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I recently took a tour of the new Amerson River Park, getting ready to open at the end of May and I was blown away. I hope you are all ready

Riverkeeper Rally at new Amerson River Park

to enjoy what is going to be the cool-

Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. BBQ, Boats and a Band! Free event, donations welcome

est place in Macon, because that’s just what they’ve created out there. Gone are the days of four wheelers and rope swings, and I wasn’t convinced that was a good thing until I saw this place. It’s got to be up there with the best parks in the Southeast if not the country. And once everyone sees it, I’m betting donations will start pouring in to make it even better and to connect it with the current River walk. Once that’s done, we’ll have just about everything a town needs right here in Macon, and I’m looking forward to watching my kids grow up using this place. The Grand opening May 29

The Altamaha Riverkeeper is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection, defense and restoration of Georgia’s biggest river--the Altamaha--- including its tributaries the Ocmulgee, the Oconee and the Ohoopee.

The Altamaha Riverkeeper, in partnership with Macon Water Authority, is making a splash in Macon by hosting the first annual Riverkeeper Rally, Sunday May 17 at the Porter Pavilion in the new Amerson River Park. The fun will start at 2:00 pm with a river float around Amerson River Park. Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions will be on site with kayak rentals for $5.00, or bring your own boat. Enjoy the scenic beauty of the Ocmulgee River with both put-in and take-out inside the park! BBQ and music by Gringo Grande will start at 4:00 pm and will end at 6:00 pm. A door prize drawing for a new kayak will be held at 5:45 – you must be present to win! The Altamaha Riverkeeper is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection, defense and restoration of Georgia’s biggest river, the Altamaha and its tributaries which include the Ocmulgee, Oconee and Ohoopee Rivers. They monitor pollution and polluters throughout the watershed through a program of water sampling and analysis and work with local agencies and organizations for a healthier river. Admission is FREE! We are asking for donations to help the work of the Riverkeeper. There will be a cash bar. Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions will have kayaks available for rent. Come meet the new Altamaha Riverkeeper Jen Hilburn. The Altamaha Riverkeeper aggressively monitors pollution and polluters throughout the watershed through a program of water sampling and analysis. They also monitor land-based activities that impact the health of the river including forestry and agriculture practices, wetlands destruction and development.

is something every person in Macon owes it to themselves to attend. Get out there and see what this place has to offer. Getting you back there won’t be a problem.

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Friday, May 15 “The Importance of Being Ernest” Presented by Macon Little Theatre thru May 17 - This masterpiece is probably the most famous of all comedies. It revolves wittily around the most ingenious case of “manufactured” mistaken identity ever put into a play. Oscar Wilde’s most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners . The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation. Macon Little Theatre, 4220 Forsyth Rd. Adults $18.00,Seniors (60 +) $15.00, Students (ages 5 - 23) $10.00. Identity Presented by Nick Farley and Imime, Inc. at Douglass Theatre - Join us for a theatrical mime worship production presented by Nick Farley and Imime, Inc. $10 in advance and $15 at the door. 478-742-2000 Bike N’ Bites Presented by College Hill Alliance - Throughout the month of May, the College Hill crew will be biking to local eateries for lunch, and we would love your company! Each Friday, meet at the College Hill Alliance office (1083 Washington Ave.) at noon, with your bike and an appetite. 478621-4420

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In celebration of the pottery-making heritage of Crawford County, the 10th annual Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days, offers a look back to a time when folks learned life skills necessary to provide comfort to their existence. This Middle Georgia festival features the best of those long ago skills that evolved into talents for creating works-of-art that are still sought after today. Enjoy a day filled with a pottery exhibit, quilt show, demonstrations and tours, tractor parade, children’s activities and more. Visit gajugfestival.com for a detailed schedule of events. Adult Field Day presented by Macon-Bibb Parks & Rec Field Day…Ah the memories. Team t-shirts, 50 yard dash, tug of war, over under; all on the hottest day of the school year, of course. But what if you could experience that elementary school fun as an adult? Form your team of 6 and call 478-751-7694 to register. Or just show up at Central City Park and cheer on the participants. Tubman Museum Grand Opening From 1 p.m. until 6 p.m., the new Tubman museum located at 310 Cherry Street, will open its doors to the public. Family Day at the Museum will include guided group tours, classes and activities for children led by local artists, and music and dance performances by local groups throughout the day. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a raffle drawing for a new car. The winner of the Raffle gets the keys to a brand new 2015 Nissan Sentra courtesy of Butler Nissan. $5 for non-members and Free to members.

Pan African Festival of Georgia The 2015 Pan African Festival will be bigger and better than ever and is jam-packed with activities- music, dance, food, art, and the return of the International Children’s Village. This family friendly event will feature delicious Caribbean and Soul Food options for your dining pleasure, as well as unique African goods for purchase, including local artists showcasing their pieces for purchase. At center stage, in front of the Terminal Station, regional and local artists, musicians, and performers will entertain the crowds. Free communtiy event 10am-5pm in Cherry Street Plaza. Children’s Pottery Presented by Ocmulgee National Monument - 3 p.m. Every Saturday and Sunday thru May. Children can learn how to make coiled pots like the Mississippian Culture made here over 1000 years ago. 1207 Emery Highway (478) 752-8257

Sunday, May 17

Mercer University Children’s Choir: Songs for a Spring Day Featuring Richard Kosowski, conductor; 10th anniversary celebration in an afternoon of gorgeous sacred and secular song. 3 p.m. in Vineville United Methodist Church, 2045 Vineville Ave. There is a $10 suggested donation per person for this event; proceeds benefit MUCC Scholarship Fund. Pan African Festival of Georgia Free communtiy event 10am-5pm in Cherry Street Plaza. See details under Sat., May 16.

