CMT Blog: Archive

Sam Bush is celebrating his new album, Circles Around Me, in a couple of fun and unique ways -- as though we would expect anything less from the lively mandolin picker. On Tuesday (Oct. 20), Bush led a private tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Musuem for some of his eager fans, then performed in the museum store. Later that night, he hosted a cocktail party at a Nashville recording studio, surrounded by friends and well-wishers who also toasted Sam and Lynn Bush's 25th wedding anniversary. And last night (Oct. 21), he headlined the Music City Roots concert series at the Loveless Barn. You could tell he was tickled to be performing live on WSM-AM 650, just like the old days. He kicked off his brief set with "Circles Around Me," which always reminds me of my first trip to Telluride Bluegrass Festival last summer. "Blue Mountain" is a fun jam, too. By the way, it's not too late to crash the party - Bush will be chatting with Eddie Stubbs on WSM 650 (a.k.a. "the Air Castle of the South") tonight (Oct. 22) at 9:30 p.m. CT.