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RUNNING COMMENTARY It's quiet in the halls of The 11th Hour and The Creek. I share an office, but David's with his daughter for her 6 month check-up and Jon's on his way to pick his little girl up from school. Erin's working on the paper from home today. When we're all together, it's a bit distracting—in a good way though.

We get the ideas bouncing around. It reminds me of my Liabilities days, woodsheddin' songs at the Bird on Sundays. An important lesson I learned on that stage: My way is not the only way, and not always the best way. True, I still have trouble remembering that from time to time—so I have to give myself time think. Or, as I used to say during a band practice, “Okay, let's try it.”

Our office has a gospel station on the other side of the wall.

In the mornings, it shakes with the spirit. Across the hall is Phil Palma's production room. It's a constant parade of Creek crew and clients coming to record shows and commercials.

It's a highlight of my week when it's time to record Honky Tonk Hell. If you've been listening since this station began two years ago, (thank you, thank you very much) then you've heard HTH evolve. It's streamlined, more concerned with the music, and it's the show I'd want to listen to. Phil is directly responsible for the improvement. From day one he coached me on how to create and deliver the goods—not just talking to hear myself but saying something.

Below is the Rookery. It's always rumbling down there, but it's a dull roar for the moment. That's a whole other kind of animal. The restaurant beast I know only too well. Up until two years ago, and with the exception of short bursts of music, restaurants and bars were my career. I've been serving some of you out there your entire adult lives. I've seen you heartbroken and in love, plowed under, hungover, helping and helpless. And you've seen me the same way. I'm still in the business of serving with the 11th Hour. I try to serve the reader with stories both entertaining and relevant (subjective ideals to be sure) and the advertisers with a good lookin' product that'll make the phone ring, move merch off the shelf, and put asses in seats. Some days that's an easy song to write.

This issue sees the return of Traci Burns. I’ve been a fan of her work with the 11th Hour since before my time here, and I was thrilled when she agreed to write about the Macon Coliseum’s 50th anniversary. I think Traci must’ve missed us too because she really went all in on the project! I won’t lie to you—I really wanted that Ani DiFranco interview. The minute I heard the show was announced for the Hargray Capitol Theatre, I had a request in to Righteous Babe. As excited as I was, Scott Mitchell was incoherently more so, and Ashley Doolin’s track record with interviewing strong female artists speaks for itself. Together, they also went all in and emerged with a wonderful portrait of the artist in her own words. This is a pretty cool issue you hold in your hands—and even if I wasn’t the editor, I’d want to read it.

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WHAT’S INSIDE August 31–September 13, 2018 // Volume 17, Issue 393

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ANI DIFRANCO 08.....What We Are Doing 12..... 11 Questions: Bobby Lamb, Mercer's Football Coach 15..... Kirk West's 50,000 Shads of Gray 16..... If These Walls Could Talk: Macon Coliseum Turns 50 23..... Bo Talks 25.....Eat This 26..... A Conversation with Mike Fleming 28.....The Dish 31..... Roaring Together: Mercer Football & Middle Georgia 32.....Do This 34..... The Interview: Ani DiFranco 39..... Artist Spotlight: Lake Street Dive

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41..... The Creek’s Featured Show & Lori McKenna Album Review 43.....Live & Local: Artist Spotlight 44.....Nightlife Calendar Flip thru the entire issue online 11thHourOnline.com

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OCMULGEE INDIAN CELEBRATION September 15 & 16 10am - 5pm

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WHAT WE ARE DOING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

B.B. PALMER LIVE! 9:30PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST CREEL STAGE @ THE ROOKERY 543 CHERRY STREET, MACON

BUSINESS BATTLEFIELD 6–9PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH CHEROKEE PINES 1000 COUNTRY CLUB RD, PERRY

The Perry Chamber of Commerce and 100.9 The Creek invite you to the second annual Business Battlefield!

Created by Perry Chamber young professionals, Business Battlefield will bring an all new kind of networking and team building! Play field day type games with food and beer while you network with 150+ local professionals. Call the Perry Chamber of Commerce at 478-9871234 to sign up your team for one of two great ways to play! Sponsor a game or field a team!

Simple yet intricate, humble yet proud, BB Palmer & Kudzu combine early traditional influences of country music (Lefty Frizzell & Hank Williams Sr.) with the likes of modern singer/songwriter influences (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson). The band has shared the stage with the likes of Alan Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire, Old Crow Medicine Show, and St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased in advance at hargraycapitoltheatre.com.

A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY ANNUAL LUAU 3PM–12AM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND 4274 BROADWAY, MACON The best, biggest, and coolest Labor Day party in Central Georgia! Every year, AP's Luau makes a farewell-to-summer splash with great food, live music, a huge waterslide, wet t-shirt contests and much, much more! Big Mike on the deck @ 3pm, and the Delta Moan take the main stage at 8pm! Come one and all!

CENTERVILLE'S FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY 5PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH CENTER PARK 103 E CHURCH STREET, CENTERVILLE Come and enjoy Center Park at Centerville for Food Trucks. The City of Centerville is excited to bring back this resident favored event for our 2018 Calendar of Events. Food Trucks will be open for business starting at 5pm for Dinner and open until 8 pm with Live Music! You don’t want to miss this tasty alternative for Friday Night Family Dinner!

DINO ALLEY GALLERY FREE! 6–10PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 2ND STREET LANE & CHERRY STREET (ACROSS FROM THE ROOKERY)

Nerdy dinosaur art by Heidi Clinite. Giant coloring sheet for all to draw on. Dino party hats! Live music by the angelic Paige Horton.

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DC/MARVEL SILENT DISCO PARTY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH REBOOT RETRICADE & BAR 566 CHERRY STREET, MACON Reboot Retrocade & Bar is combining two universes for one Epic Party! Welcome to Reboot's DC vs Marvel Cosplay Silent Disco! Come dressed up as your favorite superhero or villain and dance the night away with 3 of the best DJs in this realm. (DJ B3, 3.Nigma, DJ UH-OH).

No Cover at the door. Party Starts @ 8pm – Midnight. To receive a headset for the silent party, pay at the bar. All Cosplay Welcome! DC & Marvel encouraged. 21+ MERCER BEARS VS JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY DOLPHINS 6PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH FIVE STAR STADIUM 1400 COLEMAN AVE, MACON It's the first home game of the season! Make your plans to tailgate and cheer on the Bears against the JU Dolphins. Find info, dates, tickets and more at mercerbears.com—and listen to every game live on the Mercer Bear's exclusive radio partner, 100.9 The Creek!

WINE & DINE LAWN PARTY 7–9PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH 971 WESLEYAN DR, MACON The Wine & Dine Lawn Party and dinner will be held on the lawn of Chris and Ramona Sheridan’s house. Closing out our summer series, this lawn party will feature live music, a wine tasting, fresh, local food and chefs. Tickets are $90-$100. Visit historicmacon.org for more information. continued on page 11

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MACON FILM GUILD PRESENTS: SUMMER 1993 2PM, 5PM, 7:30PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH DOUGLASS THEATRE 355 MLK, JR BLVD, MACON (Spain, drama, 97 minutes, unrated) In Carla Simón’s award-winning autobiographical film, six-year-old Frida adjusts to living with her aunt, uncle, and younger cousin Anna in the countryside in the wake of her mother’s death. Punctuated by moments of youthful exuberance and mature ruminations, this coming of age drama is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world, anchored by flawless performances by its two young stars. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the box office and douglasstheatre.org.

SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES FEATURING GREAT PEACOCK 6PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH COLEMAN HILL 285 SPRING STREET, MACON Bragg Jam is excited to welcome Great Peacock to the sixth Second Sunday concert of 2018! Spitting stories of love, loss and pain, Nashville’s Great Peacock challenges the very notion of genre, dismantling tradition and blurring the lines between rock ‘n roll, conventional folk music and true Americana.

