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Saturday, Sept 24 GABBAfest 2016 Presented by the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association, GABBAfest will feature Friday night performances by the Marcus King Band and Robert Lee Coleman and the Night Owls with special guests. Saturday night features Samantha Fish and Otis. Jimmy Hall will be our special guest and artist at large both Friday and Saturday. Other weekend activities include The GABBA Member’s Jam at the Big House, hosted by Royal Johnson as well as a Sunday afternoon concert at the Big House featuring Beau + Luci and Kunio Kishida. Check our website www. gabba.org or go to www.freshtix.com for ticket information and prices.
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Last Sunday @ The Big House Presented by The Allman Brothers Band Museum - Join us as we celebrate live music for free in our back yard! This month will be The Flint River Band. Free community event 2-5 p.m. National Theatre Live’s “Threepenny Opera” at Douglass Theatre - Mack the Knife is back in town. A darkly comic new take on Brecht and Weill’s raucous musical broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre. 3-5 p.m. $20 and $15 for seniors/ students.
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Living Room Concert Series with Caleb Caudle at Cox Capitol Theatre Thanks to generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Field Note Stenographers will partner with the Cox Capitol Theatre to present an intimate listening experience, putting the artist first and foremost in a concert setting. Rather than separate the artist from the audience, the Living Room Concert Series will promote a communal atmosphere that encourages connections with a of variety musical styles, from hip hop to psych-tinged country-rock. The bills range from locals to nationally-recognized acts.
Rather than use the traditional stage setup, the concerts will take place in the areas normally reserved for standing-room guests, and the bottom half of the theater will closed off. As such, tickets to the events will be limited. For each show, doors will open at 7:00 p.m., and music will begin at 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $5-$15. 100th Year Anniversary Celebration: Nu-Way and Terminal Station Nu-Way Weiners, Inc. is pleased to announce its “100th Year Anniversary Celebration” to be held in conjunction with the Macon Transit Authority’s celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the Macon Terminal Station. A joint “100th Birthday Party” will held in Historic Downtown Macon on Thursday, September 29th from 6 – 9 PM. Please join us at the Cherry Street Plaza for food, beverages, live entertainment and a fun kids area. The Grapevine Band, will be performing on stage. Bring your family and friends. Songsmiths Presented by Ampersand Guild - 6-8 p.m. Free event. This is a free meetup for songwriters and those interested in collaborating on music composition. 503 5th St.
Friday, Sept 30 First Friday Open Make Night Presented by SparkMacon Ever wondered what SparkMacon is all about or wanted to make something new by collaborating with the community or using state-of-the-art tools and equipment? You can do just that every first Friday during Open Make Night. Bring a project or work in a team. Prizes are raffled out at the end of the event. This event is FREE and all are welcome, including kids and parents! 557 Cherry St.
Saturday, Oct 1 ARTpreneur Market Place at Centenary Methodist Church 10am-4pm, rain or shine event. 1290 Ash Street, on Tattnall Square Park. Presenting fine art, illustrations, prints, pottery, textiles, soaps and oils, culinary creations, authors and outdoor
art. Enjoy a $5 lunch (homemade soup, sandwich and tea) to benefit Centenary Ministries.
Thursday, Oct 6 Verona Quartet Presented by Macon Concert Association at Wesleyan College - Burden Parlor, Olive Swann Porter Building. Macon Concert Association season opens with Verona Quartet, a 2015 Concert Artists Guid Competition winner.Currently Lisa Arnhold Fellows at Juilliard, the Quartet’s members are from the US, Canada, and Singapore. The ensemble is the current Graduate Resident String Quartet at The Juilliard School. Admission $25 per person. 301-5470 Fine Art Opening: One Woman Show at Ocmulgee Arts - See our newest collection of work by Betty Bivins Edwards. Tuesday-Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-3. 2242 Ingleside Ave.
Friday, Oct 7 Screening of “Out of the Past at The Grand Opera House - Movies are back at The Grand! Enjoy a classic film in Macon’s historic theatre while sipping on your favorite libation from The Grand’s full bar. Limited concession also available. $5 general admission. Movie at 7:30 p.m. TheGrandMacon. com. Out of the Past (1947, film noir) A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
Saturday, Oct 8 International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to NASA planetary science and exploration. Meet Parks & Recreation in Tattnall Square Park 6-8 p.m. to “Observe the Moon”.
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The Grand’s Broadway Series Kicks off with Fame “I’m Gonna Live Forever!” October 2-3
In spring 1980, over 4,000 young hopefuls auditioned for the New York City High School of the Performing Arts. Only 97 students were admitted… the cream of the crop! Fame - The Musical is a full-throttle journey traversing the struggles, fears, and triumphs of young artists navigating the worlds of dance, music and theatre. Conceived from the unforgettable Academy Award-winning film and subsequent Emmy Award-Winning television series, this unmistakable title has been brilliantly transformed into riveting musical theatre. Single tickets to the show cost $71 in Area I and $62 in Area II, or $45 in the Boxes. For a complete schedule of upcoming performances, visit TheGrandMacon.com or call the Grand’s box office at (478) 301-5470.
The Grand has recently announced four additional shows including a blues virtuoso, a nationally touring comedian, a Beatles tribute direct from London and a family-friendly performance during Cherry Blossom 2017 with The Shaolin Warriors. All tickets for these shows are on sale now. The Grand Opera House is proud to present Grammy award-winning blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Jonny Lang in concert Friday, Nov. 18. Lang will kick-off a weekend of events in Macon, GA, celebrating the acclaimed former Allman Brother, Duane Allman. Allman’s coveted 1957 Goldtop Les Paul will be on loan to Lang for this intimate concert event. Doors will open at 7 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35 with $65 VIP tickets available. To purchase, visit TheGrandMacon.com.
