GONE HIS OWN WAY
THE BIG WEEZ
Standup, movie star and documentarian you may know Pauly Shore for such movies as “Encino Man”, “Son In’Law” as well as”Pauly Shore is Dead” the famed funnyman who made MTV’s Spring Break a big deal will In case you’ve been living under a rock the last year, you are well aware be performin at the Comedy Catch on November 11. Tickets were going Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac opted to leave the band before so fast they added a second show at 9:15. Go to thecomedycatch.com to their version of a farewell tour started. Criminally underrated as a gui- get yours. tarist he is known for writing some of the band’s best songs as well as a little ditty that Clar Griswald like to drive around on vacation. Fleetwood Mac’s loss is your gain as Buckingham will be making a stop in Chattanooga at the Walker Theatre on November 13.
REST IN PEACE
TO THE SUNSET
Singer/songwriter and violin virtuoso, Amanda Shires comes to the Scenic. Known for her collaborative work with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (who is also her spouse), Shires has a new album out entitled, “To the Sunset” tht was released on the Silver Knife label. Shires will be per- Our hearts are heavy here at Enigma with the passing of Oli Herbert of forming at Songbirds Guitar Museum on November 13 on the South Stage All That Remains. One of the finest players around, Oli was a personal friend of ours and will be missed sorely. (downstairs). For more info go to songbirdsguitars.com. ENIGMA
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Dear Rocco, I seem to bounce around from one bad relationship to the other. It doesn’t look like there are any decent guys out there. I’m tired of being taken advantage of and abused mentally by men. Why can’t a find a decent guy to go out with? FK
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Dear Rocco, My co-worker got a promotion over me but I do more work than them. Not only that, I’ve been here longer. Why does this always happen to me? It’s starting to get to me emotionally. I’ve busted my behind for this company and helped in other departments when needed. When I asked a supervisor about it they said the person that got the promotion sounded more motivated. Really? SM
Dear TC, YYoouurr ggii rrll ffrrii eenndd ddooee ssnn’’tt llooookk aa tt yyoouu aass aa m maattee ,, ii nnsstteeaa dd sshh ee ss eeee ss yyoouu aa ss hhee rr ppeerrss oonnaall AATT M M.. SSuurr ee iinn rreell aa -ttiioonnsshhii ppss tthheerr ee iiss aa ll iittttll ee ggiivvee aa nndd ttaakk ee bbuutt aallll ss hhee ssee eem mss ttoo ddoo ii ss ttaakkee .. II’’m m gguu eessss ii nngg ss hhee hhaa ss ssoom mee rr eeddeeeem m -iinngg qquuaa llii ttiieess ootthhee rrw wii ssee yyoouu w woouu lldd hhaavvee kk ii cckk eedd hheerr ttoo tthhee ccuurrbb aall rreeaa ddyy.. W Whh yy aa rree yyoouu ddaattiinngg hhee rr?? LLooookk ss?? TThhaatt’’ss ss hhaallll oow w?? SSm maarr ttss?? Deeaa rr SSM M,, AArree yyoouu aa ccttuuaa llll yy dduum mbb oorr ss uuffffee rr D Wee llccoom mee ttoo tthhee rree aall w woorr lldd.. ffrroom m lloow w ssee llff--eess tteeee m m aanndd tthhii nnkk yyoouu W nneeeedd ttoo bbee aarr oouunndd ss m maarr ttee rr ppee ooppll ee?? IIss iitt tthhee ss eexx?? W W aattcchh ppoorr nn aa nndd ssaa vvee yyoouurr ssee ll ff tthhee ttii m mee,, hh uum mii ll iiaa ttii oonn,, cchhaa nnccee aatt aa SSTT DD aanndd m moonneeyy.. U Unnll eess ss tthhii ss ii ss aa rree llaa ttiioonnsshhiipp yyoouu ssee ee ll eeaa dd-iinngg ssoom meew whh eerr ee II ddoonn’’tt uunnddeerr ssttaa nndd whh yy yy oouu m w maa yy bbee tthhrr oow wiinngg ggoooodd moonnee yy aafftteerr bbaa dd.. A m Allll rr eell aattii oonnss hhii ppss aarr ee bbuuiill tt oonn ttw woo--w waa yy ss ttrr eeee ttss.. W W eerr ee yyoouu ttrryyii nngg ttoo bbuuyy hhee rr aaffffeeccttii oonn oorr iinnss tteeaadd ooff bbeeii nngg ffuullll yy ii nnttoo tthhee rreell aa -ttiioonnsshhii pp yy oouu aa rree uuss iinngg m moonneeyy aass aa bbuuffffeerr ss oo yy oouu ddoonn’’tt hhaa vvee ttoo bbee ttoottaa llll yy ooppeenn aanndd hhoonnee sstt w wii tthh hhee rr?? YYoouu nnee eedd ttoo ttaa kkee aa ddeeee pp,, ll oonngg hhaarrdd llooookk aatt yyoouurrss eell ff tthhee w waa yy yyoouu aarr ee llooookkii nngg aatt yyoouurr bbaannkk ssttaattee m mee nntt..
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 goaskrocII tt co@yahoo.com.
Dear Rocco, Is staring at my phone late at night making me go blind? I sometimes see spots and my vision is a little blurred after late nights on my phone. What do you think? JP
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ddooee ssnn ’’tt m maa ttttee rr hhoow w m muucchh yyoouu kk nnoow w ii tt’’ss w whhoo yy oouu bbll oow w aass tthhee ssaa yy-ii nngg ggooee ss.. YY eess ,, yyoouu ccaa nn ss ttiill ll ss llee eepp yyoouurr w waa yy ttoo tthhee ttoopp eevvee nn ii nn aa nnoonn-pphhyyssii ccaall sseennss ee.. PPee rrss oonnaa llii ttyy m maatt-ttee rrss aa ss m muucchh aass ss kkii llll aanndd ttaa llee nntt.. TT hhaatt’’ss w whh yy tthh ee bbee sstt ss aallee ss ppeeooppllee hhaavvee ccllii eennttss ffoollll oow w tthh eem m ffrroom m ccoom m-ppaannyy ttoo ccoom mppaannyy w w iitthh oouu tt ii tt eevvee nn maattttee rrii nngg w m w hhaa tt ii tt ii ss tthh eeyy’’rr ee ss eellll iinngg.. TT hhaatt bbeeii nngg ss aaii dd,, II tthhii nnkk iitt’’ss BB..SS.. yyoouu ddiiddnn’’tt ggee tt tthhee pprr oom moottii oonn.. II tt m miigghh tt bbee ttiim mee ttoo ll ooookk ee llss eew w hh eerr ee ffoorr ee m mppll ooyy m mee nntt iiff yyoouu ’’rree nnoott bbeeii nngg rr eess ppee cctteedd aanndd aass ffaass tt aass oouurr eeccoonn-oom myy iiss ggrroow wii nngg nnoow w,, iitt’’ss aa ggoooodd ttii m mee ttoo ll ooookk aa rroouu nndd aanndd ssee ee w whhaa tt ee llss ee iiss aarr oouunndd.. OO ff ccoouurrss ee iitt w woouu lldd-nn’’tt hhuurrtt ttoo ttaakk ee aann hhoonneess tt ll ooookk aa tt yyoouurrss eell ff aanndd ffii gguurr ee oouutt w whh yy yyoouurr ccuurrrr eenntt bbooss ssee ss aarr ee iiggnnoorr iinngg yyoouu..
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) This will be a good day for research and for sitting down with some good, informative reading material. Do something constructive outside. Don’t evade important issues; you may find yourself backed into a corner. Overstatement will be your downfall.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21) It’s a good time for long awaited relationships to begin. New love connections can be made through group associations. Try to be patient with their inability to accept your new beliefs. Don’t take sides if you wish to remain on good terms with both parties.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Try to be precise in your communications. There is not much you can do to alleviate the problem, but consider putting some extra work into your house. Try not to be too harsh with loved ones; there will always be two sides to an Issue. A residential move may be in order.
Your philanthropic contributions will bring you praise. You can expect to feel confused about your personal prospects. You mustn’t be so trusting. You can make money through real estate or by using your head when it comes to personal investments. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.
Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month CAPRICORN will occur on a Saturday. will occur on a Saturday. will occur on a Friday. (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Don’t lend or borrow. Don’t get TAURUS CANCER VIRGO involved in joint ventures. Get (Apr. 21- May 21) (June 22-July 22) (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You may want to make changes in Don’t bother getting even; they’ll Work quietly on your own and you involved in sports events that will your home environment. Try to make themselves look bad. You will forge ahead. Don’t bang your benefit your physical appearance. keep to yourself; work diligently could overreact to emotional situa- head against a wall. Try to keep a You may blow situations out of on domestic chores and responsi- tions regarding your relationship. low profile. Confusion is apparent proportion when dealing with the bilities. You can make headway if It’s a good time for long awaited and you’ll need some sound advice one you love. you share your intentions with relationships to begin. Social if you want to do the right thing. Your luckiest events this month someone you care about. There’s a events will lead to a strong and stagood chance that they won’t come ble relationship. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. back. will occur on a Sunday. AQUARIUS Your luckiest events this month (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. LIBRA You can make personal changes will occur on a Saturday. (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You might find that a coworker has that will enhance your appearance been two faced. You can come up and bring about greater social with ways of earning extra cash. activity. Make sure that all your Your energetic personality will legal papers are in proper order. make you the center of attention at Try not to spend too much on chilsocial gatherings. Club member- dren or entertainment. Don’t force ships or donations could be expen- your opinions on friends or relatives unless you are prepared to sive and prove unnecessary. lose their favor. Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. will occur on a Monday. SCORPIO PISCES (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You need to focus on yourself, not (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) on others. This will not be the day Don’t argue with family. You won’t to have minor surgery. Look out for get the reaction you want from those wanting to push you into a your mate this month. Don’t disagreement. Take a close look at overextend your self in order to documents be fore signing on the add luxury items to your entertainment center. You can accomplish a dotted line. lot if you put some effort into Your luckiest events this month household duties or redecorating plans. will occur on a Saturday. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.
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The Killing of Khashoggi: Will Saudis Get Away With Murder? In case you haven’t been watching the news lately Jamal Khashoggi was a Washington Post journalist who had been critical of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi disappeared October 2nd of this year after entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Khashoggi was a Saudi citizen who had been living in the United States. He reportedly had gone to the consulate to get paperwork to marry his Turkish fiancée. Khashoggi entered but never left. His fiancée waited outside the consulate for ten hours but Khashoggi never reappeared. She had been told by Khashoggi to call an adviser to the Turkish president if he did not return. Very soon reports were coming out of Turkey that Khashoggi had been killed in the consulate. Turkish intelligence sources claimed they had video of a Saudi “hit team”
members of the Saudi hit team. I am not very well informed on Middle Eastern geopolitics but it looks like Turkey was quick to throw the Saudis “under the bus”. At first the Saudis claimed Khashoggi had left the consulate and claimed they had nothing to hide. As days passed footage and photos emerged of the alleged hit squad deplaning and arriving at the consulate. A photo of a “body double” for Khashoggi was released. The man was dressed in clothes that looked like Khashoggis’ or his actual clothes. Finally the Saudis admitted Khashoggi had been killed but that it had been during a fight. They claimed the murder was due to a “rogue operation”. arriving in Turkey and at the Saudi also reported Khashoggi had been consulate. They also reportedly dismembered and his body parts The government disavowed that had an audiotape of Khashoggi had been taken out by different the Crown Prince, frequently being tortured and killed. They
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referred to as MSB, had any knowledge of or had approved the operation. However several experts offered that the Saudi intelligence agency and Saudi culture does not encourage freethinking. The likelihood of an operation like this being carried out without higher approval, perhaps the highest approval, is extremely unlikely. Eventually the Saudi government arrested eighteen people. Five high-ranking officials were dismissed including MSB’s media chief and the deputy head of the Saudi intelligence service. The Saudi government announced it was taking steps to “restructure the Kingdom’s intelligence services.” Government spokesmen for the Kingdom repeatedly denied that MSB had any knowledge of or had approved the “rogue operation” in any way. On Thursday, October 25 (lost in the coverage of the mail bombs here in the U.S.) Khashoggi’s killing was described as premeditated by the Saudi Attorney General. This marked a significant shift in the Saudi version of events. Will the Saudi government be held accountable? Unfortunately the Saudi aristocracy has a history of getting away with questionable or even downright criminal behavior. In November of 2017 Saudi Crown Prince MSB consolidated power by having eleven princes and numerous government ministers seized. They were confined in the five star hotel, the Ritz-Carlton Riyadh until January 30th 2018. According to an article in the Business Insider. One of these hostages was billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal, the richest man in the Middle East. The Insider article does not mention the hundreds of businessmen who were reportedly “subject to coercion and physical abuse” according to a March 2018 article at nytimes.com .The article also says “17 detainees were hospitalized for physical abuse and one later died in custody with a neck that appeared twisted,..”. This person was a general in the Saudi National guard. .In one attempt to explain what happened to Khashoggi the Saudis had claimed that during a physical confrontation he had been accidentally strangled as the result of a chokehold. Hmm… coincidence?
You decide. Even though these detainees were also held in the Ritz Carlton many surrendered huge sums of money and signed over to government control precious real estate and shares of their companies all outside any clear legal process according to the nytimes.com article. Saudi officials have denied any allegations of abuse and portrayed the Ritz episode as an orderly legal process. Most of the “detainees” were denied attorneys, threatened, and many physically harmed but none is talking about the incident. Even the billionaire bin Tala isn’t speaking. His company declined to make him available for an interview and one associate said, “it is something he wants to forget.” Apparently the richest man in the Middle East is afraid to talk about the ordeal. This incident was covered very little in the U.S. If MSB was capable of this could he be responsible for the death of a very vocal critic of his regime? Many people either don’t know or have forgotten that Osama bin Laden was a Saudi. Bin laden was the co-founder of Al-Qaeda . He was the mastermind and financier of the 2001 destruction of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Osama bin Laden was banned from Saudi in 1992. Osama bin Laden was considered a planner of two U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Dar es Salaam in 1998.
Finally I’ll mention the alleged Saudi involvement in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. As recently as 2016 two co-chairmen of the Congressional inquiry into the attacks said the redacted pages of the 911 report refer to evidence of Saudi Arabia’s substantial involvement in the attacks according to an April 8th, 2016 CBS news report. As 15 of the terrorists were Saudi it is hard not to believe there was a connection to if not actual support of the operation. Although there has not been any official U.S. government sanctions or punishments to Saudi Arabia a U.S. court recently ruled people injured in the 911 attacks, the families of those killed and businesses and insurers affected could proceed with lawsuits against Saudi Arabia. This was the result of a Congressional override of a veto by Barack Obama.
Did the Saudis think this murder of a journalist for a U.S. news agency could go unresolved? Perhaps because they have gotten away with so many abuses before they have become presumptuous. Or could it be this really was a “rogue Please realize I am not meaning operation”. Only time will tell what this article to be an indictment will happen in this case. against Saudi Arabia. I am just trying to point out instances where it - Mark Haskins appears the Saudi Government committed offenses but was not held accountable. The gruesome
Former President Bill Clinton, speaking the day before the 911 attacks, claimed “I nearly got him. And I could have killed him.” according to an August 1st 2014 L.A. Times story. Clinton claimed that due to collateral damage he did not have bin Laden killed. According to a February, 16, 2016 Washington Post story bin Laden was not targeted in a desert hunting camp due to the proximity of a United Arab Emirates royal hunting party. The Saudis maintain close relations with the U.A.E. The countries share extensive political and cultural ties. Was Clinton’s decision to not take out bin Laden based on a desire to not offend the Saudi’s? Clinton is not talking. ENIGMA
murder of a journalist who was a resident of the United States and who has children who are U.S. citizens would seem to require some negative actions against Saudi Arabia. So far all the negative response to this act has been by France and Germany who are saying they will enact an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia. What will the U.S. do if anything? Perhaps the bigger question is why the U.S. is hesitant to penalize the Saudis. Is it the importance of the oil the Saudis produce? Is it the strategic position of the country and the U.S. having an ally in this Middle East region? Perhaps a little of both.
