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Friday, Nov 4 Screening of “Gone With The Wind” at The Grand Opera House - 1:30 p.m. Matinee and 7:30 screening. 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. TheGrandMacon.com. Runtime 3h 58min with intermission. A classic story of the old south. A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair during the American Civil War. World premiere at Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, 1939.
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Historic Macon Flea Market - The 2016 Flea Market will take place November 4-6! The weekend will begin with a Preview Party on Friday, November 4 and a public sale on Saturday and Sunday. The Flea Market is free and open to the public. The Flea Market has an array of antiques, collectibles, furniture, holiday decor, children’s toys, gardening gadgets, artwork, lamps, and an entire section of fine silver and crystal pieces. Located at 357 Oglethorpe Street, next to Macon Beer Company.
Sunday, Nov 6 Kid Fest 2016 Presented by The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House - Come play music on our stage! We will have games, arts & crafts and a Fire Truck. Free event 12 pm - 4 pm. 2321 Vineville Avenue
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Food Truck Fest at Martha Bowmen 12 PM - 6 PM. This fall we are bringing back “Food Truck Fest” that will feature several awesome food trucks and inflatables for the kids! 500 Bass Rd.
Tuesday, Nov 8 Fabian Concert Series: Espressivo Mercer’s Fabian Series brings worldclass artistry to Macon! Returning guest artists Richard Aaron, cello, and Annie Fullard, violin, join the Center’s Julie Albers, cello, and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin, for an evening of cham-
ber music. It’s always fun to watch these friends perform together! This concert is held in Fickling Hall at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $15 per person. Pay at the door, or to reserve seats by phone, call (478) 301-5470 Mercer Theatre to Present ‘She Kills Monsters’ at Tattnall Square Center for the Arts Nov. 10-13, Nov. 17-20 Mercer Theatre will present Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters” at Tattnall Square Center for the Arts. The central Georgia premiere is a comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. General admission tickets are $15. Advance purchase is recommended, but tickets will also be available at the door. To purchase tickets visit tickets.mercer.edu. Tattnall Square Center for the Arts is located at 1096 College St. in Macon. A high-octane comedy fraught with hostile fairies, randy ogres, and ‘90s pop culture, “She Kills Monsters” is a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all. Theatre director Scot Mann says, “This show is a wild ride featuring a young woman’s self-discovery through the lens of Dungeons and Dragons. Sword fights, magic, bawdy humor and dialogue, and, of course, monsters.” This show is recommended for ages 18 and up.
Friday, Nov 11 Christmas Made in the South Nov. 11-13 at Macon Centreplex. You’ll find pottery, jewelry, metal sculpture, woodworking, glass, Christmas ornaments, photography, fine art, delicious gourmet delights and so much more! P.S. Old Saint Nick will be there so bring your gift list. Fri. 10-8 - Sat. 10-6 - Sun. 11-5. One admission good for all 3 days with hand stamp! Adults $7.00 - Children 12 & under - Free. And free parking!
Saturday, Nov 12 Children’s Holiday Event at Museum of Arts & Sciences - The Museum of Arts and Sciences and the Pediatric ERs at Coliseum Northside Hospital and Coliseum Medical Centers cordially invite you to join us for our second
annual Children’s Holiday event. “Polar Express” Show Times at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., & 4 p.m. Tickets: $30 for one adult & one child; $12 for each additional person.Reservations are required at (478) 477-3232. Enjoy the movie, “The Polar Express” showing in the Planetarium! After the movie enjoy hot chocolate and cookies an ornament craft and a scavenger hunt. Coffee bar for parents Cherokee Pines Golf Club Presents the Walter Gray Jr. Invitational - Proceeds to benefit the Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation. 2-Man Best Ball - $100 per player. Sat. T-Time 10am. Steak Dinner at 5 pm. Sunday T-time 11am. Register (478) 224-GOLF Howling Good Time Music Festival at Tattnall Square Park - 12-4 p.m. a family friendly event to support local, nonprofit animal rescue shelters. There will be doggie adoptions and a pet food drive. ALL donations are to benefit Furever After Rescue, Idyll Acres Rescue Ranch, Peach County Animal Rescue, and Rock On Rescue of Middle Georgia. There will be live music from some of Macon’s up and coming talent; bands such as The Bearcats, Hindsight, Kaleigh Courson, and Blue Possum Pickers! Bring the kids, as we have a climbing wall, photos with Santa, choo-choo tours of the park, and other activities. Beer and wine will be provided by Just Tap’d, and the music was selected with help by the fine folks at The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom. FREE ADMISSION!
Sunday, Nov 13 Requiem by John Rutter - 4 p.m. Featuring the Choral Society of Middle Georgia, Mercer Singers, Mercer University Choir and Mercer University Orchestra. This much-celebrated Requiem for choir and orchestra is a masterful weaving of the traditional Latin texts of the funeral mass with settings from the Psalms. Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, 719 Mulberry Street, Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through the Choral Society of Middle Georgia.
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Southern Born and Southern RED
Comedy and writing partners Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester are ready to meet the people... Specifically Nov. 15 at The Capitol
You’ve seen Trae’s “Liberal Redneck” viral videos, you’ve read their weekly blog, and now you can see them at their best, performing stand-up comedy at the Cox Capitol Theatre on November 15. Brad Evans caught up with the guys recently for a few minutes, out there on the road. Y’all had a book drop earlier this month - The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Out of the Dark. I just downloaded it this morning and I can’t wait to dig into it. Trae: So, the basic premise is that we take all these stereotypes about the South, things like “we’re all racist, we’re all homophobic” - or guns, obesity, poverty, or pills. We take these stereotypes and examine them one by one. When are they fair, when are they not? What’s the deal with that? Why is the South the way it is? We also give our opinions on how the South can do better, or how the South nails it, depending upon what we are discussing. Drew: I think the perfect way to sum this up is: we make no apologies or excuses for racism. We do think that we get a lot of heat about it, while other places seem to avoid talking
about it at all. But then we do defend guns and the gun movement, because we believe it comes from a more honest place - mistrust of the government. How did the three of you get together? Did the tour come first? Did the book get written on the road? Corey: We met on Grindr. Trae: We met between gigs on tours. Corey, his hometown club is in Chattanooga, and me and Drew started at Side Splitters in Knoxville, which isn’t there anymore. When we met Corey, he’d already been doing stand-up six years or so. He started when he was sixteen, because there is something really wrong with him. He’s broken on a deep deep level. But we met pretty quickly doing that. We had similar styles. All three of us embrace being Southern, but none of us do that stereotypical Southern style of comedy like the Blue Collar Tour - not that there’s anything wrong with that. We aren’t trashing it, we just don’t do it. But we are very overtly Southern. We gravitated towards each other. The book was a no-brainer once we all started.
“When we’re in the South, it’s just better. The people that come to our shows typically are on board with us already. When we go to San Fran, those people are just liberals. They don’t really get the Southern thing.” What are your folks like? I can remember my dad giving me a beating when I brought a black dude to our weight room one day, so until he died, some of the ideas I had about politics, or race, or whatever, took a backseat, because I didn’t want him to stop being my dad. Trae: Well, it’s always weird for me to answer this by saying I was lucky, because it’s well known my Mama was a pillbilly. It’s kind of weird to say that I’m lucky. But I was, in that my dad, who pretty much raised me because my mom wasn’t around, was just an old rock ‘n roll redneck. Not a hippie. He didn’t hate anyone, he just wanted to have a good time. That kind of thinking kind of trickled down for me. Corey: Both of my parents have been very conservative my entire life, and I was certainly raised in church. However, I will never stop giving them credit for never pushing me in a direction. Any time I had a question about politics or anything like that, my dad would answer it with a question. “What do you think? What do you believe?” He would let me make my own decisions. He’s always seemed to respect that. But I do understand your conflict there, and I have had some of that too, where I feel like I shouldn’t say anything. I definitely had that with my grandmother. But I was lucky in that they did encourage me to think for myself. Drew: My folks were very religious. My dad isn’t political. He keeps money in a vault. When republicans talk about gay rights and abortion, he thinks they are just lying to him to get his vote, and he’s right. Politically, I’m lucky. They just didn’t trust any of them. The religious thing is harder with them, but ultimately, they support me. What can we expect? Do you have more response in the South vs. anywhere else? Trae: We spent a lot of time in the North, then in California. And we just did a show in Charlotte. It felt good to be back. When we’re in the South, it’s just better. The people that come to our shows typically are on board with us already. When we go to San Fran, those people are just liberals. They don’t really get the Southern thing. People here are exactly our people - you know what I mean.
