Enigma Magazine December 2019 by Enigma Magazine

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Ashley and the X’s will headline the first anniversary of Wanderlinger Brewing Company on December 7. The brewery located behind Moxy onKing Street will be having activities all day with live music begining in the evening

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Hailing from bayou town of Livingston, LA, Laine Hardy spent much of his time on the nearby Blind River where he found inspiration from its peaceful calm. Hardy won Season 17 of American Idol and is now on tour as he works on new material. He performs at The Signal on December 14.

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The Doggfather himself, Snoop Dogg is on tour and coming to a theatre Party like it’s 1989 as we did farwell to the “terrible teens” and welcome near you. The iconic rapper, actor and media personality will be at the “Roaring Twenties” as the Velcro Pygmies perform New Years Eve at Songbirds South. The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA on December 20. ENIGMA

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Dear Rocco, I’ve noticed that my teacher has been drinking a lot of coffee lately and I’m starting to worry about him. He’s mentioned in class that he drinks a couple cups before he heads off to school at 7, and I’ve seen him drink a whole pot of coffee before lunchtime. Even after that he still continues to brew more and more and drink it until school gets out at 4. He’s also has a one year-old son at home and he says he uses coffee to stay awake with him when he gets fussy. What’s your opinion on this? Do you think he is addicted? If so, should I try and help him out? What should I do? BB

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standing but I’m very afraid of rejection and humiliation. I know I should take a chance and meet him or else I will always wonder what I missed. But I’ve never had a boyfriend before and this is the first time I ever felt special to someone. I’m just so afraid I’ll lose him once we meet, what should I do? PS

Dear Rocco, I have been married for the past four years without children. My husband is really loving and amazing man. However he has had bouts of extreme abuse and violence with me as the target. I had to go to the hospital once. I have recently moved to the States. He is still overseas. I have met a man and we both have feelings for each other. Now we are madly in love. We have not been physically intimate. My husband comes back next month. What do I do? TD

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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 goaskrocDeeaa rr TTDD ,, D Dee aarr PPSS,, D Whhaatt kkii nndd ooff ssttuuppii dd aa rree yyoouu?? HH oow W w co@yahoo.com. Hoow H w ddoo yy oouu kk nnoow w tthhaatt hhee’’ss aa pprr iizz ee?? tthhee hheell ll ccaann yyoouu ddee ssccrr iibbee aa m maann aass TThh ee ffaacctt yyoouu gguu yyss m meett oonn ll iinnee m meeaann moorr ee tthhaann llii kkee llyy nnee iitthheerr oonn ooff yyoouu m iiss aa ccaa ttcchh – – nnoo ooffffeennss ee.. II rr eeaall iizz ee tthhii ss iiss tthh ee 2211 sstt cceennttuu rryy,, bbuutt iinn oorr ddee rr ttoo hh aavvee aa rree aall rr eell aattii oonnss hhii pp yyoouu hhaa vvee ttoo hhaa vvee ppeerr ssoonnaa ll ii nntteerraa ccttiioonn,, nnoott jj uuss tt aa ““ ggoooodd vviibbee”” oorr w w hhaa ttee vveerr .. SSiinnccee yyoouu ss ttaarr ttee dd ““ddaattii nngg”” w whh yy hhaa vveenn’’tt yyoouu ssttaa rrttee dd ttaakk iinngg ccaarree ooff yyoouurr ssee llff.. PPaarr tt ooff tthhee ccoouurr ttsshhiipp pphhaass ee ffoorr m mee ii ss tthhaa tt aatt llee aasstt w whh eenn II ffiirr sstt ssttaarr tt ddaa ttii nngg ss oom meeoonnee II tteenndd ttoo eeaatt bbeetttteerr ,, ddrree ssss bbee ttttee rr,, ccuuss ss llee ssss ,, miinndd m m myy m maannnnee rrss aanndd m maa kkee m myyssee llff moorr ee aappppeeaall iinngg ttoo tthh ee ppeerr ssoonn II m waanntt ttoo ii m w mpprr eess ss.. EE vveerr yyoonnee kk nnoow w ss yyoouu ddoonn’’tt llee tt yyoouurrss eell ff ggoo uunnttiill aaffttee rr yyoouu ss aayy,, ““II ddoo”” ..

Dear Rocco, I am getting married in three months and my fiancée wants to have us dance the first dance together at the reception, my idea of hell. I do not want 100 people watching as I dance around in a monkey suit with my new wife. She is insists that we do this and I don’t want to dance. EG

Dear Rocco, I have been dating this guy online for a little over a year now. I feel like we have a strong connection. However, I have postponed to meet him face to face because I’m self conscious about my weight. I am Dee aarr EEG G ,, afraid he won’t feel the same once D Moosstt gguuyyss he sees me in person. I know he IItt’’ss oonnee ffrreeaa kkii nngg ddaa nnccee.. M – ee ssppee cciiaa ll llyy w whhii ttee has been really patient and under- ccaann’’ tt ddaannccee – ENIGMA

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Your emotions may get the better of you. Self-deception regarding your own worth may lead you down the wrong path. Be extra careful with your valuables; loss and theft are evident this month. You may have problems with skin, bones, or teeth if you haven’t been taking proper care of yourself. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Be prepared to counteract the damage that adversaries are about to create. Don’t blame every thing on your mate. Stick to your own projects and by the end of the day you’ll shine. Your creative imagination will help you in coming up with unique ideas. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Equilibrium in your romantic life is likely if you treat your partner well. Try to be there for someone if they need assistance. Uncertainties about your home may cause tension. Don’t share your dilemma with those you work with.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Be careful when dealing with investments. Don’t say something you’ll live to regret. Try not to at tempt to do something unless you are fully intent on following through with the plans. Your sensitive nature will allow others to read you well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Try to enlist the help of those you trust in order to fulfill the demands being made of you. In-laws or older individuals may give you a bit of a hard time this month. Double check your work and be sure that your boss is in a good mood before you do your presentation. Think twice before you say something Your luckiest events this month you might regret later. will occur on a Saturday. Your luckiest events this month VIRGO will occur on a Wednesday. (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Think about your budget before CAPRICORN booking a trip. You can find out (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) interesting information if you get a Interaction with colleagues will chance to talk to people you only be upsetting. Stay out of other respect. You will be able to catch people’s affairs. Make sure to up on overdue paper work. Visitors arrange in advance to spend qualimay drop by unexpectedly, result- ty time together. Avoid letting faming in tension with your lover. ily get involved in your personal life. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You might not be as reserved on an emotional level as you’d like. Don’t take advantage of your expense account. Look for something entertaining to do. You’ve got that competitive edge. Children could cost you more than you can afford.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Try to channel your energy into professional endeavors. You must make sure that all your personal documents are in order. This will not be the day to start new business ventures or make drastic changes in your career. You’ll find it easy to talk about your feeling this month. Don’t hesitate to find out what your mate’s intentions are. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You may want to stay in the background this month. Do not jump to conclusions concerning your romantic partner. Older family members may take advantage of you by making you feel guilty. Avoid friction with your mate.

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Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. will occur on a Monday. SCORPIO CANCER (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) (June 22-July 22) Travel and entertainment will be You should be able to tie up loose pleasurable. You have done all you ends this month. Make sure that can to sort things out a personal you take time to remember those level. Finish overdue paperwork you love. Social events may lead to and catch up on letter writing and a romantic interlude. You will be in reading. Take that long overdue an overly generous mood this vacation if you can. month. Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. will occur on a Monday. ENIGMA

Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

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Every Day Above Ground Is A Good One Be Thankful For What You Have I’ve got a friend who used to tell people “ Every day above ground’s a good one” when they asked how he was doing. I always used to agree with him but have realized in the intervening years that if you are not in good health life may be a struggle. If you have your health you are rich. If you have a million dollars but can’t hardly breath or are bed ridden life may not be so rosy. I had a friend who struggled through the last year of life mostly bedridden. This was very rough on someone who had been active all his life. It was very hard to see his situation. This brought home the realization that just being alive (being above ground) might come with a hard price. Of course there

Christmas, I always try to do a positive article. I like to mention the things I am thankful for. I usually list family, friends and freedoms. I have come to realize I have neglected to list one other very important thing to be grateful for. This year I want to definitely include my health in my list of things I’m thankful for. I am in relatively good health. Sure I wear special supports in my shoes all the time, take high blood pressure medicine and am currently feeling the effects of having things cut and frozen at the dermatologist (sunscreen are people who adapt to these current good fortune. At this folks, use lots of sunscreen) but type situations and are happy time of year, being near overall I’m doing pretty well with their current lot in life but Thanksgiving and prior to health-wise. I wish I could say this brought home to me my