Tubman Museum Grand Opening And 19th Annual Pan African Festival May 16-17

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Founded in 1981, the Tubman Museum is the largest museum in the Southeast dedicated to African American art, history and culture. The Tubman Museum is transitioning from its current location, an 8,500 square-foot building on 340 Walnut St., to a new 49,000 square-foot facility at 310 Cherry St. The new Tubman Museum’s grand opening weekend will take place May 16-17 and will feature greatly expanded galleries to include “Black Artists of Georgia,” and an exhibit dedicated to artistic depictions of Harriet Tubman. The new facility is also equipped with classrooms for educational programs and community meetings, performance and event spaces, and full catering support for special events and rentals. “We are so excited that we are finally going to be able to share the phenomenal new Tubman Museum with the Macon community and the Southeast region,” said Dr. Andy Ambrose, Executive Director. “Our collections warrant a world class space to showcase phenomenal artists and their pieces. We have so many stories that have gone untold because we didn’t have the square footage to share them.” The new Tubman Museum’s grand opening, is in partnership with the 19th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia, and will begin on May 16 at 11 a.m. with a ceremonial parade from the old building to the new Cherry St. location. At 1 p.m., the new Tubman Museum will open its doors to the public with guided tours and educational activities. During the grand opening weekend, there will be a special, discounted fee of $5 per person for non- members (which can be applied towards the purchase of an individual, family, or upper-level membership to the new Tubman Museum). The 19th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia will take place on the Cherry Street Plaza directly in front of the new Tubman Museum. The Festival includes: an African Marketplace of food, art, and merchandise; dance and music performances; and other family-oriented activities. Tubman Museum grand opening festivities will continue at 6:30 p.m. with the drawing of the winner of a 2015 Nissan Sentra, courtesy of Butler Nissan and the Tubman Museum. Raffle tickets for this car can be purchased at Butler Nissan, the current e Tubman Museum, and Habersham Records for $25. On Sunday, May 17, the Tubman Museum will be open at 1 p.m. for more guided tours and activities. Featured performers will include the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir from Atlanta, the McIntosh County Shouters from the Georgia coast, along with choirs and praise dancers from Macon and Middle Georgia.

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Sunday, May 17 Riverkeeper Rally at Amerson Water Works Park - BBQ, boats and a band! What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon! The Altamaha Riverkeeper, in partnership with Macon Water Authority, is making a splash in Macon by hosting the first annual Riverkeeper Rally. The fun will start at 2:00 pm with a river float around Amerson River Park. Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions will be on site with kayak rentals for $5.00, or bring your own boat. Enjoy the scenic beauty of the Ocmulgee River with both put-in and take-out inside the park! BBQ and music by Gringo Grande will start at 4:00 pm and will end at 6:00 pm. A door prize drawing for a new kayak will be held at 5:45 – you must be present to win! There will be a cash bar. Come meet Altamaha Riverkeeper Jen Hilburn, learn about her work on Macon’s Ocmulgee River, and get a sneak preview the new Amerson River Park!

Friday, May 22

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Saturday, May 23 Comedy and Cooking Presented by Joshua’s Wish at Robinson Home - To benefit Joshua’s Wish, join us for a cooking class with comedians Jill Elliott and Chef Audrey. Enjoy door prizes, food and fun. Your $35 donation includes a 3-course meal, recipes and instruction. 1-3 p.m. 478-361-3541 The Middle Georgia Derby Demons MGDD will be facing one of their toughest foes of the past, the Smoky Mountain Roller Girls of Bryson City, NC, on Saturday, May 23rd, at Bibb Skate Arena, located at 5335 Hawkinsville Rd. It’s a rematch you don’t want to miss! The doors will open at 6pm, and the action starts at 7! Adults are $10, children ages 5 - 12 are $5 (plus a small service fee), and kids under 5 are free! Tickets available at the door.

Saturday, May 29

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Presented by Theatre Macon May 22 - May 30, In this gently wacky family comedy, Vanya and his stepsister Sonia have lived their entire lives in their family’s farmhouse. While they cared for their ailing parents, their sister Masha has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman, Cassandra, keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-some06 MAY 15 - 29, 2015

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Sunday, May 30 Grand Reopening of Amerson River Park Join us for an all day event at Amerson River Park. Children’s activities from 11am until 1:30 pm followed by an official program led by the Mayor at 2 and bands from 3:30 - 7 pm.

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SATURDAY, MAY 30 11AM - 7PM - FREE EVENT

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WALK OR BIKE THE OVER 3 MILES IN PAVED TRAILS!

FLOAT THE OXBOW! ALL NEW TAKE-OUT POINT.

The Park is reopening after being closed for a year so it could receive $5.5 million in improvements, including two new pavilions, upgrades to the Porter Pavilion area, a scenic river overlook, bathrooms at the playground, 3.5 miles of paved trails, .75 miles of mulch trails, a grand entrance, a new canoe takeout, and more. PRIMARY PARKING AVAILABLE AT HUTCHINGS CAREER CENTER (2011 RIVERSIDE DR) AND RIVER STREET CORNERS SHOPPING CENTER. THE MACON TRANSIT AUTHORITY WILL PROVIDE SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN THE PARKING LOTS AND AMERSON RIVER PARK.

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Amerson River Park ReOpens May 30 One year and $5.6 Million Later... It is outdoor awesomeness! BY NICOLE THURSTON Families across Central Georgia have been waiting with baited breath for the reopening of the Amerson River Park in North Macon, and after several months, the 166 acre park is ready to reveal its $5.6 million facelift. On Saturday, May 30, from 11am until 7pm, everyone is invited to the Grand Re-opening Celebration. Not only will families get to enjoy activities and live music on the Great Lawn adjacent to the playground, but they will have an opportunity to see the improvements made to the recreational park. “Amerson’s Grand Opening will be a great way for the community to see the new amenities and experience the park in a new way,” said Nicole Kubas, Director of Place for NewTown Macon. Mayor of Macon-Bibb County, Robert Reichert says that the park will become a destination for the entire region, “We are not stopping at this.” He says plans are in the works to connect the River Park to the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail. As of now, with the help of such organizations and foundations as NewTown Macon, Peyton Anderson Foundation, Bragg Jam, The E.G. Grassman Trust, Lewis Foundation, and Porter Properties, major improvements have been made that will make a significant impact on eco-tourism and activities for families living or visiting Macon. Some of the improvements people will see include changes to the picnic and pavilion areas. For one, the Porter Pavilion area includes a new drop-off and formal lawn in front, as well as more parking. The canoe launch is another big addition with a new vehicular canoe pickup area, parking, and built-in steps to Bowman Creek. Plus, close to .6 miles of new trails were added along the Great Lawn. Families can now enjoy about seven miles of paved and unpaved trails, interpretive markers with historic narratives, new benches with views of the river, and additional mountain bike trails.