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The Salisbury Journal’s Rebecca Hudson reports that a 45-year-old man was arrested today after “smashing the case of the Magna Carter with a hammer and trying to destroy it.” Magna Carta 1215 is the best surviving copy of one of Britain’s most influential legal documents, and is on permanent display at Salisbury Cathedral. It is regarded by historians as the foundation of constitutional liberty in the English-speaking world. A spokesman for Salisbury Cathedral said: “We can confirm that at the
end of the afternoon, a man attempted to break into the case which houses Magna Carta in the Cathedral’s Chapter House. He was arrested by police shortly afterwards and taken into custody. We are very relieved that no one was hurt during the incident and that the Magna Carta itself is undamaged.” Firefighters in California said a man house-sitting for his parents tried to use a blowtorch to kill some dangerous spiders and set the home on fire. The Fresno Fire Department said firefighters responded to reports of a house
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fire in the Woodward Lake housing development. Firefighters said the man who made the call escaped the house safely. He told firefighters he had found some black widow spiders in the house and had been trying to kill them with a blowtorch when he sparked the blaze. No injuries were reported from the fire, which damaged the second story of the home and the attic. Arizona’s Tucson Fire Department responded to a similar incident in October 2017. The department said a man had been attempting to use a propane torch to kill some spiders under his family’s mobile home when the structure caught fire.
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A man called police for help, saying the woman tried to bite off his penis during sex with him and another man. Police in South Carolina say a naked woman tried to bite off a man’s genitals and then rushed on all fours at responding officers, who shocked her with a stun gun. Hananan Police Chief Dennis Turner says officers shocked the bloody woman with a stun gun, then used an overdose-fighting drug to revive her. Officers were told she was high on heroin and methamphetamine. “Honestly, it’s one of the
most disturbing videos, body cam videos, I have seen in my career. It honestly reminded something you would see off of a horror movie,” Turner said. The woman was hospitalized; charges are pending. Some people dream of getting married at the Eiffel Tower, or at the foot of Niagara Falls. This couple wanted to get married in the middle of a marathon. Whitney Black, who donned a veil with her running clothes, and Steven Phillips, who wore a shirt with a tuxedo print, stopped at the 13.1 mile marker of the 26.2-mile Detroit Free Press/Chemical Bank Marathon for a quick 10-minute wedding. The couple said they kept the ceremony short so their muscles wouldn’t get cold before finishing the race. The race was Black’s first marathon and Phillips’ 14th marathon. Black took up running March 2017, years after a snowmobiling accident left her requiring 20 surgeries and years of physical therapy to relearn how to walk. “So not only did Whitney run her first marathon, but we got married,” Phillips told the Detroit
Free Press. Plans are continuing to launch a new Titanic. A replica of the infamous ship dubbed the Titanic II is set to make its first voyage in 2022, thanks to Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, who’s fronting a group called Blue Star Line. Blue Star Line is trying to create an authentic Titanic experience, providing passengers with a ship that has the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while adding modern safety procedures and 21st century technology. It will welcome 2,400 passengers and 900 crew members, which is almost the exact same number on board the boat that sank in 1912. The replica project was originally announced in 2012, with a cruise from Dubai planned for 2018. Palmer told Cruise Arabia & Africa Online earlier this month that the new launch date for the new boat will be in 2022, which is 110 years after the original. He said the plan is for ship to sail from Dubai to Southampton, where it will begin its Southampton-New York runs. More than 1,500 people died when
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the original Titanic hit an iceberg In what could be a scene from a Leslie Nielsen movie, the crew and sank. servicing an F-16 fighter jet at a An employee of Delta Airlines has Belgian military air base accidenbeen suspended after a video tally triggering the heavy aircraft emerged online of him having sex cannon, firing across the flight line with a porn star in a plane toilet. and hitting two other parked jets. The man was said to have disap- Multiple reports indicate that a peared into the plane toilet with mechanic servicing the parked airthe gay adult actor, Austin Wolf, craft accidentally fired the 20mm for eight minutes during a flight. Vulcan cannon at close range to Although the unidentified man was two other parked F-16s. The airoff-duty at the time, he was wear- craft being serviced had just been ing his flight attendant uniform in refueled and had its six barrel canthe short clips, which were shared non loaded as it was being on Twitter but have since been prepped for an afternoon training deleted. Wolf is said to have been mission. The impact of the 20mm easily identifiable in the videos bullets on the other aircraft, which thanks to his distinctive tattoos. the crew said was just out of eyeThe cabin crew member, who is sight, caused the jet that was said to be a new recruit, has been struck to explode instantly. Photos suspended by Delta who is launch- of the aftermath show a completeing an investigation into what hap- ly destroyed F-16 and another pened as it is a breach of the com- severely damaged. “You can’t help pany’s standards of behavior. thinking of what a disaster this Legal experts have also been con- could have been,” base commandtacted as the videos could be clas- er Col. Didier Polome told a sified as ‘revenge porn’, as the Belgian television news station. member of staff has said that he But let’s be fair, a good mechanic was not aware that he was being always tests his work. filmed.
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MA M ARRAATTHH OONN M MUU SSIICC W WOORRKKSS (Nashville) Walk Off The Earth 33RRDD && LLIINNDD SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Liz Longley JJ AAM MEESS K K.. PPO OLLK K TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Nashville) Ballet Magnificat RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers MA M ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Walk Off the Earth CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) Jackopierce TT EERRM M IIN NA ALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Dermot Kennedy
M OONNDDAAYY NNoovveem M mbbeerr 55 This month’s calendar covers events for November and beyond. We would be happy to publish your free listing in future Billboards, space permitting. Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
TTH HUU RRSSDDAAYY NNoovveem m bbee rr 11 SSKKYY ZZOOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS SSOO UUTT HH (Chattanooga) Ballroom Thieves SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS NNOO RRTTHH (Chattanooga) The Big Revival LIVE JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) El Bandito, Edward and Jane, The Collection TTHH EE CCOO M MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Lake Street Dive CCAANN NNEE RRYY BBAALLLL RROO OOM M (Nashville) RaeLynn, Ross Ellis MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Thank You Scientist JJAAM MEE SS K K.. PPO O LLK K TT H HEE A ATT EERR (Nashville) “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” DDRRUUII DD CC IITT YY M MU USSIICC H HA ALLLL (Tuscaloosa, AL) Cookie Monsta, Snails IIRROONN CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Lauv TTHH EE NN IICC KK (Birmingham) Bad Bad Hats AALLAABBAAM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Ben Rector SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Blac Rabbit TTHH EE CCOO NNCC OOUU RRSS EE (Knoxville) Magic City Hippies, Bay Ledges EEDD DDIIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Lucy Wainwright Roche CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Algebra Blessett CCOO CC AA CCOO LLAA RROO XXYY (Atlanta) NF
FFRRIID DAAYY NNoovveem mbbeerr 22 SSKKYY ZZOOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS SSOO UUTT HH (Chattanooga) Salsa on the Southside SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS NNOO RRTTHH (Chattanooga) Junior Brown JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Futurebirds, Neighbor Lady TTHH EE CCOO M MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto TTHH EE SS IIGGNN AALL (Chattanooga) Gary Clark Jr. TTHH EE CC AAVVEERRNN SS (Pelham, TN) Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Los Colognes CCOO BBBB EENN EERRGG YY PPEE RRFFOO RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Lewis Black SSTT AATTEE FFAARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots VVII NNYY LL (Atlanta) Bad Bad Hats ENIGMA
AAVVOO NNDD AALLEE TT OO W WNNEE CCII NNEEM M AA (Avondale Estates, GA) Dex Romweber Duo BBRRIIDD GGEE SSTT OONNEE AARREENN AA (Nashville) A Perfect Circle WA W ARR M MEE M MO ORRIIA A LL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Underoath TTHH EE RROO W W (Nashville) Jonathan Davis 33RRDD && LLIINN DDSSLLEE YY (Nashville) Richard Lloyd CCAANN NNEERRYY BBAALLLLRROO OOM M (Nashville) Dermot Kennedy HHIIGG HH W WA ATT TT (Nashville) The Ballroom Thieves MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Girlpool, Porches, Palberta TTHH EE CC OONN CC OOUURRSSEE (Knoxville) The Velcro Pygmies AALLAABBAA M MA A TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Birmingham) The Oak Ridge Boys
SSA ATT UURRDDAAYY NNoovveem mbbeerr 33 SSKKYYZZ OOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS NNOO RRTT HH (Chattanooga) Three Star Revival SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS SSOOUU TTHH (Chattanooga) Jupiter Coyote TTHH EE CC OOM M EED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIA A (Chattanooga) Waterfall Wash, Taco Mouth, Do you like Bugs HHII--FF II CC LLYYDD EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Sullivan Band WA W ALLK KEERR TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) David Cross CCOO CCAA CCOO LLAA RROOXXYY (Atlanta) Ben Rector TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Dirt Monkey, Subdocta, DMVU CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Kandace Springs TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Porches TTHH EE NN IICCKK (Birmingham) Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons, Daniel Hutchens RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Delta Rae AALLAABBAA M MA A TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Birmingham) NewSong, Bob Carlisle, Point of Grace, Avalon TTHH EE NN IICCKK (Birmingham) Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons, Daniel Hutchens VVOO NN BBRRAAUUNN CC EENN TTEE RR (Huntsville) Gary Allan
SSU U NNDDAAYY NNoovvee m mbbee rr 44 SSKKYYZZ OOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTHH EE CC OOM M EEDD YY CCAATT CC HH (Chattanooga) Lance Montalto SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) Red, The Veer Union, Veio IIRROONN CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Snails, Ubur, Cookie Monsta, Svdden Death RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers
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TT RREEM M OONN TT TT AAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night HH OONN EESSTT PPIINNTT (Chattanooga) Comedy Fight RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bob Weir And the Wolf Bros. 33RRDD && LLIINNDD SSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT (Nashville) Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons M EERRCC YY LL O M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Anna Mae, James Droll, Lo AAIISSLL EE 55 (Atlanta) Max Frost TT EERRM M IIN NA ALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Pale Waves TT HHEE LLOO FFTT (Atlanta) Jessie Reyez VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) The Birthday Massacre, Julien-K
