Now that the NFL is back to holding their annual draft in front of real live audiences, I have to peer over my shoulder to 48 months ago in Music City for a momentous memory that I will never forget.
Sure, Cleveland got to experience much of the reduced capacity mayhem in 2021, and COVID ruined the grand plans that Las Vegas had for 2020. But none of them will ever beat the experience that Nashville, Tennessee had in 2019 when the big league delivered an American football festival like no other.
Nashville turned out! 300,000 on Broad.
It is estimated that 300,000 football fanatics lined lower Broad in Downtown Nashville on the Draft’s first night. I was one of them, too! I was on-site as a media representative for a local publication, wearing my newly acquired football jersey sent to me by the good folks from (of all places) the Jamaica American Football Association!
That’s when the light went off in my head that the game had truly gone global, and I wanted to be a part of its growth.
To compete in this town on a musical stage, you need to have a signature look. There is enough cowboy hat and boot-wearing guitar players in Nashville, but not many wear American football apparel exclusively.
I would!
I started reaching out to teams worldwide requesting a matching hat and shirt to solidify my patented performance look. And I’m ever so glad to say that things have worked out really well.
Me at the 2019 NFL Draft!
I can’t wait to see what shows up next, and my fans are always surprised by the new and mostly unfamiliar logos that they’ll see me wearing. Many of the teams and leagues are lesser-known. They come from the ranks of indoor, semi-pro, and international circuits, and I am more than happy to give them some publicity.
I’ve become friends with many owners, and I’ve become a fan, too. What’s more, I’m often stimulated to write new music based on the monikers printed on the clothing I receive.
Please help me keep this going! Send me apparel and support my effort–not only in Nashville–but as I prepare for my national tour. Please send me
– A large adult shirt in any style (t-shirt, jersey, polo), and
– A matching baseball-style hat.
Go here for information about where to send apparel.
And stay tuned for more updates from “The Global Gridiron!”
Nashville–my home base and site of the 2019 NFL Draft
