- 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 Watchhouse.

(gentle music) It's deep down musical diversity at the Caverns Sessions.

Coming up next!

(applause and cheering) (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ Well I try to close my eyes ♪ ♪ Clear my mind ♪ ♪ And just listen to the wildflowers growing ♪ ♪ Such whispers on the breeze ♪ ♪ It don't come easy now ♪ ♪ Over all this noise ♪ ♪ Spent my youth among the pines ♪ ♪ They used to sing a tune so fine ♪ ♪ And the wind moved like an echo ♪ ♪ Carryin' their voices ♪ ♪ And I saw it in a dream ♪ ♪ Monuments to trees ♪ ♪ As the air we breathe turned our lungs to dust ♪ ♪ And the redwoods so tall ♪ ♪ And all their awe ♪ ♪ Began to rust ♪ (gentle music) ♪ With no bend and sway at all ♪ ♪ That ancient dance is lost ♪ ♪ And the wind moved like an echo ♪ ♪ Beside every gust ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ Well some day I hope to find ♪ ♪ That land of honey wine ♪ ♪ Where the coffee grows on the white oak trees ♪ ♪ And those sugar coated mountains ♪ ♪ In the spring begin to melt into ♪ ♪ The sweetest streams ♪ ♪ Where each night, the starlight and the sea ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Together form eternity ♪ ♪ And the wind moves like an echo ♪ ♪ As the world drops off to sleep ♪ (cheers and applause) - Thank you all!

(cheers and applause) - When I write these songs, I always imagine singing them in a cave.

(crowd laughs) So, it's perfect.

This one we've had around for a long time and it's still one of my favorites.

Hope you enjoy it.

(gentle music) (crowd cheering) (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ If I showed up to your wedding ♪ ♪ Wearing black and blue and red ♪ ♪ Wouldn't it ♪ ♪ Seem fitting ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm as bruised and angry as I've ever been ♪ (gentle music) ♪ There was a time when I called you ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you mine ♪ (gentle music) ♪ This old house is cold and empty ♪ ♪ Even these old walls have bent ♪ ♪ I lay down, and you're not with me ♪ ♪ Waking up just seems a sin ♪ (gentle music) ♪ There was a time when I called you ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you mine ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ There's no gold on either side of the Mississippi ♪ ♪ No silver in this world left to find ♪ ♪ Precious metal and precious memories ♪ ♪ Slip away, slip away from your finger and your mind ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you mine ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you ♪ ♪ There was a time when I called you mine ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music) (cheering and applause) - Man.

So, I think it would be really fun for us all to hum together down here.

I want to hear that.

I think it would be really fun.

(Watchhouse humming) That's it.

(Watchhouse humming) (Watchhouse humming) (Watchhouse humming) ♪ Brave men fought with the battle cry ♪ (crowd cheering) ♪ And tears filled the eyes of their loved ones ♪ ♪ And their brothers in arms ♪ ♪ And so it went, for Joseph Warren ♪ ♪ It should have been different ♪ ♪ It could have been easy ♪ ♪ His rank could have saved him ♪ ♪ But a country unborn needs bravery ♪ ♪ And it spread like wildfire ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ That's awesome.

♪ From the ashes grew sweet liberty ♪ ♪ Like the seeds of the pines when the forest burns ♪ ♪ They open up to grow and burn again ♪ ♪ It should have been different ♪ ♪ It could have been easy ♪ ♪ But too much money rolled in to ever end slavery ♪ ♪ The cry for war spread like wildfire ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ The Civil War came, the Civil War went ♪ ♪ Brother fought the brother, the South was spent ♪ ♪ But its true demise was hatred ♪ ♪ Passed down through the years ♪ ♪ It should have been different ♪ ♪ It could have been easy ♪ ♪ But pride has a way of holding too firm to history ♪ ♪ And it burns like wildfire ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ I was a born a southern son ♪ ♪ In a small southern town where the rebels run wild ♪ ♪ They beat their chests and they swear ♪ ♪ We're going to rise again ♪ ♪ It should have been different ♪ ♪ It could have been easy ♪ ♪ The day that old Warren died ♪ ♪ Hate should have gone with him ♪ ♪ But here we are caught in the wildfire ♪ (crowd cheers) ♪ Wildfire... ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ ♪ Wildfire... ♪ (Watchhouse hums) (Watchhouse hums) (cheering and applause) - Y'all, it's such an honor to be part of this bill tonight.

We tried to make this happen many years ago and glad we're finally here.

- We're going to change it up for you.

We're gonna do a sad one.

(crowd laughs) (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) ♪ Oh, the star-eyed troubadour sleeps with the eternal ♪ ♪ Wakes up in the gutter with a song to sing ♪ ♪ The magic of the evening is so fleeting ♪ ♪ And when it's gone, how we long ♪ ♪ We punish our souls for being unclean ♪ ♪ And bask in the glory of living obscenely ♪ ♪ The fringe is a friend and our friends build the memories ♪ ♪ We sacrifice for the song ♪ ♪ Oh it's maddening running to the feast ♪ ♪ Hiding from the monsters in the belly of the beast ♪ ♪ Just give me your love, it's all I need ♪ ♪ Hide me from the monsters in the belly, belly of the beast ♪ ♪ I'd like to call home, tell 'em bout this town ♪ ♪ A northwest gem just nestled in a mountain ♪ ♪ Greeted me early with the peaceful sounds of the wind ♪ ♪ In the evergreens ♪ ♪ I should go walking, it's not something I do ♪ ♪ A feeling this light makes me miss the blues ♪ ♪ The gutter is lonely, it's a tool I use ♪ ♪ It's the road I'm traveling ♪ ♪ Oh it's maddening running to the feast ♪ ♪ Hiding from the monsters in the belly of the beast ♪ ♪ Just give me your love, it's all I need ♪ ♪ Hide me from the monsters in the belly of... the beast ♪ (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) ♪ Oh it's maddening running to the feast ♪ ♪ Hiding from the monsters in the belly of the beast ♪ ♪ Just give me your love, it's all I need ♪ ♪ Hide me from the monsters in the belly of the beast ♪ ♪ Just give me your love ♪ ♪ Just give me your love ♪ (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) (cheering and applause) (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) ♪ Old man, give me endless time ♪ ♪ Never let these ties sever ♪ ♪ It's breaking bottles in the yard ♪ ♪ Never still my mind again ♪ ♪ Like old ties and companions ♪ ♪ Just sitting on the fence ♪ (upbeat gentle music) ♪ The tears we've carried through the years will change ♪ ♪ And man, that's just enough ♪ ♪ To keep these ghosts around those haunted fields, mmm... ♪ ♪ Like old ties and companions ♪ ♪ You and I were just passing through ♪ (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) (upbeat gentle music) ♪ It's a hundred thousand miles of lonely track ♪ ♪ Holding back tomorrow ♪ (audience cheers) ♪ Someday I'll hop along and ride it home ♪ ♪ Like old ties and companions ♪ ♪ Oh, we never leave alone ♪ ♪ So old man, give me endless time ♪ ♪ Never let these ties sever ♪ ♪ So heaven knows and all this fooling around ♪ ♪ These times won't last forever, after all ♪ (upbeat gentle music) (cheering and applause) (cheering and applause) ♪ ♪