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From the Publisher’s Notebook I’m amazed at how many people hide behind voicemail. Are they that lazy or just don’t give a darn? Same way with emails. What happened to doing business face-to-

face? A lot of people you deal with nowadays are rude. Seems like they are just waiting for payday. A lot of workers nowadays expect a big raise if the company is making money, but don’t want to chip in if the company has a loss.

this out. There are meters on Cherry Street that have been bagged for over a month. This is affecting local merchants— is this legal?

bring in tens of thousands of refugees and support them, and not give our seniors’ Social Security benefits a cost of living raise?

How can our government

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feelings overrule what is good for their employer or place of work. Luckily these folks are few and far between. Who gives downtown busi-

ness the right to block parking meters in front of their business to make a job they are doing more convenient? If you see a parking meter with a bag on it, check to see if it says “City of Chattanooga” or something to that effect. If it doesn’t, ignore it. They are usually secured with a plastic tie and not a small lock.

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Dear Rocco, How do opposites attract. My best friend is one of the hippest guys I now. He dresses and acts cool and all. His wife, on the other hand is a very reserved lady who dresses as a professional – as does he, except she’s kind of nerdy. We went on my boat the other day and I almost flipped out. She was dressed like a tourist with the matching shorts outfit (hat, top, and pants all coordinated). I about fell out. I thought people only dressed like that in movies and in retirement homes. We’re all in out thirties. What gives? They seem pretty happy and have children, but knowing him for as long as I have, they make an odd pair. OL

I almost hit a few people downtown after the beer festival. A group of drunk hell raisers jumped in front of my car carrying on. I slammed my brakes and barely missed them. They were obviously over the limit. There were no cops in sight. How come they’ll let people wander the streets drunk like that during this event and places like Riverbend and they give restaurants and night clubs such a hard time? SD

the bigger posers – Harley rid- ket keeps dropping? ers or Vespa riders? GH TC Dear GH Dear TC Beats me. Personally, I think For the most part, Harley rid - the builder’s and realtors are ers have always been the out of their damn minds. I’ve biggest posers. Most of the seen some of the 500,000 dol “Wild Hogs” own trailers to lar condo’s and really don’t pull their bikes to rallys see what the big deal is. It behind their SUV’s. Everyone may be me but I wouldn’t want who ride’s knows when you to live in a place that seems want to be seen on a bike you like a jail cell. If I had half a ride a Harley, when you want million to spend on a place to to ride you ride a Honda. As live I would need a pool, a for the Vespa riders, why garage and some property. would you call them posers? Who the Hell are they pre- Rocco is a common sense, telltending to be? I have yet to it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind see an outlaw Vespa gang. As of guy offering real advice on a rider, in all honesty, I don’t any subject put before him. give a damn what someone Why pay thousands of dollars rides. As long as they are out on a high-priced therapist there, it’s all good. when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco e-mail him at Dear Rocco, Why do you think they’re still goaskrocco@yahoo.com or building so many condos drop him a line at Ask Rocco around here at such steep c/o Enigma P.O. Box 825 prices when the housing mar- Chattanooga, TN 37401.

Dear SD That’s a question for the police department. Let’s be honest, in this city if you have events like Riverbend and Brew Fest that makes certain businesses money just about anything goes. I understand why you’re pissed but if the city thinks it can make money it will allow certain laws to be broken. Fact is you can’t arrest every drunk at these festivals.

Dear OL Beats the hell out of me! I’ve seen several mismatched couples and really can’t see any connections but I guess that’s what makes it work. If I found a girl who was just like me, I would be bored. Excitement is Dear Rocco, There has been a rash of the spice of life. motorcycles and scooters on our streets the last couple of years. Who do you think are Dear Rocco, ENIGMA

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Pleasure trips should be on your agenda. Don’t let situations get out of control. Plan to get together with someone special later in the day. Opportunities for love will develop while traveling or while attending religious functions. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You might find group functions tiring. Don’t invest too much of your own money. Get together with those you find men tally stimulating. An older loved one may be having problems.

Your luckiest events this month will lover. Build on friendship rather than starting out in an intimate occur on a Sunday. encounter. You need to look into some private matters before you can GEMINI proceed with your plans. (May 22-June 21) Abstain from getting involved with married individuals. You will gain a Your luckiest events this month will lot if you listen. You may find that occur on a Sunday. purchases or entertainment could be expensive. You can make major LEO accomplishments while on short (July 23-Aug 22) It will be all around you. This may trips. not be the day to get involved in Your luckiest events this month will risky joint financial ventures. You will learn valuable skills if you sign occur on a Thursday. up for seminars this month. A lot can be accomplished if you organize CANCER your time. (June 22-July 22) You’re likely to encounter new partners if you take short trips. Your Your luckiest events this month will emotions will be touched off con- occur on a Wednesday. cerning recent encounters with your VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Don’t be too quick to judge others. Chances to express your ideas and beliefs can bring popularity as long as you’re not arrogant. Your reputation may be at stake if you partake in gossip. Lowered vitality could affect your work.

you. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Do you really want to start something with someone you can’t reason with? Concentrate on spending quality time with children. Talk to someone with experience about budgets or consolidating debts. You can write beautiful love letters this month. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Expect temper tantrums on the home front if you haven’t been letting someone have their way. You may find travel to be most rewarding. Don’t be shy; if you want to spend more time with a special person, make a commitment. Money can be made if your are willing to take a chance.

Your luckiest events this month will Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. occur on a Sunday. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) LIBRA Put your efforts into job advance(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Don’t do something silly just to get ment. Don’t be too open or put your back at your mate. Help elders with faith in unreliable coworkers. Your their concerns. Don’t start a dispute colorful conversation may attract unless you’re prepared to accept new mates. You may want to get irreversible results. Love relation- involved in financial investments presented to you. ships will flourish. Your luckiest events this month will Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. occur on a Wednesday. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Avoid confrontations with coworkers who aren’t pulling their weight. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Do not lend money or belongings to friends. You will have no problem getting your point across to those in a position to help ENIGMA

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PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You may find yourself in a heated dispute with a friend if you try to change your mind. You can expect the fur to fly on the home front. Make changes in your domestic scene. You may find that getting together with colleagues after hours will be worthwhile. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

Modern Media Goofs, Gaffes, and the Loss of Tense & Sense in Today’s Television Reporting About two years ago I noticed a trend in local television news where the story would be described in present tense although it had already happened. For example, a reporter might have been describing a fire that happened the previous day. However, they would say something like “a fire rages through an apartment complex leaving several families homeless”. I soon noticed a trend for most television news stories to be delivered all or in part in the present tense. A perusal of the national news shows revealed the same trend to “present tense” news. After I mentioned this trend to a group of teachers several of them told me they had also noticed this trend in news reporting. They related it also annoyed them. I have two theories as to how this trend of present tense news reporting came about. One is that the news networks are so competitive not only with other news networks but also internet news sources that they want to sensationalize stories so they report them as if they are

actually happening. As so many people get their news from the internet which is often in real time I think the networks may be feeling this pressure to appear to be in the present My other theory is that the

state they “seen” something when they mean they “saw” the event. How did “seen” come to be commonly used as past tense?

‘major network’ the “reporter” paused as she was reading a sentence from the teleprompter. A male anchor intervened and told her the word she had paused at was Next I want to mention some goofs, comedienne. She stumbled through the pronunciation then said “that’s a female comedian I guess”. I am not sure why these people don’t read the stories prior to going on the air. It might avoid them having to be coached on the “hard words”.

