From the Publisher’s Notebook As I approach my 79th birthday I seem to see more going on in life. We let our natural-born citizens go hungry while we welcome and feed thousands of people who came into our country illegally. We give non-citizens money, food, and a place to live, while we have military vets on the street and hungry.
Have you been to a Lookouts game? places now (I know not all - not fast Great fun - reasonable price – try it. food, but sit down places). When is the school system going to get off its butt and open a vocational school? We still need plumbers, carpenters, beauticians, electricians, cooks, mechanics, etc.
When you go shopping, try to buy items made in the USA if you can find them. Maybe the new tariffs will level the playing grounds, and American manufacturing (clothes, shoes, TVs, etc.) can have a chance Are you tired of all the lawyer TV again. ads? Just asking. Went to Bessie Smith Strut this year Can’t believe all the apartments and – it’s making a comeback. The city condos being built in the Chicken and Riverbend should put the supOdor Zone. If you don’t know what port back and help it comeback. the “chicken odor” is, you are new to Remember how much fun you used What happened to RC Cola and Chattanooga. to have at it? Double Cola? Part of my childhood... Glad to see Kay’s Castle Ice Cream is We need more manufacturing in the Well, I guess I ruffled enough feathmaking a comeback in grocery stores area. We need places to replace ers, but at almost 79 I don’t give a (another part of my childhood). Wheland Foundry, Combustion damn. Engineering, and DuPont. Places that Chattanooga is lucky to have pay a decent wage. And $10-$15 an ‘Til next month, McCallie, Baylor, and GPS, and lucky hour is not a decent wage - you have Paul Burke Sr. that they all give need-based finan- to work an hour at those places to cial aid - it gives our kids a chance to buy a burger and a beer at most get a topnotch education.
We can give foreign countries hundreds of millions of dollars but can’t give our senior citizens a decent Social Security raise. As I said the BS is getting deep. See where Riverbend just completed its 33rd year—way to go. When are they going to finish the unnecessary park at MLK and Market? The more they do, the stranger it looks. What is the building supposed to be? Is that a stage for bands? Don’t we have one across the street? It will make a nice place for the Patten Tower residents to meet and enjoy—oh wait, the city will ban them from using it. Is that racism? I think the clock is ticking for the big implosion (some of you know what I mean, the others will soon realize it). Why don’t they give Trump a chance, what are they afraid of? Why all the bike lanes around town? Most of the bike riders ride where they want and don’t use the lanes have you seen any of them using them? Bicycle riders get you’re a**es out of the traffic lanes and stop holding up traffic. Looks like we are becoming a city of Mexican, pizza, and burger restaurants, with a huge number of brew pubs. Thank goodness for a few fine restaurants like Scottie’s on the River to give us a better break. Tennessee has a law that says if a grocery store has a buy-one-get-onefree sale, if you only want one they have to charge you only half price. ENIGMA
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Dear Rocco, I am really stressing about college. I haven’t received my acceptances yet from the colleges I applied to and I am worried that I will not get into any of them. I need ways to stop my stress. HELP ME!! CP
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member will post information that has nothing directly to do with the organization, usually political in nature. These political emails and petitions offend me. They in no way reflect my beliefs and politics. What should I do? Dear Rocco, DR I know a guy a lot of people didn’t like. Neither did I. I was jealous of DDee aarr DD RR,, GGrr oow w aa ppaaiirr aanndd ggee tt w w iitthh tthh ee 2211 sstt him. He was recently killed in a cceennttuurryy.. EE vveerr yybbooddyy hhaa ss aa nn ooppiinniioonn fire. I know it’s not my fault but I aanndd tthheeyy w w iill ll eexxpprr eess ss tthhee rree w w hhee rr -- feel horrible because I didn’t like eevvee rr tthheeyy w waa nntt.. II’’m m ttiirr eedd ooff jjee rrkk ss him…and now he is dead. I feel so llii kkee yyoouu w w hhoo ggeett ooffffeennddeedd ss oo eeaass ii -- bad. llyy .. W W hh yy aa rree yyoouu ooffffee nnddeedd?? Wee llccoom W mee ttoo tthh ee rr eeaall w w oorrll dd w whh eerr ee eevvee rryytthhiinngg’’ss nnoott jjuusstt ssuuggaarr ppll uum m ffaaiirr iiee ss aanndd uunnii ccoorr nnss aanndd ppee ooppll ee wii llll ssaa yy ss oom w meetthh iinngg yy oouu ddoonn’’tt aa ggrreeee .. PPoosstt ssoom mee ccaa tt vviiddeeooss oonn tthh ee ggrroouupp aass rr eettaall iiaa ttiioonn oorr w w hhaa ttee vveerr yy oouu ppaa rr -ttiiccuullaa rr ““tthhiinngg”” m miigghh tt bbee .. II ff ss ttuuffff llii kkee ppoollii ttiiccss ooffffeennddss yyoouu iinn tthhii ss ddaayy aanndd aaggee II ss uuggggeess tt yyoouu ll eeaa vvee tthhee oorrggaannii zzaa ttiioonn aanndd bbuurryy yyoouurr hheeaa dd iinn ssaanndd..
Dear Rocco, My closest friend for twelve years is getting married. During her first marriage, our friendship was stronger than ever. With her coming marriage however, I get the feeling our friendship is on the skids. Soon I will be the guy that visits every other Thanksgiving. Her children will vaguely remember me. It seems like she has found the perfect man and doesn’t need me anymore. We used to have so many inside jokes, now I listen to her tell me about their inside jokes. When other close friends got married, I didn’t lose a close friend; I gained more good friends. But this one feels different. Dear Rocco, I am a new member of a small, PW local organization. We have Dee aarr PPW W ,, Facebook group. Occasionally a D ENIGMA
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Your family may be feeling neglected and unloved. Try to accommodate them without infringing on your own responsibilities. Try not to upset others with your plans. Your magnetic, outgoing personality will capture hearts. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Good day for romance. Lighten up your serious attitude Remain calm and you’ll shine. Passion should be your goal. Think of changes to your home that will please and add to everyone’s comfort.
Your luckiest events this month deal you can make. Group endeavwill occur on a Saturday. ors will provide you with entertainment. Your creative ideas must GEMINI be put to good use. (May 22-June 21) You will do best to entertain those Your luckiest events this month you wish to close deals with. You will occur on a Tuesday. can enjoy entertainment if you join in and follow the crowd for a LEO change. Social activity should be on (July 23-Aug 22) your agenda this month. You will Your emotions may get the better learn a great deal from the foreign- of you. Take care of your own ers you meet. responsibilities before you help others. Snap out of it. You may find Your luckiest events this month that you’re being used. will occur on a Monday. Your luckiest events this month CANCER will occur on a Wednesday. (June 22-July 22) It might be time to make a fresh VIRGO start. Do something together and (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) you’ll be surprised how sweet a Your interest in helping others may take you back to school. Travel will be most enticing. Consider a cruise. You can help other people with their financial problems by setting up a budget for them. Relationships will be emotional this month.
will occur on a Wednesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Be precise in your communications to avoid any misunderstandings and arguments. This will not be the best day to try to push your ideas or concerns. You could lose a good friend because of it. Take the initiative and go after your goals. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Children will be of major concern if you haven’t kept the lines of communication open. You can write beautiful love letters this month. Don’t let others restrict you from saying how you feel about family issues. Your greatest enjoyment will come through social activities and pleasure trips. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.
Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) LIBRA You could easily lose your temper (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) at work. Don’t push your opinions Minor health problems could result or ideas on others. You may be through exhaustion. You may want upset if someone has borrowed to make changes that will not be to something that belongs to you. their liking. Try to ease any disap- You’re best to avoid disputes. Work pointment by making amends. Put quietly behind the scenes. your thoughts into some trendy new ideas. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) SCORPIO This month will be rather hectic on (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) the domestic scene. Don’t give Problems with appliances or elec- them the use of your credit card. trical gadgets will drive you crazy. Those you work with may have litDon’t turn down an invitation or a tle consideration for the underdog. challenge that could enhance your You can come into money; howevchances of meeting someone spe- er, perhaps not under the best circial. Don’t blow situations out of cumstances. proportion. Adventure will result in added knowledge. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. Your luckiest events this month ENIGMA
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Stories From the CPD About four years ago I retired from the Chattanooga Police Department. I had worked there for just shy of 30 years. I worked patrol, then as a burglary/robbery detective and finished my career as the “Beer Board’” inspector. This had me making sure businesses were okay to get a beer license and trying to insure the already licensed were complying with the Chattanooga City and state laws. During this time I also served on the Special Weapons and Tactics Team primarily as a sniper. I had a few exploits along the way and thought I would share some of my experiences with you. I also used to help with the police department’s firearms training. One night at the police
range we were training police academy cadets. It had rained recently and there were puddles of water behind the targets of the trainees. One female cadet
ley of fire. We asked her what was wrong and she said bats were “pooping” on her head. I’m cleaning this up a bit as she did not use the term pooping. We
Speaking of the police range, years ago I was at the range attending SWAT training. We were practicing “Sniper Initiated Entries” where an entry team is lined up ready to run into a mock up of a room to rescue hostages. They would proceed into the room after the sniper fired a shot. This was to simulate the sniper having to shoot a criminal / terrorist and then the entry team would storm the room to rescue any hostages or was obviously jumpy and kept exploded with laughter as we engage hostile threats. When the touching her hair after each vol-
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knew what she thought was bat ‘’guano” was actually just mud. After we finished laughing someone on the Range staff came up with the nickname “Bat-girl”. It stuck for the rest of the Academy training.
