From the Publisher’s Notebook UPS and FedEx parking and blocking traffic on two lane downtown streets— what makes it stupid is there is a delivery-truck-only spot half a block or less away that’s empty. If we park in it we get a ticket, they block traffic and nothing happens.
jest). Why do we still have red light cameras at certain intersections? I thought they were gone. Did you see how BAD (low) Chattanooga ranked on a well-run
There is a fine structure in place. That could solve some of the probStill don’t see the bicycle lanes lems (carpet mills, restaurants, downtown being used - do see the chicken plants, construction). parking and driving problems they Got a note from the alphabet, they cause. don’t miss the letter “N”. Glad to see UTC Football off to a great start... don’t expect much What’s going to happen when the implosion happens in the condo, from UT. apartment, and new I can never run for public office - I restaurant/brewpub bars market? was inappropriate with a girl when Too many people out in public with we were in the first grade. their faces buried in their phones Will not pat $10 to $12 for a ham- look up, there’s a world out there. burger— what can I say, I’m not that crazy. Until next time, Paul Burke Sr. The government should raid more businesses that employ illegals. cities list?
Well, they got the stupid park opened at MLK and Market Street... only cost a little over 10 million dollars. City announced that a lot of cost was paid by private donations - what was the city share of the cow pasture park? What happens when it rains and there is an event planned - do we stand in the mud? Figgy’s new place opened down the street - what a great new place, so much bigger and nicer than the old spot. I greatly dislike when parents let their small children act like little assholes in restaurants and stores. If you can’t control them, leave them at home. Shut them up! How many chain eateries can Hamilton Place support? Some new ones opening, some old ones closing. Indians - Native-Americans, blacks - African-Americans, southern redneck-Americans... are there no just “Americans” left? If you can’t stand it because Trump is getting things done, do you dislike your country and fellow Americans that much? The new name of the park at MLK and Market is The Cow Pasture (I ENIGMA
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hold a job. I will occasionally throw him some side work when it comes available so he can have money to support his wife and kid. Whenever I do this, I will give him a timeline to get the job done. He never meets the deadline and will make a million excuses as to why he hasn’t either finished or gotten started. Also if I tell him to meet me at 5, he’s always late – up to an hour. JD
Dear Rocco, I was moving the other week and asked a number of friends to help me move out of my place. Basically I only needed help moving a number of boxes into storage. I had hired a movers to get the big stuff. I offered compensation, told them what weekend it would be and everyone agreed. Come moving day, no one showed up. Not only that, they didn’t return any calls or text messages. I literally got stuck holding the bag. What’s up with that? Dee aarr LLKK,, D TT hhii ss hhaa ss bbeeee nn aa pprr oobbll eem m ssii nnccee tthhee WD bbeeggii nnnnii nngg ooff m maannkk iinndd aanndd aass w w ee’’vvee eevv ooll vveedd ss oo hh aavvee oouurr w waa yyss ooff ddee aall -- DDee aarr W WD D,, iinngg w wii tthh tthhii nnggss aanndd ppaarr ttyyiinngg hhaarrdd.. TThheeyy ’’rree nnoott yy oouurr ffrr iiee nnddss .. TT hheeyy’’rr ee FFii rrss tt,, ii tt’’ss ggooii nngg ttoo ttaa kkee ttoouugghh ll oovvee.. ddee aaddbbeeaatt ppiiee cceess ooff ss hh— — ,, tthh aatt kknnoow w mbbee rr w whh eenn tthh eeyy w waa nntt aa D oonn’’tt ppuutt yyoouurr ssee llff aa tt pphhyyss iiccaall rr iiss kk,, yyoouurr nnuum D bbuutt yyoouu nnee eedd ttoo ccoonnffrroonntt hh iim m oorr ggoooodd ttii m mee,, w waanntt ttoo bboorrrr oow wm moonneeyy hheerr aabboouutt tthhee pprroobblleem m aa nndd ggee tt oorr ggee tt aa ffaavv oorr .. TThh ee ffaa cctt yyoouu ooffffee rreedd tthheem m ttoo aa ddm mii tt iitt.. RRee hhaa bb aanndd aall ll ttoo ccoom mppeenn ssaa ttee tthhee m m bbll oow wss m myy miinndd.. IIff tthhee yy ccaa nn’’tt hh eellpp yyoouu oouu tt oonn tthhaatt ss ttuuffff ii ss ccrr aapp.. W Whh aatt nnee eeddss ttoo bbee m ddiiss ccoovveerr eedd tthhrr oouugghh tthheerr aappyy aa nndd tthhee w weeee kkee nndd – – uunnll eess ss tthh eeyy aarr ee woorrkk iinngg,, w whh oo tthh ee hhee llll nneeee ddss tthh eem m ss iim mppllee oonnee oonn oonnee ttaall kkii nngg w wii tthh aa w ccllooss ee ffrr iiee nndd ii ss tthhee rroooott ooff tthhee iinn yy oouurr llii ffee?? BBee ggll aadd yyoouu ddiiddnn’’tt ppaayy m ii nn aaddvvaa nnccee aa nndd bbee m moorr ee ddrrii nnkkii nngg aanndd ddrr uuggggiinngg.. TT hheerr ee ii ss aa nn tthhee m uunnddee rrll yyii nngg rree aass oonn w whh yy tthh eeyy ddoo ssee llee ccttii vvee tthhee nneexxtt ttiim mee tthh ee iirr nnaam mee D .. II ff tthh eeyy whh aatt tthhee yy ddoo – w – aannyy tthhii nngg ffrr oom m ppooppss uupp oonn yyoouu rr ccaa llll eerr IID hheeaarr ttaacchhee,, ffaam miill yy pprr oobbll eem mss.. RRee hhaa bb oow wee yy oouu m moonneeyy,, tthhee m moonnee yy ii ss dduu ee w– – nnoo ii ffss ,, aannddss,, oorr bbuu ttss.. SSccrr eew w ttrrii eess ttoo bbrree aakk yyoouu ooff tthhee hhaabbiitt.. nnoow W hhaa tt yyoouu rr ffrrii eenndd nnee eeddss ttoo uu nnccoovv eerr tthhee m W m.. N N oo m moorr ee ffaavvoorr ss,, ll eett tthh eem m wiitthh oouu tt yyoouurr hh eellpp iinn tthhee iirr ss uubbccoonnssccii oouuss ii ss w whh aatt ii ss ssuu cckk iitt uu pp aanndd ddoo w ccaauussii nngg tthheeii rr ddeettrrii m meennttaall bbeehh aavvii oorr.. ffoorr aa cchh aannggee.. TT aakk ee tthhee m moonnee yy yyoouu woouu lldd hh aavvee ssppeenntt oonn tthh eem m ttoo hh eellpp AAnnyytthhiinngg ee llss ee iiss oonnllyy aa ppaattcchh oonn aa w ggaappii nngg hhooll ee.. OOnnccee yyoouu ffiinndd tthhaa tt yyoouu ttoo ttaa kkee yyoouurrss eell ff oouutt ttoo ddiinnnnee rr meetthhii nngg.. oouutt aanndd tthheeyy ggee tt iitt oouutt iinn tthhee ooppeenn,, oorr bbuuyy yyoouurr ssee llff aa ll iittttll ee ss oom nnoo m maa ttttee rr hh oow w uu nnccoom mffoorr ttaabbllee tthh eeyy SShhoow w yyoouurr ssee llff aa lliittttll ee ll oovvee aa nndd G eett nnee w w ffrrii eennddss.. ffeeee ll aa bboouutt iitt,, tthhaa tt iiss tthhee oonnllyy w waayy ttoo rree ssppeecctt.. G ss ttaa rrtt tthhee hhee aallii nngg,, ggeett tthheeiirr llii ffee oonn ttrraa cckk aanndd bbeeccoom mee tthh ee bbee sstt ppee rrss oonn Dear Rocco, I have this friend who can’t seem to tthheeyy ccaann bbee ..
Dear Rocco, I don’t know any other way to say this, but my best friend is an alcoholic and pill popper. I used to think it was recreational and no harm but recently he lost his family and children, his job and a lot of my respect. How do you get help for someone that doesn’t seem that receptive to it although they know what they have done has screwed up their life? LK
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Dear Rocco, I am in a muddle. I love two men. One is my ex-boyfriend who wants to come back to me, the other is my current boyfriend. Both are lovely men, but feel more spiritually attached to my ex. I am unable to make a decision. Do you have any tips? MS
DD eeaarr M MSS,, TT hheerree iiss aa rr eeaa ssoonn yyoouurr ee xx iiss yyoouurr ee xx.. TT hhii nnkk aa bboouutt iitt.. IIff hhee’’ss ccoom mii nngg bbaacckk ttoo yyoouu nnoow w,, w whhaatt m maakk eess yyoouu tthhiinnkk hhee w woonn’’tt llee aavvee aaggaa iinn oonnccee hhee ffii nnddss ssoom meetthh ii nngg eellss ee tthh aatt ttii cckkll eess hh iiss ffaannccyy ?? IIff yyoouu ccaann’’tt hhee eedd tthhiiss ss iim m-ppll ee aaddvvii ccee yyoouu gg eett w whh aatt yyoouu ddeess eerr vvee.. Rocco is a common sense, tell-itlike-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 out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco e-mail him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com.