Here are just some random examples of out-of-sequence elements of stories. “The 47-year-old was shot to death at a gas station ...after filling his cruiser with gas for no apparent reason”. I don’t think they meant he filled the cruiser with gas “for no apparent reason” but that was how the story was people writing the stories do not slips, or mistakes I found interest- reported. There was some additionknow the difference between pres- ing. . On Monday morning on a ent and past tense. Sadly I have observed this trend frequently in conversations with people or after reading written reports or accounts of events where people related past events in the present tense. Sadly many Southern witnesses often

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al information on this story. The reporter stated a suspect was “arrested and charged in his death after authorities spent a lot of time questioning him.” What qualifies as a lot of time when questioning a suspect and why was this pertinent I wonder.

this but sometimes the mistake could cause big problems for someone who is wrongly named as a perpetrator in a story. One local channel reporting on a molestation case involving a band director in Georgia aired the picture of a school director in a Tennessee county. They did have the same Here are a few more; “The Women’s last name. To the station’s credit National Team Soccer is playing the station did issue an apology. tonight’. Maybe Women’s National What possible damage this might Soccer Team? have caused the school director I can only imagine. How about this one where a reporter was referring to an artist I believe these mistakes are often who painted on the walls in an due to problems with the reporter abandoned prison; “the artist he having problems reading the hopes a way can be figured out to teleprompter as when a reporter get his paintings out of jail”. What was introducing former New York the heck? Police Commissioner Ray Kelley and mentioned Kelley’s new book Sometimes these mistakes are made title as “Viligance”. The book was in the course of reporting a very actually titled “Vigilance”. As menserious story as this one from a tioned before I think it would pay ‘major news network”. A female to read the story before going on reporter while a photo of an ice live television and making a miscave was on the screen told viewers take. “Take a look at this cave. It made the ice collapse. It killed one per- Here’s an interesting flub again son and it badly injured several from a “major morning news others that were still inside”. I show”. A reporter was doing a think she meant something made story on a fisherman catching a the ice collapse. rare blue lobster stating “Well it gets it’s coloration from an “alterThankfully there are few cases of cation” in the DNA sequence”. I

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think she meant an “alteration”.

saying is “wrap your head around”.

Let’s not forget those TV sports announcers. From a 2015 Tennessee Vols game the announcer told viewers “...training staff is working on Owen Williams’ right hand. They put a “stint” over his middle and ring finger”. Could it have been a splint maybe?

Now let me mention a few more misused or just plain strange uses of some phrases. I saw a story where a girl had been ordered by a judge to walk the distance of a cabride she had skipped out on. The reporter stated this “controversial punishment was “handed over”. The phrase is “handed out”.

Or there’s the reference to football where the reporter advised the Democratic party was going to “Pass a Hail Mary”. The phrase is actually “Throw a Hail Mary”. Many viewers probably don’t know what that phrase means or refers to. This brings me to mention the new trend of news writers using what were at one time common phrases or expressions. One problem with using such phrases is that many viewers or listeners do not know what the phrase or saying means. The other is that the phrase or saying is misstated as in the “Hail Mary” story just related. From a major news network a reporter advised that a captured escaped prisoner was “now talking a blue streak”. What does “talking a blue streak” mean? Another asked an athlete how the athlete could “wrap their arms around” a concept. The

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How about when a local reporter said “Police killed both of them in a shoot-about”. First round-abouts now shoot-abouts. Please forgive my finding humor in this. So the next time you are watching the news try to determine when the event the news is covering actually happened. I just saw a story where the “talking head” (announcer) reported “just hours ago a train “hits” a car while it’s crossing the tracks.” I can only shake my head. Are they trying to interest the viewer more by putting the story in present tense or is it due to lack of knowing better? Does anyone even care? Let the reader decide.

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South Australia police said they have “ruled out the possibility of a Sharknado” in the mystery of a shark found in a roadside puddle. Police said a member of the public contacted authorities Friday morning to report finding a small shark partially submerged in a roadside puddle in the town of One Tree Hill. Fauna Rescue South Australia responded to the scene and transferred the shark, believed to be a Port Jackson shark, to a water tank. The group said the shark was alive at the

time of its rescue, but later died. “How the shark came to be in the puddle is still a mystery, however, police have ruled out the possibility of a Sharknado,” police said. “It is believed the shark may have been caught earlier today and dumped, or was kept as a pet but was growing too large for its tank.” An 8-pound gold nugget valued at about $190,000 was discovered by a seasoned prospector in Australia. According to metal detector manufacturing company Minelab, the anonymous prospec-

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tor found the nugget while using his metal detector in a workedover area in the far southern edge of Central Victoria’s Golden Triangle. “I thought it was rubbish at first, maybe an old horseshoe,” the prospector said. “About 12 inches below the ground, I could just barely make out the top of something. As I began to scrape away the clay and dig deeper, I really couldn’t believe my eyes this wasn’t an old piece of steel in front of me. I had just unearthed a colossal gold nugget - a once in a lifetime find! I was in total disbelief as I didn’t think nuggets of

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this size were still around” The man had previously made a promise to split any large finds with his prospecting friends and plans to buy a van to travel across Australia with his share of the proceeds. The nugget dubbed “Friday’s Joy” was sent to a bank vault where plans to have a replica have been made as the original is prepared for auction. There is an old saying in business that goes, the customer is always right, but the owner of a super-

market in Oregon must have been questioning the wisdom of that philosophy when a customer drove her car through the front of the store. The woman was angry that she was not allowed to purchase a large quantity of gift cards at a Safeway. 43-year-old Noella Fay tried to purchase $2,200 in gift cards, but when she tried to pay by check, the check did not clear. Noella was not happy. Fay left the store, went into the parking lot and parked her vehicle outside the front doors. When an employee told her to move the vehicle, she started screaming about wanting to buy gift cards. She then drove her Chevrolet Tahoe through the doors and into the supermarket, down one of the aisles of the store sending shoppers fleeing, and then left the store through the back doors. Fay was charged with reckless endangering, hit-and-run, reckless driving and criminal mischief. No one was injured as a result of the incident. An “erratic” Ohio man who was “acting like a gorilla” and “masturbating on the sidewalk” is facing a disorderly conduct charge, according to police. Responding to 911 calls about a pair of “white males running around the lot taking off their clothes,” Warren City Police Department officers encountered Timothy Cook, 32, who reportedly had been “growling and punching the cement.” A witness told officers Cook had entered a state motor vehicles office and began waving his arms around. He then exited the building and “began masturbating on the sidewalk,” according to a police report. When an officer subsequently approached Cook, the suspect was sweating profusely and “acting like a gorilla.” An officer noted Cook was “squatting on all fours, punching the blacktop and jumping up and down screaming noncoherently.” Cook was detained without incident and placed into an ambulance. Paramedics treated Cook for an apparent overdose, though police records do not indicate what drug (or drugs) he may have used.

A California student won a large amount of money after having sex with his teacher and getting her pregnant. Laura Whitehurst was 24 when she had a sexual relationship with her 16-year-old student. Dipsite telling the boy that she cannot conceive, the teacher became pregnant by him. The teacher had a year-long relationship with the boy and gave birth to his daughter when he was just 17 years old. The student, who is now 21, sued the school district, claiming that they knew about the affair and they “turned a blind eye,” allowing the teacher to continue having sex with him. The attorney for the student, said that the school did not inform the student’s family or law enforcement over the sexual abuse of the student. The Redlands Unified School District officials agreed to settle the lawsuit for $6 million. Whitehurst was arrested and sentenced to one year in county jail and five years of probation. The student, who was present at the birth, has shared custody of the baby. However there is a no-contact order between the teacher and her daughter’s father. I’m starting to think I did high school wrong.

than a year ago.” “We expect the highest standards of behavior and respect from all our staff.” Two staff members have been stood down by the airline while an investigation takes places, another no longer works there. The inflatable doll has been reassigned duties as a floatation device.

sitting is in an empty classroom. The police officer who arrived at the scene, could smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Hill’s breath. She admitted to drinking orange juice and vodka on her way to work. She also told police that she had vodka in her car, which was in the school parking lot.

