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Parents should be allowed to raise their children. Cactus Jack’s is getting a bad rap. It is a great place that is trying to be run correctly. The a-hole on talk radio who slammed it and its patrons doesn’t have a clue about what they are up against.
Young people today haven’t had a proper upbringing because of that. ing the country and slowing government interference. I’m standing back waiting for the down the changes that need to Remember, in life there are winSouthside bubble to burst—more be made. ners and losers. Everyone can’t about that later. Children need to be disciplined. win. Think about it.
What in the hell is taking so long on the unneeded Miller Park construction? Why did they have to close MLK so soon and keep it closed so long? Can’t they coordinate their construction to do one thing at a time instead of To all the snowflakes out there— Some of the little brats need a ‘Til next month, starting the entire thing at once? hurry up and melt, you are hurt- good spanking. Paul Burke Sr. Closing MLK is a huge pain-inthe-ass for everyone. I don’t want to sound uncaring , but before we worry about taking care of and feeding people in other countries, we need to take care of and feed the poor and hungry in our country. Remember the old saying “charity begins at home”? A better idea, instead of giving them food, give them knowledge and materials to grow their own food. It is impossible to be everything to everyone. Life is not fair. Everyone doesn’t have the same drive as others and they will not rise as high in life. That’s the way things are. People that work harder and smarter deserve to have more. Sorry but that’s the facts. I’ve got a great idea. The way to solve the opioid epidemic is quite simple— stop making them. Just stop making them and the problem is solved. The world got by before they came along— it will survive. The drug companies will raise hell because of the huge, huge profits. To hell with them. Enough said about ENIGMA
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bbaa llll ssee aass oonn uunnttiill aall ll tthhee ssee ssii llll yy pprr oottee ssttss aanndd ttaakk iinngg aa kknneeee .. TT hheess ee ccll oow wnnss w waanntt ttoo m maakkee aa ppoollii ttiiccaall ssttaattee m mee nntt hh oow w eevvee rr tthhee yy ddoonn’’tt eevv eenn kknnoow w hhoow w ttoo ssppeell ll ppoollii ttiiccaall .. Dear Rocco, What do you think about nose piercings and tattoos? RL
Dear Rocco, What resolutions did you make for the New Year? SH
DDee aarr SSHH ,, NN oonnee .. W Whhyy ddii ssaa ppppooii nntt m myyss eellff w wii tthh ffaall ssee pprr oom mii ssee ss aanndd ggooaa llss .. II ppll aann ttoo kk eeeepp ppoow w eerrii nngg aalloonngg aanndd ggii vvii nngg yyoouu ppeeooppllee tthhee bbee sstt nnoo--nnoonnssee nnssee aaddvvii ccee aarroouunndd.. Dear Rocco, What are your favorite things to do in the winter? Is it your favorite season? PB
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DDeeaa rr RRLL,, II ddoonn’’tt.. TThheerr ee aarr ee m moorree iim mppoorr ttaanntt tthhii nnggss ffoorr m mee ttoo ss ppeenndd m myy ttiim mee aanndd moonneeyy tthhaa nn bbooddyy m m mooddii ffii ccaattii oonn.. II ff yyoouu rree aallll yy w waanntt ttoo m mooddiiffyy yyoouurr bbooddyy ffoorr tthhee bbeetttteerr ggee tt ii nn ss hhaappee aanndd eeaatt bbee tttteerr .. YY oouurr bbooddyy ii ss aa tteem m-SSttaayy w waarr m m aa nndd ddrrii nnkk ppllee nnttyy ooff ccooff -- ppll ee nnoott aann aarr tt ccaannvvaass .. ffeeee.. II hh aattee w wii nntteerr .. II w w oouull dd lloovvee ttoo ssee ee uu ss eeddiitt tthh ee sseeaa ssoonnss aanndd ddeellee ttee Dear Rocco, wii nnttee rr aall ttooggee tthhee rr.. AAllll yyoouu ccll oow w w nnss There was a terrible crime in our tthhaa tt hh aavvee bbiittcchh eedd aabboouu tt m mii lldd w wiinn -- community last year and it is now tteerr ss aanndd bbuu ggss nnoott bbeeiinngg kkii llll eedd – – II coming to trial. I cannot believe hhooppee yyoouu ’’rree hh aappppyy nnoow w.. A Anndd ssii nnccee that people can treat each other so yyoouu ll oovvee tthhii ss w weeaa tthhee rr ffeeee ll ffrreeee ttoo inhumanly. It seems as though ccoom mee oovveerr ttoo m myy hh oom mee aanndd ssccrr aappee more people, especially young and myy w m wiinnddss hhii eell dd ee vveerr yy m moorrnniinngg II ggeett troubled kids, are lashing out rree aaddyy ttoo ll eeaavvee ffoorr w w oorrkk aanndd ffeeee ll against anyone or anything they ffrree ee ttoo sshhoovveell m myy ssii ddeew waa llkk aa nndd can catch at a disadvantage: childdrr iivv ee aass w weell ll ss iinnccee yyoouu lloovvee iitt ssoo dren or animals, religious icons or weell ll.. II eevvee nn hh aattee ss nnoow w w .. O O nnccee II ggoott oouutt ooff sscchhooooll iitt bbee ccaam mee uuss eell eess ss.. IInn tthhee rree aall w woorr lldd tthhee yy ddoonn’’tt ccaannccee ll woorrkk bbee ccaauu ssee ooff ss nnoow w w ee xxcceepptt iinn eexx ttrree m mee ccaa ssee ss .. A Ass ffaa rr aass m myy ffaavvoorrii ttee ssee aassoonn -- iitt uuss eedd ttoo bbee ffoooott --
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racial differences. Why are these kids doing this? MR
DD eeaarr M MRR,, OO uurr ccuull ttuurr ee hhaass gg oonnee ttoo hhee ll ll.. PPee ooppll ee aa rree hhaa vviinngg kk iiddss nnoow w nnoott bbee ccaauuss ee tthheeyy w waa nntt tthh ee m m bbuutt bbeeccaa uuss ee tthhee yy ss ccrree w w aannyy tthh ii nngg tthhaa tt w aallkk ss aanndd aarr eenn’’tt rree ssppoonnssii bbll ee ffoorr w tthheeii rr aaccttiioonnss .. AAnndd ppaarr eennttss ffoorr ggee nn-ee rraa ttii oonnss nnoow w iinnss tteeaadd ooff rr aaii ssii nngg tthheeii rr kk iiddss aarree ggooiinngg ttoo w woorr kk ffuu llll -ttii m mee ,, ssii ttttiinngg tthhee iirr kk iiddss ii nn ffrr oonntt ooff aa TT VV oorr ii nn tthhee hhaa nnddss ooff tt oottaall ss ttrraannggee rrss ffoorr aa ffeeee ssoo tthhee yy ddoonn’’tt hhaavvee ttoo ddeeaall w wii tthh tthhee m m.. TT hh ee aannttii -hheerr oo iiss nnoow w tthhee hh eerroo aa nndd tthh ee ggee nn-ee rraall ppuubbll iicc nnoow wm moocckk ss tthh ee hh eerr oo.. II ddoo bbee llii eevvee w w ee aarr ee aatt eenndd ttii m meess .. Rocco is a common sense, tell-itlike-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a high-priced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco e-mail him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com.
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) A series of misunderstandings may be at fault. Travel could include delays and other minor problems. So smile! Empty promises will cause confusion. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You can certainly gain popularity; however, don’t do it by paying for everyone else. Opposition is present and you should be prepared to counteract it as best you can. You must avoid gossip and focus on what you have to do. You can open up to your mate and let them know what you expect out of this relationship.
Your luckiest events this month will You may have difficulties with someone who lives with you. You may be occur on a Thursday. fortunate while traveling. GEMINI Your luckiest events this month will (May 22-June 21) Take a close look at contracts and occur on a Wednesday. agreements that have been offered to you. Rest and relaxation will be LEO more favorable than you think. You (July 23-Aug 22) may win favors if you present your Keep your cash in your pocket and ideas and include your family. offer them sound advice rather than Pleasure trips will be favorable and your financial assistance. Don’t let your emotions interfere with monbring about romance. eymaking deals. You don’t like conYour luckiest events this month will frontations at the best of times; however, you may find them diffioccur on a Friday. cult to avoid. Listen to the complaints of others. CANCER (June 22-July 22) The only thing you’ll accomplish is a Your luckiest events this month will bad reputation. You have the stami- occur on a Friday. na and determination to succeed. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Limitations will set in if you haven’t followed the rules. Don’t get involved in joint ventures. Don’t forget to read the fine print. You may want to have a heart-to-heart talk with a close and trusted friend.
your reputation. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Difficulties with children will surface if you try to break a promise you made. Channel your energy into decorating or household chores. Be confident in your endeavors and others will believe in your efforts. Trouble could be brewing at home. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Try not to be too harsh with loved ones; there will always be two sides to an Issue. Real estate investments will payoff. You could experience unusual circumstances and meet eccentric individuals. Work diligently and you will get ahead this month. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.
Your luckiest events this month will AQUARIUS occur on a Tuesday. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Think twice before you agree to LIBRA take on any new projects. Problems (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You are best to work behind the with your partner could be reaching scenes on projects that require a high level of concern. Don’t let detail or precision. Your depressed your emotional upset interfere with mood has been hard to shake. You your professional objectives. You may not be able to help, but your may have a problem with coworkers support will be favorable. Get out if you try to tell them what to do. and experience the spice of life. Your luckiest events this month will Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. occur on a Sunday. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) SCORPIO Unexpected romantic connections (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Changes to your self image will be to can be made if you go out with your benefit as long as you don’t friends or take a pleasure trip. The over pay. Stand up and propose information that you gain can be your ideas, and you’ll be surprised used in every aspect of your life. how many people will follow you. Don’t press your luck with your Be sure to cover all the necessary loved ones. You will easily blow sitgroundwork before signing binding uations out of proportion. contracts. Your ability to deal with humanitarian groups will enhance Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. ENIGMA
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How to Make A Criminal - A Recipe So you want to make a criminal? Well, here’s a simple recipe for you. Of course you must assemble all the ingredients first. Also, you have to know that no matter how careful you stir and mix and how careful you are of the oven temperature, it could turn out that you have made a normal, ruleabiding citizen. That’s the nature of the best, not everyone who is baked like this turns out to be a criminal Ingredients: • A culture that creates socio-economic disadvantage • A family structure that increases stress from an early age • A community that encourages selfishness, law-breaking and violence • A school that fails its students
disadvantage in the form of chronic unemployment, lack of adequate housing, dependency on social welfare benefits, lack of proper playgrounds and inadequate childcare facilities for young children. You need a government run by people of privilege who have been successful in business and industry, spent their lives looking down on those who didn’t get a chance to climb the ladder and a coterie of talk-shop addicts who do nothing whilst at the same time talk about doing everything. Once you have this at hand you can move on to step two. You also need a child protection system that is an utter failure in every nothing. It requires a governmen- way. Now, here is how to actually do tal policy, either covert or overt, that facilitates multi-generational the cooking: • A brain that is delicate and poor- Culture ly self-regulated • A criminal justice system that Socio-economic disadvantage is focuses on punishment created. It does not arise from
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Family Structure It helps to have absent father figures. Of course there is some preliminary preparation necessary in order to achieve this. You have to have a social structure that rewards young men for “conquering” your women; you need a strong locker room culture to say nasty things about women and to encourage sexual adventure. Once that is in place you can happily understand that a young man who fathers a child won’t bother to parent the child. It is also helpful to throw in two spoonfuls of alcohol and drug usage. Nothing sweetens the family soup more elegantly than substance abuse. It provides and ensures that everything else needed in the family structure will be present. This includes a generous dollop of chaos and irregularity in parenting and caring for children, neglect and occasional or regular abuse. When we have assured that the children are reared in an atmosphere of chronic stress in which their emotional needs are never met, we can be fairly sure we have succeeded in mixing up the family ingredients satisfactorily.