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12th Annual Andalusia Bluegrass Festival Visit zooatlanta.org/cookies for tickets and details.
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Saturday, Nov. 5 featuring The Skillet Lickers and Packway Handle Band on Flannery O’Connor’s Farm The Packway Handle Band of Athens, one of America’s top touring bluegrass bands, will headline the annual Bluegrass Festival at Andalusia Farm, the final home of author Flannery O’Connor, on Nov. 5. The festival will be staged in the large field behind the farmhouse where O’Connor lived the final 14 years of her life. The opening acts will be popular Macon-area bluegrass band Good Country People followed by the Skillet Lickers, a heritage band from the 1920s often billed as country music’s first super-group. The festival will run from 3-8 p.m., starting with porch pickin’ from 3-5 p.m. The public is invited to bring instruments to join in the fun. 45-minute guided trail walks are offered at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Melanie Devore (Georgia College Professor of Plant Biology) and her students will lead these walks to share the history, plants and wildlife of the 500+-acre farm. An interactive activities area for families is a new addition this year. A Craft Zone will be managed by Georgia College Gamma Sigma Sigma sorority members who will lead participants in making instruments from recycled materials. Admission is $10 for adults. Students and seniors are $5 and children under 12 are free. Food and drink will be available for purchase on site from Milledgeville businesses. The public is invited to bring chairs, blankets, coolers, flashlights and picnic suppers. “I hope folks who come to the festival will take time during their stay to enjoy this remarkable place that inspired a great writer,” Wylie said. “People should feel free to enjoy the property before the music starts.” Music starts at 5 p.m. with Good Country People. The band draws its name from the Flannery O’Connor story of the same name. The band is a folk/bluegrass/country conglomerate based in Macon that has had fluid 3 membership throughout its existence. The Packway Handle Band will take the stage at 7 p.m. Formed in 2003, the group, known for its three- and four-part harmonies and wildly energetic performances, was a finalist three straight years in the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition. The Skillet Lickers will take the stage at 6 p.m. The band’s name is synonymous with string band music in Georgia. Their recordings have sold millions and their style remains influential to the development of the country, folk, and bluegrass music.
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Election 2016
The Biggest Reality Show in History
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ow is about the only way of describing the 2016 Presidential Election up until this point. Only in the 2016 election could the candidate who has openly admitted to using marijuana on a regular basis be considered more honest or normal than either of the two major candidates. Trump, God help us, has had scandal after scandal hit in recent weeks as women are coming out of the woodwork saying he’s done everything from sexual harassment to unwanted advances to looking at a woman with lust in his heart. Clinton on the other hand, has breathed a huge sigh of relief every time a new charge has popped up on Trump because they continue to overshadow her own misdeeds as laid out by her campaign chairman John Podesta in the Wikileaked emails and her own husband’s sorted past. I won’t go into any of the allegations specifically but I will say that somehow our value system got screwed up, didn’t it? How is it that Bill Clinton can be accused of rape, pay off Paula Jones over $800,000 get a blow job in the Oval Office but Trump is made to look like Caligula? Further, I think the whole timing of all of these allegations makes all of them suspect. Readers know that I am certainly no Donald Trump fan, but you have to ask yourself why these didn’t come out during the primaries. He certainly pissed everyone off enough then that someone should have been able to find these witnesses or at the very least produce the infamous Billy Bush recordings. (Remember who Trump’s biggest enemy was during the primary season…None other than Billy Bush’s first cousin Jeb.) I honestly wish that they had come out during the primaries because we might not have him as our nominee, but we are stuck with the hands that we are dealt, no matter how small they are. (That was my homage to my chosen candidate Marco Rubio, who stated Trump’s hands were small and there might be a correlation between the size of another part of The Donald.) Yesterday I was shocked when I saw that a Republican County Headquarters in Orange County, North Carolina had been firebombed. Today it was released that not only was a Molotov Cocktail volleyed at the building but the perpetrator also left a message in spray paint: “Nazi Republicans Leave Town or Else” and of course left the biggest symbol of hate in the history of mankind, a swastika. If this had been a Democrat Headquarters Rachel Maddow, Scott Pelley and Anderson Cooper would be doing live remotes from the charred rubble and Al Sharpton would be yelling that it looks like a return to the days of Birmingham. Instead, as it was a Republican office that was burned there’s really no outrage by the masses. There is no question there is a huge double standard when it comes to politics as most of the time Democrats who do wrong are handled with kid gloves while Republicans are swung at with gloves with lead weights in them. Ted Kennedy can stagger
away from a car with his secretary in it who drowns and then runs successfully several times for US Senator in Massachusetts and even runs for President. Herman Cain is accused by two women to have inappropriate relationships and he’s forced out of a Presidential race. Juanita Broaddrick accuses Bill Clinton of rape and is called everything under the sun except truthful while Jessica Leads accuses Donald Trump of groping her on an airplane in front of several witnesses, yet the press gives her more credibility than they ever did Broaddrick. For the record, I am not saying that Trump didn’t commit any of the things he’s accused of. What I am saying is that there seems to be a blind eye when it comes to a Democrat but the same eye can see very clearly through a microscope while looking at a Republican. All of that being said the only thing that is 1000% credible and reliable is the video and audio of Donald Trump with Billy Bush. “Locker room talk” or not, he should know better than to spout off his dumb ass to a reporter, whose job it is, is to record and report the statements given. But is this alone enough to vote against Trump in favor of Secretary Clinton who’s questionable decisions with her emails should have by all accounts, most likely led her into prosecution? It is also now being reported that there are FBI files showing that Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy, no relation to the Kennedy of Chappaquiddick, offered a Quid Pro Quo of new jobs by placing FBI agents in countries that they are not allowed to go to and pressured the FBI to declassify an email from Hillary Clinton’s email server. Ultimately, Kennedy was denied but he then took his plea further up command, where he was shot down again. Oh yeah, it was this guy who along with then-Secretary of State Clinton apparently refused to add more security that ultimately led to the death US Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi. The 2016 Presidential Election has become the biggest and most costly reality show in the history of the republic, only in this real life Hunger Games the winner gets the most power of anyone in the free world while the loser becomes the American people, no matter which one them comes out on top. Both major parties were hijacked into nominating subpar nominees, one with the ethics of an alley cat, the other with the libido of one. The American people deserve better but we have allowed this to happen and unfortunately we now all have to suffer the consequences. If Clinton wins, contrary to what some are saying, Democracy will go on, albeit in a more corrupt manner. If Trump wins, contrary to what some are saying, there won’t be Storm Troopers or Brown Shirts knocking on your door asking for citizenship papers. There will be changes no matter who wins but our country will survive it. We survived the invasion of the British in 1812, a Civil War, the impeachment proceedings of three presidents, a Supreme Court decision that gave us an election outcome in 2000 and Barack Obama. We will survive.