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sniper fired the shot the number one man in the entry team lineup dropped like a rock. The sniper who had fired the shot looked over at his observer in disbelief. The number two man in the stack knelt and began looking as if to check for injuries. I was thinking there is no way he could have missed by that much...Suddenly the “wounded” entry team member stood up and the entry team and the rest of the team who had been observing broke out into laughter. Reluctantly we had to admit they had pulled a good one on us. Since I’m talking SWAT and entry teams I ‘ll tell a story on myself. I had just gotten on the team and we got a call out to go to a motel to try to capture a murder suspect. They advised us to not take time to put on all our gear and uniforms just put on our bulletproof vests, gear belts and weapons. We quickly assembled and formed a line on the stairs leading up to the suspect’s location. We started stealthily moving up the stairs when to my horror my pager (this was several years ago) went off. I quickly grabbed for it and got it shut off. Needless to say the rest of the team were not happy. Our negotiators contacted the suspect who came out and gave up without incident. Luckily he had not heard my pager. As all ended well my transgression was forgotten. One time when I was still on patrol we received a call of a disorder and possible shots fired. Unfortunately people would sometimes claim there were shots fired to get a quicker response. We got to the address given but it appeared no one was home. Someone told us some neighborhood kids had been shooting fireworks so myself and
the other responding officer relaxed somewhat. I wanted to be conscientious though so I decided to check out the backyard. The other officer mentioned the chain- link fence and said that ‘they might have a dog”. I should have listened. I told him the yard looked deserted. About that time a fairly small dog came out from somewhere and began yapping at us. I told my back-up “see it’s just a little dog”. Then my back-up pointed out a very large dog house over in the shaded corner of the yard where it was not very visible. He said, “that’s a big dog house for a little dog like that”. I was just thinking he was right when a huge dog came charging from the shadows. This dog was dappled with brown, black and gray. He looked like he had rolled in mud and grease to camouflage himself. He had hidden well and stayed quiet until his prey (us) were far enough into the yard that escape was unlikely. He charged like a rhino never growling or barking. I didn’t think I just pulled my Colt Python .357 Magnum fast as lightning and pulled the trigger/ KABOOM really doesn’t do the sound of a .357 Magnum justice but it gives you a little idea of how loud the sound was. It appeared to me as if the dog’s head bounced off the ground several times. I turned and ran for the gate at that point just about climbing over my partners’ back in my haste to escape ”Cujo”. As we fled the yard the other officer was yelling “you killed that dog”. I said ‘ I couldn’t have!” I knew I had aimed in front of the dog. I am an animal lover and would never shoot a dog. We looked back into the yard and saw ‘Cujo” casually walking away. Apparently his head bouncing off the ground was just him suddenly applying the brakes at the report of the ENIGMA
.357 Magnum being fired. Thank goodness no animals were harmed. We quickly left the scene and resumed patrolling the fair city. I did go to an out of the way spot and replaced my spent bullet with another one I kept handy. We did not do any paperwork on the weapon being fired. Later our lieutenant called for reports. As my back up and I were talking to him he said that someone had called in a shots fired report near our call location. He then said “it musta been fireworks..” He knew us too well.
his gas mask back with holes poked in the filter. After the call myself and another detective were processing the crime scene as it was contaminated with the gas. We noticed a large hole in an interior room that looked like a shotgun created hole. This hole was in the direction of where myself and another sniper had been concealed in the bushes. The miscreant in this incident admitted he had fired one shotgun round during the stand off. I enjoyed my 30 years with the CPD. It went by seemingly in a flash. Thankfully I received with no major injury . Please back and support your local police. I hope they make it to retirement with just some stories to tell.
I’ve had many people ask me down through the years if I’ve been shot or shot at. The only time I know of that a shot was fired in my direction was on a SWAT call in North Chattanooga. We had used gas to get the guy to - Mark Haskins surrender. His gas mask did not work as a SWAT Team in another In memoriam: Sgt. Tim Chapin, town, after having a stand off Officer Julie Jacks, Deputy with this person, had given him Donald Bond
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Security cameras outside a Pennsylvania home were rolling when an attempted truck thief was foiled by his inability to make a three-point turn. The Bensalem Police Department posted a video showing the man attempting to steal a pickup truck, which had been left unlocked in a driveway with the keys inside. The man attempts to make a three-point turn around the car parked behind the truck, but repeatedly hits the other vehicle. The would-be thief eventually gets out of the truck and flees on foot
America, at least from this guy’s point of view. After pulling off what sounds like a slick, little ‘snatch-and-grab’ he was confronted with one of America’s biggest problems; too many guns. The incident began when 36-year-old Christopher Raymond Hill, entered the liquor store at Walmart in Florida and asked if he can exchange a $20 for smaller bills. The employee informed Hill that he would have to buy something in order to get change from the $20 bill. Hill then bought a pack of cigarettes, but when the cashier opened the register, he jumped on the counter, he grabbed the cash There are too many guns in register and ran out of the store. In the parking lot, Hill got into a A couple traveling on a Florida highway captured video of a driver using some kind of device to cover their license plate while going through a toll booth. The video, recorded on eastbound Highway 836 in Miami, shows the Chrysler Pacifica traveling in front of the filmer’s vehicle when a black cover descends to conceal its license plate from toll booth cameras. The couple said they reported the driver to the Florida Highway Patrol. “I was told by the Florida State Troopers that this is not the first time this driver has committed this crime,” the woman wrote.
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car where a man was sitting with his family. Hill pulled out a knife and ordered the husband to drive him to where he needed to go. But when the victim pulled out his gun in self-defense, Hill fled. He then went to another car and tried to get another man to drive him away from the crime scene. This victim also pulled out a gun, scaring the knife-wielding robber. Hill fled on foot across the street where he barricaded himself in the bathroom of a Supercuts store. Police were eventually able to arrest Hill. He was taken into custody on charges of strong-arm robbery,
carjacking with a firearm or dead- agreement, pending the investigaly weapon, aggravated battery with tion. The employees involved are a deadly weapon and trespassing. not assigned to work at the same fire station and were known to be Two Akron, OH Fire Department in a long-term relationship.” firefighters, Arthur Dean and Deann Eller are on paid leave A Mississippi man is accused of pending an investigation into alle- beating a neighbor with a hammer gations that they created porno- and an ax handle for hiring somegraphic videos in an Akron fire sta- one else to mow their lawn. The Commonwealth tion. According to Chief Tucker, Greenwood the station received an anonymous reports 39-year-old Brad Gentry tip that the pornographic material had been paid to mow his neighwas online. The firefighters were bor’s lawn but stopped halfway placed on administrative leave through and left. Sheriff Ricky immediately following the find- Banks says the neighbor, Ray ings. Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan Farris, then went and got someone and Fire Chief Clarence Tucker else to finish the task. Banks says released the following statement: Gentry came back angry and “beat “Allegations involving two City of the hell out of the man and took Akron firefighters recently came to $40 off of him.” Gentry is charged the attention of the City. The alle- with armed robbery and aggravatgations relate to the creation of ed assault for the attack. Banks pornographic content displayed says Farris drove himself to the online – some of which is alleged hospital despite being struck in the to have taken place on City prop- head multiple times. The extent of erty. The City is actively conduct- his injuries is unknown. ing an investigation into the allegations, and we will take prompt So what is the biggest risk in a roband appropriate action based on bery? Getting caught, of course. the results of that investigation. Especially if you get caught by The two employees were immedi- someone packing a firearm, like a ately placed on administrative police officer or one pissed off leave pursuant to their union homeowner who does not appreci-
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ate the fact that you just used a crowbar to force open his $400 premium 4-panel steel security door with shatter-resistant frosted glass and are now standing in his living room holding his Xbox One. The obvious solution is to make sure that no one is going to be wherever you are planning to rob. But how? This woman came up with a way to rob people while ensuring that they will not be home at the time. Police in New York began looking for a thief who targeted people while they were mourning the loss of their loved ones. Several people in Westchester County filed reports on different occasions after returning home from funerals and finding that their homes were burglarized. In a rather morbid sting operation, Greenburgh Police waited outside the home of someone who died in Tarrytown until they caught 26-year-old Latonia Stewart from the Bronx trying to enter. Officers found items that was stolen from a home in Irvington in her vehicle. Police said that Stewart looked through obituaries to pick her targets, knowing exactly when they would be out of their homes. She was
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arrested on multiple burglaryrelated charges. A Florida family woke up confused to the sounds of workers tearing the roof off their home — and they weren’t supposed to be there. Pearl Northrup said her family woke up to the loud banging of the roof being removed from the house. “Somebody is banging on my roof,” Northrup said. “I thought I was getting a new roof.” Northrup called her landlord, Sarah Fritchey, to ask why she wasn’t warned about the project, and Fritchey revealed that no such work had been ordered. L.B. Skaggs, owner of roofing company NASTAR, said workers put the wrong address into their GPS. A Michigan man faced a more severe version of a similar situation when a demolition crew mistakenly tore his house down instead of a neighboring home that was slated to be demolished. Police told Mike Anderson, the owner of the incorrectly demolished house, that someone had taken the numbers from the house slated for demolition and nailed them to his home.
