COUNTRY OUTDOORS SUMMER SERIES

Ft. Carly Rogers, Hunter Jordan, Hayden Coffman, Allie Colleen, and Jonah Prill

Wednesday July 6, 2022

@ 6th and Peabody in Nashville, TN

(Review by: Jeffrey Kurtis/Allie Colleen Photo By: Victoria Roth/Carly Rogers (Pool Table) Photo By: Collin Athas)

Tucked just half a mile away from the complete chaos and flashing neon lights of the Lower Broadway district of Music City sits one of Nashville’s most renowned entertainment complexes at 6th & Peabody.

The campus that is occupied by Ole Smoky Moonshine and Yee-Haw Brewing carries a laid-back vibe as good time memories are being created by groups of friends laughing and conversing around high top wooden tables and sippin’ on the varieties of shine at the moonshine tastings, all while the smells of the White Duck Taco Shop permeate the venue and entice your tastebuds.

At the center of this amazing atmosphere sits one of the strongest stages that Nashville has to offer, and it’s already played host to several of the best emerging country artists and songwriters in town - continuing that tradition with this night’s performances.

Showcasing singer/songwriter Carly Rogers, who performed three different sets throughout the night, the event that was partnered with Country Outdoors and hosted by the network’s Mary O’Neill Phillips, saw not only Rogers perform, but also featured sets from her very special guests Hunter Jordan, Hayden Coffman, Allie Colleen, and Jonah Prill.

Mary O’Neill Phillips welcomed everyone to the venue and shared a wonderful prayer over the audience to start the entire evening off in the right fashion, giving thanks to He who makes all this possible, before welcoming the spotlight artist of the night to the stage, Carly Rogers.

With the huge video wall that acts as the backdrop to the stage showing clips of several of the Country Outdoors hunting shows, Rogers (sans shoes and socks) dug right into her set with the mud stomping full band assault on “Hell Raised,” which saw her immediately tilt the energy bar high as she bopped around the front of the stage as heads across the audience immediately started to nod in unison with the melody as she kicked into the fist-pumping, rebel-rousing, toe-tapping chorus.

“This next song is the one that really jumpstarted my career,” Rogers smiled as she played “Step on It,” an Upchurch song from his 2020 Everlasting Country album which she was the featured vocalist on the recorded version of, while the live performance of it saw her dropping into rap mode midway through which caught the crowd off-guard and pleasantly surprised them with the showing of her range and versatility.

“Thank you to my friend Ryan Upchurch for that last song, and speaking of friends…Allie Colleen and I have a duet coming out soon,” said Rogers as Allie (who would perform later) made her way to the stage to join her on “Blame It on The Wine,” during which the back and forth between the two dynamic singers pulled in the receptive crowd, but what really enticed them most was when the lyrics seemingly hit just right for Carly and Allie as evident by when they turned to face each other to belt out very specific lines that clearly held deeper meaning to them.

Rogers then brought Hunter Jordan to the stage to close out her first set in what would act as a perfect segway to his time slot, which directly followed their performance of “Shoulda Coulda Woulda,” a song that was released by Jordan, but featured Rogers.

FULL SET LIST #1 (Carly Rogers)

1) Hell Raised

2) Step on It

3) Blame it on The Wine

4) Shoulda Coulda Woulda

“I’m gonna sing a song about a truck,” began Hunter Jordan. “I have memories of a Chevrolet I used to drive that was originally my dad’s, and it always seemed that you could find a good time in that old truck and that’s what this song’s about,” he finished, kicking into his set with the gritty, rock kissed country edged “Silverado Riding.”

Alluding to the fact that the show was taking place inside the Ole Smoky Moonshine distillery right near the tasting area, Jordan mused before playing “Cheers,” “I hope y’all are in here drinking tonight seeing as though we’re here at Ole Smoky” as he led the crowd in a toast during the opening line of the catchy song.

“I have to get a redneck song in here,” Hunter said with a laugh. “If y’all grew up in small towns like us, then this song is for you,” he finished as he played the gravelly tilted “Redder Than That” to close out his 3-song acoustic set.

FULL SET LIST (Hunter Jordan)

1) Silverado Riding

2) Cheers

3) Redder Than That

With his down-home, blue-collar anthem “Good Ol’ Boys,” Hayden Coffman quickly connected with the audience as he opened his set while perfectly matching his country boy personality against the backdrop of the Country Outdoors hunting videos scrolling on the screen behind him, setting the overall vibe of his 3-song performance.