toring of children by members of the community and you have gone even further in creating a criminal. It isn’t easy to accomplish this on your own and we have already noted the important role of government in the process. The School Probably the best single ingredient is a failing school. You need one that is under-resourced, that ignores the developmental needs of the young people it is charged with serving and one that has under-performing teachers. If it’s a secondary school you must ensure that at least one fifth of the teachers are harsh, critical, unforgiving, lacking in a sense of humor and who will publicly chastise students for even the most trivial of misbehavior. You must also ensure that students who have disabilities such as ADHD, emotional and behavioural disturbance are blamed for the conditions they have. Finger pointing is important in the school. Blame the victim, blame the parents, blame the family and don’t forget to say the nastiest things possible about them in the staff room so that a poisoned atmosphere has been created.
tration and can’t pay attention or criticism in the media. A police force with low morale is a useful concentrate properly. tool in the overall recipe. Criminal Justice System What to do next It is important to assure that this system focuses on punishment and Well, we have the ingredients incarceration, provides little to no mixed and ready to go into the opportunity to rehabilitate the oven. The rest is easy. Or is it? As offender and warehouses them in I said at the beginning, a large and primitive, harsh conditions in not insignificant number of people which they can learn to be better who have been put into the mix criminals. It is also important to don’t end up being criminals, lead assure that some criminals are lives of quiet dignity and self more advantaged than others, for respect and make a valuable conexample, make sure that white- tribution to the community. So we collar crime goes largely unpun- can never be sure exactly how the ished and that even trivial blue- recipe will cook. Having said that, collar crimes receive harsh pun- we will be more than 50 percent ishment and, if possible, combined successful if we have been careful with public humiliation in the and the end result will be a wonmedia. You also need over- derful specimen of criminality, whelmed judges whose caseloads either minor or major, violent or are unmanageable. You require a non-violent and we will all pay the police forced that is understaffed high cost of serving up our delicaand under-resourced. It helps if cy to the public. you create a policing system that is impossible to manage effective- - Dr. David Carey ly and that is constantly under
The Brain Community Nothing succeeds better in creating lawlessness and violence better than a community that is riddled with both ingredients. Living in chaos, inside the family and in the community, is one of the best ways to grow a criminal. All you need to do is to assure that children will witness, on a regular basis, violent verbal arguments and threats, physical altercations, gross disrespect of the Police and fire brigade and you will have succeeded. You need a community that has poor early educational opportunities so that children grow up with an impoverished vocabulary to modulate their emotions. Add a generous amount of inadequate monitoring and men-
This is a hard one but not impossible to mix properly. If all the above conditions have been met all you really need is to add a vulnerable brain. Preferably one that has been injured at birth by maternal substance abuse, stress caused by a violent father to a mother carrying the child, difficult birth circumstances and a strong family history of emotional/behavioral difficulties. This will assure that you have a brain that is poorly self-regulated, prone to extremes of anger and aggression and unable to modulate its impulses. You must also have a brain that can’t postpone gratification (that is often best assured by giving the child everything they want when they want it), can’t tolerate frusENIGMA
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The AFP reports a man inherited a house in France from a deceased relative only to discover $3.7 million worth of hidden gold. “It was under the furniture, under piles of linen, in the bathroom ... everywhere,” an auctioneer says. It started when the unnamed-yetvery-lucky man started moving furniture and found a box of gold coins attached to the bottom of one piece. He continued poking around and soon found an old whisky box with more gold pieces
hidden inside. By the time the treasure hunt ended, he had found 5,000 gold pieces, two gold bars, and 37 gold ingots. The entire haul weighed more than 200 pounds and was reportedly bought during the 1950s and 1960s. Meanwhile I can’t even win on a stupid, $2 instant lottery ticket. How’s that for luck? The New York Police Department released security camera footage of a man walking up to an armored truck and walking off with a $1.6 million bucket of gold. The department released security camera
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footage this week of the incident in midtown Manhattan, where the back of the truck had been left unattended while two men talked in front of the vehicle. The video shows a man casually taking the 86-pound bucket of gold flakes from the back of the truck and casually walking away. The man appears to struggle with the heavy bucket and takes frequent breaks — traveling about a 10-minute distance in about an hour before getting into a van. “I think he just saw an opportunity, took the pail and walked off,” NYPD Detective Martin Pastor told local news. Police said
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the suspect is believed to have fled to Florida, possibly in the Miami or Orlando areas. Authorities in Florida said they arrested a man who attempted to evade deputies by clinging to the back of a semi truck. Edwin Rivera captured video of a man standing on the ledge at the rear of a tractor-trailer and clinging while the truck drove at high speeds. “I thought about getting behind the truck to get a better view, but then again, I thought real quick and I
said, ‘What if this man falls? What if he jumps?’” Rivera said. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Derrick Maestas, 20. They said Maestas was using the truck as a getaway vehicle to try to avoid arrest attacking a woman in connection with an argument on a Lynx bus. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Jane Watrel said deputies had an easy time tracking down Maestas thanks to numerous calls from members of the public about a man riding on the back of a truck.
horseplay during which the principal slapped the boy’s testicles. The boy also slapped Schneiders testicles. That’s a lot of ball-slapping. When the boy was no longer able to take the abuse, he told his parents about the testicle slapping. The parents called the police and Schneider was arrested. Schneider has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated criminal sexual contact, and criminal sexual contact. Schneider’s teaching and principal certifications were canceled and he can no longer hold public employment A school principal who also again in the state. worked as a police officer was accused of indecent behavior with A Missouri student’s dedication is a teenager, according to police in going viral thanks to a photo of her New Jersey. Roxbury police said finishing up a final exam while sitthat they have arrested 57-year-old ting in a hospital bed preparing to Roger Schneider after being give birth. Nayzia Thomas, a sophaccused of slapping the testicles of omore at Johnson County a 14-year-old boy who as living with Community College, tweeted a him. The boy told police that he photo that her mother snapped of was living with Schneider for two her finishing up her psychology years. On numerous occasions, the final on Dec. 11 while in labor at the teen and Schneider engaged in hospital. Thomas said she wanted
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to be done with the semester before the birth of her son, Anthony Johnson, who arrived about 12 hours later on Dec. 12. “It wasn’t due until the end of the week,” Thomas said. “But my goal was to try to have everything done before. [I thought] before all this gets crazy, let me hurry up and finish this final.” “School is so important to me,” she said. “I didn’t want [pregnancy] to be in the way. That’s what people expect. You’re a teen mom, you’re a young mother. That’s why my mom took that picture.” Thomas said that despite the extra hardships that come with pregnancy, she finished the semester with a 3.5 GPA. “It shows I follow through,” she said. An elderly couple allegedly caught with 60 pounds of marijuana in Nebraska told police their stash was for Christmas gifts. Patrick Jiron, 80, and Barbara Jiron, 83, were driving on their way from their home in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. to Vermont when deputies from the
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York County Sheriff’s Department in the Cornhusker State stopped them for failing to use their turn signal. When deputies stepped up to the Jirons’ Toyota Tacoma, they said they smelled a strong odor of marijuana and found boxes of pot in the pickup topper, according to the Scottsbluff Star Herald. “They said the marijuana was for Christmas presents,” said Lt. Paul Vrbka. Vrbka said the estimated street value of the marijuana was $336,000. That’s a lot of presents. The octogenarian couple were charged with felony suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and no drug tax stamp. Police in Maryland said a wild fraternity party included so much alcohol consumption that the air inside the house registered a positive on a Breathalyzer. Montgomery County Police said they were called to a rental home in Bethesda by neighbors who complained about an party at the resi-
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MO M ON ND DA A YY JJaannuu aarryy 11 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Jared & Amber MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM MA ATT SSM M IITTH H ’’ SS O OLL D DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Folk Soul Revival, Jacks River Band PPIILLO OTT LLIIG GH HTT (Knoxville) Damn Creeps MA M APPLLEE H HA ALLLL (Knoxville) The Black Lillies GA G ATT LLIIN N BBU URRG G CC O ON NVVEEN N TTIIO ON N CCEE N NTT EERR (Gatlinburg, TN) Newsboys, Andy Mineo, Sadie Robertson, Tom Richter
TT U U EESSD DA AYY JJ aannuuaarr yy 22 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) “Dancing with the Stars” ATTLL A A AN NTT A A RRO OO OM MA ATT SS M MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Mark Stokes, Estuarie, Malachi Mills
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY JJaa nnuu aarryy 33 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor PPIILLO OTT LLIIG GH HTT (Knoxville) White Gregg, Truth Club GA G ATT LLIIN N BBU URRG G CC O ON NVVEEN N TTIIO ON N CCEE N NTT EERR (Gatlinburg, TN) OBB JJU USS TT LL O OVVEE CC O O FFFFEE EE && CC A AFFÉÉ (Knoxville) Ashley Taylor TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Adron, Faye Webster MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM MA ATT SSM M IITTH H ’’ SS O OLL D DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) The Howlin’ Brothers
TTH HU URRSSD DA AYY JJaannuu aarryy 44 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Indigo Girls, The Txlips EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) The Babys
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TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Lottery, Hive Theory, Oliver TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Eric Gales EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Pat McGee MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) The Babys, Desolation Angels
SSA ATT U URRD DA AYY JJaannuu aarryy 66 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Adventure Fight RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Backwater Still, Randy Woody, Tyson Leamon and the White Line Drifters CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Delta Moon BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) von Grey
SSU UN ND DA AYY JJaa nnuu aarryy 77 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Big Ed Caylor VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Henry Rollins CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha
U PPCC O U OM MIIN NG G EEVVEEN NTT SS CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” Darius Rucker January 8 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Holifields, Pinecone January 9 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Gary Morris January 9 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas January 10 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Zigtebra, El Banditos January 10 HEELL LL AATT TTH H H EE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) U.S. Bombs January 10 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas January 11 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Henry Rollins January 11 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Ron Gallo, Dead Testaments, Caroline Rose January 11 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Stelle Amor January 11 CCO ON NCC EERRTT H HAA LLLL AATT BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Jerry
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Seinfeld January 11 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) St. Paul & the Broken Bones January 11 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas January 12 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Jason Hall Benefit January 12 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Breaking Benjamin January 12 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Henry Rollins January 12 TT H HO OM MPPSSO ON N-- BBO OLLIIN NG G AARREE N NA A (Knoxville) Kevin Hart January 12 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas January 13 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Cosmic Shift, Over Easy January 13 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Wrong Way January 13 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) The Grapes January 13 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Drew Thomas January 14 H IIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Michael McDonald, Sebastian Garcia, Samuel Smiley, Bella Moon, A’rose January 15 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) The Wombats January 16 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 17 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) David Rawlings January 17 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 18 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Black Label Society, Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity January 18 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 19 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Thelma and the Sleaze, Chilhowie Royal January 19 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Backup Planet January 19 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Kid Rock January 19 LLA AU U RREELL TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) RM Morris, Hector Qirko Band January 19 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 20 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) ThunderSnowCone, Subterranean Cirqus January 20 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Iron Horse Bluegrass January 20 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Black Label Society, Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity January 20 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) They Might Be Giants January 20 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Bones Thugs-NHarmony January 20 FF U URRN NAACC EE 44 11 (Atlanta) Misery Loves Company, Go Ask Alice, I Am Heir January 20 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Miranda Lambert, Brent Cobb, Jon Pardi January 20 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Neko Case January 20 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Shawn Mullins January 20 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) G.R. Goodwin & friends January 21 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) The Killers January 21
TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Bones Thugs-NHarmony January 21 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Jonny Lang January 22 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TT H H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Aimee Mann January 22 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Aimee Mann January 23 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny January 24 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Mulaney January 24 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh January 25 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny January 25 RRO OBBEE RRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEE RR CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY TT H H EE-ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Neko Case January 25 A EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) The Steel Wheels, Sonia Leigh January 25 HEE LLLL AATT TT H H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Say Anything January 25 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Ron White January 25 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Mulaney January 25 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny January 26 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Tennessee’s Dead January 26 MCC K M KEE N NZZIIEE AARREEN N AA (Chattanooga) The Harlem Globetrotters January 26 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Corey Smith January 26 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Ron White January 26 HEE LLLL AATT TT H H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Say Anything January 26 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny January 27 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Don McLean January 27 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Say Anything January 27 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Fetty Wap January 27 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny January 28 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Walk the Moon January 28 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Say Anything January 28 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Tennis January 29 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Lloyd Cole January 29 CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Walk The Moon January 30 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Alejandro Escovedo January 30 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Lloyd Cole January 30 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Tennis January 30 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) They Might Be Giants January 30 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 31 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Alejandro Escovedo January 31 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell February 1 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) First Aid Kit, Van William February 1 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Aimee Mann February 1 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Steep Canyon Rangers February 1
TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Sleigh Bells, Sunflower Bean February 1 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell February 2 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Machine Head February 2 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton February 2 MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM MA ATT SSM M IITTH H ’’ SS O OLL D DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) All The Locals February 2 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell February 3 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Della Mae February 3 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) John Berry February 3 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Big Head Todd & The Monsters February 3 DRRU D UN NK KEEN NU UN N IICCO O RRN N (Atlanta) John 5 February 3 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton February 3 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Luke Combs February 3 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Tokyo Hotel February 4 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Lana Del Rey, Kali Uchis February 5 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Killswitch Engage, Anthrax February 5 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Lana Del Rey, Kali Uchis February 6 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) They Might Be Giants February 6 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Machine Head February 6 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Jay Farrar February 6 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Killswitch Engage, Anthrax February 6 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mutzi February 7 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) David Lowery February 7 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Jay Farrar February 7 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mutzi February 8 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Jason Isbell, James McMurtry February 8 HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) Flint Eastwood February 8 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mutzi February 9 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Steep Canyon Rangers A February 9 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Kelsea Ballerini, Walker Hayes February 9 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Diana Krall February 9 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Blues Traveler February 9 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) August Burns Red, Born of Osiris, Ocean Grove, Erra February 9 TTH H EE BBU U CCK KH HEEA AD D TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) AJR, Hundred Handed February 9 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Kid Rock February 9 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee NC) Phillip Phillips February 9 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Jay Farrar February 9 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Shovels & Rope
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February 9 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mutzi February 10 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Diamond Dogs, HardRockLover February 10 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section February 10 GEEO G O RRG GIIAA W WO ORRLLD D CC O ON NG GRREESS SS CC EEN NTT EE RR (Atlanta) Tyler, The Creator, Vince Staples, Taco February 10 ZZYYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) Unknown Hinson, Clownvis Presley February 10 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Eddie Izzard February 10 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Futurebirds February 10 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mutzi February 11 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) August Burns Red, Born of Osiris, Ocean Grove, Erra February 11 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section February 11 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Marc Broussard February 12 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Sons of Apollo February 12 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, Crown the Empire February 12 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Marc Broussard, Peter Aristone, Jamie McLean February 13 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Diana Krall February 13 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, Crown The Empire February 13 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Mary J. Blige February 13 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Rachael Yamagata February 13 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Diana Krall February 14 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY BBAARR (Birmingham) Emancipator February 14 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Rod Man February 15 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Lone Bellow, Becca Mancari February 15 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Chris Young, Lanco, Kane Brown February 15 HEEAAVVEE N H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Tonight Alive, Broadside, Picturesque February 15 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blues Traveler, Los Colognes February 15 FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Ricky Skaggs February 15 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Rod Man February 16 RRO O BBEERRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TT H HEE -ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jim Brickman February A 16 TTH H EE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) St. Vincent February 16 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Josh Ritter February 16 LLEEG GAA CCYY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Widespread Panic February 16 TTH H EE BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Fetty Wap February 16 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Rod Man February 17 RRO O BBEERRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TT H HEE -ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Todd Snider February A
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17 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton February 17 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) St. Vincent February 17 3377 M MA AIIN N (Buford, GA) Junkyard, Enuff Z’Nuff February 17 LLEEG GA ACCYY A ARREE N NA A (Birmingham) Widespread Panic February 17 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jonny Lang, Doyle Bramhall II February 18 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) St. Vincent February 18 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Todd Snider February 18 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Al Stewart, The Empty Pockets February 20 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Howard Jones February 20 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 21 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Howard Jones February 21 TTH H EE LL O OFFTT (Atlanta) Joyner Lucas February 21 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) AJR, Hundred Handed February 21 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Emancipator February 21 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Secret Sisters February 21 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 22 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Scotty Bratcher February 22 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO O LLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Brad Paisley, Lindsay Eli, Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant February 22 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Jonathan Richman February 22 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 23 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Jonny Lang February 23 A TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Blackberry Smoke, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real February 23 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Jocelyn & Chris Arndt February 23 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band February 23 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Phillip Phillips February 23 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Lucero February 23 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 24 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Lucero February 24 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D’’ SS (Chattanooga) John 5 February 24 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Plvnet February 24 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Eric Johnson February 24 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Emancipator February 24 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) The Revolution February 24 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band February 24 SSCC RRU U FFFFYY CC IITT YY H HA ALLLL (Knoxville) Jocelyn & Chris Arndt February 24 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones February 25 MCC K M KEEN N ZZIIEE A ARREEN NA A (Chattanooga) “Winter Jam” Westover, Skillet, NewSong, KB,
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Building 429, Kari Jobe, Mallary Hope, Dan Bremnes, Jordan Feliz, John Crist, Nick Hall February 25 UAABB’’SS AALLYYSS SSTT EEPPH U H EEN NSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Birmingham) Michael McDonald February 25 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic February 25 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dan Auerbach, Shannon and the Clams, Shannon Straw, Robert Finley February 25 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds February 26 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Gordon Lightfoot February 26 TTH H EE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Gramatik February 27 TTPPA ACC PPO OLL K KH HAALLLL (Nashville) Robert Cray February 27 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) John Oates February 27 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Tape Face February 27 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Jonny Lang February 27 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones February 28 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds February 28 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) John Oates February 28 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones March 1 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Brett Cobb & Them March 1 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) Miranda Lambert, Jon Pardi, The Steel Woods March 1 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Beth Hart March 1 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones March 2 TTH H EE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Riley Green, Channing Wilson March 2 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Rumours March 2 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Ani DiFranco March 2 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEEN N TT (Nashville) Pylon Reenactment Society March 2 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Ani DiFranco, Grace and Rachel March 2 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North March 2 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Stephen Kellogg March 2 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones March 3 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D’’ SS Chattanooga) Pylon Reenactment Society March 3 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Big Something March 3 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band March 3 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Matisyahu March 3 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Dixie Dregs March 3 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) Ella Vos March 3 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones March 4 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North March 4 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Matisyahu March 5 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim March 5
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TT H HEE M MII LLLL AAN ND DM MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Jimmy Eat World March 6 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Graham Nash March 6 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim March 6 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) A$ap Ferg, IDK, Denzel Curry March 7 TT H HEE CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim March 7 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Graham Nash March 7 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) “Charlie Daniels Band Volunteer Jam” Ricky Skaggs, The Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Aronoff, Jamey Johnson, Don Was, Chris Janson, The Charlie Daniels Band, Chuck Leavell, Bobby Bare, Alison Krauss, Justin Moore, Billy Gibbons, Blackberry Smoke, Eddie Montgomery March 7 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) David Archuleta March 7 M EEM M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Steve Martin, Martin Short, Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Babko March 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) That 1 Guy March 8 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Blake Shelton, Brett Eldredge, Carly Pearce March 8 M EERRCC YY LL O M OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Beth Ditto March 8 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Get The Led Out March 9 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Lewis Black March 9 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Kreator, Sabaton, Cybra March 9 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Jason Mraz March 9 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Ben Sollee, Mipso March 9 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) LP March 9 H AARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC A ASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Bret Michaels, Firehouse March 10 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) LP March 10 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Graham Nash March 11 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Kreator, Sabaton, Cybra March 11 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Matisyahu March 13 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Skinny Lister March 14 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Los Lonely Boys, Lisa Morales March 14 TT H HEE BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Pop Evil, Palaye Royale, Black Map March 14 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Robin Trower March 15 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD D’’ SS (Chattanooga) California Guitar Trio March 16 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) The Zombies feat. Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent March 16 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Charlie Mars March 16 ALLAABBAAM A M AA TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Ron White March 16 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Here Come the Mummies, The Power Players March 17 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) The Zombies feat. Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent March 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Wood