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You can purchase items that will enhance your appearance. Put your thoughts into action. Take care of your own responsibilities before you help others. Don’t invest too much of your own money.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Use your added discipline to get what you want. You can make excellent purchases this month. Difficulties with children will surface if you try to break a promise you made. Don’t blow situations out of proportion.
A little rest will do wonders. Be aware that minor accidents or injury may prevail if you are preoccupied. Invite friends over. Make your intentions perfectly clear and find out exactly what is expected of you. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.
Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) will occur on a Wednesday. will occur on a Saturday. You need to keep busy doing things that you both enjoy. Don’t avoid CANCER TAURUS situations that may deteriorate; try (June 22-July 22) (Apr. 21- May 21) This is not the day to be extrava- Do not expect too much from oth- to mend them. Your energetic gant. You will meet exciting new ers. Your communication skills are nature and ability to initiate projpeople through interest groups or at an all-time high. Try not to at ects will add to your popularity. functions that you attend with your tempt to do something unless you Don’t start any arguments unless children. Your ability to converse are fully intent on following you’re prepared to accept irrevocawith charm will entice someone through with the plans. You mustn’t ble results. you may have had an interest in for make promises that you won’t be Your luckiest events this month some time now. Don’t be taken able to keep. will occur on a Friday. advantage of by any fast talking salesperson trying to part you from Your luckiest events this month LIBRA will occur on a Sunday. your cash. (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Don’t overspend or give too freely Your luckiest events this month LEO to others. You can make headway if (July 23-Aug 22) will occur on a Sunday. you share your intentions with someone you care about. You need to take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. You will benefit by taking care of other people’s concerns.
Focus on your own domestic problems. You can benefit financially if you put money or maintenance into your living quarters. Let your boss know your goals. Sort situations out as best you can. Watch your spending habits. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You need to spend some time reflecting on past experiences and involvement’s. Try to be patient with their inability to accept your new beliefs. Your loved ones could set you off. Exaggeration or deception coupled with overindulgence might be a problem. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Evasion is likely if you aren’t direct about your feelings. Older family members may try to make demands that are impossible for you to handle. Sudden changes of heart may cause disruptions in your domestic scene. This is a wonderful day to look into courses or hobbies that interest you.
Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. will occur on a Sunday. SCORPIO PISCES (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Alienation may be the result of a (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) misunderstanding. Help an older Don’t make any drastic changes or member with a problem that faces begin new projects this month. them. Don’t let someone try to Your changing philosophies may bully you into doing things their lead you into new circles and open way. Your temper may get the bet- doors that will give you a unique ter of you if a colleague has tried outlook on life. Older relatives may make unreasonable demands. to ruin your reputation. Social get-together will bring you Your luckiest events this month in contact with intelligent new friends. will occur on a Thursday. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.
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Kavanaugh Confirmation Clamor Unless you just don’t watch the news or get it off the internet you are probably aware of who Brett Kavanaugh is. For those “who just tuned in” Mr. Kavanaugh is a former White House Staff Secretary, a Yale Law School graduate and a former United States Circuit Court Judge. Most people had never heard of Mr. Kavanaugh until he was nominated as a candidate for a Supreme Court Justice position by President Donald Trump. The grumbling from the ‘Left”, (liberals and Democrats) began at that point. The Left did not want to have another Justice appointed by President Trump. The so-called “Trump Derangement Syndrome” began to kick in. However, Congressional hearings started
on September 4th and it Kavanaugh with the kind of rigor Then shortly before a Senate appeared Judge Kavanaugh was appropriate for a lifetime Committee vote it was alleged on his way to having his appoint- appointment. But so far nothing that 30 plus years ago Judge Kavanaugh had pinned a woman down on a bed and depending on the source either fumbled at her clothing or tried to remove her clothing. Where did this accusation come from? In July, Senator Diane Feinstein received a letter from a Christine Blasey Ford alleging that Kavanaugh had done something to her at a party at an unknown location on an unknown date in the 1980’s. Mrs. Ford was pretty has appeared that would make ment vote brought before the Kavanaugh unfit for the job.” The vague on several details of the United States Senate. appointment seemed to be sailing alleged incident. Reportedly Ford did not want to go public but her The Denver Post Editorial Board along. name was “leaked”. said” Democrats can take the high road. They are vetting (Brett)
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Judge Kavanaugh denies any politics as well. involvement or knowledge of such an incident. Now before the “me too” movement people pile on me. I think Of course this set off a media that Mrs. Ford believes something frenzy/circus. The Left and many happened to her at a party back others called for a hearing to in the 1980’s. Or perhaps by some question Kavanaugh and his suggestion she has convinced accuser Mrs. Ford. herself something happened and somehow she has involved Mr. Some people have called for the Kavanaugh. There have been Federal Bureau of Investigation plenty of cases where people to investigate this alleged inci- believe things happened to them dent. The FBI does not investigate that actually did not. Again crimes like attempted rape. They though no witnesses are corrobocan do background investigations rating Ford’s story. on Supreme Court nominees. However they have done prior In Kavanaugh’s defense a letter background checks on Judge has circulated signed by 65 Kavanaugh with no mention of women who actually knew him in this incident involving Mrs. Ford high school . The letter says in ever coming to light. As a former part, “For the entire time we have police Detective I do not envy known Brett Kavanaugh, he has any investigator trying to delve behaved honorably and treated into a 36 year old case. women with respect.” some of the signers were Democrats so Some other problems with the it’s not just women on the conallegations are that three wit- servative side who supported nesses named by Ford do not Kavanaugh in this letter. support her allegation. One “witness” named by Ford, Mark Judge, A letter backing Ford soon advises he does not recall any appeared signed by hundreds of such party. ‘supporters” of Ford. However, it is signed by a mix of peers and Another denies attending any students from before or after her such party while a Leland Keyser, time at her school. So many of a longtime friend of Ford’s, states these people did not even know she does not recall the party. If a Ford. longtime friend does not support your story I think it makes it hard One of the Ford support letterto believe its credibility. We signers tweeted the alleged report you decide. attack “was spoken about for days afterward in school” . The Another problem with Ford’s alle- supporter, Cristina King Miranda, gation is that she did not report it later said on Facebook that she for all these years. When she had no firsthand knowledge of finally mentioned it in a therapy the matter and wouldn’t comsession in 2012 she did not name ment further. Kavanaugh. Only this year after Kavanaugh was named as a nom- So there is an accusation against inee and just prior to a Senate a family man who was about to Judiciary committee vote did this be appointed to the highest court accusation leak out. We used to in the land (United States}. His have a saying in the Chattanooga accuser cannot remember when, Police Department where or certain other details of Burglary/Robbery Division that the alleged attack. Most of the there is no coincidence in crime. people Ford places at the inciMaybe that should be applied to dent state they don’t recall it. ENIGMA
Some pundits are saying it’s simply “he said, she said”. However, this allegation has besmirched Judge Kavanaugh forever. The timing of this all seems very suspicious. If Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination is defeated or withdrawn it would make it unlikely that a new nominee could be confirmed prior to the November elections.
matic that one party will achieve their objective “by any means necessary”? Will any nominee become viable if all it takes to stop their nomination is an allegation supported by vague details and few or no witnesses? Perhaps this forebodes divisive political upheaval the likes of which have never been seen here in America. Only time will tell.
Only time will tell what will happen to Judge Kavanaugh and this appointment. It appears to me that the accusations by Mrs. Ford will be impossible to substantiate. Will the sheer weight of such an accusation cause Judge Kavanaugh to lose the nomination? Is this just a political move to delay a conservative appointment to the Supreme Court while ignoring the Constitutional right to be considered innocent until proven guilty and besmirching a thus far unblemished reputation? Has our society become so schis-
Recently there were numerous memorial services conducted on September 11th to remember that
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horrific day and honor the victims. As I watched them I saw old news footage of how we Americans pulled together united to confront the tragedy. I wondered what happened to that spirit of unity. Sadly I fear to quote the band Seals & Crofts “we may never pass this way again”.