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the same for some people now I am thankful for the medaround me. icines fighting the cancer in the one I am taking for treatment. Every two weeks now I go to an infusion center here in town But let’s move on to more (Chattanooga, TN). I take some- cheerful things. This is an artione who requires treatment for cle about thanks and gifts or cancer by chemotherapy. The blessings. I am thankful for the ride is usually fairly quiet. This family I was born into and the person is very stoic about one that has adopted me. While receiving the treatment. I have not a formal or legal adoption not heard a complaint about the bond between us is having to get the treatment or stronger than many “blood” they asking why this malady has families. I never had any biobeen placed on them. When we logical sisters but now I have get there they are assigned a three adopted sisters. It is defichair and we walk through the nitely good to be able to have infusion area. What really gets female sounding boards who to me is walking by all the only have your best interest in chairs occupied by people get- mind. My mother’s side of the ting “chemo”. Most are sitting family has remained close quietly by themselves. Some through the years and we get have company. Are they hus- together on some birthdays, the bands, wives, or with signifi- 4th of July and of course cant others? What about the Thanksgiving and Christmas. people with them? I always We have been through marwonder as I pass each space. I riages, divorces, births, deaths try to study their faces as I walk and other family affairs but it by. What am I looking for? I was as a family. Having this don’t know. I do know each has support has been very valuable a story. Many have a sunken or to me. haunted look on their face. I wonder what type of cancer I am so thankful for the gift of they have, what type medicine being born in the United States they are taking, how long they of America, still the greatest have been getting treatment country in the world. I have the and other questions I wonder ability to worship as I please if how they wrestle with the inner I please. So many people take demons of their body attacking this simple freedom for grantitself and the debilitating phys- ed. Many forget, and I believe ical and mental effects wrought most are not taught why our by the disease and its treat- country was founded. Our forement. Chemotherapy is not a fathers had to fight for religious natural thing and can wreak freedom. Sadly many havoc with the body while try- “Americans” don’t care about ing to “cure” the cancer. I feel this hard won freedom. sorrow for these people along with my curiosity. I feel lucky One freedom I am also thankful every time I go to the infusion for is my ability to own, shoot, center that I am not a patient and collect firearms. I have but I also have a fear that one shot for many years. I was a day I too might be in this place police officer and carried a gun or one like it. Both my mother for a living. I was on the Special and father as well as two uncles Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) succumbed to cancer but for team. I got paid to shoot pisENIGMA

tols, sniper rifles and machine guns. I had a blast. I have been a Tennessee Handgun permit class instructor since 1996.Firearms have been far more than a hobby or pasttime to me. Many countries deny their citizens such rights. I truly thank God I was born in the United States and can exercise such a freedom. I am also very thankful that in the United States of America we have the right of free speech. Now more than ever, it seems, people are criticizing the government and even openly showing disrespect. In many countries this would not be allowed and repressed. Here you have the ability to say what you feel no matter how negative. People have fought and died to allow you that privilege. Yet most people take this freedom for granted. They have

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always had this ability so they don’t recognize what this “right” means. So during this holiday season whatever your religious persuasion take time to reflect on your situation.. If you have your health you have a tremendous blessing. If you are mobile you have a tremendous gift you should not take for granted. If you live in the United States be thankful for your many freedoms. This is supposed to be a time of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards Men.” Perhaps we should all remember and try that. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.

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A Japanese hotel offers a room that costs only $1 per night, but there’s a catch — the guest’s entire stay is livestreamed on YouTube. Tetsuya Inoue, who took over the Asahi Ryokan hotel in Fukuoka from his grandmother last year, said he was looking for ways to boost business and was inspired by a British YouTuber who livestreamed his time at the hotel. “This is a very old ryokan and I was looking into a new business model,” Inoue said.

“Our hotel is on the cheaper side, so we need some added value, something special that everyone will talk about.” Inoue said room No. 8 is now equipped with cameras that are always livestreaming on his YouTube channel, One Dollar Hotel. He said the feed is video only and the cameras are pointed away from the bathroom area to give guests some privacy. He said the hotel loses money with the $1 stays, but once his YouTube channel reaches 4,000 view hours, he will be able to monetize the scheme with ads.

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Residents of a Florida neighborhood said a car that drove in circles in reverse for about an hour only had a single occupant — a dog. Police said the driver of the car in Port St. Lucie had gotten out and left the vehicle running, and the dog then apparently knocked the vehicle into reverse. Neighbors said the car was moving for about an hour before police were able to stop it. “First I thought I saw somebody backing up but then they kept going and I’m like OK what are they doing,” a witness told local news.

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Police were able to enter a code to open a door, stop the car and rescue the dog. The car hit a mailbox, some garbage cans and some bricks in front of a home while the canine was behind the wheel. “He was doing pretty good until he hit the mailbox. He went around for about an hour without hitting anything at all.” A West Virginia man admitted to authorities that he married one of his two daughters after help-

ing both of them kill another man and dump him in a shallow grave, a report said. Larry Paul McClure, 55, said in a letter to state investigators that he and his daughters; 31-year-old Amanda Michelle Naylor McClure and 32-year-old Anna Marie Choudhry, plotted the murder of John McGuire, who was dating Amanda, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported. A West Virginia State Police officer testified in a recent court hearing that the trio hit McGuire in the head with a bottle of wine, tied him up and injected him with two vials of meth. They then strangled him and buried him in a shallow grave on the property of a home where they were staying in the Skygusty section of the state. In his admission letter, McClure wrote the murder was his daughter Amanda’s idea. “I cannot tell you why Amanda wanted John McGuire dead,” Larry McClure wrote. Police allege Amanda and her father

then traveled to Virginia and is, “It’s good to gain weight.” married each other at the United Methodist Church ministry of the 49-year-old Lonnie Hutton was apprehended at The Boro Bar gospel. and Grill in Murfreesboro. A Dubai bar is drawing in female According to police, an officer customers with an unusual pro- was dispatched to the bar, where motion — the more they weigh, a witness said that Hutton the more free drinks they walked up to the ATM and receive. The Fusion Club at “pulled down his pants and Cassells Al Barsha Hotel underwear exposing his genitals announced it will be running a and then attempted to have sexspecial through the end of the ual intercourse with the ATM.” year offering $0.12 in free drink After his encounter with the credit for every pound a female ATM, Hutton began to walk customer weighs — meaning a around the bar nude, thrusting woman weighing 150 pounds his hips in the air. Hutton was would receive about $18.50 worth subsequently escorted from the of free drinks. Bar managers said bar and told to sit at a wooden there is a scale available in the picnic table. But once outside the bar, but customers can also use bar, Hutton allegedly “again the honor system to merely tell exposed himself again and their weight to bartenders. engaged in sexual intercourse “Although we have a weighing with the wooden picnic table.” machine at the bar entrance, we To the surprise of no one police do not insist our guests to verify reported that Hutton smelled of the weight,” Anil Kumar, the booze, had bloodshot eyes and hotel’s food and beverage man- slurred speech. ager said. The promotion’s motto The makers of a South African gin infused with elephant dung swear their use of the animal’s excrement is no gimmick. The creators of Indlovu Gin, Les and Paula Ansley, stumbled across the idea a year ago on a safari after learning that elephants eat a variety of fruits and flowers and yet digest less than a third of it. “As a consequence, in the elephant dung, you get the most amazing variety of these botanicals,” Les Ansley said. “Why don’t we let the elephants do the hard work of collecting all these botanicals and we will make gin from it?” They described the gin’s flavor as “lovely, wooded, almost spicy, earthy” and one that changes subtly with the seasons and location. They decided to name the gin Indlovu, which means elephant in the Zulu language. The couple did not say how much of the gin they have sold. A bottle sells for around 500 rand, or about $32.

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The nerve of some people. Andrew Collins, who works as a pilot for United Airlines, decided to show off his goodies while staying in a Westin hotel at Denver International Airport. The veteran pilot said when he woke up in the morning he opened the curtains and began walking around his room naked. Someone saw him and decided to complain. “That didn’t mean I was standing there doing any lewd behavior,” Collins reported. “I just had an expectation of privacy.” Probably because his room was on the 10th floor. Sounds like deviant behavior to me. Collins’ attorney said the two responding Denver police officers went too far when they entered the room without a warrant and arrested the captain for indecent exposure. The case was eventually dismissed, but not before Collins was suspended for half a year from his job. The City of Denver agreed to pay $300,000 for the wrongful arrest. Not bad for showing off your willie. A Maine school is celebrating the 43rd anniversary of a Twinkie that has been on display at the school since being unwrapped by a science teacher. George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill said the Twinkie originally unwrapped by teacher Roger Bennatti in 1976 as part of a lesson on food preservatives is marking its 43rd year at the school. The school said the Twinkie is still the same size and shape as a fresh snack cake, but its color has faded to gray and its texture has turned rough. The Twinkie was on display in Bennatti’s classroom until he retired in 2004 and passed it along to Libby Rosemeier, the school’s dean of students and one of the students who was in his class for the original Twinkie lesson.

Quit Looking In Your RearView Mirror Quit looking in the rearview mirror! When you are driving and look in your rear view mirror to see what is behind you, your eyes are not focused on what is right in front of you. Hence the reason when driving, we typically only look in the rearview mirror for a few seconds at a time, if at all. We do this because we know that the situation on the road in front of us can change instantly. (which is why you shouldn’t text and drive people, sorry not sorry) Your surroundings can change in a matter of seconds. Therefore we are paying attention to the road ahead. So why in life do we waste time focusing on events and/or moments from the past to the point we can not see what is going on today. Let me say this another way. When you are fretting over events that happened in your past, you are consumed with events that you can’t change and are missing out on the present. Your life is moving on, with or without you. Life is like the car behind you on the road that speeds past, in a passing zone of course, because you are going so slow. Even if you are going the speed limit. You are completely distracted by a previous incident that you are no longer aware you are the person creating more wrecks. If you are the person in the car driving past everyone on the road because they are going so slow, you my friend, need to slow down. You are the other end of the spectrum, so to speak. Quit being in such a hurry that you can’t embrace the moment directly in front of you. You are so consumed with worry or fear that you are constantly running from one place to another. (You could also be running late. You running behind is the cause of not being in the present, and always focusing on what’s next.) The fear of missing out on something that everyone else has is consuming your life. You are always focused on your next move, permanently living in the future.

