Little Big Town: Nashville Rebuilding from Flood Losses

The disastrous flood that hit Tennessee did not leave Nashville's music community untouched.

"All our gear, our instruments, backdrops, risers – it's all gone to water," says Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild. "A lot of things that can't be replaced, like [bandmate Phillip Sweet's] 1933 Gibson was down there. It's so sad."

The band was one of many acts that stored equipment and personal instruments at Nashville's Soundcheck storage facility and rehearsal space, which was submerged in the flooding. Just as touring season was about to begin, Brad Paisley lost gear, and both Keith Urban and Vince Gill have vintage guitar collections in the buildings.

"Who would have ever thought that this flood would have come?" says LBT's Kimberly Schlapman. "If we all knew it was getting so bad, we would have tried to get down there. No one thought the water would rise this fast."