David Crowder Band
GMA Week 2006
Nashville, TN
April 1-5
Saturday, April 1
TBD CHECK INTO HILTON – Conf#s xxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx
4:30-4:40PM Total Axxess (Jayar) – backstage
Point Person: Brian Thiele
7:00PM DAVID CROWDER BAND/THIRD DAY CONCERT
David Lipscomb University
Sunday, April 2
Escort: Missy Zahn 615.xxx.xxxx
2:00PM Call Time for Reception – find Katie for wristbands at the entrance by the convention center
2:30-4:00PM ARTIST/DJ WELCOMING RECEPTION- Renaissance Ballroom
Point Person: Brian Dishon
5:00-7:00PM SOUNDCHECK FOR SUNDAY EVENING AT THE RYMAN
7:00-9:00-PM SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE- Ryman Auditorium
Louie Giglio, David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall
Point Person:
10:00PM SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE – Renaissance Ballroom
Attending only Point Person: Bryan Ward
Monday, April 3
Escort: Denise George 615.xxx.xxxx
8:00AM Meet Missy in the Hilton Lobby
8:15AM Call Time for Breakfast
8:30-10:30am PRESS BREAKFAST – WildHorse Saloon
Point Person: Shawn Blackney
10:30-12:00 BREAK
12:00-2:00PM Relevant Lunch (Denise, Shelley, David, Cameron Strang, Kyle Chowning, Cara Davis) – Merchants
2:30-3:30PM HearItFirst.com Taping – Renaissance 2114
Point Person: Bethany Marvin
3:45PM Alive Festival Liners – Renaissance 2514
Contact: Joan Dyer – xxx.xxxx (Salem)
4:30PM Call Time for Radio Dinner
5:30-7:00pm RADIO DINNER- Nashville City Club
Performing “Wholly Yours”
Point Person: Brian Dishon
7:00pm ASCAP DINNER – Richland Country Club
Point Person: Grant Hubbard/Eddie DeGarmo
Tuesday, April 4
Escort: Denise George 615.xxx.xxxx
4:30 AM Meet Brian Dishon in Hilton Lobby (Chris, David, Louie, Shelley)
4:45AM CALL TIME FOR RADIO INTERVIEWS- Renaissance Lobby (meet Denise)
5:00-9:20AM MORNING RADIO INTERVIEWS
BRING GUITAR – “Wholly Yours”
Point Person: Brian Dishon
WLFJ 5:00-5:20
WISG 5:30-6:00
KLTY 6:00-6:20
KSBJ 6:20-6:40
WAWZ 6:40-7:00
KTIS 7:00-7:20
WRBS 7:20-7:40
K-LOVE 7:40-8:10
KXOJ (6th fl) 8:20-8:40
SALEM 8:40-9:00
WONU 9:00-9:20
9:30-9:45AM Rick and Bubba Interview – need phone number
Point Persons: Mike McCloskey
10:00-11:00AM New Song Café Taping – Renaissance 2114
11:30-12:30PM CALDWELL/CROWDER Lunch – meet in Hilton Lobby
1:00-5:00PM BREAK
7:10PM LOAD IN AND SOUNDCHECK FOR GMA AWARDS
Wednesday, April 5
1:00PM Dress Rehearsal FOR GMA AWARDS
5:30PM PRESHOW GMA AWARDS- Grand Ole Opry
8:00PM GMA AWARDS- Grand Ole Opry
Point Persons: Leigh Ann Hardie and Shawn Blackney
the highlights were:
the concert on april fool’s day. our friend marty stuart (legend-of-a-mandolin player) came out and played with us on our bluegrass number – ‘i saw the light’. mac (lead singer for third day, the band we’re currently on tour with) was kind enough to join us in our set as well so it made for a romping good time. afterwards we headed to the grand ole opry with marty to hear his wife connie sing. it was amazing. she sang a couple of songs ending with one she introduced as, “a song about my best friend.” she then went into her signature rendition of ‘how great thou art’. you have not lived deeply until you hear connie smith sing that hymn. my eyes flooded over. we met roy clark. (reference xanga entry: . fated i say. fated.) as we were making our exit, all hugs and smiles, marty announced, “boys i have the quote of the night for you. i was talking to merle on the way over and he asked where i was coming from. i said ‘i’m coming from the david crowder band show.’ to which merle responds, ‘well, whoever they are, tell them i say hello.’” so in summary, we played with marty stuart, listened to one of the greatest hymns sung by one of the greatest singers to ever live, and got both a “hello” and a “whoever they are” from THE merle haggard. things were off to a pretty good start.
it didn’t matter. it made it sound all whiskied out. put a little gravel in it. so things went ok even though i had to baby the vocal chords along. lots of rest, food and water. which meant i couldn’t play around much or hang out with friends and such which is really what makes gma week more than unobjectionable. there’s a lot of stress surrounding this week because every moment you have the potential to show everyone that you in fact have no idea what you are doing. everyone always suspects this to be the case but gma gives you opportunity after opportunity to demonstrate that. the fact that the week also provides an excuse for all of us to be in one place and hang makes the stress element tolerable. i got very little of that this year. i went to no showcases, i heard no bands i’d have hoped to hear, i simply followed the schedule and when i wasn’t on task either slept, ate, or drank water. at one point i asked a friend who is a veterinarian if it was possible to drink too much water. she said, “no. well, yes, but it would have to be like 15 gallons.” then went into something about sodium and the fact that i was eating stuff with salt and that i’d be fine. i was still nervous while i continued to consume what i believed to be dangerously large quantities of the h 2 o.