CENTRAL GEORGIA FARMERS MARKETS MCDUFFIE & FRIENDS CONCERT 7PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH BEULAND BAPTIST CHURCH 1010 NEWBERG AVE, MACON

THE MULBERRY MARKET AT TATTNALL SQUARE PARK Wednesdays year round 3:30–6pm 1155 College Street Macon, GA FIRST SATURDAY VILLAGE MARKET IN MERCER VILLAGE 1st Saturdays of the month 9am–3pm 1624 Coleman Ave Macon, GA CENTERVILLE FARMERS MARKET AT CENTER PARK 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month 8am–12pm 103 E Church Street Centerville, GA

Robert McDuffie returns to Beulahland Bible Church and the discussion on race. Check the McDuffie Center website for details at mercer.edu/mcduffie.

WESLEYAN MARKET 2nd Saturday of the month 9am–1pm 4760 Forsyth Rd Macon, GA MACON STATE FARMERS MARKET Monday–Sunday 7am–9:30pm 2055 Eisenhower Pkwy Macon, GA PERRY FARMERS MARKET Saturdays year round 9am–1pm 901 Carroll Street Perry, GA INTERNATIONAL CITY FARMERS MARKET Thursdays year round 1–6pm Corner of Maple St & Watson Blvd Warner Robins, GA 11thHourOnline.com 11

11 QUESTIONS

BOBBY LAMB MERCER'S FOOTBALL COACH

Mercer Head Coach Bobby Lamb has been in football nearly his entire life. He was a quarterback for the Tigers in his hometown of Commerce, GA before taking that position for the Furman University Paladins and earning the award of Southern Conference Player of The Year. After graduating, Bobby stayed with the Paladins where he’d rise to Head Coach. In 2011, Coach Lamb committed to the announced Mercer Bears and has been clad in the orange & black since the inaugural 2013 season. To get 11th Hour readers ready, Coach Lamb sat down to 11 Questions about the team’s role in the community, being a fan, and who would play him in a film.

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et's imagine the film adaptation of your L life is set for summer '19—who plays Bobby Lamb on the gridiron circa 1980ish, and who plays Coach Lamb?

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I know coaching has to be an intense, focused pursuit—but do you ever have moments during a game that reduce you to a fan? Do you ever think, “I can't believe I just saw that!”?

I’m going to have to choose Kevin Costner to play Coach Lamb. I am really stumped on who would play Bobby Lamb circa 1980-ish, so I might have to go with a young Kevin Costner just to keep it consistent.

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I’m always a fan of football, however, a lot of those ‘I can’t believe I just saw that’ plays are less eye-catching for a coach because of how often we see them in practice when no one else is watching. Whether it is a one-handed catch or a punt return for a touchdown, we’re seeing these plays in practice all the time, and therefore we aren’t as wowed as a fan might be.

rowing up, who was the athlete you G admired most?

The athlete I most admired was Larry Bird. I was a big Larry Bird fan because of his work ethic. I used to stay up late to watch Sports Center, which was just starting in the early 1980s to watch him reign in three-pointers for the Boston Celtics.

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hat's one thing from your time as a W football player that still rings true today?

And what's something that's changed?

One thing I learned from my time as a football player was that football is a team game… probably the greatest team game ever invented, because not everyone touches the ball and everyone has a different responsibility. Playing on a team helps you understand so many values that can be used later in life as an adult. Something that has changed since my playing days is the impact of social media on how coaches recruit prospective student-athletes. It has changed the recruiting landscape entirely. Everyone knows everyone. Back in the day, that wasn’t really the case, so social media has made a huge impact on the college game.

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side from your position, where do you A consider the “best seat in the house” for a football game?

Easy question, easy answer: my recliner.

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I n your opinion, what does Mercer Football mean to Macon and the community?

The most consistent comment I hear around town about Mercer Football and what it means to the community is a simple “Thank you for starting the program in 2013. It means so much to our community and the city of Macon.”

I think Macon has done an extraordinary job of accepting Mercer and its football program. I think the two—Macon and Mercer—go hand-in-hand. We have a saying in our program when we are recruiting, and it goes, ‘Mercer is Macon. Macon is Mercer.’ I think that sums up the relationship.

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hen Capricorn Studios is renovated and W operational, would you be open to recording a team song like the Chicago Bears' 1985 hit, “The Super Bowl Shuffle”?

Unfortunately I don’t have the singing or dancing abilities to make that happen.

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Was there something that your coaches used to say or do that annoyed you? And have you found yourself doing or saying any of those things?

I think all players are annoyed when coaches ask them to repeat the play in practice. Sometimes players have to repeat the play three, four, five or six times. Having been in the shoes of my players and now seeing it as a coach, I certainly understand the players’ frustrations and the reasons why coaches ask players to do so.

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What's your favorite sports movie that never gets old?

Remember The Titans. I love it. It never gets old.

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o you have any personal or team D superstitions?

To be honest, I’m probably the least superstitious person out there. I don’t wear the same socks, I don’t touch the line when I walk on the field…I really don’t have anything that fits that mold.

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s the coach of the Mercer Bears since the A beginning of this incarnation in 2013, what's been your biggest thrill from watching the program develop?

Those that remember our first win on Aug. 31, 2013 will never forget the importance of that game for this program, this university and this community. There were a lot of unknowns; nobody knew who our players were or what kind of expectations to give us moving forward.

The Mercer Bears kick off the 2018 season at Memphis on Saturday, September 1st! Home or away, catch every game live on the official home of Mercer Bears Football, 100.9 The Creek!

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Kirk West’s 50,000 SHADES OF GRAY Gov't Mule on Broadway...Macon, Georgia's Broadway that is!

The Mules first foto shoot May 1994

Down when that was all boarded up and vacant. The boys in the brand new band, Gov't Mule, had moved in with us at the Big House for a couple weeks to rehearse, work up some songs, write a few and get ready to take their act on the road. Warren Haynes & Alan Woody were in the Allman Brothers Band for about 4 years by then & were itichin’ to make some noise of their own. Warren had played with Matt Abts in Dickey Betts' band in 87-88 & knew they had the goods together. A power trio like Mountain or Cream or Jimi Hendrix. During a break from the ABB tours, they all three moved into our Big House along with their guitar tech, Stretch Hanson. We had cleaned out the 'archive rooms' where we had displayed all of the memorabilia I had collected of the ABB. This was the pre-museum days when my wife, Kirsten, & I lived there as our home. We had moved to Macon from Chicago the summer before with the hopes of doin’ a rock n’ roll bed & breakfast. Turned out that building codes & zoning ordinances basically prohibited our plans, so we got around it by just not charging folks any money—just a donation box labeled, "God love a cheerful giver"... And so did we! We had neighbors who were both lawyers, so we didn't let the Mule boys play electric after midnite… as to not attract the law. Kirsten would make a pan of peach cobbler every night for the boys & every morning the pan would be empty!

The Mule set up in the same rooms at the house that the Brothers had jammed in and used in 1970, and they just sucked up the vibe left from those glory days. Ate H&H every day for lunch with Mama Louise, Kirsten’s home cookin’ for supper—and cobbler for late night. One day we went around town and did a full day foto shoot—Rose Hill, Otis Redding bridge, Broadway, in front of the abandoned Tic Toc—and this one in front of Johnny's Lounge. Here we have... Gov't Mule rockin’ Johnny's!

Kirk West is a photographer, archivist, and the host of “Into The Mystic” Wednesday Nights at 7pm on 100.9 The Creek. He’s published two books of his work, Les Brers—Kirk West’s Photographic Journey with The Brothers, and The Blues in Black and White—a collection documenting his time on the Chicago Blues scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Kirk and his wife, Kirsten, own and operate Gallery West at 447 Third Street in Macon. Visit kirkwestphotography.com and the Gallery West to view and purchase prints and canvases of the greatest artists in blues, country, rock n’ roll and soul.

