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Yes, she’s found a way. Original diva, Cher continues to tour and will arenas even though she originally retired 15 years ago. The singer who’s just like Jesse James is coming around the area at the end of the month. On the 25th Cher performs at Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. just outside of Atlanta and on the 31st she’ll be at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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Willie Nelson starts the new year with a family tradition as he and family will perform in a relatively intimate setting at the Tivoli Theatre on Monday, January 7. For ticket info go to tivolichattanooga.com.

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Art Garfunkel, formerly of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo Simon and Garfunkel and Tom & Jerry (for you music snobs) returns to the Walker Theatre Friday, January 19. Garfunkel despite not getting the same press as bandmate Paul Simon has had a very formidable career scoring many Top 40 hits over the years. Go to tivolichattanooga.com for ticket info. ENIGMA

Legendary WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, Jake “The Snake” Roberts is on the road with the “Dirty Details Tour” that is coming to JJ’s Bohemia on January 4. Roberts will be telling stories from the road and give those in attendance some behind the scenes insights and secrets of the sport.

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Your partner may push buttons that infuriate you. You will have a productive day if you organize yourself well at work. Those you live with may be experiencing problems. Be careful not to come on too strongly.

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LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Try to keep a low profile. Don’t make any unreasonable promises. Contracts will not be as lucrative as you think. Coworkers may not be on your side.

Your luckiest events this month AQUARIUS will occur on a Monday. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) SAGITTARIUS Arguments will flare up if you get backed into an emotional corner. (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Sudden romance could end just as Try not to push your philosophies quickly. Self improvement projects on others. You will be emotional should be your key concern. Do about money matters. Your mate not expect others to do your work. may be distressed if you refuse to It might be time to make a fresh make a commitment. start. Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. will occur on a Saturday. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) CAPRICORN It might be time to do some of (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Look for something entertaining to those chores at home. Avoid too do. You’ve got that competitive much discourse with colleagues edge. Avoid extravagance or risky this month. There might be one financial schemes. Tempers could who is quite willing to take the boil if someone you work with has credit for your work. The battle not been pulling their weight. Your continues. mate may not be too sure about your intentions. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. will occur on a Thursday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Quarrels will erupt if you get into philosophical debates with friends. Try to enlist the support of your coworkers first. An older member of your family may have left you with a pressing situation. Your confidence is growing and advancement is apparent.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You’re in the mood to get out and visit friends. Try not to allow superiors or those in a higher position to take advantage of you. You may find that female colleagues will be more help than you anticipated. Plan a day of enjoyment with them.

Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. will occur on a Tuesday. LIBRA GEMINI (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) (May 22-June 21) You need to concentrate on the Go after your goals and don’t be areas where you can make a differafraid to ask for assistance. You ence. You can make professional may have more people on your changes and direct your energy domestic scene than anticipated. into making all the right moves. Go Be careful of the groups you join or after your goals. You can expand the people you associate with. your circle of friends if you get out Emotional relationships will be and socialize. Don’t let the moods plentiful if you attend group activ- of those you live with get you ities. down.

Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

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Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. will occur on a Wednesday. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Don’t be alarmed. Don’t be afraid to make additions to your house. It’s a great day to attend social functions. Children may be on your mind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Short trips will prove to be more fruitful than you imagined. You should be looking at ways to spoil yourself. Residential moves will also be advantageous for all concerned. Concentrate on home Your luckiest events this month improvement. Small de tails will ENIGMA

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More Stories From the CPD A little quick introduction for those people just tuning in. I worked for the Chattanooga Police Department for just shy of thirty years. During that time I worked Patrol Division, was a detective in the Burglary and Robbery Division and was the supervisor of the Regulatory Division which licenses and oversees businesses which sell and serve alcohol. I was also on the departments Special Weapons and Tactics Team primarily assigned as a sniper. Occasionally people will ask me to tell a story from those years. So I thought this month I would relate a few experiences from my time with the Chattanooga Police Department.

A friend of mine who currently works for a department in this area posted something on Facebook about criminals not being able to fight well. I had to differ with him a little. I encountered a few who could really fight. Several years back I responded to a SWAT callout just off Bonnie Oaks Drive. A male was out in his yard brandishing either a rifle or a shotgun. He had run back into his house

upon Patrol officers getting on the scene. As SWAT was responding the subject came back out and confronted a patrol offic e r . Apparently he had left his long gun inside his house. I got onto the scene and threw the front and back doors of my unmarked Ford Crown Victoria open. I retrieved my SWAT uniform and shielded by

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the cars open doors I quickly changed clothes. As I started up the subject’s long driveway I saw him unarmed talking to a very large patrol officer. The officer seemed to have the situation under control. There was a huddle of officers at the bottom of the driveway interviewing the subject’s wife. I heard her say, “He knows karate.” Back in the day cops used to hear this all the time so we usually didn’t put a lot of stock in these claims. However, sometimes you should listen. As I neared the subject and Officer 1 saw the suspect slide his right foot back. If you have ever seen the movie “Billy Jack” you know what is coming. This guy kicked flat-footed into the face

of this 6’ 5” or so officer. The officer stumbled back as I ran towards them. The Billy Jack impersonator then turned and ran for a nearby tree line. Problem was there was a barbed wire fence in his way. He hit it at speed and got snagged as he tried to get through it. A fleeting question went through my head as to why he didn’t just jump it. As I neared the fence I prepared to straddle it while pushing the top wire down. I had grown up on a farm and knew how to get over a barbed wire fence. Right as I got close to the fence the officer who had been kicked decided to help me over the fence. All he did was push me into it and I got several deep lacerations. “Billy Jack” was below me as he had decided to go under the fence. I dived over and landed on his back. “Billy” tried to push himself up with me on his back. This guy was determined and strong. Luckily we had been trained in the vascular neck restraint in the Police Academy and I applied it to the subject. He eventually became a little more compliant and the assaulted officer got over the fence and we cuffed the offender. I had to go to the hospital and get a few stitches and a tetanus shot. The officer who was kicked in the head? Luckily he had a hard head. He received no injuries in the incident. Before I left for the hospital we secured the suspect’s home. It was pretty eerie. All the windows had been opened. We suspect to allow tear gas to flow through if SWAT had deployed it. At windows on all four sides of the house there was a chair by the window with a watch lying on the sill. There

were also 30-06 caliber rifles with extra ammunition at the windows. There were parts to make machine guns and some possible bomb making materials. Another interesting item was a ‘karate” magazine with our arrestees’ picture in air over a motorcycle with both legs extended as if throwing a kick. There were also pictures of him and several large trophies for karate matches. Apparently he did indeed “know karate.”

on. The party shoved me and I tried to hold onto him. We struggled for a few seconds and the culprit turned to try to escape. At that point I jumped on his back and applied a lateral neck restraint while taking him to the ground. I was on top of this guy while he was basically doing pushups with my entire body weight plus my sidearm, extra ammo, and handcuffs on him! I thought “”Uh oh. This guy is really strong.” Finally another officer saw the commotion and came Another time a perpetrator put to my aid. We got him handup a good fight with me was at cuffed and called for a transRiverbend. I had the misfortune port car. to be assigned to work Riverbend one year. I had been As we transported him to the a detective for years and out of jail I said, “You’re not from uniform for about 11 years. I did around here, are you?” At that not look forward to this assign- time people typically did not ment. Luckily I was primarily talk to the police like that. Not assigned to the booking / arrest in this area anyway. When we trailer so I was in the air condi- got the trespasser to the jail tioning. Why I left there I do not know. On the opening day of Riverbend I went out into the oppressive heat (made worse by the wearing of a bulletproof vest mind you). I was standing near the main gate when it opened. I observed a lone male evade the pin checkers (for the Riverbend Festival you have to purchase a “pin” to enter). I observed this male go behind tables set up for vendors and work his way down a row of tents there. I followed the male and could not see a pin. I confronted this party and asked if he had a pin. I explained to this apparent trespasser that he needed a pin for entry and that if he went back up to the main gate he could purchase one. His reply was “f*** you” and he turned to walk away. At that point I told him he was under arrest for trespassing and the fracas was ENIGMA

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the clerk there was not impressed with his fighting the police nor with his response to me. She applied the maximum bond amount for the offense. When I got back to the booking trailer the Chief over the event that year chided me about the arrest. He told me I had set a new record. I had made an arrest within minutes of the gate opening. The quickest arrest after the Riverbend Festival gates opened. I shook my head and asked myself why I didn’t just stay in the trailer? I hope you enjoyed these stories. I’m out of space this time.

- Mark Haskins Happy New Year

A 45-year-old Irish woman married the ghost of an 18th-century Haitian pirate after the couple met when she felt his presence laying beside her in bed in 2014. Amanda Teague, from Drogheda, traveled to international waters to marry her pirate partner Jack through the means of a medium after telling the spirit that she was no longer happy to just have casual sex. Teague, who has five children

from a previous marriage with a living man, believes she has found her ‘soulmate’ in Jack, who was executed over 300 years ago for theft at sea. The marriage was not to last, however, and she took to social media to announce their split. “So I feel it’s time to let everyone know that my marriage is over,” Teague wrote. “I will explain all in due course but for now all I want to say is be VERY careful when dabbling in spirituality, it’s not something to mess with...”