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Participate in Macon’s largest annual Halloween event! The 11th annual downtown Thriller and Street Party will take place Friday, Oct. 28 at Cherry Street Plaza. To participate and learn Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller dance, show up every Thursday at 7pm at Tattnall Square Park. The practices and performance are free and open to the public. The annual event has had as many as 200 dancers of all ages perform. This is a fun, family-friendly event! The 11th Hour started this event over ten years ago, and thankfully dance instructor Pilar Wilder has taken the reins and continues to produce the event. Everyone, let’s Thriller!
THE BAND PERRY AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD HEADLINE Georgia National Fair Concert Series
The Band Perry will take the stage Saturday, Oct. 8 and southern rock royalty Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline the following week on Oct. 15. Tickets to these shows are $40 and available via the fair website georgianationalfair.com. Merging country, pop, and rock elements into a sharp contemporary sound, the Band Perry is comprised of siblings Kimberly Perry, Reid Perry, and Neil Perry. The band won a Grammy in 2015. The quintessential Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd rose to prominence in 1973, full of regional pride and stressing cocky, boisterous hard rock as opposed to the Allman Brothers’ more open-ended blues. Their signature song, “Freebird,” complete with it’s fiery five-minute, 3 three-guitar solo, is easily the most requested live song in existence. The Fair kicks off on October 6 and runs thru Oct. 16. From midway rides and petting zoos to nightly free enterainment, the Perry attraction has something for the entire family. Gates are open 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. and adult admission is $10 per person. Children 10 and under are free. Free, nightly concerts include Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Oct. 10; Blues Traveler Oct. 11; Boyz II Men Oct. 12; and Old Dominion Oct. 13. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. Stay for the nightly fireworks show!
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NATIVE/NEW Meet Katherine Stafford Native Birmingham, AL ByTraci Burns
On September 21, 2005, Katherine Stafford received some news that would change her life forever. A 1997 graduate of Mount de Sales Academy, Katherine loved to express herself via all types of art – drawing, painting, photography, fashion design – and she loved music, especially Tori Amos. She had just recently enlisted in the Navy and was in the Delayed Entry Program, waiting for the next chance to undergo women’s basic training. It was her 26th birthday that day – an age that’s still vibrantly young, yet with a solid, grounding amount of wisdom and experience associated – when she heard the words from her doctor that nobody ever wants to hear: she had cancer. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the tongue was her specific diagnosis; she withdrew her enlistment from the Navy and began treatment of the disease immediately. She had part of her tongue removed, then a month later had what’s called a ‘selective neck dissection’ – a procedure in which the doctor excised about ten lymph nodes from her neck to check for metastasis of the cancer. Thankfully, the nodes came back clear, so she pursued no further treatment. Recovering from the treatment she’d had, though, was rough – for six to eight weeks, she had some speech impairment, and she had to work hard to relearn how to eat and drink normally and make certain speech sounds. The worst part, according to Katherine, was “the sheer pain my tongue was in from having part of it amputated. The tongue is extremely sensitive, and it’s right there in your head where you can’t ignore it, so it affects
everything else. I could barely eat for a while, and was on a liquid diet, but couldn’t even use a straw because it hurt to do so. I don’t ever want to go through that again.” Eleven years later, Katherine lives here in Macon with her parents and her two children – Daryl, almost 17, and Sophia, 4. She’d found herself feeling more fatigued than usual over the past few years, and in April of this year, after experiencing some consistent pain in her tongue that radiated into her jaw and right ear, she visited her doctor again and discovered that the cancer had returned. This time, her doctors wanted to attack it more radically, removing most of her tongue and constructing a new one out of a flap of forearm skin, then putting her through rounds of radiation and chemo. Recovery from these procedures would be brutal; trauma to her body from them would be most likely permanent. Wary, Katherine began to research alternative cancer treatments to see what other options were available. Of course, that kind of research requires a critical eye and a lot of patience, but after awhile Katherine found another cancer patient’s personal story of healing from Stage 4 breast cancer; contacting her led Katherine to find a clinic in Mexico where Dr. Antonio (Tony) Jimenez has had success using a combination of RigVir (a drug that has been through clinical human trials and is approved for cancer treatment in Latvia yet is only available from seven places worldwide; it stimulates the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer stem cells) and Sono Photo
Dynamic Therapy to take out tumor cells. “I based my decision to follow this course of treatment on the scientific evidence that I have seen Dr. Jimenez explain at length, and also because I was seeking non-toxic cancer treatments that would not leave me so impaired,” says Katherine. “I don’t believe that removing a person’s tongue -which is needed for the ability to eat and drink normally, as well as to express one’s self clearly and easily, and is related to one’s capacity for independence - is a workable solution. I have also seen zero evidence that the conventional methods of treatment like surgery, chemo, and radiation are effective as any kind of cure at all. The ‘survival rates’ that they talk about at the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer Institute only look at the patient for a length of 5 years. 5 years!! Let that sink in.... The NIH gives a person of my demographics about a 48% chance of surviving 5 years. I’ve already lived over twice as long by following my gut instead of my doctor’s advice.” Another reason that this diagnosis and traditional treatment plan is so keenly devastating for Katherine – her young daughter has Autism Spectrum Disorder. “The hardest thing about being a single parent of a special needs child and being diagnosed with a serious illness myself is that it’s really stressful to deal with the fear of ‘What will happen to my child if something happens to me?’ Also, another reason I won’t accept conventional treatment is that I really need my tongue. I am my daughter’s only advocate, and I have to speak for both of us. Not only that, but one of her main deficits is in her ability to communicate clearly. She needs for me to be able to speak with her. How could I be an effective parent if I could not speak?” Post-diagnosis, Katherine has come to some realizations – one of which is that she feels the push to prioritize art and music in her life again. “When you’re faced with knowing you may not have much longer,” she says, “It’s a pretty good wakeup call that maybe you should reassess your priorities and take some new action on some old dreams.” She’s also found herself being more social and taking steps to get out in the world and reconnect with old friends – a thing that can be difficult for any parent of a special needs child, much less one facing down such a difficult medical situation, but the feelings of support and community have been invaluable for her. Alternative treatments come with a hefty price tag, sadly, so Katherine created a website – www.AngelsForKatherine.com - to attempt to raise the funds to cover her treatment. Any gift will be greatly appre-
ciated, and if a financial gift isn’t feasible, sharing the page over social media to help raise attention and awareness would also help. In Katherine’s words: “Please remember, if you do decide to give, you are not only helping to save one woman’s life, but you are enabling a single mother to continue raising her children and see them into adulthood; you are helping a child with Autism to have the comfort of knowing that her caregiver and advocate will be around to help her and speak up for her when she is unable to clearly express herself; and you are helping someone who genuinely desires to help others by raising awareness about tongue cancer, and showing that there really are non-toxic life-saving therapies available that do not require people to lose their tongues, or their ability to speak and eat normally, nor to give up their high quality of life. And finally, you’re helping someone who wants to share art, and music, and laughter, and love with the world. Artists and musicians have always inspired me deeply, and if I could give just some of that back to others, I would be grateful. I want to keep on living, and I want to encourage others to live their lives to the fullest.” Please visit www.AngelsForKatherine.com and give generously if you are able, or share if you aren’t.