Kubas says the grand re-opening is the perfect opportunity to experience Amerson River Park for the first time. “The Grand Opening will have live music, food trucks, kids activities, float trips, disc golf, and so much more.” Food trucks, always a crowd favorite, will be located between the overlook and the Great Lawn. On the backside of the Great Lawn, families can engage in a little friendly game of disc golf. Disc golf, also known as Frisbee golf, is a flying disc game, as well as a precision and accuracy sport, in which individual players throw a flying disc at a target. The float trips, led by Ocmulgee Expeditions, will be free of charge for attendees and run from 11am until 5pm. They plan to start the trips at the Jay Hall River Access and the take out will be at the Bragg Jam River Access. Aside from activities, the entire park will be open to the public. Families are encouraged to check out the 3.5 miles of newly paved trails and the .75 miles of trails that have fresh mulch. People are encouraged to fish and

float on their own on the river. Picnics are encouraged and everyone is welcomed to use the picnic shelters and pavilions. This event is non-alcoholic. It took close to ten years of fundraising efforts to make this project a reality. According to NewTown Macon President and CEO, Josh Rogers, this is a perfect example of a community coming together for the greater good. “The partnership at Amerson enabled new amenties and enhancements,” said Rogers, “The re-opening adds to the current momentum in Macon.” After the Re-Opening, the park will be open seven days a week from 7am until 7pm. The Department of Parks & Beautification will be responsible for maintaining, staffing, and booking special and private events at the park. One key area that could potentially help sustain the improvements and help continue on with the plan will be the use of the space for outdoor concerts, parties, family reunions, and so much more. Another key factor in the park reopening will be the use of the KABOOM playground, located adjacent to the Great Lawn. This playground was one of the first handicap-usable playgrounds in Central Georgia. Before, families had to use port-a-potties, now permanent stall restrooms are close to the picnic and playground area. With increased parking, and smoother trails, families can now thoroughly enjoy the forest, meadows, and ecologically significant wetlands right in the middle of Macon, Georgia. According to Kubas, everyone is welcome to attend the ‘Grand Re-Opening” of Amerson Water Park. For those looking for transportation, the Macon Transit Authority will be offering shuttle service from the Hutchings Career Center parking lot. The event is Saturday, May 30th from 11am until 7pm. No motorized recreational vehicles or all-terrain vehicles are allowed on the trails. Visit http://www.ohtmacon.com/amerson-river-park/ for more information. 11thHourOnline.com 11

Arts + Culture + Entertainment ONGOING SPECIAL EVENTS Time to pick strawberries at Twin Oaks Fun Farm in Forsyth

Farmer’s Markets Wesleyan Farmer’s Market: Twice Monthly 2nd and 4th Saturdays 9a.m. - 1 p.m. The Wesleyan Market provides the Middle Georgia community with the opportunity to buy from and speak directly with local farmers, producers, and artisans. All vendors sell local, organic products from the Macon/Middle Georgia area. Shop local! Mulberry Market in Tattnall Square Park Mulberry Market is a producer-only farmers’s market in historic Tattnall Square Park in Macon, Every Wednesday from 3:30-6:00. We accept EBT benefits! Join the My Market Club for exclusive benefits and support 8 local farms. First Saturday Village Market at Mercer Village 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Designed to attract true artists who hand craft their product or grow produce locally and need an outlet. Some of the produce is organic and identified as organic by farmers. The market is open to local artists who produce jewelry, dog clothing, hard and soft candies, melons, cucumbers and more.

Special Events Macon’s First Friday Every first Friday of the month, downtown Macon businesses celebrate with drink and dinner specials, live entertainment and late hours. Gallery hop from Macon Arts to the Arts Exchange and much more. 5-10 p.m. Free event sponsored by NewTown Macon. Yappy Hour every 3rd Thursday at the Macon Dog Park 5pm – 8pm. Macon Bibb Parks and Rec received a Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grant for Yappy Hour. It is a once a month “happy hour” at the dog park for people to gather in a social setting with their pups! Dog demonstrations, live music, and give aways. Patrons will also have the opportunity to purchase beer or wine from our vendor and be entered in to drawings for door prizes!

For the Kids Storytime at Barnes & Noble Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Singing, snacks and great children’s books are the regular features of our children’s Storytime events. Storytime at the Library Thursdays and Saturdays at Washington Library - Little Bookworms (for kids 4 and under) 12 MAY 15 - 29, 2015

10:30am. Fridays 10:30am at Riverside Library. Story Times consist of a variety of activities including read-aloud stories, finger plays, special guests, songs and puppets. Kool-Aid & Canvas at the 567 Center for Renewal, an artist takes children age 6-12 stepby-step through the process of creating a fun painting with acrylic paints on a real canvas. The students learn a variety of painting techniques to inspire them in their own creative endeavors. The workshop starts at 10 am and lasts an hour and a half. $20 includes all materials for the class and a snack. To register your child online, please give us their name and click the “Pay Now” button below. Or, you can contact Melissa Macker at (478)238-6051 or melissa@the567. org.

Outdoors Sky Over Macon Every fourth Friday 8-10 p.m. at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. Explore space, the constellations and planets visible from Central Georgia in “Sky Over Macon” in the Mark Smith Planetarium. The show starts with a general tour of the heavenly sights visible each season, then a live presentation updates the current position of the planets and special events in the sky. After “Sky Over Macon” (if the sky is clear) view the real night sky through our telescopes in the Observatory. $5 to $10. 478-477-3232 Twin Oaks Fun Farm, Forsyth This summer, pick our juicy, plump and delicious golf ball sized strawberries and picnic under our cool pavilion with strawberry cider and ice cream! Enjoy Our Playscape Playground, animal feeding and “goatel”, covered pavilion and honey hut. Open Tuesday - Saturday 9am-6pm. Sunday 12-6pm. 678-544-0756 The Rock Ranch, Thomaston It’s time for some outdoor fun. Make a day of memories as you enjoy all The Rock Ranch attractions. The Ranch is an adventure destination like none other. From a miniature locomotive train ride, to flying through the air on amazing ziplines, to exploring a complete miniature town just for kids, The Rock Ranch attractions are like no other. Other activities include; Pedal cars, petting zoo, pony rides, cane pole fishing, John Deere Gators, rope maze, paddle boats and so much more! Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. Admission: $10 per person, 3 and under free. 5020 Barnesville Highway, The Rock, Georgia 30285. Office: (706) 647-6374

