Iconic music venue, 3RD & LINDSLEY together with GRUHN GUITARS presents  ‘SESSIONS ON 3RD’ - YOUR TRUE NASHVILLE EXPERIENCE!   Three very special Tuesday Nights-  August 18th, August 25th, and September 1st, 2026, 3rd & Lindsley will open doors at 6pm, with shows from 7:30-10pm. Nashville’s most recorded artists, studio session players, touring sidemen, and surprise special guests will present the songs and stories behind the recordings we all know, artists we all love, how the songs were created in the studio, along with stories from the road and the studio. Better yet…someone from the audience will be selected to join the session players in ‘ON THE SPOT’…a live songwriting experience exclusively at  ‘SESSIONS ON 3RD!’ 

Chris McHugh is one of the most sought-after drummers in the Nashville recording scene.  His playing can be heard on thousands of recordings dating back to the mid-1980s.  He has worked with some of the biggest names in music, including Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Michael Bolton, Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna Judd, Brooks & Dunn, Sara Evans, Reba McIntire, Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers, Jars of Clay, Peter Cetera, Trace Adkins, Jewel, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Martina McBride, Lionel Richie, Amy Grant, Olivia Newton-John, and countless others. Currently, Chris McHugh is the touring drummer and musical director for the 4-time GRAMMY Award winning Country superstar, Keith Urban, with whom he has been playing since the late 1990s.  

Mark Hill born July 27 1967, grew up in a small farming community in the southern most part of Illinois. Raised in a musical family, it was apparent early that he had a gift and quite an ear for music. He began playing piano at the age of 5 picking out melodies of songs he'd heard in church. At age 11 he found the bass guitar quite by chance and knew in short order that bass was his love. The bass quickly became an extension of him. His early days of playing bass consisted of local recordings and traveling regionally in the midwest with his family. In order to make a living,  at 22 he switched to top 40 bands in the area all the while knowing that a session career in Nashville was truly what he desired. In 1990 he made the 4 hour move to Nashville and quickly made the producers list of up and coming bass players securing many master recording sessions. In between sessions he toured with artists such as, Steven Curtis Chapman, Martina McBride, Keith Urban (band leader), Reba McEntire to name a few.  1990- Current he has become a first call session musician known for his strong Fender bass tone, working 600+ sessions annually and garnering five nominations for ACM bass player of the year, and twice reaching the Music Row All-Stars list. Recording for artists such as The Civil Wars, Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn,  The Lone Bellow, Holly Williams, Brett Dennen, Carrie Underwood, Richard Marx, Hank Jr, Toby Keith, Kenny Loggins, Montgomery/Gentry, Eric Church,  Luke Bryan, and Charlie Peacock. Again ...to name a few.

Danny Rader (born November 1, 1981) is a musician from Panama City, Florida. Born into a musical family, he began to play drums at age 2 and branched out into bass, guitar and piano in his early teens. Later he incorporated bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, mandola, keyboards, accordion, melodica, and harmonica into his skill set. Rader, along with the rest of his family, performed in The Ocean Opry Music Show in Panama City Beach, Florida, which operated from 1978-2005. With his family Rader performed over 200 shows a year, until moving to Nashville in 2004. Rader has toured with Jason Aldean, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Julianne Hough, and Keith Urban. In 2022, he joined Kenny Chesney's touring band. He has appeared on The Grammy Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Country Music Television Awards and The Billboard Music Awards, among other TV appearances. In 2014, Danny was nominated for the Academy of Country Music's "Specialty Musician of the Year" award. In 2016, Danny won the Academy of Country Music's "Specialty Musician of the Year" award.

Nashville session guitarist Rob McNelley was a member of Delbert McClinton's band for eight years while also compiling a long list of credits with artists like Wynona, Montgomery Gentry, Jo Dee Messina, Hank Williams, Jr., Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Dolly Parton and countless others. He won rave reviews while touring as lead guitarist with Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band, and has been nominated as the Academy of Country Music's Guitarist of the Year. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Rob picked up the guitar as a youngster hanging out with the players in his dad's Southern Rock band. The band toured with acts such as the Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, and the Marshall Tucker Band, so there were always hot guitar players around who had time to show a few licks to a keen nine-year old. This invaluable practical education was rounded out by an introduction to theory and jazz in his high school music class. Rob started his first band in the 8th grade, and by the time he graduated from high school he was sitting in with his dad's band and getting regular gigs in local clubs. For the next step in his career, McNelley decided make the move to Nashville. He got his start in Music City recording and touring with blues rocker Tinsley Ellis, and was on tour with Lee Ann Womack when the offer came to join Delbert McClinton. Eight-year years later, as McClinton was cutting back on his touring dates, Rob was getting busier with session work.