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MACON COLISEUM TURNS 50

BY TRACI BURNS What do Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson have in common? In 1996, Lynn Lavery brainstormed this as an advertising tagline for the Macon Coliseum. The venue was enjoying a resurgence of attention thanks to a few renovations and a newly constructed neighbor, the Edgar H. Wright Convention Center. “That was right when Michael had married Lisa Marie Presley, so that seemed like the obvious answer,” Lavery said, “but of course the twist was that they’d both played the Coliseum.” Lynn’s father Bill Lavery, who managed the venue in its early years, had been the one to book both Elvis and Michael, so she felt especially proud of this clever pitch, even though it was never used. The format remains compelling

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because it asks you to think—how many current Macon residents know the fascinating history of the Coliseum?

How many people know that Prince played here, or Led Zeppelin, or R.E.M.? What do Black Sabbath and John Denver have in common? What do Parliament Funkadelic, Bob Barker, Sonny and Cher, Jethro Tull, and Billy Joel have in common? What do all the music lovers lucky enough to live in and around Macon during the

Coliseum’s glory days have in common? Shared experiences, brushes with greatness, glimpses of mystery, memorable moments that all weave themselves into the fiber of who we are.

The original Colosseum—the one in Ancient Rome—was purposefully and symbolically built in the heart of the city, because when they’re at their best, structures like that become part of the heart of a city.

The Macon Coliseum celebrates its 50th anniversary this year—for married couples, that’s the golden anniversary, meant to symbolize beauty and also strength and resilience. That applies to our Coliseum too. It’s an iconic part of Macon, one with much history, energy, and potential, and though there have been rough patches over the years, it’s never gone down for the count. Now, the Coliseum seems poised to reclaim its unique place as part of the rich cultural capital of our music-loving city.

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been growing throughout the 1960s—Macon’s central location made it an ideal gathering point, but no existing venues were large enough to handle the crowds from some events, and figuring out financing for such an ambitious project on a shoestring city budget was difficult. In his memoir Closing Arguments, former Macon mayor Buckner F. Melton details how funding for the Coliseum came to be approved. As attorney for the Middle Georgia Coliseum Authority, an entity formed to assist with planning, funding, and building the facility, Melton had a front row seat to these proceedings, and he speaks warmly of those who worked alongside him to bring this dream to life: “Our town owes special thanks to the members of the Coliseum Authority, who took a lot of heat and took on a difficult job. None of us had the slightest experience with coliseums. I still have a surge of pride for our crew that built a great facility—on budget and on time.”

That crew included architect Bill Thompson, who at that time was near the beginning of what would become a long, successful architectural career. Thompson, a “farm boy from South Georgia who went on to do incredible things—he was a visionary, he always had a sense of where things were going and which direction to take them,” according to his son Mark Thompson, founded W.P. Thompson Jr. Architects in Macon in 1953. Designing the Coliseum was the big break Thompson both wanted and needed. He was able to leverage that experience to start work on convention centers in a host of other places. He moved his business to Atlanta (though he and his family continued living in Macon) and joined with partners to form Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, a firm which would go on to build the Omni, the Georgia Dome, Georgia World Congress Center, McCormick Place in Chicago, and convention centers in Philadelphia, DC, Long Beach, and even Shanghai, where the firm still has an office today. “The Macon Coliseum was initially seen throughout the United States as an example of what was possible,” says his son Scott Thompson, “and all the subsequent convention buildings he worked on had roots in the original design of the Coliseum.”

Speaking of design—it’s often said that the Coliseum was drafted to look like the Great Temple Mound at the nearby Ocmulgee National Monument. Looking at photographs of both, the resemblance is definitely there—simple and stately lines, wide flat roof, sloping sides. It makes sense that a local architect would want to pay homage to this powerful and important structure, which stands 56 feet tall and was impressively hand-built by the Mississippians somewhere between 900 and 1100 AD. It’s an irreplaceable part of our history, and a reminder of the many generations that have made Middle Georgia their home. But Bill Thompson’s sons couldn’t concretely confirm this story. “I do think I remember hearing him make reference to the Indian Mounds when talking about the design,” says Mark Thompson. And according to Scott Thompson, “I was 7 when this was built. I feel like I might remember hearing that, and of course it would’ve been from my dad that I heard it, but I can’t say anything for sure. It’s definitely a cool story, though.”

The Coliseum wouldn’t have been the beacon of activity that it was in its early years without the industry connections and business savvy of its first General Manager, Bill Lavery. He came to Macon with an impressive amount of venue-management experience under his belt, and we were lucky to have him. During the decade-plus that Lavery was at the helm, the Coliseum’s stage boasted a mind-blowingly impressive roster of musical talent—his daughter Lynn Lavery has held onto her father’s meticulously handwritten, neatly kept ledgers detailing each year’s events from his time at the Coliseum, and each page is a who’s who of musical legends. In 1968, James Brown, the Beach Boys, Andy Williams, and Buck Owens played. 1971 brought Black Sabbath, Isaac Hayes, Chicago, Wet Willie, Merle Haggard, Sly & the Family Stone, and Ike and Tina Turner. 1972 is famous for being the year that Elvis Presley rocked the Coliseum, but he wasn’t the only star in town —the Jackson 5, Sonny & Cher, Ray Charles, Glen Campbell, Jethro Tull, and Loretta Lynn also performed that year. In 1978, we welcomed Mel Tillis, Eric Clapton, Parliament Funkadelic, Cameo, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Kenny Rogers, Conway Twitty, and Teddy Pendergrass.

These ledgers are full of iconic names, and it’s thrilling to imagine time-traveling a couple decades back and running into any of these larger-than-life artists ambling down Cherry Street—or, even better, seeing them perform at the peak of their artistic powers on that familiar, intimate Coliseum stage.

Maconites in the 70s and 80s were truly blessed — and y’all have the stories to prove it. Tracy Fuller Powell saw Rick James and Tina Marie perform there when she was just 14—“I was mesmerized,” she says. “They had a bed on stage, and they rolled around on there, singing. He lit a huge fake joint on stage—like ten or twelve feet tall —and also smoked a real one. He blew my 14 year old mind.” Alma Holland Webb showed up bright and early to stand in line for Tom Jones tickets—and

IT’S OFTEN SAID THAT THE COLISEUM WAS DRAFTED TO LOOK LIKE THE GREAT TEMPLE MOUND AT THE NEARBY OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT

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she scored a front row seat. “I went down to the stage at the end of the show and got the last kiss of the night,” she said. Mike Price saw Skynyrd there in ’77 —“Whole place was slap dab full of pot smoke and bottle rockets zipping all over,” he said, which honestly sounds like the perfect way to enjoy a Skynyrd show. And a then-11year-old Claire Cox stayed on the same floor of the Macon Hilton as Sonny and Cher when they played the Coliseum—“I got to touch her hair when she walked by the elevator, and for a long time I had a pillowcase they slept on. I know, weird,” she says—but thinking of Cher’s cascade of inky, silky 70s hair, I can’t imagine not touching it if given the opportunity.

The Coliseum was built for more than just music, and Lynn Lavery speculates that as many as 100 events were held during some of her father’s years as GM—so, something new every three days. Sporting events were popular, basketball especially. “In the early days, Atlanta didn’t have an arena like this,” says Lavery, “so when the Hawks started out, they brought the basketball floor from Macon to Atlanta for them to play on.” There was hockey, too—more on that later. There were tractor pulls, rodeos, a live version of The Price is Right starring Bob Barker himself, and a theatrical production of Jesus Christ Superstar, complete with protesters preaching hellfire and brimstone. There were Ice Capades, monster truck rallies, and the Harlem Globetrotters. There was the circus! During the great snowstorm of 1973, the circus folks had to use the Zamboni to clear a path so their animals could walk safely on the icy ground from

the Coliseum to their train. There was wrestling, every Tuesday, with promoter Fred Ward and icons like Andre the Giant and Nature Boy Ric Flair.

(Richard Echols, who worked security at those wrestling events, remembers a “little white haired old lady that always sat ringside—she was always hollering at the wrestlers and trying to hit them with her pocketbook.”) The Coliseum made space available for community use as well— during heatwaves, it opened up for shelter, and sometimes CPAs or nurses would take exams there. “I even heard that they’d sometimes do autopsies on donor bodies in the Monument Room,” says Lavery.