CONCERT CALENDAR “Go See Live Music”
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WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY JJ uullyy 44 MCC K M KN NIIG GH HTT PPAARRK K (Chattanooga) Roanoke SSM MIITT H H CCO OU UN NTT YY AAG G CCEE N NTT EERR (Carthage, TN) “Smith County Fair”
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SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shawn Banks SSU UN N TTRRU U SSTT PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Journey, Def Leppard, The Pretenders EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Old Sea Brigade PPIIEED DM MO ON N TT PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Magic City Hippies ATTLL A A AN NTT A A RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM MIITT H H ’’SS O O LLD D EE BBAARR (Atlanta) Micah Schnabel VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Famous Dex SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Bit Brigade EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) The Blasters, Clownvis Presley BBA ASSEEM M EEN NTT EE A ASSTT (Nashville) Gallows Bound TTH H EE EE N ND D (Nashville) Rest Repose, The Home Team 33rrdd && LLIIN ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) Sunflower Bean, The Nude Party GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE G GO OSS PPEELL H HO OU U SSEE (Birmingham) The Browders
MO M ON ND DA A YY JJuu llyy 22 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Pretenders D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Wanna One IIN NSSPPII RRA ATT IIO ON N PPA ARRK K (Knoxville) Jonathan Wilburn
SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Harvey SSU UPPEERRIICC AA (Atlanta) Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Maggie Rose HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Quiet Slang, Abi Reimold RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill
FFRRIID DA AYY JJ uullyy 66 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane MIILLLLEE RR PPLLAAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Albert Cummings SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Courtney Holder and Hive Theory JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Clerks, Dokter TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Harvey HII FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Stolen Faces ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Foreigner, Whitesnake, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience TTH H EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Chuck Prophet TTH H EE FF AARRM M AATT FFRRAAN NK KLLIIN N (Franklin, TN) Steven Curtis Chapman HAARRD H DIISS O ON NM MIILLLL FFAARRM M CCO ON NCC EERRTT H H AALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek SSTTA ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Soul Asylum IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Tony Jackson
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TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade OA O AK KM MO OU UN NTT A AIIN NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Thirty Seconds To Mars, Walk the Moon, Welshly Arms CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS A AM MPPH H IIIITTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT LLAAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Chris Brown, Rich The Kid, 6LACK, H.E.R. FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Sistine Chapel Choir ATTLL A A AN NTT A A RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM MIITT H H ’’SS O O LLD D EE BBAARR (Atlanta) For Now, Lightning Orchestra, Artimus
SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Harvey JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Milele Roots BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Sam Smith HAARRD H DIISS O ON NM MIILLLL FFAARRM M CCO ON NCC EERRTT H H AALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek VVEE RRIIZZO ON N AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATTRREE (Alpharetta, GA) Foreigner, Whitesnake, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience SSTTA ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Barenaked Ladies, KT Tunstall, Better Than
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Ezra FF O OXX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Jill Scott WO W O LLFF CCRREE EEK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Jagged Edge, Silk, 112, Ying Yang Twins, Fabo G RRAAN G ND D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Cartersville, GA) Marty Stuart TT H HEE SSH H EED D AATT SSM MO OK KYY M MO OU UN NTT A AIIN NH HA ARRLLEE YY -D AAVVIID D D SSO ON N (Maryville, TN) Big Head Todd & the Monsters O AAK O KM MO OU UN N TTAAII N N AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Chris Brown, H.E.R., Rich the Kid SSLL O OSSSS FF U URRN NAACC EE SS (Birmingham) “Sloss Music & Arts Festival” Arcade Fire, Arlie, Jason Isbell, Vance Joy, Vic Mensa, LANY, Moon Taxi, Jai Wolf, Quinn XCII, Big Freedia, White Reaper, Waxahatchee, Matt Maeson, *Repeat Repeat, Flagship, Walden, Joel Blount, Lady Legs, Catpain Kudzu, Love Moor, Dead Fingers
UPPCC O U OM M IIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Jerry Harvey July 8 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Year of the Locusts, Silver Tongued Devilz, Antle July 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Zigetrbra, El Bandito, Ester Rose July 8 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Unknown Mortal Orchestra July 8 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Cherrelle July 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Genki Genki Panic, Crimson Ghosts July 9 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Jesse McCartney July 9 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Devon Allman Project, Duane Betts July 10 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Sam Smith July 10 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Erasure July 10 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, The Story So Far July 10 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE SSTT AATT EE FFAA IIRRG GRRO OU UN ND D SS (Nashville) “Vans Warped Tour” July 10 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Imagine Dragons, Grace VanderWaal July 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Donny & Marie Osmond July 10 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Frank Caliendo July 11 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy July 11 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Taking Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria, The Story So Far July 11 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) “Retro Futura Tour” Modern English, Limahl, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow, Tony Lewis July 11 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 12 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Randy Steele & Friends July 12 M IILLLLEERR PPLL AAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band July 13 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 13 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Funk You July 13 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Danimal
Planet, Small Objects July 13 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) People on the Porch July 13 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Kesha, Macklemore July 13 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) America July 13 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) The Felice Brothers, Twain July 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Janelle Monae, St. Beauty July 13 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Nashville) Chicago, REO Speedwagon July 13 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Pat Green July 13 TT H HEE SSH HEE D D AA TT SS M MO OK K YY M MO OU UN NTT AAIIN NH HAARRLLEE YY DAAVVIID D D SSO ON N (Maryville, TN) Blackberry Smoke July 13 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Jenny Lewis July 13 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) Bruce Hornsby, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers July 13 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band July 13 O AAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Pelham, AL) Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Soul Asylum July 13 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz July 14 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Breakfast Club July 14 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Kurt Vile & The Violators, Dylan Carlson July 14 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Litz July 14 VVEERRIIZZ O ON N AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) REO Speedwagon, Chicago July 14 FFRREE D DRRIICC K K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Peachtree City, GA) Sister Hazel, Edwin McCain July 14 BBA ARRN NEE SS M MAABBLLEE H HO OU USSEE (Mableton, GA) The Isley Brothers July 14 BBLLIIN ND DW WIILLLL IIEE’’ SS (Atlanta) The Nighthawks July 14 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE Atlanta) Punch Brothers July 14 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Lake Street Dive July 14 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, The Marcus King Band July 14 SSU UN N TT RRU U SSTT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Al Jardine July 14 SSO OU UTT H HEE RRN NG G RRO OU UN ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Fayetteville, GA) The Robert Cray Band June 14 SSLLO O SSSS FF U URRN NAACC EESS (Birmingham) “Sloss Music & Arts Festival” Arcade Fire, Arlie, Jason Isbell, Vance Joy, Moon Taxi, Vic Mensa, LANY, Jai Wolf, Quinn XCII, Big Freedia, White Reaper, Waxahatchee, Matt Maeson, Repeat Repeat, Flagship, Walden, Joel Blount, Lady Legs, Captain Kudzu, Love Moor, Dead Fingers July 14 TT H HEE SSH HEE D D AA TT SS M MO OK K YY M MO OU UN NTT AAIIN NH HAARRLLEE YY DAAVVIID D D SSO ON N (Maryville, TN) Blackberry Smoke July 14 WO W O RRLLD D FF AAIIRR PPAARRK K (Knoxville) “Sunset Arts & Music Festival” Blue Mother Tupelo, JD McPherson July 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Indigo Girls July 14 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Steven Curtis Chapman July 14 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Oh Wonder, Sasha Sloan July 14 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Steve Hofstetter July 15
TTH H EE CC A AVVEERRN N SS (Pelham, TN) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band July 15 SSLLO O SSSS FFU U RRN NA ACC EESS (Birmingham) “Sloss Music & Arts Festival” Chris Stapleton, Rainbox Kitten Surprise, Griz, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, The War On Drugs, Louis The Child, Margo Price, Hippie Sabotage, Pvris, Nikki Lane, Morgan Saint, Brent Cobb, Morning Teleportation, Patrick Droney, Super Doppler, The Brummies, Will Stewart, Heath Green & the Makeshifters, Taylor Hunnicutt, The Spencer Lee Band July 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Matthew Sweet July 15 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Dom Flemons July 15 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Buddy Miller, Lee Ann Womack, Tony Joe White, The McCrary Sisters, Elizabeth Cook, Parker Millsap July 15 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Kurt Vile, Dylan Carlson July 15 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Modest Mouse July 16 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Bacon Brothers July 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Bacon Brothers July 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Shytown Riots July 17 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jess Hilarious July 17 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Peter Frampton, Steve Miller Band July 17 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Sleping With Sirens July 17 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes July 17 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) I Set My Friends On Fire, 7 Minutes in Heaven, Annisokay June 17 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Modest Mouse July 17 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Halsey, Jessie Reyez July 18 NA N ASSH H VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bush, The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots July 18 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Bacon Brothers July 18 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes July 18 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott July 19 HEE LLLL A H ATT TT H HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) The Get Up Kids, Ageist, Racquet Club July 19 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Indigo Girls July 19 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Rhonda Vincent July 19 MIILLLLEE RR PPLLA M AZZA A (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” The Fritz July 20 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) River Whyless July 20 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Cecil Allen Moore July 20 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Jambalaya July 20 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott July 20 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) South Hill Banks July 20 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) The Smashing Pumpkins, Metric July 20 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Punch
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Brothers July 20 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) The Get Up Kids, Racquet Club Ageist July 20 TTH H EE VVIISSTT AA RRO OO OM M@ @N NAAPPO O LLEEO ON N’’ SS (Atlanta) Strung Like A Horse July 20 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Jess Goggans Band July 21 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Ghetto Blasters, Old Paints July 21 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott July 21 HII FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Danberry’s July 21 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Shania Twain July 21 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Punch Brothers July 21 SSU UN NTT RRU USSTT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jason Aldean, Hootie & the Blowfish, Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs July 21 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Blue Oyster Cult July 21 CCO OU UN NTT RRYY TT O ON N IITTEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Neal McCoy July 21 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Knoxville) Ben Haggard July 21 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) sweet sweet July 22 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott July 22 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Smashing Pumpkins, Metric July 22 SSTTA ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Culture Club, The B-52’s, Tom Bailey July 22 MU M USSIICC RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM M IITTH H ’’ SS O OLL D DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) The New Division, Nite, Dream Culture July 22 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Niall Horan, Maren Morris July 23 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton July 23 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Michael McDonald July 24 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Tony Bennett July 24 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Culture Club July 24 SSH HEE RRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Chaka Khan July 24 TTU U SSCCAALL O OO O SSAA AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Jason Aldean, Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs July 25 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Monsta X July 25 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mitch Fatel July 26 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Western Medication, Step Sisters July 26 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Yanni July 26 MIILLLLEE RR PPLLAAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Las Cafeteras July 27 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) The Pauses, The Mailboxes, Side Affect, The Forum July 27 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Alex Williams Band July 27 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Milele Roots July 27 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Mitch Fatel July 27 HII FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Universal Sigh July 27 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT LLAAK K EEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Weezer, Pixies July 27 HEEAAVVEE N H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta)
