Three talented musicians are taking the stage at Puckett’s on Saturday night and it’s a show you don’t want to miss. Chris Caminit, Ash Bowers and Jimmie Allen will perform at Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant in downtown Franklin on Saturday, May 28th at 8:30pm. Cover charge is $12.
A classically-trained pianist and self-taught guitarist, Chris Caminiti moved to Nashville to pursue a full-time career in songwriting after teaching algebra for ten years. In back-to-back years, he was a top-4 finalist in the CMT/NSAI Song Contest out of over 18,000 entries.
Caminiti recently signed his first writing deal with Given Music Publishing and continues to write songs daily and perform regularly in Nashville’s top venues.
Ash Bowers was eight-years-old when he saw his future. The crystal ball was the family television set, and the vision came in the form of a movie his mother had rented—Great Balls of Fire, the film biography of Jerry Lee Lewis.
He was growing up in a working-class family in Jackson, Tennessee, and he would need a lot more than dreams to make it to the country music capital 130 miles east on I-40. He played open mic nights until, at 20, he put together his first band Forty Five South. A year later, They were offered a Pacific tour through Armed Forces Entertainment that had listened to a three-song demo he and his band had cut in Jackson. Relentless touring throughout the U.S. not only lead the band to next level as performers but also caught the eye of Poison frontman Bret Michaels, who produced the bands sophomore album in 2005. The title track “We’re Country So We Can” was the first single from the Album, a duet with the band & Bret Michaels.
Ash was encouraged to come to Nashville and soon after, was restricting his playing to weekends and spending his weeks commuting daily to Nashville. The kind of commitment it took to drive 260 miles a day, several days a week–it quickly paid off. Just a year and a half after he began commuting to Nashville, a CD of his material reached Broken Bow/Stoney Creek Records president Benny Brown, the result, his first record deal and also publishing deal.
Over the next 4 years while signed to Broken Bow/Stoney Creek Records, Ash had 3 Billboard – Charting singles (“Stuck”, “Ain’t No Stopping Her Now”, and “I Still Believe In That”) which were produced by Buddy Cannon for his debut album. In October of 2012, just a few months after exiting Broken Bow/Stoney Creek Records, Ash inked a recording/publishing deal with Wide Open Records. His Debut album “Shake It Off”, was released on the label June 11, 2013 producing 2 singles “Red” & “Shake It Off.” Bowers’ songwriting skills display his uncanny knack for turning working-class dreams and realities into stirring and highly relatable music. Aside from his own albums, Bowers has penned songs for some of Nashville’s biggest stars such as Keith Urban, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Canaan Smith, Montgomery Gentry, and others.
Jimmie Allen is a country artist from Milton Delaware, currently living in Nashville TN. In 2011 Jimmie toured Japan with Armed Forces Entertainment bringing high energy, heart tugging shows to the troops and their families. In 2013 Jimmie took a stab at acting. He was featured in a Diet Coke commercial with Taylor Swift. He also co-wrote a song that was featured in a Super Bowl Commercial the same year.
In 2015 he made strong appearances at Red Gorilla Music Festival, SXSW’s Universal Music Showcase, Dewey Beach Music Fest, and Summerfest in Wisconsin. In addition, Jimmie has partnered with lifestyle brand, Benrus, who feature his music in commercials and stores around the globe and provide him the opportunity to play various charity events for organizations such as Tuesday’s Children, VH1 Save the Music, The Joe Andruzzi Foundation, Project Common Bond, and many more. Jimmies new single “Front Lawn” releases May 2016.
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