Well! To get your mind off that image, quick—think about Elvis. That lip curl, that pompadour, those gyrating hips, the slightly unhinged Southern soul of his voice: a perfect rock star package. Back when Bill Lavery managed the Cleveland Arena, he took a chance on young Elvis, paying him $250 to open for an-

other artist, and giving him his first opportunity to perform north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Elvis and his longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker remembered Lavery’s graciousness and paid it forward—that’s how Macon landed those four exclusive engagements.

In a business-savvy move, the Coliseum sold out tickets to those shows early, then banked the money so they could earn interest on it, thereby making the concerts even more lucrative. Toni Murphey recalls her Elvis experience: “I was one of those girls who thought the ‘groupies’ of that era were ridiculous, but during one of his songs, I turned to my best girlfriend next to me and said, ‘I think I’m fixin' to scream at the top of my lungs!’ Something about Elvis did that to a young girl. I found out that night I might’ve been a little too judgmental.”

Growing up around all this rock ‘n roll equipped Lynn Lavery with an endless amount of fascinating facts and stories—here are a few choice cuts: After Eric Clapton played the Coli-

“I WAS ONE OF THOSE GIRLS WHO THOUGHT THE ‘GROUPIES’ OF THAT ERA WERE RIDICULOUS, BUT DURING ONE OF [ELVIS'S] SONGS, I TURNED TO MY BEST GIRLFRIEND NEXT TO ME AND SAID, ‘I THINK I’M FIXIN' TO SCREAM AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS!’

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seum, he met up with Gregg Allman at the Holiday Inn on 475, where they jammed together in the little hotel bar for what was certainly a starstruck audience; the video for “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” by the Gap Band was filmed in the Coliseum; one of the several Allman Brothers Band concerts held there was a part of their court-mandated community service; Mrs. Lavery had to drive to Atlanta to procure dry ice for KISS’s fog-laden stage show, since it wasn’t available anywhere in Macon; when the Jackson 5 played, Lynn babysat Janet, the tiniest Jackson, who enjoyed running around the offices; besides Elvis, New Kids on the Block drew the loudest and wildest audience; when Willie Nelson played, Bill Lavery paid his promoter, as was industry standard, but the shady promoter left Willie with no money and no transportation. When Lavery heard about this, he gave Willie enough money to get where he needed to go, which Willie remembered fondly for years to come.

That’s what made Lavery such a natural manager. A genuinely good person, he treated everyone right, from performers to promoters to concertgoers. He developed solid rapports with industry people who shared his values. He also knew that people needed to make money, and he was good at ensuring that they did—but he wasn’t so money-focused that he got greedy, which is an important balance. “My father always thought about people’s paychecks,” Lynn Lavery says. “I’ll remember that forever, him talking about paychecks when he’d talk about ticket sales —‘Well, these people can’t pay that out of their paychecks but once a month, maybe every six weeks.’ He was really aware of the financial aspect of things from all angles, and he wanted to help everybody, not hurt them.” Filling Lavery’s shoes proved to be difficult—after he left, there seemed to be a shift away from heavily booking musical acts for awhile, but sports remained a popular draw.

Macon’s flirtation with corny team names goes way back—in 1973, the Macon Whoopees were announced as one of the six teams in the Southern Hockey League’s inaugural season. The Coliseum was the first building in the state to have both the capability for an ice floor surface and the seating capacity to host professional hockey—that, plus our convenient mid-state location, made us a good fit for the team.

But Southerners didn’t know much about hockey, and the management’s attempts to educate locals about this thrillingly violent

sport (it’s wrestling on ice!) didn’t click.

Folks left games after the second period, not aware that there were three periods of play in hockey. The team went bankrupt in a year.

In 1996, despite the chunk of change required to get the Coliseum’s ice making equipment up to speed after so many years, we gave hockey another go, this time as the Macon Whoopee—singular, not plural. Bawdy puns flourished at Whoopee games—one section of seats was even dubbed the One Night Stand. This version of the Whoopee lasted a good five years, then Macon Trax cropped up from 2002 to 2006.

The Macon Mayhem is the latest Southern Professional Hockey League team to take to the Coliseum’s ice floor, and this time, Macon really feels ready to rally behind a team. Attendance at games is consistently solid, and the events themselves are fun, family-friendly, and interactive. And let’s not forget that this team kicks ass—the Mayhem took home the 2017 President’s Cup! As a bonus, with hockey season comes ice skating season, a perennial favorite for ice-deprived Southerners.

There’s one consistent, nagging criticism of the Coliseum: the sound quality isn’t as good as it could be. Several tales have been told about musicians responding to this issue—Porter Wagoner reportedly called it “a 5 million dollar building with a 50 cent PA system,” and some say Billy Joel greeted his audience with “Welcome to the Macon Bus Station!” Whether these quips are true or not is debatable, but they are clever—though they can’t beat this homegrown gem: “The local myth for years was that Elvis’ voice caused structural cracks in the roof during his rendition of ‘How Great Thou Art,” says Earl Kennedy. “Of course that wasn’t true, but the Elvis faithful enjoyed crowing about the power of his voice.”

Coliseum architect Bill Thompson’s son Scott said, “It’s a concrete structure, and they didn’t have the budget to put in all the sound-dampening material that was recommended. Turns out that was an unfortunate place to decide to cut corners.”

Coliseum General Manager David Aiello has some good news on this front —they’re currently bidding on a new sound system for the venue. “Some of the speakers were working and some weren’t,” Aiello says.

“We’re working with a speaker company that came in and designed a custom plan for our building’s specific needs” Sounds promising.

THAT’S WHAT MADE LAVERY SUCH A NATURAL MANAGER. A GENUINELY GOOD PERSON, HE TREATED EVERYONE RIGHT, FROM PERFORMERS TO PROMOTERS TO CONCERTGOERS.

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David Aiello works with Spectra, a venue management group that has been in charge of the Coliseum and the City Auditorium since mid-2016. Aiello came on board as General Manager of both venues in January of 2017, and he and his team have kept busy giving the Coliseum the TLC it deserves—they’ve installed a new lighting system, cleaned carpets, repainted walls, waxed floors, updated the plumbing, and cleaned out storage areas. “None of this work we’ve been doing is all that sexy or flashy,” says Director of Marketing Tyler Gambrell, “but it had been ignored for too long, and a building this age needs consistent upkeep to be its best.”

Another point of pride for Spectra: keeping the venue busy with great entertainment options. “Before we came in, for the past few years, there were maybe five events a year,” says Gambrell—a far cry from the 100+ bookings of the Bill Lavery years—“but this past year, over 250,000 people came through that door. And we’re selling shows out! Vince Gill, ZZ Top—those guys sold out. We’re hoping for more of that in the upcoming year.” Aiello added, “One way I always judge reactions to what we’re doing: ticket sales. If people are enjoying the shows we’re bringing, you’ll continue to see big names come through, and it’s not because of us, it’s because people are buying tickets. We always stress that we need support from our commissioners and our community—without them, we can’t do it.”

What can Macon expect to see from the Coliseum in the future? “We plan to keep reinvesting in the facility, keep up with the times, keep upgrading,” says Aiello. “We’ve done a good job getting where we are now—we plan to sustain that and keep moving forward. Macon’s a great place, and the musical his-

tory here makes it easy to book, so we see lots of success in the future. It’ll be fun for everybody involved.”

“I want to make sure the story of the Coliseum gets told, because I think people take this facility for granted,” says Tyler Gambrell. “It should be celebrated—all this history! Fifty years!

If these walls could talk... If people can get excited about the things that have happened here in the past, it’ll help them get excited about what’s next.” Those who were intimately involved with the Coliseum in its infancy really do have a deep, loving attachment—maybe not to the building itself, but to what it’s grown to represent in their own personal histories. If it’s true that our relationship to a place tells us about who we are and who we most want to be, our Coliseum says that we want to be awestruck, reverent, and tender. We want to pay attention to the details, we want to celebrate the badass moments, and when we break down a little, we want to be mended and nursed back to health. And most of all, we want to be a part of something larger than ourselves.

