AMBASSADOR OF MUSIC CITY DAVID ANDERSEN PRESENTS “100 HEROES OF NASHVILLE” PORTRAIT SERIES
Ambassador of Music City, David Andersen, is presenting his 100 Heroes of Nashville series. This portrait series celebrates power players in Music City and people that have inspired David throughout his career in the music industry. David has been working on this portraiture series since 2016. Originally, the series was entitled Power Women of Nashville and kept a focus on women in the industry. Since then, he has expanded his list to include men with a new title calling it 100 Heroes of Nashville.
Andersen enthused, “My first love was art and I studied traditional techniques in portraiture and sculpture on the West Coast. I became well-versed in underpainting using mirrors, painting in reverse, and time-honored traditions dating back to the Great Masters.”
This classically trained artist is also a virtuoso guitarist, an accomplished pianist, composer and songwriter. Affectionately named The Ambassador of Music City by Convention and Visitors Bureau President Butch Spyridon, David is best recognized for his passion for fellow musicians.
Since moving to Music City, David has become a fixture at major events from the Walk of Fame ceremonies to the State Museum’s Tennessee Waltz. “The great people of Nashville embraced my music and fostered my career, and these are the people I want to recognize with my art – my first calling.”
To date, Andersen has produced and gifted his work to Walk of Fame inductees and Nashville notable names such as CVC CEO Butch Spyridon, Musicians Hall of Fame founder/president Joe Chambers and Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern.
The portraits, along with examples of David’s other works, can be viewed on his website.
Lady Antebellum
Jeannie Seely
Sketch of Clint Black
Sketch of Chet Atkins
Sketch of Deford Bailey
Mandy Barnett
The full list of completed portraits in this series are below:
1. Pat Alger
2. Deborah Allen
3. Mandy Barnett
4. Megan Barry
5. John Berry
6. Keith Bilbrey
7. Bobby Braddock
8. Sharon Browner
9. Ron Browning
10. Del Bryant
11. Steve Buchanan
12. Shawn Camp
13. Jimmy Capps
14. Joe Chambers
15. Bill Cody
16. Peter Cooper
17. Chuck Creasy
18. Manuel Cuevas
19. Beth Curley
20. Bob Doerschuk
21. Beth Foley
22. Erica Gilmore
23. Eddie Gore
24. Amy Grant
25. Merlin Gene Grigsby
26. Ed Hardy
27. Thelma Harper
28. Emmylou Harris
29. Beth Harwell
30. Bill Haslam
31. Craig Havighurst
32. Kate Herman
33. Benita Hill
34. Becky Hobbs
35. Ashley Howells
36. Martha Ingram
37. Deana Ivey
38. Ellen Jones Pryor
39. Demetria Kalodimos
40. Les Kerr
41. Merle Kilgore
42. John Knowles
43. Jennifer Kraus
44. Lady Antebellum
45. Ken Levitan
46. Pam Lewis
47. Shannon McCombs
48. Jay McDowell
49. John McEuen
50. Rod Preacherman McGaha
51. Chuck Meade
52. Lori Mechem
53. Charlie Monk
54. Gary Morris
55. Bev Moser
56. Wayne Moss
57. Brent Moyer
58. Shelly Mullins
59. Bernie Nelson
60. Wood Newton
61. Steve Noonan
62. Robert K Oermann
63. Dave Pomeroy
64. Don Schlitz
65. Jeannie Seely
66. John Seigenthaler
67. Garth Shaw
68. David Spencer
69. Butch Spyridon
70. Alan Stoker
71. Gary Talley
72. Melinda Toyos
73. Sarah Trahern
74. Steve Turner
75. Terry Turner
76. Marion W Van Zandt
77. Jo Walker Meador
78. Storme Warren
79. Sally Williams
80. Ron Wynn
81. Kyle Young
About David Andersen:
The local guitar marvel welcomed over a million guests to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum since the doors opened in 2001. This interaction with the international community of tourists allowed him the unique opportunity to amass an online following with global fans from countries like Australia, Brazil, Norway, Philippines & Switzerland, etc. This ironman guitar maestro played there for over 17 years, along with other high-profile events every week in Nashville. A child prodigy reared in Long Beach, Calif., Andersen could play music before he could even talk and is an accomplished songwriter and proficient on multiple instruments, including guitar, piano and ukulele. Each day, Andersen would give every new friend he met at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum his signature guitar pick and a challenge: “to remember why they came to Nashville and to take time to enjoy the music they came here to find.” As Ambassador of Music City, Andersen has performed at every induction to the Walk of Fame, including the 2006 original press conference. The guitar virtuoso is also an accomplished visual artist and is currently working on an impressive portrait series titled 100 Heroes of Nashville. This series will have 100 pieces and can be viewed on his website.
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