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On Stage 5/18: CJ’s Energy Blues

The Chattanooga Market will welcome Chattanooga’s own CJ’s Energy Blues to the EPB Stage on Sunday, May 18, 2008.

A combination of high energy rock n’ roll blues and soulful original songs this duo brings excitement and spirit to the performance.

Chris Campbell & John Hare with their motor city and music city upbringings, bring forth a full range of musical expression in the songs they play.

On Stage 4/27: Gary Nicholson

Gary Nicholson

Residence: Nashville
Hometown: Garland, Texas
Genres: Americana, Singer/Songwriter, Country, Blues, Rock
Website: www.garynicholson.com

A 2006 nominee for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gary Nicholson has had more than 350 of his songs recorded, has won 26 ASCAP songwriting awards and is responsible for more than a dozen major hits. Unlike most tunesmiths, he is not bound by musical genre. His songs routinely top the country hit parade. But rock bands, blues artists, folk stars and bluegrass acts have also embraced him as a songwriter.

“I’ve never found it difficult to ‘shift gears’ between different musical styles,” Nicholson says. “I let myself be dictated by the needs of the artist or of the writer I’m collaborating with. A lot of these guys are just looking for good lyrics. Songwriting is songwriting. A song is a song.”

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