Brothers, Valerie June March 17 HAA RRRRAAH H H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Alice Cooper March 17 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sylvan Esso March 17 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Webb Wilder March 18 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) The Wedding Present March 19 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Maks & Val March 21 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Somo, Caye March 22 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Mat Kearney March 22 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Corey Smith March 23 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang March 23 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Mat Kearney March 23 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Montgomery Gentry March 23 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Eagles March 23 SSCC RRU UFFFF YY CCIITT YY H HAALL LL (Knoxville) Strung Like A Horse March 23 RRO OBBEE RRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEE RR CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY TT H H EE-ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Marty Stueart March 24 A TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Brantley Gilbert, Aaron Lewis, Josh Phillips March 24 TT PPA ACC TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE PPEE RRFFO ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N -TT EERR (Nashville) Maks & Val March 24 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Eagles March 24 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Mat Kearney, Andrew Belle March 24 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Betty Who March 25 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Big K.R.I.T. March 28 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Demi Lovato, DL Khaled March 28 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Agent Orange, The Atom Age March 29 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Lee Ann Womack March 29 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) town Hall March 30 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Agent Orange, The Atom Age March 30 RRO OBBEE RRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEE RR CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY TT H H EE-ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Shovels & Rope March A 31 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Yacht Rock Revue March 31 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Who’s Bad March 31 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Rodney Carrington April 6 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) David Feherty April 6 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Big K.R.I.T. April 6 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Dweezil Zappa April 6 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Dweezil Zappa April 7 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Styx, REO Speedwagon, Don Felder April 8 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) O.M.D. April 10 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Judah & the Lion April 11 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Mike Farris April 11
TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Yo La Tenga April 12 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Judah & the Lion April 12 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) “Weird Al” Yankovic A April 13 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Alabama April 13 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLTT EERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TTH H EE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Phillip Phillips April 14 A IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Lorde April 14 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Alabama April 14 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Lorde April 15 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Weird Al Yankovic April 15 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Weird Al” Yankovic, Emo Phillips April 17 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Mother’s Finest April 18 SSLLO O SSSS FFU U RRN NA ACC EESS (Birmingham) Judah & The Lion April 19 LLEEG GA ACCYY A ARREE N NA A (Birmingham) Eagles April 19 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Chris Young, Morgan Evans, Dee Jay Silver, Kane Brown April 19 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Bruce Cockburn April 20 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Judah & the Lion, Tall Heights April 20 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Jeff Dunham April 20 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) The Wood Brothers April 20 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves, Midland April 21 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Pink April 21 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Bruce Cockburn April 21 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) “Comedy Get Down” Cedric the Entertainer, George Lopez, DL Hughley, Eddie Griffin April 21 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Richie Kotzen April 23 SSLLU UG GG GO O ’’SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Screaming Females April 24 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Ministry April 25 DO D O LLLLYY W WO OO OD D TT H H EEM MEE PPA ARRK K (Pigeon Forge, TN) Orleans April 26 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Superchunk April 26 IIN NN NO OVVA ATT IIO ON NA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Winder, Ga) The Marshall Tucker Band, Scooter Brown Band April 27 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A SSTT A ATTEE SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Foo Fighters April 28 TTEE RRM MIIA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) The Darkness April 28 DO D O LLLLYY W WO OO OD D CC EELL EEBBRRIITT YY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Firefall April 28 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Echosmith May 1 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Celtic Women May 2 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Yanni May 2 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Jack Johnson May 2 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa May 4 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Foo Fighters May 4 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Alan Jackson May 4 MIILLLL TTO M OW WN NM MU USSII CC H HA ALLLL (Bremen, GA)
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Tanya Tucker May 5 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa May 5 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “A Prairie Home Companion” Chris Thile May 5 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) Fu Manchu May 7 TTH H EE CC O OCC AA CC O O LLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Alice in Chains May 10 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Brian Wilson May 10 PPRRIIN N CC EESSSS TT H H EEAATT RREE (Harriman, TN) Delbert McClinton May 11 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Brian Wilson May 11 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dashboard Confessional May 11 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Graham Parker, James Maddock May 12 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jimmy Eat World, The Hotelier May 12 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Odesza May 12 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Brian Wilson May 12 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Graham Parker, James Maddock May 13 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE AAQ QU UAARRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Strung Like A Horse May 15 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) “A Prairie Home Companion” Chris Thile May 19 FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Will The Circle Be Unbroken With John McEuen & Friends May 19 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Margo Price May 20 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) The Fratellis May 21 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Fleet Foxes May 21 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Nada Surf May 21 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) The Fratellis May 22 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Khalid May 22 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Fleet Foxes May 22 MEERRCC EED M D EESS BBEE N NZZ SSTT AAD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Thomas Rhett, Brandon Lay May 26 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Peter Hook &
the Light May 26 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) U2 May 26 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Peter Hook & the Light May 27 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) U2 May 28 EE XXIITT// IIN N ((Nashville) Peter Hook & the Light May 29 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Shania Twain June 4 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Harry Styles, Kacey Musgraves June 11 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Harry Styles, Kacey Musgraves June 12 RRIIVVEERRBBEE N ND D FFEESS TTIIVVAALL (Chattanooga) Delbert McClinton June 15 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Matthew Morrison June 16 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Rick Springfield June 29 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Rev. Horton Heat, Big Sandy June 29 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Rev. Horton Heat, Big Sandy June 30 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Foreigner, Whitesnake, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience July 6 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Sam Smith July 7 VVEERRIIZZ O ON N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Foreigner, Whitesnake, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience July 7 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Sam Smith July 10 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Kesha, Macklemore July 13 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Shania Twain July 21 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Niall Horan, Maren Morris July 23 CC EELLLL A AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE A ATT LLA AK KEE W WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Weezer, Pixies July 27 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Weezer, Pixies July 28 CC EELLLL A AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE A ATT LLA AK KEE W WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Kesha, Macklemore August 2 M EERRCC EED M DEE SS BBEEN N ZZ SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Atlanta) Taylor Swift August 10
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Requiem For A Blue Dog Sadly I have had another dog pass away. So I am writing another story about one of my dogs. Awhile back I told someone another one of my dogs had terminal cancer. I said ‘I guess I’ll be writing another sad story about one of my dogs dying.’” They told me I couldn’t do another one as I had recently written one about my dog Daisy who had passed in August. (See “She was a Daisy” in the September 2017 Enigma.). I thought about what they said but hey, it’s my column and unless the Editor rejects it I get to submit what I want to. Just because Blue recently passed away close to when another of my dogs did doesn’t diminish his life. Also my dog stories always seem to generate plenty of comments and empathetic or sympathetic responses than my other articles. Lastly writing these articles acts as a kind of catharsis, a type of healing if
you will for the loss of my drive to somewhere near friends. Commerce Georgia to pick up Blue. I did not make the rescue Blue came to me through a trip. At the time I was not constrange set of circumstances. A sulted on the adoption of Blue. girlfriend at the time had decid- I had no idea I was about to ed she wanted a Great Dane. adopt another dog. I’m so glad I
She found a Great Dane rescue organization on the internet. She located a Great Dane Labrador Retriever mix. Somehow he had lost a leg and the shelter could not tell us how that happened. Perhaps he came in that way. I guess we’ll never know .He got around pretty well without it and we loved him just the same. There was only one problem: the place where he was had a limited time they could hold animals. Blue was almost out of time. The shelter could only keep him for a few more days. In order to stay his being euthanized my girlfriend had to pay for his shots and for him to be neutered over the phone. Then they set up a time when she was off in a few days and she could ENIGMA
did. My girlfriend said Blue was super excited to be leaving the shelter. He was not happy he had to wear a plastic cone around his neck to keep him from licking his sutures from his neutering. He kept bumping into furniture and my other dogs. This did not make him too popular with my other dogs at first. Once he healed enough that we could take that contraption off they warmed up to him. I had a huge mixed breed dog, Fido, (see the July 2017 Enigma “Fido and the Dawn Patrol” ) who Blue particularly “buddied up” with. They would playfully fight over sticks, share dog beds (sometimes) and just kind of hang out together. If
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you observed them for just a short period of time it was obvious that they were dog pals. Blue quickly became one of the “pack” as I had several dogs at that time. He ate (a lot) so much so that eventually the veterinarian had me put him on a diet with special food. The problem was that he only had a left back leg. That meant he put all his weight on the other hip when he got up, moved, or walked or ran. His vet Dr. Yvonne Ward, told me he would have to lose weight because if the remaining leg side hip went out he would obviously be immobile. I would dole out his “two scoops” and after he wolfed that down he would do this low RRR-RRR-RRR sound as if to say ‘give me more” The vet recommended that I put a tennis ball in Blue’s food bowl to slow him down while he ate. Otherwise in seconds he would wolf down his two scoops and be growling for more. That kind of worked but Blue ate faster than any dog I’ve ever seen. This demanding growl would become a familiar feature of “Blue-dog” as I called him. If Blue thought it was bedtime he would head towards the bedroom and do his RRR-RRR-RRR growl to let me know he was ready for bed. When we got in the bedroom he would do his growl if his blanket on the floor was not smoothed out to his
liking. Blue had a special thick cream-colored blanket that he slept on. If a cat or another dog was on his blanket Blue would start doing his growl at them to let them know they were on his property. I would frequently have to get up and move the offending (to Blue) animal or he would just keep growling until I did so. Blue also had a chaise lounge he was particularly fond of. If another animal was on it he would stand by it and do his three part growl until the animal was intimidated off. Blue would also do his growl when I was in the kitchen out of sight giving the other dogs treats. He would do his growl as if to say “hey over here”.