A teacher was arrested on a charge of public intoxication after allegedly showing up on the first day at her job under the influence of alcohol, according to police in Oklahoma. The Wagoner Police Department said that they have arrested 49-year-old Lorie Ann Hill, after the principal of the Wagoner High School, found her in a classroom without pants. In court, Hill pleaded not guilty to a charge of public intoxication. She was booked into jail and her bail was set at $149. According to the police investigation, the incident unfolded early on Monday morning. Hill showed up for her first day of work while she was intoxicated. She was not wearing pants or shoes. The principal found her

Passengers and flight attendants of a Virgin America flight were surprised to see a woman show up without pants. Passengers took photos of the woman, who was not identified, as she stood at the ticket counter to collect her boarding pass. The photos show the woman dressed in a beige jacket, leaning against the counter as a staff member is seen talking on the phone with a manager. She did not wear any pants and her black underpants was visible, exposing most of her behind. Virgin America encourages all passengers to relax and unwind when flying, and this woman clearly took their advice. A photo of the woman was uploaded on Reddit, where it went viral.

If there is one place you want to use some playful antics and a little harmless hijinx to relieve stress and tension it is the cockpit of a commercial airliner. That must have been the thinking of the crew of an Air New Zealand flight when pictures and video showed up on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram of the pilot posing with an inflatable doll in the cockpit. One image shows a pilot kissing the doll. A video shows an air hostess walking through a cabin spitting water. The caption on the video says: “Wish I could spit on passengers like this.” An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said the company was “shocked and appalled” by the images. “These images were brought to our attention in the past 48 hours and an investigation commenced immediately. We believe the video was produced about four years ago and the photos were taken more ENIGMA

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CONCERT CALENDAR

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“Go See Live Music”

MICHAEL MALONE SEPTEMBER 8-11

J BLISS

SEPTEMBER 15

This concert calendar covers events for September and beyond. 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.

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THURSDAY September 1

“DIRTY DUTCH” MANTELL/ZEB COLLIER RODMAN

SEPTEMBER 18

DJ LEWIS & FRIENDS

SEPTEMBER 21

OPEN MIC

SEPTEMBER 22-25

LANDRY

SEPTEMBER 28

KOUNTRY WAYNE SEPT 29 - OCT 2

JODI WHITE OCTOBER 5

HYPNOTIST COMEDIAN RICH GUZZI OCTOBER 6-9

DREW THOMAS OCTOBER 13-16

ADAM HUNTER OCTOBER 20-23

CHRIS FRONJOLA “CHELSEA LATELY”, “FAMILY GUY”

OCTOBER 26

JOSH BLUE OCTOBER 27-30

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SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Michael Malone J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Dr B and the Ease COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Steven Tyler PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) AC/DC MUSIC ROOM AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Ryan Adams PUBLIC SQUARE PARK (Nashville) Young the Giant, Coin, Børns, Simo, The Revivalists

FRIDAY September 2 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av RAW (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Michael Malone J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Flat Duo Jets, MPH PUBLIC SQUARE PARK (Nashville) Band of Horses, The Wild Feathers, The Sheepdogs, Rayland Baxter, Nikki Lane, Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes, Josh Farrow HIGH WATT (Nashville) Strung Like A Horse, Opposite Box, Fable Cry WOLF CREEK AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Boney James, David Benoit, Gerald Albright EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Nathan Angelo, Jesse Ruben, Rob Blackledge FRAZIER FARMS (Tazewell, TN) “Smoke in the Valley” Blackfoot, Black Oak Arkansas Feat. Jim Dandy, Stone SATURN (Birmingham) Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

SATURDAY September 3 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Michael Malone REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) The Whigs CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Broods, Jarryd James MUSIC ROOM AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Dash Rip Rock, Wild Injuns, Kenny Howes & The Yeah! CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Terry Bozzio

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EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Paul McDonald HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee) Lynyrd Skynrd PUBLIC SQUARE PARK (Nashville) Bully, Ben Harper, Gabe Dixon, Judah & The Lion, The Weeks, Los Colognes, Alanna Royale, Elizabeth Cook THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Strung Like A Horse

SUNDAY September 4 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Michael Malone DUMPY’S (Ocoee, TN) Strung Like A Horse CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul, Tribe Society WOLF CREEK AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Will Downing PARK TAVERN (Atlanta) North Mississippi Allstars SATURN (Birmingham) Terry Bozzio

MONDAY September 5 TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night THE OFFICE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FOX & HOUND (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Angel Vivaldi, Gus G.

TUESDAY September 6 TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Kraftwerk THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Flume, Eprom, Kenton Slash Demon THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Mike Posner DRUID CITY MUSIC HALL (Tuscaloosa, AL) Cherub, Frenship

WEDNESDAY September 7 RAW (Chattanooga) Open Jam J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, The Skuds, One Timers TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Cherub, Frenship BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) NRBQ, Los Straitjackets THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Flume, Eprom, Kenton Slash Demon CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) “ProgPower USA” Dragonforce, Spock’s Beard, Stream Of

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UPCOMING EVENTS THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 8 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Matt Walberg and the Living Situation, Mathias and the Mantifold September 8 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana September 8 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Sean Hayes September 8 THE LOFT (Atlanta) Crystal Castles September 8 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) “ProgPower USA” Blind Guardian, Circus Maximus, Pyramaze, Gloryhammer September 8 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Garth Brooks September 8 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 9 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Stonecutter, Hatestomp, Mudsex September 9 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Brian Wilson September 9 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Ashanti, Ja Rule September 9 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) “ProgPower USA” Fates Warning, Scar Symmetry, The Gentle Storm, Freedom Call, Vanishing Point, Ascendia September 9 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Ben Folds September 9 THE BASEMENT EAST (Nashville) St. Paul And The Broken Bones September 9 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 10 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Wick-It The Instigator, Manic Focus September 10 12TH & PORTER (Nashville) Sean Hayes September 10 LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) “One Music Fest” Ice Cube, Gary Clark Jr., Day, Badu, Boi, CeeLo Green, Goodie Mob, A$ap Ferg, BJ The Chicago Kid, Busta Rhymes September 10 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) “ProgPower USA” Devin Townsend Project, Haken, Green Carnation, Serious Black, Savage Messiah September 10 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Whitey Morgan, Cody Jinks September 10 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 11 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Boyz II Men September 11 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay September 11 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Rich Robinson September 11 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Zach Deputy, Sun-Dried Vibes September 11 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Terry Bozio September 11 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Kanye West September 12 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) CROWBAR, Reason to Rebel September 13 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) The Kills September 13 SATURN (Birmingham) Dinosaur Jr.

September 13 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy September 14 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Hayes Carll September 14 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Waka Flocka Flame September 14 THOMPSON BOLING ARENA (Knoxville) Maroon 5, Tove Lo, R. City September 14 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) “Dirty Dutch”Mantell / Zeb Colter, Chris Killian September 15 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Comedy Buffet w/ Chris Croften, Johnny Pemberton, Josh Fader September 15 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Widespread Panic September 15 THE LYRIC THEATRE (Birmingham) Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal September 15 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Lake Street Dive September 15 SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) The Derailers September 15 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rodman September 16 BARKING LEGS THEATER (Chattanooga) Rob Ickes September 16 FINE ARTS CENTER AT UTC (Chattanooga) Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal September 16 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Skydyed September 16 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Brian Wilson September 16 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Amos Lee September 16 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Rich Robinson September 16 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) St. Lucia, KiND September 16 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Widespread Panic September 16 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta0 The Game September 16 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) Zac Brown Band September 16 HOMER HAMILTON AMPHITHEATRE (Knoxville) Naughty By Nature September 16 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rodman September 17 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) The Floozies, Chet Porter and Daily Bread September 17 FORT PAYNE CITY PARK (Fort Payne, AL) “Boom Days Heritage Celebration” Kentucky HeadHunters, Atlanta Rhythm Section September 17 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Five Eight September 17 PIEDMONT PARK (Atlanta) “Music Midtown” Band Of Horses, Lucius, Kesha, The Killers September 17 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Brian Wilson September 17 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee) Foreigner September 17 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis September 18 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana September 18 PIEDMONT PARK (Atlanta) “Music Midtown” James Bay, Joseph, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lumineers, Alabama Shakes September 18 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Heart,