Never fully being present, and always distracted. Your mind is being pulled in multiple directions, never accomplishing a complete thought before it bounces into another lane. You are then left feeling drained and unworthy. As if you cannot become successful in life no matter how prepared you are. Slow down.

Quit cheating yourself and everyone around you. The people in your life deserve more from you. You deserve more from yourself. Be intentional with your time. Your people want you to be present and aware. And when I say present I am mean the quality of time and the attention you give is more important than the quantity of time. If you are only able to see your people for a short period of time, cherish that time. Don’t fret over when you will see them again, or complain about how short your time is. Be intentional with the time you are given. Fill that time making memories that will last a lifetime. I will say it again, it is more about quality than quantity.

no such access. When we have unlimited access to something we take that thing (relationship, toy, job, etc,) for granted. We set that “thing” to the side until we are ready for it. We assume that person/thing will always be there even though we have either been too busy looking back or hustling into the future. Either way you have

Here we are at the beginning of December, full fledged Holiday Hustle. This season, instead of spending your time shopping and wrapping gifts, make yourself the gift. Be present. High end toys and expensive gadgets have a short shelf life before they are forgotten about. Since we do not know what our shelf life is, make the most of the moments in front of you. It may be your last encounter. This year I am saving myself the added stress of shopping for family and friends, no one is getting a present. Sorry, parents! Just me, whether it is a lunch or dinner date, a girl’s night out, or an extended family outing that is what this season will be about. Memories last forever, so why not make some good memories starting today.

wasted the present. Everything comes at a cost. Sometimes you can buy your wants with money but often times happiness (satisfaction) comes with a price tag that money can’t buy. What are you willing to risk? Are - Michelle you willing to risk everything that is precious to you? Are you gam- Objects in the Rearview Mirrorbling your future with the present Meatloaf

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or wasting the present looking into the past? Learn to control what you can control. Invest quality time into the things that bring you joy and happiness. If something is important enough to you, you will find the time. Again it isn’t about the quantity of time or attention you give, it is the quality that matters.

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Get Off My Lawn the restroom?

It’s too bad parents feel their kids can’t get a decent education in public school. It costs tens of thousands of dollars to go to private school. For example, seven years at McCallie, GPs, or Baylor is approximately $160,000.

Racism would die on its own if of the madness in sight? people would let it. They keep it Leave Nikki’s Restaurant alone - alive for a reason (Al Sharpton, Do yourself a favor, try the homewe don’t need another condo or certain pro athletes, etc.). cooking at Melodee’s Diner in apartment building. East Ridge. The government has attacked A therapy pig on an airplane—give smoking and over use of Patten Parkway - they have made me a break! Oxycodone, why haven’t they the usual mess - spending millions taken the same attitude on alco- for no reason – the old park was Therapy animals - a bunch of hol, a much bigger problem. fine - guess someone with pull crap - keep them off airplanes owns some property around there and out of restaurants. If you are Hearing about the new condo and (do you think?). that screwed up that you need an apartment boom starting to have animal to go out, stay home. problems (bankruptcy). Is the end The “cow pasture”— still unused

Did the people who built the nice brick apartments/condos next to the chicken plant on Broad Street get examined for brain failure before they started? Look out the windows—that’s a chicken processing plant. What the hell is wrong with our government? Cut the crap and take care of business. Secret, unknown person, the whistleblower – more protection than any national secret. Bull, what a bunch of crap. I miss the old Holiday On Ice shows—remember them? They need to change the name of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – can’t say colored people any more. How about National Association for the Advancement of African American People,, or NAAAAP? Also we need a NAAWT for the National Association for the Advancement of White Trash. Remember the term ghost town. It’s the term for all the empty condos and apartment buildings across the USA (Miami, Daytona, and maybe Chattanooga). Were do homeless people go to EPSTEIN DID NOT KILL HIMSELF 2019

enough – where is the beautiful team next year, I hope they have Who did this, to whom and when, send the illegals home and then fountain we used to have? hire the homeless and US vets. some success. show me the money. I guess it’s time to play the race card on the helmet attack by Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns - when all else fails, cry racist. The Chattanooga Times-Free Press needs to read the saying they print over their name on the front page - it reads “To give the news impartially, without fear or favor” – instead they slant the news to suit their agenda. Maybe that’s one reason you are losing readers and subscribers. The music at UTC games is awful (mostly). It is also way too loud have a little class, pick your song wisely and play it where it can be enjoyed, not blaring. I understand that UT Knoxville is going to try and field a football

We are starting to see meatless hamburgers - are they really burgers - gas-less cars — now if we can only get honest politicians.

Heard through the grapevine that bankruptcy is starting to happen in the condo and apartment industry locally.

I have said it many times, “speak English or get the hell out.” Also all business signs should be at least 50 percent in English.

The food trucks were back downtown at the “cow pasture” (MLK & Market), well, to hell with the restaurants downtown, shut up and pay your rent, utilities, and employees, and like it.

3See where some of the local brew pubs are starting to close we have enough and have some great ones, only the strong survive.

Still have the stick men and hand red lights - get rid of the damn things, bring back red, yellow, and green.

So we are being blackmailed by Where is the monument that was Major League Baseball—“build a at Patten Parkway? Put it on the new stadium or we will leave. We MLK side of the cow pasture. need to tell them “we will furnish the land, you build the stadium.” I have asked how much of the parking fine does the city get Let’s spend some money on a form the parking Nazis - no homeless shelter with a job cenanswer as of yet. ter and mental health help, and get these people on the road to a Parking control and regulations good life. should be a city job and not farmed out to somebody’s friend. Raid the carpet mills in Dalton -

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Let common sense and American values prevail. Bitch and bastard are words that are not used often enough, everyone knows people these words fit, and they should be reminded. Well, enough for now, Until Next Time, Paul Burke Sr.

Do You Live In A Waffle House? Around the 15th century waffles began to evolve. Basically a batter was laced between two iron grids, some quite elaborate in design, and eaten as a sweet as well as used in religious ceremonies. The batter was often flavored with flower water and honey, cooked and served with extra honey or fruit and enjoyed as a dessert rather than a breakfast food. Similar to the French, the finished product could be kept for several days and traveled well. It was first introduced to Colonists by foodie president Thomas Jefferson in 1789, who returned from France with the first known waffle iron to grace our shores (no invention went unnoticed by foodie Thomas) who proceeded to enjoy and serve waffles at his state dinners as a final course, along with fresh berries and cream.

squares, and deeper pockets than the ordinary American waffle. They were originally leavened with yeast, but baking powder is now

across the pond and introduced Belgian waffle, they are often made were introduced at a the Century 21 from a batter leavened with baking Exposition in Seattle in 1962, powder and served for breakfast; served with whipped cream and Bergische waffles, crisp and less dense, usually heart shaped; also a smaller wedge-shaped version serves as a decoration in an ice cream dessert or alongside a cup of tea; Hong Kong style - also called a “grid cake,” popular street food in China; Waffle cone - every American recognizes these, thin and shaped into the form of a cone while still warm, cooled and filled with ice cream;

In North America, Belgian (spelled used. First showcased in 1958 at strawberries. Moving forward, they with an “a”) waffles are a variety Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgium by a were further popularized during with a lighter batter, larger European, they found their way the 1964 New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens. These waffles were introduced by Maurice Vermersch of Brussels, Belgium primarily based on a simplified recipe from Brussels. He wisely decided to change the name to the Bel-Gem Waffle at first, after observing that many Americans could not identify Brussels as the capital of Belgium. (And even worse, many people would associate them with brussels sprouts, America’s most despised food.) For centuries waffles were primarily eaten in Western and Northern European countries and there are many variations. Here is a quick rundown: The Liège waffle is a richer, denser, sweeter, and chewier waffle; native to the region of Eastern Belgium and alternately known as gaufres de chasse; Flemish waffles, or Gaufres à la Flamande, are a specialty of northern France and portions of western Belgium. made with yeast;

Chicken and waffles - popular in Southern and soul food cuisine, but also attributed to Pennsylvania Dutch cooks in the 1800s; they are still served at many regional restaurants and rank right up there with chicken fried steak and other southern favorites; not rocket science here, pieces of fried chicken are placed on top of a waffle and drenched in syrup; In the first part of the twentieth century, no self-respecting kitchen was without the proverbial waffle iron, often a popular wedding gift, and the breakfast of choice on weekends with bacon or ham. In 1953, busy homemakers put away their heavy waffle irons for good when “Eggo” frozen waffles were introduced, a great time saver and a quick breakfast, simply dropped into the toaster. To this day they remain a big seller along with pancakes and french toast. In 2017 alone, 164.8 million Americans consumed the three, either packaged or homemade. And the popular restaurant chain Waffle House has sold 877,388,027 since opening their doors in 1955. So whether you prefer your version on the run or as an elaborate dish smothered with berries and cream, they are easily available, no iron required. Kind of a perma press breakfast.

