Down But Not Out in Nashville by Joe Crawford Mrazek (Dec. 27, 2009)
I've been cursing (mostly under my breath) at having to play part-time janitor & handyman at Music City Hostel in exchange for my accomodations, which are admittedly quite comfortable now that the owner has upgraded me to a bedroom in a condo instead of bunk in a claustrophobic dorm room. I take solace from this fact: Kris Kristofferson was working as a janitor at Columbia Records Nashville studios when, in late 1965, Bob Dylan showed up to record his masterpiece double album, "Blonde on Blonde" (1966). I can only go up the ladder now, right?
At least I'm within walking distance of Music Row. And I recently managed to get inside a studio, Bayou Recording on Seventeenth Street, to observe a demo-record session. I'm determined to make it as a promoter & manager of Americana artists. I know I have the skills & the savvy for this difficult mission, so nothing gets me down for long anymore. I try to look at my apparent humiliation ("I got a law degree for this shit?") as Zen lessons in modesty or a tonic against arrogance, which I am prone to. Wish me luck, y'all. I'll need lots of it.
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