help of April Alvarez, Coordinator for the Sewanee School of Letters program, she managed […]