October 12, 2019
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The Smoky Nights, a 4-piece band out of Cookeville, will be performing tonight (Saturday) at Bert Driver Nursery’s Burlap Room on Highway 70 at Snow Hill from 6-9 p.m.
The group offers an interesting assortment of instruments including Guitar, Mandolin, Cajon, and Violin which all come together for a smooth, yet very Tennessee sound. They blend elements of pop, rock, soul, R&B, and folk music to create a unique and entertaining style at live shows. The Smoky Nights have been known to cover a wide variety of music from the ’60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and even current hits.
The leading members are Lily and Anthony Nguyen. Originally from Wisconsin, this duo has been performing music together for over 5 years.
Anthony is a multi-instrumentalist: drummer for 19 years, saxophonist for 16 years, guitarist for 11 years, and singer since childhood. Lily is a self-taught mandolinist and our dynamic female lead singer. She also created the name for the band, “The Smoky Nights!”
The Smoky Nights lineup also includes TN natives Carson Correll and Eric Cullins! Coming from Hendersonville, Carson is a very creative drummer and plays a modified LP Aspire Cajon that he designed and built. Carson is also a founding member of The Smoky Nights, and has been playing with us for just over 3 years!
Eric is a super talented violinist! Originally from Chattanooga, he’s currently a Senior at Tennessee Tech University and is double majoring in Computer Science and Violin Performance. Catch us playing on weekends to hear him play that fiddle along to The Devil Went Down to Georgia!
The lineup now includes a new twist on instrumentation – we’re bringing on board trumpet player Patrick Shipley! Patrick is from Oak Ridge, and plays trumpet for jazz ensembles at TTU. We’re excited to bring a brass sound to the music of The Smoky Nights!
Together, The Smoky Nights regularly play shows throughout Middle Tennessee – including Cookeville, Crossville, Livingston, Gordonsville, and Sparta.
As of July 2019, the band’s first original music is also available worldwide! The album is called “Burning Bridges” and it’s filled with a new shape of sound – a fresh and interesting blend of soul, pop, folk, R&B, and rock music.
Burning Bridges was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at County Q Studios in just 4 days. The all-original album is out on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, and many other major platforms.
To learn more visit www.thesmokynights.com.