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Mid Tenn Listens 67 features great indie music from bands performing at this year’s MusicTree Fest (#MTF14). We also announce this year’s line-up/schedule and discuss a brief history of the festival and how MTM became so intimately involved from the very beginning. Tracklist:
- Po’ Man Shuffle by The Aquaducks
- Devil On My Shoulder by MODOC
- Strangers by Mize and the Drive
- Let It Burn by Radar vs Wolf
- Runaway Princess by Skytown Riot
- Fever by The Django Riders
- Pretty Lights by Spacetrain
- Drive Me To Sadness by Escaping Pavement
- Forbidden Fruit by Wes Sp8
- Looking Glass by Dixie Voodoo Revival
- Killing Kind by Chase Perryman and the People Familiar with the Situation
- There Once Was A Girl by Candace Brown
- Lights Go Down by WARE
- Ridin Thru Tennessee by BUNKS
Lineup and Schedule
FRIDAY JUNE 6
Coffee Cafe
- 630 – 8 Spacetrain
- 815 – 915 Skytown Riot
- 930 – 1130 Mize and the Drive
Mickey’s
- 730 – 830 Horava
- 845 – 1015 Dixie Voodoo Revival
- 1030 – 1130 Kent Veil ??
Prater’s
- 630-8 Chase Perryman
- 815-915 Jeff Vaughan Band
- 930-1130 The Aquaducks
41 South
- 630-8 Brian Hester and Borrowed Band
- 815-915 Radar vs Wolf
- 930-11 Plastic Friends
SATURDAY JUNE 7
Coffee Cafe
- 7-8 Wes Sp8
- 815-945 MODOC
- 10-1130 YUCA
Mickey’s
- 630-730 Levi Massie
- 745-845 The Stagger Moon Band
- 9-1030 Chase Perryman
- 1045-1145 Chase Wells
Prater’s
- 630-730 Post War
- 745-915 Radar vs Wolf
- 930-1030 the Blackfeathers
41 South
- 630-730 Spacetrain
- 745-845 Horava
- 9-10 Firebug
- 10-1130 Dixie Voodoo Revival
MONDAY JUNE 9
Coffee Cafe
- 630-730 The Aquaducks
- 745-845 1933
- 9-1130 The Trails
Mickey’s
- 630-730 Bearheart
- 745-845 The Clover Club
- 9-10 The Django Riders
- 1014-1115 Firebug
Prater’s
- 630-8 Float as the Ghost
- 845-945 Heldman Brothers
- 10-11 Vintage Blue
41 South
- 630-830 The Stagger Moon Band
- 815-945 Nick Lutsko
- 10-1130 WARE
TUESDAY JUNE 10
Coffee Cafe
- 630-730 Candace Brown
- 745-845 Sam & Luke
- 9-10 The Decadence
Mickey’s
- 630-8 Landfall
- 815-945 Minona
- 10-1130 Spacetrain
Prater’s
- 630-8 The Acorn People
- 815-915 Escaping Pavement
- 930-1030 Jessie Smith
41 South
- 630-815 The Aquaducks
- 830-930 Mize and The Drive
- 945-1045 Vintage Blue
MusicTree Festival History
In 2012 Manchester hosted the first MusicTree Festival, a Independent Music Festival. MusicTree was created by a group of friends to help celebrate the Festival Season and the arrival of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to Manchester annually. The cultural and unique vibes that Bonnaroo has brought to Manchester for over a decade have layered a generation, a group that has fully embraced the music scene and what Music means to Manchester, Tennessee. In the first year over 80 bands made their way to Manchester to play in 7 venues across the city. Band from across the state and nation made their way down to Manchester to tail gate with the city of Manchester as everyone prepared to welcome Bonnaroo back. Since that first day over 200 independent Bands have graced the stages set up @ “MusicTree Venues”. While Bonnaroo has brought a massive influx of revenue to the Middle Tennessee region, the local impact of Bonnaroo was never fully realized as campers typically started making their way to and out of the city in the most efficient way possible. This limited the interaction with local restaurants, pubs, and other establishments. This called for inovation from the local’s and a break away from the mentality that Bonnaroo’s impact is only Bonnaroo’s responsibility. Enter MusicTree into the equation. Founders carefully developed a strategy that would invite locals, regional folks, and Bonnaroo patrons into the city and into local businesses not to just spend dollars but to enjoy the cultural impact of music in Manchester and the southern hospitality that can only be experienced in the heart of Southern Middle Tennessee. MusicTree views the relationship Bonnaroo has with the Community as a Partnership. Manchester is Bonnaroo’s Home, a home they deeply care about and take care of. It is our goal to complement their efforts and help grow the cultural impact Music can have on the region. Organizers later developed the MusicTrEEE Impact. This program concentrates on three specific areas: Education, Environment, and Economy. The mission of the Impact is to insure that the efforts of the community are realized through various quality of life sectors. MusicTree gauges the festivals success on year round impact in the community and this program allows MusicTree to advance the festivals mission by focusing on issues that will achieve results and develop music’s roll even further in the area. Each year more and more people come to Manchester a few days early for Bonnaroo and they become part of the MusicTree family. The State of Tennessee’s Tourism Commissioner, Susan Witaker, has deemed Manchester “Tennessee’s Hippest Little Town” and MusicTree “A tail gate party for Bonnaroo”. So it is with open arms that we here at MusicTree welcome you to Manchester and welcome you to join the MusicTree Family. Welcome to Festival Town USA! 