“Is anybody drunk yet?” asked Coffman with a smile and drink in his hand. “Every artist has a summer song in their catalog, and this next one I mine. I Just released it last week and I hope y’all like it,” Coffman finished as he delivered “Drink One Anyway,” a song which leans its warmer weather feel uniquely into a heartbreak, drinking her memory gone lyric rather than relying on your typical summer fare of good times and good fun.

“I put this last song out about 10 months ago, and it really changed some things for me,” Coffman said as the crowd applauded his recent success story. “If y’all know it…sing along!” he encouraged as he closed his set with his biggest song to date, “Better Off.” 

FULL SET LIST (Hayden Coffman)

1) Good Ol’ Boys

2) Drink One Anyway

3) Better Off

As she drove into her set with “Pink Lemonade,” a song from her 2021 debut album Stones, Allie Colleen immediately captured the audience’s attention with her seductively playful bluesy toned drawl that intriguingly walked on the borders of several genres while encompassing a style to call her own as she commanded the front of the stage allowing the lyrics to spring to life through her movement and vocal prowess that carried each word.

“I have a new single out right now and I hope that you like it,” Allie stated as she continued her set with “Halos and Horns,” a song with a brooding outlaw country tilted style that lyrically presented the juxtaposition between choosing to be good or bad, playing much off the idea of the angel and devil sitting on your shoulder as your visual subconscious.

“We got any mama’s here?” Allie asked as she shared, “I’ve got three amazing parents who never encouraged me to be anything other than whatever I am, so I hope you have somebody like that too,” she encouraged as she ended her set with “Wildflower,” during which she placed the spotlight squarely on her incredible vocal as she pumped her voice into the final chorus, allowing it to completely radiate over the crowd while she added an extra bounce to her step, soaking in the lyrics.

FULL SET LIST (Allie Colleen)

1) Pink Lemonade

2) Halos and Horns

3) Wildflower

After three very solid acoustic sets and a one-song full band performance from a returning Carly Rogers with “Drunk Side of Drinkin’,” she herself then stripped everything back for a three-song acoustic set that allowed her to boldly showcase her singer-songwriter layer.

“This one is about the house I grew up in,” introduced Rogers. “I’m so lucky and fortunate for many reasons. My parents drove all the way from Vermont this afternoon to be here tonight, and they blessed me with a home to grow up in and they’re still there,” she said with a smile as she hushed the audience and pulled them into the lyrically relatable masterpiece “These Walls,” earing her a tremendous ovation when the final note of the heartfelt song was played.

“Anyone here like Sammy Kershaw?” Rogers asked as she was met with cheers from the audience. “Me too… I wrote a whole song about him that goes like this,” she finished as she delivered “Kershaw” before closing her second set with “Stories,” which like “These Walls” two songs before it, quieted the crowd noise and had everyone scooting to the edge of their seat and hanging on her every word.

FULL SET LIST #2 (Carly Rogers)

1) Drunk Side of Drinkin’

2) These Walls

3) Kershaw

4) Stories

Jonah Prill, who came to Nashville all the way from Montana, sat in for a quick two-song set that delivered his cowboy branded, out on the range style of country music and earned him hoots and hollers when he mentioned the hit television program Yellowstone before playing “Tailgate,” and saw him answering one of the most frequently asked questions he gets of “What do you do in Montana?” when he played his second of two songs, “Cowboy Shit.”

FULL SET LIST (Jonah Prill)

1) Tailgate

2) Cowboy Shit

Carly Rogers bookended the entire event by returning to the stage for her third and final performance, kicking it off with “Everyone’s Got One,” a song which she introduced as being inspired by her dad frequently saying the phrase “everyone’s always got something,” referencing an opinion, a story to tell, etc.

“Has anyone ever been ditched or stood up?” asked Rogers who was met with some cheers. “Has anyone ever been the one who did the standing up?” she then asked with a sly grin on her face as the table directly in front of the stage who were out celebrating a recent divorce wildly hollered as Rogers played “Just Another,” leaning its gritty guitars into a toe-tapping rhythm that kept the lively crowd bopping along as Rogers patrolled the front of the stage with her right arm often raised in the air, bouncing it along with the catchy, sway along rhythm.

Sticking with the purely catchy feel of the previously played song, Rogers rocked into “Say Something Slick” before closing the entire event with “Somewhere Else,” a song she released in 2020 that caught a lot of attention when she performed it acoustically as part of the uber popular Tailgate Sessions.

FULL SET LIST #3 (Carly Rogers)

1) Everyone’s Got One

2) Just Another

3) Say Something Slick

4) Somewhere Else

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