There is more of a diverse group in The Gulch than anywhere else in Nashville. It's an interesting, alive community and ICON is the first of many changes down there.

Anyone who worked with Michael knows what a great room-jarring laugh he had. He was your best audience for anything remotely funny.

I mentioned to a mutual friend this morning that he had a calming influence on me. Which I needed in that transitional period following the departure of the great Joe O'Brien.

I must have sounded like a 12-year-old girl when I worked with him.