Random Facts about Kat 1. I share a birthday with HG Wells, Stephen King, and Leonard Cohen. 2. I basically eat everything out of a bowl with a spoon. (I just like to.) 3. I enjoy reading about new archaeological discoveries. 4. I have written and done voice over work for radio commercials. 5. I have visited Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Puerto Rico. 6. I love being in the front row at concerts. 7. Favorite shows are Sherlock and Orphan Black. 8. I love watching cartoons with my daughter.
9. I have had a job as a felt maker’s apprentice where I worked in a yurt. 10. I enjoy watching rock climbers, even though I am afraid of heights. 11. I have technically been IN Paris 3 times, but I still haven’t seen any of it yet. (Twice was changing planes, once was driving through in the middle of the night.) Hopefully I will get to actually see it someday. 11thHourOnline.com 11
GABBAfest A Family Reunion for Allman Brothers Fans Sept. 23-25 By Traci Burns
There’s something about the Allman Brothers Band that inspires a fierce, familial loyalty and sense of community in their fans; even though the bulk of the band’s musical output came out decades ago, and even though the lineup of musicians that compose the band itself has gone through multiple changes, the fans continue to show up and show out whenever there’s a chance. GABBA – or the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the Brothers’ musical heritage in Georgia – is gearing up to provide fans another weekend to remember with this year’s GABBAfest. An annual music festival filled with musicians who have all been inspired and influenced by the legacy of the Allman Brothers, this year’s fest will be held September 23-25 and will feature Marcus King, Robert Lee Coleman & the Night Owls, Samantha Fish, Otis, Jimmy Hall, and more. Laraine Potter, the current GABBA president, describes GABBAfest as “kinda like a family reunion full of people you really, really like.” Laraine has been involved with GABBA as an organization since 2007, and this is her second year as president. Her Allman Brothers affiliation came a little later in life – in high school she says she was “more of a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young girl,” – though she did own the ABB album Brothers & Sisters - but after moving to middle Georgia for a job in 1979 and sticking around to raise her kids, she met Greg Potter, who at the time was working with the Big House on developing the Allman Brothers Band museum. “That kinda baptized me into all of it,” she says. “I checked out every library book about the Allman Brothers I could get my hands on so I could know who Greg was talking about.” Back in 1992 when GABBA was first formed, its primary purpose was to preserve and maintain the history of the band here in Macon – “I was told that back in ’92 you couldn’t really find a trace of the Allman Brothers Band in town – that was before the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, before anybody even thought about the Big House,” says Laraine. “GABBA was formed to try and preserve 12 SEPT 22 - OCT 1, 2016
the legacy of the music and its history in various places around town. Other organizations have since come along to do that kind of work, too, but we still do our part – we donate to charities, other nonprofits, individuals in need.” GABBAfest still operates with a charitable spirit of nurturing and giving back – one thing that has become a yearly tradition is a tree dedicaton ceremony at Rose Hill Cemetery. “GABBA adopted Rose Hill back when they were doing the Adopt-a-Spot program to keep different areas of the city cleaned up,” says Laraine. “Every year they’d plant a tree and dedicate it to the memory of someone involved with the ABB in some way – sometimes a GABBA family member, sometimes a roadie or band member. Now that the city Parks and Rec has taken over the cleaning and maintenance of the cemetery, we donate money to them for the tree and put out a marker saying who it’s in honor of.” The recipient of this year’s tree dedication will be announced during the weekend’s festivities. Another GABBAfest event of note is a q&a session with Louisiana-based photographer Sidney Smith, who first met the Allman Brothers when they played the Tulane University Homecoming Dance in New Orleans in the fall of 1970. A fifteen-year-old with a pile of photography equipment inherited from his late father, Sidney was living out the photographer’s version of Almost Famous – in fact, some of his photos even ran alongside Cameron Crowe’s rock journalism pieces in Rolling Stone and other magazines back in the 70s. “I did something in the early days that no other photographer had ever thought of,” Sidney says. “I’d photograph the roadies on stage setting up and breaking down the equipment. NOBODY shoots the road crew – but I did. It was all part of my master plan – the roadies would be so impressed I’d taken an interest in them that I would never have a problem on stage shooting the group.” His tactics worked well, and his photographs attracted the eye of Capricorn Records, who hired him on as official photographer in 1973. He developed relationships with the Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie, the Marshall Tucker Band, and others that have lasted to this day.