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick September 19 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Squirrel Nut Zippers September 19 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$ September 19 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) Heart, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick September 20 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) The Lumineers, Rayland Baxter September 20 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy September 21 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Chevelle September 21 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Okkervil River, Landlady September 21 AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE (Nashville) Tim Easton, The Gibson Brothers, The Black Lillies, Penny and Sparrow, Country, B.J. Barham, Bruns, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Sons Of Bill, James McMurtry, Garry Tallent, Dwight Yoakam, Brandy Zdan, Aoife O’Donovan, Allen Thompson Band, Gritty Dirt Band, Yola Carter, Seth Walker, Moonsville Collective, Ukulele Band, Green River Ordinance, Dawn & Hawkes, Cedric Burnside Project, Becca Mancari September 21 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashvillle) Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Killswitch Engage, September 21 FRANKLIN THEATRE (Franklin, TN) Jamey Johnson September 21 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Landry September 22 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms September 22 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) The Lumineers September 22 AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE (Nashville) The Steel Wheels, Ruby Amanfu, Red Shahan, Luke Bell, Chelle Rose, Caleb Caudle, Brian Wright, Bill & The Belles, Indigo Girls, Andrew Combs, The Handsome Family, Sarah Potenza, Parker Millsap, John Paul White, Jason D. Williams, High Plains Jamboree, Dan Layus, Bruce Hornsby, Aubrie Sellers, Rodney Crowell, Lydia Loveless, Wanda Jackson, The Honeycutters, Sunny Sweeney, Shane Nicholson, Reckless Kelly, Bubba, Lucie Silvas, McKenna, Lau, John Prine, GrantLee Phillips, Amy Speace, Dori Freeman, David Ramirez, The Cactus Blossoms, Bottle Rockets, Sean McConnell, Phil Cody, Matt Haeck, Larkin Poe, John Moreland, Erin Rae, Cicada Rhythm, Bonnie Bishop, Anne McCue, Amanda Shires, Shelly Colvin, Liz Longley, The Malpass Brothers, Quiet Life, Molly Parden, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Kaia Kater, Joe Purdy, Bobby Rush, Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones, Jimmy LaFave, Austin Lucas, Billy Bragg, Joe Henry September 22 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers September 22 WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Chevelle September 22 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Squirrel Nut Zippers September 22 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Sick Puppies September 22

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THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Landry September 23 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Blue Healer September 23 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Black Stone Cherry September 23 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Tory Lanez September 23 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Gov’t Mule September 23 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Amos Lee September 23 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Martin Sexton September 23 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Jay Aston September 23 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) James Bay September 23 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$ September 23 AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE (Nashville) The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Lonely Heartstring Band, The Cordovas, Tami Neilson, Smooth Hound Smith, Rob Baird, Michael Fracasso, Baskery, Frankie Lee, Buddy Miller, Willie Sugarcapps, William Bell, The Statesboro Revue, Sara Watkins, Sammy Brue, Sam Lewis, Robbie Fulks, Rob Ickes, Marlon Williams, Chatham County Line, Lee Ann Womack, Brent Cobb, Will Hoge, The Secret Sisters, The Contenders, The Ballroom Thieves, Syd Straw, Steve Poltz, Rose Cousins, Michaela Anne, Jim Lauderdale, CW Stoneking, Wynonna, Sun Seeker, The Pines, Sonia Leigh, Mandolin Orange, Malcolm Holcombe, Lowland Hum, Lewis & Leigh, Kasey Chambers, Jack

Ingram, Ciaran Lavery, Muddy Magnolias, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Tony Joe White, The Suitcase Junket, Sam Outlaw, Ruby Boots, Dietrich Strause, Brian Whelan, Birger Olsen, Applewood Road, 10 String Symphony, Grelle, Zach Schmidt, Steve Dawson September 23 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Rascal Flatts, Chase Bryant September 23 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Landry September 24 BARKING LEGS THEATER (Chattanooga) The John Cowan Band September 24 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Tenement, Dusk September 24 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Of Montreal, Ruby The Rabbitfoot September 24 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Judah & the Lion, The Lonely Biscuits September 24 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Il Divo September 24 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Sara Watkins September 24 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Lauren Hill September 24 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter September 24 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Cherub, Frenship September 24 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Kanye West September 24 AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE (Nashville) The Travelin’ McCourys, The Americans, Shannon McNally, Sera Cahoone, Sean Rowe, Ryan Beaver, Dexter Romweber, Anthony D’Amato, Jarosz, Martin Sexton, Janiva Magness, Hollis

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Brown, Dead Horses, Christian Lopez Band, Charlie Faye, Bart Crow, Frontier Ruckus, William Clark Green, The Accidentals (MI), Shawn Mullins, Paper Bird, Mindy Smith, Latham, Andrew Leahey & The Homestead, Dylan LeBlanc, Vandeveer, The Wild Reeds, Morris, River Whyless, Indianola, Derik Hultquist, Carson McHone, Carl Anderson, Cale Tyson, Yarn, Whitney Rose, Paige Anderson & The Fearless Kin, Bellfuries, , Ruston Kelly, Jason Eady, Amelia Curran, Megan Jean & The KFB September 24 PARK AT HARLINSDALE FARM (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Beck, Grace Potter, Violent Femmes, Cake, Shakey Graves, Kaleo, The Struts (UK), Strumbellas, LunchMoney Lewis, Jonny P, Electric Western, World, Tom Mason, Jazzy Ash & The Leaping Lizards, The Happy Racers, Wild Belle, Mr. Steve The Music Man, Casey Campbell September 24 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Landry September 25 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) American Aquarium September 25 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$ September 25 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Gojira, Tesseract September 25 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Violent Femmes September 25 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) David Grisman Sextet September 25 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) 3 Doors Down, Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising September 25 KNOXVILLE COLISEUM (Knoxville) Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms September 25 PARK AT HARLINSDALE FARM (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Daryl Hall & John Oates, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, The Arcs, City and Colour, Better Than Ezra, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Margo Price, Anderson East, The Suffers, Blind Pilot, Brothers Osborne, Son Little, Langhorne Slim, JD & The Straight Shot, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ralph’s World, Tom Mason, Jazzy Ash & The Leaping Lizards, The Happy Racers, Mr. Steve The Music, Casey Campbell September 25 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) 3 Doors Down, Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising September 26 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Coco Montoya September 26 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Timothy B. Schmit September 26 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) All Them Witches, Behold the Brave, Idle Bloom September 27 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Sevendust, Crobot, Wilson September 27 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Prophets of Rage September 27 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Lake Street Dive September 27 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Band of Horses September 27 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Kountry Wayne September 28 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy September 28 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Lake Street Dive September 28

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ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell September 28 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Jodi White September 29 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Peter Cetera September 29 MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) Nada Surf September 29 HIGH WATT (Nashville) Southern Culture on the Skids September 29 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Shovels & Rope September 29 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Jon McLaughlin, Marc Scibilia September 29 THE STAR BAR (Atlanta) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds September 29 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Jodi White September 30 ROSS’ LANDING PARK (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Greensky Bluegrass, The Gibson Brothers, Mipso, Dismembered Tennesseans September 30 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Masseuse, New Wave Rebellion September 30 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Counting Crows, Rob Thomas September 30 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) John Prine September 30 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Peter Cetera September 30 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Nada Surf September 30 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Ben Rector September 30 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Ryan Bingham, Brian Fallon, Paul Cauthen September 30 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee, NC) Gov’t Mule September 30 AVONDALE BREWING COMPANY (Birmingham) Mel & The Party Hats September 30 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Jodi White October 1 ROSS’ LANDING PARK (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Keller and the Keels, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Chatham County Line, Trout Steak Revival, Lone Mountain Band October 1 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Brightside October 1 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Charlie Puth October 1 EAST ATLANTA VILLAGE (Atlanta) “Project Pabst” Run The Jewels, Mastodon, Santigold, NOFX, Charles Bradley, Internet, Real Estate, Titus Andronicus, Summer Cannibals, Omni, Radioactivity, Mind Spiders, Nots, The Biters, Jacuzzi Boys, Midnight Larks October 1 MABLE HOUSE BARNES AMPHITHEATRE (Mableton, GA) “Georgia Blues and Roots Festival” Jarekus Singleton, Big Bill Morganfield, Tas Cru, Delta Moon, Diane Durrett, Caroline Aiken, John Pagano, The Georgia Flood, Voo Davis, Frank LaTorre & The King Bees, Donna Hopkins October 1 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) John Prine, Holly Williams October 1 3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) Esperanza Spalding October 1 EXIT/IN (Nashville) Band of Skulls, Mothers October 1 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Jodi White October 2 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Blitzen Trapper

