Blount County Live is a Let's Be Blount bi-weekly video podcast focused on live music and musicians in and from Blount County hosted by Lee Zimmerman and Scott Shankland.
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Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
28%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchBlount County Live is a Let's Be Blount bi-weekly video podcast focused on live music and musicians in and from Blount County hosted by Lee Zimmerman and Scott Shankland.
Recent episodes include "Mudbone: 228 Shows, 128,000 Miles & the Blues Name He Didn’t Pick | Blount County Live Ep. 18" (26 October 2026, 38 minutes), "Redd & The Paper Flowers: The Band That Probably Tuned Your Kid's Marching Band Instrument" (8 October 2026, 38 minutes), and "Shanna in a Dress: She Biked Across America and Played a Show Every Night" (14 September 2026, 48 minutes).
Blount County Live publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes.
Booking probability for Blount County Live is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Blount County Live requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Blount County Live's contact route on record: public web form.
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Blount County Live
Mudbone put 128,000 miles on the road last year, hauling songs across 36 states with a guitar and a suitcase he kicks instead of hiring a drummer. He sat down with Lee and Scott for three songs and the story of a blues...
Episode #17
Redd & The Paper Flowers bring three songs and one very well-traveled cello to Blount County Live. Live performances of "Shower Thoughts," "If the Devil," and "Say I'm Happy" from the new album Dead Little Thing, out...
Lee and Scott sit down with Shanna in a Dress, who drove eight hours from St. Louis to play in a basement in Blount County. That sounds like a lot until you learn she once biked from Seattle to Boston, sixty miles a...
Lee and Scott sit down with Millie Rochelle, and if you caught her opening for Sam Bush a few weeks back, you already know – this kid commands a stage like she's been doing it for decades. Turns out she kind of has...
Lee and Scott sit down with Becki Grace – Blount County native, born-and-raised icon of the East Tennessee music scene, and one of the most emotionally honest songwriters you'll ever hear. Becki has music running...
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Doug Wilhite, and if you're looking for someone who knows how to turn a rainy day into a hit song, this is your guy. This Helena, Arkansas native (that's the home of the blues, folks)...
Episode #10
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Perry Bonck, and if you're wondering how someone goes from singing first soprano in the Archdiocese of New Orleans Boys Choir to writing heart-wrenching songs about military sacrifice...
<p>Lee sits down with Bill Cabbage and special cohost Shelby Shankland (who's running for Blount County Clerk, by the way), and if you're wondering how one man can be in four different bands without losing his mind...
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Dino, aka Milk Man, and if you're wondering how a 24-year-old who's never taken a music lesson ends up leading an 18-20 piece big band, well, it all started with a gallon of Weigel's milk...
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Mic Harrison and Kevin Abernathy from Mic Harrison and the High Score, and if you've been sleeping on East Tennessee's best rock band, wake up. These guys just dropped "Peach Blossom...
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Jay Clark, and if you're wondering how someone goes from chasing bears in Oklahoma to hosting the best listening room show in Blount County, well, buckle up. This man's got more stories...
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Cruz Contreras, and if you've been following East Tennessee music for the past couple decades, you know this man's resume. From studying jazz piano at UT to fronting the Black Lilies, to...
Episode #4
<p>Lee and Scott sit down with Doug Harris, and if you're trying to figure out which Doug Harris band you saw last weekend, join the club. This man's got more musical projects than Blount County has dive bars – the...
<p>Hold up. Did we just say sixteen? Yeah, you read that right. Wyatt Ellis might not be old enough to vote, but this Townsend native's already played the Grand Ole Opry multiple times, won an IBMA award, and has his...
<p>Lee and Scott catch up with Lane Shuler, Townsend native turned Maryville resident who's been crafting his own brand of alternative hip-hop right here in Blount County. Lane breaks down how he went from a kid in...
<p>Y'all better buckle up for this one. We sat down with East Tennessee's own EmiSunshine – yeah, that 20-year-old powerhouse who's been making grown folks cry with her voice since she was knee-high to a grasshopper...
Recent guests on Blount County Live. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Vice President of Corporate Relocation and Business Development, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Ambassador Real Estate
executive pastor at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Jay Clark Enterprises
Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Tulane University, Athletes United for Peace
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