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Quicksand, Glassjaw July 27 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) Michael McDonald July 27 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Anita Baker July 27 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Mitch Fatel July 28 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga)Over Easy, Sunsap, Dr. B & the Ease, Art Smashes Records July 28 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Howling Brothers July 28 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Nashville) Weezer, Pixies July 28 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Dispatch, Nahko & Medicine For the People, Raye Zaragoza July 28 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Yes July 28 O AAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Pelham, AL) Counting Crows, Live July 28 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Anita Baker July 28 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Mitch Fatel July 29 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Do Ya Hear We July 29 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Keith Urban, Kelsia Ballerini July 29 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Panic! At the Disco, Arizona, Hayley Kiyoko July 29 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Counting Crows, Live July 29 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Shelby Lynne July 29 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) The English Beat July 29 CC EELLLLA AII RRII SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE AATT LLAAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) “Vans Warped Tour” July 31 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Pentatonix July 31 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Nahko And Medicine For The People, Xiuhtezcatl August 1 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper August 1 TT H HEE CCO O CC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) O.A.R., Matt Nathanson August 1 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Black Label Society August 1 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad August 2 CC EELLLLA AII RRII SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE AATT LLAAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Kesha, Macklemore August 2 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) Donavon Frankenreiter August 2 O AAK O KN NO OU UN N TTAAIIN N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Pelham, AL) Pentatonix August 2 RREEG G IIO ON N SS FFIIEE LLD D (Birmingham) Todd Snider August 2 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Sugarland, Lindsay Eli, Frankie Ballard August 2 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Tomar and the FCs August 3 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad August 3 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Velcro Pygmies August 3 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Sugarland, Lindsay Eli, Frankie Ballard August 3 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Phish August 3 FFRREE D DRRIICC K K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Peachtree City, GA) Creedence Clearwater
Revisited August 3 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Ms. Lauryn Hill August 3 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Arrested Development August 3 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dave Barnes August 3 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad August 4 VVEERRIIZZO ON NW W IIRREELLEE SSSS A AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Alpharetta, GA) Phish August 4 NEE W N WTTO OW WN N PPA ARRK K (Jones Creek, GA) Sister Hazel August 4 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A BBO OTT A AN NII CCA ALL G GA ARRD DEE N N (Atlanta) Mary Chapin Carpenter August 4 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Janelle Monae, St. Beauty August 4 TTH H EE SSH HEE D DA ATT SSM MO OK KYY M MO OU UN N TT A AIIN NH H AARRLLEEYY DA D AVVIID DSS O ON N ((Maryville, TN) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood August 4 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad August 5 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) “Lost 80s Live” Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, Animotion, Berlin, Nu Shooz, Farrington and Mann Original When In Rome UK August 5 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Janelle Monae, St. Beauty August 5 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Bettye LaVette August 5 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Phish August 5 NA N ASSH H VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ms. Lauryn Hill August 5 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Alejandro Escovedo, Hayes Carll August 5 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gordon Lightfoot August 6 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Reverend Horton Heat, Wayne “The Train” Hancock August 8 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart August 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Guided By Voices August 8 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Amanda Shires, Cory Branan August 8 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 9 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Mary Chapin Carpenter August 9 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Michelle Malone August 9 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Joe Bonamassa August 9 FFIIRRSSTT TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More, Bad Wolves August 9 TTH H EE LLYYRRIICC TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Birmingham) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy August 9 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic August 9 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Sam Bush August 9 MIILLLLEE RR PPLLA M AZZA A (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Lillie Mae August 10 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 10 WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Todd Rundgren August 10 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Strung Like A Horse August 10 MEE RRCC EE D M DEESS BBEEN NZZ SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Taylor Swift August 10 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS A AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT LL AAK KEEW WO OO OD D
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(Atlanta) Slayer, Testament, Napalm Death, Anthrax, Lamb of God August 10 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) The Alarm August 10 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Joe Bonamassa August 10 JJA AM MEE SS K K.. PPO O LLK K TT H HEE AATTRREE (Nashville) David Cross August 10 HAARRD H DIISS O ON NM MIILLLL FFAARRM M CCO ON NCC EERRTT H H AALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek August 10 OAAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Pelham, AL) The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush August 10 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Paul Childers August 11 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 11 NIISSSSAAN N N SSTT AAD DIIU UM M (Nashville) Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Thomas Rhett, Brandon Lay August 11 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Alarm August 11 HAARRD H DIISS O ON NM MIILLLL FFAARRM M CCO ON NCC EERRTT H H AALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek August 11 MEERRCC EED M D EESS BBEE N NZZ SSTT AAD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Taylor Swift August 11 SSYYM M PPH HIIO ON NYY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) David Cross August 11 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Stephanie Mills, Joe, Jeff Tweedy, Ready For The World August 11 VVEE RRIIZZO ON N AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATTRREE (Alpharetta, GA) Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco August 11 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy August 11 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Amanda Shires, Cory Branan August 11 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 12 NAASSH N H VVIILL LLEE M MU UN NII CCIIPPAALL AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Slayer, Testament, Napalm Death Lamb of God, Anthrax August 12 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) “LSD Tour” Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, King Leg August 12 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) J. Cole August 12 VVEE RRIIZZO ON N AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATTRREE (Alpharetta, GA) Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Nothing More, Bad Wolves August 12 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Tory Lanez August 12 AVVO A ON ND D AALLEE BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPAAN N YY (Birmingham) Umphreys McGee August 12 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) The Alarm August 12 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Franz Ferdinand August 13 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT LLAAK K EEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson August 14 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Lyle Lovett August 14 SSTTA ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Wiz Khalifa, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Skies August 14 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Franz Ferdinand August 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Natalie Prass August 15 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Turtles feat. Flo & Eddie, Mark Lindsay, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, The Cowsill, The Association, Chuck Negron August 15 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Carlos Mencia August 16 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT LLAAK K EEW WO OO OD D
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(Atlanta) Shinedown, Godsmack, Red Sun Rising August 16 M IILLLLEERR PPLL AAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Meadow Mountain August 17 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Torpedoes Be Damned August 17 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Carlos Mencia August 17 N AASSH N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL A AU UD DIITT O O RRII U UM M (Nashville) Paul Rodgers/Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson August 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Toto August 17 CC O OU UN NTT RRYY TTO ON NIITT EE TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) “The Ultimate Doo-Wap Party” Bowser, The Drifters, The Tokens, Johnny Contardo, Rocky And The Rollers, Gene “Duke of Earl” Chandler, Matt Cordell, Terry Thomas August 17 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Carlos Mencia August 18 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS SS O OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Neon Moon August 18 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Jason Mraz, Brett Dennen August 18 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Toto August 18 TT H HEE RRO OW W (Nashville) The Fixx August 18 TT H HEE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Dee Snider August 18 TT H HEE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) JJ Grey & Mofro August 19 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Jason Mraz, Brett Dennen August 19 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Justin Townes Earle, Band of Heathens August 19 BBA ASSEE M MEEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Sleigh Bells August 19 CC A ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H HEE VVYY W WO OO OD DSS A ATT FF O ON N TTEE N NEE LL (Whites Creek, TN) Gov’t Mule, The Magpie Salute August 19 SSU UN N TT RRU USSTT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Lauren Daigle August 19 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) “Voodoo Theauxdown” Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kermit Ruffins, Cyril Neville, Galactic, Walter “Wolfman” Washington August 19 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Umphrey’s McGee August 19 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Journey, Def Leppard August 20 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Mary Gauthier August 21 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Cake, Ben Folds, Tall Heights August 21 CC EELLLL A AIIRRIISS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE A ATT LLA AK KEE W WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Wiz Khalifa, Rae Srommurd, Lil Skies August 21 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Chad Prather August 22 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Jeff Beck August 22 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Mike Farris August 23 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Chad Prather August 23 VVA AN ND D EERRBBIILLTT SSTT AAD DII U UM M (Nashville) Jay-Z, Beyonce August 23 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Jesse Colin Young August 23 M IILLLLEERR PPLL AAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Laila Biali August 24 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Keith Urban, Kellsea Ballerini August 24
Here Comes the Judge - Gary Humble Looks to Continue His Public Service to The Community of Signal Mountain As Judge With 38 years experience upholding the law of the land both on a federal level and private practice, Gary Humble strikes fear into the bad guys upholding his oath to serve. Over the course of his career he has tried more than a hundred felony criminal jury trials and civil cases and resolved many hundreds more. Not content to sit still Humble has decided to run for Signal Mountain Town Judge. We were luck enough to speak with the candidate about law politics and his Signal Mountain community.
division, I had no interest in criminal cases but, at the time, I was in the trial section and they were doing a lot of criminal antitrust cases and so I started doing that. I said, “This is fun. I like doing that.” I just got more involved with
hard, and got interested in things that I had never even dreamed of. So, I got interested in antitrust law. Then, when I went to the antitrust
the criminal side of it. Then I went and took a job with Joe diGenova at the U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. and did criminal cases there. Then I took a job here in 1987 with the U.S. Attorney’s office and came back to Chattanooga. That’s how I got from where I started to where I am and I meem m bbee rr,, dduu rrii nngg tt hhee never would have expected it II rr eem R R e e a a g g a a n n aadd m miinnii sstt rraatt iioonn,, hhee on the front end. I didn’t have maadd ee aa ppooiinntt ooff bb rreeaakk iinngg uupp aa m any plans. lloott ooff m moonnoopp oolliieess aanndd bb aassiiccaall -DDoonn’’ tt aanntt iittrruu sstt llaaw wss iinnvvoo llvvee llyy ff oorr cciinngg ccoom mpp eettiittiioo nn ssoo tt hhaatt maakk iinngg ssuu rree tthh aatt tthh eerree aarreenn’’tt pp rriiccee ss w m woo uu lldd ggoo dd oow w nn.. II w waa ss moo nnoopp oo lliiee ss,, w m whh eerree oo nnee bb uuss ii-- w w oonnddee rriinngg w w hhaatt yyoo uu tthhiinnkk ooff
YY oouu ’’vvee hhaa dd aa dd iissttiinngguu iisshh eedd ccaarreeeerr,, iinn ffeedd eerraall pp rroossee ccuu ttiioonn aanndd iinn pprriivvaatt ee pprraaccttiiccee.. W Whh aatt iinniittiiaallllyy ggoott yyoouu iinntteerree sstteedd iinn llaaw w?? I didn’t know a lawyer growing up and I loved history. At UTC, I studied history, I got my undergraduate degree in history, and it was either go to graduate school for history or go to law school without any idea of what I was going
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to do. I just had confidence that God would open a door and the law would give me a lot of options, so I went that route. When I was in school, I had no idea what I was going to do. I just tried to do the best that I could, worked
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It is. I mean, in criminal antitrust cases in particular, and a lot of civil cases… price-fixing is what generally what is prosecuted criminally – price-fixing, bid rigging… and what happens is competitors get together and basically form a monopoly. So you can have ostensible competitors who are getting together and agreeing on prices and dividing up markets – geographic and product markets – and such actions restrain trade and have the effect of increasing prices to the public and consumers. A monopoly, of course, is where you have one company that has market power and has the ability to raise prices due to their market power. So the effect is really the same. It’s just a different way of approaching it. Of course, there are different statutes under the antitrust law but Section 1 of the Sherman Act is the one that is one of the primary vehicles of enforcement and the section for competitors and then Section 2 is the monopoly.
