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RUNNING COMMENTARY If I was good, had done my chores to her satisfaction, made relatively good grades, and made the request politely, my mother would buy me a comic book on our bi-weekly trips to the grocery store. Now, not every store carried ‘em. Nearly everybody carried Savage Sword of Conan, magazine-sized and covered with brazen wenches, mighty thews, and monsters. The Bi-Lo carried The Punisher magazine, reprinted tales of vengeance and brutality in black & white. MAD magazine was also a favorite, though I admit that most of the jokes went way (way) over my head. But no matter if you were strolling the aisle at Winn Dixie, Food Lion, or Piggly Wiggly, there was one thing guaranteed to make you beg (politely) for a trip to the magazine rack—The Giant-Sized Annual! In comics, the giant-sized annual was the equivalent of the Super Bowl or Wrestlemania—or maybe a Game of Thrones season finale is more apropos. There was always something muy important happening, serious ramifications or character development, guest stars—and it was bigger! An average comic ran at 32 pages while an annual weighed in at 48! During the holidays of 1987, on a trip to the Food Lion, I picked up the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21—The Wedding Issue! Oh, what a cover! To the left a rogues gallery featuring Electro, The Kingpin, Doc Oc, and The Lizard… to the right, Captain America, The Human Torch, Daredevil, and Wolverine! And front and center was the web-head himself, clad in the classic red & blues, arm around the waist of a wedding-gowned Mary Jane Watson—Spider-Man! It was the first Spider-Man comic I’d (mom) ever bought, and I must’ve read it a thousand times. That Christmas, I got a JC Penney Wish Book box of Marvel Comics (it was like a Grab Bag or Loot Crate before such a thing existed). 5 lbs of comics! X-Men, Daredevil, The ‘Nam, Groo (wha?), The Incredible Hulk, GI Joe, The Avengers… and of course the Amazing, Spectacular, Web of Spider-Man! I’d make the most enduring friends of my entire life because of comic books, we’d meet on the playground to trade, talk fantasy match-ups, and discuss what super powers we wish we had—Wolverine’s healing factor was always top of the list! As the last issue was going to print, Stan Lee died. I considered scrapping my commentary (it was a bit rambling) in favor of a eulogy, but as we were already crunching (our team had to put together two 11th Hour’s and a holiday guide in the time usually reserved for a single issue, so yes, we have superpowers, nuff said), I opted to ramble and privately ruminate on the passing of one of planet Earth’s most recognizable icons. But instead of the characters and powers, covers and stories, what I remembered and considered most were the days spent in loud debate over heroes and villains or the times we simply lounged around somebody’s living room, MTV turned low, silently reading, swapping back issues and reprints, careful of that tape on the bag, you should buy some backs, watch the spine m----------r, where’s the next issue, don’t eat a turkey leg and hold that it’s a number one, isn’t this mine… Every frame of every issue of every comic made an impression, a memory. Stan Lee didn’t just make ordinary men and women into extraordinary superheroes, he also created friendships made of adamantium. For my Fantastic, Uncanny and Mighty friends—Bryce, Dracy, Mike, Quanah, Roki, and Shawn… Excelsior! —AI Aaron@TheCreekFM.com 06 DECEMBER 7–20, 2018
WHAT’S INSIDE December 7–20, 2018 // Volume 17, Issue #400
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11 QUESTIONS WITH
FRANKIE VALLI 14 DECEMBER 7–20, 2018
You’ve been listening to Frankie Valli your whole life. Songs like “Sherry”, “Walk Like A Man”, and almost especially “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” are as ingrained in the soundtrack of American music as anything else recorded in the last 100 years (Remember that scene from The Deer Hunter? No, the other scene with the song!). Solo and with the Four Seasons, Valli has racked up 71 combined chart hits. He’s appeared in films and on television, and in 2005, a musical about the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, debuted on Broadway. The story of four guys from the Garden State would go onto win multiple awards, spark a motion picture from Clint Eastwood, and run for for over a decade. Through all his personal highs and lows, one thing has remained—Frankie Valli’s enthusiasm for the music.
ONE A lot of people have said that the Four Seasons’ legacy was severely undervalued before Jersey Boys rescued it. Do you agree? They’re right. A lot of it was our own fault. We were out of the public eye for a long time; we hardly did interviews. We were so afraid that if anybody found out we had members [Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi] who’d done time, radio and record companies wouldn’t have anything to do with us. But I think that had a lot to do with the success of the play. When we were trying to get Jersey Boys off the ground, I’d get, “The Four Seasons? Who’s going to care? There’s the Beatles, there’s the Rolling Stones.” But people know those stories. Here was a story no one knew. TWO Is it tough to watch the scenes about your marriage failing and your daughter’s struggle with drugs? There was a lot of darkness that even the play doesn’t completely cover. It was hard for me to talk about the tragedy because you’re not supposed to lose your children. You’re supposed to go first. And I didn’t just lose one kid; I lost two and got a divorce, all in six months. I went through a period where I was drinking and doing a lot of things I shouldn’t. Then I got married again and had a son, and it pulled me together. I said, “I don’t ever want my kids to see me in any state of mind other than a responsible one.” But there’s nothing I would change, except to have my kids back. I appreciated everything and still do. More than anything, I appreciate the audiences. I mean, where would we be without them? THREE You had ties with a mobster who ran the local gambling racket. How’d it feel to finally air that connection? I had a longtime relationship with “Gyp” DeCarlo. He was like a father to me. He always said, “Stay out of trouble. Don’t join any gangs.” I didn’t know from mobs or any of that. These guys would come into the bars you were playing and tip you, and you made more money in the tip than from your pay. I, later on, realized why nobody bothered me in the neighborhood—because he put the word out that they shouldn’t.
