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terests in mind. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.
ARIES March 21 - April 20 You need to concentrate on solving existing problems. Don’t overreact if your partner has a poor attitude. Don’t deny yourself this week. You should look into making some physical changes, such as new hair color or toning up your body.
LEO July 23 -August 22 You may want to make plans to take a vacation together. You will have the discipline to make changes you feel are necessary. Limitations at work might set you back. Your partner may not understand your mood swings but if you are willing to communicate, a lot of grief can be avoided.
Your lucky day this week will be Friday.
Your lucky day this week will be Monday.
TAURUS April 21 - May 20 Don’t make excuses. You will have original ideas for ways to make extra money. Property investments should payoff. Uncertainties regarding your love life will surface if you have neglected your mate.
VIRGO August 23 - September 22 The distance may make you both appreciate each other more. Don’t evade important issues; you may find yourself backed into a corner. Don’t be too quick to judge others. Don’t be too eager to spend what’s left over; more unexpected expenses are evident.
Your lucky day this week will be Thursday. GEMINI May 21 - June 21 In return, the satisfaction you get is enough for you. Refrain from using the highway as a racetrack. You have to feel free to come and go as you please to achieve happiness. You need to mingle with people who can spark enthusiasm and confidence in you. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday. CANCER June 22 - July 22 Real estate ventures will be to your ad vantage. You may find out that someone is trying to undermine you. You may have difficulties while traveling or problems dealing with close friends or relatives. Beware of colleagues who don’t have your best in-
tion. Make arrangements to spend quality time together. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday. SAGITTARIUS November 22 - December 20 Make changes that will heighten your appeal. Avoid getting involved with married individuals. Try to spend time with those having similar interests. Look into ways to make your home more comfortable. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday. CAPRICORN December 21 - January 19 You should socialize with clients or upper echelons of your industry if possible. You can help them with difficult projects. Changes involving your domestic scene may be unpleasant. You will enjoy travel and getting together with peers. Your lucky day this week will
Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. LIBRA September 23 - October 22 Organization will be the key to avoiding discord and family feuds. Don’t neglect these problems; deal with them once and for all, then move on to more pleasurable tasks. Changes in your residence may be financially favorable. You may have a problem with someone you live with if you don’t include them in your gathering. Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. SCORPIO October 23 - November 21 You should put a little extra effort in at work. Channel your energy wisely and you can score points with the boss. Your mate is going to want and need some attenENIGMA LIMITED
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be Sunday. AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18 This is a great day to start that new health regimen you’ve been talking about. Outings with relatives or good friends will provide you with stimulating conversation. Overstatement will be your downfall. You’ll be able to break bad habits if you put your mind to it. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. PISCES February 19 - March 20 You need an energetic outlet that will help you dissipate your anxiety. You could receive recognition for a job well done. Do not blow situations out of proportion. Make changes to your home that will be pleasing to everyone involved. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.
Christmas gift from my best friend. What recourse do I have? I can’t find him now and he won’t return my phone calls. MN Dear MN File a police report on him and then cut all ties off with the piece of shit. Dear Rocco, My little brother, who is a grown adult treats our father like crap. And I don’t know why. He’s even rude to me. He’s been under-employed for years, despite graduating with honors from school. Everything he does is half-assed and a hair-brained scheme to make a quick buck instead of working on a real career. Dad has al-
ways been there for him and us, even help him pay his bills without passing judgment and still praises little brother even when treated bad. He’s tight with mom who was never around and fooled around on dad. I don’t understand it. Is there any way to talk sense into my little brother? HL
Dear Rocco, Do you have an extra gun you can loan me? By reading all the papers and watching all the local news stations it seems like open season with all the shooting going on lately. I’m just sayin’… JB
With all the bickering going on in government, who do you think is more patriotic, Republicans or Democrats? FT Dear FT Have you read many of my articles? Republicans are more patriotic and democrats are the cause all things evil and I believe closet communists. There is a reason their mascot is a jackass.