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By Jon Waterhouse
Afternoon sunlight brightens the large stained glass window in Alan Walden’s living room. It’s just enough illumination for the former music business impresario to flip through a photo album. The book holds a collection of old photographs. Most feature the late Twiggs Lyndon, the fabled road manager for the Allman Brothers Band and several others. To those in the know, the legend of Twiggs looms large with tales so over-the-top it’s a wonder he even lasted those 37 brief years. At first, the mood in the room has a somber tinge. Walden and Twiggs were comrades during Macon’s musical heyday. The stained scrapbook pages and aged photographs cement the reality of fallen friends and loved ones, the literal embodiment of faded youth. “Take a look at that,” says A.J. Lyndon, one of Twiggs’ three surviving younger brothers, who’s sitting on the couch next to Walden. A.J., who brought the photo album to Walden’s home, points at a specific shot. The picture in question shows Twiggs from behind, backstage at an Allman Brothers Show. We know it’s him, because of the trademark black cowboy hat. Stenciled on the back of his long winter coat, it reads: “No Head, No Stage Pass,” a phallic mushroom smack in the middle of the phrase. The mood instantly lightens. The laughter helps. Stories of Twiggs’ larger-than-life persona, crass sense of humor and unorthodox cognitive skill begin filling the air. The colorful yarns rival the vibrancy of sonic psychedelia. They come one after another, each more remarkable than the one before. Walden tells of Twiggs’ days as road manager for Percy Sledge in the late 1960s. While touring in the segregated South, Walden says Twiggs took great pleasure playing mind games with racists. “One time a gas station attendant asked him what he was doing in a car full of African-Americans,” Walden says. “He told the man, ‘I have the hardest time explaining to people that I’m black.’” Twiggs’ parents were most definitely caucasian. Miller Lyndon sold industrial trucks in Macon. Laura, a homemaker, gave birth to Twiggs on Oct. 26, 1942. By his teens, Twiggs developed a passion for black music. He gravitated toward the grit and authenticity 12 NOV 3 - 17, 2016
of blues and R&B. Twiggs soaked up the sounds from Macon’s WIBB radio, and spun 45s from his ever-growing record collection. Once Twiggs heard John Lee Hooker moan and James Brown wail like a banshee, he was hooked. Screw the Pat Boone schmaltz. This shit was real. In 1961, Twiggs graduated from Lanier High School in Macon. He eventually took a handful of courses at Middle Georgia College before joining the Navy. Dead set on working on a submarine, Twiggs soon found out life aboard the U.S.S. Clamagore wasn’t for him. The trouble was he had committed to a six year stint. So, Twiggs devised a plan. “The way he opted out is he convinced the authorities he wasn’t mentally stable and wasn’t the type of person they’d want to have on a submarine,” says brother John Lyndon, an attorney in Athens. “For him, it was all an act.” Going to drastic lengths for a desired result was how Twiggs rolled. “There’s never been anyone like him,” says Willie Perkins, who took a road trip with Twiggs that would change his friend’s life. In 1964, Twiggs, along with Perkins and two other guys, hit the bricks for Las Vegas. Out of money, his buddies opted to head back to the South. But Twiggs scrounged up enough cash to take a bus to California. Once in L.A., he made money selling shoes. One night he talked his way backstage at a Little Richard concert. Twiggs had a reputation for lighting up a room and laying on serious charm. Impressed by the fellow Maconite, Little Richard offered Twiggs a job as his tour manager, even though Twiggs had zero practical experience. “He said it was the best education he ever got,” says A.J. “Promoters would take advantage of you. They’d cut corners and steal money. Twiggs learned the ins and outs.
“He was the shrewdest box office man,” Walden says. “I literally saw him tackle a guy over a $2 ticket. And he kept an eye on shady promoters. He’d figure out the percentages to the penny. He was my right arm.”
The tour wasn’t doing well, so Twiggs invested money to keep it afloat. He said it was money well spent to learn how to road manage. That’s how he wound up doing what he did.” Touring with Little Richard found Twiggs developing friendships with the band members, including guitarist Jimi Hendrix. The two would correspond up until the guitar god’s death. In 1965, a Little Richard show found Twiggs at the Royal Peacock in Atlanta. Alan Walden, who was in the audience, recognized his old Macon schoolmate. Alan had been made a full-time partner at Phil Walden Artists and Promotions and suggested Twiggs come check out the Macon operation. Twiggs moved back to Macon and joined the bustling and raucous world of Phil Walden Artists and Promotions, which managed more than 40 soul and R&B acts. In addition to Sledge, he was hired to road manage Johnny Jenkins, Arthur Conley, and work on the Stax/Volt Revue’s European tour featuring Otis Redding and Sam & Dave. “He was the shrewdest box office man,” Walden says. “I literally saw him tackle a guy over a $2 ticket. He took great pride in making sure everyone paid to get in to see that show. And he kept an eye on shady promoters. He’d figure out the percentages to the penny. He was my right arm.” At Percy Sledge’s 1966 homecoming concert in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, fans tried sneaking in the side doors of the theater. The crowd came pouring in on Walden and Twiggs. “He and I locked arms, and we both pulled pistols,” says Walden. “We charged right into that crowd as they were coming in. We weren’t big men, but we pushed their asses out and locked those doors.”
Twiggs told the policeman, ‘We just found out that our Buck knives are illegal in Fulton County. I’ve got 13 people here representing five bands who are going to be playing tonight. And we want to turn ourselves in. There isn’t going to be a show, and you’re going to have the biggest riot in Atlanta history. So lock us up.’ The Walden management organization felt an emotional blow on December 10, 1967 when Otis Redding, its biggest star, perished in a plane crash. When Zelma Redding, Otis’ widow, went to Wisconsin to identify her husband’s body, Twiggs accompanied her and did the duty himself so she wouldn’t have to. “He was the kind of guy who would do anything for you,” says Perkins. “If you needed something, he was there.” In 1969, Phil Walden and Twiggs traveled to Muscle Shoals to take a look at Duane Allman. Allman’s playing floored Twiggs. Walden signed the guitarist, instructing him to put together a band and bring them to Macon where Walden’s fledgling Capricorn Records label would have its own studio. Once the band relocated to Macon, Twiggs’ A-frame apartment on College Street became home base for the Allman Brothers Band. Inspired by seeing “Hair” in New York City and spending time in Greenwich Village, Twiggs painted the walls with abstract designs and bold colors. During his senior year at Lanier High School, A.J. would often skip class and head to his brother’s pad to take advantage of the Coke machine Twiggs kept filled with beer. A.J. says he’d walk in to find the entire group, their girlfriends and groupies sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags and mattresses. Local law enforcement were less impressed. They wanted to scalp the hippie element right out of Macon. According to Walden, members of the band were arrested so regularly, Twiggs donated TVs to the local jail so the boys would have something to watch. Once the group began touring, Twiggs wrangled the band from one town to the next. After several years of experience, his itineraries had become more elaborate and meticulously detailed. “Twiggs did more for the musicians than any other road manager I ever knew,” Walden says. “He did everything for them. They didn’t have to think.” According to Walden, when the band would arrive in a town, Twiggs would hand each member an envelope with their name on it. Inside they would each find their respective room key, and a list of room numbers for everyone in the band and crew. Twiggs also compiled local addresses and phone numbers for everything from music and liquor stores to groupies and drug dealers. Understandably, the incident on April 29, 1970 tends to overshadow Twiggs’ road experience with the Allman Brothers. When Buffalo, New York club owner Angelo Aliotta stiffed the band out of $500, an altercation broke out between Aliotta and Twiggs. Aliotta was stabbed and died on the scene. The knife belonged to Twiggs. While he awaited trial, Twiggs spent 18 months in incarceration. During this time, in July of 1971, the band’s landmark “At Fillmore East” album was released. An image of Twiggs appeared on the back cover. The band hired criminal defense attorney John Condon, Jr., who put together an insanity defense. Proving to the judge the rigors of the rock ‘n’ roll road, including amphetamine use, could cause temporary insanity, the judge declared Lyndon not guilty by reason of insanity. Twiggs was transferred to a psych ward for six months. “While he was in the mental hospital,” says Perkins, “he got a guy to speak who hadn’t spoken in years. In typical Twiggs fashion, he made things happen for a lot of patients.”
Meanwhile, it was Perkins who had been making things happen for the band as their road manager. Upon Twigg’s arrest and per his instruction, the band offered Perkins, a bank auditor, the job. Twiggs returned to the Allman Brothers fold as production manager, his problem solving skills in full effect. “He was a brilliant guy, innovative, and he had so many ideas about things,” Perkins says. “He was a perfectionist. He and I would often talk about this, and I think this may have had something to do with the incident in Buffalo. He was an absolute perfectionist living in an imperfect world. That led him to a lot of frustration in life if things didn’t go the way he thought they should or the way he wanted them to.” With his unconventional approach, Twiggs often saw things go his way. When Chuck Leavell wanted a grand piano on the road, Twiggs designed the perfect steel cage to keep it in tact despite bumpy terrian. To deter overzealous fans from scaling the front of the band’s outdoor stage, Twiggs devised a curved steel wall slathered in motor oil. Keeping Chuck Leavell’s fingers warm while playing keyboards in Holland called for Twiggs to drill holes in a PVC pipe. He mounted the pipe above the keys and attached a hair dryer to the open end of the pipe. The dyer then blew hot air on Leavell’s hands. From 1973 to 1976, A.J. got a firsthand look at his older brothers’ world when he joined the Allman Brothers road crew. On June 1, 1974 at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, he watched Twiggs do the unimaginable. Dubbed the Georgia Jam, the show was headlined by the Allmans and featured Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band and Grinderswitch. More than 60,000 fans attended. Before the show, an Allman Brothers Band roadie was on his way back from the parking lot after scoring cocaine. Atlanta police officers arrested the roadie for carrying a knife larger than the legal limit. They had no idea the roadie carried drugs. The roadie was then taken to a makeshift holding cell in the bowels of the stadium.
