Blount County Live
Let's Be Blount
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Blount County Live is a Let's Be Blount bi-weekly video podcast focused on live music and musicians in and from Blount County hosted by Lee Zimmerman and Scott Shankland.
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S1E11 Doug Wilhite: The Arkansas Blues Man Who Found His Home in East Tennessee
Lee and Scott sit down with Doug Wilhite, and if you're looking for someone who knows how to turn a rainy day into a hit song, this is your guy. This Helena, Arkansas native (that's the home of the…
S1E10 Perry Bonck: The Air Force Vet Who Went from New Orleans Choir Boy to East Tennessee Songwriter
Lee and Scott sit down with Perry Bonck, and if you're wondering how someone goes from singing first soprano in the Archdiocese of New Orleans Boys Choir to writing heart-wrenching songs about…
S1E9 Bill Cabage: The Four-Band Man Who's Been Keeping Blount County Music Alive for 50 Years
Lee sits down with Bill Cabbage and special cohost Shelby Shankland (who's running for Blount County Clerk, by the way), and if you're wondering how one man can be in four different bands without…
S1E8 Milk Man and the Big Band: The 20-Person Orchestra That Started at Open Mic Night
Lee and Scott sit down with Dino, aka Milk Man, and if you're wondering how a 24-year-old who's never taken a music lesson ends up leading an 18-20 piece big band, well, it all started with a gallon…
S1E7 Mic Harrison and the High Score: The Arena-Cana Kings of East Tennessee
Lee and Scott sit down with Mic Harrison and Kevin Abernathy from Mic Harrison and the High Score, and if you've been sleeping on East Tennessee's best rock band, wake up. These guys just dropped…
S1E6 The One and Only, Dr. Jay Clark: The Bear-Wrestling Appalachian Folk Extraordinaire from Blount County
Lee and Scott sit down with Jay Clark, and if you're wondering how someone goes from chasing bears in Oklahoma to hosting the best listening room show in Blount County, well, buckle up. This man's…
S1E5 Cruz Contreras: The Black Lilies Frontman Who Came Home to Blount County
Lee and Scott sit down with Cruz Contreras, and if you've been following East Tennessee music for the past couple decades, you know this man's resume. From studying jazz piano at UT to fronting the…
S1E4 Doug Harris and Blount County Blues
Lee and Scott sit down with Doug Harris, and if you're trying to figure out which Doug Harris band you saw last weekend, join the club. This man's got more musical projects than Blount County has…
S1E3 Wyatt Ellis: The 16-Year-Old Mandolin Prodigy and Blount County Ambassador
Hold up. Did we just say sixteen? Yeah, you read that right. Wyatt Ellis might not be old enough to vote, but this Townsend native's already played the Grand Ole Opry multiple times, won an IBMA…
S1E2 Lane Shuler: Townsend's Most Famous Hip-Hop Artist
Lee and Scott catch up with Lane Shuler, Townsend native turned Maryville resident who's been crafting his own brand of alternative hip-hop right here in Blount County. Lane breaks down how he went…
S1E1 EmiSunshine Ain't Your Average Nashville Starlet
Y'all better buckle up for this one. We sat down with East Tennessee's own EmiSunshine – yeah, that 20-year-old powerhouse who's been making grown folks cry with her voice since she was knee-high to…
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Blount County Live has published 11 episodes since November 2025, covering topics in Arts, Music.
Blount County Live is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 37m.
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