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FORMER NC ‘IDOL’ CHRIS DAUGHTRY
on acting, his new album and why he’s not into sports David Menconi for Triangle Today A dozen years have passed since North Carolina native Chris Daughtry came up short in “American Idol” — one of the biggest upsets in the show’s history. But the loss didn’t exactly slow him down. Even though he was only the fourth-place finisher in 2006, Daughtry has had one of the best post-show commercial runs of any “Idol” contestant. All five of his albums have made the top-10, including this year’s “Cage to Rattle,” his first album of new material in almost five years. Back on the road, Daughtry comes to Durham’s Carolina Theatre on Dec. 18. We caught up by phone from Houston and came away with a few things to know. 1. There was nothing to the rumors he might return as an ‘Idol’ judge. “Nobody called me whatsoever,” he said. “It was spoken of as fact, so I assumed I’d hear something at some point — ‘We were thinking about you but decided on something different’ — but there was nothing. I would have been into it, absolutely. “I definitely look very fondly on the experience. It helped me break away from being stuck behind a guitar, reliant on having a band behind me. It broke me out of my comfort zone by making me perform. Being forced to look at the camera and perform was a challenge, in a good way.”
2. He hadn’t planned to go nearly five years between albums. “I was starting to panic that no one would know who we were anymore because it had been so long. Making a record turned into doing a greatest-hits first, then being on the road for a while. It was one thing after another that perpetuated the process. “There are always egos, artistic differences. There weren’t shouting matches or anything like that, no big ‘drama.’ The delay was more frustrating in general, especially because I felt a lot of pressure to deliver something great. I was questioning the process, asking if it would be good enough or just go unnoticed after I’d been out of the game for so long. That got in my head, made it harder than it should’ve been.” 3. ‘Cage to Rattle’ has a song Daughtry co-wrote with his wife, Deanna, ‘As You Are.’ “She brought me a poem she’d been working on that she thought there was something cool to. ‘If you’re inspired, feel free to use it.’ It hit me, so I reworked it a bit, got out the guitar, put it to music. It’s definitely one of my favorite songs on this record. I want to get in the room with her and write, which we’ve never done before. She’s got a lot of depth and has a lot to offer.”
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Chris Daughtry first rose to fame on “American Idol.” DOVE SHORE DETAILS WHO: Daughtry’s “Cage to Rattle” tour WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 WHERE: Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham
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weekend fun GARDEN SUPPLY COMPANY PRESENTS BREAKFAST WITH MRS. CLAUS 1421 Old Apex Rd., Cary, NC 27513 It‘s the most wonderful time of the year here at Garden Supply! We are excited to welcome back Mrs. Claus for our annual Breakfast with Mrs. Claus event! Join us for a continental breakfast (muffins, fruit, juice, etc.), a story read by Mrs. Claus, and photo opportunities. Be sure to bring your letter for Santa that Mrs. C can take back to the North Pole for you. We will have pony rides available 12/15 from 11am-1pm! Space for this event is limited, so please be sure to register in advance (when registering, you only need tickets for the children attending). Festivities begin promptly at 9 am! A FEAST FOR ALL THE SENSES: BRUNCH INSIDE A MUSEUM Saturday, 11:30 am, Sunday, 10:30 am North Carolina Museum of Art 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh Iris, the Museum’s full-service restaurant, serves contemporary American cuisine with regional and international flavors. Specializing in seasonal fare using many locally sourced ingredients, Iris features culinary works of art that showcase a complex culture of flavors. Brunch highlights include the Oak City Benedict on a sweet potato biscuit, Belgian waffles, design-your-own omelets, chicken salad, burgers and more. CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL Booth Amphitheatre 8003 Regency Pkwy Cary, NC 27518 Tickets start at $20. Patrons will walk through the venue to observe the lanterns. Plan for 45-75 minutes to view all light displays and enjoy the live cultural performances. Total walkthrough is approximately 1/2 mile. There will be limited seating on the crescent deck for those that want to relax and take in the view! Venue food/beverage stands will be open selling holiday treats and beverages on the Crescent Deck.
