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But theirs has more tone and control than mine does. “So far, I’ve been able to play what they’re playing.

In nearly every episode he plays with some of the finest musicians in the city Pam Tillis sang harmony and played guitar with him on one number. Maybe all the time he’s spending in Nashville is rubbing off on him - or he’s rubbing off on Nashville. He describes his character as “Rayna’s soundtrack, the guitar under her voice.” And “It’s hard to get Deacon to talk about himself, but you put him behind a guitar and he’ll tell you every secret he has.” “This is the perfect song that you write toward.”Įsten talks more like a musician than an actor, in succinct phrases that sound like song lyrics. “I built the episode around the song,” says creator Callie Khouri. “We sang over separately recorded tracks.” It was totally new on the set,” says Esten, who goes by the nickname Chip. “We had not spent a whole lot of time singing to each other. When he got the job on the show, Esten, 47, told Britton, “There are a million reasons I want to be on this show and you’re a couple hundred of them.” Singing with her was an amazing experience. It’s easy to understand why Deacon would get hung up on Rayna. It was a performance so understated yet electric that you’d swear these two were pros, conveying everything you needed to know about the longing between their characters, country music queen Rayna James and her lead guitarist, Deacon Claybourne. At their best, they take your breath away, as when Connie Britton and Charles Esten sat side by side at the Bluebird Café and sang “No One Will Ever Love You.” The songs poignantly express the entangled romances of the characters in ways no dialogue could match.

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(ABC)Įveryone agrees that one of the best things of the new ABC series “Nashville” is the music. Charles Esten’s chemistry with Connie Britton is felt full-force when they’re on stage.

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