♪ Muscle Shoals to Music Row ♪ (upbeat music) [Narrator] The Sam Phillips Music Organization invites you to step behind the music where the hits are made, the stories are told, and the legends are born.

♪ Muscle Shoals ♪ ♪ To Music Row, yeah ♪ [Narrator] This program is brought to you by Muscle Shoals, Big River Broadcasting, Sutherland Sight and Sound, and the University of North Alabama's, David and John Briggs Family Department of Entertainment Industry.

(upbeat music) And now live from the Shoals, this is "Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live."

(upbeat music) Good evening, how are you?

Welcome to another edition of "Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live".

I am your host, M. Fletcher Brown.

We have another night of truly amazing music for you here tonight.

The Shoals area is known for all kinds of musical flavors and people who gather some of the finest artists, not just from the Shoals but from all around the country, sometimes even all around the world, to become Muscle Shoals artists.

And tonight we have four of our finest, all right?

They are part of the Shoals Single Lock Records.

Tonight is our Single Lock Record showcase.

Will you please welcome to "Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live" Wanda Wesolowski, Doc Dailey, Jay Burgess, Caleb Elliott.

(audience clapping and cheering) All right, I guess I'm kicking this thing off today.

My name is Caleb Elliott.

I'm gonna play you a song off of my most recent album it's called, "Any Way the Wind Blows" and it sounds a lot like a love song, but it's one of those that might have some other meanings going on.

So it's kind of a choose your own adventure song, if you will.

So I'm gonna let you make up your own mind about it.

Here we go.

(gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ Today is not real ♪ ♪ It's only a fantasy ♪ ♪ A symptom of a flawed design ♪ ♪ Say it again ♪ ♪ Forever my company ♪ ♪ Forged in the yellow sands of time ♪ ♪ Any way the wind blows I will be faithful ♪ ♪ Any way the stars align ♪ ♪ Nothing in the world could be so hurtful ♪ ♪ To make me leave my love behind ♪ (lively music) ♪ Cold-hearted days ♪ ♪ Far from the fairy tale ♪ ♪ Feeble as a coward's mind ♪ ♪ Evil is the light that shines through the corridor ♪ ♪ Leading us away from the sacred night ♪ ♪ Any way the wind blows I will be faithful ♪ ♪ Any way the stars align ♪ ♪ Nothing in the world could be so hurtful ♪ ♪ To make me leave my love behind ♪ (lively music) ♪ Old lies don't ever lose their shine ♪ ♪ As long as you hold them tight ♪ ♪ Your truth ♪ ♪ Can only belong to you ♪ ♪ As long as you want it to ♪ ♪ Any way the wind blows I will be faithful ♪ ♪ Any way the stars align ♪ ♪ Nothing in the world could be so hurtful ♪ ♪ To make me leave my love behind ♪ ♪ Don't make me leave my love behind ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (audience clapping and cheering) So I'm Jay Burgess and I'm from Green Hill, Alabama.

A small little town almost on the Tennessee border.

(gentle music) ♪ Wake up momma ♪ ♪ We got a little, we got a little to do ♪ ♪ Get the children ♪ ♪ They're going to want to hear it too ♪ ♪ 600 strong to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge ♪ ♪ We won't stop for no law man until they get it fixed ♪ ♪ We all dream of being lonely ♪ ♪ I know it's not an easy thing to do ♪ ♪ We got to get what was left of yours and mine ♪ ♪ If not we all lose ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ Calm down momma ♪ ♪ I got to find a, find a place to hide ♪ ♪ The law men came without warning ♪ ♪ They came for our lives ♪ ♪ Calm down momma, honey ♪ ♪ Honey don't you cry ♪ ♪ Because there's a man around the corner ♪ ♪ And it's either you or I ♪ (gentle music) ♪ We all dream of being lonely ♪ ♪ No, it's not an easy thing to do ♪ ♪ We got to get what is left of yours and mine ♪ ♪ If not we all lose ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Come on momma ♪ ♪ We got a little, we got a little to do ♪ ♪ The King has came with his men and they want you too ♪ ♪ March strong across that Edmund Pettus Bridge ♪ ♪ We won't stop for no law man ♪ ♪ Until they get it fixed ♪ Thank you.

(audience clapping and cheering) That was pretty good, Jay.

Thanks.

My name's Doc Dailey.

I'm about as from here as you can get.