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Kentucky Fried Chicken is getting into the holiday spirit with an unusual product — a fire log designed to smell like fried chicken. The KFC 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog, created in partnership with Enviro-Log, is designed to emulate the smell of the fast food chain’s Colonel’s Secret Recipe chicken. “For more than a million years, mankind has been attempting to improve upon the simple fire,” KFC said on its website. “We’ve tried burning different things like sticks or leaves or various

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incriminating documents. All of that experimentation, all of that innovation, has culminated in this event, the KFC 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog,” the chain said. The log, which is available for $18.99 while supplies last, comes with an important disclaimer: “Please don’t put face directly into fire in attempt to smell fried chicken.” A young man wanted to make a point about racism in the

United States, but his plan backfired when he was exposed as a liar by police. 20-year-old Khalil Cavil of Texas was working at the Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa when he claimed he was discriminated against because of his Muslim name. Cavil took to Facebook, where he posted a customer’s receipt the stated “we don’t tip terrorist” with a circle around the name Khalil. The post quickly went viral with people taking his side, including the restaurant which supported him by banning the alleged racist from their restaurant. Police were called to investigate the hate crime, but soon discovered that the whole incident was a lie and that Cavil wrote the message himself. Saltgrass Steak House publicly apologized and invited the customer to return to the restaurant for a free meal while Cavil no longer works at the restaurant. After his hoax was

people outside the police department for guns. “That was very disturbing, and it was disturbing to the people that were in line as well because they were complaining about this A man identified as an elected person walking up to them, constable faces a citation and soliciting to purchase guns,” potential fine of up to $600 for Coleman said. allegedly trying to buy guns from people on the street as Almost everybody puts a little they were entering the change in those Salvation Army Wilkinsburg Police Department bell ringers’ pots you see every for its annual gun buyback pro- Christmas, but the coin one gram. Wilkinsburg police say anonymous donor left in a pot Michael Cornell of Harmony in Orlando, FL will buy a lot Township is being sent the cita- more than a cup of coffee. It tion by mail for allegedly violat- was a 1904 $20 coin with one ing Wilkinsburg’s peddling ordi- ounce of pure gold. It’s worth a nance. Police say they will noti- whole lot more than $20 now. fy and consult with the federal “We were elated,” said Captain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Ken Chapman. “We took it to a Firearms and Explosives to gold shop, actually three of determine whether any other them, to see how they would charges should be pursued. compare and they all said about Police Chief Ophelia “Cookie” $1,200.” Volunteers knew there Coleman wasn’t happy to learn was something special when a man had been approaching they saw the coin, but it was when they felt it that they really knew. That’s because the person who first saw it was a coin collector. “They said ‘I’ll buy it for more than it’s worth.’ Hallelujah! Here you go!” exposed, Cavil also apologized and said: “I’m sorry. I deeply made a huge big mistake. I’m in the process of getting the help that I need.”

A dog that had been missing since its California owner was forced to evacuate from the path of the Camp Fire was found weeks later sitting guard at the home. Andrea Gaylord said her two dogs, Miguel and Madison, spend most of their time outside, and she was unable to locate them before being forced to evacuate her Paradise home. Miguel was later found by animal rescue volunteer Shayla Sullivan, but no trace could be found of Madison. Sullivan regularly left food and water outside Gaylord’s home in case Madison came home, but there were no sightings of the canine until the evacuation order was lifted. Gaylord arrived at her ENIGMA

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house and immediately was greeted by Madison. “Imagine the loyalty of hanging in in the worst of circumstances and being here waiting,” Gaylord told local news. “It was so emotional.” I can’t bear to sit still for more than an hour at a time. This high wire stuntman spent 8 hours sitting in a chair balanced on a tightrope in Switzerland to set a new Guinness World Record. Guinness confirmed Freddy Nock earned the record for longest duration chair balancing on a tightrope when he balanced in the seat for 8 hours, 30 minutes and 55 seconds at the Mall of Switzerland in Ebikon. Nock was seen eating and even scooting the chair 98 feet across the tightrope during his attempt. The record attempt was timed to coincide with the mall’s first anniversary. A German athlete set a Guinness World Record by skating 164 feet in 8.55 seconds using in-line skates he wore on his hands. Mirko Hansen strapped a pair of K2 Mach 100 skates in-line skates to his hands and performed a rolling handstand for 164 feet in 8.55 seconds, earning him a spot in the 2019 Guinness Book of World Records. Hansen achieved his no-feet feat in Bocholt, North RhineWestphalia. “After I was part of some TV shows I want to make the next step and be part of the famous Guinness World Records book,” Hansen said. Hansen said he started hand skating about four years ago and has only recently started doing it while upside-down. “With a lot of tough training I learned more and more, for example to skate on one hand and to jump over a ramp” he said.

Do You Want Something Different This Year? Do you want something differ- people think. Quit investing your precious time and energy ent this year? into worrying about how everyHave you made a New Year’s one else sees you. If you want to give your kid Elderberry Resolution? Syrup go ahead, who cares what Let me guess. Your resolutions everyone else’s opinion on that you are going to be: 1) lose matter is. It is your kid! weight, 2) workout or exercise daily, and please, let’s not forget the infamous, 3) get out of debt. Those all sound like great ideas but, the reality of the situation is, only 9 percent of the population will make good on these new changes.

Second, quit living your life based on the decisions of people who aren’t walking in your shoes. You and only you are responsible for your life and decisions. Yes, please seek advice but please be weary of the people whom you seek this Now let me be honest, I have information from. Are they realzero scientific evidence, but ly helping you or hindering based on my own findings and you? Do they have your best

created with perfection in mind. If you aren’t happy you need to dig deep down inside and figure out what needs to happen to make you see your worth.

affirmations to yourself, unless that is your thing, and then go for it. But really start to guard your mind, heart and soul, like your life depends on it. And then, just be the best you that you can be. :)

Lastly, I will leave you with this. Start paying attention to the Tune in next month to find out things you invest your time and what I think about Valentine’s energy in. As the old saying Day, you will be surprised! goes, “You are what you eat” and I have learned that goes far deeper than the food we actually put into our mouths. If you

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opinion, the reasons we fail to succeed in New Year Resolutions is: 1) change is hard, 2) we are lazy, 3) we want outcomes without sacrificing anything (Don’t you deserve this?), 4 ) we are so consumed with Social Media we can’t tell reality from a fairytale. (Heads up, all those smiling friends are full of it. They have bad days also), 5) effort is hard, 6) we do not get instant gratification, and 7) we have lost the art of determining what deserves our attention and what smothers us.

interests in mind or are they trying to hold you back? Are they cheering you on or or secretly hoping you’ll stumble?

Third, quit comparing yourself to every other person in the room. This goes back to social media mostly. You know who I am talking about, the pictures of the people who are always smiling, talking about how fabulous their life is, showing off all their flashy belongings. Always bragging on how wonderful their partner is. Get real! Real people have issues and probIf you want to change your life lems, even in the best of relathis year, then do me a favor tionships. and quit. Now wait a second, let Fourth, quit hating yourself for me explain. the things you aren’t and First, quit caring what other embrace who you are. You were ENIGMA

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Diffuser Blend are not feeding your heart and 2 Drops Spearmint soul with emotions that fill you 2 Drops Tangerine up with hope and give you pur- 2 Drops Bergamot pose you will be left with despair and heartache. Now, I - Michelle Haman am not saying go stand in front of the mirror and recite positive

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Get Off My Lawn Looks like Nancy Pelosi is going to Believe it or not, all people are do everything possible to stop not equal— some are smarter, Trump and hurt this country. some are better looking, some are stronger. Everyone is not equal. I can’t believe that stupid people are calling radio stations to com- Over 60 million people voted for plain about “Baby It’s Cold Trump— don’t start a civil war and Outside”... has this country gone try and impeach - remember we totally nuts?

retreat.

are a nation of gun owners.

The foul evil witches of the Don’t cut off your nose to spite Democrat Party should get on your face - it’s hard to breathe through your ass. their brooms and fly away. The Republicans seem to have a I’m offering two full pages to anylot of members who need back- one in government to explain who was involved in cutting down the bones. beautiful trees and destroying the Maxine Waters now has someone beautiful park we had on Market in Congress that seems as stupid as Street at MLK Blvd and spending millions of dollars to build what her— you know who I mean. replaced it (the cow pasture). We When is Hillary going to be inves- the public want to know - anyone out there got the balls to write the tigated? reasons behind this? Remember, before you get one, tattoos are permanent, they don’t Bet no one takes me up on this. just wash off. Until Next Month, Don’t burn all your bridges, you Paul Burke Sr. may need them if you have to

A dog gets more info from sniffing a pile of poo than you get all day from watching CNN. Stormy Daniels loses her defamation suit against Trump and has to pay his legal fees and damages— President Trump is the only person I know who got a refund from a whore. Former President Harry Truman once said the only way to get rich in government is to be crooked. Look how many people in Washington are now rich— looks like he was right. What is going on on North Market Street down by the bridge— lots of empty stores, businesses going out of business. The local governments (city and county) should get busy and pass a sign ordinance— all business signs should be at least half in English— Rossville Boulevard is starting to look like it’s Mexico. What the hell is wrong with the Democrats in Washington? Their dislike of Trump is hurting the country. Build the damn wall. Quit holding our school students back with a few who can’t keep up. If they can’t keep up, put them in a special class. ENIGMA

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Revolving Doors once making it to the quarterfinals of the playoffs. Huesman’s last four seasons as head coach saw the football program finish in the polls in the Top 20 and two of those years in the Top 10. At one point in the 2016 season the team had risen to three in the nation, but a few late season collapses stopped them from getting any higher. And while they never made it to a championship game, when they lost in the playoffs, they were respectable games that they were never out of and the losses were one-possession games.