Rocco is a common sense, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a high-priced therapist when he’ll straighten you Dear JB out for free. If you’d like As long as you’re not advice from Rocco e-mail playing “gangsta” him at you’ll be okay. Re- goaskrocco@yahoo.com Dear HL member, according to or drop him a line at Ask No it sounds like your the mayor there is no Rocco c/o Enigma P.O. brother is just a dum- gang problem in Chat- Box 825 Chattanooga, TN bass with daddy issues. tanooga. 37401. Dear Rocco, I let a friend of mine crash with me for a while when they got in a little trouble. During his time here, he ate all my food, didn’t clean after himself, and now I’m missing items out of my room that I know where there before I let them stay over. I’m pissed. It may not have been much but one of the things missing was a ENIGMA LIMITED
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CONCERT CALENDAR This week’s calendar covers events from Thursday, June 24 through Wednesday, June 30. We would be happy to publish your free listing in future Billboards, space permitting. Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
THURSDAY June 24 GATE 11 DISTILLERY (Chattanooga) Open Mic BUD’S (Chattanooga) Karaoke THE DIVING HOUSE (Cleveland, TN) Open Mic w/ DJ Fro J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Show 1885 GRILL (Chattanooga) Jason Lyles AVONDALE BREWING COMPANY (Birmingham) moe. ZYDECO (Birmingham) Manic Focus SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Jeff Hardy RED CLAY MUSIC FOUNDRY
TRISH’S (Chattanooga) Karaoke w/ Sweet T THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) James Gregory THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) Paul Thorn J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Milele Roos, Dank Tank FEED CO, TABLES & TAVERN (Chattanooga) Jason Lyles PUCKETT’S (Chattanooga) The Warman Trio FIRESIDE GRILLE (Chattanooga) Six Shooter Band BUD’S (Chattanooga) Sexy Beast TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Ryan Oyer THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Trampled By Turtles COCA COLA ROXY (Atlanta) Papadosio LAUGHING SKULL LOUNGE (Atlanta) Rob Schneider MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) The Dead Daisies CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Band of Heathens BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE (Nashville) Old Crowe Medicine Show THE BASEMENT (Nashville) The Mastersons, Bonepony THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Amythyst Kiah ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Iliza Shlesinger ZYDECO (Birmingham) Them Dirty Roses AVONDALE BREWING COMPANY (Birmingham) The Vegabonds VON BAUN CENTER (Huntsville) Josh Turner, Mo Pitney
SATURDAY June 26 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chatta-
nooga) James Gregory THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) The Dead Daisies, Yacht Rock Revue J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Let’s Be Ghosts, Lillian MAYO’S (Chattanooga) Tantrum PUCKETT’S (Chattanooga) Herrick ROSS’S LANDING (Chattanooga) “Riverfront Nights” AJ Ghent, Rick Rushing FIRESIDE GRILLE (Chattanooga) Six Shooter Band WANDERLINGER BREWING COMPANY (Chattanooga) Movement Sessions: Kevin Bell, Mystery Box CAMBRIDGE SQUARE (Ooltewah, TN) “Saturday Night Live Music” Bethany Grace MASH AND HOPS (Cleveland, TN) Jason Lyles THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Trampled By Turtles COCA COLA ROXY (Atlanta) Papadosio CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Fortune Feimster LAUGHING SKULL LOUNGE (Atlanta) Rob Schneider THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Scott Miller HOP SPRINGS BREWERY (Murfreesboro) Josh Turner THE BASEMENT EAST (Nashville) Devin The Dude 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) Tim James, Ray Stephenson
SUNDAY June 27 BUD’S (Chattanooga) Karaoke THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Bikini Kill 3RD & LINDLSEY (Nashville) Amythyst Kiah BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE (Nashville) ReBirth Brass Band
MONDAY June 28 TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers
TUESDAY June 29 BUD’S (Chattanooga) Karaoke TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE (Alpharetta, GA) Backstreet Boys 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) Keith Anderson, Thompson Square
WEDNESDAY June 30 TRISH’S (Chattanooga) Karaoke WANDERLINGER (Chattanooga) Open Mic J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Joe
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UPCOMING EVENTS J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Show July 1 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Rickey Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder July 1 MILLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” The War and Treaty, Kimmie J. Soul July 2 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Undomesticators, Wicked Weird July 2 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Moody Malovi July 2 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Alabama, Martina McBride July 2 THE BASEMENT EAST (Nashville) Carlene Carter, Chuck Mead, Elizabeth Cool, Raul Malo, Will Hoge July 2 ZYDECO (Birmingham) Big Something July 2 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Dolphin Group, DOTS June 3 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Moody Malovi July 3 CADENCE BANK AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Anthony Hamilton July 3 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Alabama, Martina McBride July 3 THE NICK (Birmingham) Chapel Hart July 3 