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Hollywood Asks Is Comedy Dead? The Hollywood writers and produc- percent less on average.” ers cannot understand why no one is interested in watching their sitcoms anymore on TV? Well, did it ever occur to them that some of this stuff isn’t all that funny anymore? The movie industry’s comedy films are also getting killed at the box office. Stand-up comedy is doing OK, but in the new PC world, comedy routines often turn off half of the audience during any given skit, throw in politics and yes, you get some headlines but comedians are divided and conquered. What happened? No, what really happened? Is Hollywood in denial? Remember the audience is always correct, if they don’t like it, it just ain’t that good. And, ‘if and when’ they don’t like it, they sure as hell don’t want to pay for it, or spend their precious time listening or watching it on TV. Now then, there was an interesting in article in the Wall Street Journal recently titled; “Comedy Slump Not a Laughing Matter,” by Ben Fritz published on June 26, 2018 which stated: “Last year’s åmost successful comedy, “Girl’s Trip,” took in $117 million in the US and Canada. The last time the year’s highest grossing comedy grossed so little was 1995, when ticket costs were 52

they assume it’s funny to everyone, Perhaps, it is this feedback loop and that if anyone doesn’t like the which has now been labeled; the ‘Echo Chamber’ where conformational bias occurs. Indeed, it hardly matters what it’s called or why it keeps happening if no one in Hollywood, late-night comedy notices, because now that audiences have been split in half and every show is catering to the same half of the remaining market, no one is making any money, and audiences, yes, even on the left are getting bored with it all; it’s just not funny anymore. And despite popular belief in NYC, LA and DC, our president does not bathe in Cheetos dust. Just sayin’. The article also stated: “Traditional jokes, then they are ignorant, or - Lance Winslow comedies are struggling for oxygen out of touch with reality. at the box office, caught between superhero sequels that integrate laughs and a vast buffet of standup specials, sitcoms, amateur pranks and original films on digital services like Netflix and YouTube.” What I, as a film critic writer, have noticed, is that every sit-com seems to brush up against the PC culture and then quickly back away, and attack the politically expedient right-side of the equation. Perhaps, this is because the comedy writers all live and work in areas where most everyone has left-leaning political views, and

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CONCERT CALENDAR “Go See Live Music”

This month’s calendar covers events December 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.

SSU U NNDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 11 SSKKYYZZ OOOO (Chattanooga) Karaoke WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NGG BBRREEW WII NNGG CCOO M MPPAANN YY (Chattanooga) The Other Brothers TTHH EE CC OOM M EED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Smith TTHH EE SSIIGG NNAALL (Chattanooga) Jackyl CCOO CCAA CCOO LLAA RROOXXYY (Atlanta) DaBaby, Stunna 4 Vegas EEDDDD IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Kristian Bush CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Jeff Bradshaw CCOO BBBB EENNEE RRGGYY PPEE RRFF OORRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Il Divo SSCCHH EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) The Drifters, The Coasters, The Platters D && LLIIN 33RRD N DDSSLLEE YY (Nashville) Keb’ Mo’

CCIITT YY W WIINN EERRYY NNAASSHH VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Levi Kreis FFRRAANNKKLLII NN TT HHEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Tim Rushlow & His Big Band

MOONNDDAAYY DDeecceem M mbbeerr 22 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTA AVVEE RRNN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night SSKKYYZZ OOOO (Chattanooga) Karaoke SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS SSOOUU TTHH (Chattanooga) Blues Open Jam FFRRAANNKKLLII NN TT HHEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Tim Rushlow & His Big Band CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Austin Jenckes D && LLIIN 33RRD N DDSSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers CCOO CCAA CCOO LLAA RROOXXYY (Atlanta) Of Monsters And Men VVAARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY HH OOUUSS EE (Atlanta) Pete Yorn EEDDDD IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Kristian Bush CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Mavis Staples TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) La Dispute, Empath, Touche Emore

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TTU U EESSDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 33 TT RREEM M OONN TT TT AAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) Karaoke WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Tyler Martelli, LVNDR TT IIVVOOLLII TTHH EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Chris Tomlin CC OOCC AA CC OOLL AA RROOXXYY (Atlanta) Incubus, Le Butcherettes CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) Chrisette Michele AAIISSLL EE 55 (Atlanta) Role Model, Ivy Sole FF RRAA NNKKLLIINN TT HHEEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Tim Rushlow & His Big Band TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) La Dispute, Empath, Touche Amore CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Albert Cummings, Mike Zito

WEEDDNNEESSDDAAYY DDee cceem W mbbeerr 44 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) Karaoke WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIINNGG BBRREEW WIINN GG CC OO M MPPAANNYY (Chattanooga) Open Mic SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS NN OORRTT HH (Chattanooga) Jeff Coffin, Keith Carlock, Nir Felder, Felix Pastorius CC OOBBBB EE NNEE RRGGYY PPEERRFF OORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Julie Andrews TT EERRM M IIN NA ALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Riff Raff TT HHEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Son Little, Christopher Paul Stelling BBRRIIDD GGEESS TTOO NNEE AARREENN AA (Nashville) TransSiberian Orchestra RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brett Eldredge TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Pete Yorn, Wilderado D && LLIIN 33RRD NDD SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Sixwire BBIIJJ O OUU TTHH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Colter Wall

TTH HUU RRSSDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 55 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIINNGG EERR BBRREEW W IINNGG CCOO M MPPAANN YY (Chattanooga) Danimal & Friends TT HHEE PPAALLM MSS (Chattanooga) DJ Keith, Jimmy Harris TT HHEE CC OOM M EED DYY CC A ATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Didges Christ Superdrum, Cypher Machine

BBRRIIDDGG EESSTT OO NNEE AARREE NNAA (Nashville) Ariana Grande TT HHEE EENNDD (Nashville) Agnostic Front, Slapshot RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brett Eldredge BBIIJJOO UU TT HHEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) The Marcus King Band, Aaron Lee Tasjan TT EENN NNEESS SSEEEE TTHH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Regina Carter OO PPEE NN CC HH OORRDD M MU USSII CC (Knoxville) Cas Haley SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Bayside, Capstan VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Jelly Roll AAIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Plaid

FFRRIID DAAYY DDeecceem m bbee rr 66 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TT HHEE PPAALLM MSS (Chattanooga) DJ Keith, Jimmy Harris TT RRIISSHH’’ SS (Chattanooga) Karaoke w/ Sweet T SSOO NNGG BBII RRDD SS SSOO UUTT HH (Chattanooga) Electric Avenue SSOO NNGG BBII RRDD SS NN OORRTT HH (Chattanooga) Albert Cummings Band WA W AN ND DEERRLLII N NG GEE RR BBRREEW WIIN NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Chattanooga) Maradean, The Afternooners TT HHEE CCOO M MEE D DYY CC A ATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott WA W ALLK KEE RR TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Colter Wall TT HHEE TTAABBEE RRNNAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Madeon PPUURRGG AATTOO RRYY AATT TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Agnostic Front, Slapshot BBUUCC KKHHEE AADD TT HH EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Riley Green, Travis Denning CC OOCC AA CC OOLLAA RROO XXYY (Atlanta) Playboi Carti EEDD DDIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Grant-Lee Phillips IINN FFIINNII TTEE EENN EERRGGYY CC EENN TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Julio Iglesias ZZYY DDEE CCOO ((Birmingham) Tucker Beathard SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Maggie Rose, Them Vibes TT HHEE LLYY RRIICC TT HH EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Taylor Hicks TT HHEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Cherub BBIIJJOO UU TT HHEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Delbert McClinton TT EENN NNEESS SSEEEE TTHH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Regina Carter MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Robyn Hitchcock MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Between the Buried and Me, Chon, Intervals TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT (Nashville) Goodbye June NNAASS HHVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jacquees, Dreezy, YFN Lucci

SSA ATTUU RRDDAAYY DDeecceem m bbeerr 77 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TT HHEE PPAALLM MSS (Chattanooga) DJ Keith, Jimmy Harris WA W AN ND DEERRLLII N NG GEE RR BBRREEW WIIN NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Chattanooga) Ashley & the X’s, Sleazy Sleazy, Cold Planet, Cutlass Cult SSOO NNGG BBII RRDD SS SSOO UUTT HH (Chattanooga) The Malemen SSOO NNGG BBII RRDD SS NN OORRTT HH (Chattanooga) Ketch Secor, Molly Tuttle TT HHEE CCOO M MEE D DYY CC A ATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott WA W ALLK KEE RR TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Heather Land