Tom, I hardly knew ya. To tell the truth I never tried and I don’t care you’re gone. Chattanooga Mocs head football coach, Tom Arth it was announced recently that he stepped down from his job and was taking the head coaching job at the University of Akron (The Zips – and I thought our politically correct mascot was stupid). When the 2019 football season takes place the Chattanooga Mocs will be on their third coach in four years. Arth never impressed me. He was never on my radar to coach in Chattanooga and to tell the truth he never should have been. That’s the school’s fault and apparently failed philosophy. Russ Huesman should still be the coach of the Mocs. Maybe it’s sour grapes on my part but I don’t care. Hiring Arth on the heels of Huesman’s resignation was settling. The school spent little time after the surprise resignation wasting no time in hiring Arth who admittedly had three very successful seasons as head coach at his alma mater, John Carroll University. John Carroll, you see is a Division III school. Not a Division II or even another FCS school, but a DIII. While some of you may say that doesn’t matter. To me it does. Former Chattanooga Mocs and now head coach of the Akron Zips, Tom Arth.

Chattanooga tried putting lipstick on a pig trying to hype up the hire Indianapolis. After that was pro- team since his old backup was of Arth by promoting the fact he moted, rumors swirled that coaching. Truth be told, Arth was was Peyton Manning’s backup in Manning, who has property in never really Manning’s backup. Ooltewah may come by a visit the The new Akron coach was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Colts in 2003 and lasted three seasons with the team. Never at any time did Arth spend time on the active roster. That would be like me saying I had dinner with Manning because ate at the same restaurant at the same time, table apart. It’s stretching the truth and to be honest a sad way for the school to justify putting literally no effort into finding a well qualified replacement for Huesman, who took a football program at Chattanooga on the verge of being dropped and turned it into a top ten FCS program in eight years, ENIGMA

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Since 1980 the administration has failed the football program minus the hiring of Huesman and since 1996 they have failed the men’s basketball program. And to be quite honest to you I’m beginning to wonder about the women’s basketball hire of Katie Burrows, whom I enjoyed many seasons watching her play for the team during their so-called “glory days” of the early 2000s – a period that lasted until a year or two ago when you saw a fundamental downturn in the basketball program. After Wes Moore left for greener pastures a number of years ago (I actually beg to differ that actually), it seemed great that legendary ladies basketball coach Jim Foster stepped in. The only problem with the Foster hire, even though he was theoretically a step up from Moore (up for debate), you knew it was kind of a stopgap until a long time replacement could be found for the program. Foster was in the twilight of his coaching career, as it was nearing an end as he was 65 years old when he was hired to fill Moore’s large shoes. Admittedly he did well doing so, but you knew the school was on borrowed time with him. I hope the current season that currently sees the team fivew games under .500, something I never recall ever seeing the ladies being. I realize the season is still relatively young and there are a whole lot of games to be played. I’m hoping this season if it ends as it started

will mirror Murray Arnold’s first season coaching the men’s team that finished 13-14, at that time a shock for fans of the team. And we all know what happened the next season and beyond under Arnold. But I digress; we’re talking football, although all programs have the same problem. Yes, while I realize that Chattanooga is the “little brother (or sister) to the Knoxville campus, there is no reason why those in charge should have that same mentality. If it weren’t for the school there would be literally no reason to go to Knoxville. Even music promoters are bringing more shows to Chattanooga than there. As was radio and TV in the ‘70s and ‘80s the Mocs sports programs have been thought of and actually marketed as a transitional city. No one coaches here unless they are on the way up or down the coaching food chain for some reason. And that is downright stupid. Joe Morrison is the first football coach to prove the school was more than just some small college team - at least until he got bought away by New Mexico State (who?) and later South Carolina. No one expected much when he took over. Chattanooga (UTC) was a small player with their claim to fame defeating the Volunteers in Knoxville in 1958. Under Morrison the team not only became respectable, but feared in many circles. They joined the Southern Conference under him going from a Division II to Division IA and ran all over them and most of their opponents and putting up strong showing against SEC teams Auburn and Vanderbilt. The Moccasins (their original name and mascot, Chief Mocanooga) breezed past the likes of Furman, Appalachian State and Marshall. Other teams that have come and gone from the Mocs schedule for brighter things include Georgia Southern, who didn’t field a team until 1982 and won two 1AA (FCS) championships and now play in the FBS (IA) division along with Marshall and Appalachian State. Georgia Southern did not launch their football program until 2010 and now are an FBS team. Why has Chattanooga sports floundered?

There are many fingers that some people might point. Granted, until the downtown revitalization of downtown that began in erst when the Aquarium opened in 1992 there was not much to see or many wanted to see downtown except the adventurer. Downtown was a ghost town that the movers and shakers of today don’t want to talk about. Chattanooga had made news in the late ‘60s as being the most polluted city and race relations were best with riots downtown as late as 1980 after a Klansman was found not guilty of a shooting at a bus stop downtown of a black man with no cause. While the powers that be brush stuff like that under the rug, it’s still a part of the dirty history of Chattanooga. That in and of itself would find Chattanooga not interesting to black athletes. But like the old Virginia Slims commercials we’ve come a long way baby, and to be honest we weren’t the only city with those problems. Many bigger cities with bigger colleges still deal with that problem. Now Chattanooga is considered one of the best places to live and has been touted by dozens of magazine and websites in the past year. Chattanooga is a growing multicultural city that is mildly conservative with the world’s fastest internet.

city whose reputation in the ‘60s and ‘70s as “Little Chicago” has quit turning its head on some questionable activity that would make a great movie and converted the city into a family-friendly, opened minded destination. Through it all Hamilton County houses some of the wealthiest people in the country still. During the ‘70s for example, Lookout Mountain had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the country. So why can’t a growing college town with world class curriculum grow their sports teams like many smaller schools who have joined and passed them in college athletics. Administration. Less than 15 years ago a group of board members at UTC met to discuss the possibility of disbanding the football program. It was during the school’s worst stretch recordwise. It was during the Rodney Allison era. Allison holds the sad record of coaching the only Mocs team to finish with double-digit losses, his last season in Chattanooga in 2008 at 1-11. Only once in his reign of terror did the

The biggest complaint I hear is we’re not Knoxville or even Athens, GA. If you look at our football record during the Huesman era we won more games than the Vols and even including the Arth era. The men’s basketball team even defeated the Vols a couple of years ago at Thompson-Boling – something a UTC has not done since the 1958 upset by the football team over their Knoxville foes 14-6. The city of Chattanooga has been in a perfect storm for more than a decade with no foreseeable end in sight. Chattanooga is a destination location and not just for tourists. There has been an influx of young people and the so-called “powers that be” no longer have a tight – or as tight a grip on everything that happens in the city. Chattanooga is luring smarter people, more eclectic people and starting to set their own imprint than riding the coattails of other bigger cities. Even a ENIGMA

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school finish above .500. In six seasons his teams lost nine games twice and eight games once, not counting the aforementioned 11loss season. Allison came to town known for his recruiting acumen. Many times during his time as head coach in Chattanooga the program had the number one recruiting class in 1-AA (FCS). Obviously it went downhill after they were recruited. The administration claimed the football program was losing money. How? I never knew of a football program that lost money unless it was poorly run or money being literally stolen. Most sports programs – football especially is traditionally a golden calf. It was a running joke that there were football programs with a school attached to them; meaning the sport brought more people to school than the academics. Sports, football in general has always been big money and that is on every level from pro to college and high school – yes, high school. Most high school football programs have a set of boosters who will do any-

thing, pay anything and bend every rule they can to field a winning team. This includes forging false addresses on enrollment papers so a star athlete can play for their school, perks that include money, jobs for family members as well as after school “jobs” to make spending money to more obvious things like questionable expensive gifts.

McCarthy succeeded him and left surprisingly in the mid ‘90s. Since then it has been an endless stream of coaches. What was once the most dominant team in the Southern Conference has seen teams leapfrog over them, many leaving for a bigger conference just as the football team continues to witness.

Someone should seriously take a look at the school administration and for that matter marketing. Sure, I know the school is not on the national level as it’s big brothers in the SEC and ACC, but it’s as if the school beginning at the top on down through administration, to marketing and finally students and general populace have no enthusiasm for the school’s athletic programs. As anyone that knows anything about marketing if the owner is not enthusiastic about his business, why should anyone else? It is as if the university is still in the mindset that held this city back until recently. The attitude is just getting by, don’t make any waves and everything will be fine.