gently take the treat and if he did brush you with his mouth it was very smooth and soft. I eat at Ankar’s on Highway 58 a lot and Mr. Ankar gives me bags of cut off pita bread to give my Speaking of treats. When I gave dogs. It was a favorite of Puck, some of my dogs a treat you Fido , Daisy and Blue. had to be careful that they didn’t nip your hand. You didn’t I mentioned Blue had three have to worry about that with legs. To keep his balance he Blue. He would carefully and
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refused to accept it . I quickly made him an appointment at the vet. Dr. Ward confirmed my fears. Due to the size and location of the tumor it would render him immobile if it was removed. I already had Daisy undergoing chemotherapy for a terminal illness I was devastated. I took Blue on as many truck rides as I could. I let him out to awkwardly chase squirrels with Daisy until she passed away. I quit a part-time job to spend more time with him. Let’s just say some large security would wag his tail more than companies don’t have sympamost dogs. This would help him thetic Human Resource people. keep his balance plus he did it At least when it comes to pets. when he was happy as normal dogs do. However as he was a My Blue got weaker and weaker big dog if you were standing and on December 12th my close by he would “whap” you “Blue-dog “ lost his battle with with his tail and it was some- cancer. times painful. There’s nothing like getting ‘caned’ by a happy I was giving my surviving dogs a treat in the kitchen the other dog. day. I thought I heard Blue’s One thing all dogs seem to like growl that he was not getting a is a good walk outside. I have a treat but immediately realized large fenced in backyard but that he was not there. my dogs still like to get out and walk the cul de sac taking in the Somebody often called Blue sights, sounds and smells as noble. I think that’s a good dogs will do. Blue would some- description .He was a big, lovetimes go on these walks but it able, kind of a goof but almost was often hard for him to keep always happy even to the end. up. Sometimes he would just stop and sit down and patiently I buried Blue in my yard beside wait for me and the rest of the his buddy Fido. Oh yeah, I pack to get back to him. Due to buried him in his special blana slight elevation I could see ket . It was hard saying goodhim the whole time. When we bye. I really loved that dog and got back to him he’d wag his tail miss him dearly. and rejoin the group. Now when we walk I catch myself - Mark Haskins? looking back at that yard but Thanks to Lance for using his ole Blue-dog is not there. equipment to dig Blue’s grave Back in the summer I noticed on a cold morning. Thanks to Blue had a large growth behind all the people who were underhis right front leg, basically his standing during my dogs’ termiarmpit. I knew immediately nal illnesses. As always thanks that it was cancer. I mentally to Dr. Yvonne Ward of Northgate Animal Hospital
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Moore Has Less Until very late that Tuesday night, Republican Roy Moore still had a chance. But Democrat Doug Jones pulled off an incredible narrow victory in the special election for an Alabama Senate seat. A win for Moore would have been… awkward, at best for the Grand Old Party. Forget Moore’s long history of judicial misconduct. The fairly recent accusations from women who say a 30-something-year-old Moore approached them, “dated”
them, and (in some cases) sex- party… ually assaulted them as
...Ninety-eight percent of black women voted for Jones, according to polling by CNN, while 63 percent of white women voted for Moore. About 30 percent of white voters overall chose Jones...
teenagers… made him a pari- ...But, as President Trump’s ah in much of the national team and the Republican National Committee insisted, the Alabama Senate race was up to the voters of Alabama. And it really came down to black voters… ...Turnout was extremely high in Alabama’s heavily black counties, between 72 and 77 percent of the 2016 (Presidential) election turnout. It was just 55-60 percent in rural white counties. (All figures are from the Cook Political Report.) In Russell County, which is 40 percent black, Jones beat The New York Times’ estimate by 14 points.,,
...I know it’s easy to get confused by a flurry of statistics. Go back and read the second fact in the last paragraph. Sixty-three percent of white women in Alabama voted for a man who has been repeatedly accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with under aged girls. Good Lord, I bet they even go to church every Sunday… and shop at the mall in Gadsden that had Moore on its “blacklist” because teenaged girls found him creepy…
...Moore came frighteningly close to winning. Having a wacko like him in the Senate would have been catastrophic. Most GOP leaders are publicly and privately glad Jones won. What remains to be see is what long-term damage Trump and the GOP have suffered for backing a presumed pedophile into a senatorial ...Exit polling at around 6 p.m. election… EST showed that nearly 30 percent of voters at that time ...The system worked… this were African American. Exit time. Black voters rose up and polling also found that took control of Alabama’s African American women, special election. But, damn… who comprise 18 percent of it was close… the electorate, voted for Jones by a margin of 97 to 3... — Mark Bedford
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I Hate Jerry Jones I hate Jerry Jones. I always have and I always will. The flamboyant billionaire owner of the Dallas Cowboys is what has eroded my love of professional football, football in general and organized sports. And that’s saying a lot from someone who has loved football his whole life. But Jerry Jones epitomizes everything that is wrong with the NFL and sports in general in the 21st century. I’ve had a lifelong love affair with football. I’m probably the only two-year-old that could throw a perfect spiral. Almost from the time I was able to walk I played football. My fondest memories growing up in New York were Saturday evenings
when my dad would start a fire in the backyard and we would throw the ball back and forth. I got my love for football from him. He told me he was on the taxi squad of the New York Giants in the early ‘50s. The taxi squad is what is referred to now as the practice squad. I never checked on whether my dad was telling the truth or not about this, but I remember as a toddler he brought me to Shea Stadium and Joe Namath held me. Broadway Joe told my dad I “had the hands of a quarterback”. This was in an era when the NFL wasn’t a billionaire’s club or a trillion dollar business. The teams, players and coaches were pretty very accessible. When we moved to Chattanooga few years
later. I remember my dad taking me to Falcons games. I was painfully shy growing up and my dad somehow knew everyone on
zines and reading the sports section. One book my dad gave me was a hardback edition of “Dallas Cowboys: Pro or Con?” It was a
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history of the team and somehow my dad was able to get it autographed for me. It was an interesting read and every insightful on the early culture of the NFL and the Cowboys as well. It told the story of the Dallas Cowboys from their birth to the late ‘60s. The book was published in 1970. It was filled with a loot of great pictures. I wish I still had that copy of it. My favorite teams were the Falcons and the Dolphins. I respected the Cowboys. I really respected Tom Landry. The only time I had anything bad to say about the Cowboys was when they played the Dolphins or Falcons. I of course took Super Bowl VI hard, When I wasn’t playing sandlot but there was a respect for the games I was reading books about coach and the way he ran the football, looking through maga- team. the Falcons’ roster. “Want to go down and meet Dick Shiner?” he asked. I was frozen. Shiner was a journeyman quarterback who played for six teams in his NFL career. He was not a big deal by any stretch of the imagination but I knew of him. I turned down my dad’s offer – not because I was not impressed but because of my acute shyness. From time to time before his death he would offer to take me down to Atlanta Fulton County Stadium to meet different players. How he knew them I will never know or question. He was my dad. And from my dad is where I got my love for the sport.
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Besides that book, a girlfriend of my sister’s who went to high school together married John Fitzgerald, the team’s center. My sister told her what a football fan I was. Christmas that year I received a Christmas card from the Dallas Cowboys with the team on the cover and signed by John. I wish I had kept that card. But because of the team’s history, success and the fact my sister indirectly knew one of their players I never held any ill will towards the team until February of 1989 when Jerry Jones, the new owner of the Cowboys fired Landry. Tom Landry was a living legend as far as NFL coaches along with Don Shula who met a similar fate six years later in Miami. In my humble opinion you don’t fire a Tom Landry. He dictates what goes on with the team. To add insult to injury Jones hires Jimmie Johnson who was the coach of the Miami Hurricanes at the time. I hated Jones and I still do. Johnson had players of questionable character on his team and during his reign they beat Notre Dame, my favorite team pretty bad. And when it comes to football I hold grudges. Well before you know it the Cowboys’ roster was filled with a lot of talent – and off field issues. They were back to winning Super Bowls though before a clash of
egos between Johnson and Jones. deals – not league deals with Pepsi and Nike. At that time the Who didn’t see this coming? league had agreements in place I did. And leave it to Jerry Jones with Coke and Adidas. After to make Johnson look like a sym- ousting Johnson he hired contropathetic character. In Jones’ 29 versial Oklahoma head coach seasons as the Cowboys owner Barry Switzer whose NCAA pro©Dave Weinthal
let himself be known. If anything Jones is an Al Davis wannabe. Other owners have followed suit such as Stephen Ross, owner of the Dolphins who has made a name for himself selling small percentages of the team to celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan as well as Venus and Serena Williams. Basically this was a publicity stunt that has failed to fill the seats at the stadium or help the success of the team that hasn’t been to a Super Bowl in over 30 years. Add to that Robert Kraft of the Patriots, Daniel Snyder of the Redskins and Arthur Blank of the Falcons. Earlier in the season threatened to sue Blank and five other NFL owners over a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell. When the two teams met two months ago at Atlanta’s new stadium, the state of the art Mercedes Benz Stadium that overshadowed Jones’ new stadium in Dallas there was a definite chill in the air even with the roof closed. Both owners were on the field during pre-game warm ups and exchanged icy stares across the field refusing to meet at midfield to shake hands as was tradition. To add insult to injury the league upheld a six game suspension of Cowboy star Ezekiel Elliott and the Falcons handily defeated Dallas that day 27-7 with Adrian Clayborn setting a team record with six quarterback sacks of Dak Prescott.
gram had undergone scrutiny for steroid use. Switzer got the team’s last Super Bowl win but he was soon ousted. He’s had a fondness for players of questionable moral character such as Michael Irvin (drugs and stripper parties), Randy Gregory (multiple drug charges and is currently still suspended), Leon Lett (substance abuse) to more recently Greg Hardy (actually convicted in a court of law and not just accused of domestic violence and weapons charges). Instead of a After firing Landry Jones went roster he seemed to suit up a around the NFL to sign team police lineup in uniform. Let’s not forget his penchant for strippers. Remember those photos of him to be in a compromising position (at least the girl was)? He didn’t have much to say about The only issue I am on the same that except they were a “misrep- side as Jones is the Anthem resentation”. protests in the league and his tough stance towards his player. Prior to Jones people knew of Of course for some of you that’s the team owners but few recog- another reason to dislike him. nized them in public. Since own- To make things even better the ing the team Jones has been high Cowboys missed the playoffs. profile and seems to enjoy the Talk about ending the season on attention more for him than the a high note. team. Taking a play out of late Raider owner Al Davis’ book he - David N. Marks and general manager the Cowboys, while they won three Super Bowls have had 19 nonwinning seasons. By comparison Tom Landry has 19 winning seasons as Dallas’ head coach. Landry was the team’s head coach for 27 seasons. Since Jones has been the owner the team has had seven different head coaches. And while we tend to like people that go by the beat of their own drum it doesn’t count Jones.
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Ten Words Or Expressions That Need To Disappear In The New Year During one of the half dozen court shows I watch on cold winter afternoons, one of the litigants made a remark I hope does not catch on as we approach a new year. The male millennial said “I have plenty of meat in the freezer.” In that case, the guy was a plaintiff suing an ex-girlfriend for money he had given her for cosmetic surgery. Her defense was that it had been a gift and he was only suing her because she left him for someone else. It was after she described him as lonely that the plaintiff fired off that silly line about having meat in the
freezer. When the judge asked him to elaborate, the plaintiff explained that it meant he had a lot of girls who were desirous of his company.
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An Unabased Smithereens Fanboy Mourns the Loss of His Rock Idol For a generation February 3, 1959 was the “day the music died”, of course referring to the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens. For me that day is Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Pat DiNizio, lead singer, principle songwriter and founding member of the New Jersey British Invasion power pop infused band The Smithereens has passed at the age of 62.