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NC has lost one of its historic barbecue joints, which just quietly closed Drew Jackson for Triangle Today
Keith Allen started the restaurant 48 years ago at the age of 19, cooking pork shoulders over wooden coals from logs he split himself. Its reputation grew over the years from a Chapel Hill favorite to one of the state’s historic restaurants, included on the North Carolina Barbecue Society’s trail of distinguished pits and recently named by Southern Living as the fifth best barbecue restaurant in the south. Allen & Son’s last day was Wednesday, Allen said. He closed it quietly to avoid a long, tearful farewell. “It would have been very emotional, too much to endure,” Allen said. “You can’t hug and kiss and cry and all that stuff and still work an 8-hour day. I just want to thank my customers, without them we couldn’t have done anything.”
Now he said he’ll focus on his other businesses, including sporting good store Blackwood Station Outfitters in Pittsboro. The Allen & Son in Pittsboro will remain open, operated independently through a licensing agreement. After a career making some of the most famous barbecue in North Carolina, Allen said he’s proud of the restaurant he built, hoping it added some measure of joy to the community. “You produce what you can to make the world better as you’re passing through,” Allen said. “That’s all I can do every day.”
The smokers, cookware and memorabilia will be put up for auction. Allen does not own the property, having leased the building and land since the beginning. “We done it for 48 years, we did our run, it’s time to move on,” Allen said Thursday in a phone interview. “It’s a hard thing to walk away from something like this. It’s the cycle of life. You do what you’re supposed to do as long as you can do it right.” North Carolina’s barbecue traditions are part of the state’s identity, a prideful connection across centuries and regions over sharing smoked pork, be it whole hog or shoulders. Even in the quickly growing Triangle, Allen & Son existed in the old school, found off Millhouse Road by way of country roads outside of ever-developing Chapel Hill. Allen is famous for doing nearly all of the work himself, showing up at 3 in the morning since the beginning to light the smokers and cook the sides. The restaurant resembled a hunting cabin, the dining room paneled in wood with ducks on the wall and checkered tablecloths on the tables. Allen said the closure wasn’t a financial decision, that the restaurant remained busy to its last day, though it had cut hours and days over the summer. Over the years, Allen said he had lined up five different successors, with each ultimately not working out. In the end, he decided to close and sell off the restaurant in pieces.
Keith Allen, of Allen and Son Barbecue, chops the meat after pulling it off the bones during a busy lunch hour, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday, September 15, 2004. File
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WALNUT CREEK’S LAWN PASS How to get in to a lot of concerts — cheap David Menconi for Triangle Today
Keith Urban performs at Raleigh’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, July 27, 2018.Scott Sharpe
When it comes to the biggest highend concert venues, “bargain-priced tickets” is a phrase that seldom applies. But here’s one time it does: the 2019 Lawn Pass, which will get you into every* 2019 show at Raleigh’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek for $310.50 ($299 base price plus service fee of $11.50). It has an asterisk because there’s a fine-print exception that the pass is “not valid for special events, third party rentals or festivals.” This would not have applied to the special Farm Aid festival that Walnut Creek hosted in September 2014, for example. But it will get you into the general-admission lawn area for all shows presented by Walnut Creek’s main in-house promoter, Live Nation. The pass includes free lawn-chair rental
and “fast-lane entry” for each event. They are on sale now, and will be available through Dec. 18 or “while supplies last.” Only three Walnut Creek shows have been announced so far — Zac Brown Band on April 13, Hootie & the Blowfish on May 31 and Train/Goo Goo Dolls on July 13 — so it’s something of a leap of faith. But the venue had 33 events last year, a dozen of them country shows like Keith Urban and Chris Stapleton, plus hip-hop’s first Pulitzer Prize winner, Kendrick Lamar. So this is one way to get in to a bunch of concerts for a fraction of what they’d cost to buy individually. For details, see lawnpass.livenation. com.
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