- Mark Haskins
McDonald’s paid $25,000 to two Texas college students who hung a fake poster of themselves in the eatery for months. Jevh Maravilla and Christian Toledo appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where DeGeneres informed them McDonald’s had offered to pay them each $25,000 and feature them in an ad campaign. The prank went viral after Maravilla shared a photo of the poster, saying he wanted to boost Asian representation in the advertisement posters by placing the fake ad on a blank
wall in the restaurant. The two friends went to their neighborhood event center to take photos of themselves holding McDonald’s menu items and then printed them onto a large poster. Maravilla then purchased a McDonald’s uniform from a local Goodwill store and printed a fake badge to pose as a “Regional Interior Coordinator,” before returning to the restaurant to hang the poster on the blank wall. Maravilla said a representative from McDonald’s corporate contacted him after the prank went viral and invited the friends to an event after the store after informing them they weren’t in trouble.
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It can be hard disciplining teens. One Michigan mother thought she had a great solution when she confiscated her daughter’s cell phone after she got in trouble at school. But Jodie May’s ex-husband, who had given the phone to the girl, didn’t think much of the plan and reported it to the police as a theft. May was nursing her 4-week-old baby when a deputy knocked on her door, telling her she’d be arrested on a misdemeanor theft charge. “He had told me that he was going to arrest me, and I asked him if I could turn myself in on that Monday by myself, that I had a new baby. She wasn’t taking the bottle
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yet,” she said. Her proposals weren’t accepted. She was arrested and taken to a holding cell. That’s good police work, right there. Just a few short minutes into the trial, the assistant prosecutor announced it was not theft, so the case was dismissed and May left the courthouse with a clean record. Porn is a tough business. Once you’ve seen the same thing a few thousand times you have to come up with something new and exciting. And Bryan Deneumostier of
South Florida thought he had a great idea. He would trick straight men into thinking he was a woman and record their sex sessions. He was surprisingly successful. 33year-old Deneumostier would cross-dressed as a woman and taped himself having sex with at least 80 unsuspecting straight men to produce internet porn videos. He was arrested on charges of making unlawful recordings of commercial sex acts for an adult website. An indictment lists three victims related to his operation of “StraightBoyz.” The site promised gay men videos of real straight men being conned into accepting sex acts. “The site offered for streaming approximately 619 ‘hook up’ videos that depicted sexual activity between Deneumostier and other men,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “The defendant had surreptitiously made audio and video recordings of the sexual encounters, without the victims’ knowledge or consent.” Agents with Homeland Security Investigations believe Deneumostier posed as a “real,
heterosexual female” and posted ads on Craigslist seeking flings at her house. Agents found that at least 80 of the men depicted on the site were victims, never knowing their sexual encounters were being recorded and uploaded to the web. Deneumostier pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal interception of oral communications and faces up to 10 years in prison. Police in Washington state shared three photos of creative carpool lane cheats — including one who used a Halloween skeleton as a passenger. The Washington State Patrol shared three photos this week showing the faux-passengers that high-occupancy vehicle lane users used in unsuccessful attempts to ward off scrutiny from police. One of the photos featured a Halloween skeleton dressed in a jacket and a baseball cap. Another example shows a pillow dressed in a hoodie and holding a cup of coffee and a tablet. HOV lane violations are punished by a $136 fine in Washington state.
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There is the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. For example; the ‘spirit’ of bestiality laws is that you shouldn’t sexually molest animals. It’s just gross and it’s not fair to the animals. But the letter of the law can be iffy, as one man in Florida discovered to his advantage. Florida authorities are powerless to prosecute a former animal shelter worker accused of performing sex acts on a dog because while the current law prohibits bestiality, it doesn’t explicitly forbid oral sex with animals. Now, animal advocacy groups are calling for an amendment to the law after the state attorney’s office reportedly declined to charge suspect Eric Antunes with animal cruelty for allegedly engaging in oral sex with his girlfriend’s three-legged pit-bull mix. Antunes, however, does face child pornography-related charges after police said he allegedly admitted to downloading and viewing kiddie porn on his computer, according to reports.
Gandhi International airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle a kilogram of gold by hiding it in his rectum, an official statement said. The 24-year-old passenger was intercepted upon his arrival from Dubai. Upon a detailed examination of his baggage and a personal search, it was discovered that the accused had hidden nine gold bars, weighing 1.04 kg, inside his rectum, the statement said. What kind of baggage searches are they conducting in Delhi if they found the gold up his butt? The gold bars were seized and the passenger was arrested. In another case, a French national and an Indian were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle gold into the country. One of them had come from Chennai, and the other, who holds a French passport, arrived here from Singapore. “A detailed baggage and personal search of the passengers resulted in the recovery of one gold bar and five gold biscuits weighing 1.5 kgs,” the customs department said, adding that the A man has been arrested by the duo were arrested and the gold Customs department at the Indira was seized.
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CONCERT CALENDAR “Go See Live Music”
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MO M ON ND DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 11 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Operation Song ft. Cody McCarver, Smith and Wesley, & Billy Crain EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Liz Phair CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Terri Clark D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) The Milk Carton Kids CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) The English Beat CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Troye Sivan
TTU U EESSD DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 22 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Joe Derosa SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Operation Song ft. Don Goodman, Steve Dean, Bobby Tomberlin & More BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Florence + the Machine, Billie Eilish RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Here Come the Mummies TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Nothing But Thieves EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Chris August PPU URRG GA ATT O O RRYY A ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Miniature Tigers AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Froggy Fresh, Nelward A
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 33 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Cody Canada & The Departed JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) John Prine 3377 M MA AIIN N (Buford, GA) BulletBoys, Enuff Z’Nuff CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Lera Lynn BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Nothing But Thieves IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Father John Misty, King Tuff CCO ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALLLL A ATT BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) David
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Byrne, Tune-Yards RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Shakey Graves, The Wild Reeds WAARR M W MEE M MO ORRIIAA LL AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Café Tacvba, Ruen Brothers EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Moon Hooch TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEEN N TT (Nashville) Delta Rae
TTH HU URRSSD DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 44 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Chris Knight SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) The Fritz JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Royal Thunder, Preymantha TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Blayr Nias & Ryan Van Genderen LLEEG GAA CCYY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Needtobreathe, The Rocketboys, Johnnyswim ZZYYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) The Grass Is Dead TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Shakey Graves, The Wild Reeds CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Edwin McCain PPII LLO OTT LLIIG GH HTT (Knoxville) Captured By Robots KN K NO O XXVVIILL LLEE CC O OLL IISSEEIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Dominion, High Valley, Michael Ray CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Frank Turner TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) John Stone MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) The Early November, Jetty Bones, Save Face, The Dangerous Summer
FFRRIID DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 55 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) *Repeat Repeat SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Sail On: The Beach Boys Tribute JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Turquoise Jeep HII--FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Displace TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Blayr Nias & Ryan Van Genderen TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) Needtobreathe, The Rocketboys, Johnnyswim CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Danny Gokey, Riley Clemmons, Tauren Wells TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Kali Uchis EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Elizabeth Cook VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Dumpstaphunk TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Big Bad Voodoo
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Daddy TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) GrantLee Phillips TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Manic Focus, Esseks RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Prine, Hiss Golden Messenger
SSA ATT U URRD DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 66 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Blayr Nias & Ryan Van Genderen SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Truett WAALLK W K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Lee Ann Womack YY A ATT EESS FF AARRM M (Ringgold, GA) Luke Bryan BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Kevin Hart RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Prine, Shovels & Ropes N IISSSSAAN N N SSTT AAD DIIU UM M (Nashville) Ed Sheeran, Snow Patrol EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Local H CC EELLLL A AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE A ATT LLA AK KEE W WO OO OD D (Atlanta) BeBe Winans, Koryn, Hawthorne, Anthony Brown RREE D D LLIIG GH HTT CC AAFFÉÉ (Atlanta) Maria Muldaur 552299 (Atlanta) Jeff the Brotherhood BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Edwin McCain TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Zach Williams, Joshua Micah, Aaron Cole, Branan Murphy, We Are Messengers
SSU UN ND DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 77 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Blayr Nias & Ryan Van Genderen SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Future Thieves, Joel Crouse BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Bruno Mars RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Goo Goo Dolls D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Leftover Salmon TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Milo Greene D RRU D UIID D CCIITT YY M MU U SSIICC H HAALLLL (Tuscaloosa, AL) Anderson East H EELLLL AATT TTH H H EE M M AASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Local H
UPPCC O U OM M IIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Simple Minds October 8 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Chvrches October 8 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart October 8 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Blitzen Trappen October 8 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Goo Goo Dolls October 9 TT H HEE M MII LLLL && M MII N NEE (Knoxville) Father John Misty October 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Simple Minds October 9 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Minus the Bear,
Caspian October 9 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) Jeff the Brotherhood October 9 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Eric Johnson October 9 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) John Mark McMillan October 10 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Alice Cooper October 10 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Chvches October 10 TT H HEE CCO ON NCC O OU URRSSEE (Nashville) The Convalescence, Absent From the Body, Belfast 6 Pack, My Own Will October 10 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Turkuaz, Butcher Brown October 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) No Pressure, Parker Gispert October 11 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) “Lookout Comedy Festival”, Janet Williams October 11 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Eric Johnson October 11 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) The Devil Wears Prada. ’68, Fit For A King October 11 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Manic Focus, Esseks October 12 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Williams October 12 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Alice Cooper October 12 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) C2 and the Brothers Reed October 12 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Childish Gambino, Vince Staples October 12 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jim Gaffigan October 12 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Sebastian Bach, One Bad Son October 12 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Andy Wood October 12 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Maxwell October 12 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Kathy Mattea October 12 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) 10,000 D?YS: A Tool Tribute with Evil Empire October 13 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) EG Kight Trio October 13 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Williams October 13 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Comedy Fest October 13 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ron White October 13 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Roshambeaux October 13 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) White Animals October 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jim Gaffigan October 13 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Steep Canyon Rangers October 13 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson October 14 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Williams October 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Comedy Fest, Adventure Fight! October 14 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Alice Merton October 14 CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Brockhampton October 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Melodime October 15
RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Chvrches October 15 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) The Wombats October 15 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen October 15 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Particle October 16 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) The Wombats October 16 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) SeepeopleS October 16 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Twenty One Pilots October 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ween October 16 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Will C, Brad Ellis, Dakoda Potter, Reno Collier October 17 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Gaelic Storm October 17 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ween October 17 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) The Dead South October 17 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Stanley Clarke October 17 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Stanley Clarke Band October 18 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Whitey Morgan ft. Alex Williams October 18 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Chris Robinson Brotherhood October 18 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Josh Groban, Idina Menzel October 18 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Lilly Allen October 18 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Natalie Prass, Stella Donnelly October 18 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb October 18 KN K NO O XXVVIILLLLEE CC O O LLIISSEEU UM M (Knoxville) Kevin Gates October 18 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) L.A. Guns October 18 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Tinsley Ellis October 19 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) We Were Promised Jetpacks October 19 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor October 19 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Voodoo Fix October 19 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Bret Cobb October 19 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Death Cab For Cutie October 19 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Ween October 19 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Josh Groban, Idina Menzel October 19 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Stephen Stills October 19 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Sean Tyas October 19 CCO OU UN N TTRRYY TT O ON N IITT EE TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Shenandoah, Restless Heart October 19 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) CBDB October 20 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) JJ’s 12th Anniversary Party October 20 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Kip Moore October 20
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TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor October 20 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT LLAAK K EEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb October 20 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) SuicideGirls October 20 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Incognito, Mayasa October 20 IIN NN NO O VVAATTII O ON N AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Here Come the Mummies October 20 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) BoDeans October 20 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) We Were Promised Jetpacks October 20 SSM MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Albert Cummings October 20 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Valentine Saloon October 20 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor October 21 HII--FF II-- CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Lennox Hills October 21 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Streetlight Manifesto October 21 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Jermaine Dupri, Xscape, Bow Wow, Youngbloodz, Da Brat, J-Kwon, Dem Franchize Boyz, Jagged Edge, Bone Crusher October 21 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Hanson October 21 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Social Distortion October 21 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Cursive, Meat Wave October 21 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Blues Traveler October 21 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Samantha Crain October 21 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Marilyn Manson October 22 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Jeremy Zucker October 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATT LLAAN NTT AA (Atlanta) John Hiatt October 22 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “A Benefit for Jerry Harvey October 23 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Brandie Posey October 23 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Phish October 23 KN K NO O XXVVIILL EE CC IIVVIICC AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Knoxville) Marilyn Manson October 23 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) Jeremy Zucker, Carlie Hanson October 23 TTH H EE LLYY RRIICC TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Gov’t Mule October 23 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Elton John October 24 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Phish October 24 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Monster Magnet October 24 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEEN N TT (Nashville) Monster Magnet, Dark Sky Choir, Electric Citizen October 24 CCO ON NCC EERRTT H HAA LLLL AATT BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Alice In Chains October 24 TTH H EE LLYY RRIICC TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Gov’t Mule October 24 FFRREED D RRIICCK K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTEE RR (Peachtree City, GA) Lindsey Buckingham October 24 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Richard Marx October 24 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Chris Franjola October 25
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SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Cadillac Three, Bones Owens October 25 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Gov’t Mule October 25 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Escape-ism October 25 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Nicki Minaj, Future October 25 CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Rufus Du Sol October 25 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Blues Traveler October 25 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Jennifer Daniels October 26 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Drivin’ N Cryin’ October 26 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Chris Franjola October 26 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Silo Road October 26 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Collective Soul October 26 TT H HO OM MPPSSO ON N--BBO O LLIIN NG G AARREEN N AA (Knoxville) Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb October 26 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Ben Rector October 26 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) J Balvin October 26 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Neal Brennan October 26 HEE LLLL AATT TT H H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Ted Leo October 26 ALLYY SS SSTT EEPPH A H EEN N SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Birmingham) Brian McKnight October 26 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Amy Ray October 26 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) RHPS October 27 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Chris Franjola October 27 SSO ON NG G BBRRIID D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Communicators Present: Nightmare On Station Street October 27 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Airshow October 27 HAA RRRRAAH H H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) 3 Doors Down, Collective Soul October 27 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Amy Ray October 27 CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Young the Giant October 27 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS (Alpharetta, GA) Jake Owen, Chris Janson, David Lee Murphy, Morgan Wallen October 27 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Daikaiju October 28 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) James McMurtry October 28 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Chris Franjola October 28 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Bob Dylan October 28 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Marilyn Manson October 28 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Yelawolf October 28 TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Big Data, Fitness, Castlecomer October 28 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Open Nerd October 29 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) A Perfect Circle October 29 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Boz Scaggs October 29
WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen October 30 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Young the Giant October 30 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Rubblebucket October 30 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Humble Pie October 31 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Genki Genki Panic October 31 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Ashley & the X’s October 31 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Rubblebucket October 31 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) AJR, Robert DeLong October 31 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Bob Dylan October 31 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Magic City Hippies, Bay Ledges October 31 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live Tour” October 31 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Ballroom Thieves November 1 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) El Bandito, Edward and Jane, The Collection November 1 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto November 1 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Lake Street Dive November 1 DRRU D UII D D CC IITT YY M MU USSIICC H HA ALLLL (Tuscaloosa, AL) Cookie Monsta, Snails November 1 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Magic City Hippies, Bay Ledges November 1 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Salsa on the Southside November 2 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Junior Brown November 2 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Futurebirds, Neighbor Lady November 2 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto November 2 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Gary Clark Jr. November 2 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Lewis Black November 2 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots November 2 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) A Perfect Circle November 2 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Underoath November 2 TTH H EE RRO OW W (Nashville) Jonathan Davis November 2 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Richard Lloyd November 2 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Dermot Kennedy November 2 HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) The Ballroom Thieves November 2 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Three Star Revival November 3 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jupiter Coyote November 3 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto November 3 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Sullivan Band November 3 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) David Cross November 3 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Ben Rector November 3 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Jerry Joseph & the
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SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Nirvanna: A Tribute To Nirvana November 10 WAALLK W K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Allen Stone November 10 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Bitterroots November 10 M EERRCC EED M DEE SS BBEEN N ZZ SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Atlanta) Ed Sheeran November 10 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Michael Tolcher November 10 CC IITT YY W WIIEEN N RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Craig Morgan November 10 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY BBAARR (Birmingham) Bruno Mars November 10 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Drive By Truckers, T. Hardy Morris November 10 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) The Mavericks November 10 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Atlanta) Dawes November 11 FF O OXX TT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Christina Aguilera, Big Boi November 11 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Kiiara November 12 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Shemekia Copeland November 12 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Lindsey Buckingham November 12 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jackopierce November 13 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Amanda Shires November 13 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Loosen the Belt Bible Tour November 13 WAALLK W K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Lindsey Buckingham November 13 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore November 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys November 14 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Lindsey Buckingham November 14 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Levar Burton November 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys November 15 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Eve To Adam, Lydia Can’t Breathe November 15 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) Lissie November 15 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Of Montreal, The Repaliens November 16 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) MRP2 November 16 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) The Beach Boys November 16 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Drake, Migos November 16 AIISSLL EE 55 (Atlanta) Tennis November 16 A SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Drivin’ N Cryin’November 16 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Valentine Saloon, Movement November 16 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Muscadine Bloodline, Koe Wetzel November 17 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Lee Bains III and the Gloryfires November 17 WAALLK W K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Matt DeMarco November 17 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Wanyama November 17 SSTT A ATT EE FF AARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Drake, Migos November 17 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Of Montreal November 17
Words of Wisdom From A Man Who Learned the Hard Way 1. If you never trust anyone, how can believe yourself? 2. If your body is the temple of your soul, why won’t they let you worship the way you want? 3. You are the only person you have to live with the rest of your life. 4. If you don’t like yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?
