$2 Tuesday

The 5 Spot East Nashville

A week of baking in the freakish furnace of California concluded with an abomination of aviation presented by American Airlines in the form of a flight that took almost as long as it would have to drive home. I finally made it back to Nashville Tuesday morning—on time to bid farewell to the East Nashville establishment known as $2 Tuesday at the 5 Spot.

After collapsing on the bed and trying to dream away the nightmare trip home, I woke up in the kind of daze that can only be attained from being awake for 25 hours straight. I happily showered off the coating of covid, monkey pocks, polio, and plague that may have settled on my flesh and hair during the forced extra long airport experience. I put on some fresh clothes and made my way down to the 5 Spot $2 Tuesday, for the very last time.
I was meeting my neighbor and a few friends to have a late birthday celebration, so I decided to bring my small, kind-of-ok camera instead of my big, cumbersome but beautiful beast of a camera. I also promised myself I’d only shoot for a bit of each set instead of get into my normal OCD mindset of capturing ‘the’ shot.
Mostly shooting from down on the floor in front of the first row of tables,  one guy asked if I was down on the floor because the shots were better. LOL … I did tell him that it’s actually not the most complimentary angle, but I was just trying to stay out of everybody’s way so as not interrupt the show.
$2 Tuesday has been a pretty big part of my social life—one of the few things that gets me out of my studio to attempt clumsy communication with other fellow humans (and some animals and various hallucinations/ghosts).
Capturing the last of these special nights in some way that was better than a drunken iPhone snap to honor a tradition was my goal. That and tradition’s awesome and humble host, Derek Hoke, as well as his long time band mates Steve Latanation and Mark Robertson, and DJ Tim Hibbs, the superior spinner of vinyl and vibe.
Hopefully, this little gallery of photos catches a decent vibe, albeit a little grainy, of the final $2 Tuesday. Enjoy!

TWO DOLLAR TUESDAY at The 5 Spot 7/24/18

Leeann Skoda, Matthew Szlachetka, and Rocky Bottom. LATE NIGHT w/ Derek Hoke (Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes, and Jonathan Beam). DJ Tim Hibbs spins the finest in 45’s starting at 8:30. $2 cover/$2 Yazoo. Sponsored by Eastside Music Supply.
Hosted by Derek Hoke.

Kenny Schick is a producer / engineer / musician / photographer in Nashville TN

Photography by Kenny Schick – Kenny is a music producer, engineer, singer songwriter & professional photographer, living in Nashville TN (from the Bay Area CA)  (see more photos here)

Please EMAIL me if you want high resolution images.

  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Leeann Skoda
    Leeann Skoda at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/124/18
  • Leeann Skoda
    Leeann Skoda at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/124/18
  • Leeann Skoda
    Leeann Skoda at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/124/18
  • Leeann Skoda
    Leeann Skoda at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/124/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
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    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Matthew Szlachetka
    Matthew Szlachetka at The 5 Spot, Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Rocky Bottom
    Rocky Bottom at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Rocky Bottom
    Rocky Bottom at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Rocky Bottom
    Rocky Bottom at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Rocky Bottom
    Rocky Bottom at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18
  • Derek Hoke
    Derek Hoke with Jules Belmont, Dan Holmes and Jonathan Beam at The 5 Spot Nashville TN 7/24/18

$2 Tuesday at the 5 Spot with Derek Hoke
East Nashville 7/18/18

Photography by Kenny Schick – Kenny is a music producer, engineer, singer songwriter & professional photographer, living in Nashville TN (from the Bay Area CA)  (see more photos here)

EVERY Tuesday it’s $2 Tuesday at the 5 Spot! For 8 years Hoke has been doing this event!

We love this night so much and this place so much and love see Derek Hoke play (he’s kind of our favorite Nashville performer). He always brings in other great music too… thats $2 entry and $2 local yazoo beers!!! um yeah! Dos Perros is my FAVORITE beer like ever! That’s me Sabine talking – Kenny likes his beer as hoppy as it can be… also DJ Tim Hibbs is awesome!!

Dan Hubbard, Carson McHone, and Derek Hoke (acoustic set w/ Mark Robertson & Jules Belmont). LATE NIGHT w/ Esther Rose. DJ Tim Hibbs spuns the finest in 45’s
Sponsored by Eastside Music Supply.

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    Dan Hubbard
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    Esther Rose
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    Derek Hoke
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    Carson McHone
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    Carson McHone
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