The 11th Hour: July 28 - August 11, 2016

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Over the next 10 years, his crimes would land him in prison, to which he escaped five times, be put on America’s Most Wanted list, and is believed by some to have robbed over 60 banks. If this is true, that’s more than Jesse James and John Dillinger combined.

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Wed, July 27 Macon Beer Company Bottle Release Party - We’re celebrating two great festivals with two great beers! As part of the festival week, we’re bottling Macon Movies–created for Macon Film Festival–and Macon Music–created for Bragg Jam–and throwing a party for their release. We’ll have a special Tour & Tasting night, and each person will receive one 22-oz. bottle of Macon Movies and one 22-oz. bottle of Macon Music. We’ll have live music by local band Analog Existence, and food will be available for purchase. A limited number of bottles are reserved for this event, so get your ticket before they sell out! Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. 6pm!

Fri, July 29 Bragg Jam 2016 Patron Party at The Emerson Ballroom - The official festival kick-off event with live music, a silent auction and your ticket to the evening includes a Bragg Jam T-shirt and concert crawl admission, all for $75 a person. You can become a Bragg Jam patron at the door; 543 Plum St. 7:30 p.m.

Savoring the South: A marriage of bourbon and cuisine at The Bourbon Bar We are delighted to welcome 13th Colony Distilleries, LLC (Americus, GA) and Dishes by Chad to the Bourbon Bar for a happy hour event that combines two of our favorite things: whiskey and cheese (plus other tastefully paired farm to table style hor d’oeuvres)!! At this pairing, you will enjoy 4 of Thirteenth Colonys’ locally crafted whiskies, along with a tasting plate hand selected and presented by Private Chef Chad McDonell to accompany each whiskey, including local cheeses, bread, fruit, nuts and more!

5:30-7:30 at Bourbon Bar, 370 Cherry Street. This event is reservation only; please follow the ticket link provided on the Facebook event page.

Sat, July 30

Bragg Jam 2016 Arts & Kids Fest at Cherry Street Plaza -

Bragg Jam’s free community event is filled with games and activities for the kids; vendors and food trucks. Cool off inside the Sports Hall of Fame! Come prepared to eat and be merry at the Bragg Jam Arts and Kids Fest on July 30 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Bragg Jam Concert Crawl The Concert Crawl tickets are $30 in advance ($35 the day of), and will grant admission into all stages with over 80 acts, with free trolley transport.

Braggjam.org Yoga at Tattnall Square Park A free, community based yoga class for all levels of experience. It takes place every Saturday morning at 9 AM, wearther permitting, at Tattnall Square Park on the lawn in front of Mercer University. Teachers are certified yoga instructors who volunteer from local yoga studios. Donations are suggested, but not required. Children are welcome. Participants should bring their own yoga mat as there are only a few extras available. Weekly event posts on Friends of Tattnall Square Park’s Facebook page.

Goodwill’s Auto Sale Preview & Bid: 8-11 a.m. Winners Announced: 12:30 p.m. 5171 Eisenhower Pkwy, Macon 478-471-4841 Proceeds benefit Goodwill’s education, job training and placement programs.

All vehicles sold “as is” and all sales are final. Vehicles must be paid for the day of the sale by Master Card/Visa, Personal Checks w/ electronic check verification, or cash. Ad Valorem tax is included with min bid. Sale price is winning bid plus tag and title fee.

Sun, July 31 Magic Men Live at Macon City Auditorium - Must be 18 or older.

The first live stage production to bring the phenomenon of Magic Mike, Fifty Shades of Grey and others to life with a high-energy and breathe taking experience unlike any other.

Watch your favorite fantasies come to life through visual story lines, state-of-the-art lighting, sound design, theatrical performances and next-generation special effects that captivate

the senses and inspire a unique and fun level of fan interaction! Designed with the desires of contemporary women in mind, featuring a talented line-up of stunning guys sure to appeal to a variety of tastes, Magic Men Live has captivated women of all ages with an intensely exciting and wildly fun show that leaves the audience in an exhilarated euphoric state! Tickets $28 and up. 1-800-745-3000.

Last Sunday @ The Big House Join us as we celebrate live music for free in the back yard at The Big House.

GRINGO GRANDE will be appearing 2-5 p.m. The show is free, but a ticket is required for entry. You can download via the link on their facebook page.

Tuesday, Aug 2

Movie in Tattnall Square Park Join your community for a free movie in the park; a collection of Pixar Shorts.

Movie to start around 8pm.

Mixology 101: The Fundamentals of Cocktail Creation - With Chelsea Hughes from 2-4 p.m. The Bourbon Bar, 240 Cherry Street. The first installment of this series was sold out!