FOUR Don Rickles, when he first went to the Copa Cabana, the person running the place didn’t like him, but somebody from the “Management” confronted one of the wise guys, said to the manager, “I like him.” From that moment on, Don Rickles said he played the Copa Cabana regularly. He pointed out the same thing happened to him in Las Vegas. He wasn’t in the mob, but he knew mob people. They liked him so they protected him. I had exactly the same kind of experiences. You know, I mean, there were many times I was visited by the FBI. They wanted to know why I was in this restaurant, sitting down, having a drink with John Gotti. Well, I walked in the restaurant. He saw me and said, “Hey! How’re doing? Come on over and have a drink.” The agent at the time said to me, “Well, do you know who he is and what he does?” I said, “I don’t know anything except what I read, and he never did anything to me. He offered to buy me a drink. What do you want me to do? Everybody that wants to buy me a drink, should I ask them what they do for a living?” I said, “Certainly you do realize that I am a performer. That’s what I do. I pay my taxes. Do you think these guys call me up and say, ‘Come over. We want to tell you what we’re doing next week’?” So, he laughed about it and he said, “Well, you know, I’m just doing my job. By the way, would you sign this thing for my kid?” FIVE Let’s talk about the start of the Four Seasons. When did you start with producer Bob Crewe? He signed us to a 5-year deal. He was going to record us, and in the beginning, for the first three years, we were his backup band for everybody that he was recording until we finally put a little pressure and said, “If you’re not going to record us, we’re going to leave.” He finally came to where he said, “Ok. We’ll go in the studio. We went in on a Sunday because it was cheaper, and we didn’t have to deal with the union and all of that stuff. And we had these four songs, and while we were rehearsing these songs getting ready to go in, Bob Gaudio was late for rehearsal. He comes in and he says, “I just wrote this song.” The lyrics weren’t even, he just made up some lyrics. We played it. We worked on it. We sang it. We called Bob Crewe up, said we have another song we want to also do on a date, and we sang it to him over the phone. This was “Sherry.” He says, “Ok. We’ll do it.” continued on page 17
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continued from page 15 SIX How did you react to your initial burst of fame? I was still living in a project, married with kids, for two years after we had success! I was afraid to leave. The first property I bought was a two-family house, because I said, “Maybe this will go away, but at least I’ll have a tenant who can help me pay the mortgage.” I had a job for the city of Newark as a maintenance repairman, and I took a leave of absence, through almost two years of hits! The guys in the band laughed at me. Everybody went out and bought Cadillacs; I was driving around in junk. SEVEN Your falsetto was a trademark. Was it eventually a burden? With “Sherry,” we were looking for a sound. We wanted to make the kind of mark that, if the radio was playing one of our songs, you knew who it was immediately. But I didn’t want to sing like that my whole life. Once we established the sound, the plan was that, eventually, I would do solo [records] and some things I really wanted to do. I was very lucky to make the transition to “My Eyes Adored You” and “Swearin’ to God,” which had none of that [falsetto]. When we recorded “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” the record company thought I was looking to leave the group, so they kept it in the can for over a year. I was never leaving. EIGHT Give me a checklist of all the things you think you ought to do to a song. Well, I think the most important thing is, especially if you’re doing songs that have been recorded by other people, I’ve always had this feeling that unless you could do that song as well, or take it to a place where it was yours, you shouldn’t do it. If I couldn’t do a song and give it a new flavor, I’d rather not do it, you know. Like in the case of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” was inspired by Frank Sinatra. I heard him sing “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” We went into the studio, we loved it so much. We were so inspired. We recorded it, but we did it completely different. Why would anybody want to buy a record by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that was exactly like the Frank Sinatra record? NINE You saw your fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra perform live when you were a kid. Did it inspire you? A little kid for the first time seeing any performer, let alone someone that big, with women screaming and fainting—yeah, I was like, “Boy, that’s what I want to do.” But I had no idea how to get to where he was. Is there a school? I said to myself one day, “Well, who taught the first guy how to do it?” I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance, you felt that everything he sang had happened in his life. TEN You had a part in The Sopranos. One of the most successful television series in the history of television. What was that like and how did you get into that?
You know, I auditioned for it. The first time I auditioned, I auditioned for David Chase and he said, “I really like you. You were good, but I don’t think this part is right for you.” Again, I thought he was just being nice. Four years later, he calls me and says, “I wrote a part for you. I want you to play this Captain in this family.” I said, “That’ll be easy. I’ve known all these Captains all these years.” ELEVEN “Sherry”, “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Oh, What a Night,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Grease,” “My Eyes Will Touch You,” “Come On, Maryann”, “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”... Why do you think your music has become so embedded in our culture? I don’t know. I think, first of all, because it… If I knew that, I would start my own record company tomorrow morning. I think it was the way the songs we did were written. The blue-collar guy, the guy that went to work and whether he worked construction, or drove a truck, or a cab or whatever, we said things the way I felt he might want to say it. A lot of groups have girl fans and the guys that they were going with weren’t crazy about the groups because the girls were crazy about the guys that were in the group. We had a different kind of thing going. Girls liked us and guys liked us, so the guys would also come to see our shows with the girls. We related, I think much better, but we never tried to be anybody else but who we were. It was terrific. Don’t miss Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons LIVE at the Macon City Auditorium, Thursday, December 27th! Tickets available at ticketmaster.com.
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During the summer of '78, Tom Waits came thru yet again. He regularly played around Chicago, from little joints to larger clubs & theatres, and I had been a serious fan of Tom’s since his 2nd LP. I had shot him several times, gotten to talk with him after shows a time or two, and I truly believed he was a genuine artist, someone unique in fact. I approached Tom one day at soundcheck about the idea of shooting a show with infrared film. It took a deep red flash to expose the B&W negative film. I explained it to him that it wouldn't bother or distract the show—only he would notice the red flash. I showed him at soundcheck, and he approved the notion, said go ahead. After the show, he was in town for a few more days, and we hooked up & went over the results. He dug ‘em, and we did several more shoots with this method. The results were very cool. Plus, Tom Waits was the first artist who ever treated me as an artist myself… I had never really regarded myself that way until then. Tom & I stayed in touch over the years until sometime back when life changes… But he definitely helped shape my confidence with my cameras. Thanks, Tom. 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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DECEMBER 7–20, 2018
A CONVERSATION WITH
MARCUS KING …AS REMEMBERED BY AARON IRONS
Profanity. That’s what I was spittin’ at 3:33pm on Tuesday, November 27th. Incidentally, the birthday of Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, and my sister. Walking out of the house that morning, I remembered to text Sis, spared a prayer for the Dragon, and wondered if I could still play “Little Wing”. I made a mental note to try it out on my J-45 when I got home. I was looking forward to work, ready for a moment I’d been after since June. I truly dig the days where I have a lot to do but a clear path and vision towards the end. That was the kind of sunlight I thought I was walking into on that cold morning. After six months, at 3 o’clock, I had an interview with Marcus King.
actual interview, and the transcription. When it comes to the subject, the research varies. Subjects that I actively follow aren’t necessarily easier, but I’ve got an idea of what I’m going to ask. Newer artists can be problematic because there may not be much information available to prepare—which is the whole point of an interview, to find out the answers to the questions we all have. In that case, I find myself asking horribly mundane “Tell me about your influences” questions—but I take comfort in knowing that “my” interview might provide helpful research material to another writer somewhere down the line. Yep, that’s me— journalistic altruism in cowboy boots.