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Sleazy Sleazy June 4 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Jimmy Buffett July 6 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) Anthony Smith July 6 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Open Mic July 7 1885 GRILLE (Chattanooga) Jason Lyles July 7 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Show July 8 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Rhonda Vincent & The Rage July 8 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Jimmy Buffett July 8 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) Jonell Mosser July 8 ZYDECO (Birmingham) Lost Dog Street Band July 8 MILLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” “Road to Nightfall Winner”, We Are Us July 9 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dylan Vattelana July 9 ARTS AVENUE (Chattanooga) Roger Alan Wade July 9 AVONDALE BREWING COMPANY (Birmingham) Koe Wetzel,
Chris Colston July 9 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dylan Vattelana July 10 RUMORS (Chattanooga) Matchbox Rodeo July 10 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Despite the Darkness, One Timers July 10 ARTS AVENUE (Chattanooga) That 90’s Show July 10 CAMBRIDGE SQUARE (Ooltewah, TN) “Saturday Night Live Music” Tyson Leamon July 10 MABLE HOUSE BARNES AMPHITHEATRE (Mableton, GA) Boney James July 10 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) The Maine July 10 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY-DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) Koe Wetzel July 10 BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE (Nashville) Parker Gispert July 10 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Sheila E July 11 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Sevendust, Austin Meade July 13 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 15 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Show July 15 BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE (Nashville) Dumpstaphunk June 15 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 16 THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) Sevendust, Austin Meade, Kirra July 16 MILLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Lee Roy Parnell, Rachel McIntyre Smith July 16 THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Lettuce July 16 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Jimmy Buffett July 16 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Flatland Cavalry July 16 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) The Cleverlys July 16 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 17 THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) Flatland Cavalry July 17 CAMBRIDGE SQUARE (Ooltewah, TN) “Saturday Night Live Music” Holy Toledo July 17 JACOB MYERS (Dayton, TN) The Velcro Pygmies July 17 THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Lettuce July 17 MABLE HOUSE BARNES AMPHITHEATRE (Mableton, GA) Morris Day & The Time July 17 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY-DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) Ward Davis July 17 THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Blues Traveler July 18 THE GARDEN CLUB AT WILD HEAVEN (Atlanta) Jimbo Mathis July 18 1885 GRILLE (Chattanooga) Eric
Kirkendoll July 20 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) The Black Crowes July 20 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Open Mic July 21 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) The Black Crowes July 21 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rob Little July 22 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Show July 22 COCA COLA ROXY (Atlanta) Silvestre Dangond July 22 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Palaye Royale July 22 STATE FARM ARENA (Atlanta) Justin Bieber July 22 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Dailey and Vincent July 22 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) The Box Tops July 22 MILLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Joanna Connor, Rye Baby July 23 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rob Little July 23 THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) Nevermind July 23 ARTS AVENUE (Chattanooga) Jennifer Daniels July 23 AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE (Alpharetta, GA) The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald July 23 STATE FARM ARENA (Atlanta) Justin Bieber July 23 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Alan Cumming, Ari Shapiro July 23 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY-DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) The Steel Woods July 23 AVONDALE BREWING COMPANY (Birmingham) Sevendust July 23 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER (Tuscaloosa, AL) Brad Paisley, Kameron Marlowe, Jimmie Allen July 23 HI-FI CLYDE’S (Chattanooga) Voodoo Slim July 24 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rob Little July 24 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Sevenstones, Misty Eyed, Speakeasy, Delicste Jealousy July 24 ROSS’S LANDING (Chattanooga) “Riverfront Nights” The Get Right Band July 24 ARTS AVENUE (Chattanooga) John Paul White July 24 THE CAVERNS (Pelham, TN) Todd Snider July 24 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) The Doobie Brothers & Michael McDonald July 24 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY-DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) The Steel Woods July 24 IRON CITY (Birmingham) The Velcro Pygmies July 24 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) 3 Doors Down, Seether July 24