When Twiggs heard the news, he gathered a gaggle of roadies, each with knives dangling from their belts, and they ventured to the holding cell area. A.J. joined the group. He recalls his brother’s spiel. “Twiggs told the policeman, ‘We just found out that our Buck knives are illegal in Fulton County. I’ve got 13 people here representing five bands who are going to be playing tonight. And we want to turn ourselves in. There isn’t going to be a show, and you’re going to have the biggest riot in Atlanta history. So lock us up.’” The roadie was then released, a bag of cocaine still in his back pocket. Twiggs’ adventure with the Allman Brothers continued until the band’s first break-up in 1976. Although he returned to work with them briefly in 1978, he found himself focusing on the jazz-rock fusion of the Dixie Dregs. On the back cover of the band’s second album, “Free Fall,” released in 1977, you’ll find a large image of Twiggs looking at his watch. The front features band members, including guitarist Steve Morse, jumping out of an airplane. Ironically, on Nov. 16, 1979, on his way to a Dregs gig in Syracuse, New York, Twiggs died in a skydiving accident when his chute failed to open. Adding to the irony, Twiggs’ demise took place in Duanesburg, New York. It’s a loss some still struggle with today. Alan Walden closes the photo album, tears welling up in his eyes. After handing the book to A.J., Walden sinks into his couch. “The day I found out he was dead, I had my first migraine headache,” Walden says, wiping his eyes. “It was a wonderful experience between me and him. If I ever needed any kind of help in any kind of way, I could call on him and he’d come. He was just a lovable person.” When looking back on his brother’s well traveled road, John recalls a mantra coined by Twiggs. “He would say, ‘If you did everything you wanted to do exactly when you wanted to do it, you wouldn’t have any regrets when you died.’ And he lived life that way.” 11thHourOnline.com 13
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Learning Through Play: Shop Williams Fun, Smart Toys
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lorence Allen spent the bulk of her career working in the insurance industry. Owning a small business, much less a toy store, wasn’t something she’d ever expected to do, but here she is, ten years in, having created a thriving little niche in the middle Georgia marketplace. William’s Fun Smart Toys began as a response to the sometimes-difficult task of finding useful, therapeutic, fun toys for special needs children; a friend of Allen’s adopted a son with special needs and, after observing her son in therapy playing with things she hadn’t seen in any run-of-the-mill toy department, the friend began researching ways to purchase those toys online – this was in 2003, before big-box retailers exploded on the Internet. A therapist suggested she might build a website geared towards other special needs parents with the information she’d found; when she told Allen this, Allen suggested she take it one step further and become an online retailer herself. William’s Store – named after the boy whose unique needs started the ball rolling - launched online in June of 2004. Allen had decided to partner with her friend to run the site, which began with a modest selection of educational, therapeutic products with a few toys – items whose popularity has remained steady since then, like the Plasma Car and the Bilibo – mixed in. The website plugged along for several years, serving its intended customer base. In 2006, while waiting for a table at Ingleside Village Pizza, Allen and her family were strolling around the shops that line Ingleside Avenue when they noticed a vacant storefront. The idea of turning William’s Store into a brick-and-mortar business in this quaint, sweet little enclave suddenly seemed appealing and attainable; Allen put a call in to the realtor, had a friend negotiate the lease, and while she was attending a toy fair browsing for new products to stock the online storefront with, she received the call that changed the next decade of her life – William’s Store – or as it would soon come to be known, William’s Fun Smart Toys – on
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Ingleside Avenue was a go. “The foundation for this business has always been to feature toys with an educational or developmental benefit that are also fun,” Allen says. “The way kids learn is through play.” The store has branched out from its initial market of special needs families, although Allen remains true to the ideological roots of the business by always keeping up to date on products that work well for special needs kids, and she’s a community supporter of groups like Central Georgia Autism – recently, she led a discussion at Navicent Health’s Autism Center on holiday gift-giving for kids with varying needs. Allen bought out her friend’s share of the business a year after it opened – the friend lived in Atlanta and couldn’t be as involved with the business as she would have liked - and she’s been a fixture at the store ever since. “If it’s here in the store, it’s something I’ve seen, liked, and touched – I think it’s important to have a connection with the products I stock,” Allen says, and the unique, interesting, high-quality selection available speaks volumes about her impeccable taste and smart ideas about what constitutes a good toy. Owning the store has also allowed Allen to build meaningful relationships with repeat customers. “When I’m at a toy fair, a lot of times I’ll see something and think about one of my customers, because when somebody shops here a lot, I get to know what they like and what they want out of a toy,” she says. This kind of personal connection is sadly rare in a world filled with large corporate retail environments and online storefronts, and the families who’ve experienced it have a deep appreciation for that kind of above-and-beyond customer service. Several of the kids she used to recommend toys for have even returned as teenagers to work for her during the holiday rush. With the holiday gift-giving season coming up, toy purchases are about to be on the rise, and William’s Fun Smart Toys is an ideal shopping destination for unconventional choices and per-
sonalized recommendations. Allen is excited about the new line of YOXO building toys – made from sturdy, eco-friendly material, these kits inspire endless creative freedom. Kids can build things like an ostrich, a rocket, or a helicopter according to the package directions, and they can also branch out and create whatever their brain can come up with – the pieces are designed to be compatible with a variety of things probably already hanging out around your house, like paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, and even Legos. She also stocks and recommends a variety of magnetic building sets – among them, the simple and beautiful sustainably-sourced magnetic wooden blocks by Tegu. For older kids, there are lots of board games available, and for little ones, she stocks a full line of Hape wooden toys, including the newly expanded train sets with quirky accessories like the Xylophone medley track. The store will offer extended hours during the month of December to facilitate holiday shopping; there may even be a few days when later-evening shopping is available – to keep up to date with the happenings, follow William’s Fun Smart Toys on Facebook. And if you want to make your kids happy – and yourself, too, because really, it’s fun to play with stretchy dinosaur hand puppets and nifty wooden marble run sets – stop in, check out the toys, and have a conversation with The Toy Lady, as Florence Allen is sometimes known. Her caring compassion for children, combined with her expertise in toys as both agents of fun and learning, make her ideally suited for this very cool job she never dreamed she’d have. William’s Fun Smart Toys Tel: 478-750-7519 www.FunSmartToys.com December Holiday Shopping Hours: M-F 10 am- 6 pm Sat 10 am – 5 pm Sun 1 – 5 pm
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Potato & Pear The lovely Miss Chelsea Hughes created this fall-inspired cocktail for Dovetail. Titos vodka, Merlet cognac, locally sourced and hand juiced pears from The Dirt Farm, house vanilla bean simple syrup and house made pear and clove liqueur… Chelsea says, “it's like taking an enormous bite of spiced pear cake. I know you're going to love it!” Come drink your dessert at Dovetail.
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Downtown Macon will be home to a new Thai restaurant opening soon. La D Da Bistro, affectionately named after Chef Saravudh “Tom” Sarrtsud’s wife, Ladda, will be located in the former Lemongrass space. They have not released an official Grand Opening date, but will be announcing it on Facebook soon.
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Slow Your Cinammon Roll Two words: Nummy Buns. This locally made, fairy-tale like cinnamon roll treat extends far beyond breakfast and is made by hand with organic ingredients for fluffy perfection. Follow Nummy Buns on Facebook for updates on where they’ll be sold in addition to Travis Jean, Our Favorite Things and markets around the area.
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Valor Candles is a cozy and bold Macon-based candle company. The distinctive aroma of French Oak and Sweet Bourbon creates one of the brand’s most popular candles, the Oak & Bourbon. Wax Melts are the newest debuted item with shaving soaps and kits becoming available soon. This year’s Christmas candle, Mistletoe 2016, will be available in November. Valor Candles will be at the Mistletoe Market November 18-20th in Perry as well as the Holly Jolly Market at the Macon Terminal Station on December 1st. Check out these candles located at Amanda Jane Salon, Travis Jean, and online at www.valorcandles.com.
