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‘Plug and Pray’: Nashville Musicians Hustle to Play in Multiple Artists’ Shows During CMA Fest Week

For many musicians, CMA Fest means juggling gigs and performing with multiple artists during the festival.

For all the uncertainties that fans and industry executives encounter during the festival, the instrumentalists carting their amplifiers and guitars through the Downtown footprint represent a sub-economy full of stress as they live out their musical dreams. But the daytime stages feature a fair number of acts who haven’t reached that financial level and need to hire a band for the festival, which represents a chance to showcase for some of the genre’s most avid fans. Tomek will back Chris Housman and Jenny Teator during official CMA shows and make non-CMA appearances at the weekly Whiskey Jam and in Lower Broadway events at Tequila Cowboy and Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar.

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