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1st Music City Brewer's Festival Saturday, July 27, 2002 - Nashville, Tennessee A lotta heat, some great beers, good music and a nice turn-out for this debut festival set in the heart of Tennessee's capital city.

The festival site was Hilton Park, adjacent to the Hilton Hotel, in the shadow of the landmark Bell South tower.

With the Country Music Hall of Fame as a backdrop, festival director Candace Price of Clear Channel Communications (c) is flanked by Susannah Shumate (l) and Whitney Ransom (r) of Nashville's Second Harvest Food Bank, the event's charity.

Brewer Lance Roy (l) of Big River Grille & Brewing Works Nashville branch with volunteer Mary Miller. (r)

Brewer David Pierce (r) of Bluegrass Brewing Company of Louisville KY with volunteer Larry Dawson (l).

Brewer Dave Miller (r) of Nashville's Blackstone Brewpub enjoys the help of volunteer Becky Campbell.

The Gypsy Hombres kicked the festival off.

Brewer Jeff Kennard (l) of Nashville's Bohannon Brewing (and Market Street Brewpub) with brewery rep Donna Giles (c) and volunteer Chris Ude (r).

A host of nationally distributed craft brews were on tap, including Abita, Rogue and Flying Dog.

Boscos brewer and beer illuminati Chuck Skypeck (r) with volunteer Mike Morgan (l). Chuck came in from the Memphis unit to assist his Nashville brewpub team.

Brewer Eileen Martin (r) of Browning's Brewery in Louisville KY with assistant (and fiancee) Joe Macgruder (l). The baseball diamond in the logo refers to the brewery's location in the city's ballpark.

The Buckhead Brewpubs group of Atlanta GA sent brewers Wayne Wambles (cr) and Bobby Krusen (r). With them is Al Krusen Al (cl), and Annie Ueber (l).

The Webb Wilder band kept things rocking.

Travis Epperson (l), brewer Matt Speece (c) and Steven Conner (r) from Dogwood Brewery in Atlanta GA

Stephen Johnson (c), Ed Tate (l) and Mark Forrester (r) of the Music City Brewers home brew club explain the joys of making beer and handed out nifty guitar-shaped bottle openers (arrow) as souvenirs.

Brewers George Reeves (l) and Jonas Rembert (r) of the French Broad River Brewery in Asheville NC

The Papa Joe Band

The dapper team of Alltech Lexington (KY) Brewery: (l-r) Alex Dunn, Robin Sither and Adam McCraith.

Boscos Nashville brewer Fred Scheer poses with "Hop Goddess" Kelly Hancock.

Brewer Ron Downer of Rocky River Brewery of Sevierville TN (r) with Ashley Johnson-Clinger (l), Benjamin Johnson (cl) and Hans Mayer (cr).

The San Rafeal Band closed out the festival.

Volunteers Walt Ponder (l) and Kristy "Beer Goddess" Hartsook (r) helped pour Rolling Rock of Latrobe PA

Redhook Ales (Portsmouth VT) were poured by Walt King (l) of Ajax Turner Distributing and volunteers Paula Snyder (c) and Ed Jones (r)

Sam Adams (Boston Beer Co) territory representative Roy Milner (l) with volunteer Jennifer Leach (r).

Several food vendors were on hand to offer everything from sausages to pizza to sandwiches.

Promoting Shiner Bock was Charles Hartsook (l) of DET Distributing, with vounteer Johnny Hass (r).

Linus (c) and Lila (r) Hall were on hand to promote Yazoo Brewing, their forthcoming new Nashville microbrewery. They shared space with Paul Thompson (l) of All Seasons brew supplies.

The festival was the creation of Clear Channel Communications Group, which has 5 radio stations in the Nashville market.

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