5. Sometimes you can be so right you are wrong. 6. No child left behind means a lot of children are slowed down waiting for others to catch up. 7. Even ugly people can be beautiful. 8. A flower bloomed for you today, did you stop and smell it? 9. Try love, it’s better than peanut butter. 10. When you color your life, be sure to dip your brush in happiness. 11. Opportunity is more exciting than security. 12. You can depend on some people to be undependable. 13. The best things in life are free, it’s the necessary things that cost money. 14. If you can forgive then love can live. 15. Technique is sometimes better than talent. ENIGMA
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Does The Establishment Want To Destroy The Western World? For at least a number of decades, people in the west have been told that they need to stop having as many children due to ‘overpopulation’. This is a message that has been expressed directly and indirectly.
The people who are coming in from others countries are then making up the numbers, so to speak. It then doesn’t matter where these people are from or what their values are, for instance, as they are seen as people who are just going to assimiOver the years, there have been late and allow western civilisaplenty of people in the west that tion to carry on as normal. have heeded this advice. This has meant that some people have While all those men, women and only had one child, while others children (mainly men according haven’t had any children. to reports) have been coming into western countries, the peoWhat has also played a part, of ple in power have been telling course, is that so many women the populace that this needs to have put their career first; wait- happen. And that if this doesn’t ing until the latter part of their take place, western civilisation life to have children. And, natu- won’t survive for much longer. rally, the longer a woman waits to have children, the fewer chil- What’s strange about all this is dren she is likely to be able to that the people at the top have have. been telling people in the west not to have as many children due So, while some people have put to overpopulation, and now the their own needs to one side due people in power are saying that to belief that having children will the west needs to accept millions do more harm than good, there of migrants to stop their civilisaare others that have just been tion from disappearing. Of too busy with others areas of course, it not about making it their life to have them. This is easier for these people to have not to say that the people who children of their own; no, it’s belong in the second group were about bringing in people from not influenced by the message radically different cultures. above, though. One way of looking at this would The outcome of all this is that be to say that the people at the the people in the west are not top didn’t think about the longhaving enough children and, if term effects and this why they this continues, it won’t be long were unable to realise what until western civilization comes would happen. But, as things to an end. But, while this has gradually got worse they were been going on, the western able to see what was taking world has taken in millions of place, which is why they are trymigrants. ing to bring in so many migrants. ENIGMA
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These people are only human after all, so this is surely a mistake that just about anyone could make. However, what if these people were only too aware of what would happen and that the plan has been to destroy western civilisation right from the start?
where to live, they are unlikely to think about the long-term effects of mass migration. Through being caught up in their own empathy and compassion, their ability to think critically can be offline.
someone from questioning what is going on is that they can fear being called a ‘racist’ or seen to suffer from ‘xenophobia’ if they are seen as someone who is not fully on board with uncontrolled immigration and wants to protect
different abilities, they also have different values and ways of seeing the world. So, just because someone moves from one country to another, it doesn’t mean that they will instantly take on the values of the country they are in. If they wanted to do this it could take decades, and that’s as big if, as they might not even won’t to adapt to the country they are in. They might prefer to stay as they are and to surround themselves with people who are very similar.
This is not to say that this plan has only been in place since they started to tell people about the world becoming overpopulated. There is the chance that this plan has been in place for a very, very long time. What is clear is that there are a number to ways to destroy a civilisation, and using guns and bombs is just one of the ways this can be done. Another way - a way that is far more subtle and grad- Yet, if they were able to take step ual - is to destroy it from the back from how they feel and to look at what is taking place, it inside. would give them the opportunity If someone focuses purely on the to think about the effect that this people who are coming over and will have on the western world. the fact that they need some- One of the things that can stop
When this happens, they can end up doing everything they can to turn where they live into another version of where they came from. There is then going to be no assimilation; the only thing that their borders. will happen is that they will use And, if the people at the top do the resources that are given to want to destroy western civilisa- them to create their own country tion, the last thing they will want within a country. is for the citizenry to scrutinize what is taking place. If they were The belief about the western to do this, they would get in the civilisation won’t survive without mass migration is an example of way of their grand plan. what is often seen as ‘double Thus, the fear of being called a speak’. If there are not enough racist or labelled as xenophobic, people it the west, bringing in or any of the other made up more people can sound like a words, will keep a lot of people great idea, but if the people who quiet. Guns won’t be needed, as are coming in are generally difpeople will silence themselves ferent in so many ways, this due to the fear of being slan- won’t approach won’t save westdered or ostracised - or put into ern civilisation. prison. When people live in a civilisation To say that people in the western that is generally peaceful and can seamlessly be replaced by allows them to get most of their people from the Middle East and needs met, it can make them soft Africa, for instance, is tanta- and naive, and it can set them up mount to saying that players from to be out of touch with their a Sunday league football team instincts. What this then does is can seamlessly fit into a top level make these people easy targets to football team and just embrace a the people who live on the outnew culture. It is based on the side - those who are not as ideology that everyone on the ‘civilised’ and are in touch with planet is the same and that one their instincts. person - no matter what they are like - can simply be replaced by - Oliver JR Cooper the next person. Not only do human beings have
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Why Can’t Elected Officials Earn Our Faith? In a so - called, democratic republic, our expectations should be, those we elect to serve and represent us, do so, with the utmost degree of genuine empathy, in an ethical way, maintaining absolute integrity, and putting the common good, ahead of any personal/ political agenda, and/ or, self interest! Unfortunately, far too often, these elected officials, fail to proceed, in such a way, and, thus, do not deserve, nor earn our FAITH. It often appears, the more we need these people, to do their jobs, for the common good, in a relevant, sustainable manner, the more we are disappointed. With
that in mind, this article will 1. Faithful; future; factors; fruition: rather than merely his core supattempt to briefly, review, consid- A faithful leader avoids the temp- porters!
er, examine, and discuss, using the mnemonic approach, some of what this means and represents, and why it matters.
tations to seek a quick - fix, when a relevant, sustainable one, is needed and necessary! They consider a wide range of factors and variables, and examine, how their actions might affect the future, of those they serve. Most importantly, they avoid making empty promises, and using rhetoric and vitriol, but, rather, focus on ways, to bring their concepts and ideas, to a quality, desirable fruition. 2. Attitude; aptitude; attention; articulate; aspirations: Examine what any official seems to aspire to/ for, and whether he maintains a true, can - do, positive attitude. When this is the process, and mind - set, and one maintains keen attention, based on a well - developed, relevant, skill - set, and aptitude, he becomes capable of proceeding with experience, expertise, judgment, and, hopefully, wisdom. How he articulates his message, and whether it motivates and inspires, in a positive, productive way, differentiates desirable and undesirable leaders! Many are concerned with the direction, the United States, appears to be currently going, where President Trump, appears, to lack the positive attitude, well - honed aptitude, common good - based aspirations, and an ability to articulate a message, which benefits most,
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3. Integrity; ideas; ideology; imagination: Why is it so rare, we observe elected officials, who exhibit the degree of genuine integrity, we need and deserve? We need ideas, which align with the ideology, our nation is based on. Instead of using slogans, such as, Make America Great Again, we would be far better served, if our leaders maintained a relevant imagination, to see things as they ought to be, rather than merely, seeking, the same - old, same old! 4. Trends; thoughts; timely: Instead of empty rhetoric, or seeking the worst instincts of others, we need officials, who understand and take advantage of trends, and proceed in a thoughtful, timely manner! 5. Healing; head/ heart: Those seeking helping the common good, focus on healing and unifying, rather than adversarial behavior, and polarizing! In order to achieve this objective, it’s imperative to proceed, with a combination of common sense, and a willingness to use both one’s logical and emotional components, in a head/ heart balance. Wouldn’t we be better served, if our elected officials, earned our FAITH, not by their empty rhetoric and promises, but rather, their actions and intentions? When the American electorate proceeds forward, in a more engaged manner, and demands more, the probability of being served, better, is greater!
- Richard Brody
Sitcom Characters Who Annoy Friends with Their Musical Instruments Folks have been sharing their memories of a national toy company that is going out of business, so I tried to recollect one of the few times I ever shopped there. Since my kids are both now in college, it has obviously been quite a while that I set foot in a toy store. One Christmas my daughter topped her list for Santa with a drum set, which she of course received. The worker at the toy store had sworn that the set would be easy to assemble, but he was obviously unaware of my mechanical shortcomings. Several hours before the kids awoke to check under the tree, I had managed to complete the three pieces of percussion. After all that work, my daughter probably played the drums not more than a dozen times, and boy am I glad of it. Had she seriously undertaken the task of becoming a female Ringo (Ringa?) Starr, I most likely would have lost a lot of sleep. Nothing can
be so annoying as sharing a living space with someone trying to master the drums, or any other instrument for that matter.
