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Take Care Augusta Matt Stone doesn’t live here anymore
Since this is my last article for the Metro Spirit I figured I would address it as a love letter to Augusta and the Augusta music scene. Oh how I love thee, downtown bars. The sweetest love goes to the best taproom in Augusta, Stillwater Taproom. I will remember you most for your delicious beer selection, Fireball shots, Jager Bombs and the correct way to pour a Guinness. Your stage has been plentiful and your hospitality will be truly missed. Not only did you let me enter your bar, you let my dog enter as well. Oh, and last thing Stillwater: take care of Robbie for me, even though he called me “The White Devil.” Next is what I considered my mistress in downtown Augusta, 1102 Downtown Bar and Grill. Thank you for bottomless mimosas and bloody marys. I barely made it through many hungover Sundays without you. Thanks to you, 1102, it was a hungover Monday. I will remember your wings with great fondness, and my memories of the back bar will forever be hazy. Thank you Metro Coffee House for letting there be a place to listen to live music while I debate on which shot I would like to purchase: tequila or espresso. Even though your bathrooms look like a scene from the movie “Saw,” I will miss you dearly. To First Round Bar, even though our relationship has been brief, the warmth that I felt when I walked in your bar was uncanny. Sometimes it’s the little things that count, and for that, I thank you. To the house that James Brown built, the Soul Bar, your ‘80s Nights will always make my soul shiver. Many a nights I have danced on your two-foot raised stage while people looked at me in horror. Next, thank you Loft of Augusta, a place that serves cold beer and doesn’t put up with any crap. As promised, you step out of line at the Loft, you will suddenly be visiting the outside of the Loft. Take care of downtown Augusta, Adrian, and clean up these streets. To Fantasy’s, I want to thank you for letting me see things I have never seen before. Not only were the sights new, I have never been asked by a stripper to get them a hamburger before. Thank you for that memory. Firehouse, I would like to send my love to you for always being that extra push to drunkville. If you are ending your night at Firehouse, there’s no telling where you are really ending your night when you leave. Last, a big warm embrace goes to Sky City. Countless 16-ounce PBRs were consumed in your presence. You are the best music venue in Augusta. If I wanted some spice in my life, all I had to do was turn to the big blue sign illuminating in the Augusta streets. I would be cheating myself if I didn’t mention the Country Club and Wild Wing Café. Country Club: I love you and your infectious dance floor, but please lower your beer prices. Wild Wing Café: thank you for many late nights with McFly. You take credit for my largest tab in seven years: $235. It was worth it. To pick a favorite local artist would be like ripping my musical heart in two. So, I will put down a quick list of my favorite local bands that I’ve seen in my past seven years, for some are no longer with us. Edison Project, Dead Confederate, Shotgun Opera, Funk You and Will McCranie. If not still, at one time I was obsessed with you. I hope at one time you felt the same way about me. Some of us have hugged before, but that’s a whole ‘nother story altogether. Most of all I would like to thank you 95 Rock, and, most of all, you Chuck Williams. No jokes there; that one’s honest. Thank you, Augusta. You will be truly missed, but I’m now headed to the bath salt capital of the world, that’s right, Florida. What bands are coming to Augusta? Who’s next to hit the music scene? Don’t email me, I don’t live here anymore.
MATTSTONE can be heard weekdays from 2-6 p.m. on 95 Rock. Until Friday, that is.
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