“Musicians wanna play in places where cool stuff has happened,” says Lynn Lavery. “When the history of the Coliseum comes out, people will want to play there—look at all those funky, historic places like the Beacon Theater or the Ryman. We can be that—we deserve to be that.”

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It was my own little love shack Yet, barely a step above a Honda Civic hatchback Because when you’re young and live at home Your car is more of an apartment than a simple means to roam That was my 1994 Isuzu Rodeo And oh, the places we did go We strutted our stuff all over town Like sporting a new pair of clean Buster Browns But it wasn’t brand new, it was used a bit And there was the time I hydroplaned on the interstate, and it took a decent hit But it pulled through somehow, and we kept on trucking For many late night dates spent in cul-de-sacs—hanging out Like I said, it was more than just a ride It was the mobile dorm room where I spent all my time For hours after a high school dance I still had a lot to learn about romance But learn I did over the course of my youth A lot of great change took place underneath that sunroof Yes, that vehicle saw a lot of firsts Some I remember fondly and some were the worst Slamming the doors and break-ups and fights Back when I still thought 311 were better than just alright Speeding tickets and road trips Blasting Duran Duran up and down the Z-Strip That SUV was special to me But the day finally came when it had to be put it out of its misery It quit working altogether And was slowly destroyed by the weather Looking back it’s hard, because I know it deserved better So many good times shared Yet in the end it sat there Like no one ever cared.

It’s maroon paint, chipped and moldy Even the guy driving the tow truck tried to scold me He said, “How could you let this thing get in such bad shape?”

“It was cheaper to replace than to fix, call it fate.”

And as I said goodbye to that mechanical friend I watched as another chapter in my life came to an end I’m thankful for the memories that can’t be taken away And I try to appreciate the new ones that I’m making today Bo Walker is not a poet, yet he enjoys pursuing all manner of creative expression— and holding on with a vice-like grip to all the meaningful experiences he accrues in his lifetime.

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A CONVERSATION WITH

MIKE FLEMING OF THE STEELDRIVERS

BY AARON IRONS

SURE, IT'S BLUEGRASS... with a honky tonk, rock n'roll edge! The Steeldrivers started out in 2005, a few friends jamming together. From writing songs around the kitchen table, the band was picked up by Rounder Records, and their first album earned a Grammy nom right out of the gate. The Steeldrivers may be most famous for delivering Chris Stapleton to the world, but even after his depature in 2010, they didn't miss a beat with Gary Nichols stepping in to fill the lead singer spot. With Nicholson, the band recorded Hammer Down in 2012, and in 2015 won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album with The Muscle Shoals Recording. The Steeldrivers return to Macon on September 8th, this time with a brand-new lead singer in Kelvin Damrell! The Steeldrivers' bass player, Mike Fleming, called in (multiple times... sorry, Mike!) to educate me on good barbecue, the NuttHouse, his creative process—and what the gang has in store for their fans!

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AI- Who's back have you got in a bar fight? Gary Nichols or Chris Stapleton?

MF- (Laughs) I don't know! I don't know who I got in there... You know, if I wanted somebody on my side, I might take Stapleton. He's a little bigger than Gary, that's for sure!

You've been with the Steeldrivers... what? A little over a decade now, right?

Yeah, from the very beginning when we first got together in 2005...

August 2005.

What do you learn running around the country—running around the world really—in a bluegrass band?

Well, that if you tweak just a little bit, you can actually get some people that wouldn't even consider listening to it to listen to your music. And by tweaking, I mean: if you've got a blues singer for a front man, then all of a sudden a lot of people go, “Hmm, that's kind of interesting”, because a lot of people think bluegrass's is only one kind of a genre, you know? One-faceted type of genre, one of just... the high lonesome singer and that kind of thing.

And they don't realize that it's a big melting pot of music just like any other genre's become.

Do you generally work out new material on stage for the audiences?

The first two records, we did. Totally worked out on stage! Then the third one was a little bit of a composite—and then the Muscle Shoals, probably the bulk of it, was worked out... I mean, we worked out blueprints and everything like that—but the bulk of it was worked out in the studio. It's kind of a totally different animal. Like I said, I kind of prefer having that time on stage to let things kind of become something other than just what we're gonna make it in three hours. That's my preference.

For those who haven't seen you since the last time you were in town—what can everybody look forward to seeing from the the Steeldrivers this time around?

Well, a new lead singer!

Alright, Midwest boy!

I am a Midwest boy! That's right! Our mandolin player's from Missouri too.

We've got a couple Midwest boys in the band!

Tell me about that!

When we parted ways with Gary, we were using a few different singers with us over the course of... really the past year, and we came across this young man from Berea, Kentucky. He was discovered on the Internet, so to speak.

We had heard him singing a Steeldrivers' song, a cover of “Midnight Train To Memphis”, which is on our first CD—and it is a tough song to sing! If you queue it up and play it, you'll go, “Oh my God, it's Stapleton!”. And it's like, “Wow, this kid did it!” I mean, it was like holy... He's got a big voice. It's big, bluesy, southern rock voice, and he's cut the same cloth as Stapleton, and we're just happy to have him in the band. We're starting to work with new material, we'll be playing some new songs—and you'll hear a lot of the old songs as well. But we're excited! We think this kid's the real deal, and he's doing a great job!

Well, being from Missouri—tell me where you get the best barbecue.

Oh, well, I guess they would say in Kansas City you're going to get the best— although, I've eaten barbecue around here in Tennessee. In Nashville it's good, but then the people from Memphis with argument about that.

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Where are you actually from?

I actually grew up outside of St Louis, Missouri.

Well, give me your favorite joint?

Gates. It's a smaller place in Kansas City. If I was in Nashville, I'd probably have Martin's barbecue, it's pretty darn good—and everybody goes to the Rendezvous in Memphis.

Let's talk a little bit about recording in Muscle Shoals. You got any ghost stories from being in the studio there?

Oh, no—we actually... we were not at FAME, if that's what you were referring to.

Yeah, that's what I had thought. My mistake.

No, that's okay. We were in another studio that was a friend of Gary's—Jimmy Nutt—and he calls it the NuttHouse, and it's actually in what used to be a bank, and it was great place! It would have been interesting to go to FAME... and it's legendary—and nothing against FAME—it's a little cramped. We had a lot more room to spread out in this other facility.

But I'm not mistaken that you did work with Jason Isbell? He produced a couple of tracks for you, right?

He did! It was great, you know? I never met him. Of course, Jason and Gary had known each other since they were kids. They weren't even... before they were teenagers, and they were guitar players in the same area trying to learn their craft—and they became friends of long ago. So it was really nice when Jason said he'd come over and produce a couple of tracks. That was great. It was really nice to meet him. He's quite a guy. And what a great songwriter, guitar player, everything!

I had spoken to BJ Barham from American Aquarium last week, and he talked about working with Jason. He said he kinda allows you to go wherever you want to go, really, with the music. Being together with your group for so long, you guys have gotta have...everything's going to move like it's second nature to you. What do you find? What's your favorite creative space? The studio or the stage?

For me? It's on stage, to tell you the truth. You know, the studio—at least for me—it feels like “hit the button, now I gotta perform, and I got to perform really well.” But I keep forgetting, “Well you can have another run at it, and you can have another run at it.”. But for some reason I can't get that through my head, and I don't know what it is about being “live”. You kind of play the song over and over again, and we developed a new song over several months.

That's a much slower process than trying to develop it right there on the spot.

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AS THE FINAL SECONDS TICKED OFF THE CLOCK at Mercer University Stadium to signal a Bears victory, Mercer Athletics Director Jim Cole soaked in the moment with a look around the sold-out venue of 12,172 fans.

“This is what college football in Middle Georgia should be,” Cole said to himself.

That was five years ago, when Mercer made its triumphant return to the gridiron following a 72-year hiatus with a 40-37 victory over Reinhardt University on Aug. 31, 2013. The win not only jumpstarted what would go on to be a memorable 10-win season for the Bears, but also a unique bond between the Mercer football program and the Middle Georgia community.

