April showers bring May flowers. To turnabout that phrase into a more timely fair-played fashion, Americana duo The Steel Blossoms (Sara Zebley and Hayley Amour) are popping up at Hop Springs this month. And the self-proclaimed “former elementary teachers gone rogue” are all smiles (even if at times a better half’s oral health may’ve taken a hit).
I threw your toothbrush in the trash
Honey, you ain’t sleeping over no more
Got all my good pillows back
Honey, you ain’t sleeping over no more
That’s a few lines from their well-versed tune “You Ain’t Sleeping Over” and the dynamic singer-songwriters, vocalists and instrumentalists (to boot) have spent several restful nights near town now. The Murfreesboro favorites have been digging their heels into getting down and dirty with songs even throughout the pandemic—hard at work in the UK, with gigs at AJ’s Good Time Bar and Ole Red, by-request and safely-distanced neighborhood concerts, livestreams and even opening for AJ himself (Alan Jackson) on a recent tour. Murfreesboro music fans may have seen them at Puckett’s or as part of Gallagher Guitars’s Gallagher Unplugged concert series.
The recent Steel Blossoms outdoor concert at The Alley on Main drew quite the crowd (and planted seeds far beyond the ’Boro, thanks to a livestream of its own). Zebley and Amour are thankful to have their co-written original “Where My Heart Can Rest” on the newly Grammy-nominated album project Rooted in Song.
In 2015, the duo released its debut EP, Year Number One, followed by the full-length Country Enough the next year. In 2019 the Blossoms became the first act signed to Billy Jam Records and released a self-titled album on the label after capturing the attention of award-winning songwriter Jerry Salley (who happens to be the label creative and A&R director).
Sporting solid roots in country and Americana, with some bluegrassi-ness thrown in for proper nourishment, the metal-monikered musical mavens are continuously fusing new music together, so don’t miss the chance to take in their iron-sided artistry—for free!
Steel Blossoms will perform on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Hop Springs Americana Sunday, from 3-6 p.m. Free admission; Hop Springs is located at 6790 John Bragg Hwy., Murfreesboro.
For more information on Steel Blossoms, visit steelblossoms.com.