Register in advance via Facebook. The class will cover basic techniques, how to choose fresh ingredients and muddling. $50 per head, which includes all ingredients necessary for you to make THREE full size drinks to enjoy during the class.

Sunday, Aug 7 Bryan Anderson Presented by Music and the Arts at Vineville United Methodist Church Free concert 4-6pm. Acclaimed for his recital at the American Guild of Organists’ 2012 National Convention, Bryan Anderson is a rising star who has performed at the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, and New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

An Atlanta native and Spivey Hall Children’s Choir alumnus, his new duties is as organist at Wells Cathedral in England. In this performance he makes his Spivey Hall solo recital debut.

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Macon’s First Open-Air Market Mark your calendars for Downtown’s first outdoor urban flea market - Downtown Macon’s Urban Air Market is a quarterly open-air pop up craft and artisan market. The first installment is Saturday, Aug 27th at the corner of Third and Plum. To register as a vendor, visit their facebook page @downtownmaconurbanfleamarket.

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NATIVE/NEW Meet Josy Jones Native Cleveland, OH Occupation Director, Chameleon Village Theatre Company

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11 Random Facts about Jo

1. I collect rubber duckies.

2. I’ve never broken a bone.

3. I used to want to train dolphins.

4. I hate ketchup. Even the smell. I had it once. I was 14. It was the 4th of July.

5. Any and everything Jim Carrey does is hilarious or worth a look.

6. I’ve never seen an episode of Grey’s Anatomy or Game of Thrones.

7. I watch too many horror movies.

8. I’m so afraid of birds.

9. I can flip my eyelids inside out. I learned it from being around my brother.

10. I know it’s gluttonous, but I really enjoy the feeling of being full.

11. I once named my lip ring Veronica Ryan.

Meet Josy Jones Spend an afternoon wandering around downtown Macon and you’ll bear witness to a fascinating variety of spaces, from newly constructed lofts to impeccably gorgeous architecture to dilapidated, mysterious abandoned industrial buildings. The various sights definitely inspire thoughts like; What used to be here? Who lived here a hundred years ago? Is this floor going to fall in if I step on it? What most people won’t think is “Man, wouldn’t it be great to have a theatre performance here?” Luckily for the middle Georgia arts community, Josy Jones is not most people.

Jones moved to Macon from Cleveland, Ohio in 2010 to attend Wesleyan College on a theatre scholarship, where she first encountered the concept of site-specific theatre – that is, a theatrical performance that takes place outside the traditional venues and is meant to explore and deepen both audience and performer relationships with their physical environment. Immediately she was hooked. “I want to do theatre in a way that’ll get people to see it in a different light, and I want younger people to be interested in it too. Making it cost-efficient, accessible, and in an odd place where you wouldn’t normally see something like that happening – all of those go a long way towards getting people involved who wouldn’t normally be involved,” she says.

Her years of education at Wesleyan served her well: “Wesleyan and the independence they allow you in your studies gave me the courage and confidence to be like, I’m gonna do what I want! – and that translates really well to the real world, it turns out.” Shortly after graduation, 06 JULY 28 - AUGUST 10, 2016

Jones did do what she wanted – she founded her own theatre initiative, The Chameleon Village Theatre Company, whose goal is to use site-specific theatre to highlight underutilized spaces around town, to provide local artists and writers a venue for their craft, and to give local artists and businesses the opportunity to work together in innovative ways.

Chameleon Village has enjoyed a vibrant first few years – they have written and performed pieces for the Lost Keys literary festival, the 567, and the [&] Arts Guild grand opening, among other things. They have an active improv group that meets weekly and that group is working on a show to be held in August at [&], and on July 28 & 29 from 7-9 pm, Chameleon Village is holding auditions, also at [&], for roles to be filled for two short original plays – “Home” by Jordan Ealey and “The Color Game” by Abigail Glaize. These plays will be performed together in September at Cherry Street Ink under the name “So the Shrink Says.”

In addition to her work with theatre, Jones is also involved in the community in many other ways – she’s on the artistic advisory board of the Mill Hill Project, a neighborhood revitalization project that is focused on an arts-based overhaul of a section of Macon’s historic Fort Hawkins neighborhood. She also recently has begun honing her princess skills by dressing as Tiana while working with Princesses with a Purpose, a charitable organization that raises funds for ill, foster, or poverty-stricken children.

Transitioning from college student to active participant in the flourishing downtown arts scene was an exciting experience for Jones. “After I graduated, I spent almost a whole year just discovering Macon,” she says.