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Taking the Wheel - Part Two Last week we introduced Mr. Roy E. Flowers. Some people know him as Ed Flowers. Some know him as Teddy. Teddy got out of prison in 2005 after serving almost 40 years behind bars. He’s robbed banks, escaped prison five times, been in shootouts with police on many occasions, and he’s telling us his life story. In the last issue, we

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“You are stone cold, Teddy Bear, you know that?” I looked ahead and gripped the steering wheel tight. They piled out and went inside. My foot was shaking so bad I was nervous the car would choke out. I don’t know what I thought they were doing in there, but I knew it probably wasn’t good. After 10 or 15 minutes, I saw them run out the door. They got in the car and told me to go. I let go of the clutch too fast, but we didn’t choke out, just lurched a little against the pavement. I hit the road. “Just keep calm, Teddy Bear, nice and easy, don’t speed, and make sure you follow the rules,” Bean was smiling as he addressed me. “Just get us out of this town, we’ll pull over and I’ll drive.” When we got out of town, I pulled over. Bean clapped me on the back and told me to scoot over and ride shotgun. We rolled the windows down and nobody spoke much all the way back to downtown Macon. When we pulled up in front of the pool hall, the guys in the back seat got out and walked inside – heading for the beer cooler, I imagine. Bean stayed back in the car with me. “You’re a good kid, you know that, Teddy? You did real good out there today. I can look at somebody and tell if they’re a rat, did you know that?” “What’s a rat?” I asked him. “A rat is like a tattle–tale, the worst kind of person. Nobody likes them. They aren’t worth two shits. I know you aren’t a rat, Teddy.”

Bean leaned over and handed me a paper bag full of money. I took it. “No sir, I ain’t a rat.” “I want you to take this home, and if you ever tell your parents, or your friends, or anyone else about this, you’re going to be in the worst kind of trouble. You understand that, Teddy? If you keep this a secret, then you can enjoy this money and not have to worry about anything for a really long time. You understand that, Teddy?” He got out of the front seat and followed the others inside. I got out, stuck the bag in my jacket, walked to the bus stop and went home. I had an old golf bag in my closet, and I stuffed the money in there. When I got the courage to pull it out and count it later, it amounted to over 15 grand. I’ve wondered a lot what possessed those guys to do what they did, and why they would choose to involve a kid. I always considered that maybe they knew something about me that I didn’t even know. That they knew I was capable of being a part of what they were doing. And I listened to Bean. I never told a soul about what they did, never let anyone know about the money I had in that golf bag. I’d take some out when I needed it. I helped pay a few bills for my folks when I could without getting noticed. I didn’t rack balls anymore, though. I didn’t need to. I would go back down to have a Coca-Cola and watch some pool every now and then. I even saw Bean and his friends a few times. He’d always smile at me and say, “Hey-ya Teddy! You

ain’t hurting for anything now, are you? You need anything?” “No sir,” I’d always say. “I’m doing good.” Eventually, I stopped seeing him there. Stopped seeing his friends too. I don’t know what ever happened to them. Maybe they kept committing crimes and got caught, or maybe they just moved on, or got killed, or died of old age. I don’t know that I would say what followed in my own life was their fault. I wouldn’t even say they put the idea in my head to start doing crime. But that day with them certainly didn’t help to quell the notion I got in my head that money came easy when you took it. And that notion changed my life. Looking back, I think I just became indifferent about that thing with Bean and his buddies. I guess I was born with this general sense of I don’t give a fuck-ness and maybe that’s what wrecked me in the end. I just didn’t care about things. You asked me to do something, and I’d probably do it. My parents were honest, hardworking folks. They would have beat me to death if they knew I had that stolen money. My brother is an honest, Christian man that has been married 45 years. I can’t really point at anything and say, that’s why I’m this way. But I am this way, and I hung around those that are this way, and we got into a lot of trouble over the years. The street where I grew up was dirt. Mikena Avenue was one block. At one end sat Virgil Powers grammar school and at the other sat a Tabernacle Church. On that one block there were 17 boys around my age, and 5 or 6 girls. All we did was run around together, play ball together, and fight. Let someone come on that block and

fuck with one of us, and they had some serious trouble on their hands. But we fought amongst ourselves too. I started preparing myself for fights every morning by the time I was a freshman in high school. I’d do my push-ups and my pullups first thing and put something hard in my pocket I could knock somebody with if I had to. But everybody was like that back then. It paid to be tough. We all wanted to be. Each time I ran into someone I didn’t know, I sized them up. Immediately thought can I beat this person in a fight? That was always the first thought that came to my head. I usually answered yes, and once I did, I was going to find a reason to test out my theory. If you looked at me wrong, if you bumped into me or anyone with me, you were going to have to fight. And I don’t just tussle on the ground like they do these days. I’m talking about cowboy shit, standing up and throwing hands for 20-30 minutes until somebody can’t go no more. That’s a fight. Smash something until it breaks and stops and everything goes black as tar. Before the Allman Brothers got big, they were in a band called the Allman Joys. They played on Mulberry Street in downtown Macon one night. Everyone was talking about this guy that had come to the show from Twiggs County, and how he was this great athlete. Supposedly he was really tough. I had someone point him out, and I walked up to him in the crowd. He was a big ole boy, a few years older than me, but I wasn’t afraid. I bumped into him but he just glanced at me and kept looking up there at the stage. I walked by again and stepped on his foot. This guy wouldn’t get mad, so I just hit him like a rattlesnake, right in his face, just to see what would happen.

