Introductions

[Brody]

A lot of you guys are signing up with screen names, or have never commented on the site before, so come introduce yourself.

Let us know your name, where you're from, your occupation, a couple of your favorite artists, most recently purchased album--basically anything you want us to know that would help us to get to know you better. Do it survey style it'd you like. For starters:

Name: Brody
Location: Austin, TX
Occupation: Web designer
Favorite artist: Guy Clark
Most recently purchased album: The Avett Brothers - The Gleam II

Feel free to tack on any other questions with your introduction.

[Swcj]

Name: Chris J/ Swcj
Location: KY
Occupation: High School Student
Favorite artist: Jamey Johnson
Most recently purchased album: The Road Hammers: Blood, Sweat and Steel and Eric Church: Sinners Like Me (Got them at same time) Also just to say I have only listened to country since 04 and I am a teen so I don't know much about past country)

[Funk]

Name: Funk, short for Funkalicious
Location: With my Sheep, Idaho and On the Lake, Washington
Occupation: Professor and construction worker
Favorite artist: Billy Joe Shaver (today anyway, ask me again tomorrow)
Most recently purchased album: None, Rhapsody subscription
Most Recent Concert: Eric Church

[Lewis]

Name: Lewis
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Favorite artist: I have a lot but most recently I've been hooked on Sugarland.
Most recently purchased album: Sugarland - Love On The Inside
Website: http://www.thecountrymusicscene.com - I don't own it but I do help out a lot and I am an administrator. It's a country music message board (similar to this one) that's been around since 2004.

[Hollerin Ben]

Name: Ben Cisneros
Location: Southern California
Occupation: hobo-in-training
Favorite artist: tough to say, Willie maybe? sometimes Steve Earle. Wynn Stewart lately though.
Most recently purchased album: Connie Smith's first two records collected.
Most recent concert: Mike Stinson at the Saddle Sore Saloon with my pal Dave Gleason on guitar.

[Stormy]

Name: Stormy is my nickname, its better than my real name.
Location: Austin.
Occupation: Spinster, writer, temp.
Favorite Artist: Rodney Crowell.
Most recently purchased album: The Waifs Sundirtwater
Website: I don't really have one, but those who want to read my writing can do so here: http://www.fictionpress.com/~stormylewis

[PaulaW]

Name: Paula

Location: Central Alabama

Occupation: County Government - GIS Technician

Favorite Artist: I am fan of the songwriters more than the artists (though some are both). My fav would be Anthony Smith. I also love Tom Hambridge, Chris Wallin, Tony Mullins, Rivers Rutherford .. the list is too long.

Most recently purchased album: I dont buy many albums, I prefer live music. Last one I bought was Scotty Emerick's at the Bluebird during Tin Pan.

Websites: http://www.songwriterville.com (has been dormant for a while but I'm getting it up to date again now)
http://www.myspace.com/songwriterville
And I have a really crazy blog at http://www.songwriterville.com/blog

I'm pretty much an open book, so if you wanna know something, just ask.

[Mirandas2cool]

Name: Wade
Location: Central Florida (near Daytona Beach)
Occupation: Restaurant cashier/ High School Student
Favorite Artist: Miranda Lambert
Most recently purchased album: Jamey Johnson & Heidi Newfield (both today)
Most recent concert: Miranda's Fan Club Party in Nashville/ others in Nashville

[C Eric Banister]

Name: Eric
Location: Southern Indiana
Occupation: Monument designer/writer
Favorite Artist: That's too tough to narrow down.
Most recently purchased album: 2 Merle Haggard discs: "Serving 190 Proof" and "Back to the Barroom"
Most recent concert: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (not counting the steel guitar show I went to Sunday)
Web site: (shameless self-promotion): www.americanaroots.com

[Rainbow]

Name: Erik
Location: Norway
Occupation: Teacher (to be)
Favorite artist: Reba McEntire
Most recently purchased album: Sara Evans - Real Fine Place
Most recent concert: Dolly Parton

[Trailer]

Name: Trailer
Location: The Southeast
Occupation: Graphic designer
Favorite artists: Lucero, Johnny Cash
Most recently purchased albums: Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song, Chris Knight - Heart of Stone
Most recent concert: Lucero, Pat Green, Shinedown (festival)
Website: http://photocrapper.blogspot.com/

[Drew]

Name: Drew
Location: Montana
Occupation: University student
Favorite artist: Dierks Bentley
Most recently purchased album: Jennifer Hanson - Thankful

[Stormy]

Which university in Montana?

[Drew]

University of Montana

[JHD]

Name: JHD, JarheadDad
Location: Georgia
Occupation: Professional pot stirrer and occasional semi-pro fisherman
Favorite artist: Gee, guess! She's blonde and drives Stormy nuts!
Most recently purchased album: A mint condition still in the wrapper Allman Brothers Fillmore East album set. Vinyl and reel to reel rule. Digital sucks. Analog mixers are gods! To vibe Johnny Paycheck, "Take that iPod and shove it!"
Most Recent Concert: Carrie Underwood Greenville, SC just a few weeks after Keith Urban stole my Bride's heart at the Gwinnet Civic Center
Family: four kids - three sons and a daughter and a Lovely Bride of 35+ years
Music orientation: old late 60s 70s rocker with strong leanings toward Southern Rock plus Country from Hank, Sr. to the Outlaw period to today.
Age: oldern' dirt (I saw The Beatles live and Elvis when he was skinny while Willie was a struggling songwriter as clues)

[Brody]

Sweet, I wanna be a semi-pro fisherman.

[Stormy]

University of Montana

Awesome! I graduated from there. Go Griz!

[Drew]

Awesome! I graduated from there. Go Griz!

No way! That is definitely awesome, Go Griz indeed! What class were you? Have you been back lately?

[Stormy]

Awesome! I graduated from there. Go Griz!

No way! That is definitely awesome, Go Griz indeed! What class were you? Have you been back lately?

Class of 97, but I haven't made ti back since. One of these days I am going to.

[JHD]

Sweet, I wanna be a semi-pro fisherman.

Heh! Well just come on down Brody. You can have your choice of running 80+ mph on Lake Lanier chasing toad spotted bass or we can go all-electric on small impoundments and try to hook you up with a 10# hawg largemouth! Choose your weapon!

Seriously, anytime.

You know what separates a pro from a semi-pro don't ya'? I refuse to travel. Just fish the lakes in my region that are close to home. All that touring stuff is for you young guys. Old farts like to sleep in their own beds at night!