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re: Best music scenes in the SEC
Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:26 pm to oklahogjr
Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:26 pm to oklahogjr
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I know this guy is from athens but corey smith seems to have it figured out. His tour schedule is basically drive around the SEC in the fall.
genius. Go around playing music and slamming dimes at every stop..
....except for baton rouge, the only dimes you find there are hidden in girls fat-rolls.
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Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:31 pm to TheDoc
Willie Nelson and Snoop Lion plaued Oxford when I was there.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:54 pm to Edearl Watson
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Well, if you're gonna go this route. There are plenty of great artists from Gainesville, some legendary. The music scene back in the 90's was ok.
Hell, Petty was part of the grounds crew at UF and still has his planted tree on campus. Bo Diddley spent most of his life, including in his later years, in the area til he passed. Stills dropped out of LSU but lived in Gainesville when he was young, so I don't know if he counts.
Then there's Sister Hazel, Against Me!, and Less than Jake. River Pheonix based his band in Gainesville. Felder and Leadon (dad worked at UF) of the Eagles met while in Gainesville.
This blows my mind:
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Leadon attended Gainesville High School, where he met classmate and future Eagles guitarist Don Felder. Felder's band, the Continentals, had just lost guitarist and future Buffalo Springfield & CSNY superstar Stephen Stills. Upon Leadon's joining the group, rechristened Maundy Quintet, they gigged locally, even sharing the bill with future Gainesville legend Tom Petty and his early band the Epics.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:07 pm to Uptown Oyster
A quick glance at some of the shows coming to Fayetteville next couple months:
later in August
Fayettevile Roots Festival, 30 or so roots/Americana bands, including:
Iris Dement
Del McCoury Band
Hayes Carll
American Aquarium
Also..
Alabama Shakes
Vampire Weekend
Black Crowes
Pat Green (George's)
Queens of the Stone Age
Willie Nelson
Eli Young Band (George's)
later in August
Fayettevile Roots Festival, 30 or so roots/Americana bands, including:
Iris Dement
Del McCoury Band
Hayes Carll
American Aquarium
Also..
Alabama Shakes
Vampire Weekend
Black Crowes
Pat Green (George's)
Queens of the Stone Age
Willie Nelson
Eli Young Band (George's)
This post was edited on 8/19/13 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:33 pm to wmr
Things really slow down on the music scene in Knoxville during the Fall. Still, here are some upcoming shows.
Steve Earle
Huey Lewis and the News (30th anniversary tour)
Chicago
The Wood Brothers
Joe Bonnamassa
Florida Georgia Line
The Eagles
Bare Naked Ladies
The Greencards
Amos Lee
Carolina Chocolate Drops (my personal favorite)
They Might Be Giants
Patty Griffin
Ben Rector
Steve Vai
Steve Earle
Huey Lewis and the News (30th anniversary tour)
Chicago
The Wood Brothers
Joe Bonnamassa
Florida Georgia Line
The Eagles
Bare Naked Ladies
The Greencards
Amos Lee
Carolina Chocolate Drops (my personal favorite)
They Might Be Giants
Patty Griffin
Ben Rector
Steve Vai
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:35 pm to cornhat
Hank Williams died in Knoxville...guess that does drop us down to 14th.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:39 pm to DingDongEddieStrong
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Better than Ezra is a shitty band
What in the flying frick?
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:41 pm to madmaxvol
Nice. I like.
I think Fayetteville tends to be the last stop eastward for some of the Texas Red Dirt folks, so I'd list some of those, but nobody but Aggies would know WTF I was talking about.
I think Fayetteville tends to be the last stop eastward for some of the Texas Red Dirt folks, so I'd list some of those, but nobody but Aggies would know WTF I was talking about.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:42 pm to Jefferson Davis
Better than Ezra and Cowboy Mouth were both good bands IMO. I am posting about them in past tense, because I assume both are defunct. Saw BTE in Fayetteville many times, many moons ago.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:42 pm to madmaxvol
Max, incorrect. He got plowed on the drive from Knoxville to Bristol, ate his last meal in Bristol at a place now called the Burger Bar on State Street then died in the backseat between Bristol and WVa.
