Wheelin' Towards Willie - Part 5, Western Arkansas

Interviewing Mrs. Robbie, one of Billy Don Burns oldest friends from Mountain View, AR

Local town hall in Mountain View, AR where there will be quite the acoustic show this fall, more details soon.

Billy Don Burns on an old Triumph chopper

Buck Thrailkill at the Stone County Museum by the banjo was given to the museum. Note the arrowheads on the back wall which were given to the museum, found on the White River, by Billy Don Burns brother.

Music fills the air in these mountain towns, every thursday in Mountain View the Gospel Opry is the local gig.

Stone County Museum where they have an exhibit on Billy Don Burns and an amazing town hall

Gaylor Creek Church, way down deep on the hills and where Billy Don Burns fondly remembers old family stories.

Buck, Jake and JB on the steps of Gaylor Creek Church, which is now Shady Grove Missionary

While working on the Billy Don Burns documentary we knew that Gaylor Creek Church was calling out to us. The best thing we could do was to jump in the creek for a baptismal swim and fully take in the depth of ol' BD's great song and his hometown of Mountain View, Arkansas.

Wheelin' To Willie Part 3 - Nashville, TN

As cheesy as Nashville can be with the over produced and abundance of pseudo country, that is constantly being pushed out from here, pockets of greatness exist. One of those great elements can be attributed to Layla's. The music venue is more than just a bar or club on lower Broadway housing bands nightly, but its a refuge from all the slick looking bars that want to pump as much pop country into our over saturated ears as possible. Great venues such as this need to be talked about and constantly be gigged by the Americana and Real Country acts that play there as much as possible. Layla's is definitely the punkest venue on lower Broadway and one in which we proudly support.

The turnout last night was damn great and sing alongs were as common as the PBR being drunk by the case. If you are in Nashville tonite do yourself a favor and get out to Layla's from 8 to Midnight as JB Beverley and Jake Cox will be taking the stage once again along with a plethora of special guests. Also huge thanks to Kevin and Lisa for letting us crash with them in east Nashville, damn good people!

Painting on the wall in Layla's on lower Broadway in Nashville, TN

Great art adorns the walls at Layla's

Jake Cox ending the night with some dirty blues and his deep mountain baritone

All night long a bevvy of musicians joined the mix on stage

Mr. Jones, Kevin on drums, Kara Clark and JB Beverley bringing it home

Kevin is one damn great drummer and kept the back beat rolling all night.

JB Beverley and Jake Cox outside of Layla's in Nashville.

Gotta love tube frame Buells, especially this Lightning model.

The fellas warming up for tonites session at Kevin's house in east Nashville.

Jake Cox and JB Beverley testing out some gear on the acoustic stage at Sam Ash music

Wheelin' Towards Willie Part 2 - Clarksville, TN

One of the coolest things about traveling is finding random slices of life and meeting new folks on the road. We headed out of Chattanooga around 5pm as Husky Burnette had to boogie to a local acoustic show. After backing up the film footage and rolling through the hills and river valleys, Clarksville, Tennessee was beckoning us. The ride north by north west on 24 is an easy haul with some beautiful pasture land to cruise through. Rolling to the gig right around sunset with a thunderstorm upon us was a great site to see. Thankfully the last minute show at the Poorman's Country Club put on by Angie Clark turned out to be an amazing night. Jake, JB and I cannot thank her enough for the hospitality and good times, that lasted til' sunrise.

Quote of the day:
"Damn it Clarksville, y'all are conspiring to fuck us up bad..." JB Beverley

This is relating to the first bar we have been to where its BYOL, hahaha.

Long nights and early sunrises in Clarksville, TN

Maybe a new website should be started, People of Waffle House

Jake is eyeing up our new favorite mixed drink Jim Williams

This here hotel room is protected by .40 cal's and cold beer

Beauty is where you find it

JB Beverley, local dude in Clarksville and Jake Cox after the show

Kara Clark joined in on the jam session

Jake Cox and JB Beverley getting into the groove

Rollin' through Nasvhille on the road

Gotta love random graffiti in bathrooms

Honey, I have a new love and her name is Yella!

Wheelin' Towards Willie Tour Part 1 - Chattanooga, TN

Yesterday we embarked upon the Wheelin' Towards Willie Tour. The entire goal was to set up key interviews that we need to help capture who is Billy Don Burns as an artist and individual, on the new documentary film in production. Billy Don is a prolific songwriter and a stand up dude, that has been working for four decades now. People love his music far and wide, yet on a larger scale he is still relatively unknown. 

Throughout tour stops we will be speaking with a variety of folks, such as today with Roger Alan Wade. JB Beverley and Jake Cox are doing nightly gigs to cover gas and travel costs, so come on out to shows and link up with us. Some of the highlights include hanging with the Mayor of Chattanooga, Husky Burnette, interviewing and meeting Roger Alan Wade, along with a 3 am ghost tour or drunken waltz through the Hales Bar Dam that is featured in numerous ghost hunting shows.

Check out JB Beverley's page on Facebook for tour stops

Quote of the day part 1:
Roger Alan Wade - "Honesty trumps everything when it comes to songwriting."

Jeremy, JB Beverley and Shannon

JB Beverley and Jake Cox joining Husky Burnette on stage

Jake Cox hopping up on harmonica with Husky Burnette

Ol' Jeremy saying the hell with the bathroom I am giving the catfish something new to drink

Husky Burnette is channeling some Jeff Healy and Voodoo all at once for guitar magic

Late night 3am ghost tour of the infamous Hales Bar Dam, famous from ghost hunting shows

We set up a chair and doll in the middle of one of the tunnels

Interviewing Roger Alan Wade for the Billy Don Burns documentary

On site for the interview with Husky Burnette, Roger Alan Wade, JB Beverley and Jake Cox

Double Your Meat!

JB Beverley explaining the virtues of Coors Light