A taste of Nashville in Standard

Posted on: Staff Writer

From edition: January 18 2019 Strathmore Times

By Adelle Ellis, Times Reporter

Drew Gregory will be hosting his second songwriters round in Standard, called A Taste of Nashville, on Jan. 24. Audience members will get the opportunity to listen to songs and the stories behind them. Photo Courtesy of Natalie Gregory

Drew Gregory will be hosting his second songwriters round in Standard, called A Taste of Nashville, on Jan. 24. Audience members will get the opportunity to listen to songs and the stories behind them.
Photo Courtesy of Natalie Gregory
Having visited Nashville, Tenn. several times throughout his musical career to work on his songwriting and to take in Music City’s talent, local musician Drew Gregory fell in love with the city’s musical flair and style, and is working on bringing some of that back to Alberta through the creation of his own songwriter’s rounds.
Gregory, in a fundraiser sponsored by the Standard Community Hall, has invited three Alberta artists to join him on stage at the hall on Jan. 24 to participate in A Taste of Nashville songwriter’s night.
“It’s a huge thing down there (Nashville); they’ll get three or four songwriters and they will all sing one song at a time, but they’ll talk to each other and tell stories,” said Gregory.
Gregory brought the first songwriter’s night show to Standard last April. The upcoming show will feature songs and stories by Luanne Carl from Renegade Station, Devin Cooper from Innisfail who has been writing with Gregory, Blake Reid from Cremona who will be performing by popular demand after sharing in the last songwriter’s round, and Gregory himself.
The show will be set up theatre-style at the Standard Community Hall with the performers on stage with their guitars. Audience members will be able to watch the two-set performance with a break in between.
“I think the special part about it is that you get those moments where you can hear a pin drop in the room; everybody was so respectful the last time we did it and that, to me, is the special part about them,” said Gregory.
“The more I can show people what these are then hopefully the word keeps spreading, I’d love to do more of these around the area … they’re one of my favourite things to do because you get to tell the stories behind the songs and you get the audience’s full attention. It’s just a special, special night,” said Gregory.
A Taste of Nashville goes at the Standard Community Hall on Jan. 24. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.