October 2 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Gavin DeGraw, Andy Grammer October 3 ZIGGY’S (Chattanooga) Unconscious Disturbance October 4 SATURN (Birmingham) Andrew Bird, Sinkane October 4 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Young the Giant, Ra Ra Riot October 4 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Prophets of Rage October 4 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Coheed & Cambria, Saves The Day, Polyphia October 4 EXIT/IN (Nashville) Insane Clown Posse, Cane Hill October 4 THE OLD SCHOOL (Nashville) “Thomas Rhett & Friends” Dierks Bentley, Walker Hayes, Shane McAnally October 4 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Rich Guzzi October 5 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, NOTS (Goner Records) October 5 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel October 5 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Outlaws October 5 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Clutch, Zakk Sabbath, Kyng October 5 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Blue October October 5 WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Alter Bridge October 5 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas October 6 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) The Dead Deads, HBC October 6 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) The Dandy Warhols, Savoy Motel October 6 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Eric Johnson October 6 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas October 7 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Kansas October 7 NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Pretty Lights, Big Wild October 7 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood October 7 MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) The Dandy Warhols, Savoy Motel October 7 EXIT/IN (Nashville) David Cook October 7 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Todd Snider, Rorey Carroll October 7 CARL BLACK CHEVY WOODS AT FONTENEL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 7 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Silver Snakes October 7 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Wednesday 13, One-Eyed Doll, The Things They Carried, Deconbrio, La Basura Dell Diablo, Gabriel and The Apocalypse October 7 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas October 8 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Switchfoot, Relient K October 8 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Kansas October 8 NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Pretty Lights, Big Wild October 8 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Lady

Antebellum, Jennifer Nettles October 8 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas October 9 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Switchfoot, Relient K October 9 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Die Antwoord October 9 EXIT/IN (Nashville) Eli Young Band October 9 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) The Dear Hunter, Eisley, Gavin Castleton October 9 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause October 9 PURGATORY AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Gabriel and The Apocalypse, Wednesday 13, One-Eyed Doll October 9 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) John Mayall October 9 HEAVEN AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta Sum 41, Senses Fail, As It Is October 9 MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) The Faint, Gang of Four October 10 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) M83, Shura October 10 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman (ARW) October 10 SATURN (Birmingham) The Dandy Warhols, Savoy Motel October 10 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) M83 October 11 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) The Faint, Gang of Four October 11 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Henry Rollins October 11 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Marc Cohen October 12 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Amy Schumer October 12 SWEET P’S BBQ AND SOUL HOUSE (Knoxville) Don Dixon October 12 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Adam Hunter October 13 REVELERY ROOM (Chattanooga) What So Not October 13 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Silver Snakes October 13 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Florida Georgia Lie October 13 THE BLUEBIRD CAFÉ (Nashville) Lee Harvey Osmond October 13 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Leon Russell October 13 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Henry Rollins October 13 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Adam Hunter October 14 SCHERMERHRON SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Chick Corea October 14 120 TAVERN (Marietta, GA) Enuff Z’Nuff, L.A. Guns’ Tracii Guns October 14 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Adam Hunter October 15 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Adele October 15 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Lewis Black October 15 THE EARL (Atlanta) Midge Ure October 15 BLIND WILLIE’S (Atlanta) The Nighthawks October 15 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Amy Schumer October 15 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Adam Hunter October 16 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Adele October 16

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I Know I’m Going to Heaven Because I Spent Three Years In Hell I know I’m going to Heaven. I revenue stream would dry up and As could be expected, these young the huge debt incurred by the adults (I use that word sparingly) spent three years in hell. remodel couldn’t be handled. A did not think they needed the At the age of 68-69 I made a really crazy decision. Really crazy.

I was not there to baby sit – my job was to see that the house chapter rules were followed and to try to modify their over the top behavior to follow school rules.

I decided to move in a frat house on my old college campus and be a House Dad. I must have been nuts.

From the beginning a small group of the hardcore members who were going to do it their way showed a lot of resentment (more of that later).

Let me explain how this all came about and some of the results. (The frat will remain unnamed because of my love for this organization – so will the school for the same reason.)

The first social event held at the house after I moved in set the tone of what to expect. It was a bring your own booze – everyone invited.

I, along with several other alumni brothers were serving on the House committee that owned the house the fraternity occupied.

I was shocked to see carloads of girls showing up and carrying their own booze – beer and lots of hard stuff.

A huge amount of money along with a great amount of dedication from two loyal alumni had just completed a major overhaul bringing the house up to the standard it needed to be. The two did a great job.

plan was needed…

There was this one pretty girl – couldn’t have weighed over 90 pounds walking around with her

supervision.

After much thought and discussions I decided to volunteer too move in the house to bring the chapter’s actions at party time into an acceptable level. Crazy The boys in the active chapter huh? Even more crazier – I said seemed to really appreciate the I’d even pay rent. job done. If I was a volunteer – I wanted no Now the rub – even though they pay – doing my duties as alum. enjoyed the new house they didn’t modify their over the top behav- A nice apartment was constructed out the rear of the house and I ior. had my own entrance. I hired a They were the best on campus. decorator, buying furnishing and They were tops in grades and moved in (with the best of intensports. They also acted like ani- tions). The rent was $650 a month. I had nothing to do with mals at party time. running the chapter. They were on the edge of kicked off campus several times. We, the Then the fun and nightmares house committee couldn’t let this began. happen. If they were gone the ENIGMA

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This was it. Radical changes had He didn’t care. He wanted blood. to be made or the chapter’s char- He was not pleased when he asked me who should be thrown I would go down in the mornings ter was going to be pulled. under the bus. I told him that after a Thursday, Friday or wasn’t a proper question to ask Saturday night event to see what This guy was a real bastard. me and I would not answer. I had happened. Sometimes it was unreal – for example a fire axe He had just been on assignment at thought there was good in even chopped and left hanging in a another problem chapter where the worst one. hallway hole you could walk he shut the entire place down. through in the walls. Bar and fur- The week before mother and girl- I didn’t mention the actions that niture turned over. It was crazy. friend’s weekend he shut it down unknown members had done to cold – everyone was thrown out. me. Let me tell you a few… I really got a group pissed off one night when I came home at 11:30 Things didn’t look too good. He I was restoring my mother’s old and there was a party on the front was out for blood. One of his car and someone busted the windporch – music, beer – the whole methods of action was to try to shield out with his fist. I think it works. get the members to rat each other was one of the recent alums that out to save their skin. Luckily this did it. My collector car – a This was crazy. A neighbor across didn’t work as well as he expect- Prowler had its paint keyed, my the street was a well-known attor- ed. I volunteered to an interview Lincoln Town Car had the rear ney around town and his wife was to try to shed some light on what fender kicked in (you get the picture). chairperson of the attorney wife was going on. organization. I tried to explain the improvement Still, I saw a light at the end of the I had a fit. I cleared the front that had been made in the pro- road. Let me make one point clear. I never bought gave or porch in five minutes – making no ceeding two years. bought any member an alcoholic friends that night.

own fifth of liquor under her arm. This worked mostly. Even the house and school rules forbid liquor or beer in the house, I decided to go slow at first. I stood back and watched – spending most of my time back in my apartment coming out now and then to check it out, Around 3am I decided it was time to act. I went around the house and down in the party basement turning all the lights on and saying party over – go home. I thought I was going to be killed. The hostility could be cut with a knife. To say my popularity sank to a new low that night is an understatement. I finally got it shut down and the house cleared out around 3:30am – that’s right, 3:30 at night. So the first battle was a draw. This was the start of a constant battle that revolved around alcohol and late night noise. We had a next-door neighbor that called the school at the drop of a hat. Even though he knew he I knew it was an impossible task to keep booze out of the house, so I offered a deal. They would keep their boozing in the party rooms in the basement and I wouldn’t go down there during party time.