TTU U EESSDDAAYY NNoovveem mbbeerr 66 TT RREEM M OONN TT TT AAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS SS OOUUTT HH (Chattanooga) John 5 and the Creatures, Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Horse Eyed Men SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Drive-By Truckers TT HHEE NNIICC KK (Birmingham) Pinky Doodle Poodle 33RRDD && LLIINNDD SSLLEE YY (Nashville) K.T. Turnstall TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Jessie Reyez EE XXIITT// IINN (Nashville) Bit Brigade M EERRCC YY LL O M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Pale Waves CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) JD Souther CC AANNNN EERRYY BBAALLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) San Holo, Baynk CC EENN TTEE RR SSTT AAGGEE (Atlanta) Allen Stone, Nick Waterhouse VVIINNYY LL (Atlanta) Shallou
WEEDDNNEESSDDAAYY NNoovveem W m bbeerr 77 TT HHEE CC OOM M EEDDYY CC AATT CCHH (Chattanooga) Open Mic Night SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS NN OORRTT HH (Chattanooga) Clark Beckham SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS SS OOUUTT HH (Chattanooga) Lindi Ortega & Dustbowl Revival JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) The Widdler TT HHEE CC OOM M EED DYY CC A ATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Improv Chattanooga HH OONN EESSTT PPIINNTT (Chattanooga) Drag Royale Bingo CC OONN CC EERRTT HHAALLLL AATT BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Ray LaMontagne SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Drive-By Truckers
ZZYY D DEE CCO O (Birmingham) Bas CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Robyn Hitchcock, Max Putnam TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Doyle TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Polyphia, Hail the Sun, Covet SSM M IITTH H ’’SS O OLLD D EE BBAARR (Atlanta) Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Suzy Bogguss HII G H GH HW WAATTTT (Nashville) Iron Chic, Timeshares TT H HEE CCO OW WAAN N (Nashville) Devin the Dude TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Devin the Dude CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) The Marcus King Band, Ida Mae
UPPCCO U OM MIIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Marcus King Band, Ida Mae November 8 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) The Minks, Ghetto Blasters, The Ritualists November 8 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Lanco, Travis Denning November 8 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 8 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Bad Bunny November 8 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Will Hoge November 8 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Robyn Hitchcock, Elf Power November 8 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Clark Beckham November 8 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tori Kelly November 8 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) The Mavericks November 8 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Allen Stone, Nick Waterhouse November 8 HII G H GH HW WAATTTT (Nashville) Damon Johnson November 8 FFRRA AN NK KLLIIN N TTH H EEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) We Are Messengers, Aaron Cole, Branan Murphy November 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Drive-By Truckers November 8 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Cody Jinks November 8 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Randall Bramblett November 9 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons November 9 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Sinai Vessel, Advanced Bass November 9 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 9 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Psychedelic Furs November 9 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Whiskey Wolves of the West November 9 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Beatles vs. Stones - A Musical Showdown November 9 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Charlotte Lawrence A November 9 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Los Lonely Boys November 9 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Slightly Stoopid, Hirie November 9 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Billie Eilish, Childish Major, Finneas November 9 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Drive By Truckers, Lilly Hiatt November 9 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR
(Nashville) The Mavericks November 9 JJA AM MEE SS K K.. PPO O LLK K TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Nashville) Double Dare Live November 9 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Luke Combs November 9 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Kris Kristofferson November 9 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Cody Jinks November 9 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Moon Hooch November 9 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Guster November 9 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Larkin Poe November 10 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Nirvanna: A Tribute To Nirvana November 10 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Cosmic Shift, Over Easy November 10 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Allen Stone November 10 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 10 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Bitterroots November 10 CCII TTYY CC H HU U RRCCH HO OFF CC H HA ATT TT A AN NO OO OG GAA (Chattanooga) Sadie Robertson November 10 MEE RRCC EE D M DEESS BBEEN NZZ SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Ed Sheeran November 10 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Michael Tolcher November 10 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Craig Morgan November 10 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Chattanooga) Emily King November 10 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY BBA ARR (Birmingham) Bruno Mars November 10 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Drive By Truckers, T. Hardy Morris November 10 SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) The Mavericks November 10 JJA AM MEE SS K K.. PPO O LLK K TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Nashville) Cledus T. Judd November 10 TTH H EE RRO OW W (Nashville) Slightly Stoopid November 10 TTH H EE CC O OW WA AN N (Nashville) Slightly Stoopid November 10 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Machine Head November 10 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Pauly Shore November 11 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Red, Veio, The Veer Union, Skyharbor November 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Frostfang, Preymantha November 12 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Atlanta) Dawes November 11 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Christina Aguilera, Big Boi November 11 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Haken November 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Frostfang, Preymantha November 12 HO H ON NEE SSTT PPII N NTT (Chattanooga) Comedy Fight November 12 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Kiiara November 12 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Shemekia Copeland November 12 TTH H EE LLYYRRIICC TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Birmingham) Lindsey Buckingham November 12 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jackopierce November 13 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Amanda Shires November 13 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Loosen the Belt Bible Tour November 13
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WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Lindsey Buckingham November 13 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore November 13 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) The Orb November 13 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Travis Scott, Sheck Wes, Gunna, Trippie Red November 13 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Clifton’s BDay Party November 14 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Improv Chattanooga November 14 HO H ON N EESSTT PPIIN N TT (Chattanooga) Drag Royale Bingo November 14 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys November 14 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Lindsey Buckingham November 14 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Levar Burton November 14 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Coheed & Cambria, Thank You Scientist November 14 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) The Secret Sisters November 14 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Morning Teleportation, Desert Noise, Okinawa November 15 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Funk You, Over Easy November 15 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Greg Morton November 15 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys November 15 TTH H EE CC O ON N CC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Eve To Adam, Lydia Can’t Breathe November 15 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) Lissie November 15 TTH H EE LLII BBRRAARRYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Hoover, AL) The Secret Sisters November 15 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Of Montreal, The Repaliens November 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) The Foothills EP Release Party November 16 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Machines Are People Too, Dirty Blonde November 16 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Greg Morton November 16 TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) The Beach Boys November 16 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) The Band Perry November 16 HII--FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) MMHMM November 16 ABBBBAA’’ SS H A HO OU USS EE (Hixson, TN) Chondra Pierce, Karyn Williams November 16 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Drake, Migos November 16 AII SSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Tennis November 16 A SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Drivin’ N Cryin’ November 16 ZZYYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) Walker McGuire November 16 ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Straight No Chaser November 16 TTH H EE LLII BBRRAARRYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Hoover, AL) The Secret Sisters November 16 TTH H EE CC O ON N CC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Valentine Saloon, Movement November 16 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Mac DeMarco November 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Muscadine Bloodline, Koe Wetzel November 17 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Lee Bains III and the Gloryfires, Hunger Anthem November 17