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Most that have known me for a long time know I am probably the biggest Smithereens fan in the world. I remember to this day where and what I was doing the first time I heard their music and my love of the band since has been synonymous with this publication and me. My diatribe about Pat and the band may bore you but I don’t care. Feel free to turn the page or click to the next article online. This is my time to mourn. I’ve listened to music my whole life thanks to parents that always listened to music and an older sister who also loved music. Before I was able to walk and talk I was listening to popular music and in my own way grooving along. Being fortunate enough to have a career where I get to listen to music, interview artists and review shows and concerts is a dream come true. But to get to do that and meet your idols is an
it was The Smithereens I wanted to meet. And I got to do so many times. And the greatest thing about meeting your idols is when they turn out to be even greater in person than you could have ever imagined. And that’s what happened when I got to meet the band and Pat in particular. And that is why I am probably taking his ENIGMA
pulse and a soul have heard a song, a musical artist, seen a movie or show or a work of art that touched them or for lack of a better way of saying it – that blew you away and probably influenced the way you look at things or your life. Mine was The Smithereens. I remember sitting in my fra-
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ternity brother Lance’s room one afternoon goofing off when the video for “Only A Memory” came on. Lance turned up the volume and told me to check them out. They were cool he said. “Who are these guys?” I asked as I was mesmerized by the music and video. “The Smithereens,” he said. Lance said he had that album (Green Thoughts) as well as the band’s first album. Hew offered to make me a cassette of the two along with a live EP he had gotten. I took that cassette home and wore it out. I listened to it non-stop and to this day have that cassette boxed away in the closet like a prized possession – which it was to me. A few weeks later Lance, who lived in Kennesaw told me The Smithereens were playing in Atlanta. “Wanna go?” he asked. “Hell yeah, I said. He called his mom to get us tickets. She got them. The boys were playing two sold out shows at The Center Stage in midtown Atlanta. The first sold out so fast they added a second to which we were told also sold out in 15 minutes. The Smithereens were only the second show I went to in Atlanta at the time. Earlier that summer we went to see The Cure. The Cure was an impressive concert with an incredible light show, but nothing will compare to that night at Center Stage – ever. I
remember standing in line with hundreds of people coming in and out of the venue. We found a good place to watch the show and then lights, camera, action. That show to me opened my eyes to what a real rock concert should be. It was a deeply moving experience. Not only was the music great, but the experience. It was more than a concert but evolved into a party. I never saw so much dancing, singing and joy coming from a packed hose in my life and I joined in. It blew me away was how the band embraced those in attendance. I watched as Pat and Dennis [Diken] would pull people on stage with the band and they all danced around in unison. It had become more or less a house party. To this day I have never experienced anything like that in my life. I remember getting home that night and putting my homemade Smithereens tape in my cassette player, placing it under my pillow and listening to it over and over again, changing sides when I would briefly wake up to roll over. That night cemented a love affair I had with the band that will continue to the day I die.
other guys all looked like the guys who would be sitting next to you at the bar elbowing and high-fiving you when your team scored. They were more than a band of musicians – they were one of us. Often you will read an interview with a famous musician or actor that will recount a performance or concert they saw that made them want to do what they do. That night at the Center Stage was mine if I was musically inclined in any way. I remember that show as it was yesterday. And while I can’t carry a tune in a bucket, I can carry one in my car, on my computer and in my heart. In a weird way it was love at first sight. And nothing has altered to this day.
I am an unabashed fanboy of The Smithereens. They probably created that word just to describe me. It was harder back in those days if you loved a band to follow them. There was no social media, no internet and you had to rely on someone cool working at a record store who had a friend that knew a friend that could get you tickets to a show in the region, find a bootleg recordThere’s a lot of great music out ing or possibly find you a tour there but there was something t-shirt or anything with your special about the Smithereens. favorite band’s name on it. It’s very simple to explain thought. Pat DiNizio the band’s I was unabashed of my love of principle songwriter and lead The Smithereens music and singer had a velvet voice that everyone who either knew me could make a woman’s knees or knew of me knew they were buckle and whose music and my favorite band. I even grew lyrics have the guys pumping a goatee like Pat’s although I their fist in the air when he told a few that I grew it to look was too busy tapping his toes like Maynard G. Krebs on or snapping his fingers along to Dobie Gillis. DiNizio looked it. And what made this even like an edgier, alt-rock version more special is Pat and the of the character. The rest of ENIGMA
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the band had that alt-rock look – a far cry from the glam rock and hair bands of the era. The Smithereens and bands like The Godfathers, R.E.M., Mighty Lemon Drops, and Psychedelic Furs were far from the norm and they were ruling the college charts at this time and into a format that became
to book with it and if they agreed to book it they didn’t want to pay much for it trying to strong arm the band to play for a bar tab or not enough money to pay gas to get to the gig. Thanks to guys like Richard Tate, Jack Gray, Jim Ruth, Beck Towery and myself this began to change.
Brews that was at that time the abandoned Carta bus barns. I worked all the shows called “Barnstorms” creating marketing for the shows, overseeing concessions, making sure the bands got loaded in and on and off stage on time. I was there
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alternative rock in the early ‘90s. People who wanted to get on my good side would bring up the band in conversation. I got into the music business in the late ‘80s working with local bands and helped get a nonprofit started to promote original music by local artists. Before the Chattanooga Music Co-Op the only local bands that traditionally got booked were cover bands. Local original music was looked down upon and dismissed. No one wanted
Everyone involved in the CoOp were musicians but me. I was more of a creative/advertising director kind of guy who at one point worked with over 40 different local bands (believe it or not there were that many in 1988). And they all knew I loved The Smithereens. If there was an awkward pause in a conversation somehow one of us would bring up the band until we got back on track. We used to do these big concerts downtown where Moe’s is downtown, the former site of Rhythm and ENIGMA
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the day of the concert early in the morning and one of the last to leave. All except one time. You guessed it. The Smithereens were musical guest on SNL. I told everyone involved with the concert I was
leaving early to go home and watch the show. Everyone knew and agreed. My absence was excused. I remember this one girl flirting with me and wanting to hang out that night and I blew her off. I bluntly told her I was going home to watch The Smithereens on SNL. Oddly enough that girl hung around us for a while. I had met her years ago when she was hanging out with one of my fraternity brothers and we hit it off. She had an interest in the music business and at the time I was working with bands, part of the Co-Op and just started my journalism career at an alt-weekly called The Loafer. She was cool, but I was too busy. She even took me to see the Allman Brothers in Birmingham on the 4th of July one summer. She went to school in Chattanooga and was from Chicago. We kept running into each other and I never really gave her the time of day. Then one day she cornered me. She told me her sister was dating Pat and if I wanted we would make a road trip back home and we could hang out with them. I didn’t believe her until years later when I was having dinner with Pat and he told me a little of his marriage – or at that time failed marriage. He gave me two numbers to reach him at back in day – one a New Jersey number and one a Chicago number. I still have those numbers in my Day Runner along with his numerous email addresses at the time. All that stuff was in its infancy at the time. Who would have thought I could have possibly been Pat’s brother in law at one point.
I listened to The Smithereens music from the day was first turned on to them and am listening to them as I write this as an occasional tear falls from my eye as I will never get to see Pat or the band in its earnest ever again. Because of my love of the band I gained new respect and patience for those I may had given a hard time or rolled my eyes at who were fanatical over a band or artist. I was more reserved – my usual modus operandi – unless you were in my car or my bedroom.
the biggest heartbreaks in my life. My best friend and I agreed never to get married and we vowed and pinkie swore if one of us did get engaged we would grab the other and we would run away to Barcelona. I was madly in love with my best friend but was afraid to do anything about it. Then she called me one day to let me know she had gotten engaged. I tried to talk her out of it. We cried over the phone. I could even hear her mother on the other line crying because I was the only guy mom approved of. I
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Their music was always there when I needed it. The good times, the bad times, the sad times – the heartbreak and the joy. And there was a lot of heartbreak. And Pat and the guys got me through it again. So many of the lyrics of the songs spoke to me and mirrored my thoughts. And they did it in a cool way. This was odd because I was always a music guy – not big into lyrics or caring what they said. Hell, I still don’t know the words to “Blinded By the Light” and we tried to sing it on a camping trip in eighth grade – and none of us knew the lyrics for sure – and laughed about it. But I can sing a Smithereens song word for word – for the most part.
remember driving around the city for hours down side roads with my Smithereens mix tape blaring crying. I took the tape into my bedroom put my headphones on and listened to it non-stop for days. They indeed got me through one of the roughest spots in my life at that point.
Things got better. They always do. And their music was with me all the way. Back in the day you really had to work for it if you liked a band that wasn’t Top 40. I remember going to the library and looking up to see if any articles or interviews had been done on the band. I found a few. The reviews I read of Especially For You made me feel even more proud Especially For You and Green to be a fan. One review stated Thoughts got me though one of that on the album there were ENIGMA
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no throwaway cuts. That’s one of the best things a band can ever have written about their music. And while there wasn’t a lot of material on them out there like other bands at the time like Bon Jovi or even R.E.M., I read all the liner notes on the cassettes I had and my fraternity brother’s CDs who introduced me to the band. Everything about this band seemed cool to me – everything from album art to the band pictures. Also the name of their record label was cool to me – Enigma Records. And yes, that is where I got the idea for the name of this publication – the liner notes on a Smithereens album. I remember telling Pat that in one of our phone conversations and he seemed totally in awe. And he remembered it as well. Whenever I went to a Smithereens show I always worked my way through the crowd towards the front. When the band did one of their singles from the early albums Pat would announce that the song was from their album when they were on Enigma and then would point to me with his guitar neck with a big smile. Pat never forgot a name or face and that’s what made him so endearing to fans of the band. After a club show he and the boys always tended to hold court at the bar afterwards. I would sheepishly approach, as I was always star struck by the band even though I had become acquainted with them for over 20 years. I remember walking in his general direction as he talked to one of his fans and he looked up and he saw me. He politely excused
himself and called out my name. “How’s it going my brother,” he asked as he gave me a great big bear hug. We small talked for a minute and then I let him go back to who he was talking with not to interrupt their moment.