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THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Jay Stevens July 31 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Behold The Brave July 31 ROSS’S LANDING (Chattanooga) “Riverfront Nights” Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys July 31 THE SIGNAL (Chattanooga) Corey Smith July 31 ARTS AVENUE (Chattanooga) Parker Milsap July 31 CAMBRIDGE SQUARE (Ooltewah, TN) “Saturday Night Live Music” The Came Running July 31 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Lindsey Stirling, Kieza, Mako July 31 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) JD Souther July 31 HOP SPRINGS BREWERY (Murfreesboro) “Summerland Tour 2021” Everclaer, Hoobastank, Wheatus, Living Colour July 31 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY-DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) Colt Ford July 31 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Maks & Val August 1 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Squeeze August 1 1885 GRILL (Chattanooga) Jacob Evans August 3 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Phish August 3 HEAVEN AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Between The Buried And Me August 3 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Matchbox Twenty, The Wallflowers August 4 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) “Happy Together Tour” The Turtles, Chuck Negron, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Vogues, The Cowsills August 4 ASCEND AMPHITHEATER (Nashville) Phish August 4 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Reno Collier August 5 FIRSTBANK AMPHITHEATER (Franklin, TN) Greta Van Fleet August 5
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days later, Cher married Gregg Allman in a union that would last just three years. 1976 Police raid Neil Diamond’s house, looking for drugs while claiming that they are responding to a burglary call. After a three hour search, they found nothing. Some of the officers involved left with an autograph. 1956 Police are called to deal with a series of fights that broke out at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey during a show by Bill Haley And His Comets. City council will later vote to ban all Rock ‘n’ Roll concerts.
and Gene Clark sang background vocals.
1957 Egyptian government officials announce that Rock ‘n’ Roll music can no longer be played in public, calling it an “imperialist plot.”
The Jackson 5 became the first group in the Rock era to have their first three releases reach number one in the US when “The Love You Save” hits the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and The Cash Box best sellers list. It made #7 in the UK.
Police in Iran close all dance halls and prosecute their owners after laws are passed that rule Rock and Roll dancing as “harmful to health.” 1962 The U.S. Army grants Jimi Hendrix an honorable discharge on the basis of unsuitability. A month earlier his platoon sergeant filed a report that said: “He has no interest whatsoever in the Army.... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible.” Hendrix would later falsely claim that he had received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump. 1964 The Drifters’ last Top 10 hit, “Under the Boardwalk” enters the Hot 100, where it will peak at #4. 1965 The Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man” reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Interestingly, the only member of the group to actually play on the record was Jim McGuinn on vocals and 12 string guitar. Studio musicians Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, Larry Knechtel and Hal Blaine recorded the other instruments, while The Byrds’ David Crosby
1970 A band called Smile changes their name to Queen and performs for the first time using that name.
1971 Don McLean’s 8:36 long epic “American Pie” debuts on WNEW-FM radio in New York. McLean would later say, “The song starts off with my memories of the death of Buddy Holly. But it moves on to describe America as I was seeing it and how I was fantasizing it might become, so it’s part reality and part fantasy, but I’m always in the song as a witness or as even the subject sometimes in some of the verses.” The single would rise to #1 in the US, #2 in the UK and reached the Top Ten in fifteen other countries. 1973 George Harrison’s “Give Me Love” knocks Paul McCartney’s “My Love” out of the number one spot on both the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Sellers list. George’s song reached #8 in the UK.
1977 Madison Wisconsin Police Detective Bruce Frey witnessed one of the strangest events of his career when he saw Elvis Presley jump out of his limo and stop two teenagers who were beating up a younger lad at a local gas station. Elvis said, “I’ll take you on.” Frey remembers; “They looked up at him, froze in mid-punch and the victim ran into the gas station.” The pair quickly apologized and Elvis got back into the limo and headed for his hotel room at the Sheraton. Marvel Comics issues the first of two comic books based on the costumed characters of the group KISS. The popular rumor of the day was that red ink was mixed with small amounts of blood from each group member. This however, turned out to be a hoax. 1979 Lowell George, the slide guitarist who left The Mothers of Invention to form Little Feat, died of a massive heart attack at the age of 34. Donna Summer held the number two and number three positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls”. She was the first solo entertainer to hold two of the top three positions simultaneously.