Bass is the instrument through which the patriarch deals with yet another midlife crisis, which soon leads to other dads in Springfield forming a band.
That annoying situation has led to some humorous plots on a variety Alice Cooper on Mayberry RFD of classic TV shows, and here are Years before that name was immorten of them. talized by Vincent Furnier and his Charles Emerson Winchester on fellow rockers, that name belonged to the housekeeper of Mayberry MASH. Administrator Sam Jones. In one Hawkeye and BJ both find their fel- episode she becomes fascinated low surgeon even more annoying with an antique harp, but she lacks than usual, after Charles (played by the talent to master it. David Ogden Stiers) starts playing Joey on Friends his French Horn.
Ross on Friends As if Joey learning the guitar were not bad enough, his pal decides to take up the bagpipes. Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show An annoying ensemble already, the Mayberry band got even worse when the deputy purchased a pair of cymbals. Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy
When Ricky’s saxophone player departs, Lucy is determined to replace that horn blower in her husPhoebe tries to teach Joey the gui- band’s band. Bobby Brady on The Brady Bunch tar in a segment called “The One Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory Even though the youngest Brady son with All the Resolutions. “ gets banished to the garage to pracNeighbors and roommates alike tice his drumming, his parents and Larue on Gidget regret when, during a hippie phase, five siblings still cannot endure his When her best friend becomes Sheldon begins pounding on bongos constant racket. enchanted with the guitar, Gidget in “The Werewolf Transformation.” (played by Sally Field) finds herself Homer Simpson on The Simpsons involved with a rock and roll band. - Doug Poe
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Chris Knight Chris Knight doesn’t like to say much. Won’t chat about his worldview or engage in conversations on his creative approach. For 20 years, several acclaimed albums and a hard-nosed career that’s been hailed as “where Cormac McCarthy meets Copperhead Road”, Knight has always let his music do most of the talking. And on record – as well everywhere across America, from roadhouse taverns to major-
city concert halls – his songs have had plenty to say.
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now, which was ’91, ’92 – if I don’t do it now, I’m never going to do it. In ’92 I already made some good contacts in Nashville so the next morning I called Frank
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Liddell and said, “Hey, I got some new songs.” I hadn’t been to Nashville in eight months at that point. I went down there and played some songs and it worked
out. A year and a half later I had soundtrack album to “Your a writing deal, I quit my job and Cheatin’ Heart: the Hank Williams Story”. I learned to sing a bunch been doing it ever since – ’94. of those songs when I was seven AA lloott ooff ppeeooppll ee aarr ee ssoo yyoouunngg w w hheenn or eight years old. I played basetthheeyy ggee tt ssttaarr tteedd ii nn tthhee bbuussii nnee ssss.. ball, hunted and fished and DDoo yy oouu ffee eell yy oouu hhaavv ee aa ddiiffff eerr eenntt played sports. My brother was ppeerr ssppeeccttii vvee oorr m moorree aapppprr eecc iiaa ttiioonn older and worked in the ffoorr w w hhaatt yyoouu ddoo bbee ccaa uussee yy oouu coalmines and traded something w aaii tteedd ll aattee rr ii nn llii ffee?? w for an old beat up guitar. I was 15, came home and found it on the I never did work jobs were I was couch and started to learn the discontented. I worked all chords. I stayed up probably all through my 20s, and have a col- night – on a school night. Got up lege education. I was a strip mine the next morning and went to inspector for five years. Before school. That’s when it started. that I worked for a mining conHoow w ddiidd yy oouu ggee tt ss ttaarr tteedd w w rrii ttiinn gg?? sultant. But yeah, I do appreciate H it. I’ve been able to do it pretty much on my own terms. I work I wrote songs, but they weren’t with good people, have a really any good. They weren’t things I great manager and have figured would play for anybody. And out how to make it work on our right at the time I was 26 I wrote terms. I like that part of it. I was- a song I played for people. They n’t ready to do it when I was 20 seemed to like it. I went out to years old. I was playing guitar open mic things. They only had and I sing, but I didn’t have any one around here in Owensboro songs. I had to get a job and an [Kentucky]. Goldie’s Opryhouse, education and make some money. they still have an open mic night. The idea of me going off with a We had a few songs and we’d go six-string guitar on my back and over there and play. I went over living in my truck didn’t really there several months playing. I appeal to me. But I wonder some- had a repertoire built up of cover times if I had been able to write songs. I would go out there and some songs back then what would play live. As far as songs I kept have happened. But I didn’t write writing. I wrote some fairly good a song I’d play to anybody until I songs, but they weren’t really was 26 years old. It took six years keepers – not really good enough after that to get anyone’s atten- for me to play I front of people at tion. Six years of writing 70 or 80 the time. I was 26 years old in songs a year. It took a couple of 1986 and I kept writing. I hadn’t years before I wrote with a guitar. had a guitar for a few years; I sold I’m just glad to be able to do it my old one. IU was walking now – and still doing it. through the mall and bought this guitar, I still have – an old YYoouu’’vvee oobbvvii oouussll yy hhaa dd aa lloovv ee ooff Alvarez. It sounds great and I’ve muuss iicc ffoorr aa lloonngg ttii m m mee .. W Whhee rr ee ddiidd written most of my songs on it. I tthhaatt ii nnii ttiiaa llll yy ccoom mee ffrroom m?? kept writing songs until it got better. I’ve got a large extended I don’t know. I listened to music family with an apparent history in when I was a kid all my life. We this area – a lot of stories. I grew weren’t a musical family. I think up between two smaller towns. my dad played a little harmonica. Basically every song I write has a But I was always fascinated by bit of fact-based material with it. guitars when I was a little kid. I I always like to write – I did. I remember seeing Johnny Cash on always did well in English in high TV and my aunt had a record col- school and college, so I started to lection I listened to. She had a put my stories to music. ENIGMA
AAss aa w wrr iittee rr ddoo yy oouu w wrr iittee ffrroom m aa ffiirr sstt ppee rrssoonn ppeerr ssppee ccttii vvee –– m moorree ppee rr ssoonnaa ll oorr ffrr oom m aa tthhiirr dd ppee rrssoonn whhee rr ee yy oouu ttee ll ll iinn gg// nnaa rrrr aa ttii nngg aa w ssttoorr yy?? It depends. Most times I’m writing from a first person perspective. I’ll write a character and try to become that character so I can write that song. It’s worked in other ways – whatever worked. I don’t like telling stories about somebody else unless I’m involved in the song.
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ttaa cctteedd bbyy aann aa rrttii sstt ttoo w wrr iittee aa ssoonn gg ssppeecc iiffii ccaall llyy ffoorr tthhee m m?? The way it works with me and I think with most people – I don’t know how it works down in Nashville as far as publishing. I was a staff writer for Bluewater Music in ’94 and I had to write so many songs a year. You might write 33 songs you’d get placed. They pay you a salary to write 2025 songs a year. They paid me a salary and I took a $10,000 cut in pay when I became a songwriter. You take your own catalog in there and show them what you can do and they get a percentage of those songs, pay for a demo on them and pitch them. They’re
song pluggers and they take them hears a song off of it and want to out to the record companies and record it. meet with an A/R person for a Whheenn yyoouu w w rrii ttee aa ssoonngg iitt’’ss kkii nndd ooff certain artist. The first cut I ever W
got was on Ty Herndon’s first album. He had a huge hit and I think they were thinking about releasing the song I had co-written but that didn’t work out. Any way, that’s how it works - you write for a publisher and they take your songs and meet with an artist representative and play them the song. And what that means is nobody else can record that song until they decide whether or not they want to record it. That’s the way most of my songs have been recorded. I’ve also had people hear songs off my record and decide they want to record them. A lot of people have that where they record an album and somebody
llii kkee ggii vvii nngg bbiirr tthh ttoo aa bbaabbyy … … (laughs) No, it’s nothing like that… (laughs)
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Writing has gotten a little harder because I’m not the same guy I was five years ago, let alone 15-20 years ago. Attitudes changed – not as pissed off as I used to be. So it gets hard to find material that you want to write about to keep from yourself from repeating over and over. I’ve been writing songs about a guy and a girl but that don’t interest me as far as writing. It’s got to be something that gets me pissed off or make me happy or sad. I’ve got to have a good feeling down my spine before I even want to fool with it. Some songs you’re working on for two years before you finish them. Sometimes you forget how to dive deep and get down there what you need. It used to be easier than that. Even on movies I used to love I can’t stand to watch any more. Watching a movie you love you don’t look at it the same way you did ten years ago. I’m not there any more like somebody else.