Sidney will be sharing some stories and anecdotes from his time with the band on Saturday evening around 6 pm at the Douglass, and will be selling original signed prints of his intimate concert photography afterwards. The weekend’s schedule of events looks to be full and festive- Friday night brings Marcus King and Robert Lee Coleman & the Night Owls to the Douglass, and Saturday night Samantha Fish and Otis will also be performing at that same venue. Jimmy Hall is the weekend’s special guest, and Saturday afternoon holds what Laraine Potter considers to be one of the most distinctive events of GABBAfest – the GABBA Members Jam, held at the Big House. “Members get together and play – mostly ABB tunes, but with some other stuff thrown in. Some folks are professional musicians and some are amateurs, and it’s just a total laid-back awesome jam all afternoon,” she says. The weekend also features lots of free time so attendees can explore Macon and all our Allman Brothers-related historical places - from H&H and Rose Hill Cemetery to Grants Lounge and Capricorn Records, there are plenty of places to go if you want to pick up some authentic Southern vibes. “So many of our members, back when they were young and first heard the Allman Brothers Band’s music, there was something in there that grabbed their soul,” Laraine Potter says. “They all have that moment in common – that one moment that touched them, that strong emotional tie to the music.” That emotional resonance has been bringing people from all over the world together for years and years to bond and jam and fellowship with one another in some of Macon’s most sacred musical spaces, and to be able to enjoy that while also knowing you’re contributing to an organization that works steadily to nourish our area’s musicians and musical history is a fine thing indeed. Tickets for GABBAfest are $25 for Friday night, $30 for Saturday, and $50 for a weekend pass. For more information on purchasing them, visit GABBA on the web at www.gabbafest.org or call 478-765-2822
GABBAfest In His Own Words: Music Photographer Sidney Smith
If you’ve ever seen the movie, “Almost Famous”, well, that WAS my life story. I mean that was EXACTLY my story. The movie was actually about Cameron Crowe, a teenage rock & roll writer in the early 1970’s. Well, I was a teenage rock & roll photographer. My photos were often matched with the stories he wrote for Rolling Stone and other rock magazines of the time. My father died when I was 15. He was an amateur photographer and left a boat load of photo equipment. So, at 15, I started shooting rock stars (among other things of interest.) Access to the bands was a lot easier back in those days. I met the Allman Brothers Band in the fall of 1970, when they played at the Tulane University Homecoming Dance in New Orleans. Mind you, this was a college HOMECOMING DANCE! In less than 3 years, they would be the biggest band in the country, and were playing before 600,000 fans at Watkins Glen in upstate New York. I did do something in the early days that no other photographer had ever thought of. I would photograph the roadies setting up and breaking down the equipment. NOBODY shoots the road crew. But I did. It was all part of my ‘master plan’, (lol!). The roadies would be so impressed that someone had taken an interest in THEM, that I would NEVER have a problem on stage shooting the group. I was always a music fan. Starting with the Beatles. In fact I was ALL about the Beatles for the longest time. Then, I got into Dylan, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, etc... And then, along came The Allman Brothers Band. I was a fan from the get go. I met the band when Duane was still around...And ‘in charge’. But I really got to know everyone else and became quite close after Duane died. I was Dickey Betts’ wedding photographer when he married Sandy Blue Sky in the summer of 1973. I would shoot Butch Truck’s kids on a regular basis. Gregg Allman would buy photos of himself and Duane and had me send them to his grandmother in Nashville. Berry Oakley would do the same thing for his family. I became quite close with the band as well as the road crew. Then, at the request of Capricorn Records, I moved to Macon in 1973 and became the photographer for the record company, shooting promotional photos of Wet Willie, Marshall Tucker Band and others. That’s when I became close friends with Jimmy Hall and the members of Wet Willie. Jimmy and I have remained close friends throughout the years. In fact, he came to my birthday party in New Orleans earlier this year and sat in with the band for almost the entire day. As far as meaningful albums, I’d say that the ABB at the Fillmore East still ranks as the best live album ever recorded. Duane’s contribution on Eric Clapton’s Layla is also remarkable. In fact Duane MADE that song what it is. I DO have several ABB anecdotes and amusing stories, but I think I’ll save those for Gabba Fest. The organizers have asked me to speak and do a question & answer session on Saturday evening at the Douglass Theater around 6:pm. As far as what I’m most looking forward to at my first GABBA Fest... I’m looking forward to meeting the many other ABB fans in attendance. And selling some of my photos while I’m there! I believe they’re giving me a booth to display and sell the photographs. They are all original, signed, and many are quite intimate, as only an insider could have taken. Sandy Blue Sky put it very well a few years ago when she said, “Sidney was the only photographer we trusted around us. He just made himself ‘invisible’.
Gregg Allman & Sidney Smith, taken a few years ago after Gregg used many of Sidney’s photos to illustrate his book, “My Cross To Bear”
Dickey Betts & Sandy Blue Sky, wedding day photo, summer 1973 at the ABB Farm in Juliette, GA. Photo by Sidney Smith
Duane playing at the Tulane University Homecoming Dance, fall of 1970. (As mentioned above) 11thHourOnline.com 13
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About The Debates Bill Knowles / WeArePolitics.com
We’re less than fifty days away from a turning point in our nation’s history as we all have to pick a fork in the road to travel as we determine which direction the United States will go. Some will pick the Clinton Path which will most likely give us more of the same things that the United States has been dealing with over the past eight years under President Obama while others will choose the Trump Path which will thrust our country into a Clinton/Trump courtesy of AP. period of unknown blind turns and the uncertainty of being ruled by a man who has never held public office in his life. Still others will choose to go down the Path of Conscience as they take the 3rd Party option of Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party , the largely unknown Evan McMullen who is running as an Independent. (Some voters will even have the option to vote for Zoltan Istvan of the Transhumanist Party who wants to legalize all drugs as well as making it legal to do anything to your own body as long as it doesn’t hurt someone. Yes…it’s a real party and Zoltan is a real candidate.)
