BARRY COURTER: Lisa, this looks like a good week for live music, and I can’t help but notice that some of the bigger events carry an earthly theme. Work with me here. We’ve got the obvious one with Earth, Wind & Fire. The “elements” will converge on Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday.
Then we travel to the Mississippi Delta the next night at Revelry Room for Son Volt. I spoke to lead singer/songwriter Jay Farrar last week, and the band’s latest album is definitely inspired by the region. That same night, we can travel down a dirt and gravel road, figuratively speaking, with country great Gene Watson at the Colonnade in Ringgold, Ga.
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
LISA DENTON: I see where you’re going with this, but all this talk about the elements makes me want to be outside. The first day of spring is a week from today – hooray!
There are a lot of gardening classes this time of year. Just this weekend, you can find classes on container gardening, drop-in pots, the joys of gardening, tree planting, pollinators and native plants at nurseries and other places around town.
Really, there are just a lot of ways to be outdoors in general. Tennessee state parks are offering various versions of spring hikes Saturday. The one at Booker T. Washington will double as a scavenger hunt. At Harrison Bay, they’re going out early to watch the sun rise.