I really like “If I Were You”, “Hard Candy”, “Down the River”. “Hard Candy” I don’t hardly play live any more. It’s one of the favorite songs I’ve ever written for myself. I like a lot of them. I don’t know as far as favorite songs. I like playing those on stage – they sound good whether I’m playing solo acoustic, or a band show. Some songs work real well for you. It just varies from time to time. Whhaatt kkee eeppss yy oouu ggrroouunnddee dd w W w iitthh aall ll tthhee ssuuccccee ssss yyoouu’’vv ee hhaa dd w wrr iittii nngg aanndd rree ccoorr ddii nngg aanndd ppee rr ffoorrm mii nngg ssoo maannyy sshhoow m w aa yyee aarr nnoow w??
I do about 85-90 shows the most. I’ve been doing that for a while. I have a whole other life other than music. I’ve got family, a house and land and all that stuff. Me and my manager figured out a way where I work 85 shows a year. It gets the bills paid, kids fed. That’s where I’m at. There might come a time where I’ll do YYoouu’’ vvee w wrr ii tttt eenn aann dd rree cc oorr ddeedd more shows. I enjoy being on the maa nnyy ssoonnggss aa ss w m wee ll ll ooff hhaavv iinngg road more that I ever have. We’ll
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see what happens. You’ve always got to keep good people around you – people you want to be around. Because if I don’t I’ll go by myself. Maannyy ppeeooppll ee ddee ffiinnee ss uuccccee ssss bbyy M hhoow wm muucchh m moonnee yy tthheeyy hhaavvee ,, hhoow w maannyy ff rrii eennddss tthheeyy hhaavvee ,, ss ooccii aall m meeddii aa ffoollll oow m wee rr ss tthheeyy hhaavv ee.. H Hoow w woouulldd yy oouu ddee ffiinnee ss uucc cceess ss ?? w I’ve written only a few songs that squeak by. They stick out like sore thumbs on my records. They’re good songs but they’re not going to be something I’m crazy about and people that come to my shows are going to be crazy about them either. I never recorded very many songs that I didn’t think I don’t give a shit what anybody thinks, I like this song and I’m going to record it and play it at my shows. Nine times out of ten people will decide that’s a pretty good song.
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That’s one way I define success – writing a good song, making a good record. I’ve been in the music business 24 years and I don’t see any reason to stop. It’s not like I’m going to have to stop playing music and get a day job. As far as I’m concerned I’m doing all I can do and doing all I want to do. As far as success, success can be a lot of things. You can be successful and not have any time for yourself or anybody else. That’s what Frank Liddell said, “I want to build you a career.” I knew I wasn’t going to be an overnight sensation or a Top 40 country artist. I just had good people pulling for me.
- Dave Weinthal Chris Knight will be performing Thursday, October 4 at Songbirds Guitar Museum on the North Stage.
I Want My MTV (Again!) It took a while to leave State announced it on stage to even I sat there at the show and in Bank Amphitheatre Sunday as now as I write this, but holy the car I did the math and the packed house emptied. A ©Dave Weinthal stream of women walked past the car talking, He’s 69-yearold! Holy crap!” I softened what they really said in that last line to keep things PG, but every person that streamed by my car as I attempted to pull out was talking about the same thing. Rick Springfield, who headlined this night, celebrated his 69th birthday this night with the crowd. I have to Rick Springfield admit, I was thinking the same thing from the time he crap, is he really that old? As sad, but true, the “Working Class Dog” has been around that long. I’m old.
he was handed a bouquet of flowers and then shreds them on his guitar – it’s almost a gimmick or at least you await it to finally happen – and it did. But this was one powerhouse show. During his set Springfield was all over the stage, putting kids 40 or more years younger to shame. After telling the crowd it was his birthday he took off his sweat soaked shirt to change revealing a physique most 20year-olds would be envious. Not to stop there he literally ventured into the packed crowd (with security escort of course) and walked around the arena, high-fiving fans and going on. It was more than a rock concert, this show was actually fun. Of course all the hits were there, but Springfield played new material off of The Snake King, his
It was the album, his fifth, Working Class Dog that caught my ear and millions more as it and the three albums after all were platinum sellers. Not bad for a ©Dave Weinthal doctor from General Hospital. I always like Springfield’s music and never knew for sure if I should admit it and consider it more of a guilty pleasure. The majority of his material I know is of the power pop and area rock style, which is one of my favorites. But with my leanings towards alt rock I was always afraid I wouldn’t be taken seriously for loving songs like “Jesse’s Girl” and “Human Touch”. I also wasn’t sure what to expect live. I newest effort released in knew he did this thing where January. Yep, Rick Springfield ENIGMA
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is a ‘80s rocker who is still relevant today. You just have to look harder to find the music – or go to his show, which is highly recommended. Prior to Springfield, Loverboy took the stage. I discovered Loverboy the same time I discovered Rick Springfield in the spring of 1981. I remember like it was yesterday. My
best friend graduated high school early and got a job as a draftsman at Ted F. Dugan & Son. He got his first adult apartment and roommate that wasn’t one of his classmates. I would go hang out on the weekends with him and his roommates and friends as we listened to music, talked crap and even talked about going to the Sports Page to hear this badass local band Wizzards
(or something like it). Chuck (my best friend) would come pick me up and we listened to his 8-track of Working Class Dog (yes, it was that long ago) from Lookout Mountain to his new apartment in East Brainerd. While sitting on the couch and chilling he handed me his newest find, Loverboy. He played me the singe, “Turn Me Loose” and I was hooked. The album art was cool and the songs catchy. The self-
outwardly. And thanks to KZ 106, I became totally sick and tired of the song, “Working For the Weekend”. Scott Chase used to wear that song out of Fridays as a precursor for the coming weekend. It got to the point I detested the song. That song along with “Weekends” by Wet Willie, which KZ 106 always played on Fridays as motivation to get through the day for the weekend was upon us.
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Loverboy was your stereotypical glam ‘80s rocker sans eyeliner before the term was in use. The ripped jeans, long hair and strategically worn bandannas not only around the head, but one leg became the staple for many a Halloween costume for wannabe karaoke rockers. I even remembering when I was road tripping with a band titled debut was the first of four consecutive platinum albums. But as the band got more popular their music went more for the mainstream, as I was into new wave, post-punk and eventually what was to become alternative rock. I still liked the band, but not ENIGMA
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PUZZLE ANSWERS
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Mike Reno of Loverboy
that happened to be booked at a neighboring frat house side by side their bitter rival as I watched the two lead singers get into a verbal war. “Yeah, you think your so cool,” the one singer said. “With your fan blown hair and your bandanna tied around your leg like Loverboy.”
There was something I always thought was cool about Kihn. Unlike a lot of rockers he had a sense of humor. His album titles were always variations of his name like RocKihnRoll, Kihntinued and Kihnspiracy for example. Then of course came the “big” hit, “Jeopardy”. Back in the glory days of MTV (that I wax poetically here about all the time) you could not miss this song and it’s great video. It was long after that Weird Al parodied the song and to make it a true pop culture icon of the song even Kihn did a cameo in the Weird Al video at the end.
rockers, he never quit playing and recording new music, last year releasing Rekihndlked last year which some may say is a return to form, but if you listen to his catalog it’s obviously Greg Kihn. He does what he does best – play rock and roll and has fun doing it. Besides playing the “big ones” he threw in “Pink Flamingos from the new album. All well received. Starting the night was the one-hot wonder. And what a hit it was. Tommy Tutone started the night. His name of course is familiar for seven digits – 867-5309 - perhaps the most famous one-hit of
Some of the songs got downright cheesy for me like, “Hot Girls In Love”. But as I age I find myself mellowing and revisiting stuff I’ve either written off or ignored entirely. It’s nice to relive the past; Mike Reno and company did a fine job of recapturing the magic for the baby boomer crowd (majority female) who were in attendance. We went from two multi-platinum artists to two acts that were both one and two-hit wonders to open the show. Prior to Loverboy, Greg Kihn hit the stage. Of course Kihn is the two-hit wonder on the bill. I can still remember riding in my friend Scott’s Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am listening to the “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” on a warm summer afternoon in high school.
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them all. Every ‘80s compilation is not complete without this song. Growing up in an era before you had to key in your area code that number was local as well to where I lived. A bunch of us won-
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dered if “Jenny” would answer or who is now famous for having that number. The actually beauty of the song was that 867 prefix was everywhere across the coun-
much more personal because we thought in our little minds it was “our number” the song was written about.
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What many people don’t real-
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Tommy Tutone
try and while I’m sure a lot of cussing was done about the number being called or pranked it made the song that
rate himself from it. On this particular night he was the only “member” of the band. He had backing players obviously. Hi set was short but sweet and it’s obvious his ize is Tommy Tutone is the wheelhouse is in blues and band that is led by Tommy blues-rock. Heath is a skilled Heath. I think Heath gave up musician and in his brief time on the idea of trying to sepa-
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on stage he showed the full house. The ‘80s were indeed alive and well with four similar, yet diverse artists that made an amphitheatre want to shout, “I want my MTV!”