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Shop Early, Shop Local 24th annual Christmas Made in the South Nov. 11-13 at The Macon Centreplex! This nationally acclaimed event is a fantastic way to ease into your holiday shopping and find that special holiday gift for that "hard to shop for" friend. Christmas Made in the South is focused on keeping the world of fine artisans and craftspeople vibrant. Exhibitors will be there all three days demonstrating and selling their handcrafted works, Santa's elves hard at work. Speaking of santa, he will be here too so bring your gift list!
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20’s Pub Boasting freshly prepared sandwiches, salads and dinner specials in a well-lit tavern-like setting. LD • BAR • $ 3076 Riverside 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. Outdoor seating available. 781-5656 Bearfoot Tavern The new Bearfoot Tavern is a gastropub featuring an English pub-style atmosphere, 50 beers on tap and bar food at its finest with all soups and breads made in-house. Large beer garden with outdoor stage! LD • BAR • $ 468 Second Street. Open 7 days a week at 11 a.m. Special brunch menu Saturday & Sunday. 478-305-7703 The Brick Made from-scratch pizzas, calzones, and stuffed sticks; unique pastas; fresh salads; and wings tossed in one of a dozen house-made sauces next to a full-service bar and a wide variety of draft and bottled beers. A community gathering place featuring outdoor seating and live music with built-in sound and light systems. 1305 Hardeman Ave. at the Lofts at College Hill. Kitchen 11-10 Monday-Saturday, 12-9 Sundays. Full bar open until midnight. For a full menu visit thebrick93.com. 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.
Fatty’s Pizza - Much more than a pizza place; the downtown restaurant also offers an outdoor patio making it a popular place to mingle. Serving pizzas, wings, calzones and salads. Open for lunch and dinner. 344 Second Street, 744-9880.
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 Tommy’s Bakery and Cafe Daily lunch special with salad and bread for only $5.99: Monday’s- Poppy Seed Chicken, Tues- Baked spaghetti, Weds- Tommy’s Choice, Thursday- Shepherd’s Pie and Friday- Chicken Divan. Other specialties available along with breakfast burritos, maple bacon donuts, casseroles to go and so much more! Open for breakfast 8:30am. Lunch is served daily MonFri 11am- 2pm. 5580 Thomaston Road. Kudzu Seafood Co. Newly opened on Third Street by veteran caterer Lee Clack, Kudzu features seafood and breads flown in direct from the Big Easy. With New Orleans flair, their menu features po’boys, jambalaya, cajun fish tacos, fresh salads and their own blue cheese slaw. LD Monday - Saturday 11am - 3 pm, Dinner Friday & Saturday • $ • 470 Third Street.
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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 $-$$ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658
The El Camino A small taqueria and tequila bar located next to the Cox Capitol Theatre. Featuring gourmet tacos, fresh salads and specialty tortas. Full bar. LD $-$$. Open until 10 p.m. 382 Second Street.
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 $-$$, 477.WILD
The Backburner Under new ownership with a new chef, this longtime Macon favorite has a refreshed menu featuring gourmet entrees including duck, sea bass, New York strip, lamb, oysters and more. Elegant dining experience on Ingeside. LD • $$-$$$ (478) 746-3336
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The Downtown Grill Slightly upscale dining serving specialties like Andouille- crusted rainbow trout, cranberry and goat cheese stuffed filets and desserts to die for. Also features an extensive wine list and it’s own humidor. Free valet parking. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 562 Mulberry Street, 742.5999
Fincher’s - You haven’t had delicious southern barbecue until you’ve had us. For over 75 years, we’ve been teasing taste buds with our pit-cooked pork, sandwiches, and more. Voted “Best BBQ” by readers of the 11th Hour for six years in a row, their BBQ even made a trip to the moon on the 1969 space mission. Four locations in Macon and Warner Robins. Family owned and operated!
Pizza / Italian Ingleside Village Pizza IVP is probably the one place in Macon you HAVE to go if you are new here. According to the readers of the 11th Hour, and the Macon Telegraph, it’s the best Pizza in Macon. Homemade dough, loaded with toppings, it just doesn’t get any better. And the atmosphere is as cool as they come. Friendly, and lively, and filled with all kinds of great people, IVP is a one of a kind Macon experience. LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside. Sauced at Mercer Village Serving pizza, calzones, sammies and fresh salads, Sauced makes all their dough, specialty sauce and breads in-house. Delivery available within the College Hill Corridor. (478) 743-4113. Just Tap’d - Yes, they specialize in over 75 craft beers on tap, but the downtown venue has 18 NOV 3 - 17, 2016
also added some tasty artisan, pub-style food. Featuring Neapolitan pizza, authentic bavarian brats, fresh made pretzels and more! Indoor and outddoor seating. 488 First Street. MonThur 2-10, Friday & Sat 12-11:30, Sunday 1-8.
Dovetail Featuring farm to table cuisine and a fully stocked bar of premier bourbons measured by “the finger.” Southern crafted small plates and inspired entrees in a cozy, lodgelike atmosphere. Located above the Rookery, they do accept reservations. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 543 Cherry Street, 238.4693. Hours: Tue-Thu, 5:30-9:30 Fri-Sat, 5:30-10:30; Brunch Sat & Sun,11-2:30 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. 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 and 11am on Sat. Now serving dinner Wed-Sat! 442 Second
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Meet Angelica Torres Native Macon, GA Occupation Young Adult Specialist, Washingtom Memorial Library
by Traci Burns
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as long as I can remember, libraries have been magical places for me. Even as an adult, I’m transfixed with joy when I walk inside a library building – I love the intentional quiet, the sharp smell of books, the feeling of walking down aisle after aisle filled with little portals into somebody else’s mind, little tangible ways to put some new information inside yourself that wasn’t there before. There’s so much possibility, so much potential, but it’s presented in a calm and mellow way – that’s so soothing and rare in an often-chaotic world. My mom nurtured my library love, taking me there whenever I requested, indulging my desire to check out as many books as possible, and I’m endlessly grateful to her for that. And I’m grateful to the librarians I met during the years when the Rocky Creek branch of the library was like my second home – they were the best and coolest women who had the best and coolest job in the universe, as far as I could tell. They appreciated my voracious reading, they spoke to me respectfully and in a way that didn’t intimidate my extremely shy self, and they even took the time to note what I liked to read and make recommendations accordingly.
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I’m not as avid a library patron now as I was as a young person, but I certainly still believe that they’re an integral part of our society - democratic access to information and technology needs to be available for all people – and I also still think that being a librarian would pretty much be the coolest job ever. Angelica Torres, Young Adult Specialist at downtown Macon’s beautiful, historic Washington Memorial Library, confirms my hunch. Angelica was born and raised in Macon, and spent her younger years much the same way I did – getting her mom to take her to Rocky Creek Library, reading voraciously, filling those Summer Reading Program forms out with lists of books she’d devoured every summer. Angelica’s been working in the library since she was 19 years old and has held her position working with teens for about a year and a half. As a Young Adult Specialist, Angelica has the important job of actively engaging with the library’s teenage patrons in a variety of ways – she works with them to provide events and activities that are geared toward their interests, she finds out what they’re into reading and obtains those materials for the library, and she facilitates a monthly book club just for teens. She also oversees the Teen Advisory
Board, a group of young adults who work with the library in various ways – they help advise library staff on what’s up with current trends and which books to order, they help keep library spaces neat and tidy, and they assist with running activities and events that take place in the library. The library events for teens are fun, interactive, and quirky – they regularly offer coloring as a way to relax, they have a themed book club each month, they do button-making which is always a big hit, and they’ve even held some themed events, like the Anime Party from this past summer during which participants could taste Japanese snacks, make candy sushi, compete in a cosplay contest, and make their own cute Kawaii ears. Activities like these wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for library professionals like Angelica who bring their own interest, passion, and enthusiasm to the table – working with teenagers requires a very specific set of skills; you need to be approachable and trustworthy, you need to be open and willing to engage with them on their level, and you need to be in touch with rapidly-evolving pop culture. Angelica is all of those things – plus she owns a Lisa Frank print dress and an impressive collection of funky, cool animal-themed purses.