Originally, I’d reached out to the Marcus King Band before the Big House Summer Jam. His folks were receptive but quick to preface the “yes” with a, “He’s actually in Europe right now… so we’ll do the best we can.” Which was fine, really. I thought, “Hey, that’s okay. We’ll do 11 Questions. I can email ‘em, Marcus can answer ‘em at his leisure!” Because that’s what a 22-year-old guitar player on tour in Europe wants to do—type answers to some dumb-ass questions from a writer trying to meet a deadline half a world away. Truth is, Marcus is easy and cool. We’d not met before, but he’s no stranger around the Creek studios. Mention his name, and it’s all smiles, all good.
The next part of the process, the actual interview, is what this is all about. I never got those 11 answers from Marcus, but when his December 15th show at the Capitol Theatre was announced, I was glad I hadn’t. Immediately, I checked his tour schedule online—USA, east coast. Sweet. Next, I emailed my contact with the MKB. I received a reply immediately. He remembered our earlier correspondence—but unfortunately, Marcus had changed management. That cat, Justin, was aces, though; he hooked me up with a contact in the new camp. I sent in my request. And waited. And… waited. And… Actually, Greg at Shore Fire got right back to me with a “We’ll see what’s possible.” And because the universe loves me and wants me to be happy and meet deadlines, Greg arranged an interview with Marcus for 3 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, November the 27th.
I’ve only been in this game for a short while, so my interview style is self-developed from lots of trial and error. I’ve basically distilled it into three parts: The research, the
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continued from page 21 I spend the morning listening to Carolina Confessions. You could strip the songwriter out of Marcus King, and you’d still have a fine guitar player. With this new work, I believe the opposite exists as well. Lost in the album, I forget that King is only twenty-two. Tombstone hand and a graveyard mind. He picks up the phone, and I can tell he’s on the move. “Hey, Aaron, hang on…” A bit of background noise, some air, a door shut. “There. I can talk a little better back here.” I remember riding on tour buses, the layout, and I imagine Marcus swaying on his way to the tail. Probably, there’s a small lounge area. Or maybe he’s in the bathroom. He’s headed for Pittsburgh. Carolina Confessions was recorded in Nashville at RCA’s Studio A. There has to be something about that room, some linger or spirit… When it was built in 1965, it was state of the f ’n art. RCA kept it open until 1977, and since then the building has had various musical tenants, overcome potential demolition, and become recognized as a place of historical significance. Today, it’s the home of Dave Cobb’s Low Country Sound. I asked Marcus what brought the MKB and Dave Cobb together. He says the idea was brought up, and he was immediately excited—but that he didn’t even know Cobb worked out of Studio A. It was a happy coincidence. “Where I’m Headed” kicks in with a distinctly Allman Brotherish and thick acoustic guitar. It’s rock tempo, and Marcus’s voice is rough and sweet. I ask him what he thinks is so enduring about Duane Allman’s guitar work. “Why do you think it still resonates nearly fifty years later?” You can hear the admiration in his voice, no hesitation, “Because he was breaking down barriers, still is.” He compares Duane to Miles Davis. There’s a sad sophistication to “Goodbye Carolina”, and I mention
how much I think his songwriting has improved. I ask who’s been influencing him. “I take inspiration from everything.” He talks about finding as much relevance in the lyrics of Tupac Shakur as John Prine, Notorious B.I.G. as Neil Young. There’s a bluesy, overtly funky feel to “Homesick” that’s rooted in King’s Greenville, SC soul but a vulnerability that’s usually earned from years of reflection. Of course, age is no definitive indication of wisdom or experience, but Marcus King has had the opportunity to learn from the best. “I’ve learned more about what not to do,” he says on the subject of sage advice. As the son of a son of a musician, Marcus has been able to draw on the experiences of his bluesman father, Marvin, as well as heroes-turned-friends like Warren Haynes. “How Long” is more Memphis than Nashville, full of Otis Redding and Steve Cropper in its Stax-like, horn-driven delivery. Stylistically, Marcus doesn’t claim one over the other. He professes leanings toward blues and soul but funk seems to be a light obsession—and “Autumn Rains” would be right at home on a Chris Stapleton album (Go ahead and pitch that—but remember who gave you the idea). Once again, “Confessions” reveals King’s love of the Allman Brothers, but it also finds an R&B groove that leaves your eyes closed while your head nods to the beat. Excellent guitar tones dominate Carolina Confessions—part of that stems from King and also from producer Cobb who has an unnatural feel for unadorned, crisp guitars that sound free, uncompressed, un-overdubbed— like you’re in the room. Because I ask, Marcus volunteers that his current favorite stage combination is a Gibson ES 345 through a Fender Super Reverb. I agree the combination is suited to nearly any task. continued on page 25 11thHourOnline.com 21 23
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continued from page 23 “Remember” is a remarkable reflection of artist and producer. In it, you hear the echoes of Cobb’s work with the aforementioned Stapleton, Jason Isbell, cousin Brent…It’s a formula he’s fond of— the lone singer, acoustic guitar, reverb-laden lead guitar. It works with Marcus, beautifully, and I bet it’s a showstopper. “Marcus, have you ever been legitimately starstruck?” It feels like I surprise him with that one, and he surprises me with an honest laugh and a, “All the time! I’ve been fortunate to work with some of my heroes… and my band. I am in awe of my band.” They are good, honed razor sharp from live shows and the road—and there’s absolutely no substitute for that, no woodshed anywhere in the galaxy that matches the do-or-die catechism of a living, breathing audience. Justin Johnson and Dean Mitchell bring the swagger and the horns with Stephen Campbell and Jack Ryan keepin’ the backbeat on bass and drums respectively. Lacing it all together is Deshawn Alexander on the keys. I wonder out loud if the MKB has any pre-show rituals—that can be shared—and Marcus laughs again, “Yeah, we actually do the thing from King of the Hill where we put our hands together and shout, ‘Gooooood, Bless America!’