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN! The 2016 Election

Well a funny thing happened on the way to the Hillary Clinton Democratic nomination and subsequent landslide against us hapless Republicans as all of a sudden the former First Lady, former Senator and former Secretary of State has not one but two people running against her in the upcoming primaries. Not only has crazy Bernie Sanders, an Independent U. S. Senator from Vermont who is a self described “democratic socialist”, thrown his hat into the ring, but so has former Rhode Island Senator and Governor Lincoln Chafee, a much more formidable opponent, in my opinion, to Hillary. Before you dismiss Chafee and say, “He doesn’t have a chance…who the hell is Lincoln Chafee?” this is a man with a VERY deep political heritage, whose father was a U. S. Senator, had a Great-Great Grandfather who was Governor of Rhode Island as well a Great-Great Uncle who was also Governor and another who was also a U. S. Senator. Chafee began his political career as a Republican when he was chosen to fill the spot for his late father who died in office in 1999, switched to being an Independent in 2007 and won the Governor’s chair in his home state in 2010 and then switched to the Democrat Party in 2012. Further, he’s intelligent, well spoken and can debate; he’s fiscally conservative but socially liberal. The most important thing he has going for him, however, is that his last name isn’t Clinton, a fact that will be huge and is becoming bigger every day. Hillary certainly is not the Teflon coated politician her husband is or we would already be calling her Madam President. President Obama figured out how to beat her when she was a shoe-in 7 years ago by setting up organizations in caucus states and playing to the left of their party and giving her the middle. Chafee will learn from his example but also has the help of the email scandal and not to mention Clinton’s involvement in Benghazi, neither fact he even has to mention in debates as the American people already know about

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them. As a close friend of mine said when we were speaking about Presidential politics, “I’m a Democrat, but not for Hillary.” I firmly think this will be a sentiment that will continue to grow as Dems get to know Chafee on a national platform. Now before you think I’ve jumped ship and gone to the Democrat Party, you’re sadly mistaken. I just hope I’m right about the future of the Democrat Party because I love my country and if a Republican doesn’t win in 2016, I want the best person at the helm of the United States. Readers of my column in the past may remember that my first choice for the GOP nomination for 2016 is Governor Susanna Martinez of New Mexico. I was also extremely impressed with former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s last couple of years as the Lone Star state’s chief officer, but I am now also extremely excited and impressed with former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who on May 4th announced to George Stephanopoulos that she was running for the White House. Both fiscally and socially conservative, Fiorina will play well with the GOP’s base that is being splintered by Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee, plus as she is from California, may even be able to help the GOP get the Golden State back into the red column. (Yeah, I know that’s a pipe dream…but what the hell..Think and dream big, right?) CONTINUED ON PAGE 33 Breakfast 6-10am Lunch 11am-2pm

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Shirod Cooley’s latest project, Dreamboard, is an EP he produced for the best Hip Hop artist in Macon right now, Floco Torres. It was one of those cloudy, grey Sundays and the two were sitting at Ronshad Berry’s house when he prodded them to get together on an EP. Cooley pulled out some old school beats and Floco pulled out nine notebooks of raps. The collaboration led them to Star Motel Studio, where they put together what may be the best EP to come out of Macon in many, many years. If you haven’t heard it yet, you will. Floco will be playing Bragg Jam, and if we’re lucky a show or two in between now and then. PHOTO ANDY CARTER

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Macau, a peninsula across the Pearl River from Hong Kong, was proclaimed one of the world’s richest cities by the World Bank. It’s also the world’s largest gambling city, a sort of Las Vegas on steroids. It’s a city that never sleeps. And during Shirod Cooley’s (AKA Shawty Slim) short stay there, this must have been convenient. Three hundred bottles of champagne, luxury speedboats, bodyguards, red carpets, VIP rooms, and awesomely bad Karaoke - sounds like a dream. But for Cooley this could pass as an average Saturday night. It wasn’t always this way. His life began in a tragedy almost too hard to imagine. Mr. Cooley’s father Wayne met a lovely young lady named Shirley at Grambling University in Louisiana, where the two were in school at the time. They fell in love, got married, and moved to Atlanta. When she was eight months pregnant, Shirley was in a car wreck and sustained a neck injury that she would not recover from. She remained on life support long enough for her son Shirod to be born, then passed two days later. Wayne was lucky that he had the support of his family during this time, and he would later remarry Beverly, who Cooley would come to know as mom. When Cooley was around six years old, his parents told him the real story, and it went off like a bomb. “I’ve always been a silly kid, always been a loner, but then my whole world felt like it was make believe. I was angry for a while, but I would find peace by sitting around and listening to my headphones,” he says. Fast forward fifteen or so years. Cooley dropped out of college in Macon right after he applied for an internship at Sirius Satellite Radio in NYC. He got the internship, though Sirius thought he was still a college student. In a panic, and in a life-changing move, he conned a professor out of some letterhead, wrote a recommendation letter from his “school,” and landed the internship - and with it the kind of education he couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. When he returned to Macon, a DJ spot at WIBB opened up, and of course he got the job and began to ambitiously work his way up the ranks. From 2004-2011 he went from a part time spinner to #1 on the radio for 8 years in a row. He became such a trusted presence that he was put in charge of creating all the commercials on all the urban stations. Around 2009, Cooley, at the request of his fellow WIBB DJ Dirt Dog, started hanging out downtown in Macon at places

like the Red Eye Tavern, and, when they closed, Bottoms Up. He met DJ Trent, Roger Riddle and a few other downtown DJ’s that helped get him into the growing, diversifying music scene. Before long he had lines formed down the block to try and get into his dance parties, forever changing the dance scene in downtown Macon. Around this same time a fellow named Brian Richardson came into Cooley’s office at WIBB and put a CD on his desk from an artist named B.o.B. This is not an uncommon event for a popular DJ, and the cd sat on his desk for three months. Every time he cleaned his desk off, for some reason he found he couldn’t throw that one CD away. But he didn’t listen to it either. When he did finally put it in his player, looking for some beats to use on a commercial spot, he was blown away. The song was Haters Everywhere, and Cooley immediately put it in the rotation. He played it 30 times in one week. Then he got suspended. Corporate radio programs their playlists, and they frown upon a DJ diverging from that. But by that time, it was too late. The song had so much momentum in Macon that there were constant requests for it. Cooley got B.o.B. a show at Club Levels in Macon, and when they met for the first time in person, B.o.B. told him that he appreciated his support and that he’d never forget him for it. Sure enough, a few years later, fresh off touring London, B.o.B. showed up at the WIBB studio to give Cooley an exclusive interview. They talked for almost 3 hours, forging a relationship that would end up changing Cooley’s life. It was a typical Saturday morning at the studio for Cooley in fall of 2011. He was hung-over from DJing at Bottoms Up all night and trying to put together his morning show when he got a call from B.o.B.’s manager asking him to come be their DJ for a show with Rihanna in Canada. He jumped at the chance. Then another call came the next week for a show at Syracuse, then a couple of weeks later for a run of shows in Moscow. Eventually, he decided to quit the radio station and work as a full time DJ for B.o.B. Since then he’s played on every continent except South America. He was on the road for 46 weeks one year. Talk shows, awards ceremonies, tens of thousands of people, and all the perks of travelling the world with a hip-hop superstar - suddenly, but really not so suddenly, this became real life for Shirod Cooley.