TTHH EE CC AAVVEERRNN SS (Pelham, TN) Chuck Mead, Jim Lauderdale, Jason Ringenberg TTEE NNNN EESSSSEE EE TT HH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Chris Tomlin BBIIJJOO UU TT HHEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Andre Peterson CCOO BBBB EENN EERRGG YY PPEE RRFFOO RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Nate Bargatze AAIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Maggie Rose MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM M IITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBA ARR (Atlanta) White Animals, Walk The West BBUUCC KKHHEE AADD TT HHEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Chon, Intervals, Between the Buried and Me WO W ORRK KPPLL A AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE SSO OU UN ND DSSTT A AG G EE (Birmingham) PJ Morton OOPPEE NN CC HHOO RRDD M MU USSIICC (Knoxville) Albert Cummings BBIIJJOO UU TT HHEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Andrew Peterson TTHH EE CC OO W WA AN N Nashville) Mowgli’s, New Politics, Plain White T’s TTHH EE BBAASS EEM MEE N NTT (Nashville) Goodbye June D && LLII N 33RRD NDDSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The SteelDrivers

U PPCCOOM U MIINNGG EEVVEENNTT SS TTHH EE CCOO M MEEDD YY CCAATT CC HH (Chattanooga) Dave Scott December 8 TTHH EE TTAABBEERRNN AACCLL EE (Atlanta) Nick Offerman December 8 CCOO CC AA CCOO LLAA RROO XXYY (Atlanta) Rob Thomas, Dean Lewis December 8 IINNFF IINNIITT EE EENNEE RRGGYY CC EENN TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 8 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Andrew Peterson December 8 SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Dave Barnes December 8 D && LLII N 33RRD NDDSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The SteelDrivers December 8 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) AA Bondy, Stellaer’s Jay December 9 EEDD DDIIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Paterson Hood December 9 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Peter White December 9 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Andrew Peterson December 9 SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Drew & Ellie Holcomb December 9 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS NNOO RRTTHH (Chattanooga) Samantha Fish, Nicholas David December 10 WA W AN ND D EERRLLIIN NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Tyler Martelli, LVNDR December 10 SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Michael W. Smith December 10 CCAANN NNEE RRYY BBAALLLL RROO OOM M (Nashville) In Flames, Red December 10 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Blind Boys of Alabama, Will Sexton, Amy Lavere December 10 EEDD DDIIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Patterson Hood December 10 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) David Archuleta December 10 CCOO CC AA CCOO LLAA RROO XXYY (Atlanta) Brett Eldridge December 10 BBUUCC KKHHEE AADD TT HHEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) A$AP Fergie, Murda Beatz December 10 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS NNOO RRTTHH (Chattanooga) Freedom Sings December 11 WA W AN ND D EERRLLIIN NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Open Mic December 11 TTHH EE SS IIGGNN AALL (Chattanooga) In Flames, Red,

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Arrival of Autumn December 11 RRYY M MA AN NA AUUDD IITT OORRIIUU M M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 11 CCAANN NNEERRYY BBAALLLLRROO OOM M (Nashville) Matisyahu December 11 AALLAABBAA M MA A TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Birmingham) Chris Tomlin December 11 LLEEGG AACCYY AARREENN AA (Birmingham) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 11 BBIIJJ OOUU TTHH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Dave Barnes December 11 BBUU CCKKHH EEAADD TT HHEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Hanson, Joshua & the Holy Rollers, Paul McDonald December 11 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Samantha Fish, Nicholas David December 11 CCAANN NNEERRYY BBAALLLLRROO OOM M (Nashville) Matisyahu December 11 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS SSOOUU TTHH (Chattanooga) Rebirth Brass Band December 12 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS NNOO RRTT HH (Chattanooga) Trigger Hippy December 12 WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WII N NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Chattanooga) Daniamal & Friends December 12 TTHH EE CC OOM M EED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Moody Nolavi December 12 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIA A (Chattanooga) Jackie and the Racket, Over Easy, Telligrass December 12 RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 12 VVAARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY HH OOUUSS EE (Atlanta) John Waters December 12 WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WII N NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Chattanooga) Call Me Spinster, Grassland String December 13 TTHH EE CC OOM M EED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) James Gregory December 13 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS SSOOUU TTHH (Chattanooga) Ward Davis, Josh Morningstar December 13 TTHH EE SSIIGG NNAALL (Chattanooga) Los Coast, Lilly Hiatt and New Madrid December 13 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIA A (Chattanooga) Magnificent Lions, Formative Years, Downtown Abby & the Echoes Decembner 13 WA W ALLK KEERR TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Dave Barnes December 13 BBRRIIDD GGEE SSTT OONNEE AARREENN AA (Nashville) Luke Combs December 13 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Chevelle December 13 WA W ARR M MEE M MO ORRIIA A LL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Anthony Hamilton December 13 TTEE NNNNEE SSSSEE EE TT HHEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) St. Paul & the Broken Bones December 13 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) ReBirth Brass Band December 13 AATTLLAANN TTAA CCOO LLIISSEE UUM M (Duluth, GA) Lindsay Eli, Lauren Alaina, Russell Dickerson, LoCash, Teddy Robb December 13 SSOONN GGBBIIRRDDSS SSOOUU TTHH (Chattanooga) Neon Moon December 14 WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WII N NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Chattanooga) We Are Us December 14 TTHH EE CC OOM M EED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) James Gregory December 14 TTHH EE SSIIGG NNAALL (Chattanooga) Laine Hardy December 14 TTHH EE CC AAVVEERRNNSS (Pelham, TN) St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Suzanne Santo December 14 SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) Mike Cooley December 14 SSTTAATT EE FFAARRM MA ARREE N NA A (Atlanta) Anthony Hamilton, Tyrese, Joe December 14 TTHH EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Lala Lala, Twin Peaks, Ohmme December 14

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WA W ANN DDEE RRLLIINNGG BBRREEW WIINN GG CC OO M MPPAANNYY (Chattanooga) The Other Brothers December 15 TT HHEE CC OOM M EED DYY CC A ATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Moody Molavi December 15 WA W ALLK K EERR TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Robert Earl Keen December 15 RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 15 TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Lala Lala, Twin Peaks, Ohmme December 15 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Melinda Doolittle December 15 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) Squirrel Nut Zippers December 15 TT EERRM M IIN NA ALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Omar Apollo, Alexander 23 December 15 RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 16 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Ana Gasteyer December 16 SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS NN OORRTT HH (Chattanooga) Doyle Dykes December 17 WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Tyler Martelli, LVNDR December 17 RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 17 TT HHEE CC OOW WA AN N (Nashville) Sum 41 December 17 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Jump Little Children, Hula Hi-Fi December 17 FF OOXX TT HHEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics December 17 WA W AN ND DEE RRLLIIN NG G BBRREEW WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Open Mic December 18 CC AANNNN EERRYY BBAALLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) Reverend Horton Heat, Dave Alvin December 18 RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 18 TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT (Nashville) Parker Gispert December 18 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) Suzy Bogguss December 18 IIRROO NN CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Summer Walker,

Melii December 18 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) CBDB December 19 WAAN W ND DEERRLLII N NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPAAN NYY (Chattanooga) Teddy & the Rough Riders, Vinyl Ranch, DJ Disko Cowboy December 19 TT RRIISSH H’’ SS (Chattanooga) Shay and Steven December 19 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo Decemer 19 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Muscadine Bloodline December 19 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Wynonna & the Big Noise December 19 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Reverend Horton Heat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The 5, 6,7,8’s December 19 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Chris Knight December 19 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 19 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) White Reaper December 19 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT (Nashville) David Cook December 19 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Chris Knight December 20 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Breakfast Club December 20 WAAN W ND DEERRLLII N NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPAAN NYY (Chattanooga) Canvas, WerD, Spinchilla, Happy Camper December 20 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 20 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Snoop Dogg December 20 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Niall Horan, Why Don’t We, Khalid, Lewis Capaldi, French Montana, Zara Larrson, Jonas Brothers December 20 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Anuel AA December 20 TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) Josh Wink December 20 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Gabe Dixon December 20 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Summer Walker December 20 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Jimmy Hall and The Differents December 21 WAAN W ND DEERRLLII N NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPAAN NYY (Chattanooga) Danimal December 21 TT RRIISSH H’’ SS (Chattanooga) Husky Burnette December 21 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 21 TT H HEE CCAAVVEE RRN N SS (Pelham, TN) Moon Taxi December 21 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Tyler Childers December 21 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Jump Little Children December 21 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Wynonna & the Big Noise December 21 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ December 21 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Whitechapel December 21 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Eric Benet December 21 WAAN W ND DEERRLLII N NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPAAN NYY (Chattanooga) Other Brothers December 22 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 22 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 22

BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Jim Brickman December 22 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Tyler Childers December 22 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Musiq Soulchild December 22 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Diane Durrett December 22 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Summer Walker December 22 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jim Brickman December 23 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Amy Grant, Vince Gill December 23 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Musiq Soulchild December 23 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) 10 Years Decewber 27 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis December 27 MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM M IITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Gran Torino December 27 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section December 27 CCO ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALLLL A ATT BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Charlie Wilson December 27 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Rock The 90’s December 28 WA W AN ND D EERRLLIIN NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Zech Dallas December 28 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis December 28 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) The Jesus Lizard December 28 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Paul Thorn December 28 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Keller Williams December 28 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Dopapod, Ghost-Note December 28 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) STS9 December 28 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis December 29 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Peabo Bryson December 29 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Widespread Panic December 29 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) STS9 December 29 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show, Yola December 30 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) The Allman Betts Band December 30 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Peabo Bryson December 30 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Widespread Panic December 30 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Railroad Earth December 30 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Paul Childers December 31 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies December 31 WA W AN ND D EERRLLIIN NG G BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Chattanooga) Opposite Box, Cosmic Shift December 31 TTRRIISS H H’’ SS (Chattanooga) Something Else December 31 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Baby Baby, Machines Are People Too December 31 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) John Prine, Marty Stuart December 31 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D”, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 31