.” It’s an inside joke, but Marcus admits it’s also a positive way to start the show. Our time is up, and I ask him if he’d ever considered a different path. He’s young enough that he may consider musician his “occupation” but not work. Once again, I feel like I’ve surprised him. He’s probably thinkin’, “What an incredibly stupid question,” but he actually says, “Uh, no. I’ve always felt like this is what I was meant to do.” And why wouldn't he? His father had a guitar in his hands as soon as his little fingers could grip one, and he was playing along with Southern Rock albums before he was barely into double digits. So I take pity on King and holster my banality, thank him, and say goodbye. That was 3:21pm Eastern Standard Time. Now comes the third and possibly most important part of the Irons Interview Process (patent pending)—the transcription. I use a service that provides me with the transcript synced to the audio. I sit with earbuds in, going through the interview from top to bottom (several times) to check for the right punctuation—computers can’t read nuance—and to correct certain words. I have a rather pronounced accent, and transcription services often misrepresent a lot of my words. Hell, if you can, imagine a computer tryin’ to discern a conversation between me and Chris Knight or BJ Barham. So, yeah, I put some effort into making sure printed interviews are as representative as possible. I saved my interview with Marcus King in Audition—an mp3 file
labeled Marcus King 11.27.18—removed my USB from the tower and headed towards the 11th Hour Batcave nestled between Philly Palma’s production room and The Light. Plug USB into laptop, open folder… no interview. “Musta saved it to the desktop,” I thought with only a slight pang of dread in my sternum. I ejected the USB, clomped back to the studio, put USB into tower, opened Audition… there it is! Marcus King 11.27.18… but… 1 KB doesn’t seem like a 20-minute interview. Open it up… nothin’ but a name, and so… Profanity. So there it is, kids. The interview I’d been hunting for 6 months reduced to a 1 KB file and a string of f-words. Some of you may remember my interview with Son Little, where I kept the Grammy-winner on hold for ten minutes while Anthony Ennis and Tony Doolin attempted to thaw a frozen Audition file. Or maybe you recall the time I interviewed The Kernal and my computer decided to seize up halfway into the call. Then there was the WWE rep admonishing me for keeping Jeff Hardy on hold while we recalibrated the board from live football. With Marcus King on the cover, I feel like I owe you an apology—as in maybe you feel like this was the 11th Hour version of a 5th season episode of Lost. On the other hand, if I brought a smile to your face (laughin’ with not at me, right?) then I feel that my misfortune for your entertainment was worth it—though I wonder if Marcus or the good folks over at Shore Fire will be as amused when I hit ‘em up for a phoner in the future. Nobody ever said journalism was easy, I guess—but as my wife is fond of reminding me, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you better be tough.”
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I have been working in retail since I was 15-years-old, and as a small child, I spent many summers helping out in my mom and aunt's store. My cousins and I used to plan how we would become successful entrepreneurs when we grew up. We even planned an entire menu for a hot dog stand one summer! Little did we know that we were preparing ourselves to live out the American Dream—owning our own businesses! With over 22 million small businesses operating in the United States, I got to thinking... How are successful entrepreneurs making it in today’s highly competitive markets? Some local business owners have found the answer in the morals and values that guide our everyday decisions. Downtown Macon has some pretty special entrepreneurs. Felicia Howard owns Felicia's Cake Factory on Third Street. For years, she’d been baking some of the best cakes and cupcakes in Middle Georgia before taking a leap of faith and opening her own storefront a little over a year ago. Felicia says, “Honesty, trust, and bravery are my guiding principles”. At Just Tap'd and Ocmulgee Brewpub, the Kressin's value both family and community and want to do what is best for both. Kaitlyn Kressin says, “We work very closely with different organizations throughout the city to help raise awareness, sponsor charity events that benefit all downtown businesses, and care a great deal about our employees and want to treat them like family.” I own Travis Jean Emporium, a gift shop on Cherry Street. I believe that helping others and being kind is what makes me successful. I even have a sign in my shop with a quote from the Dalai Lama so that I might inspire others, “The true meaning of life: "We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives, If you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.” By projecting the best parts of ourselves into our businesses, we are changing more than just the shopping experience for our customers. Downtown business owners consistently put their values into practice by hosting clothing and food drives, donating time to quarterly cleanups, and sponsoring
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CHRISTMAS MUSIC Christmas music...meh, right? It doesn’t have to be, and Christmas wouldn’t be the same for me without a few specifics. As long as I can remember, my dad would always play Porky Pig’s “Blue Christmas” and “Merry Christmas, Baby” by Otis Redding. The King of Soul + Christmas = WIN. Otis was actually the first pop-singer I remember doing Christmas music. Before that, I thought Christmas music was just the “traditional” stuff I heard, and that other musicians just didn’t make new holiday music. My mom, on the other hand, was more of a country fan-- so naturally, she loved songs like Alabama’s “Christmas in Dixie”. In my household, it was a mix of old and new. Country, soul, and little bit of everything in between. Personally, I still cherish those songs and memories, but I also enjoy a variety of other Christmas songs and some that just remind me of the season. Regardless of religious affiliation, I think some music just brings out the happy nostalgia of childhood-- the anxious, fun feeling before you open a gift, being around loved ones, my grandmother giving me a Barney hat when I was WAY too old for such a thing, accidentally splitting my brother's forehead open with a plate on Christmas Eve and causing him to get stitches... but let's talk about music. Here are a few favorites that should be on everyone’s holiday playlist: Koko Taylor- “Merry, Merry Christmas”, John Lennon- “Happy Xmas”, BB King- A Christmas Celebration of Hope (album), “Hallelujah” (so many versions to choose from, but my go-to is Jeff Buckley), Dave Matthews - “The Christmas Song”, Sufjan Stevens- Songs from Christmas (album), Freddie King- “Christmas Tears”,Tom Waits- “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis”.As for the traditional, it’s not Christmas for me without “O Holy Night”, “Carol of the Bells”, and “Silent Night”. – ANTHONY ENNIS
