Sitting in with Nashville’s hardworking session musicians

When you think of Music City, you probably think of the big-name musicians who got their start here. But session musicians, studio musicians, and backing musicians are a huge part of what keeps the live music scene alive and thriving. These are the go-to musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. In this episode, we’ll meet session musicians and a recording engineer to get an inside look at how the craft works. But first, we’re talking about the vulnerabilities of our electricity grid with WPLN environmental reporter Caroline Eggers. Guests: Chuck Ainlay, music producer and recording engineer Derrek Phillips, Grammy Award-winning drummer Kristin Weber, fiddler and singer Amber Woodhouse, vocalist and saxophonist, one of the lead singers for Trigger Hippy