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Monkees memorabilia including the convert poster that had Jimi Hendrix opening for them. After the interview, I not only didn’t ask him to sign it, I thought very hard of throwing the memorabilia in the trash on the way home. The Smithereens were a different Before, during and after a story entirely. They were show no one could work a everything I hoped for and room like Pat DiNizio with his more. uncanny ability to remember names, faces and make every- The first time I met the band one feel as if they belonged. was almost 25 years ago at a He probably missed his calling music festival. They were signand should have been a politi- ing posters. There was a long cian. He did run for Senate in line but they were cordial and 2000 on the Reform Party tick- appreciative of the attention et but came up short. from everyone. A couple of years later they were the A lot of times you will hear entertainment at Lake Lanier horror stories about meeting near Atlanta for a post beach your idol – be it a movie star, volleyball tournament party. musician or even politician. There were not a lot of people Most of the time my dealing there, which shocked me had been pretty good but I met because every other time I had a number of jackasses that seen them it was a sold out were poster children for ass- show. I shot the entire show dom. Ace Frehley was an ass and brought with me by chance when I met him back in ’94. He all my Smithereens CD covers was cool with me but he was in case there was a chance to an obnoxious customer where get them autographed. he was dining and anyone who approached him, he wanted Despite the low turnout the $50 to sign anything. And this band put on another great was before the original mem- show as the people that were bers of KISS reunited for a there danced and danced away “farewell tour” a few years to every song and to the last later. Peter Tork of the note of the last song. After the Monkees was an even bigger band stopped I surveyed the jerk. I met him when he was situation as people filtered touring with his blues band out. I looked around the side Shoe Suede Blues before the of the stage to see if by any Monkees made up and reunit- chance any members of the ed and started touring again. I band were hanging out. I saw only wanted to shoot the show as Pat made his way back but his manager who was in the stage. I slowly approached the opening band insisted I inter- side of the stage and was about view him after the gig. I was to turn and leave when I saw nervous, he was tired and Jim Babjak standing there signcranky and we did not get ing autographs. I slowly saunalong. I had brought all my tered over there. Jim was gra-
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cious and small talked with what few fans were there asking for autographs. As he got done he looked up at me and smiled. I sheepishly asked if I could get his autograph on my CD covers. He smiled and said, “Sure”. I handed him my stack. He looked at this thick stack of CD covers and began to flip through them. He looked at me in amazement. “This is out entire catalog,” he said in amazement. Included was a rare promo from a radio station in Europe with a gray cover. “Yes sir,” I said. With Sharpie in hand he smiled and said, “Come on back and meet the guys.” And as they say the rest is history. When I got into the alt-weekly/magazine business in 1990 the first article I got to write months into my job finally was a review for 11 to fill needed space. After the reception of that review I started getting CDs delivered to my office, my phone rang off the hook with
interview inquiries from bands big and small starting with The Loafer, Brevis and now Enigma as well as other magazines I would get assignments time to time. After I launched Enigma 23 years ago this month The Smithereens and Pat have been on the cover more than any other musical artist or entity. It’s a shame their next cover will be a homage to Pat. But thanks to this business I got to meet Pat, Mike, Dennis and Jim as well as a few other fill in bass players like Jamie Hoover and Severo “The Thrilla” Jornacion who became pretty
love song he wrote with is estranged wife in the next room and she had no clue the song was partially about their crumbling relationship. Later on he would talk about the joys of being a parent. When I brought up the fact at that time a new Oceans 11 remake was on its way and the poster for it that was released looked an like it had stolen its design from the band’s biggest album, 11. And in case you already didn’t know, 11 was homage to the original Oceans 11 that started the rat pack. Even the individual band shots on the inside
treated all his fans the same. One of the greatest things about this band is they never forgot where they came from and even at the apex of their fame in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s with radio staples like “A Girl Like You”, “Blood and Roses”, “Behind the Wall of Sleep” and “Too Much Passion” they were the same guys you would sit around and drink a beer with, something they would often do with fans. In all these years I never met a band like that - not even a local band unless they wanted press.
The Smithereens will go down in history overlooked as the band not enough people got to hear. I took great pride turning people on to the band. I was and remain that obsessed with the music – unabashedly so. And I always got the same response. “Wow! This stuff is awesome! Why aren’t they famous?” To me they are and I was lucky to make acquaintance with the band and strike up a friendship. They will always be “my band”. Rest in peace Pat, the world is a sadGuys about town. The author out with Pat circa 2000. der, less hip place without you much a permanent fill in for were homage to one of the here. Mike even though earlier this original movie’s poster. Pat year all four original member wasn’t really happy about the - Dave Weinthal started gigging again and there heavily borrowing of their was a talk of a new album with album cover and wouldn’t talk the original lineup further about it. I did notice a few weeks later a new poster I got to interview Pat a number was distributed with totally difof times as well as have many ferent artwork. personal conversations. Pat was a fountain of knowledge of And now Pat’s gone and I sit pop culture, music, movies and here in shock. I will never get even politics, I remember to see him or The Smithereens laughing over beers and shots again in concert. I’ll never get with him as he was telling me to see that big goofy smile or a of him recording vocals at his bear hug like every other show home studio for a rate anti- I attended. No one will and he
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Kate Grom Two years ago, singer-songwriter Kate Grom was torn between practicality and being her true self. She had graduated college after a transformative time finding her authentic musical voice, and was pursuing her dreams in New York. But in her soul there was a restlessness she couldn’t ignore—she had to break out of her comfort zone to fuel her vision. To bravely face an uncertain future, the young artist went to France where she knew no one. Alone with a rented acoustic guitar, she faced her fears and
embraced her musical gifts. Kate came forth with the aptly titled, Heroine, produced by two-time Grammy Award winning producer Stewart Lerman. It is a poetic and boldly vulnerable singer-songwriter album that conjures the elegance of the American countryside.
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part of being creative and get into what you’re doing, what you’re making and sort of connect with that solitude, It is a good balance to get on the stage and be in front of people and connecting with them. That’s It’s hard to be an artist without why I do it. (laughs) A little bit being a star today. I don’t think of both, I guess. artists get enough exposure in a maatteerriiaall oo nn H Heerrooiinnee ccaam m ee way a star does. I think you TThhee m m iinn ssppiirraattiioonn w whh eenn yy oouu ttrraavv -have to be willing to stay in the ffrroo m limelight a little bit whether it’s eelleedd ttoo EEuu rroo ppee.. W Whhaatt dd iidd yyoo uu press or performance by the ddiissccoo vveerr aabboo uutt yyoouu rrsseellff iinn tt hhoossee ww weerree artists in music videos and the ttrraavv eellss oovv eerrsseeaass aann dd hhoow type of content that’s used to yy oouu aabbllee ttoo cchhaannnn eell tthhaatt iinnttoo muu ssiicc?? collect new followers or just be yy oouurr m able to share art. I think there is a way to balance the two and When I moved to Paris I came have a happy medium. from New York City where I was Personally, I don’t see myself as having a tough time where I a star. I guess I see myself as an kind of hit a wall as an artist. It artist. But do other people con- was very hard to sustain myself sider me a media star in a cer- as a person and providing for tain way sometimes after you myself in the city – sustaining performed? There’s a certain my art. I love New York City. treatment that’s given when It’s such an amazing place but it you’re a performer. Just being can be really hard as an artist to level headed and really down to make it there. I thought I needearth with the community I ed to make some sort of change and I didn’t know what that was think as an artist. but I felt I had been in New Whhaatt iiss yyoo uurr ffaavv oorriitt ee ppaarrtt oo ff York for six years and it was W muussiicc – m – tt hhee ccrreeaattiivvee pprroo cceessss oorr necessary to get away and try to ppeerrffoo rrm maannccee?? figure out what the next step was in my life and music. So I I think definitely the creative had the opportunity to go to but I equally love singing and Paris and I went for a couple of performing as long as they’re weeks. It was an amazing time really special and a lot of ener- when I was able to just explore. gy creatively. I think creating is It’s not only an amazing city my favorite thing. I think a lot with their art and music scene, of that happens in the studio but do stuff for myself that was putting everything together in a hugely inspiring to be in a city collection, getting it recorded. I where music and art culture is love writing because I’m a little not only so appreciated, but bit introverted and I love that respected and valued. And that Wiitthh tthhee w W waayy oo ff m muussiicc ttoodd aayy whh aatt ddoo yy oouu tthhiinnkk iiss tthh ee ddiiffffeerr-w eenn ccee bbeettw weeeenn bbeeiinngg aann aarrttiisstt aann dd bbeeiinngg aa ssttaarr?? CCaann tthheerree bbee aa hhaappppyy m meeddiiuum m ??
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1. Greta Van Fleet 2. The Front Bottoms 3. Beck 4. Dhani Harrison 5. Morrissey 6. Alvvays 7. Alice Merton 8. Gregg Allman 9. Belle & Sebastian 10. Liam Gallagher 11. Weezer 12. Robert Plant 13. U2 14. The Shacks 15. Tori Amos 16. Jack Johnson 17. Shovels & Rope 18. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 19. Jason Ibell & the 400 Unit 20. Dashboard Confessional
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Frank Turner 2. Moby 3. Ty Seagall
was extremely inspirational when I was going through that time. You just do it in the air when you’re over there. The difference in the culture was a really great lift, which I felt I needed. I also read a lot of Nora Ephron and there’s a quote from her that I came across that says, “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” So, I had been writing a lot of songs and I had already written the title track of the album, Heroine when I decided I was going to write songs about the idea of being a hero – be your own hero – things that were going on in my life. I was motivated to pickup my career again and really give it everything I had. I quit my full-time job. I saw that I couldn’t do that and pursue my music. All those events and a series of random events – being asked to play in Paris and meeting a great artist community over there led me to decide it was now or never. I gave it everything I had and continued to write songs that kept that torch burning not only for myself but hopefully an inspiration for other people.
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that scene but that was kind of dio he was always the first one after the fact; they were already there to say, “Let’s look at it this written. way”. That kind of experience was really cool. It was a really AA lloo tt oo ff lliiffee eexx ppeerriieenn ccee w weenn tt great vibe in the studio. I iinn ttoo tthhee ffiirrsstt aallbb uum m.. IIss iitt iinntt iim m -- couldn’t have felt any better, iiddaattiinn gg ttoo ccoom m ee uupp w wiitthh nneew w honestly. maatteerriiaall ffoorr aa nn eew m w aallbbuum m oo rr iiss tthhaatt w whhaatt ggoott yyoo uurr ccrreeaattiivviittyy YYoo uu rreelleeaasseedd aa CChhrriissttm maass ssoonngg rroo lllliinngg?? ffoo rr tthhee hhoolliiddaayy sseeaassoonn .. HHoo w w m uucchh ff uunn w m waass tthhaatt ttoo dd oo?? I think it really helped get the creativity flowing. I think I’m so That was so much fun. I had excited to write new material. I always dreamed of being able don’t know if I’m necessarily to record a Christmas song. It intimidated. I’m excited. I’m was pretty incredible – the writing and performing and whole experience: the opportunity. I never imagined I’d have able to write better songs. the opportunity to do it after OOnn tthhee aallbbuum m yyoouu w woorrkkeedd w wiitthh putting out the record. It was SStteew waarrtt LLeerrm maann.. H H oow w m muucc hh just great. I had such a good ggiivvee aanndd tt aakkee w waass tthheerree iinn tthhee time in the studio and the guys rreecc oorrddiinngg pprroocceessss aanndd w whh aatt ddiidd were really sweet and we really yyoouu lleeaarrnn dduurriinngg iitt ?? got into it. Stewart is so amazing. It was kind of a crazy story in how I was able to work with him. I sent him a bunch of demos. Stewart just made the recording environment very friendly for a new artist. There was a really good balance and I really wanted to achieve having a very open environment to be able to speak clearly about those things that never took over. If he had something he wanted to make he very much responded to what I had done and that was really fun. Any time I had gotten stuck – in a standstill I haven’t been before in the stu-
No, I usually don’t sit down with a particular theme in mind. I think the songs are truly reflective of the happenings not only in my life but in the lives of others. There were friends and family in the same phases I think. There were a lot of songs that didn’t make it that I thought I went with and chose what would work together in ENIGMA
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W hhaatt ddoo tthhee hhoolliiddaayy ss m W m eeaann ttoo yy oouu aanndd w whhaatt aabboouutt iitt dd iidd yyoo uu lloooo kk ffoorrw waarrdd ttoo tthhee m m oosstt?? I recently got married in September. My husband and I moved into a farmhouse outside of New York City. I’m just so excited to sit by the fire and have our first married Christmas together and just wind down for the season. It will hopefully snow. I’m a Christmas crazy kind of person.
