Jackie Greene Acoustic Duo at Nashville City Winery

Jan.20, 2015

Nashville, TN.

Review and Photos by Butch Worrell of One Heart Photo

Jackie Greene brought his acoustic duo show to Nashville's City Winery and left the very appreciative audience hungry for more. Backed by Nathan Dale on electric guitar Jackie performed a mix of his original material and covers such as “Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You”, “Breakdown”, and “Deadhead standards such as “New Speedway Boogie” and “Brokedown Palace”.

Nashville's City Winery holds it's grand opening

October 2, 2014

Words by Butch Worrell

Photos by Butch Worrell

Nashville (Music City USA) is a city with many great music venues and it can be tough to stand out. The new City Winery, which held it's grand opening last night, not only stands out already as one of the best; it brings a level of class and sophistication not yet seen here.

Joan Osborne at City Winery

Images and article by Bill Kelly

Joan Osborne kicked off her Bring It On Home tour with a two night set at New York’s City Winery.  Featuring hand picked vintage blues and soul standards, Osborne has said the she would make this album when she knew “...the time was right and my voice was ready”.  Judging from the Wednesday night show, Osborne’s voice was more than ready; she not only sang classic tunes like Ray Charles’ “I Don’t Need No Doctor” and the Slim Harpo’s “Shake Your Hips”,  she owned them, bringing her throaty sensuality to places where the boys could never go.

Backed up by her recording/travelling band featuring Aaron Comess on drums, bassist Richard Harris, Keith Cotton on keys, Andrew Carillo and long-time muscial director Jack Peturzzelli on guitar, Osborne led the band through a set of songs from the new recording, early repertoire hits like St Theresa and a moving cover of Van Morrison’s “Tupulo Honey”.   

John Hiatt at City Winery, SoHo New York - Images and article by Bill Kelly

John Hiatt completed a multi-night “Residency” at Michael Dorf’s City Winery Sunday evening, playing songs from his new release “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymn” along with old stalwarts including “Memphis In The Springtime”, “Thing Called Love” and “Slow Turning”.  Along with writing major hits for other artists, Hiatt is a consummate, durable performer.  Hiatt’s song portfolio is an example of classic Americana, gritty Southern rock sounding at home in an old industrial section of Manhattan.  Hiatt sings of love and redemption, resentment and joy.  Humor flickers through like “kids in the back banging like Charlie Watts”.

Daughter Lily opened the show, proving that musical talent is certainly inherited. Hiatt took the stage with his Combo and thanked the crowd for coming out on a Sunday night, quickly rewarding them with songs ranging from grungy rock to soulful blues.  Watching Hiatt is like watching a life, full of expectation, sorrow, longing and hope.