Respect, too, is an important part of Angelica’s job – teenagers are incredibly sharp and have an almost intuitive sense for when they aren’t being given the respect they deserve, and it’s apparent that she sees the potential in all the young people she meets. “I love forming new friendships with the teens I work with,” Angelica says. “They enjoy reading, getting outside and exploring, learning about new opportunities to help their community, and forming lasting friendships with others they may not have had the chance to meet if not for the library.” When she’s not at work, Angelica still enjoys hanging out downtown – when asked about her favorite local places to go, she says “You can’t beat going to the Rookery for a burger and shake!” She also gives props to Golden Bough used bookstore downtown as an excellent destination for browsing and exploring. I love that she chose a bookstore as her ideal not-at-work hangout spot – it proves to me that librarians really are magic, and that magic is somehow fed by the presence of books. Or else it means she just really likes books. Either way, I’m pretty sure she has a career that suits her, and our local young adults are lucky to have her as a friend and resource. If you have a teenager, know a teenager, or are a teenager, check out the happenings for teens at Washington Memorial Library - engaging with the library at a young age helps teens understand and appreciate the importance of libraries to our communities, and it lays the foundation for them to become lifelong learners; there’s not much that’s more meaningful than that. For more information and updates about upcoming events, check out the Middle Georgia Regional Library webpage at www.bibblib.org or follow them on social media at @MGRLibraries.
Random Things About Angelica:
1. Sharks are my favorite animals. 2. I’m obsessed with Ewoks. 3. My first time flying was when I was 33. 4. Quitting caffeine is kicking my tail. 5. I collect tiny things. 6. I love the ocean and water but can’t swim. 7. I’m terrified of Chinese dragons. 8. My handwriting is atrocious. 9. I’m creative but can’t draw. 10. I have never watched Titanic or Forrest Gump. 11. I have trouble choosing books to read.
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one fides are hard come across. They’re earned. And when they’re attained, they can vault a messenger to a pedestal that requires a keen sense of responsibility to people looking for clarity in a world that lacks anything resembling such. The Drive-By Truckers have bone fides. For decades, they’ve assumed the roles of a vast array of characters through lyrics that tell first person accounts of marginalized, misunderstood Southerners whose experiences are indicative of social mores pushed aside by a larger narrative we all want to hear. Their new album, American Band, is not just an extension of that dynamic. It is the embodiment of that with one clear divergence: Hood and Cooley are no longer telling the story of tragically romantic caricatures of southern social ills. Their views on their home, the state of politics and discourse are the characters in their highest charting album to date. American Band had to be refreshing to write, not just because the sound of the records harks back to pre-Decoration Day Truckers at times. In an age where it seems that everyone feels the need to aggressively assert their views on the state of thing without having earned the bone fides to do so, the Drive-By Truckers have shed the character driven songs and entered the fray head first. Late last month, Patterson Hood called into the Creek to talk about American Band and the Drive-By Truckers upcoming November 17th show at the Capitol Theatre in Macon. He spoke slowly and intentionally about how this album is part of a long legacy of music as setting the scene for social change, how it is completely different from their other work, but somehow feels like the Truckers record they’ve always been writing. There is no question that the characters Hood and Cooley have drawn up as fictional messengers of a non-fictional South changed the way we all perceive our home. And there’s no question that without the façade of characters we’ve become accustomed to from previous albums, American Band is a little more grinding, ripping at the veneer a little faster. People got used to Hood and Cooley’s characters. They got comfortable. So, the Truckers, whether consciously or not, abandoned them, to write what some, including Hood, are calling their best work yet.
Seth Clark: We’re pumped about y’all coming and playing, and really dig the new album and just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, I guess. Patterson Hood: Yeah, killer! It’s been a while since we’ve been to Macon, so it’ll be fun. People down here are super pumped about it. We’ve all been waiting for you to come back and we’re just excited. How’s the Tour going so far? It’s been great, man. We’ve had a really kick ass first leg that was great. We’re all pumped about coming down South again. Why did y’all release American Band now? It seems like – even as far back as that solo show at Eddie’s Attic in 2014, I think I remember you playing ‘What it Means’. It seems like y’all have had some of this material for a while. Why release it now? Actually, I had just written ‘What it Means’ when I played that [2014] show at Eddie’s Attic. It was a brand new song. I started playing it that month. I had written it probably three weeks earlier. You know, at the time that I wrote that song, it was so timely of that moment, that I didn’t really think it would be something that would be timely by the time we made another Truckers record. I really was thinking of it in
terms of something I would do for a while, then, with all, move on. And unfortunately, you know, we find ourselves with that song being more timely now than even when I wrote it, you know, which is unfortunate. I’d honestly just assume that song be something that wasn’t really appropriate to do anymore. It would suit me fine if that was like a time capsule of a troubled time that we’ve progressed from. But unfortunately we’re not there yet. So, when I played it for the band the first time, they all really reacted strongly to it and wanted to make it a Truckers song. Then Cooley pretty much responded by playing his new song for the first time, which was Ramon Castiano – and kind of from there, the record wrote itself. Things kept happening that stirred a reaction from one of us, and it became a song. There was some point where it kind of occurred to us that that was the kind of the record we were making; it was never really a conscious decision. We more or less just followed the songs, which is what we always do as far as that goes, but this time the songs, you know, led us in this exact direction. And you, know, we’re living in a crazy time. It’s a time that I think that years from now historians will study this time, and this election. I would love to think that from hopefully a better time, they will. But, we don’t know. We don’t know right now. We don’t know where it’s going
to lead. I know how I feel and that’s all I can really control: how I feel and how I react to it. I started writing songs when I was a kid as a way of dealing with things that were eating at me. Whether it was personal, a girl, or a teacher – I was real young. I was in third grad when I started writing songs. I actually wrote a song when I was real young about Watergate. Because that was that era. I’ve always kind of followed politics, so that’s always been a part of what I do. I wrote a song in ’88 about George Bush, Sr. when he was running for President against [Michael] Dukakis. So I’ve always kind of had that as what I do. And you know, Cooley’s always had his strong political beliefs, too. Although it’s really, I think the last couple of records, it’s ben a lot more apparent in his actual song writing. But you know, it’s always kind of been there. Uncle Frank and One of These Days, which were on our second album; those were both pretty political songs. Oh, Absolutely. They just weren’t as time specific as what we’re doing, maybe right now. But they were certainly still relevant and timely, and still are now! So, you know, this record, like I said, these are crazy times. And we felt compelled to write about it and sing about it. On one hand, I’m not really idealistic enough to think… maybe that’s not the right word… I’m not quite thinking that a song can change the world or change anybody’s mind. But music can provide a backdrop, a soundscape for people who are trying to make change happen. You know, it does help. Martin Luther King made a really wise decision in asking the Staple Singers to come perform whenever he spoke. So they were a big part of the civil rights movement. He would speak, and then the Staple Singers would sing. That’s a beautiful part of that story. So I do believe in music as a tool in helping with social change. It seems like, I actually had a question written down, saying, you know more than anyone about Macon’s history with Capricorn, how the Walden brothers famously got behind Carter in a successful attempt t keep Wallace confined to Alabama in his last run for President. Right. Then the Staple Singers with Dr. King… And then later in 2014, with y’all openly campaigning with Jason Carter for Governor, you were an outspoken supporter of [Senator Bernie] Sanders. For sure.