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RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show, Yola December 31 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Unknown Hinson December 31 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Cherub December 31 BBIICC EE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALLCC AAPPIITT O OLL M MAALLLL SS TTAATT EE PPAARRK K (Nashville) “Jack Daniels Music City Midnight: New Years Eve” Keith Urban, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, The Struts, Amanda Shires, Bren Joy, Kalie Shorr, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dave Audie December 31 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Railroad Earth December 31 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Widespread Panic December 31 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) STS9 December 31 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jefff “D”, Rodney Alan Wiggins January 2 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Ultra DMX January 3 TTH H EE CC O OM MEED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D”, Rodney Alan Wiggins January 3 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Interstellar Echoes January 4 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D”, Rodney Alan Wiggins January 4 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jon B. January 4 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D”, Rodney Alan Wiggins January 5 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Ashanti January 5 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) The Almost, All Get Out January 7 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier January 8 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier January 9 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Laurence Juber, Albert Lee January 9 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Charlie Starr, Benji Shanks January 10 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier January 10 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Cracker January 10 TTH H EE EE AARRLL (Atlanta) Cicada Rhythm, The High Divers January 10 TTH H EE LLYY RRIICC TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) John Oates January 10 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier January 11 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Celine Dion January 11 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier January 12 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tanya Tucker January 12 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) David Broza January 12 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Celine Dion January 13 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Motion City Soundtrack January 14 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Criss Angel January 14 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile January 14 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Jonny Lang January 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Hayes Carll, Allison Moorer January 15 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dusty Slay January 15

DECENBER

2019

WA W ALLK K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Jonny Lang January 15 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile January 15 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Lauren Alaina January 15 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Citizen Cope January 15 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Keller Williams January 16 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Dusty Slay January 16 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Foreigner January 16 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Motion City Soundtrack January 16 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile January 16 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Lauren Alaina January 16 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Jesse Cook January 16 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Dusty Slay January 17 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Foreigner January 17 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Too Many Zooz, Birocratic January 17 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Steep Canyon Rangers January 17 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Alex Williams Band January 18 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Lenox Hills January 18 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Dusty Slay January 18 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Foreigner January 18 WAARR M W MEEM MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Miranda Sings January 18 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Grace Potter January 18 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson, Lanco January 18 B (Nashville) Gaby Moreno January 18 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Dusty Slay January 19 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile, Lori McKenna January 19 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Black Flag, The Linecutters January 19 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett January 20 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Citizen Cope January 20 WAALLK W K EERR TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Citizen Cope January 21 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett January 21 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 22 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Wsyne “The Train” Hancock January 23 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Turkuaz, Neal Francis January 23 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 23 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Loverboy January 23 FF U URRN NAACC EE 44 11 (Jonesboro, GA) hed(pe) January 23 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Dave Matthews Tribute Band January 24 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 24 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons January 24

TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Yola January 24 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) The Motels, When In Rome II, Bow Wow Wow January 24 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) North Mississippi Allstars, Southern Avenue January 24 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Miranda Lambert, Lanco, Cody Johnson January 24 TT H HEE CCO ON NCC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Enuff Z’Nuff January 24 SSA ATT U URRN N (Knoxville) Kai Wachi January 24 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Robben Ford January 25 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Oweda, Jackson Bruck & The Dukes of Hume January 25 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 25 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Oprah Winfrey January 25 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons January 25 SONGBIRDS NORTH (Chattanooga) Jake Shimabukuro January 26 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTTH (Chattanooga) Over the Rhine January 28 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Lost Dog Street Band, Casper Allen January 28 HEE LLLL AATT TT H H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Black Flag, The Linecutters January 28 SSTT A ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Tool January 28 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Travis Tritt January 28 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 29 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Indigo Girls January 29 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Nate Bargatze January 29 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Mandy Patinkin January 29 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Tool January 29 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Black Flag, The Linecutters January 29 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 30 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Indigo Girls January 30 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Taj Mahal January 30 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Black Flag January 30 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jackopierce January 30 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) 84 January 31 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 31 KN K NO OXXVVIILLLLEE CCII VVIICC AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Knoxville) Josh Turner January 31 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Taj Mahal, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley January 31 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) The Devil Makes Three January 31 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Mitch Rossell Band February 1 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 1 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Mother’s Finest February 1 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton, Casey James February 1 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Elle

Varner, J. Brown February 3 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Electric Guest, Soleima February 4 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Y&T February 4 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mike Paramore February 5 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tim & Eric February 5 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) The Adicts February 5 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mike Paramore February 6 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) The Wailers February 6 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tyler Childers February 6 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mike Paramore February 7 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Lauren Alaina February 7 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Michael Angelo Batio February 7 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Eagles February 7 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Los Lobos February 7 LLEEG GA ACCYY A ARREE N NA A (Birmingham) Martin Lawrence February 7 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Tori Kelly February 7 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tyler Childers February 7 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Drew Emmitt, Vince Herman February 7 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Tinsley Ellis February 8 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mike Paramore February 8 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Koe Wetzel February 8 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys February 8 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Snoop Dogg February 8 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Los Lobos February 8 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Alter Bridge February 8 MIILLLL TTO M OW WN NM MU USSII CC H HA ALLLL (Bremen, GA) Crystal Gayle February 8 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Eagles February 8 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Tori Kelly February 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Amanda Shires, L.A. Edwards February 8 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mike Paramore February 9 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jo Koy February 9 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys February 9 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Hayley Kiyoko February 9 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Mat Kearney February 9 TTH H EE LLYYRRIICC TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Birmingham) Mat Kearney February 10 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) “All For The Hall Benefit” Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Ingrid Andress, Brothers Osborne, Luke Combs, Lauren Daigle, Chris Stapleton, Tenille Townes, Tanya Tucker February 10

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Arrival of Autumn Having started with humble roots, in a small city in the middle of nowhere Arrival of Autumn always knew it was never about where they came from, but where they had the drive and willingness to go. Arrival of Autumn started as a band with a mission to play music without compromise and carve their way through the music scene on their own terms. Coming from a small city in Northern Canada, this was a necessary strategy, since the band didn’t come up in a big city scene with regular promoters, venues and attendees. The band released their first major label release last spring called Harbinger on Nuclear Blast. We recently caught bass player Kevin Student just before sound check to fill us out about the new album, tour and what to look forward to from the band.

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muuss iicc?? m There never really was a metal scene. There was kind of a music scene here and there that would pop up and die away in the same year. We kind of had to make our

own scene because being a band in a big city there’s a lot of show being put on, but we really had to do that all ourselves. We were our

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own promoters, our own bookers, if we wanted to play a show we rented the place out and put on a show. That was just what we like to do. We like to do it, we’ll find a way to do it and that’s kind of what this band’s always been about. We

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Leading up to the recording of the actual full length, we actually recorded with him two times before. There’s a little bit of history there. The first time we recorded we sent some stuff off and said it would be cool to record an EP with Jason Suecof. And so we did that and he was like, “You guys are pretty good. Come down and we’ll make an EP”. And so we did and he was so impressed by it that he took it upon himself to kind of market it out to labels and things like that. We had no idea. We had this EP and we were planning a tour around this EP and then he called back and goes, “Nuclear Blast is interested and you guys should get have a drive and passion and find down here right away”. And they ways to do it. wanted to hear more of our material. So we went down and recordYYoouu gguuyy ss rr eell eeaass eedd yyoouu rr ffii rrss tt m maajj oorr ed more material with him, doing

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he was like, “Monte Connor wants to hear more. I’ve got an opening in a month.” Which was basically when we were supposed to go on tour. “You guys come down. I’ll free up some time and space and get another album through.” We pretty much recorded our best stuff for that first EP and we had the band sit down and we’re like, “How do you guys feel about this?” We got this opportunity. We’re going to have to cancel the tour and this sucks. We hate to cancel, but the worst-case scenario was we were going to go down there, record an EP with Jason Suecof and not get signed. And even going off that we were like let’s do this. We love doing this, love the band so we have to swing for the fences. What else are we doing here? We could be sitting at home for the rest of our lives. So we did do the thing and fortunately here I am Whhee nn yyoouu ggoott tthhee ccaallll ddiidd yyoouu ffee eell with our album on Nuclear Blast W ppuutt oonn tthhee ss ppoott oorr ddii dd yyoouu hh aavvee doing the biggest tour we’ve ever done – with massive crowds. It maatteerr iiaa ll rree aaddyy ttoo ggoo?? m turned out to be the right decision. We were kind of put on the spot. So when that happened we had II’’vv ee w waa ttcchhee dd yyoouurr m muu ssii cc vviiddee ooss aa nndd booked some western Canadian eevvee nn ss oom mee llii vvee ccllii ppss.. YY oouu gguu yyss aarr ee dates and were going to go out for pprr eettttyy iinntteennss ee oonn ssttaa ggee.. H H oow w pphh yyss -a couple of weeks and just pro- iiccaa llll yy eexx hhaa uuss tteedd aarr ee yyoouu aafftteerr aa mote the thing and tour. And then sshh oow w?? another EP with him. After that whole process Nuclear Blast was interested and wanted a full album. To answer the question how it was like to record with Jason Suecof – it was both very comfortable and mind blowing. Working with the guy, he’s like a mad genius of sorts. He gets what we’re really trying to go for in our own way, so it was very comfortable. There were times it would hit me and I would go for a recording break and look at all the plaques on the wall for some of my favorite albums – Black Dahlia Murder, Trivium, and the list goes on. It’s like, cool I’m here, I’m there and go down and sit in the room with him and it’s like so alive because we’re working out and recording on the album. It’s more daunting in retrospect than it actually was when we were there in the studio recording.

