David Tanner

Howdy, I have been called a "Musician turned lawyer, turned hillbilly musician", but you can call me David, or call me "damn you" or whatever you like! :) I used to practice law in Mt. Vernon Indiana, until I saw the error of my ways and stopped that. Now I play music in Nashville, Tennessee...that's right, one less attorney in the world, and one more musician on lower broadway. I gave up my law practice and sold my building, plastic flowers and pencils, never looking back. Now I'm playing every Thursday Friday and Saturday in the "Number one Honky Tonk in Nashville, Tennessee" --that would be Robert's Western World-- in case you didn't read the October 12th 2006 edition of Scene magazine. Thursdays I perform in my own band: David Tanner and the Honky Tonk-O-Rama. Friday and Saturday I play with the legendary Brazilbilly, OK, so we're not exactly legendary but it has a better ring than "The regionally popular Brazilbilly!I grew up in a musical family. As long as I can remember.... "We be jammin'". At Christmas and Thanksgiving there was always some kind of singing and playing going on. My mom used to sing songs to me when I was a kid. Good ole Mama, she made some songs up and some were good old folk songs, like the one about hanging some guy named Tom Dooly and the one about a baby falling out of a tree top. She also like to say "Shut up and drink your whiskey." Hmmm no wonder I turned out a little ....uh, different. My home town is New Harmony Indiana. It is a historic town famous for an experiment in utopian living, it was a communal society founded by Robert Dale Owen. I am a direct descendant of Robert Owen for those of you who are interested that sort of thing. I still have a house and a farm up in Indiana and travel back and forth each week. It's pretty good situation really. Just about the time I get tired of one place, I can road trip to the other. I fly about half the time. I am a pilot and have my own airplane so it takes about 45 minutes to get from my house to the John C. Tune airport in Nashville Tennessee. I have a little place rented here in West Nashville. It's not the Ritz, but it is cheap and I have a great back yard that overlooks Nashville.Be sure to come by Robert's to have a burger and hear Brazilbilly play. Fri-Sat 10:30pm-2:00 am See ya... ____________________________________________________________ _