Back to the post, Knoxville has produced some good bands like Black Cadillacs, Dirty Guvnahs and a new country band y'all will hear soon The Twang Bangers in recent years.
Always big shows at the TN Theatre and Bijou. Def from 5-10 on list.
The Jason Isbell show at the Ryman the other night is a prime example why Nashville is tops. Felt the ghosts rising in the pews.
Back to the post, Knoxville has produced some good bands like Black Cadillacs, Dirty Guvnahs and a new country band y'all will hear soon The Twang Bangers in recent years.
Always big shows at the TN Theatre and Bijou. Def from 5-10 on list.
The Jason Isbell show at the Ryman the other night is a prime example why Nashville is tops. Felt the ghosts rising in the pews.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:45 pm to DingDongEddieStrong
Gainesville has The Fest, #1 imo
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:48 pm to wmr
BTE and CM are both still around and touring. BTE is playing at L'Auberge in BR the night before the Florida game and I'll probably end up going.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:49 pm to Jax007
im waiting for a Faggie to say College Station and then i will spit my drink out
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:55 pm to dallastiger55
In all fairness, I've heard that College Station is the best place in the world to catch a live performance of "It's Raining Men"
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:55 pm to dallastiger55
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im waiting for a Faggie to say College Station and then i will spit my drink out
Always on the mind
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:56 pm to phatphil
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Max, incorrect. He got plowed on the drive from Knoxville to Bristol, ate his last meal in Bristol at a place now called the Burger Bar on State Street then died in the backseat between Bristol and WVa.
O.k...technically, he may not have died in Knoxville,but that was where the damage was done. He actually ate his last meal at the Alexander Hotel in Knoxville (steak). He wasn't feeling well, so they called a Dr. and he was given a vitamin B-12 shot (he had been drinking and shooting morphine earlier that day). While they did stop at a Burger Bar in Bristol, Charles Carr (who was driving Williams...and died last month) said that Williams refused to eat. Some speculate that Williams was already dead, and that Carr (a student at the time) panicked.
Regardless, it was the combination of the morphine injection and alcohol that Williams took in Knoxville that ultimately killed him. He died somewhere on the road...nobody knows exactly where.
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Posted on 8/19/13 at 3:40 pm to wmr
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Nice. I like. I think Fayetteville tends to be the last stop eastward for some of the Texas Red Dirt folks, so I'd list some of those, but nobody but Aggies would know WTF I was talking about.
Wish more people knew about the fantastic music that comes out of the South-Central United States. Texas/Red Dirt Music... Texoma music... whatever you want to call it.
reddirtreview.tumblr.com "From The Heartland"... This website will direct those who want to know what I'm talking about.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 3:48 pm to ChineseBandit66
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I've been to Oxford many times and have not randomly seen a decent band playing.
Well that's your problem.
And your anti-Ole Miss bias is about as well known as my pro-Ole Miss bias, so it's not like you're at all an objective source.
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You could show up in Baton Rouge any night of the week and find good music.
You can in Oxford too.
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Your city is just not big enough to claim that it is better than Baton Rouge..period.
This is your problem. You immediately correlate "bigger" with "better."
Posted on 8/19/13 at 3:50 pm to IrvingAg13
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Wish more people knew about the fantastic music that comes out of the South-Central United States. Texas/Red Dirt Music... Texoma music... whatever you want to call it.
You should check out thunder on the mountain next year. I saw damn near every band you listed plus a few others. Huge country music festival up here just south of fayetteville.
College station also produced one of my favorite bands known as whiskey myers. They are fricking awesome.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 3:50 pm to wmr
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I just posted that because over the past few years, I've probably seen that story about "Modest Mouse played x-bar in Oxford" set forth as proof of a "great music scene" about a dozen times.
Here's a hint. If you have to keep going back to talk about "that one time that one band played that one bar", you don't have a "great music scene".
Your memory is selective and shitty.
I can name off of the top of my hand plenty of bands bigger and better than Modest Mouse that have played in Oxford recently.
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