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Extremely. (both laugh) It’s never been a thing where we’ve talked to each other and you need to go as hard as possible. Everyone just kind of does their own thing. Doing our own thing, our energy level just comes out. We’ll plan around that. We don’t put the most absolute shredding, difficult song at the end of the set, not that any of our songs are super easy anyway. When it comes to this tour for our last song, it’s kind of like this is it – this is the one. If I’ve got any energy left, let it all out now. Part of it is just having a good time on stage. It’s fun to do that and get the feedback from the crowd.

PPuuttttiinngg tthhee aall bbuum m ttooggeetthheerr ddii dd yyoouu hhaavv ee aa bbuunncchh ooff m maa tteerr iiaall aall rree aaddyy wrrii tttteenn?? H w H oow w ddiidd yyoouu ffii gguurree oouutt whhaa tt ssoonnggss ffiitt bbeess tt oonn tthhee aall bbuu m w m aanndd w waa ss tthhee rree aa tthh eem mee tthh aatt ttii eedd tthheem m aall ll ttooggeetthh eerr?? We have written close to 20 songs and some of those were in further stages of completion. This is one of the cool things about Nuclear Blast. Before going in we were going to write, write, write everything we possibly can, have a bunch of different styles and variations of songs. We went through our A&R, Monte and said, “What kind of album to you want to hear first? We’ve got all these different songs.” And he’s like, his direction was he didn’t care, just make it heavy. The label completely stepped back from micromanaging any bit of our sound. From there it was up to us to decide. We picked songs – they all came from the same writers so the all carry similar elements. They’re all very different songs. We actually wanted to pick songs that were coming from different places and different things. Our opener, “Hurricane on the Horizon” leans more metalcore – whatever that word means. It’s got some open note stuff but also very thrashy. The next song on the album, “End of Existence” is pretty much a love song to death. I’ve got pretty well ripping bass lead solo part in that. It’s shredding complete – no clean vocals. And then we have songs like “Better Off Without” – I don’t know if you’d call it experimental. There’s some synth stuff. We wanted to run the gamut. We’re all influenced by a lot of different styles. I really wouldn’t call us a progressive band. We’re influenced by a lot of bands. We didn’t want to write the same song ten times. We wanted to write a bunch of different songs

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and due to the nature of having the same bunch of guys. It becomes this cohesive whole.

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- Dave Weinthal Arrival of Autumn along with In Flames and Red will be performing at The Signal on December 11.

Shooter Jennings: Just A Good Ol’ Boy

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Just think - if it wasn’t for a coin flip, or better yet, a lost coin flip, I might not have been able to see Shooter Jennings in concert recently at Songbirds.

Jennings was a member of The Crickets, Buddy Holly’s band. Yes, that Buddy Holly. Holly’s life was cut short on the “day the music died (February 3, 1959).

No, I’m not the gambling man like my old pal Jesse used to be (and yes, I want the money you owe me), I’m talking about Shooter’s dad, the legendary Waylon Jennings. Literally over 60 years ago before he was an icon in “Outlaw Country”,

The Winter Dance Party tour was rough for Holly and The Crickets as well as Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson. The tour bus kept breaking down and the heat didn’t work. With all these issues in the dead of winter, Holly chartered a Beechcraft

Bonanza for himself and the band to get to the next city faster and get out of the elements. As the story goes, Valens and Richardson aka “The Big Bopper” wanted on the plane. A coin was tossed and Valens got a seat and Jennings, depending on who’s telling the story either voluntarily gave up his seat to Richardson or lost it based on the flip of a coin. Regardless, what happened shortly after was what is considered rock and roll’s first tragedy. The plane crash not long after takeoff due in part to the weather and Holly, Valens and Richardson – all with songs on the charts at the time, perished. Thus the iconic phrase, “the day the music died” was born.

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1. Beck 2. The Highwaywomen 3. The Avett Brothers 4. Robin Grant & The Standard 5. G. Love (w/ Keb’ Mo’) 6. Pixies 7. New Pornographers 8. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors 9. Wilco 10. Grace Potter 11. Jenny Lewis 12. Coldplay 13. Billie Eilish 14. Noah Cyrus (w/ Leon Bridges) 15. AJR 16. Molly Tuttle 17. The Head And The Heart 18. Kesha 19. Ozzy Osborne 20. Chvrches

ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Drive-By Truckers 2. Evanescence 3. Pinegrove

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Jennings show at Songbirds, it just seems an interesting backstory. Being a fan of “Waylon, Willie and the boys” growing up I wanted after all these years if the old adage is true that the “apple doesn’t fall far from the Jennings started charting singles tree”. in the mid ’60 and by the start of the 1970’s he had one top ten Beginning 15 years ago Waylon song after another and between Jr. – or Shooter embarked on a 1974 and 1980 he had 12 number career path similar to his father. one country singles, many of That being said, the younger them featuring Willie Nelson. Jennings is his own man and his His chart success continued into music is markedly different. the early ‘90s. He became a part Sure, he comes from music royof pop culture history for not alty on both sides (his mom is only performing the theme song Jessi Colter), Shooter, as witto “The Dukes of Hazzard”, he nessed on this night may get his also served as the narrator of God given talent from his parthe show. ents, but he’s chosen his own style and is not anywhere close Well, I know that doesn’t really to a tribute act. have much to do with Shooter along with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. The three icons even recorded together as The Highwaymen, but are best remembered for their individual feats in Country music.

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that it’s more of a collective. Unlike other legacies, he doesn’t dences this because Shooter Most outstanding to me is violintry to divorce himself complete- Jennings is more than one-man ist Aubrey Richmond. Yeah, you may call her a fiddle player but ©Dave Weinthal her playing was more intricate than a traditional fiddle player in a country band, Richmond’s

traditional country album. Whether it’s maturity or just something different is yet to be seen. But it is very obvious by his live show that he has one foot in country and the other firmly planed in rock and roll ©Dave Weinthal

ly from his roots; he in fact show. He is front and center embraces them and takes them (most of the time). His support©Dave Weinthal one step further. His band evi- ing staff gives you the feeling

playing a touch of sophistication and he balances them well. to the music. Jennings himself split time between sitting behind - Dave Weinthal the keyboards and traditionally fronting the band on rhythm guitar. A hybrid of southern rock, rockabilly and old-fashioned country – not “bro country” saw a full house get into each song no matter what pace. Playing a lot of material from his latest album it is easy to see how he’s changed from the first release, which was more rocking effort to now a more old school ENIGMA

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outfit coolest cat as she stands off from the other three on a bass almost as big as her not missing a beat. Rounding out the band last ©Dave Weinthal but not least is guitarist Veronica the Pussycats – the comic book Witkin, the “starchild” of the and animated 1970 show – not band with her curly neon colored the movie with Tara Reid (thank goodness).

With a name like Glam Skanks I got everything I expected and more. The all-girl rock band – nothing new in this day and age have something going for them most do not. Personality and Singer Vanessa McNiel is all over showmanship – two thing actual- the stage leaving no doubt she ly. owns it. Her flamboyant style and strut is reminiscent of a The Glam Skanks are four distinct young Jagger or Steven Tyler personalities that come together except in heels. Drummer Jessica making great rock and roll. High Goodwin remains in hyper mode energy and all over the stage the the whole time behind her set band resembles cartoon charac- constantly beating her kit like an ters with their individual in tense unfaithful boyfriend. Millie Chan, playing – kind of like Josie and the band’s bass player may be the

Girls” made it no wonder as to why Adam Ant choice Glam Skanks as his tour partner n the “Friend Or Foe” tour. And while many discuss the death of rock and roll the Glam Skanks

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hair setting an energetic pace for prove it has more than a pulse leaving hope for us who still love the band to keep up with. it. Songs like “Time Warp Woman” and “Bad Bitch” ignited the - Dave Weinthal crowd, not to mention a unique cover of Donna Summer’s “Bad ENIGMA

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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 119 9 55 Elvis Presley’s first release on RCA Victor Records was announced. The first two sides were actually purchased from Sam Phillips of Sun Records: “Mystery Train” and “I Forgot to Remember to Forget”. Elvis was described by his new record company as ‘The most talked about personality in recorded music in the last ten years.’