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my head, frankly. Unless you get involved and get in the weeds with those things, it can be very difficult to decide what the facts are. That’s why those cases last so long, because the judge is trying to decide what the product market is, the territorial market … you almost have to do a complete expose of the industry in order to get to the bottom of it. That’s about the best I can tell you.
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people are so nice over there. I have just thoroughly enjoyed getting to know a lot more of the bar and a lot more of the judges by virtue of being over there. I’ve enjoyed that a lot.
I’ve spent most of my time, actually, in state court and have learned a lot of law. I’ve had a couple of things in federal court but the vast majority of my time has been devoted to state court cases. I’ve done civil and criminal. It’s been a wonderful learning experience for me. The practice in state court is so much different that federal court. People that have experienced both, I’m sure, are amazed like I am at what the differences are. State court is a lot of fun for me because the
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I’m not sure how feared I was. I hope I was respected. A lot of my time was spent on public corruption cases and complex fraud cases. I also did a lot of other things as well. Felony possession cases are a very common thing. It used to be in the U.S. Attorney’s office that you handled whatever involved the United States in court so that, twenty-five years or even twenty years ago, we wouldn’t just be handling criminal cases, we’d be doing civil cases as well. So I tried slips and falls at the Post Office. I tried a wrongful death case. You just get all kinds of different experiences there. You know, go to bankruptcy court. Ninety to ninety-five percent of what I did over the years was criminal. I got a lot of the public corruption cases and the fraud cases. ENIGMA
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I think the vast majority of people on Signal Mountain want to try to keep it like it is, keep the small town aspect of the environment. Try to avoid problems from increased traffic and things like that. I say that just as a citizen living up
there because obviously the judgeship’s got nothing to do with that but, of course, I’m like everybody else. I have opinions about things.
AAfftt eerr aallll tt hhiiss ttiim mee iinn pp uubb lliicc aanndd pp rriivvaa ttee pprraacctt iiccee,, w whhyy aarree yyoouu llooookkiinngg ttoo m moovvee ttoo tt hhee bbee nncchh?? Because I have a lot of experience. I’ll be sixty-four years old Sunday and I’ve got thirtyeight years of practice. I’ve tried a lot of cases. I think I have something of value to contribute. I think I can do the job well. It’s a part-time job and I’m not looking to do something full-time. I like having some flexibility with my time, so the fact that it is a part-time job is very attractive and it’s something where I can make a positive contri-
bution. When I was a prosecutor, I went to work every day for thirty-one years trying to make the community better. I had some really good people to work with and I think we made a positive difference in a kit if ways, the public corruption cases like with the sheriff, Billy Long. Because of that case, he couldn’t continue to be sheriff and I think that was a good thing for the community. I think that some of the cases involving corrupt police officers, those are good things for the community. Of course, having said that, the vast majority of police and law enforcement, ninety-nine percent of them, were fantastic and really cared about people and it’s law enforcement that investigate their own. Those are police and federal agents that are han-
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dling those investigations. It’s something that good law enforcement always wants to make sure gets done. You want to weed out the bad apples because the men and women that comprise ninetynine percent of it take pride in what they do and really have a positive influence. I think that’s a good thing for the community.
opses of Tennessee Appellate Court opinions, every day they come out, and I read those. That helps keep me current on Tennessee law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit publishes their opinions, whether they are recommended for publication or not. I look at those to keep current and to learn about changes in the law. So, in a sense, it’s just something Ass iinn ss oo m A maannyy ffiieelldd ss tthhee ssee that you do every day to try to ddaayyss,, llaaw wyyeerrss hh aavvee ccoonnttiinnuu iinngg learn and improve because eedd uuccaatt iioo nn rree qquu iirr eem mee nntt ss aa ss the law is always changing. weellll.. HHoow w wm muucchh ttiim mee dd oo yyoouu sspp eenndd kk eeee ppii nngg uu pp w w iitthh - Dave Weinthal cchh aannggeess iinn tthhee llaaw w aass w weellll aass sshhiifftt ss iinn ppuu bblliicc oopp iinniioo nn?? IIss iitt aa The election for Signal Mountain Town Judge takes nneevveerr-- eennddiinngg pprroocceessss?? place on August 2. For more In a way, it is never-ending. information go to www.garyThe Tennessee Bar humblelaw.com Association publishes syn-
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The Art of... Beating The System Excuse my while I grab a some popcorn, a drink and sit back and watch – and laugh. I shouldn’t laugh though, it’s kind of sad.
made it their mission to destroy him and any of his policies and followers. His personality doesn’t mesh with mine – or many people but
Ever since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for leader of the free world three years ago it has become “Must See TV”. It took me a while to warm up to the current U.S. president, but I finally did. It’s not been a smooth road for me as I’ve had plenty of face palm and WTF moments, but by and large I like a lot of what I’ve seen on his part while still questioning many.
do so by the media that creat- a beauty contest (Miss ed this juggernaut of an ego- Universe pageant) and is given his own reality TV show maniac. after that to boot. I remember as a kid seeing What I find laughable is how the media tries to continually destroy (in my personal opinion) Donald Trump. They don’t see the irony that they created this so-called monster. They have no one to blame than themselves. And Trump likewise used this notoriety and actual business acumen to achieve the highest throne imaginable – leader of the free world.
There is no question Trump has an over-inflated ego but you can’t argue with a lot of Trump on all these talk shows it’s not his fault. It’s the fault what he says – sure you will, and every host kissing his of the very media that has after all you’ve been told to behind. During the ‘80s he was the poster boy for making money and having a lavish lifestyle. He was even hawking his book “The Art of the Deal”. I rolled my eyes when I The Best of New Wave, Post looked at the book. His taste Modern Classics and Other was gaudy, he had his name on everything and everyone Odd Stuff loved him. I never understood why a real estate guy from New York was on the international news. I remember seeing pictorials of “The Donald” as they called him with his wife, Ivana. I remember when he was cheating on her with Marla Maples who lived 30 miles Wednesdays at 5pm est. on wawl.org away from me. He then buys
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The hypocrisy of the opposition was never more evident than when a reporter went out not long ago and asked about a particular Trump policy. Every person being asked all loved the policy when they told it was a Hillary Clinton idea or Trump’s name wasn’t mentioned. When they heard it was a Trump policy they stuttered and immediately opposed it. Very adult. The fact Donald Trump does not have full support should make you believe he’s not a true part of the political system. You would think that would make a lot of people jump for joy. The traditional, out of touch two-party system was finally beat. But no. It should concern you how
vicious the two-party establishment system has gone fullthrottle to try and eliminate this president just short of an assassination, but after the words of Maxine Waters, can that be far behind? If there was ever a time for anarchy in the U.S., that, by all means is when we should go to war – not over silly insults, harsh words or typos.
Democratic Party gets easily offended by Trump’s words. While at times crass, I’ll admit and even some questionable behavior while a private citizen. Since he began his run for office he’s been accused of being every kind of “phobe” or “ist” you can think of. I believe they even invented a few just to add insult to injury. While his behavior in the past with women may not I find it hilarious that the have been the best, I find it
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has always been way more hostile towards women than anything we actually know of Trump saying or actually doing. I found great irony that the two major political parties put two flawed candidates up for the office with a combined age of 140. For well over a decade the GOP has been mocked as being out of touch and the party of old white
guys. The 2016 primaries saw a lot of new blood with most of the candidates in the field being in their 40s and early 50s with both sexes, black, white and even two candidates of Cuban heritage (Cruz and Rubio). The Democrats on the other hand’s youngest candidate was in his late 50s with the rest in their mid and late 60s. I thought the party represented youth and change. Apparently not. I still remember watching then freshman senator Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 convention and knew things for going to change in our political system. Four years later he was the surprise nominee (another upset loss for Hillary Clinton). Obama served two terms as president that up to that point was one of the most polarizing administrations. Obama has radical roots and the party seemed to embrace that. But when your plans are for all intents and purposes a complete failure and saw both the House and Senate have control taken over by the Republicans, I guess it’s time to regroup. What the former president brought to the party was a new way to campaign. Known as a community organizer he followed along with the script to Saul Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals”. Obama lived by rule number four, in the which was to ridicule your opponent. He brought former Speaker of the House John Boehner to tears a number of
times and often made a group of uptight Republicans look silly and out of touch with the American people. What the Democrats and everyone else didn’t expect was for Trump to use their own playbook against them. From day one Trump took to ridiculing his opponents in the primaries and then in the election. He still does now in office when someone disagrees with him and for all intents and purposes is rude to him. No one in decades had ever seen a Republican candidate stand their ground as Trump. Other candidates would not of fared as well from the onslaught of attacks he received on the campaign trail and even today as I write this. He seems to thrive on the attacks. But what happened in between the insults is what critics haven’t picked up on. He addressed issues that every American cares about – finances, security and Constitutional rights.
like little children and toss them a treat here and there for complacency offering more financial aid for their citizens and even non-citizens than any other country in the world. The government has become that bad parent who takes the family out to dinner once a week and let’s them order anything off the menu they want and at Christmas spend a lot of money on presents to try and get you to forget how band a parent they really are. They create a codependence where the government wants to take away as many inalienable rights as they can because they want you to believe you need them
The old political system for generations have been busy creating another social class in our country that was the reason we initially declared our independence from England. The political parties along with the aid of big business local an abroad have been reestablishing a ruling class. Our elections have become a sham. Sure we can vote for a candidate but what we see, hear and learn about a particular candidate is controlled by this class of people. In turn they treat the citizen’s ENIGMA
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to make those choices for you. Trump harkens back to the Reagan era. And if you read about that era you will see Reagan met similar attacks on character. They were more civil without riots and vandalism. And as much of an egomaniac I always thought Trump was, he’s going through with his vision to make the country better and succeeding. He of course “has” to win. I don’t think his ego can take defeat and for some reason it hasn’t to date.
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Bassist John Deacon Is An Overlooked Component In The Success Of Queen When the long anticipated Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody finally makes it to screens across the country, most viewers will be focused on the performance of Rami Malik in his role as Freddie Mercury. As the lead vocalist and front man, the charismatic Mercury was naturally the face
of the band. Fans of that unique electric guitar that enhances most of Queen ‘s songs will no doubt be paying close attention to the performance of Gwylim Lee, who in the film will be portraying Brian May.