“Wesleyan can be kind of an insular experience. A lot of the time, while I was in school there, I felt like there just wasn’t much going on in town, and that Macon was just a place where people came to retire, or to raise kids.

Seeing all that was happening downtown was eye-opening. There are so many creatives here, so many artists, so much going on. I tell people that I’ve BEEN in Macon for six years, but I’ve only LIVED in Macon for two.”

Now that she’s a more fully established part of the downtown community, Jones has some solid opinions on what the best bets for a good time are – when asked where she’d take someone from out of town to show off Macon, she lists one of her favorites from the past year as the Tuesday Blues Dancing events hosted by Elizabeth Coke and Patrick Gonet at Bourbon Bar – “I swear, I was a dancer in a former life.” Of course, she’d also take her guest to [&] so they could experience her creative community and see some of the ways Macon is expanding to utilize all that available downtown space and also take care of its artists. And when they got hungry? “The falafel sandwich at Roasted is THE BEST thing ever,” says Jones.

You can find the Chameleon Village Theatre Company on facebook

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BRAGG JAM

A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO

July 28: Join Coliseum Northside Hospital for a Concert on the Lawn featuring The Grapevine at 7:00pm! This free event will take place on the front lawn of Coliseum Northside Hospital and is part of Festie Bestie, a week of events that join together the Macon Film Festival and Bragg Jam. Pack your own picnic basket and bring a lawn chair. No tickets are necessary, but register via the facebook event page!

Thur. July 28: Free Concert on the Lawn Fri. July 29: Patron’s Party Sat. July 30: Arts & Kids Fest 10-2 Concert Crawl from 3pm-2am!

July 30: Bragg Jam’s family-friendly afternoon takes place from 10 am - 2pm at and in front of The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Face painting, sand art crafts, and water cup crafts for kids, as well as various games, will be available as long as supplies last. There will also be age appropriate musical performances from the Otis Redding Camp, Matt Whitaker, and more! Trampolines, bouncy houses, and variety acts, such as juggling and stilt walking, make this signature event a Bragg Jam favorite.

Food Trucks will also be available for those who want to purchase lunch.

IT’S THE FRIENDLIEST, SWEATIEST, ROCKIN’EST

most hangover-inducing weekend of the year is upon us.

Bragg Jam’s growth has been amazing and heartening to witness – it has changed from its inception seventeen years ago as an impromptu jam session intended to honor the lives of Brax and Tate Bragg, two precociously talented young musicians taken from the world much too soon, to its current-day incarnation as a multifaceted community arts festival with 80+ bands playing on 20+ stages the night of the Concert Crawl. “[The growth of the festival] means that Macon recognizes potential and celebrates it and its continued presence in our charming town,” says Everett Verner, president of the all-volunteer Bragg Jam board of directors. “We’re very proud to say that out of 80 acts, over 20 of them are either Macon based or have strong Macon roots, which is something to be celebrated.”

This year’s festival brings a few changes – among them, Festie Besties, a week of activities linking the weeklong Macon Film Festival and Bragg Jam weekend. There’s a movie screening, a free concert at Coliseum Northside, a Macon Beer Company brewery tour, and more – check out www.festiebesties.com for more information.

On Friday, July 29, don’t miss your chance to get funky with the best of em at the Patron Party. This year’s theme is Purple Stardust – a tribute to the late musical geniuses Bowie and Prince – and will feature the beloved expat Roger Riddle returning to spin records and shake what his mama gave him. This party is going down at the Emerson Ballroom from 7-10 pm; tickets are $75/advance and $85/day of show and include entrance to the party (which will feature live music, an open bar, and snacks), a ticket for the concert crawl the following night, and a Bragg Jam 2016 t-shirt.

Saturday brings a full calendar of events – the freeof-charge Arts & Kids Fest takes place from 10-2 in the Cherry Street Plaza and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; expect to see live music, face painting, arts & crafts, food trucks, and more. During the Concert Crawl itself, there will be double the usual amount of shuttles going to Twang and to Margaritas on Bass, so that people will be able to get downtown easier and faster. You can also look for two ticketing stations downtown – at Third/Cherry and a second one at Second/Poplar.

For folks who might want to get a taste of what Bragg Jam is all about without paying the full cover price, there are several venues that will be offering live music for free earlier in the afternoon on Saturday. Twang is one of those, as is Taste & See, Just Tap’d, Fresh Produce, and more – check the Bragg Jam schedule for more detailed information about times and bands.