And I'd really like to thank "Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live" for having us out.

We really appreciate what they do, for a long time now.

I'm gonna play a song that I wrote at a funeral, which I know sounds kind of weird, but you ever been to a funeral that was not a sad occasion, strangely.

It was a real celebration of life as they say.

And when my great aunt Maggie passed away, that's what it was.

And Mr.

Caleb Elliott's gonna join me on this one.

This song's called "Til Death Do Us Part" (lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) ♪ When Great Aunt Magdalene passed away ♪ ♪ There were no tears to shed that day ♪ ♪ And every one just let her stay ♪ ♪ The angel that she was ♪ ♪ Every child was her own ♪ ♪ At her eulogy ♪ ♪ Her grandson spoke of roses, redbirds, Christmas cookies ♪ ♪ And choir robes ♪ ♪ Her brother, Mondell's watching over her ♪ ♪ Just like he always were ♪ ♪ And everyone they loves got an angel ♪ ♪ On each shoulder now ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) ♪ Now little Maggie said, Earl, come on let's go out ♪ ♪ Be your girl ♪ ♪ And we'll walk through this world hand in hand ♪ ♪ Every tear you cry, I'll cry ♪ ♪ Every time we fight, I'll try to remember ♪ ♪ How this young love feels ♪ ♪ Now little Maggie's watching over Earl ♪ ♪ And she'll always be his same sweet girl ♪ ♪ And everyone she loves got an angel ♪ ♪ On their shoulder now ♪ ♪ Till death do us part they said ♪ ♪ Till death do us part ♪ ♪ Till death do us part they said ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Now little Maggie said, Earl, come on let's go out ♪ ♪ Be your girl ♪ ♪ And we'll walk through this world hand in hand ♪ ♪ Every tear you cry, I'll cry ♪ ♪ Every time we fight, I'll try to remember ♪ ♪ How this young love feels ♪ (gentle music) (audience clapping and cheering) Hey everybody, I'm Wanda.

I'm from Huntsville and proud to call the Shoals my home and proud to share the stage with these lovely dudes right here.

I'm gonna sing a song I wrote a few years ago.

It's on my new album and it's called "Fallen First".

(gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ Love is patient, love is kind ♪ ♪ Love can make you lose your mind ♪ ♪ And love makes you want to shout at me ♪ ♪ So I don't want talk no more ♪ ♪ You can try to ask what for ♪ ♪ But you'll never get it outta me ♪ ♪ Love hurts worse when you're the one who's falling first ♪ (gentle music) ♪ I can read between the lines ♪ ♪ Like I do from time to time and find ♪ ♪ I don't know what's happening ♪ ♪ When you hear the things I say ♪ ♪ And ignore them every day ♪ ♪ I pray that I can keep from maddening ♪ ♪ Love hurts worse ♪ ♪ When you're the one whose falling first ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ Fold me in two ♪ ♪ Told you it's true ♪ ♪ All that I do, I do for you ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ Love is hell but it's all right ♪ ♪ If the pain is what you like ♪ ♪ And I know it's probably not the same for you ♪ ♪ But I've been broken down and saved ♪ ♪ By a thing we call heartache ♪ ♪ And all that I can really say to you ♪ ♪ Is love hurts worse ♪ ♪ When you're the one whose fallen first ♪ (gentle music) Thanks.

(audience clapping and cheering) This song, I remember when I wrote it, my wife was outta town on a girls trip and I had the house to myself and I was like, "I have to write one song while I have the house to myself."

So I challenged myself to, and this is what I came up with, but at the time I had been reading a book by Flannery O'Connor called "Wise Blood".

And there was a, the song has little to do with the book other than there was this one part in the book where she was describing these soldiers coming home from a war and they're on a train ride.

And it was like all these faces of these young men that they, in their, they couldn't tell if they were young or old anymore because of the experience they had been through.

And just that little sentence kind of sent my mind down a rabbit hole.

And I put the book down and it just got to thinking about how quickly time passes in our lives and how over time we let little things steal from us.

Like little fears, little anxieties.

And you know, you get to a certain point and you turn around and you're like, "Man, I, you know."

It could be something silly like I, you know, that person really wanted to be my friend, but I never made time for them.

Or like, "I really wanted a gym membership, but I was self-conscious."

How silly is that?

And then the idea that like all these little fears, they're not really unique to us.

