How did Berklee-educated native Nebraska rockers in Beachmont wind up in the country music capital, beating 14,000 applicants to win American Songwriter’s Road Ready Talent Contest?
Truthfully, they say, it was a fleeting comment and a forgotten connection that landed them here.
Josh Polack and Tyler Savoid explained that Beachmont was a four-piece and had been together for about 18 months when their drummer decided to move to Nashville. Their drummer’s mother reminded Polack how much he loved playing the band’s music and asked members not to forget him. Polack said if the band’s fourth member moved to Nashville, he and Savoid would move, too. But he didn’t think he would. He forgot the fourth member was married to the drummer’s sister. So, when he told the drummer’s mom the fourth member wouldn’t move—he was also telling her that her son-in-law was preventing the band from moving to Nashville together. The next morning, the fourth member called and agreed to relocate…