Bragg Jam has come a long way since that first jam session, but the spirit remains the same – to celebrate our city, each other, and the memory of the Bragg brothers, so full of potential. The festival itself is a shining example of what a community can do when it bands together with a common goal in mind, and how that community can celebrate itself and its inhabitants through art. Verner, when asked his favorite part of being on the Bragg Jam board, said, “Just enjoying the event alongside everyone. It’s a yearlong project that we all spend a great deal of time fine-tuning, so when it finally happens it’s almost surreal.

It’s a wonderful event to be a part of, but it takes a village to ensure it happens each year, and we’re all honored to play our part.”

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BECAUSE WE CAN’T WRITE UP EVERYONE...

HERE’S A FEW BANDS WE DON’T WANT YOU TO MISS!

EARLY SHOWS

The music starts 2 guys, with some of the evening’s best music as early as 5:30!

You gotta get downtown on time, with your schedule in hand to catch these great acts.

LARKIN POE 600 THE CRAZY BULL MAIN STAGE They say madness runs in the family. They say the same about creativity and passion. That’s good news for Larkin Poe’s sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell, the descendants of tortured artist, creative genius Edgar Allen Poe. “We have a very colorful family history,” explains lead singer/guitarist Rebecca, 23, who also plays mandolin and violin. Of the new album “Kin”, the sisters’ say, “We can rock-out on guitars like the boys… so why not go ahead and do it? We let our freak flag fly a little higher.”

GREAT PEACOCK 5:30 AT GRANT’S LOUNGE You can call Great Peacock a folk band... but don’t expect them to make music for campfires or square dances.

Raised in the Deep South and headquartered in Nashville, they’re a group of red-blooded country boys who aren’t afraid of the big city. Case in point: Making Ghosts -- the duo’s harmony-heavy, guitar-driven debut album -whose 11 songs find the middle ground between rootsy, down-home Americana and super- sized arena pop/rock.

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CICADA RHYTHM 6:30 AT THE HUMMINGBIRD STAGE Born and raised in Georgia, this talented pair imitates and modernizes folk music to a rejuvenating degree.

The sound of Andrea DeMarcus and Dave Kirslis exhibits skilled and articulate guitar picking honed in the dive bars of Atlanta over rolling Julliard-trained bass lines.

DYLAN LEBLANC 7:15 AT GRANT’S LOUNGE In between touring with Alabama Shakes, Ben was beginning to engineer records at the label he started with another friend of Dylan’s, Grammy Award-winning musician John Paul White, formerly of the Civil Wars. His collection of shimmering, arresting songs have caught the attention of Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen, now with a sharpened edge honed by hastened maturity.

ALANNA ROYALE 8:00 THE CREEK STAGE AT THE THORPE’S BUILDING While obviously drawing influence from the greats of the past, the band has a deep desire to redefine and stretch the boundaries of soul music. Alanna Royale combines their favorite elements of 70’s funk and soul, rock, and pop, all executed by their fearless leader and sensual vocalist, Alanna Quinn-Broadus, an unparalleled rhythm section.

SUSTO 10:30 AT THE HUMMINGBIRD STAGE

In 2013, singer and songwriter Justin Osborne moved to Havana, Cuba to study anthropology and found himself immersed in the music scene there, strongly influenced by local musicians who played in the Trova style and the American confessional poetry movement of the late 1950s. Returning home in 2013 he founded the band SUSTO, drawing inspiration from his musical discoveries in Cuba along with the homegrown music scene in Charleston. Osborne named the band after a medical syndrome specific to Latin American culture that roughly translates as “panic attack” and invited musicians including Johnny Delaware (guitar, piano), Marshall Hudson (drums), Jenna Desmond (bass) and Corey Campbell (keyboard and guitar) to join him.

The band released their self-titled debut in April 2014 ,which The Charleston City Paper describes as “Southern Gothic country through and through…” The band immediately followed with a North American tour playing shows with Shovels and Rope and Band of Horses. In April 2015, SUSTO released a live album featuring Ben Bridwell from Band of Horses. SUSTO later went on to be the support act for Iron & Wine on their fall 2015 tour. Daytrotter, via Paste, described the live performance, “It’s breathtaking.”

SHAKEY GRAVES 10:45 AT THE COX CAPITOL THEATRE

Bragg Jam’s headliner is a cross between blues, folk and rock and roll – he’s performed at nearly all the major festivals including Bonnaroo, the Americana Festival in Nashville, Newport Folk Festival and has made guest appearances on NPR’s Tiny Desk.

The Texas singer’s charisma is matched by his warm, sometimes frenetic music — which mixes country, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. If you don’t know Shakey Graves’ music, the best way to fall in love with him is in a live setting like this one.