We all feel them.

We all have to deal with them.

So that's kinda where my mind was and sort of like trying to call anxiety absurd for myself, for my own sake, you know, so that I can be able to get over it a little bit.

So this is what I came up with, with all those things on my mind.

The song is called "Without Warning".

♪ Some days are water ♪ ♪ Some are kerosene ♪ ♪ Some days are caught up in between ♪ ♪ Time goes by so fast ♪ ♪ You can't tell if you're young or old ♪ ♪ Clinging to the things you've known ♪ ♪ No one ever sees it coming ♪ ♪ No one knows where to begin ♪ ♪ One day it comes without warning ♪ ♪ Pulls you right out of your head ♪ ♪ Don't have to be a poet with big words and little charms ♪ ♪ Don't have to learn to play a part ♪ ♪ Somewhere in the chorus of unending change ♪ ♪ The choice is yours to make ♪ ♪ No one ever sees it coming ♪ ♪ No one knows where to begin ♪ ♪ One day it comes without warning ♪ ♪ Pulls you right out of your head ♪ ♪ Don't let it rise ♪ ♪ Bottle it up inside ♪ ♪ Don't let regret ♪ ♪ Kick you in your head ♪ ♪ No one ever sees it coming ♪ ♪ No one knows where to begin ♪ ♪ One day it comes without warning ♪ ♪ Pulls you right out of your head ♪ ♪ No one ever sees it coming ♪ ♪ No one even sees ♪ ♪ No one ever sees it coming ♪ ♪ No one even see ♪ (audience clapping and cheering) Coming now to where you are at this moment, in the Shoals, working with Single Lock Records, when you think about that you've got songs with credits, you're accredited on songs that are in movies and on TV streaming platforms like Netflix.

How does that feel?

It's pretty surreal.

I definitely have like, had some gratitude check moments, you know?

I'm very thankful for it, you know?

I remember getting that first one.

I had a song in "Shameless" and I got the email and I was like, I was like, "This is fake.

You know, this has gotta be spam."

But like, it came from my publishing guy.

I was like, I called him and I was like, "Hey, is this real?"

He's like, "Yeah."

Yeah.

I didn't believe it until I heard it on there.

So it's just kind of a wild thing.

You never really know what's gonna happen.

And so I'm very thankful for it and it's just a really surreal moment.

I definitely did starting out, you know, those kinds of things just seemed very unachievable or like, kind of like mythological like experiences.

But you know, it's kind of a small world all in all.

And you know, put out music you're proud of and if it resonates with people, doors open.

This song's called "Misunderstanding".

(lively music) (lively music continues) ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ It's a beautiful place to begin ♪ ♪ You said your heart is aching ♪ ♪ From all the love that's rushing in ♪ ♪ You said your heart is a beautiful place ♪ ♪ That you can wrap up in ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ (lively music) ♪ She was just a boy ♪ ♪ Nobody would ever know ♪ ♪ She had the whole world wrapped around his fingers ♪ ♪ Wouldn't let it go ♪ ♪ But behind close doors she lay in a bed of roses ♪ ♪ Living in other's clothes ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ (lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ It's a beautiful place to begin ♪ ♪ You said your heart is aching ♪ ♪ From all that love that's rushing in ♪ ♪ You said your heart is a beautiful place ♪ ♪ That you can wrap up in ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ ♪ There's a little misunderstanding ♪ ♪ To begin ♪ Looking at all of the people that came from, not even just your area, Green Hill, but just from the whole Shoals area, was there anybody here in the Shoals that as you began your musical journey was instrumental in lifting you up and bringing you into your own?

I mean, for sure, yeah.

I mean you are a product of who you're around and luckily for me, I was around some pretty cool talented people.

You know, Kelvin Holly I think is like kinda like my guitar hero.

Jason Isbell is the one that told me, you know, instead of waiting around for this other songwriter who I was in a band with to write more stuff, I should just write my own.

So yeah, there's like tons of those stories.

You know, Spooner, there's a lot of them.

I couldn't like pinpoint one specific person or story to the whole thing, but yeah.

Is there anyone out of those folks that you maybe closely identify with that you're just like?

I mean obviously.

I think it'd be obviously like Jason, but like we hung out a lot, you know, and was always, you know, doing, you know, we conversated a lot about music in general and like, and he gave me a lot of tips.