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TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Greg Morton November 17 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Matt DeMarco November 17 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Wanyama November 17 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) “Current Connect” Hive Theory, Monday Night Social, Ashley & the X’s, Floami Fly, Spinster, Different Diva November 17 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Sierra Hull, Tony Trishka, Chuck Mead November 17 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Drake, Migos November 17 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Of Montreal November 17 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Blue October November 17 TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Work In Progress November 17 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Tennis November 17 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Greg Morton November 18 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) The Beach Boys November 18 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Drake, Migos November 18 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) Low Cut Connie, Ruby Boots November 18 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Saves the Day, Kevin Devine Ari Horse November 18 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Maxwell November 18 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) Tennis November 18 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Handsome Grandson, Indigo Kidd November 19 HO H ON NEE SSTT PPIIN NTT (Chattanooga) Comedy Fight November 19 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Jim James November 19 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) David Cook November 19 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Mewithoutyou November 19 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) PJ Morton November 19 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) PJ Morton, Grace Weber November 20 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRM M SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EEN N TT EERR (Nashville) Jim James, Alynda Segarra November 20 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) David Cook November 20 HII G H GH HW WAATTTT (Nashville) Mouse on the Keys, Tera Melos November 20 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Michael McDonald November 20 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) New Politics, The Score November 20 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) John Legend November 20 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Emily Kate Boyd, Caroline Herring, Caroline Aiken November 20 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) SUNSAP: A Tribute To Cage The Elephant with Stoned Cold Fox November 21 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy November 21 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Lenox Hills November 21 HO H ON NEE SSTT PPIIN NTT (Chattanooga) Drag Royale Bingo November 21 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Perpetual Groove
November 21 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Thanksgiving Jam November 22 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) James Gregory November 23 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Departure November 23 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Mannheim Steamroller November 23 TTH H EE CC O OW WA AN N (Nashville) Corey Smith November 23 TTH H EE RRO OW W (Nashville) Corey Smith November 23 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Strung Like A Horse November 23 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) David Lowery November 23 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) STS9 November 23 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Jack Harlow November 23 A SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Strung Like A Horse, Monday Night Social November 24 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) James Gregory November 24 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Morgan Wallen November 24 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Hans Wenzel and the Eighty Sixers November 24 TTH H EE CC A AVVEERRN N SS (Pelham, TN) Shenandoah November 24 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) STS9 November 24 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Shawn Mullins November 24 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Dave Pahanish November 24 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Nelsons November 25 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) American Aquarium November 25 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms November 25 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) The Band Perry November 25 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) J Mascis November 27 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) The Wonder Years, Oso Oso, Have Mercy, Shortly November 27 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Jason Aldean, Steven Lee Olsen November 27 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Minnesota November 28 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Nalani & Sarina, Bryan Knispel November 28 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill November 28 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Little River Band November 28 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Wild Child November 29 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad November 29 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Drop Up Video November 29 BBJJCC CC CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALL LL (Birmingham) Martin Short, Steve Martin November 29 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Sister Hazel November 29 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill November 29 SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRM M SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Martina McBride November 29
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TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 6 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) The Georgia Flood December 6 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill December 6 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Thievery Corporation December 6 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Stephen Kellogg December 6 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Moe. December 6 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Rayland Baxter December 7 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 7 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Yacht Rock Revue December 7 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Burnin Hermans December 7 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) 10 Years December 7 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh December 7 TT H HEE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Vista Kicks December 7 TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Vista Kicks December 7 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Slim Wednesday Featuring JoJo Hermann of Widespread Panic December 8 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Parker Millsap December 8 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Pale Rider December 8 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Jess Goggans Band December 8 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) The Crystal Method December 8 CC O OCC AA CC O OLL AA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Lauren Daigle, The War And Treaty December 8 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell December 8 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) John Oates December 8 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 9 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Moe. December 9 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 9 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell December 9 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Celtic Thunder December 10 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Jerry Lee Lewis December 10 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Steven Wilson December 10 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Coco Montoya December 11 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Underwear Comedy Show December 11 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Harry Connick Jr. December 11 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Kris Allen December 11 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Three On A String December 11 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Luke Combs December 11 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Cloud Nothings December 12
Get Off My Lawn Everyone that thinks we should let illegals into our country. Please send me your address and tell me how many you are willing to take into your home and feed. Did anyone believe this mail bomb crap was for real or was just more political hi-jinks?
who disrespect our vets - no matter what war - should take a knee... a knee in prayer thanking those people for fighting for your freedom to be whatever you are.
Wait, they will.
offended by the “N” word article. Are you that narrow-minded? Get We miss “Roseanne”— to hell with a life. “The Conners”— another media highhanded move. Well, they finally finished the part at MLK and Market. Where are the We need to bring R.O.T.C. back to cows and sheep for the pasture in all the public high schools. It will the middle? teach some of the crappy kids we have today some discipline. Why aren’t people who run for office required to take an I.Q. test? Face it, not everyone can be a win- Have to pass to qualify. ner, don’t make it worse by giving a participation trophy. Why are people afraid of voter I.D. cards? How many dead people will With age comes wisdom that your vote in this next election? Don’t parents were smarter than you pretend you don’t know what I gave them credit for. mean.
I sometimes think we need more Until Next Month, Paul Burke Sr. Have they blamed Trump for plumbers and fewer lawyers. Tennessee losing to Alabama yet? Can’t believe some people got
Everyone that voted against the wall should be held accountable for what’s happening and what’s going to happen. Tariffs may hurt for now but will benefit us all in the future. Let Walmart really and I mean really buy and sell American made products. 1/32 Native American... really then I guess I am 1/32nd Greek god— not based on looks. Treat each day as a blessing - it truly is. ——————————————Can anything stop the Alabama football team? Who is feeding the thousands of people coming through Mexico toward our border? Where are the Port-o-lets? P.U. Just because you can sing or act or play a sport doesn’t mean you are smart. We don’t give a damn about your opinions. You are losing a lot of fans with your big mouth (Taylor Swift give me a break). I’m still worried my first grade sweetheart is going to tell on me for touching her fanny in 1945. Lost another WWII vet in October. Spent four years walking and fighting through Europe. Won Bronze Star and French Legion of Merit among other things. All you people ENIGMA
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Wings Over North Georgia Thousands of spectators rolled into Russell Regional Airport in Rome for the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow on October 13th and 14th. Performers included the F-22 Raptor Demo Team, the A-10 Warthog Demo Team, Patty Wagstaff, Michael Goulian, the U.S. SOCOM Para-Commandos Parachute Team, Scott Farnsworth with his Dash Aerosports Racing Jet, and several more. This is a yearly event that everyone interested in aviation should definitely attend. Check out their website for more info at: WingsOverNorthGeorgia.com ENIGMA
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Oh No! Look Who’s 4-0! Figgy’s Reaches A Milestone As Ferris Bueller famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” With 2018 coming to a close in another
reminded his shop has been around 40 years. Jackson, who has owned Figgy’s since 1996 has been busier than usual. A summer move from its home of the past 12 years; two blocks
Figgy’s began in 1978 by Jeff Davenport, whose family’s name is synonymous with Krystal and Central Park. “He got the name “Figgy” from his aunt who told him to quit fidgeting around when he was a kid and fidgety kid became figgy and that was his nickname,” says Jackson. The popular sandwich shop with many well-known and loved sandwiches began at the corner of 8th and Market Street. It was originally sold to one of the Chapins of Rock City fame in 1993 and five years later, whose family is Jackson Bakery purchased the business. In the early 2000s he moved the busi-
down to 611 Chestnut Street inside Republic Plaza, between the move, and expanded menu (now open for breakfast) and location, extended hours and a never ending line of customers since reopening have kept him and his loyal assistant Nikki Despite lack of fanfare even preoccupied. owner Larry Jackson had to be month many have missed out on a monumental anniversary including the party involved. With no fanfare, one of downtown Chattanooga’s sandwich shops, Figgy’s turned 40 in 2018.
