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AUSTIN, TX- Honest, well-spoken and human. These are attributes that musicians should aspire to achieve when they put pen to pad to write music. Melody Guy does all of that in spades.
Melody is a Nashville based artist who embodies all of those attributes into every song she writes, and clearly others have recognized her songwriting ability as artists like Jessie James, Amanda Williams and Sherrie Austin have either recorded or covered her songs on recordings and in concert. Though she hasn’t released a full length album since her 2013 album “Diamond on the Street”, she has 10 albums under her belt (two of which are available to listen on her website and another on Spotify. Of what I was able to listen to, I was particularly drawn to her songs that had a little swing in ’em like “Taking My Heart Back”.
While she may not have been the most familiar name on the riverboat roster, she made sure that she left a lasting impression with her performance. She mixed her set up with both upbeat and downtempo numbers, and performed with gusto as the riverboat guests wandered to and from the bar to refill their cups. But all movement on the boat came to abrupt halt when she dove deep into an emotional ballad that she had written about a friend.
I wish I could find the note I wrote with the title of the song and the story behind it (or even recorded a video clip of it so that I could try looking it up), but careless me must have misplaced it, but let me tell you, the room became absolutely still and engrossed with the lyrics and the melody being sung. It’s in moments like those that you respect the power of songwriting, and Melody Guy made us all, in that moment, respect the power of the art form.
Editor’s Note 4/13/18: Melody reached out to us to let us know that the song referenced above is titled “Mistakes Like Me”.
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Melody Guy for Jamie Kent’s New Nashville SXSW showcase 3/16/18. Thoughts and photos coming to @BlurredCulture. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/bzO0trz9h5
— Derrick K. Lee (@methodman13) April 9, 2018
Melody Guy for Jamie Kent’s New Nashville SXSW showcase 3/16/18. Thoughts and photos coming to @BlurredCulture. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/dLhGY7AdFV
— Derrick K. Lee (@methodman13) April 9, 2018