Since I started writing this Chattanooga has already hired Arth’s replacement. I don’t even think the movers had left Arth’s place before the new hire, a former assistant under Huesman, Rusty Wright with only a handful of seasons under his belt as a linebacker coach, not even a coordinator. I hope this ends as one of those feel good stories that you’ll see on 30-on-30 instead of another shallow attempt to put a warm body on the sidelines – or settle. It was obvious there was no real effort to recruit a name coach. But of course you have to pay a quality coach to come here and stay. Sure, it’s a great city but you have to pay close to market value to keep coaches like Huesman, McCarthy and former ladies basketball coach Wes Moore. Many were surprised by the sudden departure of Huesman a few years ago. After reading you understood why. He went back to the school he helped win a FCS title in 2008 – Richmond – an inferior program to Chattanooga’s as well as not the scenic city Chattanooga is. Why? Money. Richmond offered Huesman in the neighborhood of $350,000 to take the reigns of the program. Huesman was open for a competing offer by Chattanooga and was probably willing to take a hometown discount. Chattanooga’s offer was $175,000. I’ll let you add your own punch line and conclusion here.

Russ Huesman “brought back the glory” until another school was willing to pay him what he was worth.

that the school started to promote the football team. Many were pleasantly surprised that the team started to get crowds in the teens instead of five or six thousand at It wasn’t until Huesman was hired best a game. Even that is sad when

you think the stadium holds over 20,000. Of course I was one of those who liked the old stadium in the center of campus. However, unlike “Field of Dreams” just because you build it doesn’t mean they’ll come. You have to field a good product. To have a successful sports program it must be run like a business. In order for it to make money, you must be willing to spend money. Chattanooga doesn’t agree with that philosophy. The programs have been successful in spite of the administration. It was a little over 40 years ago that UTC won the Division II basketball national championship. That was the fist time I saw my hometown team on television. It was because of the hard work of coach Ron Shumate. I read his stories of recruiting trips where he would have to wash his socks in the sink of the small hotel room he stayed because he was literally given no budget. He brought the school national attention and helped it make that step to Division I. Murray Arnold, who succeeded Shumate brought the program to the next level. During the 1982-83 season the team was ranked at one point 13th in the nation and played a Michael Jordan-led team losing a close game. That was also the inaugural season of what is now known as McKenzie Arena. Mack

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My problem with the athletics program, al of whom I’ve supported over the years to one degree or another is their nonchalant attitude about it. And as everyone passes and laps them or moves on they sit there and wonder why. I know.

- David N. Marks

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SSW WEEEE TTW WAATT EE RR CCAAFF ÉÉ (Cumming, GA) Lipbone Redding TTH H EE N N IICCK K (Birmingham) Jake “The Snake” Roberts FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Ricky Skaggs TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Voodoo Prophet EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Fruition, Brad Parsons Band CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Donna the Buffalo, Western Centuries,

SSU UN ND DA AYY JJ aannuuaa rryy 66 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D” SSPPRRIIN NG GW WAATTEE RR SSU UPPPPEE RR CC LLU UBB (Nashville) Jake “The Snake” Roberts D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Brummies CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Bilal EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Erin Thomas, Clay Evans TTH H EE N N IICCK K (Birmingham) A Sunday Fire, The Superevelators, The Sunsets

SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) “Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Dirty Details Tour” TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jeff “D” SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Stoned Cold Fox, Sevenstones HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (( Chattanooga) Milele Roots EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Rehab HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) Old Union FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Ricky Skaggs VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Abbey Road Live! EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Mark Miller LLA AU UG GH HIIN NG G SS K KU ULLLL LL O OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Donnell Rawlings SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Null TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Wyatt Edmondson

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SSTT AATT EE FF AARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Justin Timberlake January 10 TT H HEE LLO O FFTT (Atlanta) Ashlee Simpson & Evan Ross January 10 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Kane Brown January 10 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Morgan Wallen January 10 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Willie Nelson January 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gregory Alan Isakov January 10 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Tennessee Dead January 11 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 11 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Stoned Cold Fox, Midnight Promise, Subkonscious January 11 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS ((Chattanooga) Amber Carrington January 11 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA PPLLA AZZA A (Nashville) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band January 11 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Ashlee Simpson, Evan Ross January 11 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Eric Gales January 11 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Alejandro Escovedo January 11 M IILLLL TT O M OW WN NM MU USSIICC H HAALL LL (Bremen, GA) The Drifters January 11 TT H HEE M MII LLLL && M MII N NEE (Knoxville) Morgan Wallen January 11 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) The Molly Ringwalds January 11 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Tennessee Dead January 12 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 12 H II--FFII CCLL YYD H D EE’’ SS ((Chattanooga) Matt Stephens Project January 12 FF O OXX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Steep Canyon Rangers January 12 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones January 13 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) Steep Canyon Rangers January 13 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Jesse McCartney January 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots January 14 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Sarah Darling, Jesse Terry January 14 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Jesse McCartney January 15 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 16 TT H HEE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Silverstein, As Cities Burn, Hawthorne Heights January 16 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ronnie Milsap January 16 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Liz Longley, Sarah Peacock January 16 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion January 16 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Greensky Bluegrass January 17 TT H HEE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Mallrat January 17 EE XXIITT// IIN N .0(Nashville) Lucie Silvas, Briston Maroney January 17 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Scotty McCreery January 17 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) “Cracker

and Camper Van Beethoven’s Campout” January 17 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Caitlin Canty January 17 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion January 17 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Caitlin Canty, Oshima Brothers January 18 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Lenox Hills January 18 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 18 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS ((Chattanooga) The Afternooners January 18 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) The Devil Makes Three January 18 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Maggie Schneider, A Cloudland, Neutral Snap January 18 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Fort Atlantic January18 TT H HEE CCO OW WAAN N (Nashville) Pete Yorn January 18 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 19 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Art Garfunkel January 19 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Back In Black January 19 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Stairway to Zeppelin January 19 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS ((Chattanooga) Sexy Beast January 19 HAA RRRRAAH H H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Air Supply January 19 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) The Devil Makes Three January 19 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) The Katies, Cusses January 19 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Pete Yorn January 19 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Goopsteppa January 19 A TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Matt Mitchell January 20 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) The Beach Boys January 20 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) The Devil Makes Three January 20 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Art Garfunkel January 20 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Noname January 21 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) U.S. Bombs, Total Chaos January 21 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Dirty Blonde, Psychic Dungeon, Bottom Shelf, Reality Something January 22 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Metallica, Jim Breuer January 22 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 22 TT H HEE CCO OW WAAN N (Nashville) 10 Years, ’68 January 22 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Sarah Potenza January 22 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 23 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic January 23 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 23 NAASS H N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bring Me the Horizon January 23 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) Jonell Mosser January 23 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Lake Street Dive, Mikaela Davis January 23

CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Jane Monheit January 23 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) A$AP Rocky January 23 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 24 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Metallica, Jim Breuer January 24 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Shawn Colvin January 24 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Crash Test Dummies January 24 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Greensky Bluegrass January 24 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Marco Benevento January 24 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Whiskey Myers, Bones Owens January 24 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 25 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Overland Express January 25 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) The Doyle & Debbie Show January 25 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Cher January 25 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Marco Benevento January A 25 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Jim Brickman January 25 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Andy Frasco & the U.N. January 25 FFIIRRSSTT BBA APPTT IISSTT CC H HU URRCC H H (Nashville) Kirk Cameron, Matt Hammitt January 25 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A PPLLA AZZ A A (Nashville) Panic! At the Disco, Two Feet January 25 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion January 25 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Sun Seeker January 25 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Scott Mulvahill, Stephen Day January 26 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Neon Moon January 26 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Etta May January 26 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Corey Smith January 26 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Bring Me the Horizon, Thrice January 26 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Peabo Bryson January 26 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Arlo Guthrie January 26 MIILLLL TTO M OW WN NM MU USSII CC H HA ALLLL (Bremen, GA) Terri Clark January 26 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Marco Benevento January 26 TTH H EE CC O OW WA AN N (Nashville) Ookay January 26 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Jamey Johnson January 26 PPIILLO OTT LLII G GH HTT (Knoxville) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion January 26 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Sun Seeker January 26 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Space Jesus ft. Minnesota January 27 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Rocky Dale Davis & Neal Reddy January 27 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Peter Asher, Jeremy Clyde January 28 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry January 30 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Pink Martini January 30

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SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) The Steel Woods, Josh Card January 31 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry January 31 TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Brothers Osborne January 31 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Cher January 31 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Morgan Wallen January 31 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Brent Cobb January 31 LLEEG G AACCYY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Luke Combs, Lanco, Jameson Rodgers January 31 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) “Bud Light Music Festival” Ludacris, Migos, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Lil Jon, Metro Boomin January 31 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) The Steel Woods, Josh Card February 1 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry February 1 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) The SteelDrivers February 1 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) The Magpie Salute February 1 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton February 1 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks February 1 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) “Bud Light Music Festival” Aerosmith February 1 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Drew and Ellie Holcomb February 2 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry February 2 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Telemonster, Elk Milk, Psychic Dungeon February 2 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) The Pool February 2 TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Bayside February 2 TTH H EE RRO OW W (Nashville) Bayside February 2 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks February 2 MIILLLL TT O M OW WN NM MU USSIICC H H AALLLL (Bremen, GA) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band February 2 SSTTA ATT EE FFAARRM M AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) “Bud Light Music Festival” Cardi B, Bruno Mars February 2 ATTLLAAN A N TTII CC SS TTAATT IIO ON N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Foo Fighters, Run the Jewels February 2 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Joyce Manor, Jeff Rosenstock February 3 TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEEN N TT (Nashville) Jeff Rosenstock, Joyce Manor, Remember Sports February 3 NAASSH N H VVIILL LLEE M MU UN NII CCIIPPAALL AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Toni Braxton, SWV February 5 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Rachael Yamagata February 5 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott February 6 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Young the Giant, Sure Sure February 6 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott February 7 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Joe Jackson February 7 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) James Taylor February 7 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) St. Paul & the Broken Bones February 7 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Murder By Death February 7 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEE YY (Nashville) DeVotchKa February 7