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ness from its original location to 805 Chestnut, where he called home until the end of May. With all the redevelopment on that end of Chestnut as well as Pine Street behind him Figgy’s sound themselves odd man out in the plans for the block now owned DeFoor brothers of New York. Figgy’s didn’t fit in with the developer’s vision for the 800 block of Chestnut and Jackson was offered new space two blocks down from his old landlord. The build out took nearly two months but was well worth the wait for loyal patrons and the new business
coming into the new location has already paid for itself. “It accommodates more seating, has a cleaner, beautiful décor,” he says. “The build out, the tables and chairs that go into Figgy’s is a beautiful space and we’re really happy and proud to be here.” To some Figgy’s is a nondescript sandwich shop surrounded attorney’s offices and insurance companies. To their loyal fan base they are a way of life. Over the past 40 years and the 22 since Jackson purchased the place Figgy’s on any given day features a who’s who of movers and shakers in the greater Chattanooga area. On any given day you will see attorneys, media personalities and business owners come through the doors. Visitors have included Grammy winning artist, Emmylou Harris, tennis great Roscoe Tanner and even senator Bob Corker. The setup for the shop is simple with a simple menu that is small compared to most restaurants around. “You have too many things on your menu, people can’t make their minds up; you have a lot of freezer space because you’re offering too much,” Jackson says. “You keep it simple; people know what to come back for or it they like a particular thing they know what to order. Some restaurants do will with a lot of items on the menu. We never did,” he continues. “Just to keep it simple seems to work well for us.” The simple menu and the quality of the product is what keep people coming back for more – many for decades. The
menu has remained the same with an occasional specialty sandwich. “The tuna and chicken salad are made every morning,” says Jackson. “We have special sauce, which is a house sauce the Davenports came up with years ago that’s very popular.” The special sauce came about during Krystal’s first attempt of a larger burger, called “The Big K” but was not successful compared to the brand’s small
sandwich,” he adds. “When it gets colder heated roast beef or a heated ham and cheese, or a heated special and chili dogs seem to be doing well, too.” Walking into Figgy’s is reminiscent of walking into a New York deli. With a line often going back to the door during lunch, Jackson has the uncanny ability of remembering what his regulars usually order
or twice,” he says. Then I’ll remember the things with that sandwich.” His ability to remember a person’s order reminded Jackson of a humorous incident when he was visiting New York. “I was in New York City years ago and my son was getting my attention. We were standing in Times Square and a man was trying to get my attention and pointing at me,” he recalls. “My son was telling me, ‘There’s a man over there trying top get your attention dad’. I looked over and I didn’t know the man’s name but I knew he was a chicken salad plate,” he laughs. “That’s an old story. It happens to me in Chattanooga a lot. I don’t know your name but I know what you eat.” Despite the lack of fanfare from patrons over the 40th
anniversary, Figgy’s is a downtown institution and the key to its success is one word. often telling them what they “Simplicity,” says Jackson. “A want with little modification. good product, a smiling face, “That’s the beauty of having it’s a good place to eat.” something where you have only seven or eight items to - Dave Weinthal choose from on your menu and one person orders it once
The sandwich shop’s simple menu has remained pretty much the same since opening in 1978 with the exception of adding breakfast after their recent move to Republic Plaza.
square burger. Perhaps the signature sandwich is called “The Special”, that puts to use the signature “special sauce”. “We call it the “Special” because it goes on a corn-dusted Kaiser roll or a seeded bun with ham and turkey – heated if you want it. You can add lettuce tomato and pickles. It’s very popular,” according to Jackson. The Special and the chicken salad are the most popular items on the menu. “It’s really kind of seasonal,” Jackson says. “In hotter weather you get colder sandwiches – special with lettuce and tomato or tuna, chicken or the turkey ENIGMA
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Collective Soul Still Shines After 25 Years It seems like only yesterday a fresh sound out of Atlanta came into the nation’s conscious. Believe it or not it’s been 25 years that has seen seven number one singles, another 10 top 40 singles, five consecutive platinum albums and a gold album since Collective Soul caught everyone’s ear with “Shine”. The band was on the cutting edge of going independent when other acts opted for the safety of a major label and managed to maintain popularity. At the end of last year the band put out a live album showcasing some of the biggest songs of the modern rock era and all time. When one hears the name Collective Soul they immediately think Ed Roland, the band’s lead singer and principle songwriter. But Roland’s not the only one in
the band that’s been there from the actually recorded their breakout a side project, Will Turpin and the start. There’s brother Dean and debut at Will’s father’s recording Way, who recently released their Will Turpin on bass. Turpin has studio, Real 2 Reel Studios. Not to first full-length album, Serengeti Drivers to stellar reviews. We recently caught up with Will to talk about the 25 years of Collective Soul and forging his own identity with his own project.
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Collective Soul’s Ed Roland on stage in Atlanta in the late ‘90s.
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and there were a ton of wellrounded musicians out there that are better than us, but we were confident in the fact that our special thing we had together we thought it was worthy and everybody’s going to love it. We were on the edge of our seats seeing if MTV would add our video, but deep down we had a confidence of our chemistry and our friendship – and the songwriting that really kind of carried the day.
My dad kind of let his little baby eagle fly out of the nest. He was there. Collective Soul doesn’t get together without my father’s studio. My father was even one of Ed’s mentors in songwriting. Once Atlantic got us I was on the phone with my dad and I’d be talking to him. It was like the big eagle letting the little ones out of the nest.
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Especially with the music scene I was playing music over and over again in different ensembles – the personalities – playing drums with a jazz trio, playing vibraphone with a New Age ensemble – all that stuff becomes a part of your music DNA or whatever. I guess I was able to come in and be the most rounded but then I was able to focus in on being part of the rhythm section as well. I could sing the backups, I could do whatever as well. In the studio I was doing stuff as well, too. When you think about it, I grew up in a studio where I saw it all. I saw country artists, bluegrass artists, I saw R&B artists, I saw rock and roll artists. That’s all I did – music my whole life. I then went to college and majored in music. It’s
It was all L.A. crap. We were right there after that front edge. We were there right after Nirvana kind of blew up the seal righting songs about real things – not about partying and getting laid. No makeup – no hairspray; just a sweater. They kind of broke that seal two years before we came out, but we definitely were a part of it. The whole thing wasn’t about hair and makeup and singing about getting laid, it was about – it’s rock and roll - we’re edgy but we’re singing about real things that happen to people and happened to us as well. Ed’s songwriting has amazing depth but there was also depth in the musicality in the arrangements of the songs. I remember being a youngster and thinking – I grew up in a studio and I would think that the L.A. stuff was pretty basic stuff.
Yeah, it was literally all about. Here’s the best group of fans here and I’m the one from the outside. I was the one who was a music major in school and I would sing backup and play percussion for a while when Ii could make the gig. That way I wasn’t the bass player and they didn’t have to have me. And it was late summer ’93 and I decided I would commit to bass. The guy that was playing bass really wasn’t in our circle – I mean he was a friend of ours. Musically the originally five guys were not only on the same page, we were on the same line – like crazy. That guy was not really doing it for us and I told Ed before anything happened I played bass. My best friend was on drums and I knew the rhythm section, so I’ll sing backup and play bass. Ed was like, yeah. A couple of days later I was buying a bass at TT hhee ddee m moo tthhaatt AAttll aannttiicc rr eell eeaass eedd,, a local music store. H iinnttss AAll llee ggaattiioonnss aa nndd TT hhiinnggss LLee fftt H Unnss aaiidd w U waa ss rr eeccoorrddeedd aatt yyoouu ddaadd’’ss BBeeiinngg aa m muuss iicc m maa jjoorr hhoow w ddii dd eevvee rryy -ss ttuu ddiioo (( RReeaa ll 22 RReeee ll SSttuu ddiiooss )).. W W hhaa tt tthhii nngg yyoouu ll eeaarr nneedd m maattcchh uu pp w wii tthh oorr waa ss iitt ll iikk ee bbeeiinngg aa yyoouunngg gguuyy ii nn aa nn ggeett ddee ssttrr ooyyeedd ppll aayyii nngg ii nn aa ttoouurr iinngg w uu pp aa nndd ccoom miinngg bbaanndd rree ccoorr ddiinngg ii nn bbaa nndd?? yyoouu rr ddaadd’’ss ssttuu ddiioo?? ENIGMA
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all put into the pot and then you get me and my thoughts on music.
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that’s what I liked. I was influenced by bluegrass; I was influenced by even classical. I loved classical music. Me and my friends, which included the original Collective Soul – we listened to rock and roll which was our thing.
YY oouu’’vvee hhaa dd yyoouurr oow wnn bbaanndd aa nnuum m-bbeerr ooff yyeeaa rrss .. YYoouu ppuutt oouutt aann EEPP ii nn 22001111 aanndd jj uusstt ppuutt oouutt aa ffuull ll ll eennggtthh eennttii ttll eedd SSee rreennggee ttii DDrr iivv eerrss .. EExx ppll aaii nn ttoo m mee tthhee ssoonnggw wrr iittii nngg pprr ooccee ssss oonn yyoouurr m maattee rrii aa ll ccoom mppaa rree dd ttoo CC ooll llee ccttiivvee SSoouull.. It’s probably less collaborative effort than Collective Soul. I sit down with a piano and you catch these ideas. There were three songs – the oldest ones on the record – maybe 2013 when we were doing some rehearsals with my band, The Way: “Belong”, “On and On” and “One and Done” – those definitely came out of a jam session where I had a drum set and a lead guitarist. So those came out of jam sessions, but then I took these ideas and wrote the melodies and lyrics.