The song's called "Alabama Daydream".

It's about just living in a place with a lot of opposing views and mythos and a lot of stuff like that.

It's good to have some anchor and something you can depend on.

It's called "Alabama Daydream".

It's from my record "Victims, Enemies, and Old Friends".

Mr.

Caleb Elliott is gonna join me on this one again.

(lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) ♪ People like to talk a lot ♪ ♪ About what they had and what they ain't got ♪ ♪ A lot of ♪ ♪ Things been said and things been done ♪ ♪ Bloods been shed, but wars they been won ♪ ♪ By someone ♪ ♪ I never claimed to know it all ♪ ♪ Except slow sad songs and alcohol but I know ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama girl ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama ♪ (Doc singing in scales) (Doc singing in scales continues) (lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) ♪ People say a lot of things ♪ ♪ Like what they think about you and me and I know ♪ ♪ Sometimes it's hard to breathe ♪ ♪ As long as this heart beats in me ♪ ♪ It belongs to you my dear, you see ♪ (lively music) ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama girl ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama ♪ (Doc singing in scales) (Doc singing in scales continues) (lively music) ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama girl ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama daydream ♪ ♪ You're my Alabama ♪ You've been a part of the Muscle Shoals music team for a while.

Who would you say are some of your Shoals heroes growing up?

The people that you watched closest?

Oh man.

Well, you know, it's kind of kind of weird, you know, like when we were kids, all these heroes were just people's dads to us or their granddads.

I remember, you know, The Decoys would play at Tapper's Lounge inside the bowling alley and we thought, "Man, those guys are... Those old guys, you know, are still playing."

But we didn't know they were like 37 years old.

You know, we thought they were 70 years old or something.

And you know, I went to school with Spooner Oldham's daughter and people would say, "You know, he plays the keyboard for Neil Young."

And I thought, "Neil Diamond, wow."

Because I didn't really know a lot in third grade or fourth grade about rock and roll music except for what was on the radio, you know?

I wrote this song about a movie I love starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.

And it's called "Point in Time".

♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ Where you could have been mine ♪ ♪ There was point in time, a point in time ♪ ♪ I had the shortest sight ♪ ♪ But now I can see the light ♪ ♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ When you could have been mine ♪ ♪ Staying up talking in the cold ♪ ♪ Tell me all about your old soul ♪ ♪ Tell me everything till the sky turns blue ♪ ♪ Say you're lost, say you're in the weeds ♪ ♪ Say the word and I'll be what you need ♪ ♪ Say to me the words that always seem so cruel ♪ ♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ When you could have been mine ♪ ♪ There was a point in time, a point in time ♪ ♪ I had the shortest sight ♪ ♪ But now I can see the light ♪ ♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ When you could have been mine ♪ ♪ Can't keep kicking up the dust ♪ ♪ Can't thought of ever being us ♪ ♪ Get a kick out of everything we say, or not ♪ ♪ And you can go, see you in a year ♪ ♪ It won't be long until I finally have you here ♪ ♪ Won't be long until fighting off this creeping thought ♪ ♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ When you could have been mine ♪ ♪ There was a point in time, a point in time ♪ ♪ I had the shortest sight ♪ ♪ But now I can see the light ♪ ♪ There was a point in time ♪ ♪ When you could have been mine ♪ (Wanda singing in scales) (Wanda singing in scales continues) (Wanda singing in scales continues) (Wanda singing in scales continues) Would you say that there was a switch or something between the earliest version of you and coming here to the Shoals working with John Paul White, and that maybe made you go, "Oh, I need to, you know, become this, pivot this way."

You know, and really just gave you the creative tools that you needed to be the best version of yourself musically?

Right, I mean that's a great question.

I think that there's never really like, I mean, you could boil anything down to one pivotal moment, but then there are pivotal moments infinitely that way and that way, you know what I'm saying?

Like every single moment is pivotal in a way.

So I think about like, I mean you could trace it back, and back, and back, and when you get to the end, all that really, everything boils down to is, I started playing music 'cause I love it, you know what I'm saying?

And like I've always loved it and I've always taken it very seriously and been encouraged to by the upbringing I have, my parents and they've been very supportive and the community that we live in, you know, Muscle Shoals, Huntsville, North Alabama in general.

I mean, it was totally fostered organically just by pure proximity.

It's been one heck of a year.

