Second Cup of Joe...and John

Long before the Titans, Predators and the push for Major League Baseball, Nashville was still trying to prove it belonged on the big stage. Few people watched that transformation closer than Jay Grider. The longtime Nashville Sports Council executive shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from nearly three decades of landing the city’s biggest sporting events, including frozen bowl games, stadium power failures, marching band mutinies, and the organized chaos that helped turn Music City into a major sports town.


AMONG THE TOPICS: THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE SECOND UP IS MOVING, BUT STAYING PUT, THE COLDEST MUSIC CITY BOWL EVER PLAYED, THE NIGHT HALF THE STADIUM LOST POWER, HOW A WISCONSIN MARCHING BAND ALMOST STARTED A MUTINY, WHY KENNY CHESNEY NEARLY GOT DROPPED BY BARRY TROTZ

What is Second Cup of Joe...and John?

Nashville-centric broadcast veterans Joe Elvis and John Dwyer are resurrecting their broadcast careers with this podcast. They collaborate to share wit, life experiences and Rolodex with listeners.  With 5 episodes ready to download, look for a weekly episode to be dropped each Monday beginning June 6 th, 2022. Joe and John invite movers and shakers to the Main Street Media TV Studios to offer inspiration, and raw untold stories about how Nashville was, and is today.  Joe is best known for his days, sorry, daze at 103 KDF and 105.9 The Rock, while John’s reference at News-2 is as Sports Director and hosting “Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher.”   That second cup of coffee takes place when you are done with the morning rush and settling into the day.  “Second Cup of Joe… And John” won’t change the world, but it will make you smile and feel as if you know Middle Tennessee, and yourself, a little bit better.