It’s definitely… It’s still different. The album feels like it carries past being background music to hard times. It seems like commentary. With that as a background, I’m curious. Do you see this as a call to action? What stops a fan from listening to ‘What it Means’ and the rest of the political songs on the album and thinking, “Wow. This is hopeless.” I don’t know. That’s beyond my ability to control as far as other people’s reactions to it. All I can do is write the best song I possibly can about the thing I’m compelled to write about and learn to sing and play it as well as I can. I’m really blessed to have this band to play with, because they’re badasses, every one of them. They take whatever I do and make it better than what I ever could have imagined it being. And I have Cooley as a partner, writing songs that are as good, or better than anything I could do. So, my job on his songs is to be, to try to bring something to what he’s written that’s worthy and doesn’t in any way take away and hopefully adds to it. So far, so good. So far, he keeps me around. And where it goes from there, is up to the listener. I’ve been really taken aback and kind of really moved by the reactions this record has gotten, because there’s been obviously a little pushback, and people with some real nasty things to say about it, which is I guess to be expected in these weird times were living in. But, overwhelmingly, the response has been amazing. 11thHourOnline.com 27
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It’s our highest charting record we’ve ever had on Billboard. It’s our first ever top ten album. Tickets have been selling great. The critical response—we’ve always been blessed with really good reviews, pretty much from day one with this band. But I don’t think we’ve ever had the kind of response this record’s gotten. I mean, our meta-critic score’s kind of ridiculous. I’m thrilled that people like it, that people have been moved by it, that people want to write about it, and talk about it. We’re a band that’s been around a long time. For a twenty year old band to put out a record that a lot of people are saying is the best thing we’ve ever done, I’m moved by that. I’m really happy about that. And I agree. I think it is too. I think it’s probably the best thing we’ve ever done. Time will tell. I’m all about how things end up aging. But it sure seems to hold together well, and the band certainly never played better, or performed better than we have right now. The shows have been pretty over the top. Tell me about “Ever South”. Explain the phrase, and just sort of a 30,000 foot view of the song. I moved. My family and I, we moved cross country last year. We’re living out in Oregon now. I’d lived in Alabama and Georgia for 51 years. I lived in essentially two small towns: my hometown, where I stayed for 30 years, and then Athens, where I was for 21 years. I particularly loved Athens. I probably consider it more my home than the place I grew up. I really love Athens, Georgia. I have so many friends and loved ones there. But we were at point in our lives where we really wanted to experience an adventure and something new. And neither my nor I had ever lived outside of the Deep South and we wanted to experience it. If nothing else, it might be good for a couple of songs. So far so good on that! Could you have written “Ever South” down here? No. Never. Never. Never. Never in a million years. I couldn’t have, nor wouldn’t have. After all the stuff we did with Southern Rock Opera and the Dirty South, I was sort of self conscious about being considered a “Southern Writer”. I’ve never really set out to just write about one thing or one place. But I had sort of been labeled that way. And that’s not all bad. Southern writers you know, that’s certainly a beautiful tradition the South has. That’s something we can really be proud of, is the writers it has spawned. But, moving away you start thinking about what you take with you and what you leave behind. I’m really proud of that song. I think it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever written. I’m extremely proud of it, and I’m really proud of the way the band played it, too. It sounds very much like the Drive -By Truckers and yet it doesn’t sound like anything else we’ve ever done. That’s always something in the back of my mind that I have as a goal for a song or an album or something – to do something that still sounds like us but doesn’t sound like anything else we’ve done. So I’m happy about that. When you first got out to Portland and started getting settled in, what shocked
LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW IN ITS ENTIRETY AT TheCreekFM.com “I’m really proud of “Ever South”. I think it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever written. I’m extremely proud of it, and I’m really proud of the way the band played it, too. It sounds very much like the Drive -By Truckers and yet it doesn’t sound like anything else we’ve ever done...” - Patterson Hood you, what was the best part about living away from this place you lived for God, 40, 50 years? I love the weather. I don’t mind rain, so the rainy winter doesn’t bother me. The summers are just amazing. I’ve always hated hot weather and being a Southerner that hates hot weather is asking for trouble to start with. Every summer it bothered me more and my way of dealing with it got worse. I got where, I was literally getting where if I had a gig or something that made me do it, I would try not to leave the house. That’s not healthy. And that isn’t how I wanted to be. I’m Scotch-Irish to the bone. If you’ve ever been to Scotland or Ireland, the climate is very much like where I’m at right now. It rains a lot. It’s really green. The summers are beautiful. The winters, well, it’s colder there than here in the winter, but it’s a similar climate. So in a lot of ways, I’ve felt more at home as far as physically than I probably have in a really long time. The people are super nice, super friendly. It’s a very friendly town. It’s a very artistic town. Actually a town that reminds more of Athens, Georgia than any other place I’ve ever been, and it kind of always has. After living here for a year and a half, it does even more so. It kind of is amazing. They’re very similar demographics. They’re both very liberal towns. A lot of music. A lot of art. A lot of the things Athens is so loved for. Speaking of Athens, I wanted to get your thoughts on ‘Baggage’. I want to make sure the folks in Macon and the surrounding counties know about the good work that Nuci Space does over in Athens. So a little about Nuci Space, but also the difficulties with laying bare your demons like you do in ‘Baggage’ and the process of doing that. I wrote that song as I was writing a lot of the other stuff on the record. At one point, I wasn’t sure if it should be on the record. But the more I thought about it I thought, “Of course it should! It definitely should.” I needed to address that. It’s well known for anyone that follows our band that we’ve been heavily involved with Nuci Space since it started. The album release show for Alabama Ass Whoopin’, our third album, came out in 2000, was a benefit for Nuci Space and they hadn’t
opened their doors yet and we’ve done something every year since then. Can you explain a little bit about what Nuci Space does? Their main focus is suicide prevention for musicians and artists. They are a musicians’ resource center. They provide other services, they have that wonderful band camp for teenagers, Camp Amped. They do a lot of other things, but the big goal is providing, helping musicians find the tools to survive. Suicide is a huge problem in our society, anyway, but in the artistic community, statistically, it’s even worse than the public at large, for a ton of different reasons. Of course, Lind Phillips who started it named it after her son, Nuci Phillips who was a really gifted guitar player and singer and songwriter. He committed suicide when he was 22 years old. Her way of dealing with her grief was to start this thing, start Nuci Space. And it’s been this amazing program that’s done so much good. I was on the board for, I think seven year, maybe… And my wife was the president of the board for maybe three years. So, it’s something my family and my band has been involved with for many many years. And I’ve had my own share of really dark depression issues in my life. The actual inspiration for [Baggage] was Robin Williams’ suicide. I actually wrote it the night he died. I actually wrote it sitting outside the Manahattan in Athens the night he died. I was out with some friends and we were all sad, and it was kind of something we were all thinking about and the song kind of hit me. So, I literally just found something to write it down on when I was there and then learned to play it later on guitar. So, it definitely hits close to home. I felt like since we were talking about our country’s demons, we should tie it in at the end of the record, something really kind of personal like that, too. Well, I won’t keep you much longer. I know we just had a little bit of time. Thank you for calling in. We sure appreciate it. We really really thank you for being a real consistent voice for people that love this place and want to everything we can to make our home better. I think you’ve given a whole lot of people a whole lot with that, so thank you. Well, thank you. I love that there’s a really
good place to play in Macon now and that we’re able to make that a frequent stop. I’ve been coming to Macon for about as long as I lived in Georgia. When I first started coming to Macon, it was in rough rough rough shape. So, I’m really hopeful with all the changes I’ve seen occur there. I came and spend a couple of days there a few summers ago, I did a solo thing in town, I did like a house concert. I had a really really nice time. It’s a beautiful town and I’m excited to come play it again. Well, thank you so much. We’re excited to have you. And we’ll see you on [November] 17th, I think, right? I think that’s it! You might want to mention in there for people to come early. The opening act is killer. He’s great. His name is Kyle Craft. He’s doing this whole leg of the tour with us. He grew up in Louisiana, but he’s based in Portland. He’s someone I met when I first moved to town and was just blown away with his music. He’s a cool guy anyway and his music just kills me. It reminds me a lot of T-Rex, [can’t understand the second band name, ask Brad], The Sweet, that kind of stuff, kind of seventies, almost has a little bit of a Glands thing going in it and it’s really cool. He’s going to be a real big deal in his own right. We’re proud to have him out with us. Awesome. We’ll absolutely plug that. Again, thank you so much for calling in. Yeah, check out his record! It’s on Sub Pop. It’s super cool! Hey, I got a quick side question. I listened to “What It Means’ and understood all the allusions but one. Who are the “rapists that watch us in our dreams”? You know, when I wrote it, the Bill Cosby thing had just blown up. People had been talking about that for years and year. I had heard talk before years ago about there being a dark thing with him. You know, and you kind half way pay attention to shit like that. Then it really started blowing up and all these people started coming forward. That was going on at the exact same time. You know, he was someone idealized by so many people, and he was considered a pillar of the community, of the world. And it’s sad. Sometimes our heroes let us down, too. I’m not sure if it was the perfect thing to put in that song, but it felt like. And I didn’t second guess it and left it there. Of course, as it’s turned out, two years later, as the song is now coming out, that’s such a hot topic in it’s own right, in relation to this election, because of the allegations about Trump. And then with people saying “Well, Bill Clinton was doing this and that,” and all this kind of shit… So I guess it was meant to be in the song. But the initial thing I was thinking of when I wrote it down was probably the Bill Cosby thing, because it’s sad. It was really sad. Well, Thank you, again, from a whole bunch of people down here in Macon that I think work as hard as they can to make this real complicated place that we love better. Bless y’all! 11thHourOnline.com 29
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3RD ANNUAL ROOTS ROCK SHOWCASE At The Hummingbird Saturday, Nov. 12
I talked with NeSmith about starting the showcase, the Georgia music scene, and how patrons can not only enjoy the show but actually be a musical act themselves. Why did you start the showcase? I wanted to show how there’s a lot of different types of roots rock music and roots music. And bring that out in Macon. I identify a lot with a particular genre. So part of it was selfish reasons. I enjoy all the bands that I’ve ever had play there. A lot of them I’m friends with and played shows with in the past. And once a year I like to get different groups of people together to showcase all the different types of roots music Georgia has to offer. Do you think the showcase has changed over the years? This year will be one of the most diverse ranges of talent that we’ll have. AJ Ghent Band, who’s headlining, I would call them soul, indie rock. He’s an incredible slide guitar player. They have backup singers. It’s going to be a totally different vibe. More soul music than anything else. And the Radio Birds, they’re really rock and roll. But I like to cover the whole spectrum. So usually the way we set the show up is the earlier bands in the day are more folk and bluegrass. I’m going to host an open mic with a couple of other guys in Macon. It will be an open mic of roots music right before the first performers go on.
