A Righteous Tin Pan South

Tin Pan South is a celebration of songwriting put together by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. The annual festival is remarkable for its scope and depth of talent, and occasionally you can even have a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member drop by. Righteous Brother Bill Medley performed in the round at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville with Steve Dorff, Bill LaBounty and Bobby Tomberlin. I had no idea he had written “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (the live Springsteen version is better known to many) and he had a good time mocking his own lyrics. Bobby Hatfield, the other Brother, died in 2003. Medley did his own stirring version of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” to close the night.

Tin Pan South is a celebration of songwriting put together by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. The annual festival is remarkable for its scope and depth of talent, and occasionally you can even have a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member drop by. Righteous Brother Bill Medley performed in the round at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville with Steve Dorff, Bill LaBounty and Bobby Tomberlin. I had no idea he had written “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (the live Springsteen version is better known to many) and he had a good time mocking his own lyrics. Bobby Hatfield, the other Brother, died in 2003. Medley did his own stirring version of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” to close the night.

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