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VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) ) TobyMac, Ryan Stevenson, Aaron Cole, Jordan Feliz, We Are Messengers, Jeremy Camp February 7 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Muriel Anderson February 8 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott February 8 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Disney’s DCappella February 8 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) St. Paul & the Broken Bones February 8 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) TobyMac, Ryan Stevenson, Aaron Cole, Jordan Feliz, We Are Messengers, Jeremy Camp February 8 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Garcia Cover Band, Winston Ramble February 9 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) BJ Barham February 9 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott February 9 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Paul Belcher presents The McKameys Final Chapter February 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dawes February 9 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) G Love & Special Sauce, Rob Artis II & the Truth February 9 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) The Suffers February 9 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Martin Sexton February 10 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dave Scott February 10 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Matt Nathanson February 10 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Sierra Hull February 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dawes February 10 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bob Woodward February 10 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Interpol February 11 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) T.J. Miller February 12 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Young the Giant, Sure Sure February 12 TT H HEE CCO OW WAAN N (Nashville) Pop Evil February 12 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Missy Raines February 12 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones February 13 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Fleetwood Mac February 13 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Chelsea Cutler February 13 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) John Maus February 13 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Robin Grant and The Standard February 14 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones February 14 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Travis Greene, Mosaic MSC February 14 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Donavon Frankenreiter February 14 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Jacob Banks February 14 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Devin Dawson February 14 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Drive-By Truckers February 14

EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Chelsea Cutler February 14 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT (Nashville) Copeland, From Indian Lakes, Many Rooms February 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Suzy Bogguss February 15 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Rumours February 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones February 15 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO O LLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Luke Combs, Jameson Rodgers, Lanco February 15 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Switchfoot February 15 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Colt Ford, The Lacs February 15 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Deerhunter, Faye Webster February15 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brothers Osborne February 15 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Gino Vanelli February 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Steve Earle February 15 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Excision, Sullivan King, Squinto February 15 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Here Come the Mummies February 15 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) The Crystal Method February 15 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Drive-By Truckers, Eyelids February 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones February 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) E.G. Kight February 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Dirty Doors: A Tribute February 16 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Walk The Moon, Bear Hands February 16 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton February 16 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Switchfoot February 16 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Al Di Meola February 16 MIILLLL TTO M OW WN NM MU USSII CC H HA ALLLL (Bremen, GA) Collin Raye February 16 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) TobyMac, Ryan Stevenson, Aaron Cole, Jordan Feliz, We Are Messengers, Jeremy Camp February 16 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Drive-By Truckers February 16 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Disturbed, Three Days Grace February 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brothers Osborne February 16 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) The Floozies, Dreamers Delight, Too Many Zooz February 16 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Robyn Hitchcock February 16 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones February 17 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Procol Harum February 17 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Sarah Brightman February 17 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) The Krickets February 17 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Michael Buble February 17 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Walk the Moon, Bear Hands February 17

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TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) “Pop Tour 2000” OTown, Lance Bass, Aaron Carter, Ryan Cabrera February 17 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Switchfoot February 17 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) The Kooks February 18 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Christopher Cross February 19 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Tommy Emmanuel February 19 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tesla February 19 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano February 20 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Tommy Emmanuel February 20 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) The Glorious Sons February 20 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Coheed & Cambria February 20 KN K NO O XXVVIILL LLEE CC O OLL IISSEEU UM M (Knoxville) Tyler Perry February 20 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Great Lake Swimmers February 20 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano February 21 ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Kacey Musgraves, Sinclair February 21 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Deerhoof February 21 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) I’m With Her February 21 HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Great Lake Swimmers February 21 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Dave Mason February 21 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano February 22 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Kasey Chambers February 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Los Lobos February 22 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Christopher Cross February 22 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Zoe, Metric February 22 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blackberry Smoke February 22 HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Hailey Knox February 22 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Murder By Death February 22 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Kasey Chambers, Carly Burguss February 23 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) “Johnny Cash Birthday Bash” Cash Unchained, Outlaw 45 February 23 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano February 23 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton February 23 RRII A ALLTTO O CC EEN N TTEE RR FFO O RR TT H HEE AARRTTSS (Atlanta) Joey Alexander February 23 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Justin Heyward, Mike Dawes February 23 KN K NO O XXVVIILL LLEE CC O OLL IISSEEU UM M (Knoxville) Shinedown, Asking Alexandria, Papa Roach February 23 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Randy Rogers Band February 23 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blackberry Smoke February 23 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano February 24 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Justin Hayward February 24

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THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT CRUISING FOR A BRUISING WITH ONE OF ROCK’S MORE FORMIDABLE FRONT PEOPLE

It’s not every day you get intimidated by a musician. Sure, Bowie, Mick or Paul might do it for me and just about everyone else, but what about unfortunately one of Chattanooga, TN’s best-kept secrets? Bethany Kidd has been fronting rock and roll bands for quite some time. Many of us, but not enough have seen her as the front woman for River City Hustlers for many years and now fronting the Tennessee Tremblers. Kidd is more than the face of the band. Yes, I know it’s a team effort but usually whoever sings gets most of the attention. Kidd is a triple threat – beauty, brains and talent. It’s not every day you carry on a conversation with a musician local or international with a Masters Degree. Yes, the singer and principal songwriter/lyricist for the Tennessee Tremblers has a Masters in English Literature. Talk about having to watch what you say around someone. Kidd is indeed a hustler and not in band name only and we were lucky enough to speak with her about her band, her love of the music scene and Chattanooga as a whole, all the while minding our grammar.

Percy Sledge, Patsy Cline, The Monkees, Herman’s Hermits, Ray Charles – all that good stuff. I was a big classic rock fan too.

one day a week. And I loved to sing anyway. I was going to do that regardless. It was good that I had four solid years of that and by the time I got to high school I

YYoouu’’rr ee aa ssii nnggeerr aa nndd ssoonnggw wrr ii tteerr .. Whhiicchh ooff tthhooss ee cc aam W mee ffii rr sstt ttoo yyoouu?? They were kind of simultaneous. I guess the singing came first, but I remember writing my first song when I was real young on my swing set. I had little lyrics and a melody. It wasn’t the greatest, but I still remember it. I knew it was something I left inclined to do for sure. Whhaatt ii nnssppii rr eedd yyoouu ttoo w W w rr iittee tthhee ssoonngg?? Life, I think. I had this pretty little melody in my head, being a kid and daydreaming. I think the name for it was “In Storybook”. It was very much limited to my fiveyear-old old point of view. (laughs) Just a slice of life, I guess - a very short one at that. (laughs) Whhaatt ppooiinntt aa nndd ttii m W mee ddii dd yy oouu ttaa kkee muussii cc m m moorr ee sseerr iioouussll yy tthhaann jjuusstt rrii ddiinn gg aa lloonngg ii nn tthhee ccaa rr w wii tthh yy oouurr ddaadd??

My parents had put me into things Whhaatt iiss yy oouurr ffiirr ss tt rr eeccooll ll eeccttii oonn ooff like piano lessons, ballet and tap, W muuss iicc ii nn yyoouurr ll iiffee ?? m jazz while I was growing up, so I was starting to learn “the craft” of Riding around in a truck with my how to do it – music in general dad probably. I would ride shot- dancing and performing. I started gun and he would teach me about vocal lessons to get out of P.E. ENIGMA

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joined my first rock band. I was about 14 or 15. I wouldn’t say we took it seriously. (laughs) We had a couple of gigs but we weren’t determined like I became later in

life. I went to college, did that, did some coffeehouse singer/songwriter showcases but nobody wanted anything from me when I was in Tuscaloosa. I waited until I got back to Chattanooga and I started auditioning for bands. I saw the city had a booming scene here. We talked about going to the CIA Awards (Chattanooga Independent Artists) and seeing all the folks like the Orange Julians and UP With the Joneses. That was my introduction into the Chattanooga music scene – and I wanted a piece of that.

honky tonking, good time song.