I think for a lot of, for everybody.

But man, for me it just went by so fast.

I got married this year.

-That's crazy.

-(audience cheering) So it's been a joyous year in that regard, and... But a lot of fun things have happened this year.

Earlier in the year I got a call from a buddy and he said, "Man, my old band's getting back together again.

Would you wanna open some shows for us?"

And I was like, "Okay."

Because he's in a band called the Alabama Shakes.

I was like, "Oh lord."

He's like, "Now, no pressure man.

You don't have to if you don't want to."

I was like, "I'll be there, man."

And at the time I had had sort of like plans to maybe start making a record, another record again.

But that sort of kicked me in gear 'cause I wanted to put out some new music around those shows.

So I immediately booked some session time and we got in the studio and recorded 10 new songs and picked two of our favorites and fast tracked them and put those songs out, one before those opening dates for the Shakes and one right after.

So I'm gonna play one of those new ones for y'all.

This song's called "Slow Burn".

It was the one I was most excited about going into the studio.

It always kind of gave me like a Shins vibe, if you like that band, The Shins.

But it's sort of about how there's really nowhere on a map you can go that equals joy.

It's more of a state of mind and there's no substitute or shortcut to get there other than putting in the work on your own.

But it says that sort of in an optimistic way, you know?

So it goes like this.

(lively music) (lively music continues) ♪ Given your best advice ♪ ♪ Was simply to run ♪ ♪ I think you should take your time ♪ ♪ Soak up some sun ♪ ♪ I know on a lot of days ♪ ♪ It seems like they're right ♪ ♪ Mostly we waste away ♪ ♪ Like fruit on the vine ♪ ♪ Scream and shout for something to change ♪ ♪ But don't blame the blood in your veins ♪ ♪ Wherever you go ♪ ♪ There you are also ♪ ♪ Looking around at the world ♪ ♪ If I was you ♪ ♪ I'd stick around and choose ♪ ♪ Try hard not to live in the past ♪ ♪ Slow burn til it all turns to ash ♪ ♪ Evidence still remains ♪ ♪ More to the point ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody here to tell you ♪ ♪ How to find your own joy ♪ ♪ We work hard not to poison our minds ♪ ♪ Learn to tell who's blurring the lines ♪ (lively music) (lively music continues) ♪ Scream and shout for something to change ♪ ♪ But don't blame the blood in your veins ♪ ♪ Wherever you go ♪ ♪ There you are also ♪ ♪ Looking around at the world ♪ ♪ If I was you ♪ ♪ I'd stick around and choose ♪ ♪ Try hard not to live in the past ♪ ♪ Slow burn til it all turns to ash ♪ (lively music) (lively music continues) (audience clapping and cheering) (gentle music) ♪ When I wake up ♪ ♪ Her reminisce beside my bed ♪ ♪ And I get up ♪ ♪ And try to think of the reasons that she give ♪ ♪ For leaving ♪ ♪ But the voice inside my head keeps trying to ♪ ♪ Not let me forget that I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And my heart feels that it's best ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Don't want to make up ♪ ♪ For the words that I might have said ♪ ♪ In the courtyard ♪ ♪ I'm wondering where that she had might of been ♪ ♪ And when ♪ ♪ Did this voice inside my head keep trying ♪ ♪ To not let me forget that I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ My heart feels that it's best ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) ♪ I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And I'm not giving in ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm lost without her ♪ ♪ And my heart feels that it's best ♪ (gentle music) -Thank you.

-(audience cheering) This song's called "Drive Me Home".

It's about a yearning for the day when your time comes around.

Caleb's gonna join me on this one as well.

(lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) ♪ Oh boy, what have I done ♪ ♪ I've done it for the money but the money's done gone ♪ ♪ Mercy, won't you show me what you got ♪ ♪ Oh man, I could get myself sinking any deeper now ♪ ♪ I just listened to the radio ♪ ♪ And sing the songs I know ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ The girls are really dressing up ♪ ♪ Shine so bright ♪ ♪ Shine so bright ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ The boys have got the windows down ♪ ♪ I don't need a stranger with a dirty mouth ♪ ♪ To drive me home ♪ ♪ Drive me home ♪ ♪ Oh boy, what have I done ♪ ♪ I used to care a little but a little bit's gone ♪ ♪ Mercy, won't you show me what you got ♪ ♪ Oh man, I could get myself sinking any deeper ♪ ♪ And if I don't help, I listen to the radio ♪ ♪ And sing the songs I know ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ The girls are really dressing up ♪ ♪ To shine so bright ♪ ♪ Shine so bright ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ The boys have got the windows down ♪ ♪ And I don't need a stranger with a dirty mouth ♪ ♪ To drive me home ♪ ♪ Drive me home ♪ ♪ And don't remind me there's a place I gotta be ♪ ♪ Don't remind me of all the ships that sink ♪ ♪ And every other time I try to hit the ground running ♪ ♪ I just fall off on the side and shake my head ♪ ♪ Maybe I ain't fell far enough ♪ ♪ Because one day I'm leaving up ♪ ♪ And I step up and take my cut ♪ ♪ Bless this busted heart ♪ ♪ Bless this busted heart ♪ ♪ 'Cause one day it'll all make sense ♪ ♪ And this will all add up to something ♪ ♪ Bless this busted heart ♪ ♪ Bless this busted heart ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ The girls are really dressing up ♪ ♪ To shine so bright ♪ ♪ Shine so bright ♪ ♪ There's something about the promise of a Friday night ♪ ♪ That makes you want to let it go ♪ ♪ I just need a CD and a radio ♪ ♪ To drive me home ♪ ♪ Drive me home ♪ (audience clapping and cheering) Thank you so much, "Muscle Shoals to Music Row".

I started recording my original music when I was 24 years old and before that I did cover gigs for 10 years and I started The Wanda Band in 2019 and my drummer Nick Recio was playing with Rob Aldridge and they were making an album with a guy named Jay Burgess out in Green Hill.

And he was like, "We gotta get Jay to record us."

And you know, I think about how the smallest things can change your life.

And I definitely feel like getting to meet Jay and recording music with him, and then getting to meet Caleb and recording music with him, and then coming to the Shoals and getting to meet Doc and getting to be at school here at UNA.

It's just, and then getting signed to Single Lock.

I mean, it's just like one thing can just propel your life into something that you never could have imagined.

And so I'm feeling very, very grateful today and every day to be here and to get to do what I do.

I wrote this last song for my songwriting class that I took with John Paul White.

Shout out John Paul White at UNA.

And I had just moved to Florence and I went to Ye Ole General store and bought every single CD that they had on display and did my Shoals homework and you know, then I started seeing all the people walking around and coming into Rivertown and I was like, "This is awesome.

Like so many talented, amazing people."

And then I got to be taught by John Paul.

And so I was very inspired by his music when I wrote this song.

And thank you guys again for having me, I'm Wanda.

(audience clapping and cheering) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ I don't know you ♪ ♪ But I walk through your mind ♪ (gentle music) ♪ There's this chance that I've been absent in mine ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Notice the things we don't say ♪ ♪ All of my pieces in play ♪ ♪ I think you're alright, darling ♪ ♪ Please hold me tight ♪ ♪ So it hurts less when you walk away ♪ ♪ You're the ocean ♪ ♪ I'm the flow of the tide ♪ (gentle music) ♪ There's this notion ♪ ♪ We could never collide ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Notice the things that I'd do ♪ ♪ All for the promise of you ♪ ♪ I think you're alright, darling ♪ ♪ Please hold me tight ♪ ♪ So it hurts less when you say we're through ♪ ♪ Don't know how I got here ♪ ♪ I thought you were leaving ♪ ♪ It was always my fear ♪ (gentle music) ♪ I don't know you ♪ ♪ But we know that's a lie ♪ (gentle music) ♪ And I still see you though I just wanna hide ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Notice that I stuck around ♪ ♪ Look at the joy that we found ♪ ♪ I think you're alright, darling ♪ ♪ I'm high as a kite ♪ ♪ So it hurts less when we both come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down, down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ So it hurts less when we both come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ (Wanda singing in scales) (audience clapping and cheering) Thanks.

(audience clapping and cheering) You know, the best shows are the ones you never want to end, right?

Wanna say thank you, a big, big thank you to Single Lock Records for providing these artists for us tonight.

If you loved anything that you heard on our stage tonight, please go find them.

Please go tell other people about them.

You need them in your life.

Ladies and gentlemen, Wanda Wesolowski, Doc Dailey, Jay Burgess, Caleb Elliott.

We'll see you next time on another "Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live".

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