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WHITE CHRISTMAS Christmas Movies. They just don’t make them like they used to, do they? My absolute favorite Christmas Movie, hands down, has to be the 1954 classic, White Christmas. It has everything you could possibly ask for-- a tale of romance, train rides, time-honored music, choreographed dance numbers, old Hollywood costumes… all beginning and ending with Irving Berlin’s 1942 Christmas classic “White Christmas”! Starring the crooner Bing Crosby, the versatile Danny Kaye, the incredibly talented Rosemary Clooney, and the gorgeous Vera-Ellen, the cast makes singing and dancing look easy. White Christmas is a holiday tradition in my house, evoking the best Christmas memories of wrapping presents, baking cookies, crafting ornaments, and decorating the tree while Rosemary and Vera sing “Sisters” in their iconic robins egg blue dresses. –ASHLEY DOOLIN
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RAIN DOGS BY TOM WAITS There are two kinds of folks on this rock-- those who love Tom Waits and everybody else. Tom Waits fans have a… well, I wouldn’t call it a connection (we’re all misanthropes at some level, of course), but we do share a particular regard for one another. See, to put on a Waits record is to set sail in a tempest without a compass or like shaving a mountain lion… it takes guts and imagination. In 1984, Tom sequestered himself in a Lower Manhattan basement and created, Frankenstein-like, the songs that would become Rain Dogs. While most popular musics of the 1980’s were over-synthed, push-button, sterile affairs, Waits wanted real sounds from actual animals. He utilized whatever was handy, sticks & stones, banjos, Keith Richards… The result is a crusty oeuvre that passes melodic mustard while smashing glass. Delivered in a trademark throat-wrapped-inbarbed-wire growl, Rain Dogs features sophisticated cacophany with real spit. Crunchy calliope numbers bob, geek-like, beside blood & bourbon-soaked second line anthems-- and not a few pop jewels scattered throughout. I was 19-years-old, and Rain Dogs was the first Tom Waits album I ever bought (at a Best Buy, dig it) I had no idea what I was stepping into… Rain Dogs clanks, plonks, honky tonks, smooths out, wrings your wrists, rends your expectations, moans madly, descends into carnival carnality, ascends to the lip of the gutter before dragging you back down into the ditch. It squishes and squelches wet and gritty, a walk on a winter beach with a hole in your boot-- and then it amps and burns, reeking like a tire fire or a hot radiator. I miss the sonic promiscuity of my youth that led me to such sensations... but then again, Tom Waits fans know a not-so-secret truth. Wanna hear it? Listen to Rain Dogs. –AARON IRONS
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BUMPING MICS Boyohboy, did I have a crappy Tuesday… Seems like I’m perpetually plagued by gremlins who seek only to stymie any technological pursuit. For instance, if you’ve been a fan of this fine publication (thank you’s all around) then you’ve probably read about my many (many) blunders while attempting to record interviews with some of Americana’s notable artists. This issue was supposed to contain a conversation with Marcus King… Alas, it was not to be as your Luddite commentator zotzed the transfer of the recording from computer to computer. A long day at The Creek became a late night, and I was near tears (not really… okay, really) when I returned home to sit lonely with a beer and a glass of rye. My wife and daughter were long asleep, the house was quiet. I turned on the tv, hit the Netflix button, and I was immediately slapped in the face by Bumping Mics with Dave Attell and Jeff Ross. I’m a huge fan of Attell, and the prospect of watching him trade comic punches with the roasty
Ross seemed like gold. It was diamond encrusted. Filmed over three nights at the Comedy Cellar in New York, Bumping Mics is no-holds-barred comedy improv at it’s brutal finest. If your familiar with Attel’s self-deprecation and Ross’s irreverence, imagine the two of them attempting to out-do each other while a parade of their pals (Gilbert Gottfried, Michelle Wolf, Bob Saget, Michael Che, Amy Schumer, and mo’) offer their own two cents at the comics’ expense. I’ll caution you that Bumping Mics will offend you at some point, and unless you’re ready to explain necrophilia, don’t watch it with the kids. But if your day’s circlin’ the bowl, and you’re teeterin’ on self-pity and self-destruction then there’s nothing quite like watching two best friends draw spiritual, comedic blood. –AARON IRONS
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Danny Hutton
THE INTERVIEW BY DAVID HIGDON
There’s a Three Dog Night song on the radio right now. Or maybe it’s on television. Or stuck in your head—and if not… just wait. Iconic is just one word to describe the music, songs like “One”, “Never Been To Spain”, “Old Fashioned Love Song”, “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)”, to name only a few, have become standards— and who doesn’t light up with the first line of “Joy to the World”? Jeremiah was a bullfrog! See, you’re smiling and singin’ it right now! Formed in 1967, Three Dog Night found consistent success with excellent songs from talented writers and dynamite vocal performances from a trio of lead singers—Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. With a career that started in the cartoon industry and wove around Laurel Canyon and the L.A. punk scene, Danny Hutton has seen music evolve, ebb, and flow through six decades. He’s a man who appreciates much and requires little—just a good song and an audience to sing it to. It’s apparent how much fun David Higdon had while speaking with Mr. Hutton, and if that’s any indication then Three Dog Night at the Macon City Auditorium on December 6th will certainly be a show to celebrate! David Higdon: We are excited to have Three Dog Night coming to Macon. Danny Hutton: Oh, it is going to be wonderful. You know, I love touring. We are actually off for three weeks, which is unusual. We are recording. I am very excited about that as it has been a while since we have been in the studio mode. It is great; I am energized. So, how do you switch gears from a live show setting to being in the studio? Is that a hard transition? No, not at all. The studio is at my house. I bought my house from Alice Cooper; it has a real nice setup. My two sons run the studio; it is their studio. A lot of young bands come in here, and I get to hear a lot of the new bands and speak to them. Constantly finding new music and finding what the new trend is? Yeah, we had Jimmy Cliff in here a while back. You know, he’s a reggae superstar.
