- Hidden deep beneath the Cumberland Mountains in Grundy County, Tennessee lies one of the world's most magical musical adventures.

"The Caverns Sessions," 3 million years in the making, pure acoustics offer music from the heart of the American experience, center stage and deep inside the mountain, this time welcoming, the Kitchen Dwellers.

♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ - It's deep down musical diversity at "The Caverns Sessions."

Coming up next!

(cheering and applause) (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Tell me, when did it start ♪ ♪ That's when it all comes apart ♪ ♪ You tell me I'm obsessed, and all that I've got left ♪ ♪ Is knotty pine in your heart ♪ ♪ It's getting harder to leave ♪ ♪ You'd have me crawl on my knees ♪ ♪ I see you've winterized, behind ashen eyes ♪ ♪ Left our love on the breeze, blow through the trees ♪ ♪ I throw up my hands, and I ♪ ♪ Pray for the rain, and I ♪ ♪ Can't remember calling your name, and I ♪ ♪ Thought I'd buried you under the pain ♪ ♪ But you push me halfway down, ♪ ♪ And I'm drowning again ♪ ♪ I'm drowning... again ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I needed something familiar ♪ ♪ Something to cool down my mind ♪ ♪ Like a window down, oh, in my hometown ♪ ♪ Something simple and fine... ♪ ♪ But still you offer your hand ♪ ♪ Lead me down river bends ♪ ♪ You saying it's safe to cross, but when I'm feeling lost ♪ ♪ Then you're gone once again ♪ ♪ Slipped through my hands ♪ ♪ I throw up my hands, and I ♪ ♪ Pray for the rain, and I ♪ ♪ Can't remember calling your name, and I ♪ ♪ Thought I'd buried you under the pain ♪ ♪ But you push me halfway round, ♪ ♪ And I'm drowning again ♪ ♪ I'm drowning... again ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Stand still now, ♪ ♪ Thumb raised to the sky... ♪ ♪ Don't drag me, ♪ ♪ I'll carry on with time... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Been living... ♪ ♪ on amphetamine lies... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ 'Till she pulls me ♪ ♪ Under rising tides ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I'll throw up my hands, and I ♪ ♪ Pray for the rain, and I ♪ ♪ Can't remember calling your name, and I ♪ ♪ Thought I buried you under the pain ♪ ♪ But you rose again when I drowned in the stream, and I'm ♪ ♪ Swept away on that last train leaving ♪ ♪ As that east wind pulls back on my brain, and I ♪ ♪ Know I buried you deeper than sin ♪ ♪ But your name comes up old friend, ♪ ♪ and we're drowning again ♪ ♪ We're drowning... again ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (cheering and applause) - This is our first time playing here at the Caverns in Tennessee.

Thank y'all so much for being here with us.

(audience cheering) This is such an awesome space to play music in.

(audience cheering) This is wild.

So this is awesome!

(cheering and applause) This next song was written by Mr. Shawn Swain over here on the mandolin, everybody.

(cheering and applause) - Howdy.

Thanks for having us.

- It's about a big problem we have out west, forest fires every year.

(strums banjo) And we got the story from a friend of ours that worked on a fire crew in Oregon a few summers ago and watched a town get burned down in southern Oregon.

So this is a song we wrote as a tribute to that town.

It's called "Their Names Are the Trees".

(audience member cheers) (gentle Bluegrass music) ♪ I was dreading last July ♪ ♪ And I've never seen it so dry ♪ ♪ It was hard the last time I had to go ♪ ♪ And it's one more reason why ♪ ♪ I never called before I left ♪ ♪ Oh, I thought that would be best ♪ ♪ I couldn't lie and didn't want you to know ♪ ♪ About the beating in my chest ♪ ♪ Oh, It's all gone now ♪ ♪ Some folks are just memories ♪ ♪ Now the cinder has all burned out ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ (gentle Bluegrass music) (gentle Bluegrass music) ♪ On that night the wind would blow ♪ ♪ I was asleep and dreamt about you ♪ ♪ Radio blast took me fast from your arms ♪ ♪ And I stared out upon the glow ♪ ♪ Fire overtook the mountain ♪ ♪ And came racing down our side ♪ ♪ Best make best with wherever you'll rest ♪ ♪ We might not make it out alive ♪ ♪ Oh, it's all gone now ♪ ♪ And some folks are just memories ♪ ♪ And now the cinder has all burned out ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ (gentle Bluegrass music) ♪ Looking west, it's the same as the rest ♪ ♪ When the water's all gone where can they go ♪ ♪ They cry for rain to the sky to stop the pain ♪ ♪ And feed the ground so that hope can grow... ♪ (gentle Bluegrass music) ♪ Oh, it's all gone now ♪ ♪ Some folks are just memories ♪ ♪ And now the cinder is all burned out ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ ♪ Oh, it's all gone now ♪ ♪ Some folks are just memories ♪ ♪ And now the cinder is all burned out ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ ♪ And their names are the trees ♪ (cheering and applause) - Thank you.

(cheering and applause) - This song's called, "Wise River."