Just about the entire time I was House Dad the active chapter was in and out of trouble with the school being put on probation and restrictions on social activities. Luckily we had enough members that had enough sense and backbone to help straighten things out. At last they got in trouble one more time and National sent a death squad from headquarters.

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drink. I wouldn’t even let them me an eviction notice. I stood bring a drink in my apartment. firm. One alum in particular that I thought was my friend wrote a To save their own skin a couple of letter to him that I should be members said I enabled the mem- kicked out of the fraternity. bers to drink. What a backstabber he turned out Let me say this again… to be. I NEVER gave any of them a drink This ass from National tried to get of any kind. Anyone that says the school involved but it said no otherwise is a bold-faced liar. thank you – not our problem. When the investigation was over Some alums who didn’t have a the Nazi from National kicked 11 clue on what was going on was members out of the chapter. sure I was guilty of everything that was said about me when not a sinA fraternity is supposed to help gle one was true – real brothers. build men. This ass seemed to lose sight of that. They were all You get the idea. To cut to the worth working with. chase, when my lease was up and I had performed my duties as One of the ones kicked out was House Dad, I moved out with about three months from graduat- honor on my terms. Uh, by the ing. His charge was he got a DUI way – I sued the ass from National three years earlier Three years!) for all the untrue things he said Since that time he learned his les- and wrote about me. Of course son, was a B+ student, chapter National was involved with the officer and a good example of suit. what could be done. Never mind. He was gone. After putting him through depositions – he had to fly to He turned on me and told the Chattanooga twice. He and housing corporation (of which I National decided he needed to was a member) that I had to go. find a new job. He charged me with enabling the members to drink. What a crock. That was enough victory for me. I had spent two and a half years He could never ruin a young working to get this under control. man’s life again. He made several unfounded and untrue statements, as I had done no wrong. I refused to budge. He threatened to pull the chapter’s charter, but I stood my ground. To leave would have admitted my guilt of something I didn’t do. The true members of the housing corporation that had done all the work and spent all their time restoring the house stood firmly behind me.

I dropped the suit, reveled in my vindication and hoped I was a positive addition to certain young men’s lives. The only thing that bothers me is how fast alum and certain brothers think the worst of you without knowing the truth. I remember how brotherhood used to be. A lot of it has died along the way. There are a lot more incidents and details to this story – but you get the idea.

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This Is the End... For better or worse, the Chattanooga Football Club phenomenon created legions of club supporters who are more fans of Chattanooga than football. The unprecedented growth of the team’s fan base has been a global event. The team’s top-notch marketing efforts are simultaneously Southern-fried and continental. The Chattanoogans whose vocal enthusiasm for the community helped them become part of the team’s loud and proud Chattahooligans have learned about the world’s biggest game along the way. None of those things helped make the 2-1 National Professional Soccer League tournament semifinal loss to the Sonoma County Sol any easier to bear. Make no mistake. This one hurt… a lot. For sports fans raised on the sometimes gaudy scorelines of “American football,” a 2-1 loss to a team from California should (in theory) be something that didn’t come as much of a surprise. For those of us who have grown up playing “the beautiful game” and are also Chattanoogans, this defeat was excruciating. I suppose now is as good a time as any for me to toss away any pretense of journalistic objectivity. I was a football fan well before I was a journalist. As a British-born military brat whose late mother was from Bedford, England, and whose father is a proud graduate of City High, I have been a fan of football and Arsenal Football Club since I was eight. CFC has several Brits on its roster. The absence of one of them had an awful lot to do with last Saturday night’s defeat at the hands of the boys from wine country.

sneaky and snarky reference to Home Box Office’s immensely popular “Game of Thrones” was the early story line of the match vs. Sonoma County. CFC’s leading scorer, Norwich native Luke

Winter, was stuck at Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. Winter had flown up north a few days before the match to participate in a friend’s wedding. But a cruel twist of meteorology prevented the Chattahooligans’ favorite footballer from being at Finley Stadium for the NPSL semi. It would be unfair to the other fine members of CFC to say Winter’s absence sealed the hometown team’s fate… but… it made a tough task even tougher. You can’t really say that having Luke in the lineup would have sealed a victory for the homeboys, but I think Chattanooga would have scored more than one goal if he had been there.

ted the semifinal match’s first goal. It happened literally right in front of me and it was a thing of beauty. Will Roberts slotted home a crisp shot after a pinpoint assist from Juan Hernandez. I was close

that is a crazy night of Chattanooga football. The Hoolies have a huge drum corps now... under the direction of orchestra leader Galen Riley. (Confession: My right index finger is still healing from a wee blister earned while I bashed a borrowed tomtom the week before CFC’s season-ending loss. The percussion section has greatly expanded during my absence of several years.) I stood in the general vicinity of the visiting keeper for the second half as well. Of course I did. I wanted to be close to the nets when CFC scored again. And it almost happened… a couple of times. But Winter wasn’t coming. His teammates knocked on the door a lot, but they never got through. Sonoma, on the other hand, put two past Chattanooga ‘keeper Greg(or) Hartley in the second half (plus three more in “stoppage time”). No loss is good. But this one will hurt for a long while…

enough to later ask the Sonoma goalkeeper if they ever got crowds “like this” for their home matches. They do not. A brief conversation with one of the visiting substitutes revealed that the Sol men typically played in front of about 1,000 supporters. There were 12,241 at Finley last Saturday night. The eventual winners were “It was devastating, heartbreakawestruck by the phenomenon ing,” said CFC coach Bill Elliott,

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“Delta has been committing various injustices to Chattanooga travelers for decades,” said Tim Kelly, one of the club’s directors. “This is only the most recent and prolific example. I am not sure Luke fully realized the slim odds he faced getting back.”

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not long after his season ended. “We have had a very potent offense all season but didn’t have time enough to mount a proper counter-attack after their second goal. We failed to put them away when we should have and it cost us dearly. We certainly had the talent to get it done without Luke, but I do think we missed his experience and steel nerves. Those things are stabilizing in big games.” This one will hurt for a long time…

amazing,” says Elliott, who always knows who’ll be between the goalposts if he’s healthy and not stuck in some airport somewhere. “His leadership was key with the slew of new players we had this year. And his play on the field was truly remarkable, perhaps his best yet. To only allow three goals in league play was just phenomenal.

You know what they say. “Just wait ‘til next year.” But… this was supposed to be THE year… and it almost was. “The lads were all crushed by the outcome, obviously,” said Elliott. “We were all sure this was our year. Perhaps a bit too sure, in retrospect. We’re mostly a young team, and experience comes at a price. They’ll all be better having been through it.” So close. And yet… a plane ride away? We’ll never know…

zy that is Chattanooga Football Club seems far from its peak. “We are all still amazed and gratified by the phenomenon,” says Elliott. “As I have said many times, I think it has as much to do with Chattanooga – and the Chattahooligans — as it has to do with soccer. We will just continue Regardless, the global media frento do our thing, hopefully a little

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Hartley will be back next year. So will a lot of other players. The Finley Stadium crowds should also be back next year. Russ Huesman has put UT Chattanooga’s “American football” team back on the map. Bill Elliott and his staff (along with the CFC board) have put Chattanooga’s “world football” team on the map. No one can predict how well CFC will do next season, but the club’s brand of football is a joy to watch for this Arsenal fan. And my Gunners are about to begin their Premier League season. So there’s that…

better every year, and let the chips fall where they may. It’s a privilege to be a part of something that is collectively so much greater than the sum of its parts.” Some parts are more critical to CFC’s success than others. There is no doubt that Hartley, like all — Mark Northern goalkeepers, is a physical and psychological leader. “Greg has been

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Fifth Harmony You’ve come a long way Harmony perform (at the risk polished and professional baby. The other night was the of losing my indie rock cred). than the first time. second time I have seen Fifth It is now much more solid A couple years ago I saw Austin Mahone perform to a soldout amphitheatre of screaming tweens to which my ears still ring. There were a chorus line of openers and before out headliner Fifth Harmony took the stage.

matching outfits, but the overall impression I got was that I was watching a high school talent show – and that had nothing to do with the age of those involved.