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It depends. I can like a song that isn’t super deep as long as it sounds great. Sammy Hagar, I read in his autobiography sort of hating on the lyrics to “Jump”, saying they weren’t that “deep”. Lyrics don’t have to be deep. The deepness comes in that connection of universality where we cam all relate to heartbreak or happiness – whatever it is the song is YYoouu hhaa vvee aa M Maasstteerr ’’ss ddee ggrr eeee iinn trying to convey. EEnn ggllii ss hh LLiittee rr aattuurr ee.. H Hoow w ddiidd yyoouurr ll iittee rraa ttuurree ss ttuuddiiee ss aa nndd yyoouurr ee dduuccaa -- YYoouu ccaam mee ii nnttoo tthhee CChhaa ttttaann ooooggaa

ttii oonn aa ffffeecc tt oonn yyoouurr w w rrii ttiinn gg m muussii -- m muussii cc ssccee nnee aa ffee w w yyee aarr ss aa ggoo.. ccaa ll ccoom mppoossiittii oonnss?? Hoow H ww w eerr ee yyoouu w w eell ccoom mee dd aa nndd hhoow w hhaavvee yyoouu sseeee nn ii tt ggrroow w nn ssiinnccee yyoouu mee ttoo ttoow w nn?? Well, I would say it’s helped and ffiirr ss tt cc aam hurt my career as a musician. (laughs) If I had it to do over I felt very welcomed. The CIA again I might not have gone to Music message board was a big college (laughs) – just gotten in a thing when I first came aboard on band and done that and started the scene. People were giving pushing harder/sooner I guess. each other some good-natured As far as the literature studies of ribbing, let’s say. (laughs) It was a all these great authors, writers little intimidating felt if I jumped and thinkers, it’s a big benefit to in the pool they might start trying songwriting. It’s like, “What I Do to dunk me. But everybody was Best”, a nod to Maya Angelou in super-welcoming. People like one of my songs. It’s about how Eric Scealf treated me like a little tough you feel and when you have sister. Leticia Wolf came out and just the right amount of cocktails, was one of the two people that but I put a little nod in there to came out to a show in February at something serious even though Rhythm & Brews – just because it’s sort of a tongue in cheek, she heard I was legit. She didn’t ENIGMA

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have to support me. She could have seen me as “competition”… to any of these musicians in town. That’s one of the things I love about Chattanooga is that it’s really like a family. Sometimes we don’t always love our aunts and uncles. (laughs) No, it’s like a big family. Whhaatt ddoo yy oouu tthhii nnkk iiss tthhee m W moosstt cchhaall ll eennggii nngg tthhii nngg iinn bbeeii nngg aa m muussii -ccii aann ii nn aa ttoow w nn llii kkee CChhaattttaa nnooooggaa??

always like that back before I came along and it was hard to get a club owner to book anyone who was playing their own song. Even though we do a lot of covers, most of the bands I’ve been in, it’s primarily songs we’ve written ourselves and I love so many people are willing to take a chance on something new. I will say a lot of people get disillusioned – or a lot of musicians have moved off, saying Chattanooga is tough – tough to get people out. I’ve got to do this. I don’t have a choice, so it doesn’t matter – tough/easy…. I’ve got to do it.

It’s not like you’ve heard – “gig” city. No, I’ve never had a hard time finding a place to play. There are all sorts of venues in this town that support local music W Whhyy ddoo yyoouu w wrr iittee aann dd ppee rrff oorrm m m uussii cc tthhaatt yyoouu ccrr eeaa ttee?? W Whhaatt’’ ss and I get the impression it wasn’t tthhee m

yyoouurr m moottii vvaa ttiioonn?? All sorts of things… I can definitely say there’s been some heartaches and anger that can write a song pretty quickly. I set out with River City Hustlers to write a “feel good” anthem/party anthem – “I want to rock and roll and party everyday kind of thing”. I wrote a song, “Alright With Me” where all these people are coming down on me, preaching to me. I just want somebody to say it’s okay to have a good time, so I wrote the song, “It’s Okay to Have A Good Time”, giving both me permission. And if I feel that way,

other people feel that way.

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guys. I’m just always grateful that I’ve gotten a lot of respect even though it might be easy to write me off or, “she’s trying to run with the boys” or whatever. I never got any of that attitude. I can hold my own with these fellows and they appreciate that and I respect them. It does both ways. I’m still rocking. There’s more of a “twang” these days now.

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You’ve got three to five people in a band room – usually in my experience it’s four or five and you’ve got to be on the same page or at least on the same chapter. (laughs) You have to work together. You have to love it – you have to love what you do otherwise you’re going to get burned out when you have to travel all the way across town in traffic to practice. You load all your gear in to a gig and three people show up that night. If you don’t love it you’re not going to keep doing it one hundred percent. Relationships are tough – espe-

cially if there are five of you in it. aass yyoouu’’vvee cchhaannggee dd bbaa nnddss aa tt tthhee eenndd ooff 22001155 w wii tthh tthhee ddiissssoolluuttii oonn ooff (laughs) RRiivv eerr CCii ttyy HHuussttll ee rrss aa nndd nnoow w bbeeii nngg Whhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinn kk ii ss yy oouurr eenndd w W wii tthh tthhee TTeennnnee ss ssee ee TTrr eem mbbll ee rrss ?? ggooaa ll aa ss aa m muuss ii cciiaa nn?? It’s like anything – the more you To make a living with music – and do it the better you get at it – or I know of lot of folks who do. It’s the more satisfaction I’ve had… so hard to get a game plan for more pride I’ve had. You write a doing this musician thing. I don’t line and you pat yourself on the need to be the biggest star on the back – or a whole song. Some planet in order to be fulfilled. great idea comes to you – the Even though it’s just been on a more you live; all these experilocal level, it’s just a blessing to ences – the more you can sing get to do this and get to live this about, the more you can say. life. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world even when it’s YYoouu w wee rr ee aa ““H Huuss ttllee rr”” aa nndd aa rree nnoow w mbbllee rr ””,, ssoo yy oouu’’vvee aaddddee dd aa hard. The end goal is to just keep aa ““ TTrree m doing this because I love it so ““ttw w aanngg ”” ttoo tthhee m miixx .. IIss tthhaatt tthhee waa yyss w waa nntteedd ttoo much and I do see certain bands ddiirr eecc ttiioonn yy oouu aa ll w and performers who are doing big hheeaadd?? things. I’m getting to see how they go about that and so I’m Mainly it was just the personalilearning. And who knows? I ties that got together. Dave Dowda and I – he’s the drummer might just strike oil. of the Tremblers both had this YYoouurr ll aasstt ttw woo bbaa nnddss – – yyoouu’’rree ccuurr -- idea of roots rock: down to the rr ee nnttll yy w w ii tthh tt hhee TTee nnnn eess ss ee ee basics of rock and roll, like early TTrree m mbbll eerr ss aanndd bbee ffoorr ee tthhaa tt RRii vvee rr Elvis and Johnny Cash… that sort CCii ttyy HHuusstt llee rr ss ssee eem m ttoo hhaavv ee aa of thing. Just those bedrocks of rr eeggii oonnaa ll ttii ttllee ttoo tthhee bbaanndd’’ss nnaam mee .. rock and roll and it was basically Whhoossee ii ddeeaa w W w aass tthhaatt aanndd w whhaatt the genre of people that got bbeenn eeffii tt ddoo yy oouu ffee ee ll ii tt hhaa ss?? together and started working together towards a common goal. I do love Tennessee. I love I tried to start a couple of heavy Chattanooga. Tennessee is amaz- metal bands in the interim of the ing because I feel like we were so Hustlers and the Tremblers. I instrumental in the creation of played around with an all covers rock and roll. We’ve got Sun band. There were all kinds of Records and all the Country & experimentations going on at the Western stuff with the Grand Ole time to see what was going to Opry. You’ve got soul and rhythm stick because I love all kinds of and blues from Stax from music. Memphis and things like that. It’s Whhiicchh aa rr ee yyoouu m moorr ee ccoom mffoorrttaa bbllee ?? just a great mix of those two – W Country & Western and R&B that’s rock and roll. Born and bred Rock and roll. I didn’t grow up here in Tennessee. Some of my with a huge knowledge of country bands sound like a women’s soft- music. I knew Johnny and I knew ball team. (laughs) The shorter Patsy. I really had to go back and answer it’s hard to get everybody study things like Waylon to agree on something. But we all [Jennings] and all the greatness know where we’re from. We can that Waylon was. My dad was lisat least find common ground tening to Black Sabbath and Joan Jett – things like that… things that there. were a little tougher – not that HHoow w ddoo yy oouu ffee ee ll yyoouurr w wrr ii ttiinngg hhaa ss Waylon’s not tough – don’t get ee vvoollvv eedd tthhee ll aasstt ccoouuppll ee ooff yyee aarr ss me wrong. But yeah, I do have an ENIGMA

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Oh yeah. (laughs)

Noott tthhaatt m N maa nnyy ttaall kk aabboouutt iitt.. I do love disco, too. It’s a guilty pleasure I can’t hold back.

burners and they have their coun- (laughs) try/honky tonk stuff too. DDoo yy oouu ffiinndd w wrr iittii nngg ffoorr aa ddii ffffeerr ee nntt TThhee yy aall ssoo w wee nntt tthhrroouugghh tthhaatt ddiiss ccoo ggee nnrr ee ii ss ee aass iiee rr tthhaa nn aa nnootthheerr oonnee ?? pphhaa ssee aass w wee llll .. OOrr aa rree tthheeyy aa llll bbaassii ccaall llyy tthhee ssaa m mee ??