Jim “Moose” Brown is a studio musician/record producer/songwriter in Nashville. He is a member of Bob Seger's “Silver Bullet Band,” a Grammy Award- winning songwriter and Grammy-nominated record producer, and an in demand session player.

With a name like Rivers Rutherford, it's no surprise this soulful storyteller and recent Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Famer was destined to become one of music's most talented and accomplished singer-songwriters. Having grown up in the shadow of Elvis' Graceland homestead in Memphis, Rutherford came out of the gates swinging at 21 years old, landing his first cut with American legends Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson (aka The Highwaymen). What followed were a dozen #1 hits, multiple Grammys, CMA and ACM nominations, and over 20 ASCAP awards, including both of the coveted awards for Country Song Of The Year and Songwriter Of The Year, all of which have firmly established Rutherford's position within the upper echelon of Nashville's most lauded songwriters. You'll see Rivers' name on #1 songs by Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton (for the stunning and Grammy-nominated duet "When I Get Where I'm Going"), Rodney Atkins, Montgomery Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, Trace Atkins, and Brooks & Dunn—penning the duo's most successful single ever "Ain't Nothin' ‘Bout You, which spent 6 weeks at #1 and won both Billboard's and ASCAP'S Song Of The Year. Rivers has also enjoyed success with Country giants the likes of Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Toby Keith, Faith Hill, Hank Williams Jr., Gary Allan, and hosts of others. Known for his gritty southern style, Rutherford is unapologetic about his faith, devotion to his family, and making great music. His decades long career, the countless hits to his credit and his ability to write music that is timeless is a testament to a man that has come to be respected as an artist in his own right.

Danny Myrick grew up in the gulf coast town of Pascagoula, Mississippi the son of a Baptist Minister father and church pianist mother. From an early age he honed his skills as a musician playing bass and singing in his family's gospel band, which recorded their first album when Danny was 7 years old. Danny's dad also promoted local gospel concerts and as a result Danny had the opportunity to be on stage almost every weekend opening for virtually every major gospel quartet as well as playing numerous times weekly at his local church. He got his first cut at age 17 when the Dixie Melody Boys quartet recorded the 12 week 1 song, "Jesus Is The Light". ​ After high school, Danny moved to Nashville and attended Belmont University until he ran out of money. After a few years of striking out in the music business, Danny joined with best friend Chris Marion to create Western Flyer, a 6 man vocal group patterned in the style of 70's country rock bands the Eagles and America. He was lead vocalist, bassist and principal songwriter for the band. Western Flyer made two cd's and had several top 40 hits including the top 20 song, "What Will You Do With M-E?" They also made 3 videos including the critically acclaimed "Cherokee Highway" which dealt with racial violence in 1960's Mississippi. They became the first non-African American artist to perform at the Martin Luther King Day festivities in Atlanta in 1995. Western Flyer disbanded later in the 1990's and after a few years out of the business Danny decided in 2002 to recommit himself to songwriting and performing.   One day he ran into an old friend, Jeffrey Steele, who had now become one of country music's hottest songwriters, at a local Nashville Starbucks and that meeting was the beginning of a new phase in Danny's career. With Jeffrey's support, after a few months, Danny signed a publishing contract with Windswept Pacific. After a 3 year stint with Windswept, Danny inked a new deal with Steele's Soulride Music in 2005, where he had numerous cuts including Craig Morgan's "International Harvester" and Big and Rich's, "Loud," which is also the theme song for CMT's Gone Country. Danny now writes for the exciting new Nashville company Root 49 Music and recently celebrated having 2009's most played country song, "She's Country" by Jason Aldean. He also wrote the Gloriana single, "How Far Do You Wanna Go." In addition to his cuts as a songwriter, Danny has also provided background vocals for numerous hit country artists including Keith Anderson, Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry and is currently working as a writer and/or producer with several incredibly talented artists including Alice Peacock ("Bliss"), Ann Marie Boskovich, Kate and Kacey, the Jane Dear Girls, Bridgette Tatum (his co-writer on "She's Country") and Nick Hoffman.