January 3rd we packed up the car at 6 am and left NYC to start our 15 hour drive to Nashville TN.. last year at this time we were doing the same exact thing for the “Jonas Brothers and friends” show at the Ryman..  We had been looking forward to getting back to nashville (even though we were here for the world tour show this past summer) because it is one of our favorite places to visit! So full of music and energy.. we would live here.. absolutely. Anyway the drive didn’t seem so bad.. we listened to our ridiculous playlists/danced and laughed.. It felt good to be back in the car and on our way to something we knew would make us unconditionally happy. After our 15 hour drive we didn’t have energy to go out so we passed out as soon as we got there. We woke up bright and early the day of the 4th to get ready to go walk around downtown Nashville and show our friend Ness what Nashville was about.. We went to the Ryman first to see what was going on over there.. Even though it was a seated show, there were already a few girls lingering around the auditorium hoping to get a glance of Nick J arriving to the venue .. We walked around downtown for a bit, went to get some breakfast/lunch at panera and then headed back to the venue to see what was going on.. by this time there were substantially more girls there lingering .. Nick arrived at  the venue at about 230 pm. There were about 30 people (maybe a little more) outside standing by the backstage door he stopped for EVERYONE.  Took pictures, signed autographs said hello to everyone.   After Nick went inside the girls were all still hovering, we decided to escape the cold for a bit and go back to Panera and just hang out before the show.  Its always funny on Jonas show days because its always SWARMING with teenage girls.. this was no different. Even though Joe and Kevin were not performing, Jonas fans seemed to be just as excited to just see Nick J ..I don’t think they knew what they were in for.. actually i don’t think any of us knew what we were in for.  Finally at 6 pm the doors were open and we went to our seats. We had great seats and we were so excited to see what Nick J had in store for us!! Christa Black was at the show sitting in the balcony. When people realized she was up there, there was a crowd of girls swarming and asking for pictures. Of course she graciously took pictures with a smile on her face. Diane Birch took the stage and totally killed it. Her music is great and very different. Definitely check her out.. after about 30 minutes in between sets Nick J finally took the stage.. He was GLEAMING the energy was SO high! He sounded great and the new songs were SOO amazing. It is absolutely an older, more mature and old school rock sound.

SETLIST:
Last Time Around
State of Emergency
Olive & An Arrow
Inseparable (revised version)
While The World Was Spinning
Fireflies (owl city cover)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)
Before The Storm
Black Keys/A Little Bit Longer
SPEECH
Conspiracy Theory
Signed, Sealed, Delivered [Stevie Wonder cover]
Rose Garden
Stronger (Back On The Ground)
Tonight (revised version)
Who I Am

Although the band sang a few Jonas Brothers songs, they were completely re worked versions and sounded completely different. It was amazing what Nick did with those songs. Seeing “inseparable” live was completely incredible. Especially since the arrangement was so different. They made it into almost a funk version of the song. Although the audience absolutely enjoyed the show, the energy was substantially lower during the new music then the revisited Jonas Brothers songs (mostly because of the usual young demographic). I truly believe that this record is going to blow the minds of the music industry and show the world that Nick (and his brothers) are not just another “disney channel band” but they are amazingly  talented, Legit musicians and here to stay!!!  we are going to share some pictures from just hanging and the show in Nashville .. Now we have to get ready and get in the car for our 11 hour drive to DC!!! give us some feedback and tell us what you think!!!!

<3 JoBroBound