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I wouldn’t say it was exactly the same, but kinda. When I’m writing a song, I’m not considering genre for the most part, just whatever way it sounded,

DDoo yyoouu ccoonnssii ddeerr yyoouurr ssee ll ff m moorr ee ooff aa ll yyrr iiccii sstt?? Yeah and thanks to the Tremblers for backing me up and letting me have a lot of creative control on the sort of stuff we play and play these songs in just a few chords. You know – a few chords and the truth. They embellish those and make it sound so much better than it ever was. It blows m mind and I get super excited. I get really beside myself on something that started out just a guitar and me and morphed into something really badass. BBee iinngg aa w w rr iittee rr aanndd aa ppee rrffoorr m mee rr ddoo

yyoouu ll iikkee hhee aarr ii nngg tthhee ssoouunndd ooff iinnddii vviidduuaa ll?? yyoouurr vvooii ccee w whhee nn yyoouu hhee aarr ii tt oonn tthhee rr aaddii oo oorr cc oom miinngg tthhrr oouugghh tthhee If it weren’t for people out there ssppee aakkee rrss?? who were so encouraging out there it might be hard to not Sometimes, yeah. I remember the break out of playing other peofirst time in the answering ple’s songs. Not that there’s anymachine days when I recorded thing wrong with that. I love the outgoing message I was horri- cover bands, but there’s this real fied. It didn’t sound like anything satisfaction I get from creating like it sounded in my head. something from the ground up. (laughs) But I’ve been recording Chattanooga is a really beautiful so many years that I know what I city. There is inspiration everysound like at this point. I know where. I don’t want to be in when I hit a sour note. (laughs) Nashville, to be honest with you. I’ve got some live performances I know they give out a lot more preserved that I can listen to for- record deals there. You’ve got to ever again and again. I know be on the road any way wherever when I hit a sour note and I know home is, it’s going to be far away when I’m tearing it up too as well all the time if you end up hitting and can be proud of myself as it right. I love Chattanooga. It’s well. home. The whole city – there are people out there that are hungry HHoow w hhaa ss bbee ii nngg ii nn CChhaa ttttaann ooooggaa for original stuff and I love that. hheell ppeedd yyoouu aa ss aa m muussii ccii aann aanndd aann IIff yyoouu hhaadd ttoo ppiicc kk oonnee ooff yy oouu’’rree ccoom mppoossii ttiioonn ss ttoo bbee yyoouurr tthheem mee ssoonngg,, w whhii cchh oonn ee w w oouull dd iitt bbee ??

Credits & Stuff

Our Cover Gal, Bethany Kidd on the cover is wearing a navy blue sequin dress ($64) accessorized with gold chain hoop earrings ($18) and a Labradorite natural stone necklace ($46). Pictured right Bethany is wearing Woops! denim with a split leg flare ($52). The top is a waist tie paired with a Pratt sleeve polo pullover ($39) and an olive large lapel pocket vest ($69) all available at Backstreet Betty’s att 111 Frazier Avenue, whre you’ll always find something different and unique. Set design is courtesy of Valarie Webb, with an extensive background in costume, set and home design who specializes in vintage and retro.

It’s a Hustler’s song. It’s always me. It’s called “Bruiser”. “I’d rather be the user than used. I’d rather be the bruiser than the bruised. And I like it best when I have nothing to lose.” It really just describes how I don’t want to be that vulnerable, I guess. There’s vulnerability in telling people that, I guess. But not only that, if you can’t take a risk, you’re missing out on some really good stuff in life and I really have to check myself and make sure that I’m taking chances with my heart and just life in general, but definitely feel that’s the theme song. I’ve written one recently with the Tremblers called, “What I Do Best”. It’s a true story. “I know I did some wrongs, but that’s what I do best”, kind of thing. (laughs) We’re all human and we’re all flawed. And I like to celebrate those flaws as much as possible. (laughs) It can be a good time.

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1. Greta Van Fleet 2. Elvis Costello & The Imposters 3. Morrissey 4. Elle King 5. Larkin Poe 6. The Beths 7. Pedro the Lion 8. Paul McCartney 9. Lake Street Dive 10. Iron & Wine 11. Hippo Campus 12. J. Mascis 13. Jim Donovan and the Warriors 14. Muse 15. The Decemberists 16. Mother Mother 17. Cat Power 18. Kodaline 19. Rhett Miller 20. Sara Bareilles

ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Broken Bells 2. Ace of Cups 3. Norah Jones

Ten Songs That Could Serve As Brief Weather Forcasts For folks like me no part of the local newscast is as anticipated as the weather forecast, but it usually ends up being the most unsatisfying segment as well. Even though they always greet us with smiling faces, seldom do the meteorologists offer us mild temperatures with clear skies.

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Back in 1966 this hit was ubiqInstead of the smiling weather uitous, and amid that tumulexperts, the forecast would be more palatable if the news stations chose music to represent the weather conditions. There are a multitude of songs that represent the different types of climates, such as “Mr. Blue Sky” by the Electric Light Orchestra for the beautiful days that are so rare in the tuous time its message of gratitude and joy was likely most Midwest. welcome. Here are ten other popular songs that could be used to CCoolldd A Ass IIccee bb yy FFoo rreeiiggnn eerr represent the weather foreOne of many gems from the casts. self-titled debut album, this CCll oouu ddyy bb yy SS iim moonn aann dd monster hit describes a girl but GGaarrffuu nnkk eell could very well work for a January weather forecast. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Heeaatt W Waavvee bbyy M Maarrtt hhaa aanndd tt hhee Thyme is the album that H spawned this laid back classic, VVaann D Deellllss which leaves one with the feeling that Paul Simon wrote it Passion is the cause of the riswhile lying on his back in the ing temperature in this doowop tune, which could also be middle of a big green field. the name of a mid-August

This hit might suffice for a breezy afternoon, yet it could also leave you with a craving for a d o u b l e cheeseburger and a thick chocolate shake.

RR aaiinn bbyy TT hhee BBeeaatt lleess John Lennon penned this hit around the time of Revolver, only to see it carried on the compilation album called Hey Jude.

SSnn oow w bb yy tthhee RR eedd HH oott CChhiillii PPeepppp eerrss The alternate rockers scored a hit with this wintry track from Stadium Arcadium. Whh iitt ee O W O uutt CCoo nndd iittiioonn ss bb yy tt hhee NNeew w PP oorrnn oogg rraapphheerrss A.C. Newman and Neko Case share the vocals on this title track from the indie band’s latest album.

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Hollywood Asks - Is Comedy Dead? The Hollywood writers and producers cannot understand why no one is interested in watching their sit-coms anymore on TV? Well, did it ever occur to them that some of this stuff isn’t all that funny anymore? The movie industry’s comedy films are also getting killed at the box office. Stand-up comedy is doing OK, but in the new PC world, comedy routines often turn off half of the audience during any given skit, throw in politics and yes, you get some headlines but comedians are divided and conquered. What hap-

pened? No, what really happened? Is Hollywood in denial?

Wall Street J o u r n a l recently t i t l e d ; Remember “Comedy the audience Slump Not a is always Laughing correct, if Matter,” by they don’t Ben Fritz publike it, it just lished on June ain’t that 26, 2018 which good. And, ‘if stated: “Last and when’ they year’s most successdon’t like it, they ful comedy, “Girl’s sure as hell don’t want Trip,” took in $117 million in to pay for it, or spend their precious time listening or the US and Canada. The last time the year’s highest grosswatching it on TV. ing comedy grossed so little was 1995, when ticket costs were 52% less on average.” The article also stated: “Traditional comedies are struggling for oxygen at the box office, caught between superhero sequels that integrate laughs and a vast buffet of stand-up specials, sitcoms, amateur pranks and original films on digital services like Netflix and YouTube.”

the comedy writers all live and work in areas where most everyone has left-leaning political views, and they assume it’s funny to everyone, and that if anyone doesn’t like the jokes, then they are ignorant, or out of touch with reality. Perhaps, it is this feedback loop which has now been labeled; the ‘Echo Chamber’ where conformational bias occurs. Indeed, it hardly matters what it’s called or why it keeps happening if no one in Hollywood, late-night comedy notices, because now that audiences have been split in half and every show is catering to the same half of the remaining market, no one is making any money, and audiences, yes, even on the left are getting bored with it all; it’s just not funny anymore. And despite popular belief in NYC, LA and DC, our president does not bathe in Cheetos dust. Just sayin’.

- Lance Winslow What I, as a film critic writer, have noticed, is that every sit-com seems to brush up against the PC culture and then quickly back-away, and attack the politically expedient right-side of the equation. Perhaps, this is because

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Collective Soul Still Shines Bright When you see a band live you can often tell if they’re going through the motions or that they actually love what they’re doing. Collective Soul is the latter. Playing before a sold out crowd at the Tivoli Theate

it seemed more of a house party early ‘00s. With leader Ed Roland’s than a concert. picturesque lyrics and brother Dean’s guitars and backing vocals Collective Soul helped usher in the they were the face of the genre. post grunge alternative rock sound They were also hometown heroes, that dominated the radio until the coming out of Atlanta, GA a quarter century ago. Songs like “Shine”, “Gel”, “The World I Know” turned what was once considered college alternative radio into mainstream. And nobody complained.