A month into their “7/27” tour it was obvious that this was n longer any high school musical. After sitting through openers Victoria Monet and Fifth Harmony as you know Jo Jo it was showtime. (or should) is a five-piece female harmony group with The show was much more ties to Simon Cowell and of polished and sophisticated course the reality show X than the previous tour as towFactor. And while as individ- ers of smoke spewed from the uals and as a group they did- stage into the air as the crowd n’t win they won in other went wild. Ally Brooke, ways. Besides music – or Camila Cabello, Normani vocals they sing and dance Hamilton, Dinah-Jane they don’t play instruments, Hansen and Lauren Jauregui they are a marketing machine. were then atop this tall stairAnd that target is the “tween” case as the music began and they made their ascent down. crowd. The first time I saw them they The quintet, clad in black were relatively well choreo- bodysuits, shimmering tights graphed and dressed in and thigh-high black boots

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quickly went through a number of songs, “That’s My Girl”, “Miss Movin’ On” and “Sledgehammer”. The five effortlessly traded lead vocals and synchronized moves as the crowd hit a fever pitch early and never let up. Ah, youth. The vocal groups choreography was near flawless as their vocals as at some point during their 20-song set. If there was an Olympic medal for synchronized fist pumping and hair flips these girls would have won the gold as the team was more adept at the faster paced songs than the down tempo. This can be explained by the fact they are a vocal group and not a band.

for their time on stage they kept the attention of all the attention span-challenged mostly female “tween” crowd focused. An enjoyable side note of the show was the crowd. It reminded me the first time I saw Selena Gomez or even Clay Aiken back in the day. There were fanatic everywhere carrying posters declaring their love for the girls, girls in matching outfits and even some of the mother who escorted their daughters were inadvertently dressed for the occasion. There were even a few brave fathers there who smiled and toughed it out to bring joy to their daughters, putting their smart-

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DANCING WITH BERLIN ized synth pop band (for its time) that featured a teenage Nunn as lead singer at the band’s inception in the late ‘70s. The band broke through in the early ‘80s with the highly sexual album Pleasure Victim (read the liner notes and you will understand). Slight controversy surrounded the album inner jacket that featured Nunn posed nude as well as some highly sexually charged lyrics. The single “Sex (I’m A….)” was banned by most radio stations for its suggestive lyrics although KROQ The bulk of their work prior played it. Songs like “The to the movie was far superior. Metro” and “No More Words” The band was a highly sexual- and their videos on MTV put

Fans will always remember the band Berlin by their chart topping single “Take My Breath Away” from the soundtrack of Top Gun. That’s unfortunate. After the success of the single the band fell apart and parted company for ten years before regrouping and disbanding again before lead singer Terri Nunn took over the name and relaunched the brand roughly ten years ago. Those unfamiliar with Berlin until Top Gun really missed out.

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days or go in a completely other direction. Nunn herself looked fabulous wearing an evening gown with long slits up the thigh. She evoked sensuality without being parody. All was missing

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was a grand piano for her to be draped across as she sang. This was no sit down session, however. Nunn sashayed

back and forth across the singles like the aforemenstage mixing her early tri- tioned “Animal”. umphs like their breakout single “The Metro” with newer Nunn exuded a lot of energy and sexuality while on the video monitors on both sides of the venue when the band performed their MTV hits the videos played simultaneously. Nunn introduced a new song to the crowd in Nashville called “All For Love” to be on a new album planned for next year. The single is significant to fans for many reasons. It was announced earlier in the year that the original members of the band were reuniting to record the album. The song, an upbeat ballad allowed Nunn to showcase her strong vocals. The crowd that night was in for a bigger surprise that night as Nunn brought on stage Ric Olsen, the band’s lead guitarist from their heyday. Nunn introduced him to the audience telling them this ENIGMA

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had been the first time the with the crowd and told short two had been on stage in 20 stories the entire night. years. The dynamic between Nunn Olsen, who is a Nashville resi- and Olsen was obvious to dent and is with the Gibson everyone in the room as she Guitar company joined the interacted with him as he band the rest of the set. With played. There was a definite stools placed on stage the give and take between the band did an acoustic version two as their movements of “No More Words” with together were fluid as if they Nunn seated in the center knew what the other was with Olsen on her right. The going to do. The crowd synth pop classic played noticed and was buzzing. smoothly as an acoustic almost soulful ballad. The After performing “Take My song segued into Fleetwood Breath Away” Nunn read Mac’s “Dreams” before bring- aloud a letter a fan prior to ing it back to finish out. the show gave her. The letter, quite graphic describe how After another acoustic song, it the fan grew up loving the was all electric the rest of the music to the point even pleanight. Nunn is a charismatic suring themself to it. Nunn singer and front woman as revealed the letter was actualshe engaged in conversation ly written by a woman fan and ENIGMA

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better and/or worse are on display on their EP. There is a lot of talent on display but their youth gets in their way at times as the release is uneven at times which I will blame on youth and with hit or miss lyrics on some of the songs that don’t necessarily mean the songs are bad, but they could be better and the best way to cure that of course is practice and experience that they are getting by performing The quartet of Melted Vinyl is in one of the most competitive composed of Sam Kritzer, markets (LA) second only to perWolfgang King, Landon Ferris haps New York. and Benjo Markus recently released their self-titled debut The band’s debut EP show a lot EP (available on iTunes) and are of promise despite some small turning heads selling out venues flaws, but that is expected with in their hometown like the youth. They are still ahead of Troubadour and Whiskey A Go- many who are already clogging what’s left of commercial radio Go. and are heading in the right With a median age of 17 (the direction if they self-described youngest member being 15 and goal is to bring back rock and the oldest literally turning 21 a roll which has been on an few weeks ago) their youth for extended hiatus for way too In a world overfilled with the likes “Dr. Luke” and other cut and paste producers in which all music pretty much sounds the same thank goodness there’s LA’s Melted Vinyl. The young rock and roll band prove they are no cookie cutter talent and not only sing without AutoTune, they play their own instruments and get this – write their own material.

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“Reflections” is a jazz-fused lounge kind of song that is super mellow. There are extended keyboard parts through half the song before ever so slightly picking up the pace with a welltimed lead guitar solo adding energy to the mix.

The EP displays a number of influences including funk, straight out rock and dare I say classic rock (in a good way) and even jazz. The musicianship is top notch while the songwriting at times shows a subtle sense of humor is still a work in progress Melted Vinyl states their goal is but not without a number of to keep rock music alive and gems here. they do that with their selftitled EP. Than band has a The song “Look to the Sky” is a strong and bombastic rock home run. It is easily one of the sound that is filled with talent best rock songs I’ve heard all way beyond their years with a summer. The music is upbeat, sound that is reminiscent of the poppy and with catchy lyrics big rock sound of the early ‘70s that are worthy of a sing-along. minus the psychedelia with just This song definitely deserves to an ever so slight touch of southbe on anyone’s road trip mix- ern rock (the good kind, not the tape. It is perfect for cruising watered down crap we get stuck down the highway with the top with these days). There’s a lot down with not a care in the of talent here ad while the EP is world. by no means perfect it is a good start. The EP also ends on a strong note with “Reflections”. - Dave Weinthal

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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1953 The popular Lubbock, Texas duo of Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery audition for radio station KDAV’s Sunday Party. They will earn a time slot on Sunday afternoon that becomes known as The Bob and Buddy Show.

which was a Civil War ballad with new words added by Ken Darby, gave Elvis co-songwriting credit due to his publishing deal with Hill & Range, which demanded songwriters concede 50 percent of the credit if they wanted Presley to record it.