HH oow ww woouulldd yyoouu ddeess ccrrii bbee yyoouurr bbaa nndd ccoom mppaa rree dd ttoo ootthhee rr bbaa nnddss oouutt tthheerree ?? YY oouu’’vvee oobbvviioouussll yy rree aadd w w hhaa tt ootthhee rrss hhaavvee w w rrii ttttee nn aabboouu tt iitt,, bbuu tt hhoow ww woouu lldd W Wii llll ddeess ccrrii bbee tthh ee bbaa nndd?? All these guys in the band I’ve known for a long time. Some I’ve know since we were kids – the bass player Mark Wilson is a complete beast. The first time I saw him play he must have been 15 years old – and that’s 20 years ago. I would describe my band as a bunch of guys who are excellent musicians who are friends and enjoy playing with each other. Unfortunately I don’t play enough shows with Will and the Way because of the dates with Collective Soul. I really don’t get enough time to jam with those guys to be honest with you. We’ve got some more shows coming up this winter. It’s piano, electric guitar, bass and drums – that’s the cornerstone of it. The main difference with my stuff the Wurlitzer or
piano are the main instrument on every song.
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CCooll llee ccttii vvee SSoouull hhaa ss ppuutt oouutt aa llii vvee aall bbuum mw w iitthhiinn tthhee llaa sstt yyeeaa rr aanndd yyoouu gguuyy ss ccoonnttiinnuuee ttoo ttoouurr hheeaavv iill yy.. TThhaatt bbee iinngg ssaaii dd iiss tthheerr ee aa ss oonngg iinn tthhee ccaattaall oogg yy oouu llooookk ffoorrw w aarr dd ttoo ppll aayy -iinngg oorr oonnee yyoouu’’rr ee nnoott ss oo eenntthhuusseedd aabboouutt?? We haven’t played “Hollywood” in a while and I was getting sick of playing that. It’s the only one I ever got really sick of playing. It was just so poppy. That was the thought when we recorded it – we were going for pop, but I got tired of playing that one. The rest of them I don’t really get tired of playing at all. I’ve been having fun up there. The arrangements are basically the same but we don’t play the same stuff every night. We don’t have anything I don’t look forward to playing after we got “Hollywood” off the set list. It’s been at least three years since it’s been on the set list. I can probably come up with more songs that I’d like to play that we don’t play enough. A song called “Under Heaven’s Sky”, a song called “Maybe off of Disciplined Breakdown. I’d like to play more songs off the first record, “Goodnight, Good Guy”, “Breathe”. I’d like to play a lot more songs.
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Alice Cooper Welcomed All To His Nightmare On October 12, 2018, the greatest all-time Rock N Roll showman, Alice Cooper and his fantastic, top-notch band arrived through the looking glass to Chattanooga, TN at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium that was packed to the rafters with an all aged audience that was cocked and ready to rock, and everybody did. Sitting in the audience, I thought about all the times I played Alice on the radio through the years at several Chattanooga rock stations, all the hits you would expect plus deep cuts like “Leather Boots”,
“Levity Ball”, “Black Juju”, and “Halo of Flies” and thinking about my former radio station KZ106 where I did tours of duty in the 80’s 90’s and 2000’s and how they were celebrating their 40th anniversary, when suddenly the lights dim, the black and white curtains with Alice Cooper’s logo lights up and the eyes on it change colors and the whole curtain falls suddenly to the floor as Alice and the band come out with all their guns a blazing to the headbanging “Brutal Planet” accompanied by three guitarists a bass player, drummer and the Mad Hatter himself, Alice Cooper, who at 70 can out move and out
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see, because I never saw anyone seating or using them except to hold the prized tshirts and albums and other Alice paraphernalia through
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for us, Alice grew another head like a lizard grows his tail and came out blasting away at the rock anthem “I’m Eighteen”, a song I have known and loved since it was new and I was seven. After a brief encore, Alice reemerged with the greatest anthem of them all “School’s Out” that incorporated another song that Alice Cooper’s often co-writer and producer, Bob Ezrin collaborated and produced, “Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2” for Pink Floyd. It fit right in. I wanted both of the songs to be my high school class songs. In the end we all graduated with rock n roll diplomas.
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one continuous party where everybody seemed to know all the words to just about every song and liked their music loud. They were never disappointed as Alice’s tunes seamlessly segued one after another. There was “No More Mr. Nice Guy” followed by the thunderous drums and jet fueled guitars of “Under My Wheels” into “Billion Dollar Babies” and “Flush the Fashion’s Grim Facts”, “Lost in America” from Cooper’s Last Temptation, and the wonderful “Serious” from From the Inside reminded me of watching Alice sing it on a Showtime Alice Cooper special when I was in Junior High.
feet. Alice’s lifelong wife Sheryl Cooper in her Nurse Rozetta get up and she did ballet as a wind up toy during Alice’s power ballad, “Only Women Bleed”. And Alice sure did bleed a lot when he was beheaded in the guillotine after he escaped the straightjacket placed on him during the “Ballad of Dwight
After the show, I was with Alice and what looked like about 20 other folks. The first words out of Alice’s mouth were, How many of you fell in love with my guitarist tonight? One guy hollered out, “Which one?” And Alice said, “Yeah right!” We all knew he was talking about the gorgeous Nita Strauss who she said can rock as good if not better than anyone else, and that not only that, she could beat all of us, including the band and the rest of the audience in a fight. She has an album coming out soon. I can’t wait to hear it. A mixtape of ©Dave Weinthal
1. Paul McCartney 2. Greta Van Fleet 3. Elle King 4. Hippo Campus 5. Elvis Costello & The Imposters 6. Iron & Wine 7. Jade Bird 8. Joe Bonamassa 9. Lake Street Dive 10. Metric 11. Jim Donovan & The Sun King Warriors 12. Wilderado 13. Brett Dennen 14. Death Cab For Cutie 15. Mumford & Sons 16. Arctic Monkeys 17. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit 18. Tom Morello 19. St. Paul & the Broken Bones 20. The Smithereens
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Larkin Poe 2. John Grant 3. Molly Burch
On went the show - full-speed with lots of props. There was various AC tunes were playing. I the teenage Frankenstein run- Fry”. That and “Halo of Flies” heard “Zorro’s Ascent” and then ning around on stage. How tall were my favorites each clock- an early song that had a guitar was he? I would guess at least 15 ing in over six minutes. Luckily ENIGMA
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medley during an instrumental and Alice said, Listen here and you will here the James Bond Theme going into the ISpy Theme into another theme. Was it Green Arrow or Route 66? I do not remember exactly. He asked if anybody knows what song it was and I said it was off the Billion Dollar Babies album and he smiled pleased and said Unfinished Suite. Later, “Pain” from Flush the Fashion kicked in and after the opening lines, Alice started singing exactly where I would when the chorus kicked in… “I’m your pain… unstoppable pain...” I let off an audible whew. I didn’t plan it, it just came out. Later we talked one on one and he couldn’t believe that I had played his debut album, Pretties For You and all of the album cuts through the years. He laughed
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when I told him I used his Muscle of Love album’s paper insert for my mandatory English class book cover. It said Institute of Nude Wrestling. Alice was impressed with this town. He and his longtime manager, Seth Gordon’s granddaughter agreed that we really knew how to rock. Alice said his mother was born in Tennessee that he had Tennessee blood in him. I think I may be an official Chattanooga Vampire. He signed my album, “To Randy Black with all my blood, Alice Cooper”. Hopefully, Alice comes back time after time including with his other band, Hollywood Vampires. Maybe there is a reason Alice never ages.
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 11 8 899 44 William Donaldson and James H. Hennegan published their first edition of Billboard as “A monthly resume of all that is new, bright and interesting on the boards.” The eight page magazine was “devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents & secretaries of fairs.” It later began reporting on circuses, carnivals, vaudeville and other forms of live entertainment before focusing on motion pictures and later still, the music industry. The cost of that initial publication was 10 cents or 90 cents a year.
119 9 5577 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel appear as Tom And Jerry on ABCTV’s American Bandstand where they perform “Hey Schoolgirl”. Both were just 16 years old.