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 11995500 26-year-old Sam Phillips opens his Memphis Recording Service at the corner of Union and Marshall in Memphis, Tennessee. The new venture’s slogan is “We Record Anything - Anywhere - Anytime.” Elvis Presley will spend $3.98 to make his first recording there in July, 1953. 11995533 29-year-old Hank Williams died of heart failure while on his way to a show in Canton Ohio. Ironically, he had the number 1 song that week on the Country chart called, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”. 11995566 On the first day of the new year, RCA released Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel”. In 1999, the single would be certified multiplatinum for the second time. 11996600 Johnny Cash gave his first of many performances at San Quentin Prison. In the audience that night was Merle Haggard, who was serving just under three years for burglary.
And The Tremeloes instead. A record company executive tells Brian Epstein, “These boys won’t make it. Guitar groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein. You have a good business there.” 11996644 The first US Beatles album, “Introducing The Beatles”, was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous “mop top” haircuts, but Ringo had yet to convert. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but by then over 1.3 million copies had been sold.
dominance during the filming of Let It Be, George Harrison nonchalantly tells the rest of the band that he is quitting immediately and sarcastically says as he walked out, “See you around the clubs.” George would later say that while he had a growing backlog of new material, he constantly had to work on Lennon and McCartney’s songs before the group would work on his. Pete Best, the drummer that The Beatles kicked out of the group in favor of Ringo Starr, wins a defamation suit against John, Paul and George. He had sought 8 million dollars, but won a considerably less, though undisclosed amount. 11997711 In a move to help promote Canadian musicians in their own country, Canada passes a law known as CanCon, that requires that from 6 am to 12 am, 30% of all music aired on the radio must be by a Canadian artist. They count as Canadian if two of the following four characteristics are met: *Music composed entirely by a Canadian, *Artist is Canadian,
The Beatles had their first appearance on the US singles chart with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. The disc entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #45, just ten days after its release, making it the fastestbreaking and the fastest selling single in Capitol Records history. Capitol had earlier turned down “Love Me Do”, “Please Please Me”, “From Me to You” and “She Loves You”, which were then released by Vee Jay Records. After a nasty lawsuit, Capitol Records was granted an injunction, restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing, advertising or otherwise disposing of recordings by the Beatles. If you have any old Beatles records on Vee Jay, hang on to them, they are now collector’s items.
Marty Robbins’ Country-Crossover tune “El Paso” tops the Billboard Hot 100. At 4:38 long, Columbia Records had initially refused to issue the song as a single, but did include it on Robbins’ “Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs” LP. The track proved so popular, Columbia changed its mind and 11996666 the song would go on to win a Grammy Award for Best Country & A New Jersey quintet who called Western Recording. themselves The Knickerbockers enter the Billboard Top 40 with a 11996622 Beatles-sound-alike song called The Beatles attend a New Year’s “Lies”. The record will climb to #20 Day audition for Decca Records during its nine week chart run. where they record 15 songs. After 11996699 reviewing their material, the company decided to sign Brian Poole Frustrated at Paul McCartney’s ENIGMA
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*Produced in Canada, *Lyrics written entirely by a Canadian. 11997755 Barry Manilow launched his career with the number one smash “Mandy”. Originally called “Brandy” when it was recorded in 1972 by Scott English, Manilow changed the title to avoid confusion with the hit of the same name by a group called Looking Glass. It was long rumored that Scott English wrote the song about his dog, but this urban legend had been debunked by English himself, who explained that a reporter called him early one morning asking who “Brandy” was, and an irritated English made up the “dog” story to get the reporter off his back. 11997766 The North American fascination with CB radios helped push C.W. McCall’s truck driving song, “Convoy” to the top of the Billboard Pop chart. McCall, whose real name is William Dale Fries, Jr., used a pre-Rap vocal technique that wavers between singing and speaking called “sprechgesang” (German for spo-
ken-song and spoken-voice). He assaulted and beat her during the would place three more songs on arrest, but a jury rejected her the Hot 100 and a dozen on the claims. Country chart. Blondie tops the Cashbox Best Foghat’s “Slow Ride” becomes the Sellers list and The Billboard Hot first of their five Billboard chart 100 with “The Tide Is High”, a song entries and the only one to crack written and recorded in 1967 by John Holt and his Kingston, the Top 20. Jamaica band, The Paragons. Peter Frampton’s “Frampton 11998866 Comes Alive!” is released. The album takes just five weeks to go ABBA performs together for the Gold and turns Platinum in less last time at a show honoring their than three months. It sold 19 mil- manager Stig Anderson on the lion copies in its first year. Swedish TV show This Is Your Life. 11997777 As the Punk music movement continued to grow, The Clash sign a 100,000 Pound contract with CBS Records, a remarkable amount for a band that had played a total of about thirty gigs and very few as a headliner.
11998899 At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder becomes the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, other inductees include The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Otis Redding and Dion DiMucci.
11998800 The first number one song of the 11999911 eighties belonged to KC And The Sunshine Band for “Please Don’t The Byrds, Wilson Pickett, Ike And Go”. It was their fifth and final US Tina Turner and The Impressions chart topper. are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Paul McCartney is arrested after 11999955 officials found half a pound of marijuana in his suitcase at Tokyo The often imitated but never Airport. Wings’ scheduled eleven duplicated, Enigma Magazine hits date tour is canceled and Paul is the newsstands for the first time. sentenced to ten days behind 11999966 bars. Lisa Marie Presley files for Three years after signing with divorce from Michael Jackson, citWarner Brothers Records, 21-year- ing irreconcilable differences. The old Prince makes his US television marriage had lasted 19 months. debut on American Bandstand 22000033 where he performs his R&B chart topping hit, “I Wanna Be Your Capitol Records announced that Lover”. Lisa Marie Presley’s first album, “To Whom It May Concern” was 11998811 set for release on April 8th of this John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s year. The LP would go on to reach “Double Fantasy” LP goes #5 on the Billboard Hot 200 and be Platinum a little over a month certified Platinum in 2007. after Lennon’s assassination. The 22000055 album would be number one in the US for eight weeks. The copyright on songs recorded in 1954 and earlier expired in most Wendy O’Williams of The of Europe, including Bill Haley’s Plasmatics was arrested on stage “Rock Around the Clock” and in Milwaukee and charged with “Only You” by The Platters. simulating sex with a sledgeham22000099 mer and resisting arrest. A Milwaukee jury would find Ron Asheton, guitarist and foundWilliams not guilty of assaulting a ing member of The Stooges, died police officer and the other of natural causes at the age of 60. charges were dropped. Williams In 2003, he was named the 29th later filed a multimillion dollar greatest guitarist of all time by civil suit against the Milwaukee Rolling Stone magazine. Police, charging they sexually ENIGMA
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reported that ninety-five per cent of music downloaded online was done so illegally in 2008. The IFPI, which represents 1,400 companies in 72 countries, said that there were 1.4 billion tracks legally downloaded last year, but estimated that more than 40 billion music files were illegally shared.
“Space Oddity”, “Fame”, “Golden Years”, “Let’s Dance”, “China Girl”, “Blue Jean” and “Dancing In The Street”. He had released his album “Blackstar” only two days before his death.
Gary Loizzo, the lead singer for The American Breed on their 1968 #5 hit, “Bend Me, Shape Me”, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 70. The band split in 1969 and 22001155 Loizzo went on to open Pumpkin After deliberating for just one Studios where he produced hit hour, a jury ruled that ‘80s Pop albums for Styx. star Rick Springfield did not injure a woman at a New York State Fair 67-year-old Glenn Frey, coconcert more than a decade earli- founder of The Eagles, died of er. A woman claimed that rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerSpringfield’s buttocks hit her ative colitis and pneumonia while head, causing lasting injuries recovering from intestinal surwhen the “Jessie’s Girl” singer fell gery. Along with helping the band on her during a 2004 concert in place eighteen songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1972 suburban Syracuse. and 1995, Frey also reached the 22001166 chart seven times as a solo artist. According to industry figures, 22001177 AC/DC sold 2.31 million tickets during 2015, more than any other Steve Wright, who played bass touring act. The band took in with The Greg Kihn Band and coabout $180 million. wrote their biggest hits, passed away following a heart attack. The After Barack Obama gave a speech band is most often remembered about gun control, Ted Nugent for 1981’s “The Breakup Song (They launched an attack on Facebook, Don’t Write ‘Em)”, 1983’s calling The President “A psycho- “Jeopardy” and 1985’s “Lucky”. pathic America hating liar.” Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit According to figures released by against Sony/ATV seeking to the British trade body BPI, the regain the publishing rights to 267 best selling albums in Great of The Beatles’ classic tunes. As Britain in 2015 were: 1. “25” by part of the US 1976 Copyright Act, Adele, 2. “X” by Ed Sheeran, 3. “In songs in the Lennon-McCartney The Lonely Hour” by Sam Smith, 4. catalogue, composed between “If I Can Dream” by Elvis Presley, September 1962 and June 1971, 5. “Purpose” by Justin Bieber. become eligible for copyright termination in the US after 56 years. English Rocker David Bowie passed away after an eighteen John Wetton, who played bass guimonth battle with cancer at the tar in King Crimson, Uriah Heep age of 69. A leader of the Glam and Roxy Music before fronting Rock movement in the 1970s, supergroup Asia, died at the age Bowie placed thirteen songs on of 67 after a battle with colon canBillboard’s Top 40 chart, including cer.
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