It was just announced that Governor Gary Johnson would not be allowed to participate in the first Presidential debate on September 26th being held at Hofstra University and moderated by the ever grinning Lester Holt of the NBC Nightly News, despite the fact that Johnson is on all 50 states’ ballots and is polling over 10% in most polls. (What is it with Holt anyway? He always looks like he knows someone’s dirty secrets or he’s just farted. I can’t determine which.) I honestly think that it’s a shame Johnson won’t be allowed to debate Trump and Clinton as he would bring some much needed comic relief to the stage that will be dominated by Trump’s hair and corny expressions and Clinton’s scowl and finger pointing. One of the best lines of any debate I can remember is from the one debate Johnson was allowed to participate in while he was running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination when he told everyone that, “My next-door neighbor’s two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this administration.” Beyond the levity that he would bring I think the American people deserve to hear from someone who is on all 50 ballots regardless of what his polling numbers are. (Oh yeah, and Johnson climbed Mount Everest. That alone should qualify him.) For the record, the Committee on Presidential Debates has set the minimum polling threshold at 15%. Also for the record, I think the “Committee on Presidential Debates” sounds more like an organization that the Politburo established for Khrushchev or Brezhnev than an organization that weighs so heavily on how our country will determine our future. Many people think the debates are overrated and don’t mean a lot. Richard Nixon would firmly disagree when he blew the debate against then Senator John Kennedy in 1960 because Nixon was sick and looked like he had just gotten out of bed. (If you listen to the debates Nixon won hands down, but he looked horrible. Between the debate and a good dose of Daley in Chicago, Nixon lost the election. Gerald Ford would firmly disagree when he let our own Jimmy Carter trounce him in 1976 when President Ford stated there was “no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be in a Ford Administration”, which of course was completely dominated by the Russkies during that time. The guy asking the question could barely stop from laughing out loud but gave Ford another chance to get out of it. Instead Ford doubled down and said that the people of Yugoslavia and Romania didn’t feel they were under Soviet domination. That debate gave us Jimmy Carter for four years. Four years later, the debate gods hit then President Carter with a lightning bolt of karma. Looking frazzled and much older than when he took office, Jimmy said he was consulting with his 13 year old daughter Amy about was most important to her. Now Amy was a smart girl who could have said pollution, war or even the cost of peanuts,
but President Carter said “nookulah weapons.” (That’s nuclear to most people, but Carter never could get the hang of saying it right.) Add the Amy comment to the point where then Governor Reagan rebuked him in a smiling way when he tried to distort the Reagan record by saying, “There you go again…” and then finishing the debate by looking directly into the camera and asking all of us, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” and President Carter was forcibly retired thanks in part largely due to the debate. There have been many other turning points in modern debates such as when the Democrat nominee Michael Dukakis was asked if his own wife were raped and murdered would he support the death penalty. When he answered no and was very clinical in his explanation as to why, his approval ratings dropped 7 points overnight and we voted for George the Elder Bush. Debate karma got Bush four years later when he kept looking at his watch while both Democrat nominee Bill Clinton and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot were cleaning his clock at every turn. Perot had some of the best lines of the night saying, “I don’t have any experience in running up a $4 trillion debt. I don’t have any experience in gridlock government where nobody takes responsibility for anything and everybody blames everybody else.” That’s the kind of stuff we’ll miss without Johnson on the stage. In the 2000 presidential campaign, who could forget former Vice-President and then Democrat nominee Al Gore rolling his eyes at the Republican nominee George W. Bush? Most people say Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator but during the 2000 debates it was George the Younger who showed that he could connect with Americans by saying things like “I’m beginning to think not only did he (Gore) invent the Internet, but he invented the calculator.” The election was over for Gore when he got up out of his chair and went toward W. in an effort to intimidate him. Bush just looked at him, smiled and gave him a head nod. The audience went nuts and hanging chads or not, that debate performance probably won Bush the White House. The 2016 debates will no doubt give voters a fireworks show between Trump and Clinton and hopefully Johnson in the second and third debates. How could they not with all of the name calling and nonsense the campaign has already brought us? It’s going to be fun to watch if Secretary Clinton will go off script and lose her famous temper when Trump starts in on her emails, Benghazi and the Clinton Foundation; almost as entertaining will be watching Trump and his variety of facial expressions as he reacts to Clinton’s attacks on him. Entertainment aside these are the most important debates in our republic’s history and for the sake of our nation I hope that whoever wins the debates and ultimately the presidency will begin healing our nation and restore us back to the country we once were and can be again.