Of course, he’s a legend. “The Harder They Come.” Yeah. My son recorded an album here with him, and they got Reggae Album of the Year, so that was a lot of fun… What a lot of people can expect to hear at the show, well, what I hear and read, are the reviews on Ticketmaster, “I had no idea that they (Three Dog Night) had so many hits,” or, “They sound good for old guys!” We haven’t lowered the key in anything. We are all firing on all cylinders. If you like the records, we sound like the records or better. There are a couple of those songs on the records that we would have changed the tempo, and now we have corrected them. We tour arenas, performing arts centers, the old vaudeville 1,200 seat theaters, festivals, outdoor amphitheaters, all sorts of venues, and I just love it. My idol is Tony Bennett, and he is 92. I just want to be there on stage when I am that age; why not? You say Tony Bennett, and even at his age, the guy is relevant. He was creating new music and performing with Lady Gaga. He has stayed fresh. Oh yeah, and he can still hit above a high C, and that is something else. And, all the men in the audience are still worried that they could lose their wife to Tony Bennett when he sings. (Laughing) Oh, I agree. Three Dog Night at such quick success at the beginning that you went from playing small clubs to arenas almost overnight. After The Beatles, we were the first group to play stadiums. People seem to think that it was Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, but it was us. We were the first band to go out with screens and a big sound system and stuff. We had Rod Stewart & The Faces open for us at the Cotton Bowl. Wow! That had to have been something. Yeah, it was. It was crazy. There was a lot of Grand Marnier backstage. Those guys like that heavy stuff ! That was fun. They were a fun party band. We played with The Beach Boys to half a million people at the Washington Monument. We have had some cool, crazy gigs. Ringo on drums (laughs); that was very crazy. continued on page 38
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continued from page 37 You have named a lot, and I couldn’t ask you narrow that down to a favorite show. It sounds like you have gained so many memorable experiences playing live year after year. We have done two Super Bowls. We did the Super Bowl in Tampa when Whitney Houston sang the National Anthem. Do you remember that? Do I? That is one of the definitive versions of the National Anthem ever performed. What I liked about that show was that we shared the dressing room with, well, locker room I guess, with every guy who had played in the Super Bowl up until that time. Larry Csonka, Mean Joe Greene, all of those guys. So, we were just hanging backstage with them, and it was amazing when you see just how big these guys are. It was a lot of fun. We had 21 consecutive Top 40 Hits. Anybody coming to see us, whatever type of music that you like, it will probably be in our set. Genre-wise, a lot of people don’t realize that we weren’t pigeonholed into a heavy metal thing, or a country thing, or a folk thing. We were on the easy listening charts, the pop charts, the rock n roll charts, the country & western charts, #1 on the R&B charts with “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” Went to London, England and recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, so we were on the classical charts also. During the evening, just hang on, and we will get to your type of music. Have you been in California since forming Three Dog Night? I was born in Ireland and moved to Boston when I was about 4 ½ then moved out to, as my Mom would say, “Hollywood”—she would never call it “L.A.”—when I was 12, and I have been here ever since; I am 76. I have been here a long time. I finally became a citizen of the US 4 years ago. I waited a long time, but I figured it was time. You have seen a lot of musical movements in California. Did you find that it was a supportive scene when you were getting your start? Well, I really didn’t come at music from a guy playing live and in bands doing five sets a night. I got my start at Disney Studios literally at the bottom of the music world: I loaded and unloaded albums out of trucks for Buena Vista Records, and that’s how I started. Through strange circumstances, I ended up going to Hannah-Barbera. They started a label, a rock n roll record company,
and I was head of A&R there. I produced, wrote, played a lot of instruments, and sang all the harmonies on the songs that they did. I was a studio rat– one of those guys– so, I didn’t come at it from that point of view. I was around for the whole music scene. I was doing the whole cartoon stuff. They actually drew me and put me The Flintstones. Did they really? Yeah, there’s an episode with this Brian Epstein/Beatles manager type guy who goes and discovers Pebbles and Bam-Bam. So, he goes to visit Fred’s house, and they are sitting and watching me on TV. They tell me, “Hey, we are going to release this as a single.” I said, “I’m not an entertainer; I’m a studio guy.” They said, “Well, you’re gonna have to go out and plug this record.” So, I ended up playing American Bandstand with The Lovin’ Spoonful. The first live show that I did was opening with Sonny & Cher when they had “I Got You Babe.” 5,000 people. I said, “Oh my god, I’m either going to go out and faint or do it.” So, that was my first exposure to playing live. I then went out on tour with for three weeks. The whole scene in Laurel Canyon when Stephen Stills and all of those guys came to town, and I was their neighbor. They had the first hit with The Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man” in April ’65. I was the second guy in Laurel Canyon to have a hit with “Roses and Rainbows” that I did. I was around that whole scene in ’65 and ’66. It is funny that the papers always jumped on the Year of Love, I guess it was ’67 in San Francisco—but it was actually in ’65 in L.A. when it all happened. The Jefferson Airplane were recording in RCA Studios down on Sunset, and The Rolling Stones recorded “Satisfaction” at the same studio, and this was all in ’65. And all of those groups– The Byrds, Love– that was all happening when I got into the scene. That’s powerful and amazing to think of those studios. Here in Macon, you know, we have the history of the Capricorn Studios… Oh yeah, all of the Allman Brothers stuff was recorded there. You got it.
I was buddies with those guys in the old days. We had a few drinks. When you come to town, you should visit their old house. It has been turned into a museum with their old memorabilia in it. Really! That would be cool to do that. Our thing is that we all live in different states, and we do these five day runs with a travel day in between. We fly and meet somewhere and the tour bus will be there, and then we travel. We usually leave around midnight and get into the next city in the middle of the morning, and I usually go back to bed (laughing). But, if it falls on a day off, I would love to do something like that. I have got to ask you—when I was researching for this interview, I came across that you spent some time managing some punk rock bands. Yeah! I did that here in L.A. FEAR with Lee Ving, Spit Sticks, all those guys. Three Dog Night stopped touring for about two years, and I started going out of my mind. I started going to the clubs, this was in the later ‘70s. I saw this band at The Troubadour, and my mind was just blown by FEAR. I don’t know if you have ever seen this movie “The Decline of Western Civilization”… Of course, Penelope Spheeris… That was when I managed them was during that filming. Yep, Penelope, and Darby Crash and The Germs, X… Oh yeah, X, one of my all-time favorites, The Blasters…