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 11 99 5566 After test audiences have a negative reaction to Elvis dying at the end of the film Love Me Tender, The King is called back to re-shoot the scene. In the new ending, the hero lives. 1199 5577 As a follow-up to his six million seller, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, “Great Balls of Fire” at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. When released a month later it will sell over a million copies in the first ten days, eventually selling five million more. The record will peak at #2 in January, 1958, being kept out of the top spot by Danny And The Juniors’ “At The Hop”.
the Mexican border into El Paso, Texas after customs officials found hundreds of pills in his guitar case. He would receive a suspended jail sentence and a $1,000 fine. “Yesterday” topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Magazine Best Sellers chart. The song was actually recorded by Paul McCartney alone, who had earlier tried in vain to fit the other Beatles in, but would later admit he just couldn’t make the song work in any other form.
Curtis Mayfield quits The Impressions to launch a solo career and to found his own label, Curtom Records, with manager Eddie Thomas. He would go on to place five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 over the next four years, including “Freddie’s Dead” (#4) and “Superfly”, (#8), both of which sold over a million copies in 1972. 11 99 7722 Smokey Robinson appears in concert for the last time with The Miracles in Washington, DC. After enjoying 27 Billboard Top 40 hits with the group, Robinson would go on to have nine more as a solo artist while The Miracles would have just two without him. 11 9977 44 Olivia Newton-John had her first chart topping album with “If You Love Me, Let Me Know”, which contained her third US number one single, “I Honestly Love You”.
11 99 7755 Harry Chapin’s “Cats in the Cradle” is released. It will enter the Hot 100 With a signing bonus of one dollar, in November and top the chart just Jimi Hendrix inked his first record- before Christmas. ing contract. He agreed on a 1% royalty on all of his recordings. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released as a single. It would stay 1199 6666 on the chart for seventeen weeks, Grace Slick quits the local San nine of them at number one and 11 99 6622 Francisco band The Great Society Brian Epstein signs his manage- to join Jefferson Airplane. She ment contract with The Beatles. replaces Signe Toly Anderson, who John Lennon and Ringo Starr left the band to have a baby. signed for themselves and Harold 11 9966 77 Harrison and James McCartney do so on behalf of their underage The Association’s “Never My Love” sons. The agreement gave Epstein a reached its peak position of num25% cut of the group’s earnings pro- ber 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100. As of vided that they made more than the end of 2001, The Recording $400 each per week. Industry Association of America listed it as the second most played After a five year absence, Little song in the 20th century with over Richard makes his return to Rock 7 million radio plays. “You’ve Lost ‘n’ Roll as he kicks off his first ever That Lovin’ Feeling” by The tour of the UK, sharing the bill with Righteous Brothers was first with Sam Cooke. over 8 million. To see the rest of the list, see our page on Classic Rock’s Most Played Songs. 11 99 6655 Bob Dylan appears at Carnegie Hall 11 9977 00 in New York and introduces his new touring band made up of gui- Jimi Hendrix is buried in The tarist Robbie Robertson, organist Greenwood Cemetery at the Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, Dunlop Baptist Church in his homepianist Richard Manual and drum- town of Seattle, Washington. His mer Levon Helm. They will become tombstone is inscribed: Forever In Our Hearts, James M. ‘Jimi’ Hendrix known simply as The Band. 1942 - 1970. Johnny Cash was arrested crossing ENIGMA
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would eventually go Platinum. The song would be re-released in December, 1991 after being featured in the movie Wayne’s World and became a hit all over again. 1199 7766 David Bowie begins a three year hiatus from music by moving to West Berlin in an attempt to resolve some personal problems. Stevie Wonder’s “Song in the Key of Life” debuts at #1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, becoming only the third album in history to achieve that feat. It’s Wonder’s first release since his $13 million signing with Motown. The three record set would go Platinum, yielding the hits “Sir Duke”, “Isn’t She Lovely” and “I Wish”. The Sex Pistols receive a 40,000 Pound ($68,000) signing bonus after inking a recording deal with EMI Records. 11 9977 77 Not only was Star Wars a hit at the movie box office, “The Star Wars Theme” by Meco was the best selling single in the US. The orchestra was lead by American record producer and musician, Domenico Monardo. Both the single and the album “Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” would be certified
Platinum in the US. Billy Joel’s breakthrough album, “The Stranger”, enters the Billboard album chart, where it would crack the Top 10. The LP contained four US Top 30 singles (“Just The Way You Are” - #3, “Movin’ Out” - #17, “Only The Good Die Young” - #24 and “She’s Always A Woman” - #17) and would be his first effort to reach the UK album chart. Steve Perry makes his first concert appearance with Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. He would lead them to 17 Billboard Top 40 entries over the next ten years. 1199 7788 Glam rocker Nick Gilder had the number 1 song in the US with “Hot Child in the City”. It would prove to be his only hit record in America, although he had previously enjoyed a #1 smash in Canada with “Roxy Roller” while a member of the band Sweeney Todd. 1199 88 0 0 John Lennon releases “Starting Over”, his first single in five years. At the end of December it would top the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and the UK chart for a week.
11 99 8822 Sony Corporation introduces the first commercially available compact disc player in Tokyo, Japan. The price of the unit is about $650 US. Albums that have been converted to CD are slow to reach the North American market and the first to go on sale is Billy Joel’s “52nd Street”.
Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” enters the Billboard R&B singles chart on its way to number one. The song would also make the Top 10 in the UK and later win a Grammy as Best R&B Male Vocal Performance of the Year. 1199 8866 Elton John, David Lee Roth and Cher appear on the opening night of The Late Show starring Joan Rivers. At the end of the program, the hostess stood next to Elton and joined him in singing “The Bitch Is Back”. Joan’s decision to host her own show without telling Johnny Carson, for whom she filled in for on The Tonight Show, would permanently sour the friendship between the two. 1199 8888 Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” finally falls off of Billboard’s Hot 200 Album Chart after a record 741 weeks. It has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. UB40 was enjoying the top tune in America with a reggae version of Neil Diamond’s “Red, Red Wine”. Diamond’s 1968 rendition only made it to #62.
assaulting his 47-year-old wife, Adrienne, who said that her husband hit her with a mirror. Adrienne would pass away in January, 1996 and the assault charges against James were dropped.
a vinyl, anniversary edition of The Beatles’ hit single “Love Me Do” after discovering they had accidentally pressed a version that included session musician Andy White playing drums instead of band member Ringo Starr. Copies of the disc featuring the wrong version 22000000 were reportedly selling for big The Recording Industry Association money on the internet auction of America introduces guidelines website eBay.com. for parental advisory labeling on 220011 44 recordings released in the US. The Allman Brothers Band played Benjamin Orr, bassist / vocalist for what they said would be their final The Cars lost his fight with pancre- show ever, at New York’s Beacon atic cancer at the age of 53. Orr Theatre, ending their forty-five sang lead vocals on some of the year career. band’s most recognizable hits, such 22001155 as “Just What I Needed”, “Bye Bye Love”, “Drive” and “Let’s Go”. Figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America 220011 00 showed a 52.1 percent gain in vinyl 62-year-old Gregg Allman under- record sales that accounted for went a successful liver transplant more than $221 million in revenue. operation at the Mayo Clinic in CDs, meanwhile, sold slightly more Jacksonville, Florida. Allman had than 41 million units so far this begun a series of treatments for year, a 27.6 percent drop from last Hepatitis C, but chronic damage of year’s midpoint tally of 56.8 milhis liver led doctors to recommend lion. They generated nearly $495 a transplant. In a statement to the million in revenue, which reprepress, Allman said “I changed my sents a drop of more than 30 perways years ago, but we can’t turn cent below last year’s $722 million back time. Every day is a gift.” sales value.
220011 66 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin won a copyright lawsuit that claimed they had plagiarized the music to their most celebrated song, “Stairway to Heaven”. A Los Angeles jury determined that the lawyer representing the estate of late guitarist Randy Wolfe, who played with the group Spirit, did not prove that the band lifted the 1199 9955 22001122 62-year-old James Brown is arrestsong’s intro from Spirit’s 1968 ed in Aiken, South Carolina for Record label bosses at EMI recalled instrumental “Taurus”. 1199 990 0 Actor Gary Busey, who played Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story, pays $237,419 for one of Holly’s acoustic guitars at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The guitar came in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.
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Pete Quaife, the original bassist for The Kinks, died of kidney failure at the age of 66. Quaife played on such early hits as “You Really Got Me”, “All Day and All of the Night” and “Tired of Waiting for You” before leaving the group in 1969. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the rest of the original band in 1990.
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