Daniel NeSmith started the annual Roots Rock Showcase three years ago to feature a variety of Georgia bands throughout the state and even some close to home. NeSmith, who is also the lead singer of Macon’s own Back City Woods, is promising this year will bring an assortment of genres including bluegrass, rock, and soul. And with the soulful AJ Ghent band headlining, the Roots Rock Showcase will not disappoint. AJ Ghent has a long resume of musical partnerships including Col. Bruce Hampton, The Allman Brothers, and the Zac Brown Band. Of course Back City Woods will be performing and there will also be a Community Roots Music Jam.
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Tell me more about the Community Roots Music Jam. I have a couple of people that will be coming and doing a few songs, but I’m going to open it up to anybody that wants to get up and play with us. It’s just kind of a free for all honestly. I just want to get people involved. What should we expect from the show? Overall, I would say you should expect a lot of excitement. The bands that I have coming in to play are exciting people and musicians. They all have a story to tell. There’s going to be a diverse group of talent ranging from folk, rock and roll, bluegrass, indie rock, but all rooted in Georgia historic music. I don’t have bands that aren’t from Georgia in it. I think over the last several years you hear a lot more about bands out of South Carolina and Alabama and there’s not a cohesive Georgia music scene. I’m just trying to bring that back a little bit. And I think
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really the whole community of Macon is doing that. Why do you think there’s not a cohesive music scene in Georgia? Well, I think there is a music scene but it’s so spread out. Like in South Carolina you’ve got a lot GRANT’S of bands based out of the Charleston area and over in Alabama out of Birmingham. Atlanta is never known to be a music hub of the state. Athens has been more so in the past decades but I guess because there’s not really a centralized music hub as there is in other states. But honestly I don’t know [laughs]. How do you hope the showcase will highlight roots music in Georgia? I intentionally wanted to have a lot of different backgrounds of people there. We live in such a divided society and culture. I think Macon is a good example of supporting all different types of music. Although this is a Georgia roots music showcase there’s going to be a lot of diversity there. And I really like the sense of community. I hope that people come out of it with more appreciation for Georgia music and all the talent that Georgia has to offer. I get refreshed when I play music and especially when I get to see different types of talent. And that’s really what it is. This is not a narrow field of music. This is going to be a wide variety of Georgia roots music.
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with whom he toured and recorded, and Every year we host a showcase to display riding wild with Alabama bluesman, black some of the talent this beautiful and rodeo rider, rye whiskey distiller, and magical state has to offer. We are going for master dowser George Daniel. This intimate a certain theme with the bands selected... Featuring: Matt Brantley Band, concert series is general admission, limited a sound that stays true to the GA roots; seating. $10. southern rock, blues, folk, soul, and blue Analog Existence, Mopeland Walker Lukens w/ Hindsight grass. Sound that are the staples of this area THE HUMMINGBIRDand Driven Towards forChaos. as long as can be rememebered. Nov 12th will mark our 3rd consecutive year of holding the event, and we couldn’t be happier. Check out the line up: AJ Ghent Band - Radio Birds - Back City Woods - Royal Yesterdaze Rock Johnson - Uncle Dave Griffin - Community 20S PUB Roots Music Jam hosted by: Daniel NeSmith, Rusty Bridgers, and Nathan Garrett. Drew Whitehead
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BEARFOOT BEER GARDEN, 8PM Matt Pippin BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE Jerry Garcia Cover Band COX CAPITOL THEATRE Chuck Courtenay THE CRAZY BULL Wrenn w/Rewind Retry THE HUMMINGBIRD
From Within WILD WING CAFE Steve is one half of the long time acoustic duo “Steve & Mike” who have played together for over 25 years. Creamer is a guitarist with the band “SLICE” since 2000. Together, they have formed a unique blend of songs not done by many local artists... so they are two guys “From Within” two other bands. Pretty simple. We’d love to have you join us!
Howling Good Time Music Festival TATTNALL SQUARE PARK 12-4pm - A family friendly event to support local, nonprofit animal rescue shelters. There will be doggie adoptions and a pet food drive. ALL donations are to benefit Furever After Rescue, Idyll Acres Rescue Ranch, Peach County Animal Rescue, and Rock On Rescue of Middle Georgia. There will be live music from some of Macon’s up and coming talent; bands such as The Bearcats, Hindsight, Kaleigh Courson, and Blue Possum Pickers! Bring the kids, as we have a climbing wall, photos with Santa, choo-choo tours of the park, and other activities. Beer and wine will be provided by Just Tap’d, and the music was selected with help by the fine folks at The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom. FREE ADMISSION!
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Saturday 11/12 Lost Southern Boys AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Southbound Mojo BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE Matt Pippin CHASEN’S LOUNGE Daniel Lee THE CRAZY BULL Roots Rock Showcase THE HUMMINGBIRD
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Wednesday 11/16 Marc Ford & the Neptune Blues Club COX CAPITOL THEATRE Note for note, Marc Ford ranks as one of the world’s preeminent guitarists. Even so, his songcraftcommands the utmost respect. Ford is no one trick pony. Keyboardist Johnny Neel once said: “Marc Ford’s an actual genius. He has the best guitar sound I’ve ever heard.” Ford’s career began in Los Angeles during the 1980s. His group, Burning Tree, captured the essence of his guitar virtuosity and songwriting. He joined the Black Crowes in late 1991. Ford toured and recorded on three of the Crowes’ finest albums--The Southern Harmony and Musical
Companion, Amorica, and Three Snakes and One Charm. Ford’s tenure in the Crowes found the group operating at a zenith. He rejoined the Crowes in 2005-2006. Through his career Marc Ford has performed and recorded with Izzy Stradlin, Gov’t Mule, The Jayhawks, The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, Federale, Widespread Panic, Blue Floyd, Booker T. Jones, Ivan Neville and Heartbreaker Mike Campbell.
Thursday 11/17 Drive-By Truckers COX CAPITOL THEATRE Drive-By Truckers have always been outspoken, telling a distinctly American story via craft, character, and concept, all backed by sonic ambition and social conscience. Founded in 1996 by singer/songwriter/ guitarists Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood, the band have long held a progressive fire in their belly but with AMERICAN BAND, they have made the most explicitly political album in their extraordinary canon. A powerful and legitimately provocative work, hard edged and finely honed, the album is the sound of a truly American Band – a Southern American band – speaking on matters that matter. Jordan Davis w/Ty Carreker THE HUMMINGBIRD
Saturday 11/19 The Skeeterz AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Southern Outlaws BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE The Lacs COX CAPITOL THEATRE The LACS—short for Loud Ass Crackers—have a proven formula for success. Mix 65 percent country music storytelling with 20 percent hip-hop attitude, add in 15 percent rock ‘n’ roll plus 100 percent hard work and you have a multi-format duo that defies definition and oozes opportunity. The LACS’ unique blend of music is on full display on Keep It Redneck, the duo’s latest release. “Our music is not one dimensional,” Sharpe says. “We take the good out of rock, the good out of country and the good out of rap and mix them together!”
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