People who appreciate the group’s percussion, especially on hits like “You’re My Best Friend” and “We Will Rock You,” might focus more of their attention on Ben Hardy as drummer Roger Tay!or.
did portend that Deacon had a knack for coming up with a pop hook.
Probably the least examined role will be that filled by actor Joseph Mazzello, who will appear as bass player John Deacon. Even though he was the composer of several of Queen’s biggest hits, Deacon has always been the least recognized among the glam rock quartet.
hitherto been absent. His “You’re My Best Friend” serves as a tender complement to the wrath of tracks such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Death On Two Legs”, helping Queen draw more mainstream listeners.
In fact, on the next album A Night At the Opera, Deacon was responsible for showing off a sweet side of the band that had
His sole track on album four, A Day At the Races, provided an acoustic love ballad simply titled “You and I.” That acoustic approach was greatly enhanced on Deacon’s pieces for the next record, News of the World.
While the other three members have all been contributing songs since the band’s selftitled debut record, it was not until the Sheer Heart Attack album that Deacon offered his On no other Queen song is the own composition. acoustic guitar as elegant as it “Misfire” may not rank as high is on “Who Needs You”, a song as “Killer Queen” or “Flick of whose bitter lyrics are placed the Wrist” on that album, but it on a beautiful musical backENIGMA
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Game to the top of the charts, also aided by another Deacon song that became a minor single called “Need Your Loving Tonight.” Deacon continued to pen hits for the quartet, his “I Want To Break Free” becoming the highlight of a record called The Works. That title could have provided insight to the personality of its writer, who never seemed to relish the attention that comes with being in a famous rock band.
numerous opportunities to do reunions after Mercury passed away. May and Taylor did a tour with vocalist Paul Rodgers, but Deacon politely declined to join them. Nor did he take part in the making of the upcoming biopic, allowing Taylor and May to preside over its progress. It appears that once Freddie Mercury died, Deacon did indeed break free of any tie the band held on him.
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ground. The only song on the album that comes close to being as good is “Spread Your Wings”, which is Deacon’s second offering for News of the World. He also has two songs to the follow up called Jazz, one a pop rock dirty and the other a love ballad with the title “In Only Seven Days.” Neither became a huge hit, but Deacon would
soon pen the song that helped Queen become a standard at sporting events all across America. The bass line has become one of the most recognizable musical introductions in the history of rock, as people from three generations can easily identify “Another One Bites the Dust” by just a few notes into it. That huge hit send the album The
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Nine Music Artists Named After Attire Always a painful undertaking, my bi-yearly trip to pay my insurance bill did have a pleasant consequence today. A conversation with my agent about music, prompted by the tee shirt I was wearing, eased the fact that almost three ©Dave Weinthal
The Jo Boxers “Just Got Lucky” has endured as their most recognizable songs, many of which sparkle with that New Wave sheen from the Eighties. Hollywod Argyles Singles like the one about a cave man named Alley Oop made a star of this guy whose name is associated with socks. Los Straightjackets These guys were the dominant instrumental guitar band of the Nineties, cranking out albums blending metal, rockabilly and jazz. Corduroy Denim would seem a more likely pants material to inspire a band name, but this acid jazz quartet went with an even heavier material.
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The Cardigans Nina Persson fronted this Swedish band who had consistent chart success in the late Nineties, topped by “Lovefool.”
thousand dollars would be deduct- The Psychedelic Furs ed from my already meager sav- PETA might not be big fans of these “Pretty In Pink” musicians if their ings. name did indeed refer to clothing Since he recognized the Elvis Costello album cover on my chest, the agent told me he liked most of the early records like My Aim Is True, Armed Forces and Get Happy. He then explained that he once played drums in an Elvis Costello cover band, and he in particular loved to play “Watching the Detectives.” That long extinct band lasted just a few months, he said, and as far as ©Dave Weinthal he knew there were no other such Psychedelic Furs groups around. When I got home I made an unsuccessful internet search for that band, which he had or something to be worn. identified as The Red Shoes after one of Costello’s most famous char- Golden Earring “Radar Love” made the Top Ten” acteristics. but the Dutch rockers had to wait That name made me think of other another twenty years to reach that groups who referred to themselves mark again, when they scored with as articles of clothing or acces- “The Twilight Zone.” sories. Here are the nine I came up Boots Randolph wth. Saxophone was relatively unknown in country music before Randolph Plain White T’s The pop quintet hit it big with “Hey showed Nashville that brass could There Delilah” and they have been enhance honky tonk tunes. releasing power pop records like - Doug Poe Big Bad World ever since. ENIGMA
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Limahl’s Too Shy But NeverEnding Story No ‘80s playlist is complete without the song, “Too Shy”. The song rocketed up the charts hitting number one in a number of countries and the top five in the United States. Kajagoogoo was fronted by vocalist Limahl (nee Christopher Hamill). You couldn’t turn on MTV at the time without seeing the video and the style and hair(!) of both the singer and the rest of the band. After the highly successful “White Feathers” that featured the song, Limahl left the band. In 1984 he had equal success as a solo artist with the title track for the movie “The NeverEnding Story” that reached number one and two in Europe and peaked at number six in the United States. The band dissolved in 1985 and reformed for a one-off show in 2003 before reforming in 2007 with Limahl back fronting the band since 2008. I recently spoke with the iconic singer as he was preparing for his first ever tour of the United States.
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It had a really strong visual component and a really strong sound. It was a new visual and it was a new sound. In the U.K., it came out of a
of the late ‘70s, with what was going on socially, people just wanted to be optimistic. So, we had these great images from people like Culture Club, Eurhythmics, Soft Cell, Marc Almond, Duran Duran all of these… people loved the escapism. Moreover, I think that is why the early ‘80s made such a global statement.
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very depressed state… the country was in a depressed state. The unions were calling strikes and the miners were fighting the government in the late ‘70s. So, we had power cuts because the whole state relied on coal for power. Then came punk. It was pain, it was spitting, and it was dark and really quite unmelodic. It was like a social comment, a social state. Then, when new wave came along around 1980, we had the arrival of the synthesizer. The beautiful sounds of these machines that no one had really heard before and then polyphonic as opposed to quadraphonic. We started seeing quadraphonic synthesizer sounds coming into late ‘70s disco records, but then they went polyphonic so you had Human League, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, people like that… guitar was certainly never more out of vogue than in ‘80-‘81, certainly in the U.K. Together with these sounds and this backlash against punk and this dark period ENIGMA
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Of course, it had an impact. The idea of a twenty-four hour music video channel was so exciting because, if you liked music, as most people did, if you like radio, as most people did, here you had the added musical bonus. You could hear your favorite songs and watch the artist perform, maybe, some kind of a story in the video, get some special effects of whatever. So it was phenomenal. It had a huge impact. And I think we all remember, don’t we, that the first song played on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” which was obviously perfect for the launch of their station. It’s almost as if they commissioned it… (laughs) it may be one of those best-kept secrets, because you imagine the corporate mentality, the financial gamble, the risk to the investors… they may approached someone like Trevor Horn and said, ”You know what? Can you give us a song that throws the switch on? We’re going to do it.”
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sure it got that much airplay. I thought it was cool. I thought it was punk. The punk charts were made up from sales, not a combination and airplay, which is how they’d done it for thirty years. So, of course, it became corrupted. You can have a large label, with a team going around the record shops around the U.K. buying the single so they can get it charted, because soon as it’s on the charts, it goes up totally because you have a system like that. A lot of the stuff I listened to was incredibly melodic. I mean, come on! When we were talking about searching for all the records like from all the artists at Motown, so much Dozier-HollandDozier, all those amazing records and production… so punk, to me, was such a long way from that. I think quality records have stood II hh aa vvee nnoottii ccee dd,, ll ii sstt eennii nngg ttoo the test of time. 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D maa yybbee yyoouu bought as a kid was Motown. I tthhii nngg ii nn tthhee bbaanndd tthhaa tt m weenntt went to a local independent record gguuyy ss hhaa ddnn’’tt ss eeeenn bbeeffoorree yy oouu w shop and it was so exciting. iinnttoo tthh ee ss ttuuddiioo?? Exchanging my pocket money or money I earned from gardening or Oh, lots of things. Colin was a mondelivering newspapers or whatever ster music producer. At that time, it was … I’d go in with and spend in order to work in a music studio, 35p – a little less than 50¢ then – you had to have some kind of for one single. So excited to go in degree in sound production. You and be like, “Oh my God, I am so would have practiced it. You excited. What song can I buy this wouldn’t be what we call, in the week?” I was the kid in the class industry, a “tape op” at the studios. that was crazy about music. I just You would have had to study to get escaped in music so much that I qualifications. So, there were certhought I wanted to be in this tain trick and ways of doing things process that makes people feel so in the studio that we learned good. Because I thought that about. The whole thing was very sounded like a great way to use analog-based, which was wonderyour time, your energy, you know? ful, because when I listen to my So, that’s really where it first start- Spotify playlist and it jumps from ed for me: those first records when something quite old to something I was twelve-years old. Wait, I was quite new, I really hear that digital ten years old, so it’d be about difference. I miss the warmth of ’68,’69. old analog. I like, and I am proud of the fact, that White Feathers was YY oouu w weerr ee ii nn aa ss hhoorr tt--llii vveedd ppuu nnkk done on analog tape. It just gives it bbaanndd aanndd w waa ss ee vveenn aann eexx ttrraa iinn aa nn that amazing warmth. Same with AAddaam mA Anntt vviiddeeoo.. D D oo yyoouu ffeeee ll yyoouu The NeverEnding Story. I’m trying wee rr ee m w moorr ee ccoom mffoorrttaa bbllee ss ii nnggiinngg to think of your original question nneew ww w aavvee tthh aann ssii nnggiinngg ppuu nnkk ?? ‘cause I’ve gone off on a tangent (laughs)… oh yeah, so from Colin, I didn’t like punk, though there you had all that old school mentalwere two bands… ‘cause now with ity of how to produce and engineer that wonderful thing called hind- a sound and then, with Nick, you sight, “London Calling,” by The had someone who had been Clash, great song. I couldn’t hear it involved in the process of crafting at the time ‘cause when you saw pop songs, and sometimes you got that kind of aggression coming at to be ruthless. Because when you you on the TV screens… I’m not have a band and you have five budget for the “Too Shy” video was £30,000, which was about $50,000. You could get the same video now for about £5,000, because of the way technology has come along. You had that kind of investment from the record companies, who saw the potential a video could have. So I don’t think they were neglecting the music. They just saw it as a kind of music. Of course, ultimately, artists had to pay for it. That £30,000 was recouped from future earnings. So, you’re spending you own money to invest in your band and your brand. It was fun. It was so exciting. You were writing a lyric to a song and you saw it. You couldn’t help it because of the atmosphere. You couldn’t help but picture. “Oh, I can see the video for this already.” (laughs)
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musicians, they all want what they want. You know, the guitarist wants the guitar louder the drummer wants the drums louder… and so is really important to have that kind of efficient person – the head chef in the kitchen - who can take charge. That’s why bands need managers because bands and musicians will fall out over stuff like that. So, that’s what they brought to it. But, more than that, I had met Nick Rhodes at the Embassy Club on Bond Street, London, where I was a waiter. I served him a drink and started telling him all about my band. To my amazement, he was very interested. He said to me, “Send me your cassette. Send me your demos.” So I sent him a cassette to the address he gave me with all my details. A week later, he phoned me up and he said, “I really like the demos. I’m going to go to Ian at our record company and tell
original demo. There was a second demo, where it was tweaked. Then there was the actual recording. The actual song is the third recording. It was one of those wonderful accidents where you are just playing around with ideas. When we first started the track, the intro… of course, we all love the intro with that great bass line and then, when we got to the verse, it was really flat. And we all went, “We need to do something better there.” We kept that kind of warmth underneath going, and then we wrote the middle. What’s interesting is that, around the world, “Too Shy” has become kind of this ‘80s classic. I often say to the new songwriters and new musician that I meet, “ The really good stuff, the really unusual, the unique, the fresh, the hard to find… we’ve got a century of relics… you’ve got to dig deep.” And I think that is why “Too Shy”
him I would like to produce you.” That was really lucky. Nick was already thinking outside the Duran Duran box, thinking, “What else can I do that would be interesting music?” It’s a bit like the actor that becomes a director or producer. He was already thinking about other roles for himself. It’s really smart for a guy 22, 23, 24 years old.