The Spaniels record “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight”, which will reach the US Top 30 next year despite competition from a Popstyle, Gold record version by the McGuire Sisters. The song became well known again in the late 1970s as the closing song performed by Sha Na Na on their weekly variety show as well as its appearance in American Graffiti and again in the late 1980s after its use in the hit film Three Men and a Baby.

1957 A 16-year-old Canadian lad named Paul Anka had the number one song in America with “Diana”. A story circulated that Paul had a crush on his younger brother and sister’s babysitter who wanted nothing to do with him. He then supposedly wrote a poem for her and later set it to music. Anka himself later refuted the story. The record became an international hit that stayed at the top of the UK chart for nine weeks.

1956 Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in front of 54 million TV viewers, which gave the program an 82.6 rating. Elvis sang “Don’t Be Cruel”, “Love Me Tender”, “Hound Dog” and “Ready Teddy” for host Charles Laughton who was filling in for Sullivan who was recovering from a recent car accident. The next day, record stores were swamped with requests for “Love Me Tender”, although its release date was weeks away. There were also well organized letter writing campaigns and petitions against Presley, but it was later brought to light that many of the signatures were fictitious or of deceased people. RCA Victor Co. announces that it has received over 856,327 advance orders for Elvis Presley’s next single, “Love Me Tender”. The song,

crack the Top 20 with “Maybe meet at Paul’s house in St. John’s Baby” and “It Doesn’t Matter Wood to discuss their future. Paul told the others about his idea for a Anymore”. movie that they would make them1958 selves based on their song, The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace” “Magical Mystery Tour”. They later enters the US Pop chart, where it tell the press that they will handle will top out at #6. It will be the their own affairs from now on. third most-played song on American radio this year. Chantilly Boz Scaggs joins the Steve Miller lace is actually a handmade bobbin Band. He would stay with the group lace named after the city of for two albums, “Children of the Chantilly, France, even though Future” and “Sailor”, before leaving most of the lace bearing this name for a successful solo career in 1969. was actually made in Bayeux, France and Geraardsbergen, now Sam And Dave’s classic, “Soul Man” is released in the US, where it will in Belgium. rise to #4 by the end of November. 1963 The song would be given the 1968 The Rolling Stones began their first Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & tour of the United Kingdom, where Blues Group Performance, Vocal or they played 32 dates, opening for Instrumental. acts like The Everly Brothers, Bo The Doors perform on The Ed Diddley and Little Richard. Sullivan Show. Even though he 1967 agreed to change some of the Following the death of their man- words to “Light My Fire”, Jim ager, Brian Epstein, The Beatles Morrison sings “Girl, we couldn’t

Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On” peaks at #3 on the Billboard Top 100. The record would not only top the R&B and Country charts, but it would go on to be ranked #61 on Rolling Stone magazine’s Greatest Songs Of All Time and in 2005 be added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. That’s not bad for a song that Jerry Lee, along with drummer J.M. Van Eaton and guitarist Roland Janes, had recorded in just one take because Sun Records’ producer Jack Clement didn’t have enough tape left for any other attempts. Buddy Holly And The Crickets scored their only US number one hit with their first Billboard chart maker, “That’ll Be the Day”. Holly would later reach the Top Ten with “Peggy Sue” and “Oh, Boy!” and ENIGMA

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get much higher” anyway. A furious Sullivan vowed that the band would never appear on his show again. Morrison reportedly just shrugged and said, “We just did the Sullivan show.” 16-year-old Alex Chilton led The Box Tops to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 with “The Letter”. In the UK, it reached #5. The record would go on to sell over four million copies and receive two Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Group Performance and Best Performance By A Vocal Group, although they lost both to The Fifth Dimension. As for the song, “The Letter”, it’s come back twice since The Box Tops’ version. It was a Top Twenty hit for a group called The Arbours in 1969 and a Top Ten song for Joe Cocker in 1970. The Strawberry Alarm Clock perform “Incense and Peppermints” on American Bandstand, pushing it further up the US charts on its way to number one. 1969 Tiny Tim announces his engagement to Victoria May Budinger. 40 million viewers would watch him tie the knot with 17-year-old Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show on December 17, 1969. The union produced a daughter named Tulip, but ended when Vicki filed for a divorce on March 6, 1972 and was granted in 1977. Carlos Santana had his first taste of success when his debut LP entered Billboard’s album chart. The disc contained his hit single “Evil Ways” and would eventually hit number 4, staying on the chart for over two years. His 1999 album, “Supernatural” has sold in excess of ten million copies as well as winning a Grammy Award for Best Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals.

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Matthew have a number one hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 with “Love and Affection”, becoming the third generation of Nelsons to accomplish that feat. Their Grandfather, Ozzie Nelson, led his orchestra to the top of the chart in 1932 with “And Then Some” and Rick topped all others in 1958 with “Poor Little Fool” and in 1961 with “Travelin’ Man”.

The MC5’s lead singer, 47-year-old Rob Tyner, suffered a fatal heart attack in the front seat of his parked car in his hometown of Berkley, Michigan. MC5, (shortened from the Motor City Five), formed in Detroit in 1965 and released their first album, “Kick Out the Jams” in 1969. The single of the 1998 same name peaked at #90 in early March of that year. An episode of the American TV show Judge Judy airs in which Sex Yes kicks off their first tour with Pistol Johnny Rotten (nee Lydon) new keyboardist Rick Wakeman in appears as the defendant in a case Leicester, England. involving drummer Robbie Williams, who sues Rotten for 1977 wrongful termination from a The Rock group Blondie, featuring recent tour. Williams had claimed former Playboy Bunny Debra that the Sex Pistols owed him Harry, sign their first major record $7,000. Rotten said Williams quit company contract with Chrysalis and was owed nothing. Judge Judy Records. apparently found Rotten was most credible and ruled in his favor. 1984 2007 It had been twenty-four years since Tina Turner had been on Barry Manilow cancelled his plans Billboard’s Hot 100 with a song she to appear on the TV talk show The recorded with her husband Ike View because he did not want to be called “A Fool In Love”. Now she interviewed by its conservative cowas back with the number one host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, an aborsong in the US, “What’s Love Got To tion opponent and supporter of the Do With It”. The record would go Iraq war. Manilow had requested on to win Grammy Awards for to speak only with co-hosts Joy Record Of The Year, Pop Vocal Behar, Barbara Walters or Whoopi Performance - Female and Rock Goldberg, but the show’s producers Vocal Performance - Female. refused to comply with what they called Manilow’s “completely disre1986 spectful” demands. The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” re2008 enters the US Pop singles chart over twenty-five years after it first Jerry Reed, whose hits included appeared. The song was featured in “Amos Moses” (#8 in 1971) and the films Ferris Bueller’s Day Off “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” (#9 and Rodney Dangerfield’s Back To in 1971), died of complications from School. emphysema at the age of 71. He is also remembered for his 1977 coCliff Burton, bass guitarist for Metallica, was killed when the band’s tour bus skidded and flipped over in rural southern Sweden. The 24-year-old Burton was thrown through a window of the bus, which fell on top of him, crushing him to death. He would be posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the group on April 4, 2009.

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starring role in Smokey And The Bandit with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Sally Field, in which his song “East Bound and Down” was featured. 2010 On Jerry Lee Lewis’ 75th birthday, his 40th album, “Mean Old Man”, peaks at #72 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The LP consists of duets with some of music’s greatest stars, such as Mick Jagger, Rod Wood, Tim McGraw, Eric Clapton, Merle Haggard, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, and Willie Nelson. His previous album, “Last Man Standing”, went to #26 in 2006. 2011 Steve Martin shared the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award with his fellow members of The Steep Canyon Rangers. The band’s LP “Rare Bird Alert” topped Billboard’s Blue Grass chart earlier this year and reached #43 on the Billboard 200. Martin reached #17 on the Billboard Pop chart in 1978 with “King Tut”. 2015 The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that Glen Campbell had moved from an Alzheimer facility and was being cared for by his wife Kim in their own home. The singer was listed as being in stage six of the seven stages of Alzheimer’s where his communication skills are severely limited and he is prone to lashing out physically. Columbia Records announced the release of “Alone In The Universe”, the first new album by ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) in fifteen years.