Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCA) - Celebrity Rock Group Scrap Metal announced today more special guest stars to perform during their 2007 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival concert in Nashville (March 28 at 9pm). Special guests announced include Artemus Pyle of
Lynyrd Skynyrd "
Sweet Home Alabama"; Jim Peterick of
Survivor "Eye of the Tiger"; and Matt Scannell of
Vertical Horizon "She's
Everything You Want"; along with special guest C.J. Snare of Firehouse whose hits include "Love of a Lifetime", and "Don't Treat Me Bad".
Members of Scrap Metal, a who's who of multi-platinum Singer / Songwriters, include Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson, twin sons of Rock'n'Roll Legend Ricky Nelson, of rock group Nelson whose pop/rock hits include "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection", "After the Rain", and "More Than Ever"; Mark Slaughter of Slaughter whose penned hits include "Up All Night Sleep All Day" and "Fly to the Angels"; Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger whose rock hits include "Sister Christian", "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", and "You Can Still Rock In America"; and Eric Martin of MR. BIG whose hits include "To Be With You" and "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy". Keagy, Nelson and Slaughter are all local residents of Music City. This is Scrap Metal's second appearance at Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival, the fundraiser for the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI).
"There's always an element of surprise with a Scrap Metal concert," raves Mark Slaughter, "You never know who will show up and perform with us."
"Having Lynyrd Skynyrd's Artemus Pyle performing onstage with Scrap Metal is definitely going to be a memorable night," enthuses Gunnar Nelson. "Who hasn't rocked out to legendary song 'Sweet Home Alabama'? Plus, Jim Peterick and CJ Snare will also perform with us - so with Scrap Metal audiences get all of these legendary performers jam-packed onto one stage for one show. An entire rock festival for one special performance."
105.9 The Rock presents Scrap Metal Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 9:00 pm central in The Cannery Ballroom located at 1 Cannery Row in Nashville (615) 248-9494_ www.mercylounge.com. Tickets including 5-Day "Fast Access" Club Show Passes are available through the festival website www.TinPanSouth.com or $10 admission at door.
Tin Pan South is America's largest music festival dedicated to songs and songwriters. Named in honor of New York's fabled Tin Pan Alley (once the world's capital of professional songwriting) it highlights Nashville as the NEW capital of songwriting drawing attention to the wide variety of talented writers that live and work in Music City, USA. Past performers include Art Garfunkel, Loretta Lynn, Gordon Lightfoot, Donna Summer, Lisa Loeb, Richard Marx, Kenny Loggins, America, Garth Brooks, Graham Nash, Carole King, and many more. All proceeds raised from Tin Pan South go to NSAI's efforts for copyright protection.
The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the world's largest not-for-profit trade association dedicated to professional and amateur songwriters in all genres of music. Founded in 1967, NSAI now represents a membership of over 20,000 current and past members with over 100 chapters throughout the world.
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