GUITARS, BARS & CARS
REDISCOVERING THE HEARTLAND WITH MATTHEW & GUNNAR NELSON
Created by Ruth McCartney ©2021 McCartney Multimedia, Inc. WGA Reg.
GENRE: Food | Music | Americana | Automobiles
COMPARISON: If Diners, Drive Ins & Dives, MTV’s Unplugged and any one of these classic car TV series had a baby…
FORMAT: Potential 13 Episode x 60 mins TV | Road Trip across America | Interviews | Stock Beauty Footage
HOSTS: Rockstars Matthew & Gunnar Nelson, American music Royalty - the sons of Ricky Nelson and Grandkids of Ozzie & Harriet
AUDIENCES: Foodies | Music Fans | Car Club Enthusiasts | Guitar Players / Collectors
OVERVIEW
As is well-familiar to our touring musician hosts, twin sons of Ricky Nelson, Matthew & Gunnar Nelson, every Saturday and Sunday of every single weekend there is a Cars & Coffee event somewhere in the USA. Thousands of automotive diehards and foodies are waking up at the crack of dawn to secure the best parking spots for their pride and joy and “talk cars” with other like-minded individuals with gasoline running through their veins. From Alabama to Wyoming, you’ll find folks who love their cars, their food and their music too!
Guitars, Bars & Cars features our celebrity musician / car enthusiast / foodie curious hosts international rock stars The Nelson Twins as they take off in their old-fashioned Airstream trailer across the hinterland to meet, eat, drive, tinker and play music with locals in the “flyover States” and the 200+ Cars & Coffee Clubs across the nation.
Each stop on the road will reveal a “Cars & Coffee Club” meetup and all the vintage autos on display; the show will also feature a mom-and-pop gastro pub / bar for lunch, and then our food-curious host (trained Chef Gunnar), will go behind the scenes into the kitchen “Guy Fieri style” and chat with the kitchen crew. For the music segments, we’ll uncover the town's local indie bands, music store, guitar players, luthiers and collectors.
The day culminates in a jam session of classic American Music, plus Nelson Family and 50s, 60, 70’s 80’s and 90’s hits played together with - and spotlighting the talents of - some local emerging artists, and the whole evening is of course catered by the Mom & Pop Bar / Gastro Pub featured in the episode.
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