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Tell Me Again, Huck

Staff Writer Leah Henry visits Nashville, feels at home with Huck:

At the edge of a deserted Nashville strip mall, after being issued free love advice by a charming drunk – She will be your girl for your life, let me tell you why! – we follow the music through a parking lot and slip by the crowd as the opening band finishes their final song. We order a few beers and a plate of jalapeño nachos, and wait for some original music.

As it is my first time in Nashville, I am aching for something authentic. We’d stopped in a honky-tonk off Broadway the prior evening and were impressed with the level of talent (for a cover band) but wanted more.

3rd and Lindsley, named adequately for its address, kept popping up in conversations, along with The Basement, The Mercy Lounge, Bluebird Cafe, and many more. Thursday, we were told, would be the night.

Rick Huckaby

Rick “Huck” Huckaby dominates the stage, at ease as a local, ready to captivate the audience with his down-home personality and lyrics. Much of the crowd sings along to “Saving Savannah”

Momma’s heart is breakin’, Daddy’s drinkin’ again
This old house ain’t heard laughter since I don’t know when
Got a call from her last Sunday, she said everything was fine
But I know my baby sister
I could tell she’d been crying
Never was good at lying
So I’m saving Savannah, the city ain’t where she belongs
If I have to burn down Atlanta, I’m bringing Savannah back home

Huck sings with warm James-Tayloresque soul to “Tell Me Again,” “Tell me again I’m your only one / That we’ll be together when forever comes / Tell me I’m your man and your best friend / I know you told me, but tell me again.”

Rick Huckaby sings “Lies Little Lies” and “Nothing But a Thing” (“It’s all right if you wanna do me wrong”) with equal amounts of country ache and southern rock fun. His songwriting takes the wheel while his catchy rhythms drive.

Seated next to us are a table of fidgety mid-forties female fans passing around a holiday present intended for Huck, all the women thrusting and gyrating to his band’s every guitar lick and drum beat. We smile our way through the entire performance, which lasts well-past one o’clock. Huck’s jokes between sets immediately endear him to me and everyone else in attendance at 3rd and Lindsley. They call out their requests and wave their hands in unison during each chorus.

Time flies with Rick Huckaby, who is the owner of independent record label HeadCoach Music, a local live fan favorite, and a country songwriting legend, most recently “Muddy Waters” for Trace Adkins. If you have the pleasure to see him in person, you will be pleasantly surprised, and with any luck, you’ll feel as included as we did at this intimate Nashville venue.

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