Bill Knowles is a Macon native and member of the Republican Party. More of his thoughts on local and national news can be read on his blog at WeArePolitics.com 14 SEPT 22 - OCT 1, 2016
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Tommy Sadler is a friendly, charming, enthusiastic sweetheart of a man – when I visited his new restaurant Tommy’s Cafe and Bakery early one morning for an interview, he was busy in the kitchen doing what he does best; instead of having me wait for him to finish, he insisted that I come hang out and talk while he worked. I perched on a stool on the other side of his work table and watched as he effortlessly prepared donuts, donut holes, filled donuts, and other pastry delights, all while discussing his history with and passion for baking and cooking without missing a beat. He’s truly gifted at what he does; nothing will make you realize this more than taking a bite out of one of the many fresh-prepared sweets he has available every day. Apple fritters are my favorite pastry splurge, and – no kidding- the one at Tommy’s is by far the best I’ve ever had. The size of a small dinner plate, the fritter was crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, filled with real diced apples and cinnamon – true textural and flavor perfection. Proud, Tommy was quick to tell me “It’s a family recipe.” Baking and cooking really are in Tommy’s blood – he’s from Perry, Florida, where, in 1954, his grandfather opened up Johnson’s Bakery, which sold donuts, pastries, and short-order menu items. “I grew up in there,” says Tommy. “I can remember taking naps on flour sacks as a young kid. My mom worked there, and back then you didn’t just get a babysitter - she took us to work with her. After school we’d walk there and work putting together boxes or cleaning up.” As he got older, Tommy graduated from odd jobs to baking. “As a teenager, my uncle – he was the owner after my granddad, he still owns the place now – he’d come get me before school and we’d go down and cook donuts in the dark. I had quite the following at school, so to speak, because I’d go in there smelling all good from the bakery.” The Air Force brought Tommy to middle Georgia in 1981, and he’s been here ever since. He and his now exwife owned the Casserole Shop for quite some time, but the business ended up out of his hands after the divorce, which is why he started anew under his own name. 18 SEPT 22 - OCT 1, 2016
“That’s worked out to my benefit,” he says. “I’ve taken a lot of the experiences I had there and used them to make the best possible business here. If you surround yourself with the best people, the best staff, you’re guaranteed to do well.” His new place offers donuts and other baked goods, a variety of breakfast biscuits and sandwiches, a daily hot lunch special, several short-order lunch choices, and various frozen casseroles and takeout options for grab-and-go convenience. The employees at Tommy’s really do radiate genuine kindness – I noted a steady stream of customers coming in the door early Friday morning to order their country ham and egg biscuits or dozen donuts, and Laccie behind the counter cheerfully greeted almost everyone by name. Back in the kitchen, chef Troy Johnson bustled around getting prepared for the daily hot lunch plate special. “He’s got a lot of professional chef experience,” said Tommy, “and when you mix my country cookin’ and ideas with his technical know-how, you get some magic. We’re usually on the same page with everything, so we come up with some great stuff.” The hot lunch special is an amazing deal - $5.99 for an entrée, side, bread, and dessert. (Prices are slightly higher for seafood options.) “You can’t get a lunch like that for that price anywhere else in Macon,” boasts Tommy – though it isn’t boasting if it’s true, is it? “I want people to get such a good deal here that they tell other people – my success is in multiple people walking through the door to eat here, not in making a bunch of money all off one person. I’m not trying to send my kids to school off one sale.” Tommy’s Facebook page lists the daily lunch offerings – there’s a set schedule every day except for Wednesday. “Wednesday is Tommy’s Choice – that’s our day to try different ideas,” Tommy says. “One day we did blackened grouper tacos and sold the mess out of ‘em. Everything was made from scratch. We did shrimp burritos once; we did shrimp and grits this past week. Troy’s background is in seafood and Cajun cooking; he came up with the sauce for the shrimp & grits and it was a home run. We used my cheese grits casse-
role recipe with his sauce. Wednesdays are becoming really popular – it’s creative, we have fun, the customers love it.” Tommy’s also offers catering services, and one wall of the restaurant is lined with freezers and coolers filled with grab-and-go casseroles and party-ready snacks like chicken salad, pimento cheese, or bacon and tomato dip. “Our bestselling casserole by far is the poppyseed chicken,” says Tommy. “Shepherd’s pie or baked spaghetti is probably a close second.” A small assortment of casseroles are available in the freezers all the time, but if you’re looking to pick up a specific one for an occasion (a list of available options is available online), it’s best to contact the restaurant in advance, because Tommy likes to cook things fresh – “I’ll even cook it in your own baking dish, if you bring it to me,” says Tommy. “You can pick it up, take it to dinner at your family’s house, even tell ‘em you made it – I don’t mind one bit,” he beams. In a few months, Tommy’s plans to move a few doors down from their current location on Thomaston road – same shopping center, but a larger space that’ll give them more room to prepare and display a wider variety of food options. “Our future is very bright here,” says Tommy. “We have a lot of great ideas for what we want to do. We’re going to expand our menu once we’re in the new place – we’ll have more short-order options, more appetizers, because we’ll have room for more equipment in the kitchen. And the display case is a lot larger, so we can have lots more varieties of donuts and cookies.” Do yourself a favor and make the trip out to Tommy’s next time you’re in need of donuts to treat the office, an affordable homemade hot lunch, or a casserole to pop in the oven for a quick weeknight dinner – Tommy’s well-honed culinary skills and passion for quality food cooked with love, tradition, and creativity are evident in every bite. Find Tommy’s on Facebook or on the web at www.letmecookit.com By Traci Burns
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Caleb Caudle
Following in the tracks of Gram Parsons, Merle Haggard and George Strait, Caleb Caudle makes pure country music rooted in the genre’s glory days, back when melody, mood and message ruled the roost. It’s not contemporary country-pop, nor is it part of any underground outlaw scene. Instead, Caudle’s music finds the middle ground between the classic twang of late-seventies/early-eighties country and the dusty stomp of modern-day Americana. Raised just south of the Virginia/North Carolina border, Caudle cut his teeth on the road, building his audience one mile at a time while sharing the stage with the likes of Jason Isbell, Dawes, Robert Ellis, Patterson Hood, Justin Townes Earle, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and John Moreland, among many others. Brad Evans caught up with Caleb at his home in North Carolina. Hey Caleb. Man I can’t say enough about Carolina Ghost. We are loving the album here at 100.9 The Creek. Can you tell me a little about how you approached writing it? Well I approached it pretty much the same as I approach any album. Once an album is done, I usually try to not write for a couple of months, let new influences seep in, and try and find new ways to say things. As that time goes by, I causally write stuff down when it comes to me. Which is usually when I’m driving, actually. This seems to work for me.
based stuff, listeners came out of the woodwork. Yeah. I mean it’s hard to tell, because I’m so inside of it all. But the crowds have certainly been bigger, and maybe they are thirsty for it. And you’re right, you aren’t going to hear it much on the radio, so for you guys to be playing it, we certainly appreciate it. I think the radio playing our music is the missing link. So people are coming to the smaller clubs, seeking it out. Trying to connect. That’s all people are really trying to do.