Fast-forward to today with the 2018 football season– Mercer’s sixth season of football in the modern era– days away from kicking off, that same bond between the Bears and their community remains as strong as ever. Behind its #RoarTogether campaign, Mercer’s football program has developed into a unifying identity that all of Middle Georgia can support.

Football in Middle Georgia is not a sport, but more so a passion. When Mercer brought college football back to its community, it not only benefited the university, but Middle Georgia as a whole. The door was opened for football fans in the area to embrace a hometown team. The numbers can prove it has been a success, too.

Since Mercer officially revived its football program in 2013, more than 318,000 fans have witnessed the Bears play 31 home games over five seasons at Five Star Stadium. With an average of 10,261 fans– a sellout crowd– at each game, Mercer has ranked inside the top 25 of NCAA Division I FCS programs for attendance.

The Bears own an impressive 22-9 (.709) all-time record at Five Star Stadium, further establishing the venue as one of the best home-field advantages in the Southern Conference and Football Championship Subdivision football.

The vision behind the #RoarTogether campaign has produced one of the best game day atmospheres at the FCS level. Students, alumni and local residents ascend upon Mercer’s beautiful campus each Saturday to partake in the tailgating festivities before watching the Bears take the field.

Mercer kicks off its 2018 football season on Sept. 1 with a trip to Memphis, Tenn., where it will face a Memphis Tigers program that won 10 games en route to being ranked 25th nationally in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

It will be the fourth time in three seasons that Mercer has faced a FBS-level opponent on the football field; the Bears played against in-state foe Georgia Tech in 2016 and made headline-catching trips to Auburn and eventual national champion Alabama in 2017. The desire to play such high-profile football games stems from a desire to further build Mercer’s national presence and fan base, athletically and academically.

Add in Mercer’s three wins against nationally-ranked conference opponents over the last three seasons, and it is clear that the Bears are close to serious contention for a SoCon title in their fifth year as a league member.

“We’re close, we’re really, really close in some games of being 6-2 instead of 4-4,” Lamb said to The Athletic of the Bears’ chances in conference play. “If you’re 6-2, you’re in the playoffs, while 4-4 won’t get you in the playoffs.

“I think we’re at a point right now where obviously, we’ve got some experience; we’ve built our depth up. With that being said, hopefully, we can get over the hump.”

Led by a 16-member senior class and eight Preseason All-SoCon Team selections, Mercer heads into the upcoming season with optimism. Behind the core of #RoarTogether, Mercer’s football program will continue to embed itself into the community and further develop into a staple of what it means to love Middle Georgia.

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DO THIS

THE FOOTBALL EDITION PART 1 Don’t let the heat fool you—it’s almost fall in Central Georgia. The back to school moans and groans are matched only by the excitement of Football Friday Nights and College Game Day rallies around the tailgate or TV. To celebrate, we decided to ruminate upon some of our favorite football movies. Watch these while enjoying Ashley Doolin’s Kentucky Hot Browns!

Don’t see your favorite? Just think you could do better? Send a review of your #1 football movie to aaron@thecreekfm.com, and it could be included in the next Football Edition of Do This!

REQUIRED LISTENING

RELATIVELY CLEAN RIVERS (SELF-TITLED) When I was asked by the fine folks at The 11th Hour to submit a paragraph about an album that moved me or influenced me in some way, I was completely torn. How can I pick just one? Well, after a couple months of going back and forth in my mind, I choose the self-titled album by the band Relatively Clean Rivers (RCR). This album would be the only release by RCR. The album was the brainchild of Phil Pearlman. Pearlman is a staple of the American 60's rock community. RCR was released in 1975. By then this type of music had faded away. Disco and Punk were dominating the markets. It was a brave move to make this album during that period. It was a very "punk rock" thing for Phil to do. To stand up against the modern trend and stand up for yourself. This album is a full on "acid trip"!

One last glimpse into the realm of Psychedelic Rock. It has beautiful melodies, great electric guitar, great acoustic guitar, most importantly great songs! The 9 track on this album represent total artistic freedom and creativity. This is why this record influenced me so much. RCR has been a big influence on many bands in the Jam Band community. The band Wilco has them in steady rotation in their house music. For you vinyl collectors out there, RCR is a very rare record. If you are lucky enough to own a first pressing of this record...it is worth thousands! If not then you can find it on Youtube. Enjoy and Cheers!

—RICHARD BRENT DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS & MERCHANDISE AT THE BIG HOUSE

Slider Ingredients 12 slider buns (I like either Hawaiian or Potato rolls) 12-16 oz of deli sliced turkey (smoked or other) 2-3 tomatoes, sliced thin 12 slices bacon 4 TB Butter ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp smoked paprika ½ C Shredded white cheddar cheese *white cheese gravy

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KENTUCKY HOT BROWNS Kentucky is known for many things—fast horses, bluegrass, bourbon, hot browns, and basketball to name a few. One thing it is NOT known for is football.

As a Kentucky-girl-turned-Georgia-transplant, the one thing I can always add to the gameday experience is a great tailgating appetizer: The Kentucky Hot Brown Slider!

Cheese Gravy Ingredients 1 TB butter 1½ TB all purpose flour 1 C Milk Black pepper, salt and smoked paprika (to taste) Pinch of nutmeg 1oz white cheddar cheese 32 AUGUST 31–SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. In medium sized sauc pan, melt 1 TB of butter over medium heat. Whish in flour and cook until smooth and bubbly. Stir constantly, slowly adding milk whisking until smooth. Stir in pepper, nutmeg, paprika and salt. Heat to a low boil, stirring until the sauce starts to thicken. Remove from the heat and add cheese, stirring until melted.

Melt remaining butter in a small bowl in the microwave. Stir in ¼ tsp nutmeg and ¼ tsp paprika. Place the bottom half of the slider buns in a baking dish. Brush the buns with half of the butter mixture, Place a layer of turkey, sliced tomatoes, and about 2 tblsp of cheese gravy, top with bacon sliced in half and criss cross over the gravy. Sprinkle with ½ C of white cheddar cheese over the bacon, then top with the top half of the slider. Brush with remaining butter and spice mix on top of buns, place uncovered in oven for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is melted and the tops are golden brown.

—ASHLEY DOOLIN

NECESSARY ROUGHNESS I've never been much of a sports guy--but put together a lovable band of misfits trying to overcome the odds within ninety minutes of bonding, musical montage and general ridiculousness, and you've got me riveted til the credits roll.

Such an ode to glory is the 1991 football fantasy, Necessary Roughness. The plot is... who gives a armadillo's ass what the plot is... a bunch of characters who, under normal circumstances, would never make the team are thrust into the rough and tumble world of football. A basic premise that sums up dozens of may favorite college-class-cutting, cult favorites.

Scott Bakula plays the aged quarterback out for one last shot on the gridiron (and yes, this movie could stand on its own as an episode of Quantum Leap), while icons of the era, Sinbad and Kathy Ireland, lend absolutely no nutritional value to the proceedings. But it's all good, kids. Younger versions of Jason Bateman and Rob Schneider make appearances alongside veterans like Robert Loggia and the always hilarious Larry Miller—and dig the cameos from Evander Holyfield, Jerry Rice, and Herschel Walker (to name just a few). Sadly, director Stan Dragoti passed away in July of this year. Stan was also responsible for another utterly re-watchable masterpiece, the Michael Keaton-driven Mr. Mom. Like Jaws, Big Trouble In Little China, The 13th Warrior, and Lonesome Dove—if Necessary Roughness is on a television in my line of sight, I have to watch it... I mean, I physically can't stop. Well. I feel like we know each other so much better now.

—AARON IRONS

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS A few weeks ago we sat around the conference table and picked our favorite “Non-Pro” football movies. As soon as Tony chose Varsity Blues, I knew I had to do Friday Night Lights.

