This past weekend I was in Savannah, GA (I LOVE SAVANNAH!!), celebrating the release of Chuck Courtenay's first CD. Who is Chuck Courtenay, you ask?(www.chuckband.com )Well, Chuck is a musician from Savannah, GA and happens to be my husband's best friend. My husband and Gary West, with Platinum Road Records, produced Chuck's CD, "Different Man," which was released this past Friday. The CD release party was held at Wild Wing Cafe' in historic downtown Savannah, GA. The turnout was AMAZING!!! The place was packed and the Cd's were a huge sell!! Trust me, I sold the merchandise! I was busier than a one armed paper hanger Friday night. Thanks to Ruth Fox, who helped tame the wild, rowdy customers for me. I was very proud for everyone involved, but was extremely proud of my husband, who worked so hard and put in so much time making sure the CD would be ready by the release date. Saturday night, Chuck and the boys opened for Jake Owen at The Beaufort Water Festival in Beaufort, SC. I've got to tell you, and I'm not just saying this, Chuck and his band SMOKED Jake Owen. Sorry, Jake. My personal opinion.... As my husband would so eloquently put it, "THEY WERE ON IT, SON!" I got to watch the show and the crowd (over 10,000 people) went absolutely crazy over Chuck! Huge beach balls flying around, people doing the 80's lighter hold, the beer cheers..... crazy I tell ya!! Merchandise sold like crazy that night, too. Women getting Chuck to sign their foreheads and arms and..... other "LADY" parts. It's was kind of surreal.... It's nice to see great things happen for people! Let me give a shout out to the band who played with Chuck all weekend:
Jesse Jordan- drums, Tim Burke- bass, Special guest musicians from Nashville- Bobby McKee on lead guitar and Tommy Butler on pedal steel guitar.
Also, a big shout out to Chris Elmgren and Jamie Stringer. They're always there to help Chuck and his band do whatever it is that needs to be done! And, they're great sticker-throwers, too!One more shout out...to Ken and Ruth Fox from Fox Vintage Amps, who loaned a few of their amps to the band over the weekend. It takes a lot of people to pull off something like this. It was great to see people helping out!!
Now, on the bitchy side, I just want to say this...... vanity, it is an ugly thing. No, I'm not talking about anyone from the band. I'm just making a general statement. One cannot ride on the coat tails of another and expect to reap the benefits. You must put forth an effort and be your own person. If you give, you shall receive. I've said enough. I'm very tired and very opinionated right now. So, I'll end this before I open a can of "verbal whoop ass!"
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