And you were in a new place in your life as well. Becoming sober? Sure. Well I’d also just moved back home to North Carolina, and yes, I quit drinking, and that kind of thing changes you. I was just in a really creative place. I was writing a bunch, and I feel like I was in a really clear headed place. This was probably the most country sounding record I will ever make. This was deliberate. I felt like these songs deserved this kind of treatment.
Also read the Bitter Southerner piece on you today. Wow. The writer actually was talking about John Moreland, he called him, “a volcanically emotional songwriter who can hush a bar full of frat douches with one devastatingly bereft chorus”. Yeah, that was great. You know we mostly spend time together as we tour together. I live in North Carolina and John is in Oklahoma. It’s just one of those things, when you have a songwriting buddy, you just always pick up where you left off.
Don’t you feel like people are kind of ready for a more down to earth kind of music. I know at the station when we came out of the gate playing more songwriter
Who, besides John, do you look to when you need some inspiration in your songwriting? That’s hard. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Aaron Ray is great. It’s
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hard. I’m living in Jazz land right now. I’m listening to a lot of 50’s and 60’s Jazz right now. That’s just where my head is at. What’s next for you? What you been up to writing wise? I’ve been doing a lot of demos. I have more than enough for a record. I think it’s going to be somewhat of a different beast than the last record. It’s a big musical beast. I don’t know how to describe it. I had been wanting to do a great country album, and I really believed we knocked it out of the park with this last one. But the new one will be something different. And I’m looking forward to that.
WANNA go? Caleb Caudle plays the Living Room Concert Series at The Cox Capitol Theatre Thursday, Sept. 29. Doors at 7, show at 8. Tickets $10 in advance. $15 at the door.
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George Porter, Jr.
George Porter, Jr. is best known as the bassist of The Meters, along with Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste. The group was formed in the mid 60’s and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk then called R&B. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989. Today the original group still plays the occasional reunions but the Funky Meters, of which Porter and Neville are still members, most prominently keeps the spirit alive. Porter is also the band leader of his own unique long term project the Runnin’ Pardners, well respected not only as a quintessential New Orleans band, the touring band continues to receive accolades on the jam band and festival scene. He has assembled some seasoned and talented musicians to join him on this project. Familiar Pardners - Brint Anderson (guitar) and, Michael Lemmler (keyboards) and rising stars on the New Orleans music scene Khris Royal (saxophone) and Terrence Houston (drums). George Porter Jr. plans to keep a smile on his face.” Tony Doolin caught up with George this week to talk about his upcoming show in Macon at the Cox Capitol Theatre this Friday. When you were a teenager, playing with Zigaboo Modelistse in New Orleans, you didn’t start out on bass. Tell me about your first guitar. Well, on my guitar. I was about 14 or 15 years old. But I had an old silver tone guitar that my mom had given me. We used to go over on Coliseum street. Zig was living over there. I used to go over to his house, with my guitar, and a few of us neighborhood guys. We’d just hang out in Zig’s back yard, and play. I’d play guitar and they’d be beating on box tops and stuff. And we did that until the neighbors got mad and called the cops and the cops actually broke up my guitar and all the box tops. But the bass didn’t come in until I was 17 years old or so. I was almost a professional level guitar player by then. Want to talk about the tour with the Rolling Stones in 1975. The Meters were on the bill with The Stones, and you talk about this being a seminal moment in your career. You had a bad reception from the crowd. Tell me this story. That was in Paris. They were ready for the Stones to come on. When we went out it was an ugly scene. People were throwing stuff at us. And we were pretty young, so we left the stage. But Richards and Jagger walked us back out there, and talked to the crowd and stayed out there until we launched into “Fire on the Bayou.” They sang
that New Orleans was back. It meant a lot to the whole city. We wanted to do something for the City. It was basically a shout out the world that New Orleans was back up and running. That was the story that should have come away from that.
The Funky Meters; Jazz Fest 1973 some of the song with us. The audience calmed down and the next two nights we were well received. The Meters reunited for a show in 2006, the first Jazz Fest after Katrina. What did that mean to you to be able to do that. Well it meant more to New Orleans. We wanted to say
What is the thing that still drives you musically? My new band drives me. They push me. I’m still discovering me still. I’m a member of the jam member community. My motto is “Have Bass will travel” I play with someone every weekend. I don’t have many weekends off. I’m always playing somewhere with someone. And I enjoy it. Zig and I have a group called Foundation of Funk. Every now and then the original Meters get together. I just enjoy it. What can we expect from your show Friday? You can certainly expect to dance. For a four-piece band, we are a full band. You are going to hear a lot of music coming at you. It’s music you can understand. Good pockets, nice solos, and I’m a halfway decent singer. 11thHourOnline.com 27
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RAISING THE BAR Featuring
CHARLES DAVIS
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1. Favorite Place in Macon Amerson Waterworks Park. Whether going for a walk or a run or floating down the river, it’s a very calming and relaxing place for me.
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“Moonhanger has always told me that if I build it, they will come. So I’ve been building it as best I can.”