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Yep, I was around all of those guys during the whole time. We would play the Whisky, and FEAR would come up early before the show and get whatever cheap beer they had and pour it into their hair and then spike it; they were quite a sight. It was a good experience for me; people don’t realize that. When people ask me what kind of music I like? Good. I like good music. We play every style of music. I am open to everything. I am not so much into rap, but I do like Eminem. A lot. I think that he is a smart cat. Did Lee Ving ever try to convince Three Dog Night to cover a FEAR song? (Laughing) No, I don’t think that I could sing the “I don’t care about you, f--k you” (laughing). I couldn’t do that. And that was my problem with FEAR– I couldn’t get them on the radio at the time. And all of their songs had either an “F” word or “scum” or, you know, they were really politically incorrect with women… ”Beef, Beef, Bologna.” I don’t think that we can cover any of that. Were you managing FEAR when they had their infamous Saturday Night Live appearance? No, but they were Belushi’s favorite group. Have you ever seen the picture of him hitchhiking with a FEAR button? Yeah… I had read that Belushi had tried to get FEAR on the Neighbors soundtrack and that the producers just said, “Uh, no…”. Yeah, I just couldn’t get any action for them. They were recognized as probably the first speed metal band. If you listen to their tracks, those guys were so tight, I mean they were tight. They were good. And everybody respected them. Lee Ving, with all of these other groups, he would come into the dressing room and look at everybody and say (sneering), “God bless you…God bless you all.” Everybody was like, “OK, OK. Go away.” (laughing). That is what people don’t recognize about punk rock. They think that it is easy and simplistic, but you really have to be dialed into the other players to be able to pull it off. Oh yeah. Well, you can do that thing where you only
know two chords, and thrashing and cutting yourself and being sloppy but being threatening—but that doesn’t appeal to me. What appealed to me was that FEAR were just…they did this instrumental that was just so crazy tight that, I mean, it was amazing. I know that you have a busy day, and I appreciate you taking the time to speak with me. We are excited that Three Dog Night is coming to town and with all of the music that you have given us. That’s great; thank you. They are actually using three of our songs right now—one is for a TV show, one for one of those Pixar things, and RuPaul is using “Mama Told Me” for her drag queen series. So people hear our songs all of the time, and they don’t know it. “Shambala”... and there is one of those big box stores, and they are using “Joy to the World”, but they have recorded ten commercials– ten scenarios– and my grandkids love that, especially during the holidays. I am sure that you receive requests all of the time to have Three Dog Night’s songs used for movies or TV. Oh yeah, we have a whole bunch of them coming up this year. I tell you, it is wonderful: I am in good health, and I weigh what I weighed in 1969; I have my hair, and we haven’t lowered the key, so what more could you want? I am so proud of the guys; we sound as good, if not better, than the records, and that is hard to do. Yes, it is. As my mother said, “Self-praise is no praise at all,” (laughing) but I am just telling you the truth! We just want everyone to come out, and believe me, you will leave with a smile on your face. We’re not there to lecture or to speak about politics or do dark and gloomy, and there is nothing at all wrong with that, but it is just not what we do. For an hour or two, just escape all of the pressures, all of the stuff; get away from the news, and just forget your troubles and have a good time. Three Dog Night at the Macon City Auditorium! Thursday, December 6th! Tickets available at ticketmaster.com.
I TELL YOU, IT IS WONDERFUL: I AM IN GOOD HEALTH, AND I WEIGH WHAT I WEIGHED IN 1969; I HAVE MY HAIR, AND WE HAVEN’T LOWERED THE KEY, SO WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT? I AM SO PROUD OF THE GUYS; WE SOUND AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER, THAN THE RECORDS, AND THAT IS HARD TO DO. 37 39 11thHourOnline.com 39
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INTERSTATE GOSPEL THE PISTOL ANNIES BY ASHLEY DOOLIN
Facebook pop-up quizzes on who has the best legs or who deserves to be Queen of Country, Twitter polls on the worst hair, worst dressed, and worst album— why is it that Music Row pits female artists against female artists? Then there are the rumors; she’s pregnant, they’re divorcing, she’s had “work done”, the band is breaking up. Scandals and fabricated reports have surrounded women in Country music since Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Patsy Cline. In 2015, a radio consultant advised country stations to “take the females out” to get higher ratings, and it has been suggested for decades that women don’t want to listen to other women. Well, boys, not only do ladies want to hear other women sing, we seek them out—and I urge both sexes to seek out the third album from the Pistol Annies, Interstate Gospel*. From start to finish, the album is real life—raw, emotional, and never sugar-coated. The powerhouse trio of Angaleena Presley, Ashley Monroe, and Miranda Lambert wrote all fourteen tracks, and they’re what country music is and should always be—full of grit and wisdom from life’s everyday problems and burdens. “I picked a good day for a recreational Percocet,” is how Ashley Monroe gets things started on “Best Years Of My Life”, a song you should know because you’ve either been there or you know someone who has.The song is a not-so-tongue-incheek approach to a marriage that is sad, monotonous, and failing. “Milk Man” is a beautiful song about a mother. According to the Annies, their mamas really love them and did everything they could for them. What mother doesn’t? Motherhood is a sacrifice that never ends, from conception to grave. If I could be more like mama Maybe she wouldn't judge me Sometimes I think mama 40 DECEMBER 7–20, 2018 18
Wants to be more like we But it's too late 'cause her hair's gray and the years have started showing on her cheeks 'Cause mama never did have nothin' but daddy and me One reoccurring theme is the end of a relationship—either divorce or just time doing what time does. The Pistol Annies handle this in funny or empathetic ways that draw you right into the song. “Masterpiece” hits you right in the face. Baby we were just a masterpiece Up there on the wall for all to see We were body and soul, we were talked about Once you've been framed you can't get out Who's brave enough to take it down? Who's fool enough to lose the crown? We're just another thing they'll all forget about They'll be standing around laughin' Like nothing ever happened “Commissary” is brutally eye-opening. It touches on domestic violence, incarceration, the after-effects in the home. “Got My Name Changed Back” is toetappin’ and full of attitude. There’s not a bad song on this album and the ladies harmonies just blend and mesh, the cry of the female guardian warrior that girls need and yearn for. I can just imagine when they sit down to write or perform that they put secret-power-signet-ring clad fists together that, when combined, leaves their listener spellbound and saved from a world of tailgate, rump shakin’, pickup truck-drivin’, moonshine drinkin’, toe-dippin’-in-the-swimming-hole, tank-top 40, bro-country records.