It’s fun to watch a band still get a kick out of playing live in this day and age – and actually play their instruments, jump and move around the stage in no real choreographed planning. Collective Soul on this night was rock and roll in its purest form and despite streaks of gray in the elder Roland’s hair his energy on stage easily doubled any of his rivals half his age.

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Right As Rain Observation of Thought The World I Know Gel

Where The River Flows Run

– Chris Oughtred

Another nice thing about the authenticity while playing songs like “December” and “Where the River Flows” is they don’t look like self parody on stage like some of the older bands out there like Aerosmith, Yeah, I love Aerosmith longer than some of you have even been alive, but Steven Tyler and even KISS have become caricatures of their former selves and while I’m glad they’re still around their ego kind of gets in the way.

show was with you in mind. And by you, I mean everyone.

And like I said it was more of a house party as every one sang along with their favorite songs, actually making Roland’s job easy. But he put in the effort running all around the stage, hair flailing about. Sure, he could of been content being the master or ceremonies, instead he fed off that energy as did the entire band to put on another great show to be a That is why I’ve always loved Ed part of and not just witness. Roland and the guys in Collective Soul. They are indeed kind souls Collective Soul Setlist and they are appreciative of every- Now’s the Time one that was in attendance this Over Me night. Fun banter, interaction and Shine an old school hoe down on stage Heavy without a fancy over the top light Why Pt. 2 show or smoke and mirrors. I got Better Now to see them plenty of times in the Contagious ‘90s and early ‘00s and it didn’t Precious Declaration matter what size stage or how (AYTA) Are You The Answer many were in attendance – this December ENIGMA

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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1199 3366 Billboard magazine issued its first record sales chart, with “Stop! Look! Listen!” by Jazz artist Joe Venuti listed as the number one record.

Anymore”, which was one of the few songs that Buddy recorded that he didn’t write. It was penned by Paul Anka and peaked at #13 two months after Holly was killed.

11994400 NBC begins regular FM transmission from New York’s Empire State Building on W2XDG. In October of the same year, the FCC granted 15 stations the first construction permits for commercial FM operation. Edwin Armstrong, the inventor of FM (Frequency Modulation) first demonstrated the technology to executives and engineers of RCA in 1933.

11 996600 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.

119955 00 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. 11 9955 33 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”. 1199 5566 Elvis Presley recorded his first tracks for his new record company, RCA. Among them was the first song written especially for The King, “Heartbreak Hotel”. He was backed by a drummer, D.J. Fontana for the first time, in addition to guitarist Chet Atkins and piano player Floyd Cramer in an eight hour recording session. 11 9955 77 Decca Records announced that Bill Haley And His Comets’ “Rock Around The Clock” had sold over a million copies in the UK, mostly on 10 inch 78’s.

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. 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 fastest-breaking 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 the song would go on to win a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.

first tracks for Atlantic Records. Over her career, she would have twenty #1 singles and ten #1 albums on the Billboard R&B charts. 119966 99 Frustrated at Paul McCartney’s 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. 1199 7700 Diana Ross performs for the last time with The Supremes at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. During the show, Diana introduces her replacement, Jean Terrell, who will lead the group to seven more Top 40 hits, including the Top 10 entries “Up The Ladder To The Roof” and “Stoned Love” later in the year.

1199 6666 David Jones changes his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkees, just in time for the release of his single, “Can’t Help Thinking About Me”. He would later say that he chose 119977 33 “Bowie” because he likes that “big American bear-killin’ knife.” A Rolling Stones benefit concert raises $200,000 for Nicaraguan earthquake relief. Mick Jagger donated an 11 9966 77 119966 22 After receiving at $25,000 signing additional $150,000, as his wife The Beatles attend a New Year’s Day bonus, Aretha Franklin records her Bianca is from Nicaragua. audition for Decca Records where they record 15 songs. After reviewing their material, the company decided to sign Brian Poole 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.” 119966 33 The Beach Boys record “Surfin’ USA”, which will climb to number three in the US by mid-April. Although it was credited as being composed by Brian Wilson, the tune was a note-for-note cover of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”. Following a lawsuit, Berry was granted writing credit and royalties from the record. 119966 44 George Hamilton is chosen in favor of Elvis Presley for the title role in the Hank Williams bio, Your Cheatin’ Heart. William’s widow felt that the appearance of Elvis would overshadow her husband’s memory.

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11 997755 Three Dog Night are awarded their 12th and final Gold record for the album, “Joy to the World - Their Greatest Hits”.

Williams not guilty of assaulting a police officer and the other charges were dropped. Williams later filed a multimillion dollar civil suit against the Milwaukee Police, charging they sexually assaulted and beat her dur1199 7766 ing the arrest, but a jury rejected her Foghat’s “Slow Ride” becomes the claims. first of their five Billboard chart entries and the only one to crack the 119988 55 Top 20. Cyndi Lauper became the first female recording artist since Bobbie Gentry The North American fascination with in 1967 to be nominated for five CB radios helped push C.W. McCall’s Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, truck driving song, “Convoy” to the Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal top of the Billboard Pop chart. Performance (Female), Record of the McCall, whose real name is William Year and Song of the Year. She would Dale Fries, Jr., used a pre-Rap vocal win Best New Artist at the February technique that wavers between 26th show. singing and speaking called 11 998866 “sprechgesang” (German for spokensong and spoken-voice). He would ABBA performs together for the last place three more songs on the Hot time at a show honoring their manag100 and a dozen on the Country er Stig Anderson on the Swedish TV chart. show This Is Your Life. 11 9977 77 Jimmy Carter’s inauguration had entertainment provided by Linda Ronstadt, John Lennon, Paul Simon, Gregg Allman, The Marshall Tucker Band and The Charlie Daniels Band. 1199 7788 An L.A. group called Player had the top tune in the US with “Baby Come Back”. The song was written by band members Peter Beckett and John Crowley after both had broken up with their respective girl friends. The song reached #32 in the UK.

22 0000 66 Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleaded not guilty to drug possession charges after he was arrested for allegedly trying to ride a Los Angeles subway without a ticket. The 44-yearold Garrett was charged with felony possession of heroin and fare evasion. 22 0000 99 Ron Asheton, guitarist and founding member of The Stooges, died of natural causes at the age of 60. In 2003, he was named the 29th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. 2200 1144 Patti Page, the best selling female artist in America in the 1950s, earning 15 Gold singles and 3 Gold albums, passed away at the age of 85.

22 0011 66 After Barack Obama gave a speech 119999 22 about gun control, Ted Nugent US Postmaster General Anthony launched an attack on Facebook, Frank announces that a commemora- calling The President “A psychopathtive stamp honoring Elvis Presley will ic America hating liar.” be issued next year on the King’s English Rocker David Bowie passed birthday. away after an eighteen month battle with cancer at the age of 69. A leader 119999 55 The first issue of Enigma hits news- of the Glam Rock movement in the 1970s, Bowie placed thirteen songs stands. on Billboard’s Top 40 chart, includ11 999966 Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett’s seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker’s plane. U2 singer Bono and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell were with Buffett, but no one was hurt. The incident inspired Buffett to write a song called “Jamaica Mistaica”.

The Sex Pistols play their final gig at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The following day, Johnny Rotten (born John Lydon) will quit the band, effectively bringing their brief and tumultuous career to an 119999 77 end. Since 1996 and into the new mil- James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, lennium they have reunited from gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of time to time. Fame. 11 998800 The first number one song of the eighties belonged to KC And The Sunshine Band for “Please Don’t Go”. It was their fifth and final US chart topper.

David Bowie released part of his holdings in intellectual property for sale on the stock market, becoming the first Rock star to offer Wall Street stock options on his career.

11 999988 62-year-old Sonny Bono of Sonny And Cher was killed when he hit a tree while skiing on the Nevada side of Heavenly Ski Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California. The duo 11 9988 11 placed eleven songs on the Billboard John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Top 40 between 1965 and 1972 before Fantasy” LP goes Platinum a little divorcing in 1975. over a month after Lennon’s assassi2200 0055 nation. The album would be number one in the US for eight weeks. The copyright on songs recorded in 1954 and earlier expired in most of Wendy O’Williams of The Plasmatics Europe, including Bill Haley’s “Rock was arrested on stage in Milwaukee Around the Clock” and “Only You” by and charged with simulating sex with The Platters. a sledgehammer and resisting arrest. A Milwaukee jury would find The owners of the Disco nightclub, Studio 54 were sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail and fined $20,000 for tax evasion.

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ing “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. 67-year-old Glenn Frey, co-founder of The Eagles, died of rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia while recovering from intestinal surgery. Along with helping the band place eighteen songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1972 and 1995, Frey also reached the chart seven times as a solo artist. 22 00 1177 Butch Trucks, a drummer and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, passed away at the age of 69. His real name was Claude Hudson Trucks. 22 0011 88 Brian Wilson returned to California’s Hawthorne High School to receive an upgraded mark for his 1959 composition of “Surfin’”. His music teacher, Fred Morgan had originally given Brian an “F” for the assignment, but the current principal, Dr. Landesfeind officially changed the mark to an “A”. Two years after it was written, the song would become The Beach Boys’ first national hit when it reached #75.