Muddy Sunshine

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Tip over the jar of Blackberry Jam and Other Fresh Ingredients and out comes the life of singer/songwriter Rocky Alvey. As unpretentious as a homemade biscuit, Alvey songs run the gamut from heartwrenching to hilarious. Nashville's legendary David Schnaufer once commented, “The genre is pure Rocky, these are REAL songs."

Alvey writes about subjects close to his heart, the hardscrabble, but tender lives of farmers and coalminers in such songs as Muddy Coal Mine and Farmer in My Soul. The title song, Blackberry Jam, is chock full of childhood memories of food and family, while Shawneetown is a rollercoaster ride of backwoods humor.

This compilation is full of characters and honest storytelling. Eat it up!

Click here to see the Muddy Coal Mine webpage.

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Monday, May 19th
WDVX The Blue Plate Special

Knoxville, TN
Details: The Muddy Sunshine crew with Lani Nash, Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest, plus ole Rocky Alvey doing The Muddy Coal Mine.

Wednesday, May 21st
WHEE

Martinsville, NC
Details: Live on-air TV show with Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest and Rocky Alvey.

Wednesday, May 21st
The Cascades

Reidville, NC
Details: Live show with Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest plus ole Rocky Alvey singing his glorious songs! The opening act For Billy and Rocky will be "THE SHALLOW CREEK BAND"

Thursday, May 22nd
The Station Inn

Nashville, TN
Details: Billy Smith's album release party for the incredibly unbelievable fantastic "Five Flat Rocks!" if you think you're heart and ears can take hearing some of the best music on earth and hearing the best players on the planet, then you'd better come join us.

Tuesday, May 27th
WNKU

Highland Heights, KY
Details: 12:00 on-air with Billy Smith and Nashville's finest plus Rocky Alvey.

Wednesday, May 28th
Buccaneer

Memphis, TN
Details: Live show with Lani Nash, Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest plus Rocky Alvey

Thursday, May 29th
KYMO

East Prairie, MO
Details: Live concert to benefit recent flood victims. Lani Nash, Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest with Rocky alvey