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Ingleside Village Pizza IVP has the best pizza in town and the best beer selection. Keep it classy with the white pizza and a Stella Artois or, keep it real with a slice of the ultimate and a 24-oz. High Life. LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside Avenue.

AP’s Hidden Hideaway Making homecooked meals like your mamma used tomake.Menu also features burgers, sandwiches, wings and more. LD • BAR $ 4274 Broadway. Open Tues-Fri 3pm - 2am. Sat and Sunday at noon. Waiter service and outdoor seating available. (478) 781-5656 Bearfoot Tavern Downtown Macon’s only sports tavern with loads of beers on tap, over 50 craft beers (the largest in middle ga!), great food and flat screen tvs at every booth. LD • BAR • $ 401 Cherry Street. Open Monday through Friday at 4:00 p.m and Sat-Sunday at noon. Locos Grill & Pub Casual, kid-friendly, family dining. We’re talking great food, sports on the big screens and a full bar. Fantastic weekly specials and live music on the weekends. Delivery and catering also available. LD BAR • $ 2440 Riverside Drive. The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer. Two time winner of Best Burger in Macon in the Readers Choice Awards. Sandwiches, fresh salads and house specialties. LD BAR $-$$ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658 Texas Cattle Company Macon’s original premier steak house and banquet facility. Featuring hand-cut, choice-grain, aged beef, fresh seafood, in-house ground steak burgers and banquet accamadations for groups of 5-50. TCC will buy your dinner on your birthday, simply bring in a valid ID after 4 p.m. Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Prices from $5.99 - $24.99. LD • BAR • $-$$. 5797 Houston Road. Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends. LD • BAR $-$$, 477.WILD

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Market City Café – Superb sandwiches, homemade soups, loaded salads, pizza and pastas. Unique breakfast menu including gourmet coffees and teas. Dinner served Fridays and Saturdays featuring seafood and steak specials. Full bar, excellent wine cellar. Open Tues-Thur, 7am-6pm; Friday and Saturday 7am-9pm. 502 Cherry St., Macon 257-6612 BLD • BAR • $-$$

Lunch Spots Harpin’s A mid-town lunch favorite, serving chicken salad, pimento cheese, deli sandwiches and fresh salads and daily soup specials. Call ahead for take-out or try their new Take ‘n Go cooler. 3378 Brookdale Ave. (478) 742-5252 Grow is Macon’s only farm to table lunch restaurant, specializing in local meats and produce. Healthy food with Southern flair. Open Mon-Sat 11-3pm. Check out the facebook page for this week’s menu. Reservations accepted. 743-4663

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Edgar’s Bistro City-chic and a foodie’s dream! Edgar’s Bistro presents a dining experience that nourishes the body and soul. Open for lunch Monday thru Friday, Edgar’s serves as a handson training facility for the culinary students at Helms College’s Polly Long Denton School of Hospitality. Come dine with them on an array of New American selections of soups, garden-fresh salads, sandwiches and entrees. To view the quarterly menu visit Edgarshospitality.com/menu.

Roasted Cafe & Lounge Serving delicious specialty deli-style sandwiches like the Cali Club, The Greek Heat and Roasted Chicken. Also, delicious salads and grown-up PB&Js. Try their famous Date Shake or specialty coffees. Open at 6 a.m. Monday - Friday 442 Second Street, downtown. The Tic Toc Room Contemporary setting with a sophisticated menu, great wine selection. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 401Cherry Street, 743.4645

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A we b s i t e h e l p s c o o r d i n a t e d o z e n s o f l o c a l f a r m s f o r f r e s h p r o d u c e , d a i r y & m e a t s Nestled among ten acres off of Wesleyan Drive, Macon’s very first farm has sprung back to life with a unique take on a C.S.A. (Community Supported Agriculture.) The CSA concept has been around for many years. It is a traditional business model for farmers- a way for them to share their bounty with the community. Thedirtfarmers. com was created to help not only feed local families fresh, locally grown food, but to also take some of the financial burden off the farmer. It started with one man, Joe Dirt. He lives on the property, which was once a working pig farm during the 1940s, and spent years working for a major food provider for restaurants. What he saw was a lot of s prepackaged food being bought and served and he knew could bring fresher, better food to the people. Joe began establishing relationships with Georgia farmers. He is responsible for coordinating what crops the CSA gets, as well as always creating new contacts with people. According to the Dirt Farmer’s Cyber Farmer, Moriah Lavender, connecting people to local food is the heart of what they do. “I signed up for the Dirt Farm as a CSA member, back in July of 2013,” said Moriah, “I got one delivery and was in love with it. I was so impressed with the quality of the produce, the variety of the produce, how fresh it was, how good the eggs were… I got involved.” Lavender is a volunteer, as is most of the staff at dirtfarmer.com. She along with the rest of the group, work hard each week to ensure your experience is a positive one. She says the process of signing up is very easy. It is a three step process to becoming a member of the CSA. First, you go to thedirtfarmers.com. Click on “Sign me up.” You then decide if you would like to pick up your CSA box or have it delivered. Then you simply choose between the Farmer’s Choice (where they choose the items for you, which is like a traditional CSA,) or you choose the custom share. The latter option is what sets them apart from the traditional CSA. “This way you

