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Posted on 12/12/14 at 5:23 pm to Peter Buck
Posted on 12/12/14 at 5:23 pm to Peter Buck
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It is fact that Wide Spread was not part of the down town Athens Music Scene in the 80s.
That's just not true. Unless you have to do something besides play hundreds of shows in downtown Athens to be an approved part of "the scene".
You act like it's a fluke that they were allowed to play at the sacred Uptown Lounge, but they played there two or three times per week over several years. Which would pretty much makes them the Uptown Lounge house band during that time.
Also, i thought pretty much every athens band played fraternity parties at some point. Not sure why that's a put-down. Although for some teason, widespread did have the ability to make frat dudes stop getting haircuts and to bathe less frequently. Which is weird.
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 5:45 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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"A RIVER OF BOOZE... Inside one college town’s uneasy embrace of drinking"... quote: It is fact that Wide Spread was not part of the down town Athens Music Scene in the 80s. That's just not true. Unless you have to do something besides play hundreds of shows in downtown Athens to be an approved part of "the scene". You act like it's a fluke that they were allowed to play at the sacred Uptown Lounge, but they played there two or three times per week over several years. Which would pretty much makes them the Uptown Lounge house band during that time. Also, i thought pretty much every athens band played fraternity parties at some point. Not sure why that's a put-down. Although for some teason, widespread did have the ability to make frat dudes stop getting haircuts and to bathe less frequently. Which is weird.
Semantics I guess, but they were a Dead cover band and I don't recall them playing down town until they got more established and started demanding too much money to play Frat houses unless it was a real special occasion. By then it was the Ga Theatre and the scene was Fratastic... By then however, things were already changing.
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