The St. Augustine Amphitheatre presents An Evening with David Nail & Will Hoge in partnership with St. Johns Cultural Council. This event will take place at The Waterworks, located at 184 San Marco Avenue.
The Waterworks: Originally built in 1898 as St. Augustine’s first water pumping station, The Waterworks is a beautifully historic building that has played a large role in the artistic heritage of the Nation's Oldest City. After undergoing multiple renovations in the 1920s, early 2000s, and within the last 5 years, The Waterworks has evolved into one of the city’s most vibrant centers for arts, culture, and community gathering. With a capacity for a little over 100 people, the building creates the perfect, intimate atmosphere for the performances that take place there.
About David Nail: David Nail’s candor cuts like a laser through star-making propriety, a ritual of predictable answers to predictable questions, recited by artists averse to the controversy that truth can bring. True, he is respected up and down and beyond Music Row. He’s written or co-written multiple hits. His songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. The practical and the personal: These are the poles that mark the path Nail continues to follow. It began in Kennett, Missouri, Nail’s hometown, and led to Nashville. Frank Liddell, the celebrated producer, helmed Nail’s album debut, I’m About To Come Alive, and the three that followed: The Sound Of A Million Dreams, I’m A Fire and Fighter. These releases ignited his reputation as an innovator and creative risk-taker yet left Nail feeling restless. In 2018, Nail decided to create something brand new, David Nail & The Well Ravens, created with longtime colleagues Jason Hall and Andrew Petroff. By mid January 2019, momentum from that liberating experience had propelled Nail into his next adventure. Over the next few months, he wrote nine or ten songs, each one pushing to be next in line, leading to his raw and emotional EP Oh, Mother. David Nail is leaving behind any self-imposed restrictions as he continues to create new music.
About Will Hoge: Will Hoge has a career whose milestones include Number One hits, Grammy nods, major-label record deals, and hard-won independence. Years before Americana music received its own category at the Grammy Awards, Hoge was on the frontlines, helping to pilot and popularize the genre's blend of American roots music. In the current digital era dominated by influencers seeking shortcuts to stardom, Will Hoge proudly treads the scenic route, immersing himself in the journey rather than fixating on the destination. Unapologetically contrarian, an insurgent of authenticity, Hoge takes the helm with his fifteenth studio album 'Sweet Misery'. On 'Sweet Misery', Hoge reminds listeners that he isn’t afraid to break new ground - all while giving a keen nod to his rock and roll roots with the kind of grace and purpose that only comes with experience - without the baggage of predictability.