Customize your “share” online with fresh eggs, local whole milk and yogurt, goat cheese and grass-fed beef. get to pick and choose… so that we can suit everyone’s needs,” said Lavender. Dirt Farmers works specifically with local Georgia farmers, many right here in the mid-State. “The meats are all pastured and humanely raised and we do a lot with Rocking Chair Ranch, “said Lavender, “One thing I am really impressed with is our family of shrimpers from New Brunswick. It is a guy and his family and they catch fresh Wild Georgia shrimp, freeze it, and bring it right to us to bring directly to our members’ door.” One of the biggest perks with joining a CSA is knowing where your food comes from. With the increase in growth hormones and chemically treated vegetables,

more and more families are choosing locally farmed or organic fruits, vegetables, and meats, in what many consider to be a healthier option. However, availability and variety is often difficult for people to navigate. “I love the transparency of where our food comes from. When you go online, you can click and see which farm it came from. You can click through to the farm’s webpage and learn all about their farming practices,” said Lavender, “Things like Atlanta Fresh Greek Yogurt, they use all pastured cows. They don’t use recumbent bovine growth hormone and their yogurt is fresh. Twenty four hours from cow to carton to us.” Dirtfarmers.com is passionate about accessibility. One of the newest ventures they are tackling will be to open a Farm Store at the Eisenhower Pkwy Farmers Market. They believe that the current CSA may not be an option for all families, and this way, more people in Central Georgia can be served. Currently, the CSA offers a Farm Stand every Saturday, at their Wesleyan Drive location from 10am until 2pm. It is opened to the public, and according to Lavender, a wonderful experience for families, “We offer things in the farm stand that we don’t have in our online selection. Everything from fresh catches from Brunswick, to farm fresh flowers.” “People with children especially like to come on Saturdays. Kids like to see Bugs the bunny, and you can often hear the rooster. There are chickens and goats out back, and we even had baby ducks,” said Lavender, “It really is a destination on Saturdays.” Thedirtfarmers.com offers a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy, and personal items farmed fresh locally. A basic “share” ranges from $32 weekly or biweekly. Your delivery day depends on your location. Currently only Macon deliveries are available, and the deliveries are made on Saturdays. For more information, or to visit their farm, visit thedirtfarmers.com 11thHourOnline.com 29

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Kevin Spencer aka K.Spence of ATL’s Yacht Rock Vocals, guitar, percussion, whiskey & chief mouthpiece Rank: Captain

Has your popularity been a surprise at all? That’s like asking a professional cake maker if they are surprised that people celebrate at the unveiling of their work!? Of course we understand why people love our band... we’re a bunch of kind, fun loving jackasses that can play the ____ out of some of the best music in history. Our Recipe? We just pay homage to the best of the best while drinking high end Bourbon, that’s it. That’s our recipe. Having headlined in the past at Second Sundays on College Hill, Bragg Jam kick off party, The Hummingbird, Bragg Jam with the Blind Boys of Alabama... we’re truly looking forward to docking the boat back in Macon! After all... Macon really is Music Town USA, Nashville just won’t admit it. Get yourself a ticket, you won’t regret it. See you Friday night good people!! How did you guys get together? ‘Operation Pirate Recruit’ is classified information. However, our pirate ship is an organization much like any other business. Life on board our pirate ship is much less strict and regimented than on board a Royal Navy or merchant vessel, but there are still duties that have to be done. There is a command structure, and different men have different jobs to make sure that everything runs smoothly. Well-run and organized pirate ships are more successful, where-as ships that lack discipline and leadership generally don’t last very long. Common Positions aboard our ship: Captain, Navigator, Quartermaster, Boatswain, Barrel Duster, Carpenter, Doctor and Master Gunner.

be in on it these days. We try not to think about the smaller boats in our wake unless they get to close, which then becomes the responsibility of the Master Gunner from the Drum Throne. Rule number 124; article b: Don’t piss Daniel off. But in all sincerity, we didn’t write these songs... so we haven’t developed egos about being there before everyone else. Our egos have developed from our crushing musical abilities. (note to self: We’re gonna need a bigger boat)

Do you guys feel responsible for the resurgence of interest in Smooth Music from the 70’s and 80’s. Everyone seems to

You guys are playing Steely Dan in Macon Friday night. Is this a show that you’ve done before?

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Name a concert you didn’t see that you wish you would have. Ganesh (my co-Captain) and I were too drunk to remember our show at Piedmont Park last Friday, but we heard we were great.

We have performed ‘an evening of Steely Dan’ to sold out crowds at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta and Terminal West in Atlanta; including all of AJA and Decade of Dan. This show is a little different. We have cherry picked all the best Steely Dan / Crowd Faves to make one 16 song set... Rikki Don’t Lose That Number, Reelin In The Years, Home At Last, Peg, My Old School, Hey Nineteen, Time Out Of Mind, Josie, Night by Night... the list goes on. The second set is again, a selection of crowd faves from the Yacht Rock genre. Three reasons why Steely Dan awesome!? Reason number one: Duh. It’s Steely Dan! Reason number two: Those that know, know. Reason number three: They named their band after a phallic device from a William S Burroughs novel. - That takes balls (see what I did there?) Tell us what to expect Friday Night? At our shows... It’s always 73º, clear skies and 100% chance of no panties. aka: 3.5 hours of fun fueled hits! If you can’t figure it out by now... we try not to take anything seriously except for the music. When you’re performing some of the toughest arrangements in pop music history, you have to take them seriously! To do otherwise would be kind of like card tricks on the radio; useless.

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2016 Election, cont. There are many combinations that could spell a victory for the Grand Old Party in 2016, but I really don’t think there is any path that Rand Paul, Ted Cruz or Ben Carson play a part in. I do feel, however, that almost any combination of Rubio, Martinez, Perry, Huckabee or Fiorina and possibly Jeb Bush could even beat the Clinton machine, which by the time of the election may resemble the Erector set of a deranged five year old instead of the juggernaut that we’ve seen in the past. The next several months should be fun to watch as the primary process begins its’ Darwinian phase of political cannibalization of both parties with Donald Trump

on the sidelines slicking back his hair in anticipation. I honestly don’t think Trump is going to run as a Republican and if he does run it at all it will be as a Third Party candidate. Trump is a business man who’s savvy and using this as self promotion. I don’t see him lining up in a ten person debate between Republicans where he has three minutes at best of national spotlight. (Don’t forget that before Ross Perot became kooky, he was leading in the polls against then President Bush and future President Clinton, and then took a last minute surge after the debates to finish with almost 20% of the national vote total.) Let the games begin!