(plucks strings) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I am the shaker ♪ ♪ You're my hammer in the frost ♪ ♪ Well won't you sing of rivers now ♪ ♪ The ones I'll never cross ♪ ♪ And if I sing along ♪ ♪ Will that river make me wise ♪ ♪ Craft another melody we'll holler at sunrise ♪ ♪ There's buckskin highway headed north ♪ ♪ The choice is east or west ♪ ♪ That lonely river town ♪ ♪ Where the bar-fly knows you best ♪ ♪ I'll never know ♪ ♪ Why we came to Wise River ♪ ♪ Where the snow can fall like cannonballs ♪ ♪ And that lonesome wind blows bitter ♪ ♪ Now if you're weary ♪ ♪ They don't mind you passing through ♪ ♪ Those seats are for the cowboys there ♪ ♪ They ain't for me or you ♪ ♪ It was the wrath of a man ♪ ♪ Near one-hundred years ago ♪ ♪ Can't you hear the ghosts of miners wail ♪ ♪ In the hell they dug below ♪ ♪ Now one thing marks for reason ♪ ♪ And the other's on my mind ♪ ♪ That one thing lasts forever ♪ ♪ That's the darkness in their eyes ♪ ♪ I'll never know ♪ ♪ Why we came to Wise River ♪ ♪ Where the snow can fall like cannonballs ♪ ♪ And that lonesome wind blows bitter ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Something colder is growing me older than she ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ She could share this, an heiress of copper and wheat ♪ ♪ If they forgive their folly in the fields ♪ ♪ We may find her there asleep ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Oh well they lost it all, one shot at fortune's fame ♪ ♪ Only the rivers are left for digging boys ♪ ♪ And they'll fly to jump your claim ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ It ain't the storms that blow ♪ ♪ That'll make you dread the road ♪ ♪ It's the distance that grows heavy now ♪ ♪ Beneath the weight of snow... ♪ ♪ I'll always know why we came to Wise River ♪ ♪ Where the snow can fall like cannonballs ♪ ♪ And the lonesome wind blows bitter ♪ ♪ I'll always know why we came to Wise River ♪ ♪ Where the snow can fall like cannonballs ♪ ♪ And the lonesome wind blows bitter ♪ ♪ Where the snow can fall like cannonballs ♪ ♪ And the lonesome wind blows bitter ♪ (applause and cheering) - Thank you.

(applause and cheering) (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I'm a smokestack, with no looking back ♪ ♪ A regretful path I've left behind ♪ ♪ The only seat left in the whole damn county ♪ ♪ Was a stool to forget the time ♪ ♪ Now I'll lay it on the line ♪ ♪ I'm a howling wind, I'm a jumping jack ♪ ♪ Packed my bag and hit the road ♪ ♪ Never again will I fall so easy ♪ ♪ With some steam down in the hole ♪ ♪ And a boiler full of coal ♪ ♪ Don't stop now, you got me runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm just getting started ♪ ♪ After all these miles we've roamed ♪ ♪ Such a long, long way to go ♪ ♪ Let me take you home... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I'm a sturgeon moon, I'm rising line ♪ ♪ Fight my pride, like it's a sin ♪ ♪ The day is long, and my heart is knockin' ♪ ♪ And the world is starting to spin ♪ ♪ And the current's kicking in ♪ ♪ Don't stop now, you got me runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm just getting started ♪ ♪ After all these miles we've roamed ♪ ♪ Such a long, long way to go ♪ ♪ Let me take you home... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Now I'm standing on the edge ♪ ♪ Not knowing what come next ♪ ♪ There may be a fork in the road ♪ ♪ Nothin' can stop these wheels from rolling ♪ ♪ Quench this thirst for loving my dear ♪ ♪ Take me to the river and wash me clean ♪ ♪ Did I, did I, did I ♪ ♪ Did I hear your footsteps down the stairs ♪ ♪ Yeah, your footsteps down the stairs ♪ ♪ Don't stop now, you got me runnin' ♪ ♪ I'm just getting started ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ After all these miles we've roamed ♪ ♪ Such a long, long way to go ♪ ♪ Let me take you home ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) (cheering and applause) - Thank you.

(cheering and applause) - Are you all having a good evening so far?

(audience cheering) - Right on everybody.

Thanks for having us, we really do mean that.

This is awesome to be here.

(cheering and applause) - We got one more here for you.

Thanks for having us.

(cheering) - It has reached that point in the show, it's going to be a weird one.

(cheering and laughter) - This one we wrote during the peak quarantine in COVID and uh, which was a scary time for a lot of people.

It's called "Sundown".

(audience cheers) (electric banjo sounds) (electric banjo sounds) (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ I've been floating, here in between ♪ ♪ Scraping bottom and flying high ♪ ♪ As I watched it, time receded ♪ ♪ When the train came rolling by ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ No we ain't got, time for sorrow ♪ ♪ Seems nobody gives a damn anyhow ♪ ♪ Don't go thinkin', for a second ♪ ♪ You're the only one who's been shot down ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Oh sundown let me go ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Where the hourglass is running slow ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ It's high time we cut and run ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Seconds on the wind, my time undone... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Now we disperse, into the ether ♪ ♪ Bogged down and too gone to save ♪ ♪ Ain't this a test, for your conviction ♪ ♪ Like a dead man without a grave ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Can't you feel the, pressure rising ♪ ♪ Anger percolating underground ♪ ♪ Felt by legions, as they crawl up ♪ ♪ Clear from hell just to drag me down ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Oh sundown let me go ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Where the hourglass is running slow ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ It's high time we cut and run ♪ ♪ Seconds on the wind, my time undone... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Oh sundown let me go ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Where the hourglass is running slow... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ It's high time we cut and run ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) ♪ Seconds on the wind, my time undone... ♪ (upbeat Bluegrass music) (upbeat Bluegrass music) - Thank you.

(cheering and applause) -Thanks ya'll!

(cheering and applause) - Thank you folks, thank you very much.

We'll see you next time.

Thank you.

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