Eric Church (Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville)
Eric Church Couldn’t Get A Gig On Broadway In Nashville
If you’re just starting out and want to make it on Broadway in Nashville’s Broadway, you have to play covers.
When Eric Church moved to Nashville, he wasn’t interested in that.
“I couldn’t get a gig on Broadway. Nothing. I couldn’t even bartend on Broadway. They didn’t want original music. They wanted you to play whatever the songs were at the time. I didn’t really do that. I was a songwriter.”
He finally found a place called the Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar, where he bonded with other guys who were serious about songwriting, including Toby Keith, who had just laid out a guy who was harassing other patrons.