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Yacht Rock Schooner Plays Steely Dan COX CAPITOL THEATRE The Yacht Rock Schooner throws the smoothest dance party on the high seas, taking you and your guests on a journey to a time when good-times music had heart and musical integrity. The 8-man Schooner specializes in the smooth sounds of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. It’s a party that spans generations, and the band is comprised of some of Atlanta’s top players with a dual keyboard setup, multiple ace vocalists and (of course) a sax man. Johnny T THE CRAZY BULL Five40 Band THE HUMMINGBIRD Big Daddy & Co. WILD WING CAFE

Saturday 5.16 Yesterdaze Rock AP’S HIDEAWAY John Stanley & Friends BACKPORCH LOUNGE Jason Connelly Band BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE Jamie Davis THE CRAZY BULL Lake Street Drive COX CAPITOL THEATRE Lake Street Dive marry Motown and ‘60s soul with folk and rock… Lake Street Dive have been performing since 2004 after meeting as fellow students at the New England Conservatory in Boston. It took a casually made video featuring the band

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gathered around a single mic, performing a cover of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back,” to grab the public’s attention—its YouTube views now hurtling past a million views. What followed next moved very quickly—T Bone Burnett tapped them to perform on the Another Day, Another Time concert at NYC’s Town Hall, featuring music from and inspired by the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, taped for Showtime. The New Yorker raved of their Town Hall performance: “I can’t imagine then, that Lake Street Dive—a quartet led by an amazing young singer, Rachael Price—won’t be getting some air time soon.” Rolling Stone called the band “unexpected showstoppers”. And just like that, Lake Street Dive went from playing for a small devoted following, to selling out venues, with dates on several late-night TV shows Ramblin’ Rovers and Cambell Airlines RIVALRY’S SPORTS BAR Irish folk music takes on a new metal sound when the Ramblin’ Rovers take the stage at Rivalry’s Sports Bar on Northside Drive, in Macon, GA. Join them to see an amazing show featuring fan favorites such as “Shippin’ Up to Boston,” “Drunken Lullabies,” and “Greensleeves.” Savannah Alday Band TRACTOR ROOM @ TWANG Milk Money with Michael Suhr THE HUMMINGBIRD Sunset Love Affair WILD WING

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Tuesday 5.19 Steve Earl & The Dukes COX CAPITOL THEATRE Steve Earle is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose albums seamlessly blend rock, folk and country. He has also appeared on the HBO series The Wire and Treme. Earle’s debut studio album, 1986’s Guitar Town, met with both commercial and critical acclaim, with one track, “Goodbye’s All We Got Left,” landing on the country music chart’s Top 10. Two years after releasing Guitar Town, Earle completed his second album, Copperhead Road (1988), which also received wide applause. Today, Steve Earle is regarded for successfully bridging the rock-country music gap, blending the two genres to create a new, beautifully unique style that few musicians have been able to replicate. CHECK OUT OUR INTERVIEW WITH EARLE ONLINE AT WWW.11THHOURONLINE.COM Open Mic w/Jason Palmer BACKPORCH LOUNGE

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Around noon on April 26th, 2015, things got weird in Central City Park. Not ‘there are alligators in the park’ weird or ‘those guys are doing more than talking in that Ford Escort’ weird, but weird of the sonic variety. Fresh Produce Records, with support from the Knight Foundation, hosted the first Wysteria Festival, a free marathon of music in the spirit of the relaxed, communal shows put on in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the Allman Brothers Band and Wet Willie in the very same park. Seventeen acts performed on two stages over the course of the 12-hour festival, representing an eclectic mix of styles ranging from introspective acoustic to full-frontal electronic sludge freak-out, all laced with psychedelic undertones and fueled by genre-bending experimentation. Local acts like Quell, Tanosweg and Corner Coronah mixed with regional bands, including Faun and Pan Flute, Insonitus Lux, Mendocino and Linear Downfall, who recently collaborated with the Flaming Lips as Electric Wurms. But perhaps just as interesting as the music at the festival were the people that attended. For a music scene to operate at its full potential, it’s the people who dig into the music just as much as it the musicians that make the magic, and the scene that’s sprung up around Fresh Produce Records is full of magicians. We asked some of these folks for their thoughts on the festival – their responses highlighted a welcome diversity of musical experiences across generations of an extended musical family. Take a look at what a few of them had to say, and keep your ear to the ground for Wysteria 2.0, whatever shape it may take: “The whole day was magic… all the bands were amazing, everyone had a good

time… trust I’ll be there for the next one.” - Goth Shaggy “[About Faun and Pan Flute] A ton of musical fun from various musicians all at once. I didn’t have a chance to count how many musicians were playing together, but it was amazing sound that I did not expect. Wonderful! The peace, love, respect and support from everyone on this day is a great example of how music is important to our environment and our lives.” - Bill Brookins

“We... enjoyed talking to the artists and their families who had gathered for this very family friendly event! (especially Juniper Elizabeth, 6 months old!) It seemed like everyone was really enjoying themselves and getting along no matter who they were, where they came from or what their favorite music....the music was the common denominator, as it has always been… I hope that this event grows as a way to introduce new, original bands to the Macon/Middle GA area in an affordable and family friendly way so that our musical road can truly go on FOREVER!” - Mama D. “Good, loving, raw, and rad folk.” – Fritz

“[The best part of the festival was] just sitting around with loved ones and enjoying such a unique time in the park with great weird music...This should happen WAY more often.“ - Clark Bush “I love our community so much and am very proud of all these beautiful creative people which I consider to be my family.” – Festival organizer William Dantzler aka Willie D.

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Chuck Courtenay THE CRAZY BULL The Chuck Courtenay Band has emerged as one of the tightest and most versatile outfits of its kind, and their lengthy, memorable shows at honky-tonks, country dance clubs, bars and festivals nationwide have cemented their position as one of the most promising acts on todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club circuit.

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Crane THE HUMMINGBIRD Best described as crossover music, Crane has a sound that is all his own. Musical influences range across the board, but most prevalent in his current writing would be Soul, Reggae, R&B, and Pop. Hypothetically, you might find him on tour with Jack Johnson, G Love, The Dirty Heads, Allen Stone, or The Neighbourhood.

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