2. Must Eat. The Super Dock at The Fish Port on Montpelier Ave. Don’t let the area scare you. One of the best fried fish spots in Macon. 3. Hobbies. I love watching documentaries, finding new musical artists to listen to, and doing live theatre. 4. Listen in Listen to Charles daily on The Creek 100.9 with co-host Anthony Ennis from 3-7. Their show, Black and Mild, prepares you for the weekend and airs Fridays 3-7 p.m.
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Hometown: Sandy Cross, GA Favorite drink to make: Any classic cocktail, especially if I can put a twist on it that incorporates local ingredients. My least favorite drink to make: Is based on a recipe shouted at me over other hollering patrons at a busy bar. How should we get your attention at the bar: By awaiting my eye contact, which will inevitably fix itself upon you. How not to get my attention: With impatience or, God forbid, pet names. What I like about Macon, where I think we can improve: Each of us Maconites is being presented with the opportunity to shape the renaissance of a historically exquisite Southern city. That unique opportunity is what gets me excited about living and working here. We’re moving in the right direction. I think the only way to keep improving is for each of us to recognize and utilize the power we hold over the future of our city. What do I like to do when I’m not behind the bar: I work on a farm in Jeffersonville called Rag & Frass. You can find us at the Mulberry Market and Grant Park Farmer’s Market in Atlanta. I also work at Johnson Garden Center off Vineville here in town. Basically, I surround myself with as many plants as possible. I’m going to UGA next semester to study horticulture.
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L I V E & L O C A L by A N D R E A M A R LOW E
Chance Moorman
The 16-year old Maconite talks ukuleles and love
Chance Moorman is all of what you might expect from a 16 year old--sweet spoken, lively, and still indecisive about what she wants to do when she grows up. But not many teenagers have been playing the ukulele and guitar since the age of 13 or strive to be a better songwriter. Taking a look at her YouTube channel, Moorman has experience covering songs like her delicate ukulele version of “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” but also shares a more personal side to the age-old enigma of love with her song “Forget.” Moorman’s musical ambitions began because of the band Never Shout Never (initially a one-man band and ukulele player) and her father, Chris Moorman, who played in the Macon-based 90s rock band Mount Pilot. Recently, she showcased her talents at the Women with Purpose event and has also played several venues for Macon’s First Friday. I spoke with Moorman about her experience at Otis Music Camp, songwriting, and why the arts are important for her generation. What kind of music did you listen to growing up? Not just rock. But Bluegrass and Americana, like The Wood Brothers.
Tell me about your experience with the Otis Music Camp. This year was my third year at the Otis Redding camp. I started going so I could learn more about writing songs and I have learned a lot. I feel like it’s helped me become less shy with music. What we do each year is get with a group of people who are looking to write the same type of music. So every year I’ll be in the rock group. We put ideas together and we have songwriting workshops. Being with different people who want to do the same thing as you, like music-wise, is a really cool experience. How difficult was it learning the ukulele and transitioning to guitar? I think that learning ukulele really helped me because I just kind of picked up the guitar and started making a few chords that I knew how to do. I wouldn’t have been able to just pick up guitar and play it if it hadn’t been for the ukulele. Is singing something you always wanted to do?
I’ve always been singing apparently, according to my parents. Even when I was little I would always be singing. And I love singing. What hopes do you have for your music in the future? Do you have any other creative outlets? I’m not sure if I want to make my whole life just music. But I just really hope that I get better. Not essentially with writing, but also with guitar. I really like drawing and painting. I’m not sure if I want to go further into that as well. But I have no idea what I want to do in the future [laughs] Just something with art. Why do you think it’s important for people your age to get involved with the arts? We’re the next generation and I really think it’s important that we all contribute to a music scene. Even if you’re not a musical person you should support it. I want music to keep being a big part of the world. So, I think it’s really important that [our generation] does our part. We’re always trying to grow the music scene in Macon. What do you hear from your generation that GRANT’S we’re not doing right? Show an interest in music. And come out to shows. Local stuff. People need to actually go out more and show their love for music. We need more people to get involved in it so that it will continue to grow. Check out Chance Moorman on her YouTube channel youtube.com/user/peaceloveribs/featured
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COX CAPITOL THEATRE Fourteen-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Ricky Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs’ burgeoning trophy case full of awards wasn’t already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary guitarist Chet Atkins once credited Skaggs with “single-handedly saving country music.” His life’s path has taken him to various musical genres, from where it all began in bluegrass music, to striking out on new musical journeys, while still leaving his musical roots intact. Ricky struck his first chords on a mandolin over 50 years ago, and he continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. Clearly his passion for it puts him in the position to bring his lively, distinctively American form of music out of isolation and into the ears and hearts of audiences across the country and around the world. Bonnie Bishop opening. Before landing with Cobb, whose credits include Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson, Bishop had thrown in the towel on her country-leaning career,
too frustrated, beat-up and broke to go on after 13 years, five albums and one failed marriage. It landed on the rag pile despite monogramming by her idol, Bonnie Raitt, who recorded a Bishop/Big Al Anderson co-write on her comeback album, “Slipstream.” The song, “Not Cause I Wanted To,” topped the New York Times’ year-end best-of list, then “Slipstream” won 2012’s Best Americana Album Grammy. Cole Taylor THE CRAZY BULL When Cole Taylor, originally from Cuthbert, left Valdosta to go to Nashville and chase his dreams at the start of 2013, nothing could have prepared him for what came next. Following in the footsteps of other country contemporaries such as Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett and his close friend Cole Swindell, Taylor met his goal of signing a publishing deal with Universal after being in Nashville for only nine months. His songs have been recorded by Florida Georgia Line, Chase Rice, Luke Bryant and more. This guys is about to take off, he’s gotten his first #1 on country radio! 11thHourOnline.com 35
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