1975 Veteran R&B arranger / producer Van McCoy earns his first Gold record for the Disco smash, “The Hustle”. It turns out to be the biggest dance craze of the decade and resulted in McCoy being named Top Instrumental Artist of 1975 by Billboard magazine. Sonny And Cher were divorced after 11 years of marriage. Four
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1996 Van Halen announces that Sammy Hagar had left the band and would be replaced by their former front-man, David Lee Roth. Hagar calls the band’s decision a devastating, backstabbing disappointment. 2002 57-year-old John Entwistle, bassist for The Who, was found dead of an apparent heart attack in a Las Vegas hotel room. Nicknamed “Thunderfingers”, he was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a Rolling Stone reader’s poll In 2011. 2009 Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 after suffering heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills. He earned the title of “The King Of Pop” by collecting 13 Grammy Awards and 13 US number one singles. Jackson’s death triggered an outpouring of grief by music fans around the world, creating unprecedented surges of Internet traffic and causing sales of his music and that of the Jackson 5 to increase dramatically. Michael had been scheduled to perform his This Is It concert series to over one million people at London’s O2 arena from July 13, 2009 to March 6, 2010. 2013 Alan Myers, drummer for the New Wave band Devo on their 1980, Billboard #14 hit, “Whip It”, died of cancer at the age of 58. 2015 Deen Castronovo, drummer for Journey, was jailed after being charged with having sexual intercourse “by forcible compulsion” between June 8 and June 14. He faced felony charges of assault, sexual abuse and unlawful use of a dangerous weapon.
ON THE ROAD (AGAIN FINALLY) WITH COLLECTIVE SOUL
After tying a large triumphant bow ending their 25th anniversary tour with three consecutive sold out shows at the Coca Cola Roxy in their hometown of Atlanta the weekend after Thanksgiving a little over two months later Collective Soul’s world came to a screeching halt, as well as the rest of the world thanks to the great pandemic of
2020. Throughout the music industry all tours were shuttered and many a venue did not survive the lockdown that lasted 15 months. Collective Soul kept themselves busy recoding a new EP entitled Half and Half, and like the title infers it consists of half new material and half covers. Three core members have been there since day one: lead singer Ed Roland, his brother Dean on guitar and bassist Will Turpin, whose father owned the studio where the magic began and remains (Reel 2 Reel). We decided to catch up with Will in anticipation of their first tour since the world came to an end in March of 2020.
Did the band use the time to regroup? We did record another record. We’ve technically have two records in the can, so we’ll have one out this summer. We did get together and record some music. And then of course with me as far as silver linings and what I did. I had taken over ownership of my father’s studio in 2019. And all of a sudden I was home. I had done some renovations and started to update some stuff, but nothing bests being there five days a week. I’ve been there a minimum of four days a week for a long time now and it’s feeling really good. I had all my gear there and then I moved. Reel 2 Reel Studios – I don’t know if know that’s where Collective Soul got its start. We could do a whole ‘nother interview on that. My father started the studio in ’76 and that was our hub. My father passed away in late 2018. I saw the studio there. It was like 2019. I was in there with a few buddies. They were actually recording there and my dad’s partner was thinking about after the summer about selling the studio or whatever. I decided I just can’t let this go. Steve, which is my dad’s partner – he’s like ten years younger than my dad and about ten years older than me. He said the only way he’d like to keep going this was if I took over my dad’s ownership. So we decided to do that and he started to go with my ideas. We made a really cool lounge, a place for musicians to feel really comfortable to ENIGMA LIMITED
The last time I saw you guys you were finishing up your 25th anniversary tour. It wasn’t long after that, lo and behold the pandemic hit. Did you guys have a hand in all that so you could finally have some down time? (both laugh) Lo and behold it’s been a minute since we played (laughs) What I’m saying is we have a pandemic hit, so I was wondering if this was a way for you guys to get some time off? You guys are some of the hardest working bands in show business, really. When it first happened I as like, oh this is cool. I’ll be
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home for a while. In the middle of summer we’ll be out of this. And that was like a year and a half ago. (both laugh) I’ll say the first couple of months were okay. It’s good to be with your family, reconnect and forced to have fun with your family and stuff. That’s a good thing, but this thing has dragged on too long. Even this summer’s not back to normal It is kind of weird. I’ve literally sat on my butt this last year and a half when I’m used to covering shows a couple times a week. Yeah, outside of the winter. Even in winter people tour.