11 9 95588 Communist East Germany leaders dub Elvis Presley as “Public enemy number one.” An East Germany youth publication wrote: “The 23 year old star Presley is no artist and enjoys only limited brain power.”
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magazine Rolling Stone, which included a free roach clip with 1 96 3 every subscription, is published in The Kingsmen’s classic, “Louie, San Francisco. The cover featured a Louie” is released in the US. It will photo of John Lennon from his enter the Hot 100 near the end of movie, How I Won The War. November and peak at #2 in early January. In a move which is later described by both sides as being conflicting 119 9 66 55 egos, Roger McGuinn expels David Rochester, New York police halt a Crosby from The Byrds. Crosby is Rolling Stones concert until over replaced by Gene Clark, an original 3,500 screaming fans return to member of the group returning order. after two years away. After the success of “Satisfaction”, The Rolling Stones top the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time with “Get Off of My Cloud”. Keith Richards would later say, “I never dug it as a record. The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it as the follow-up.” Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco as a west coast partner to his Fillmore East in New York. The venue was the launching pad for The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother And The Holding Company and many other local bands. Both sites remained in operation until 1971. Graham died in a helicopter crash in October, 1991 at the age of 60.
Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” became only the third record in 1 953 history to sell over three million Britain’s BBC restricts the airing of copies, joining “White Christmas” Frankie Laine’s “Answer Me” and by Bing Crosby and Gene Autry’s Lee Lawrence’s “Crying In The “Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer”. 1 96 7 Chapel” after religious groups The first issue of the Rock and Roll 11 9 95599 object to the lyrics. RCA executives offer a guarantee of 119 9 5544 $100,000 to Sam Cooke in an effort The November issue of Billboard to lure him to their label when his magazine lists Elvis Presley at num- Keen Records contract expires. ber 8 of the Most Promising New After Cooke signed with RCA, he Hillbilly or Country Singers. would go on to achieve 19 more Billboard Top 40 hits to go along An R&B group called The Famous with the 8 he had with Keen. Flames, led by singer James Brown, 119 9 6611 cut their first demo of “Please, Please, Please” at a radio station in Jimmy Dean’s “Big, Bad John” Macon Georgia. It will lead to their becomes the 100th US number one signing with King Records, where single of the Rock and Roll era. It they re-recorded the song in would prove to be his only chart February, 1956 and watched it topper, although he would have climb to #6 on Billboard’s R&B another Top Ten record with “P.T. 109” the next year. Jimmy said he chart. wrote the song in an hour and a Buddy Holly And The Crickets start- half while flying to Nashville for a ed a three week run at #1 on the UK recording session. singles chart with “That’ll Be The Brian Epstein went to Liverpool’s Day”. Cavern Club to see The Beatles perform for the first time. He had been 119 9 5555 The Everly Brothers made their getting requests at his NEMS music first studio recordings, cutting four store for a record called “My tracks in 22 minutes at Nashville’s Bonnie”. After several more visits, Old Tulane Hotel Studios. Epstein would offer to manage the group, which he did until his death ENIGMA
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11 9 966 88 The Monkees’ three quarter of a million dollar feature film, Head debuts in New York. Instead of being aimed at their target audience of teeny boppers, the flick contains a dark theme about the manipulation of the group, seemingly pointless walk-on appearances by inappropriate guests and scenes of Vietnam War atrocities. Reviews are harsh and the picture is a box office disaster.
B.J. Thomas’ “Hooked On A Feeling” is released. It will enter the Billboard chart in December and climb to #5, but was not a hit in the UK. The Beatles release a double album simply called “The Beatles”, but known to fans as “The White Album”. Among the 29 songs on the
L.P. is Ringo Starr’s first song writ- second US number one hit, “Rock’n’ ing contribution, “Don’t Pass Me Me”. It made #11 in the UK. By”, which as a single, made it to Queen’s, “Bohemian Rhapsody” hit number one in Scandinavia. number one in the UK, where it 11 9966 99 stayed until the end of January “Suspicious Minds” reaches the top 1977, longer than any other song of the Billboard chart, becoming since Slim Whitman’s “Rose Marie” Elvis Presley’s 17th and final US in 1955. The promotional video that number one hit during his lifetime. accompanied the song is generally Elvis had recorded it in a 4 AM to 7 acknowledged as being the first UK AM session last January, with the Pop video and cost 5,000 Pounds eighth take being the keeper. The to produce. song climbed to #2 in the UK. 11 9988 44 The Monkees make their final live After a judge rules that he shot in appearance at a show in Oakland, self defense, The Reverend Marvin California. Mike Nesmith Gay Sr. is given only five years proannounces plans for a new band, bation for killing his son, Marvin while Davy Jones and Mickey Gaye. (Marvin added an “e” to his Dolenz say they will keep the stage name) Ironically, it was Monkees act going. It would be fif- Marvin Jr. who had given his father teen years before the original four the .38 revolver used in the killing. would play together live again. 11 9988 55 1199 7711 Stevie Wonder’s “Part-Time Lover” Cher scored her first solo US num- topped the Billboard Pop chart, ber one hit with “Gypsys, Tramps becoming his ninth single to do so. and Thieves”, a song that reached The song also led the R&B, Dance #4 in the UK. It had been four years and Adult Contemporary charts, since she last appeared on the making Stevie the first artist to Billboard singles chart with “You score a number one hit on four difBetter Sit Down, Kids”. ferent Billboard charts. In the UK, it reached #3. 11 9977 22 11 9988 77 After a show at Imperial College in London, New York Dolls’ drummer, A 16-year-old singer named Tiffany 21-year-old Billy Murcia, is acciden- had the top tune in the US with a tally suffocated when his girlfriend cover version of Tommy James’ tries to wake him by forcing him to 1967 hit, “I Think We’re Alone drink coffee after he passed out Now”. His rendition stalled at number four. Tiffany became the from drugs and alcohol. youngest act to score a US #1 since a 14-year-old Michael Jackson with 11 9977 33 After years of struggling as a mem- did it with “Ben” in 1972. ber of two New York area bands, 1199 8888 The Hassels and Attila, and as a bar room piano player, Billy Joel After using his guitar in court to releases what will ultimately be his show a jury how several hit songs breakthrough album, “Piano Man”. have contained the same short The title song will be released as a series of notes, John Fogerty was single and become a Top Twenty- found not guilty of plagiarizing his own record, “Run Through the five hit early next year. Jungle” when he wrote “The Old 1199 77 55 Man Down The Road”. His former Elton John, who teamed up with record label, Fantasy Records, had Neil Sedaka on last week’s brought about the suit which ended Billboard chart topper, “Bad up costing Fogerty $400,000 in Blood”, took over the top spot him- legal fees. self with “Island Girl”. 11 9999 33 The Sex Pistols play their first show Meat Loaf had the number one at St. Martin’s School of Art in song in the US with “I’d Do London. The performance lasted Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”. It was the first we’d heard about 10 minutes. from him since his giant hit album, 1199 7766 “Bat Out Of Hell” in 1977. The Steve Miller Band scored their ENIGMA
1199 9966 Tiny Tim, who reached #17 in the US in 1968 with “Tip-Toe Thru’ The Tulips”, suffered a heart attack on stage and later died in a Minneapolis hospital. He was 63.
“Candle In The Wind” (Princess Diana version) is the best selling single of all time and the Eagles “Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975” is the record holder for best selling album.
11 9999 77 Michael Hutchence, the 37-year-old lead singer of INXS, was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Double Bay, Sydney. The New South Wales coroner determined that Hutchence’s death was the result of suicide, although some who were close to him believe he may have died from autoerotic asphyxiation.
22000000 The Recording Industry Association Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on recordings.
22000066 In a poll compiled by the Official UK Charts Company, “Queen’s Greatest Hits” was named as the most popular album of all time in Britain. According to the list, the 1199 9999 album has sold around 5.4 million The Recording Industry Association copies, beating the Beatles’ “Sgt of America announces their Artists Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, Of The Century. The Beatles top the which has sold 4.8 million copies. list for US sales of over 106 million 220011 11 albums. Garth Brooks was named most successful male artist (89 mil- Rolling Stone magazine rated Jimi lion albums sold) and Barbra Hendrix as the greatest guitar playStreisand the most successful er in history in a list which includfemale artist. (62 million albums ed Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Keith sold). Elvis Presley had the most Richards, Jimmy Page and Pete Gold and Platinum singles with 77, Townshend among the top ten. to go along with his 80 Gold and Platinum albums. Elton John’s
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