has become a kind of ‘80s classic.
W aass ““ TT oooo SShh yy”” tthh ee ss oonngg yy oouu W tthhoouugghhtt w woouulldd bbee bbiigg ooffff tthhee aa llbbuum m oorr w w eerree tthhee rree ootthh eerr ssoonnggss tthhaa tt maayybbee yyoouu pprr eeffeerr rree dd oovveerr tthhaa tt oorr m maayybbee w m wee rree m moorree ttoo yyoouu rr ttaass ttee?? The amazing thing, that cassette that I gave him – “Too Shy” was not on that. He liked other songs. I think there were four songs on that demo. “White Feathers” was one of them with “This Car Is Fast” and I can’t remember the other two. Could’ve been “Lies and Promises.” “Too Shy” came later and it really evolved. There were three recordings of “Too Shy.” There was an
OOuutt ooff yyoouurr eennttiirr ee ccaattaall oogguuee ,, ssoolloo aanndd w wii tthh KKaajj aaggooooggoooo,, iiss tthheerree oonnee ssoonngg tthhaatt iiss yyoouurr ffaa vvoorr iittee ttoo ppee rr -ffoorr m m?? I love “Too Shy.” It’s weird, because people talk about the curse of the one big hit. I’m sure Whitney got fed up with performing “I Will Always Love You.” Celine probably is fed up performing the Titanic song. There are many other examples of that, of course. The reaction of the crowd, when they hear the song, is what keeps it fresh for you – the artist – every time. I’ve had people come up to me on the streets with headphones on and say, “I am listening to you right now on my Spotify!” or listening on Apple Music. People tell me it was the first record they bought or it was played at the first dance of a wedding. So these people let me know what a significant part “Too Shy” has been in their lives, what ENIGMA
joy it gives to people. I am so proud of that. It sounds a bit cheesy, I’m sorry but it’s very special to me because I remember being in the apartment when we first got that basic idea. I still have a cassette. We were just working on the verse of the song, and the phone’s ringing in the background and we’re running some sort of cassette player ‘cause that’s what you do. You have to record everything when you’re writing, just in case you come up with an idea and forget it five minutes later. “What was that riff you did three minutes ago?” “Three minutes ago? I haven’t a clue” … “Too Shy” is really up there. I love a song called “Hang On Now.” I really like that song. I perform it still. You know, they are nostalgic for me, as well. Looking back, I was 23, 24 and, suddenly, we’ve got this worldwide number one, top five in America, and we’re traveling the world. I’ve from a working-class background. My family had absolutely no money. My father was a miner. Here I am, performing at the Royal Variety show in London and I was at the Palladium in London, meeting all these amazing contemporaries, Princess Diana and Freddie Mercury. The list goes on … that song! When it came out on January 3, the December before, it was the year I was at my record label building on Manchester Square in London. One of the executives pulled me aside in the corridor and said, “Look, Limahl, you know your single comes out in January and just wanted to let you know it won’t be a hit. It could sort of put you on the map.” They were thinking long-term. They had plans for the band. So, it was “Don’t get too upset. “ I remember spending the entire Christmas a bit down, because the words he said to me, they were ringing in my ears like a nightmare. He said, “Your first single will not be a hit.” And he was so wrong… (laughs)… so wrong. I am so glad that he was so wrong. The value of “Too Shy”’ went up even more after that, because of what he had said.
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1. Father John Misty 2. Frank Turner 3. Arctic Monkeys 4. Dr. Dog 5. Jim Donovan & The Sun King Warriors 6. Beach House 7. Lake Street Dive 8. Eels 9. The Jayhawks 10. Rainbow Kitten Surprise 11. Greta Van Fleet 12. River Whyless 13. Matthew Sweet 14. Courtney Barnett 15. Death Cab For Cutie 16. Sting & Shaggy 17. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 18. The Decemberists 19. Weezer 20. Childish Gambino
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Paul McCartney 2. Young the Giant 3. Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Robert Plant Turns It Up On A HOt Summer Evening As shocking as it may sound to my music snob friends I was never a really big Led Zeppelin fan or one of Robert Plant. I’m not sure why, it’s not like they ever did anything to me. Their blues-infused heavy rock wasn’t my thing when they came out. Kids today that listen to music don’t know what they’ve missed out being born in the last couple of decades. While I may sound like an old fart saying it, your music sucks. There’s no other way to accurately put it. From the mid ‘60s to the late ‘90s there was so much diversity in music and when Zeppelin came out in the late ‘60s rock and roll as a genre was barely a teenager. There was a lot of originality and everything seemed new. Granted, music since the beginning of time borrowed from itself and pay homage to itself
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of Led Zeppelin songs I like – dare I say, love. I even remember where I was when I heard about Jon Bonham dying. I was on the soccer field at my high school. It was surreal because two years earlier when in junior high I remember when I heard about the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash (walking down the stairs at school). And prior to this show the only time I saw Plant in concert was during his tour in support of Raising Sand, an album he recorded with Alison Krauss. Despite their well-balanced harmonies I thought he looked out of place on stage with her, having seen old footage of Led Zeppelin ©Dave Weinthal and various music videos of other energy not heard before. Badfinger and just about anything plant collaborations like the else that came on the radio – and Honeydrippers and such. Hard rock and metal was never this included Plant and company. I have listened to “Stairway to As someone who goes to dozens of Heaven” so many times my ears concerts a year, I’ve gotten to see start to bleed if it comes on the just about everyone you could radio now. It’s a great song and think of. There are only a handful perhaps the band’s signature song of artists I’ve haven’t covered or but I’ve heard it on the radio, cov- attended as a fan. I wasn’t sure ered by bands of a wide variety of what to expect as I sat out in the ability that to me it falls into the humidity of this warm summer same category as “Freebird” when- evening. To describe my impresever I hear it. I hate “Freebird” and sion of Plant and the Sensational the fan base that loves that song. Space Shifters the best word I can And as I’ve gotten older and listen think is humbling. to it more closely I appreciate the song from a performance and tal- Yes, you heard it right. As he ent standpoint. The only problem approaches 70 years of age the best is in my head I will always have a way to describe Robert Plant on visual of some redneck holding up stage is swagger. I’ve seen every their Bic lighter screaming the song title. Sad, I know but I have a similar mental image whenever I hear that song. It wasn’t long ago I saw some cover band murder the intro, which is a beautiful melodic acoustic guitar opening. They crunched the chords trying to emulate Jimmy Page and I cringe now every time I hear that song either on the radio or at some dive bar being played by a house band. through its influences. Led Zeppelin was greatly influenced by the blues and mainly the Delta blues but with a young vibrant
been my thing. I like certain songs and I can appreciate quality when I hear it. Instead of Zeppelin I listened Wings, Sweet, KISS,
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Rober t Pl ant & T h e Sensa tional R Sppace Shi fte rs Set Lis t: S The Lemon Song (Led Zeppelin song) Turn It Up The May Queen Rainbow Going to California (Led Zeppelin
Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You (Joan Baez cover) Little Maggie ([traditional] cover) Fixin’ to Die (Bukka White cover) Encore : E In the Mood Bring It On Home / Whole Lotta
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song) Love / Santianna / Whole Lotta Please Read the Letter (Jimmy Page Love (Led Zeppelin song) & Robert Plant cover) - Dave Weinthal Gallows Pole ([traditional] cover) Carry Fire
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kind of stage show, featuring some of the best front men and women in the world and now I know who a lot emulate on stage – Robert Plant. Unlike other leads, Plant is the original. He strutted around the stage in a manner that I saw Steven Tyler every time I’ve seen Aerosmith, especially the way he swings his mic stand around like a prop. Now I realize Tyler is copying Plant. And that voice… unlike the few contemporaries that remain around, he could bring it with screeching rock and roll to a more soulful blues sound. The set included a healthy mix of solo material, he put out a new album last year with the Space Shifters as his backing band, as well as songs from a band he released a few years earlier as part of the Sensational Space Shifters, as well as well-represented songs from the Led Zepplein catalog like
“The Lemon Song”, which he opened the show with and “In the Mood”, his first encore song as well as Joan Baez’s “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” and one Page/Plant song, “Please Read the Letter”. While billed as Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, the band’s role in the music was more than that of a backing band. Each member was allowed to showcase their talent and had an integral part in making up the song. Seth Lakeman, who had the opening slot on the bill, fiddle playing took center stage at one point as well as the work of Justin Adams and Liam Taylor on guitar. It was obvious this was more than just support and a team effort. The band finished the night with “Whole Lotta” love that segued to the traditional song, “Santianna” and bringing it back to “Whole Lotta Love” to end the evening. ENIGMA
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1199 5544 Two versions of “Sh-Boom” hit the US Top 10. The original version by a Black group called The Chords was at #9 and the cover version by a White group from Canada called The Crew Cuts was at #5. 11 99 5566 Brenda Lee signed her first recording contract at the age of 11 after five years of singing professionally. Little Miss Dynamite, as she was called, would go on to have a total of 29 US Top 40 singles in the 1960s, including “Sweet Nothin’s” (#4) “I’m Sorry” (#1), “Dum Dum” (#4) “Fool #1” (#3), “Break It To Me Gently” (#4) and “All Alone Am I” (#3). 1199 5577 The headlines of Billboard magazine say, “Good music may be making a comeback on the bestseller charts...but rock & roll discs continue to dominate the pop market.” 11 99 5588 Billboard magazine reports on a claim from the Esso Research Center “...tuning in Rock ‘n’ Roll music on a car radio can cost a motorist money, because the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas pedal, thus wasting fuel.”
