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!’ 

Brent Mason is one of the most recorded guitarists in history. He is a Grammy Award winner, a 14 time winner of the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Guitarist of the Year Award, and a 2 time winner of the CMA Award Musician of the Year. He has been named as one of the top ten session guitarists in the world, joining the ranks of Jimmy Page, Larry Carlton, Tommy Tedesco and Steve Cropper.  Brent has played on well over a thousand albums and continues to add to this extensive resume. He has also released two of his own albums, produced a number of artists, and holds several credits as a songwriter. Brent was born in Van Wert, Ohio. At five years old he taught himself to play guitar by ear. He moved to Nashville after graduating from high school, in order to pursue a career in country music. Early Nashville gigs included a stint with the Don Kelly Band, a cover band who performed at the flinty Murfreesboro Road Honky-tonk, ''The Stagecoach Lounge. Eventually, he was discovered by country guitarist Chet Atkins, who invited him to play on his ''Stay Tuned'' album. From there, Mason has gone on to play on well over a thousand albums. Mason signed to Mercury Records in 1997, releasing an instrumental album entitled ''Hot Wired'' the same year. This was his only major-label album. He made a decision to leave Mercury Records soon after to remain in Nashville and work in the recording studio as a session guitarist rather than spend most of his time on the road touring and away from his family. He and his brother Randy released a second album, entitled ''Smokin' Section'', in 2006. Although Brent works mainly as a studio musician he has produced several albums. In November 2013, Mason collaborated with online education site JamPlay.com to put together a series of lessons for aspiring guitarists. From 2003-2010 Valley Arts Guitar (a division of Gibson Guitars) joined with Brent to create and manufacture the Valley Arts Brent Mason Signature Guitar.  In 2012 Brent joined forces with PRS Guitars to help create the Brent Mason Signature PRS Model Guitar.  In addition he has been affiliated with Wampler Pedals for years and his “Hot Wired” Brent Mason Pedal is one of their best selling products.

Nick Buda is one of Nashville's premier session drummers, renowned for his dynamic playing, versatility, and impeccable feel. A first-call musician in the studio and on stage, Nick has spent decades recording and touring with some of the biggest names in country music, helping shape the sound of countless hit records. His impressive recording and touring credits include Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, and many more.

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.

Billy Justineau's keyboards bring an extra splash of Americana into the countriest of cuts. Whether he's leaning into the organ on the Brothers Osborne's larger-than-life country rocker "Stay a Little Longer," giving Charlie Worsham's tender "Sugarcane" some extra down-home sweetness, or lending grit to the honky-tonk stomp of Lainey Wilson's "Neon Diamonds" with rolling piano licks, Justineau makes it all sound as natural as falling off a log.

Jay DeMarcus is the bassist, pianist, harmony vocalist, songwriter and producer of superstar vocal group Rascal Flatts. Rascal Flatts has racked up 17 Number One hits, over 23.4 million albums sold, 35 million digital downloads, 2.2 billion streams worldwide, while also selling over 11 million concert tickets and earning more than 40 trophies from the ACA, ACM, AMA, CMA, People’s Choice and more, making them the most awarded country group of the past decade. DeMarcus, alongside wife, national television personality and multiple beauty pageant title holder Allison DeMarcus launched their hit reality series "DeMarcus Family Rules” in 2020. The “feel-good viewing” (Tennessean) racked up instant praise as critics and fans gravitate towards “reality TV’s next obsession” (E! Online). In 2019, DeMarcus released his debut memoir "Shotgun Angels: My Story of Broken Roads and Unshakable Hope.” DeMarcus has also launched his own Christian music label, Red Street Records. A GRAMMY-winning producer, DeMarcus has worked with such acts as the legendary band Chicago, Ronnie Dunn, Kix Brooks, Shenandoah and Reba. DeMarcus was also honored last year for his work producing Jason Crabb’s album “Unexpected” which was named "Best Roots Gospel Album” by The Recording Academy.

Warner Records Nashville singer / songwriter Patrick Murphy was born with a musical state of mind. The Perham, Minnesota native began honing his piano skills at the age of three, going on to play in front of his first audiences at the local church. The chapel turned into restaurants as Murphy added singing to his craft, developing a style influenced by the likes of Billy Joel, Elton John, Journey and more. Now, two decades after first sitting down at the piano bench, the 26-year-old has discovered his own sound.Self-described as Rascal Flatts and Dan + Shay meet The Script and Rob Thomas, Murphy is set to strike a chord with listeners. The past several years have already seen massive career milestones for the young Nashville-based musician, from landing his first publishing and major label record deals, penning Tim McGraw’s recent hit “Standing Room Only”, to opening for artists such as Maren Morris, Kane Brown, Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae and more. This is just the beginning as Murphy readies to share new music into the world sometime later this year.