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Playlist For The Week Of November 27, 2018
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS / Hey Mama / Stax / Concord Music MARK KNOPFLER / Good On You Son / British Grove/Blue Note Records HAYES CARLL / None'ya / Dualtone Records RUSTON KELLY / Mockingbird / Rounder Records / Concord Music JOHN HIATT / Cry To Me / New West Records GRACE POTTER / I'd Rather Go Blind / BMG THE MARCUS KING BAND / Homesick / Fantasy Records / Concord Music RHETT MILLER / Total Disaster / ATO Records GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV / Dark, Dark, Dark / Dualtone Records JADE BIRD / Uh Huh / Glassnote Records THE RECORD COMPANY / Make It Happen / Concord Records / Concord Music ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS / Unwanted Number / Concord Records / Concord Music ROSANNE CASH / Not Many Miles To Go / Blue Note Records SAM MORROW / Paid By The Mile / Forty Below Records THE BAND OF HEATHENS / Heaven Help Us All / BOH Records ADAM HOOD (FT. BRENT COBB) / She Don't Love Me / Southern Songs BLACKBERRY SMOKE / Run Away From It All (acoustic) / 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers THE WAR AND TREATY / Healing Tide / Strong World Entertainment/ Thirty Tigers THE WATSON TWINS / Hustle and Shake / The Orchard WILL HOGE / Gilded Walls / Edlo/Thirty Tigers THE REVIVALISTS / All My Friends / Loma Vista Recordings/Concord Music THE REVIVALISTS / Change / Loma Vista Recordings/Concord Music JASON EADY / I Lost My Mind In Carolina / Old Guitar Records LORETTA LYNN / Wouldn't It Be Great / Legacy Recordings (Sony) AMOS LEE / Little Light / Dualtone Records MIKE FARRIS / Snap Your Fingers / Compass Records THE WAR AND TREATY / Are You Ready To Love Me? / Strong World Entertainment/ Thirty Tigers THE DEVIL MAKES THREE / Bad Idea / New West Records KEB' MO' (FEATURING ROSANNE CASH) / Put A Woman In Charge / Kind Of Blue Music One WHITEY MORGAN AND THE 78S / What Am I Supposed To Do / Whitey Morgan Music/Thirty Tigers ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO / Outlaw For You / Yep Roc Records JAMIE LIN WILSON / The Being Gone / Jamie Lin Wilson Music AND HEARD AARON LEE TASJAN / Heart Slows Down / New West RecordsON THE GIBSON BROTHERS / Lay Your Body Down / Easy Eye Sound ROSANNE CASH / She Remembers Everything / Blue Note Records VAN MORRISON / Got To Go Where The Love Is / Caroline/UMG AMOS LEE / No More Darkness, No More Light / Dualtone Records SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES / Get As Gone Can Get / Blue Corn Music ISRAEL NASH / Rolling On / Desert Folklore/ Thirty Tigers JASONISBELLANDTHE400UNIT/TheLifeYouChoose(LiveFromTheRyman)/SoutheasternRecords/ThirtyTigers NEW REVEILLE / Hounds / Loud & Proud Records SHEMEKIA COPELAND / Ain't Got Time For Hate / Alligator Records BOTTLE ROCKETS / Bit Logic / Bloodshot Records THE BLACK LILLIES / Midnight Stranger / Attack Monkey/Thirty Tigers LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL / Forget About Georgia / Fantasy Records / Concord Music LORI MCKENNA / People Get Old / Creative Nation/Thirty Tigers AMY RAY / Sure Feels Good Anyway / Daemon/ Compass BLACKBERRY SMOKE (FEAT. AMANDA SHIRES) / You Got Lucky (Acoustic) / 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers COLTER WALL / Saskatchewan in 1881 / Young Mary's Record Co/Thirty Tigers THE REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND / Poor Until Payday / Family Owned/Thirty Tigers
Most Added RHETT MILLER / Total Disaster / ATO Records AMOS LEE / Little Light / Dualtone Records HAYES CARLL / None'ya / Dualtone Records JASONISBELLANDTHE400UNIT/TheLifeYouChoose(LiveFromTheRyman)/SoutheasternRecords/ThirtyTigers MARK KNOPFLER / Just A Boy Away From Home / British Grove/Blue Note Records RUSTON KELLY / Faceplant / Rounder Records / Concord Music
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James Worsham playing at Travis Jean Emporium Sunday, December 9th at 12:30pm.
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY’S WILD & SWINGIN’ HOLIDAY PARTY The Hargray Capitol Theatre, 8pm
For 25 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s unique take on American swing and jazz music has thrilled audiences around the world while their unique and spirited “Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party” has become an eagerly anticipated annual family event. Singer and bandleader Scotty Morris says, “If you’re going to go to a holiday show with your family, this is the one! It really does offer something for everyone.” Drawing on a rich catalog of holiday classics and Christmas originals from the band’s two full-length holiday albums, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings its world-renowned live show and fun and quirky take on the holidays to you! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH
CEDRIC BURNSIDE
The Creek Stage @ The Rookery, 10pm
Born and raised around Holly Springs, Mississippi, Cedric Burnside—grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside and son of drummer Calvin Jackson—has been playing music all his life. Cedric’s relentless, highly rhythmic, charged style takes the blues to another level and has made him a four-time winner of the prestigious Blues Music Award’s Drummer of the Year (2010-2014). Regarded as one of the best drummers in the world, Cedric Burnside has begun to make a name for himself as a traditional blues guitarist as well. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9TH
JAMES WORSHAM
Travis Jean Emporium, 12:30pm
James Worsham is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Plano, Texas—now residing in the heart of Georgia. Too Far Gone, his self-produced debut 3-song EP, draws from legendary influences like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty while maintaining the fresh, modern Folk/Americana sound of Jason Isbell, Drew Holcomb, and Ryan Adams. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14TH
SUSTO STORIES
The Creek Stage @ The Rookery, 10pm
"In the early days of SUSTO, I was touring almost completely solo, and the shows had a vibe that was very personal—and there was an environment that encouraged me to tell the stories behind my songs. In the past two years, I’ve been able to do tours like this in Europe but haven’t had a chance to do something similar in the US. This tour is meant to remedy that and to recreate that atmosphere I used to love so much, that intimacy with the audience. I’m looking forward to being there again, and seeing what comes out." — Justin Osborne of SUSTO 11thHourOnline.com 43
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CALENDAR THURSDAY 12/6 THE BRICK Karaoke 8pm
THE HARGRAY CAPITOL THEATRE Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party 8pm $30-$35 JUST TAP'D Brain Blast Trivia 8pm PUB 96 BONAIRE Bike Night 7pm Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Group Cards Against Humanity 8pm
FRIDAY 12/7
A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke w/ Jesse Jane 8pm THE HARGRAY CAPITOL THEATRE Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics 8pm $12–$15 PUB 96 BONAIRE Some Kids 9pm
SATURDAY 12/8
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SUNDAY 12/9
A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Big Mike (Blues) 3pm GRANT'S LOUNGE Open Jam Session 8pm REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Sunday Fun Day 1pm TRAVIS JEAN EMPORIUM James Worsham 12:30pm
MONDAY 12/10 THE BRICK Bingo 8pm
PIEDMONT BREWERY & KITCHEN Comedy Bingo 6pm
MELLOW MUSHROOM MACON Holy Shiitake Karaoke 8pm PIEDMONT BREWERY & KITCHEN Dart Tournament 7pm PUB 96 BONAIRE Texas Hold 'Em Poker 8pm
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SUNDAY 12/16 A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Big Mike 3pm
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SATURDAY 12/15
A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Live Music 8pm
A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke w/ Jesse Jane 8pm
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Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
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Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10pm
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