Whereas Varsity Blues is highly entertaining, FNL takes a REAL look into high school football. Based on the true story of the 1988 Permian Panthers, Friday Night Lights dives into the hardships of a small town , the neuroses that umbrella it, and the expectations placed on on the local team. Director Peter Berg (relatively unknown at the time) takes a familiar story, surrounds it with an all-star cast, and then flips it on its head by telling the most “Un-American” American story possible: Winning isn’t everything. Head Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) knows the town wants— no, expects him—to win. He wants to win. But he knows teaching his players about the bigger picture outside of football is more important. You have heartbreaking moments—like star running back Boobie Miles (Derek Luke) having to confront the end of his career before it’s even started. The scene is so raw... if you don’t shed a tear there’s something wrong with you. Rounding it out, Tim McGraw plays a drunk, former high school football star who happens to be the father of the quarterback. As he drinks himself into oblivion, he realizes the game did nothing for his life. His son has to deal with the father’s self-despair along with the pressure of the town’s expectations. All in all, the story is about more than football, but it doesn’t obnoxiously force metaphors down your throat. It just shows an example of one town, one team, and how the football won’t always bounce your way.

—ANTHONY ENNIS

VARSITY BLUES People may tell you there are a lot of reasons to watch Varsity Blues. For instance, take the spot-on manner in which the near-religious fervor of high school football in the state of Texas is dramatized. You could mention Billy Bob (portrayed by the late Ron Lester, who passed in 2016 at the age of 45) and his memorable pet pig, Bacon. How about the powerful performance of Jon Voight as Coach Bud Kilmer? Or Coach Kilmer’s descent into madness being a close parallel to the real Voight’s descent into a talking head for news shows that need a Hollywood legend with conservative leanings? Some people will even point out the Ali Larter Ice Cream Sundae (Side note: possible menu item for Ben & Jerry’s? Just a thought!). But honestly, there is only one reason to watch Varsity Blues. It’s a single line, delivered in the worst Southern drawl ever put to film by the one and only James Van Der Beek. In six words that historians will later mark as the beginning of the end for Western Civilization, Dawson lets his Lone Star shine: “But I don’t want your life.” It’s glorious. If you don’t believe me, there’s a YouTube video with that line on a deliciously maddening loop. Shine, James Van Der Beek. Shine.

(Editor’s note: Sorry, boss, but Nicolas Cage continues to maintain the worst Southern accent in all of filmdom. I mean after three decades, you’d think he’d get better or just quit!)

— TONY DOOLIN

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ANI DI FRAN CO

BY ASHLEY DOOLIN & SCOTT MITCHELL, HOSTS OF DECONSTRUCTING DIVAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY GMDTHREE

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here’s a saying: “Stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything.” Ani DiFranco’s been standing tall for decades, chronicling a life that’s inspired men and women of every beat and walk of life.

As an activist and an artist, Ani shows no fear. Her live performances are equal parts rally, rock show, and slam—and her hardcore heart bleeds without regret.

I first saw you at Eddie’s Attic during my 1994 senior year in high school. Your career has skyrocketed since then. How have you changed, and what has remained the same?

(Laughing) I remember Eddie’s Attic pretty vividly too! Hmmmm, I mean, let’s see- in a nutshell, I have changed every which way and back again sometimes. It’s been a long road since Eddie’s Attic, for sure, but I feel like I still really get off by playing music for people. That part is the same. Connecting with people through music is the most powerful thing. It really makes me feel less alone, and then I notice that it has the same effect on most people—so that’s a pretty good deal. I still love my job, and in fact. the smaller places, the more intimate the place... I kinda miss touring at that level. More than anything. The smaller the better for me.

With everything in your life that has changed, from birthdays to becoming a mother, how has motherhood affected your songwriting, or has it?

Oh yeah, oh yeah…. The mother thing….has it affected it? Yeah. I mean, my running joke for the last 11 years now – your daughter is 11—has been it’s like “songwriting prevention services”. (Laughs) It affects it like a roadblock with flashing lights!

It was excruciating for me as an artist, and like any parent, I was like “Wow, I have to drop my life and focus all of my energy, love and time into this little person!” BUT, it made me realize and notice how awesome kids are—but it also rewarded me by helping me, by teaching me patience. Even with my writing. Patience has been an incredible ingredient in songwriting. I used to be so impatient to get going and get done, that I would rush the process. So that has been new and cool in helping me compose songs. It also just upped my gratitude for touring, and traveling, and performing. When you go back and forth between parent world and the rock n' roll life, you’re like “WHOOOa—what was IT that I was complaining about?”!

I see you creating the world that you want for your children—like you are two separate but equal people: the activist and the musician. I love when these two meld together. What is your most favorite or memorable time and example that this has happened for you?

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continued on page 34 I mean, I sorta feel like it’s just always the case, ya know? For me it all comes from the same place...wanting to connect, wanting to uplift yourself and somebody else, and wanting to become ourselves together and be free. The social and political activism is one way of manifesting, and music is kind of another. I just have always felt that touring and performing is inherently activism. So for me, it’s all one thing.

You have been such an amazing advocate of voting. How do we get people engaged in this conversation?

Whew! I mean... I don’t know? I just keep trying. I completely understand the disillusionment. I understand why so many people and why so many young people have just opted out. They think nothing matters, you can’t change anything. We all can perceive that it’s kind of been a club for a long time. We don’t see all of ourselves represented. We just see on elected official, one kind of person represented. The irony is you have to invest faith in it to make it real. It’s like religion. It’s all so similar. If you believe, then it is real, it is true—but the first step is faith. It’s the same with democracy.

You have to believe in it enough to participate in it. And BAM! There it is. And the fact that the pitiful few of us vote, let alone get involved beyond that—that is the key to the assistance of democracy. What we have been surrounded by is a failing, nonfunctioning democracy. I just try and spread the word that the voting booth is where the revolution begins. It’s as simple as that!

In your music, you are always a force of justice for so many people. When I think of standing up for other’s rights, you always come to mind. There is a never ending list of organizations and causes that need attention. How do you prioritize these and decide which ones to support?

It’s hard. It’s overwhelming. You look around and see so many things that could be better or need fixing, need help…. Yeah, where do you start? For me, the only thing that I have garnered over the years is if you look around, and step back and look at things in those anonymous terms, it’s overwhelming. But if you go into it by just leaving your house and seeing someone who is doing something cool, a neighborhood organization, and you make a relationship with somebody—that’s when the ball of the world starts rolling. You just go and make friends with the people that do good stuff near you, and you get involved. All of those questions you have, the “what do I do?”—you realize you have helped a person, met a new person. And then you start going outside your neighborhood. For me, it’s not only doing the work of bettering the world, but doing it together and making ourselves stronger through relationships, friendships and kinships. That’s where I try and focus.

are hurting and unleashing each other. Recently, off my new record, I released a song called “Play God”. When I wrote the refrain, “You don’t get to play God, man, I do”, I kept thinking, “Uh-oh. Now what’s going to happen?” But you have to just stand behind your own truth.”

I know you have influenced so many people, who have your greatest influences been?

Well, SO many people in turn, yeah, on so many levels. My parents were liberal, progressive people, which for their generation was WOW—and both being immigrants, they’re both pretty “awake”. So I was lucky in that way. I got to have a basis in my life in feminism. I also went to college and really started reading about civil rights, and women’s rights, and queer rights movements, activists and philosophers... That’s when I really woke up to my purpose. Musically I have had so many influences... from my friend Michael who taught me how to play guitar and love songs, and how to live in the world as a songwriter when I was just a kid to so many song writers along the way from folk, groove, funk, and jazz. And I’ve spent 30 years on the road—so I have met so many musicians and intersected with so many people who have changed me. It’s endless.

Is there an artist on your bucket list that you would like to work with?

I don’t know? I guess these days, I’ve been thinking about connecting a lot with other women—just in trying to do the work of addressing patriarchy. I think that this is a good moment, when something like patriarchy is really out in the light along with so many things, which I feel like are all sort of connected to patriarchy. That’s how it feels to me. It begins with the fundamental balance of the sexes, the genders I should say. All of the social imbalances grow out of there. I’ve been trying to scheme and contact people to see how we can combine our energy. This year, at the end of the tour which brings me through Macon, I’m having the third annual Babefest. It’s a benefit for Emily’s List, which is an organization which supports pro-choice female candidates in every state that are running for every level of government office.