boo-beh) which means “Lion”. 11 9966 33 The Beatles record “She Loves You”, which will be released in August and become the group’s second UK #1 hit. Adding to the song’s popularity among young people was the phrase “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah”, which was looked down upon by British establishment and in some quarters was seen to hail “the collapse of civilized society.” The Beatles’ first US album, “Introducing The Beatles” was pressed by Vee-Jay Records, who thought they had obtained the legal rights from EMI affiliate, TransGlobal Records. When it was finally released in January, 1964, Capitol Records would hit Vee Jay with an injunction against manufacturing, distributing, advertising, or otherwise disposing of records by the Beatles. After a trial, Vee-Jay was allowed to release any Beatles records that they had masters of in any form until October 15th, 1964. After that time, they no longer had the right to issue any Beatles product.
either played or sang on the 11 9966 88 record, noted session man Hal The Yardbirds wrapped up their Blaine was brought in to play final US tour before splitting up. drums. Guitarist Jimmy Page was determined to keep the act going, Jim Reeves, whose biggest hit was renaming a new line-up The New 1960’s “He’ll Have To Go”, was Yardbirds. Keith Moon of The Who killed when the small plane he was is rumored to have said “...it’ll piloting crashed near Nashville. He probably go over like a led zeppewas 39. After Reaves’ death, his lin”, thus inspiring the final name widow continued to release his change. material well into the 1980s. 11 9966 99 11 9966 77 Police in Moscow reported that Jefferson Airplane’s psychedelic after a Russian youth magazine told masterpiece “White Rabbit” readers how to convert their entered the Billboard chart, where acoustic guitars to electric by using it eventually reached #8. The song parts from a telephone, thousands became one of the first records to of public phone booths had been sneak drug references past radio vandalized. censors. It uses imagery found in 1199 7700 Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its US disc jockey Casey Kasem broad1871 sequel Through the Looking- casts his first American Top 40 Glass, such as changing size after radio show, where he counts down taking pills. the hits from the Billboard Hot 100. Replays of those shows are still in The Monkees began a 29-date tour syndication. with Jimi Hendrix as a support act. Hendrix was dropped after eight The 3-day Atlanta Pop Festival shows, being told that his music opens at Middle Georgia Raceway was not suitable for a young audi- in Byron, Georgia in front of a ence. crowd of 200,000. Jimi Hendrix played his feedback filled version The Who begin their first full-scale of “The Star Spangled Banner”. Two US tour as the opening act for days later, Georgia Governor Herman’s Hermits. Lester Maddox says he will seek legislation to ban all Rock festivals
Peter, Paul And Mary’s version of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind” is released. It will enter the Hot 100 two weeks later on its way to #2. In 1999, the song was inducted into 11 9966 11 the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in Billboard magazine reports that the 2004 it was ranked #14 on Rolling teenage dance craze, The Twist, is Stone magazine’s list of the 500 being picked up by the adult crowd Greatest Songs of All Time. in Philadelphia. 11 9966 44 The Tokens record “The Lion “I Get Around” becomes the first US Sleeps Tonight”, which will reach number one single for The Beach the US Pop chart in November and Boys. In the UK, it would be the climb to number one by Christmas. band’s first Top Ten hit, reaching The song was originally a hit in #7. The B-side of the single was South Africa in 1939 for its writer, “Don’t Worry Baby”, which itself Solomon Linda, under its original charted at number 24 in America. title “Mbube” (pronounced EEM- Although all of the Beach Boys ENIGMA
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the duo will perform for nearly ten years. The show is stopped by entertainment director Bill Hollingshead because he felt Don was giving a poor performance. Phil smashed his guitar and walked off the stage, leaving Don to perform the third set by himself. The pair announced their break-up on the spot and they would not get together again until September of 1983.
The Rolling Stones’ contract with Decca Records expired and they begin talking about forming their own label. Showing their contempt for the record company and to fill a contractual obligation, the band hands over one final disc called “C***sucker Blues”. They also inform their business manager, Allen Klein, that he is fired and that “neither he nor his company, ABKCO Industries, have any author- MCA Records introduces the newly ity to negotiate recording contracts signed Lynyrd Skynyrd to the press on their behalf.” and explains how to pronounce the band’s name. 1199 7711 1199 7744 Jethro Tull’s first US Top Ten album, “Aqualung” is awarded a 32-year-old Cass Elliot, a one-time Gold record. It has since sold over member of The Mamas And Papas, 15 million copies world wide, mak- died in London following an ing it the band’s most successful appearance at the Palladium. A post-mortem the following day said LP. that she died as a result of choking Thirteen days after lead singer Jim on a sandwich and from inhaling Morrison passed away, The Doors her own vomit. It’s later revealed are awarded a Gold album for “L.A. that she suffered a heart attack. Woman”. The L.P. included “Lover Her biggest solo hit was 1968’s Her Madly” and “Riders on the “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, which reached number 12 and was Storm”. actually backed by the rest of The Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds Mamas And Papas. Cass Elliot’s had the top tune on the Cashbox body was cremated and her ashes Best Sellers list with “Don’t Pull were buried in Maryland. Your Love”. Dan Hamilton, Joe 11 9977 66 Frank Carollo and Tom Reynolds enjoyed their first taste of success Elton John and Kiki Dee’s “Don’t Go in 1965 with a group called The T- Breaking My Heart” is released in Bones when they scored the Top the US, where it will reach #1. Ten hit “No Matter What Shape” that was used in Alka Seltzer com- The Steve Miller Band’s album, “Fly Like an Eagle” goes Gold, on its way mercials. to Platinum. The LP features the James Taylor scored his only title track (which makes it to #2), Billboard number one record with “Take the Money and Run” (#11), the Carole King written, “You’ve “Rock’n Me” (#1) and “Jet Airliner” Got A Friend”. The song would go (#8). on to win the 1971 Grammy Award 1199 7777 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, The Starland Vocal Band, who Male. scored a number one smash with 11 9977 22 “Afternoon Delight” around this Neil Diamond went to the top spot time last year, debut in their own on the Billboard singles chart with Summer replacement TV show. “Song Sung Blue”, his second US #1. 11 9977 88 The tune made it to number 14 in the UK. “Song Sung Blue” was nom- “Macho Man”, a song that extols inated for two Grammy Awards in the virtues of working out, 1973, Record of the Year and Song becomes Village People’s first of the Year, but lost both to Billboard chart entry. It will top Roberta Flack’s rendition of “The out at #25. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”. 11 9977 99 11 9977 33 Donna Summer had two songs in An Everly Brothers’ concert at Billboard’s Top Ten, as “Hot Stuff” Knott’s Berry Farm is the last that sat at number 3 and “Bad Girls” was ENIGMA
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Jimi Hendrix’s father, James Al Hendrix, wins back the rights to his 11 9988 22 son’s name, likeness, image and Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” sat music after a number of companies atop both the Billboard Hot 100 had profited from them over the and the Cashbox Best Sellers chart. years. The song, which was commissioned 22000033 by actor Sylvester Stallone for the theme for the movie Rocky III, Rhythm and Blues star Barry White, would receive an Academy Award known for his lush baritone voice nomination for Best Original Song and lyrics that oozed sex appeal on and go on to sell over five million the hits “Can’t Get Enough Of Your copies. Love” and “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”, passed away 11 9988 33 at the age of 58. The last words he A New Jersey based quintet calling ever spoke were to his nurse, themselves Bon Jovi are signed to “Leave me alone. I’m fine.” Phonogram’s Mercury label. Their 22000066 debut album is slated for next Fall. Syd Barrett, a founding member and driving force behind Pink 1199 88 44 “Relax” by Frankie Goes To Floyd, died from complications Hollywood becomes the biggest arising from diabetes at the age of selling single of all time in Great 60. He had dropped out of the Britain, replacing Paul McCartney’s group in April of 1968 and by 1974 “Mull Of Kintyre” for that honor. had turned his back on the music industry completely, choosing to 1199 8866 retreat to the cellar of his childMore than 40,000 people flocked hood home in Cambridge where he to a racetrack in Manor, Texas shunned all contact with the outwhere Willie Nelson presided over side world. an 18-hour Farm Aid Two concert, 22000099 aimed at helping save US farmers from financial disaster. Among the 77-year-old Allen Klein, the former performers were The Beach Boys, manager of The Rolling Stones and Waylon Jennings and Judy Collins. later The Beatles, died after a batThe first Farm Aid concert was held tle with Alzheimer’s disease. The in September 1985 in Champaign, assets of his company, ABKCO Illinois. Music & Records, include recordings by The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, Bobby 1199 99 55 Disc Jockey Wolfman Jack, who Womack, The Kinks, Chubby appeared in the movie American Checker, Bobby Rydell and many Graffiti, died of a heart attack at others. the age of 57 at his home in Belvidere, North Carolina. He had 22001155 risen to fame in the mid-1960s and Lynn Anderson, a Country singer was immortalized in 1974 by The who reached #3 on the Billboard Guess Who’s “Clap For The Hot 100 in 1971 with “Rose Garden”, Wolfman”, on which his raspy passed away at the age of 67. voice is heard in the background.
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