119 9 5577 After his first two releases on Keen Records flopped, Sam Cooke finally had a hit record when “You Send Me” topped the Billboard Pop chart.

11 9 966 1 Motown Records achieves their first number one song when The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” reaches the top. The session musicians on the track included 22 year old Marvin Gaye on drums.

A Decca Records representative named Mike Smith attends a Beatles’ performance at The Cavern Club and will set up a recording audition for the group on January 1st, 1962. Decca would later reject the band, saying “The Beatles have no future in show business.” 11 9 966 44 Sam Cooke was shot and killed in a Los Angeles motel. According to court testimony, Cooke picked up a 22 year old woman named Elisa Boyer at a party. He promised her a ride home but they ended up at a motel. Boyer claims Cooke forced her into the motel room and began ripping her clothes off. She managed to escape while he was in the bathroom. While she called police from a phone booth, Cooke began pounding on the office door of the motel’s manager, Bertha Franklin. He demanded to know where the girl was and allegedly broke the door open. Cooke reportedly attacked Franklin, who then shot

him three times. By the time the police arrived, Sam Cooke was dead. A jury would later return a verdict of justifiable homicide. Dusty Springfield is deported from South Africa after performing in front of an multiracial audience at a show near Cape Town. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys suffered a breakdown while on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. Wilson decided to retire from performing live, even though their “Beach Boys Concert” album was number 1 on the LP chart at the time. Glen Campbell became a temporary replacement before Bruce Johnston joined the group. 119 9 6666 Jimi Hendrix released his first single, “Hey Joe”. The record made it to number 6 in the UK, but failed to chart at all in America. He followed with “Purple Haze”, “The Wind Cries Mary”, “All Along the Watchtower” and “Voodoo Chile”, all of which made the British Top 10, but in America, only “All Along the Watchtower” reached the Top 40, peaking at number 20.

Staple Singers. Cauley would pass 1 97 5 away on September 21st, 2015, at Fleetwood Mac’s tenth album goes the age of 67. Gold and will eventually reach Platinum status. This is the first LP 119 9 6688 by the regrouped band, including Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buy- founders Mick Fleetwood and John ing himself out of his contract for McVie, veteran Christine McVie and $160,000, which left him broke. He newcomers Stevie Nicks and went on to form a group called Lindsey Buckingham. The album Release and played banjo on contains the bands’s first ever sinGeorge Harrison’s soundtrack to gles to crack the Billboard Top 40, the film Wonderwall. He later did “Over My Head” (#20), “Rhiannon” some club performances and live (#11) and “Say You Love Me” (#11). television appearances before 119 9 7766 intermittently returning to The Monkees in 1986. “Hotel California”, The Eagles’ sixth album, goes Platinum and begins the first of eight non-consecutive 119 9 6699 The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb weeks at the top of the Billboard announces that he is “fed up, mis- chart. The effort was the band’s erable and completely disillu- first LP with Joe Walsh and last sioned” and is quitting the group. with bassist Randy Meisner and has His brother Robin had made the now sold over 21 million copies on same decision earlier in the year the strength of two Grammy winand all three brothers ended up ning singles, the title track and releasing solo material before they “New Kid In Town”. would reform in late 1970. Robin was later quoted as saying, “If we 11 9 977 77 hadn’t been related, we would Elvis Costello appears on NBC-TV’s probably never have gotten back Saturday Night Live, where productogether.” er Lorne Michaels refuses to allow him to perform “Radio, Radio” Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes because of the song’s criticism of was kidnapped at knifepoint by a the broadcasting industry. A few maintenance man who worked in measures into “Less than Zero”, the building she lived in. She later Costello halts his group and goes escaped unharmed by jumping out into “Radio, Radio”. He was never of his car on the San Diego free- invited back. way. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later. Cat Stevens announces that he has

11 9 966 77 26-year-old Otis Redding was killed when the twin engine Beechcraft he was flying in crashed into the icy waters of the Squaw Bay area of Lake Monona, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. His death came just three days after he recorded his only number one hit, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”. Four teenaged members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, also perished. Only 20-year-old trumpeter Ben Cauley, who was sitting directly behind Redding on the plane, survived. He and band mate James Alexander, who was on a different plane, would reform The Bar-Kays and went on to record with Stax artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, and The

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1199 99 55 The surviving members of The 11 9988 33 Grateful Dead officially disband Depressed over mounting debts the group following Jerry Garcia’s and personal problems, 38-year- death in August. old Beach Boys’ drummer, Dennis 22000011 Wilson drowned after jumping over board from his yacht at Stuart Adamson, a highly regarded Marina Del Ray Harbor in Los Scottish guitarist who led his band Angeles. He was the first of the Big Country into Billboard’s Top 20 group to release a solo album, in 1983 with “In A Big Country”, “Pacific Ocean Blue”, writing and committed suicide by hanging himsinging every track. Special permis- self in a hotel room in Honolulu, sion was granted by President Hawaii. He was 43. Reagan to have a burial at sea, 22000022 which is usually only allowed for deceased Navy personnel. His Joe Strummer, lead singer for the brother Brian, who was still unable landmark British punk band The to cope with day to day life, did not Clash, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 50. attend the funeral.

converted to Islam and now wants incident. to be known as Yuself Islam. 1199 7799 Just three months after Keith Moon’s death, tragedy struck The Who again when eleven people were trampled to death while trying to reach unreserved concert seats at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati. The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island cancels The Who’s next concert, scheduled there in two days. Multiple lawsuits are filed by families of the deceased.

Former studio musician Rupert Holmes had the last number one record of the seventies with “Escape” (The Pina Colada Song). The tune stayed at the top for two weeks and the follow-up, “Him”, also made the Top 10. Holmes had previously done studio work for The Drifters, The Platters and Gene Pitney. “Escape” made #23 in the UK.

11 9988 44 On New Years Eve, Def Leppard’s drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm after crashing his Corvette while racing another driver on a UK highway. The arm was reattached, but had to be removed three days later. His right arm was 1199 88 00 also damaged, but he eventually reJimmy Page, Robert Plant and John joined the band using a specially Paul Jones inform the public of adapted drum kit. their decision not to re-form Led Zeppelin following the death of 11 9988 55 drummer John Bonham. Page and Rock and Roll legend Rick Nelson Plant did get together for a highly was killed while en route to a New successful tour in 1995. Year’s Eve show in Dallas, Texas. His private DC-3 (which was previJust two months after his 40th ously owned by Jerry Lee Lewis) birthday, John Lennon was mur- crashed in a field near DeKalb, dered by Mark David Chapman, Texas. Early press reports errooutside his home at the Dakota neously suggested that drug use, Apartment building on the north- namely freebasing, might have western corner of 72nd Street and played a role in the crash that Central Park West in New York. killed Rick, his band, and his After approaching the former fiancee Helen Blair (the pilot and Beatle and calling his name, co-pilot survived). In fact, the Chapman dropped into a combat National Transportation Safety stance and shot John in his chest, Board’s 1987 report determined back and left arm. Lennon stag- that the fire began in a malfuncgered into the porters’ vestibule in tioning gas heater. a desperate attempt to get upstairs 1199 8888 to see his son, Sean. As he collapsed, John was comforted by After spending the day flying model porter Jay Hastings, who covered airplanes with his sons and eating him with his jacket and gently dinner at his mother’s home, Roy removed his glasses. Police were Orbison suffered a fatal a heart quickly summoned and took John attack at the age of 52. Since his to Roosevelt Hospital on West recording career took off in 1960 Fifty-ninth St. Although doctors did he had achieved 23 Billboard Top everything they could to save him, 40 hits and had recently regained a John Lennon was pronounced dead huge fan following with a million at 11:07 PM. A sobbing Yoko cried selling album as a member of The “Oh no, no, no, no... tell me it’s not Traveling Wilburys in 1987. true,” and was led away in shock. 11 9999 22 After the shooting, the 24-year-old Chapman remained at the scene, Saying that he had “seen it all and took out his copy of The Catcher in done it all”, bassist Bill Wyman the Rye and read it until the police quits The Rolling Stones after over arrived. He was arrested without 30 years with the group. ENIGMA

22000066 James Brown, known by all as The Godfather of Soul, died of pneumonia on Christmas morning at the age of 73. He recorded more than 50 albums and had well over 100 songs that hit the US charts, including “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” (#8) in 1965), “I Got You” (#3 in 1965), “Cold Sweat” (#7 in 1967), “Say It Loud” (#10 in 1968) and “Living In America” (#4 in 1986). His final words were reported to have been,

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“I’m going away tonight.” 22001155 Heavy metal icon and Motorhead frontman Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister died from cancer at the age of 70. 220011 66 Greg Lake of Emmerson, Lake And Palmer died following a long battle with cancer. The news came just nine months after Lake’s bandmate Keith Emerson died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Vocalist George Michael passed away at the age of 53. In the mid1980s he paired with Andrew Ridgeley in Wham! to score eight Billboard Top 10 hits, including “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”” (#1), “Careless Whisper” (#1), “Everything She Wants” (#1), “Freedom” (#3) and “I’m Your Man” (#3). As a solo artist, he reached the US Top 40 fifteen more times, including six number one records, “Faith”, “Father Figure”, “One More Try”, “Monkey”, “Praying For Time” and “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”.