They take women that just have a bee in their bonnet, and say “I’m considering running for x,y,z.”, and they say, “Ok, you have a vision, you have tough skin—and if you don’t, we can develop that.”, and they help people run campaigns and try to gain public office. They have been incredibly effective. At one point, and this could have changed, but every woman of color on Capitol Hill was assisted by Emily’s List. And they have been doing this for 20 years now. Anyway, just getting together with other women to diversify politics and feminize the discourse.

I’VE HEARD “ME TOO” ON SO MANY LEVELS MY WHOLE TIME OUT THERE MAKING MUSIC. THAT. THAT’S MY PAYCHECK.

Are there any causes that you haven’t gotten to address or participate in yet that you want to?

“Jeez, I don’t know... I have my fingers in a lot of pies. Again, for me, the lines between causes or issues aren’t really there for me. It’s like peace and justice, people, animals and every living thing—that’s my cause. In my music, my art, my life... I look through my lenses, and I can see power discrepancies, see dynamics between opposing forces, and see all of these things happening everywhere on different levels. I just try to be true, and give help wherever help is needed. To get back to the parenting question—that’s the amazing thing you realize: that it doesn’t matter what you say, it matters what you feel and how you see the world. That’s what I am teaching my kids. Your motivations behind your actions. Good lessons for the parents.”

One of my favorite photos of you is a picture where you are holding a sign that says, “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I cannot accept”. What was that like for you, being in that moment?

Yeah, that is actually a quote from Angela Davis, an incredible African American scholar and revolutionary from back in the day. In the 60’s, she was a Black Panther. She was railroaded by the justice system and fought for her freedom and was so inspiring. I was at a political march in New York, and I am quite a celebrity at those! I was talking to a lot of people—and you know that wasn’t even my sign?! There was this great chick there that had made this sign and asked if I would hold it for a picture. It was a community moment. Having the echo of Angela Davis’ words in this moment where we are resisting... resisting the backslide into racism, etc, etc.

Your lyrics tend to drive your music. Have you ever written a song and thought to yourself, “I can’t put this out there”, or ,“The world isn’t ready for this”?

Yeah. I think a lot of times along the way of writing a song, I’ve thought,“Oh no!”—or I look up from my hazy, altered state of writing and go, “Oh jeez, what’s gonna happen to me now with this one?”, Or, “I can’t play this in front of other people!” And then you do.

And you realize a lot of things happen, but the thing that matters most are the people coming out of the woodwork thanking me for saying something or singing something.

Me too. I’ve heard ME TOO on so many levels my whole time out there making music.

THAT. That’s my paycheck. It’s healing, bouncing back and forth between people who

What advice do you have for the next generation of female artists?

I think it would be just my advice for female humans, whether they’re trying to have a career in music... is to believe in your difference. If you feel like a round peg in a square hole, it’s because you are—and the amazing thing is there are so many others like you.

And I mean really, it’s not just women. It’s anybody who is queer, or a person of color, or etc etc...Who knows! Too short, too wide, too this, too that...whoever doesn’t fit into the social norm, the standards, the cultural box. And I think the more that you can not let yourself be silenced by the clamor, by the noises around you, the more that you can follow your sense of things, your way of seeing—even when it doesn’t seem to jive with anyone around you. If you can believe in it, it will take you somewhere. No fear.

You’ve been writing, singing, performing for 30 plus years now. Where do you see your music heading in the next 30 years?

Ha, Jeez! HANG ON!! (Laughs) I feel lately, as scary as these times are, I feel a lot of hope. I feel less like a voice in the wilderness than I have... maybe my whole life! Like, I can walk into a room full of people I don’t know and say the word patriarchy in a sentence, and everybody wouldn’t leave the room, necessarily. There’s an appetite, a will that is awakening in so many people saying, “Yeah, we have to address this stuff, we have to face this. Because look at what happens when we don’t.” I feel like that is incredibly hopeful. You see all of these woke young people, these high schoolers who are talking about voting, who are saying we have had a few generations who, not even accidentally—the 80’s generation, the ME generation—they sold this to us: That happiness is something you gain through consumption, keep buying, keep shopping.

They were taught to be consumers instead of citizens. We were lulled, and we are reaping the results. But you see in young people, who were born awake, that there is a change on the horizon. For me, it’s less about what I can tell the new generation as what can I learn from them.

Ani DiFranco will be at The Hargray Capitol Theatre with Peter Mulvey on Friday, September 7th. Purchase tickets online at hargraycapitoltheatre.com, or in person at El Camino and The Rookery.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

LAKE STREET DIVE

BY AARON IRONS

There's a fabulous, funky quality to Lake Street Dive that transcends genre. It's unapologetic in it's enthusiasm, executed in bright, clean tones. Frankly, LSD just feels good. Formed at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2004, the original LSD quartet took their jazz band and infused it with elements of pop, soul, and even scraps of country to create a compelling Americana amalgamation of styles.

Lake Street Dive was recording and releasing music in 2007, but it was their homemade videos posted to YouTube that began an incubation within social media—and the cheerleader who cracked the shell and released LSD to the universe was none other than the footloose one himself, Kevin Bacon! In 2012, the Baconator (that's not copyrighted, right?) tweeted LSD's video performance of the Jackson 5's “I Want You Back”. What followed is a wholly 21st Century phenomenon.

Lake Street Dive's video of “I Want You Back”, enhanced with the steroid of Bacon's tweet, began receiving hundreds of thousands of views—as of this writing, views are well over five million and still climbing. The band's popularity segued from the bars and clubs into the larger rooms, theatres. In the fall of 2013, the band was invited to perform at the Another Day, Another Time concert celebrating the music of Coen Brothers' soon-to-be-released film Inside Llewyn Davis. The simple arrangement of Mike Olson on acoustic guitar, Mike Calabrese's lightly muted snare drum, Bridget Kearny's elegant bull fiddle, and the voluptuous vocals of Rachel Price were on full display for attendees of New York's Town Hall. An appearance on Late Night with David Letterman followed, then The Colbert Report, a sold out tour... It was the perfect time to release a new album—and as luck would have it, LSD had one ready to go.

Bad Self Portraits had been recorded in 2012. The band had retreated to Maine where they recorded with Sam Kassirer at Great Northern Sound Society. Price, who had been promoted as a jazz singer before teaming up with Kearny, Calabrese and Olson, was

dealing with some previous contract issues at the time—so the album had been hanging out in legal purgatory... waiting. As individuals, the members of Lake Street Dive would write songs. Collectively, they brought 'em together in the woodshed. Bad Self Portraits put a focus on those original tunes and the polished sound of a band, at the time of it's recording, that had been perfecting it for nearly a decade. But in 2014, LSD wasn't the band on the record. They were better.

Dave Cobb, that Midas-touched knob-turner, took a listen then a look at Lake Street Dive. He sent 'em to the record shops in Nashville, told 'em to pick out the albums with the most ridiculous covers. The boys and girls would bring their discoveries back to their producer to play. In turn, he would locate something, some hook or lick. That would be the spark. Instead of retreating to write their personal songs, Cobb encouraged LSD to add the kindling together, build the heat, stoke the song together. The resulting 4-alarmer, Side Pony, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Rock, Folk, and Alternative Album charts. The album has a disarming, subtle strength. Sweet melodies are driven by even sweeter bass lines laced with trumpet, Motownish harmonies, Big Brother fuzz, some Alabama gospel, and an Ike & Tina type of drive that lives in the groove.

You've had a whole summer to be alone with Lake Street Dive's latest offering, Free Yourself Up. It feels like a natural evolutionary step that the band chose to produce the album on their own. The band continues to dip from a vintage well, but manages to still sound refreshing. Adding Brooklyn keyboardist/songwriter and selfdescribed “funksoulbrotha” Akie Bermiss to the mix has also seen LSD take their Crickets-like control of the arrangement to a new “The Band” level. You can take apart the pieces, set 'em aside, and they'd still work—but as a whole, I have to admit that Lake Street Dive is one of the better wheels rolling in Americana—or any other genre.

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