CATCH ‘EM IF YOU CAN! TEDO STONE >> 9:30 AT THE THORPES BUILDING

Tedo Stone was born to play rock and roll. Stone was fronting a band and playing in motorcycle bars around his hometown of Covington, Georgia, when he was 12 years old. Now living in Atlanta and with a searing new album, Marshes, due out on September 18 via This Is American Music, Stone is making a name for himself with an enthralling fusion of throwback southern vibes, indie rock hooks and a wall-of-sound resonance.

FRANKIE COSMOS 8:30 AT THE LIBRARY BALLROOM

In 2014 Kline released her first studio album, Zentropy. Within months of its release, Zentropy became one of the most critically acclaimed independent albums of the year and was named New York Magazine’s #1 Pop album of 2014. Her 2015 EP Fit Me In was well received and garnered a Best New Track from Pitchfork.

RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE >> 10:15 AT THE LIBRARY BALLROOM

Rainbow Kitten Surprise and all five of its members hail from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina. The Alternative/Indie-Pop band takes influence from great artists like Modest Mouse, Lana Del Rey, and Kings of Leon.

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES 10:45 AT GRANT’S LOUNGE

Bains hails from Birmingham, a city torn apart by some of the

South’s most tragic events, and the singer isn’t shy about assailing the shortcomings and flaws, while also delivering a dose of don’t-forget-where-you’re-from pride. It’s fiercely intelligent stuff with a raucous sound.” [Best Album of 2014] - Garden & Gun

THE FRITZ 10:30 AT ROASTED CAFE & LOUNGE

After four years of traveling the East Coast, steadily building a reputation as a live act not to be missed, Asheville music ambassadors The Fritz, played a strong year of sets showing thousands of new fans what throngs of Southeastern music lovers have known for years: The Fritz likes to get funky.

WASTED POTENTIAL BRASS BAND >> 12:00 AM AT THE THORPES BUILDING

After a while when a band or singer-songwriter achieves a certain level of success, they hire a horn section. Wasted Potential Brass Band is a horn section that hired a band. WPBB is a full-on, New Orleans-style second-line event based in Atlanta. This is street music with a big, warm sound.

JOSH THOMPSON 12:00 AM AT THE CRAZY BULL MAIN STAGE

Based out of Nashville, Thompson has reached country music allstar status from songs such as “Won’t Be Lonely Long,” “Beer On The Table,” “Way Out Here, and “Cold Beer With Your Name On It.” His album, Turn It Up, which was released in 2014, debuted on Billboard’s Top Ten Country Albums chart.

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THE INTERVIEW

BRAVE BABY

By Andrea Marlowe

What?! Half of us grew up in Charlotte and that’s where it started. Bojangles reigns supreme. If you go today and keep your receipt I will pay for it when you show it to me.

I will reimburse you.

Teetering on the faultline of different genres, Brave Baby is a band that is making waves in the Charleston, SC music scene. Keon Masters (guitar/vocals), Wolfgang Zimmerman (drums/vocals), Christian Chidester (guitar/backup vocals), Jordan Hicks (bass), and Steven Walker (keyboard) released their sophomore album, Electric Friends, last year. Although their sound may be tough to pinpoint, you can tell these guys took a lot of care with each note on their newest release. In fact, Wolfgang produced both their albums in the band’s intimate practice space and has also helped produce albums for the likes of Susto and other artists on their Hearts & Plugs label.

Evoking elements of pop, indie rock, classic rock, and sometimes psychedelic rock, Electric Friends channels a whirlwind of smartly placed sounds. In some respects, the music even seems to mimic the album cover artwork-a tranquil beach scene among the cosmos with beachgoers bathing in the glow of Earth. The lyrics could well stand on their own. But smoldering vocals, guitar reverb, drone effects, and danceable, but at times quite technical, beats on the album blend harmoniously.

Keon was aptly strumming a few notes on guitar while I spoke with him about the band, the music scene in Charleston, Bojangles, and long lost cousins.

In your bio you explained the difference between your current album and your last stating: “the last record was a lot of ‘what do we want to sound like?’ with this one, it was very much, ‘this is what we sound like, now let it spill.’” How would you describe that sound?

I think it’s poppy in a sense. I think it’s very rock and roll too. There’s a bit of beach influence there, just from living in Charleston for a while. It’s sort of a tough question because I know there’s so many genres and so many sub-genres. I don’t think we’re dream pop really. But I wouldn’t just call it pop. I guess I would call it modern pop rock, modern rock. I don’t know . . . we touch a lot of things and I don’t think we go all the way sometimes.

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Were there any dynamics you wanted to explore on the new album like instruments, etc.?

We wanted to occupy more space and less instruments. On the first record there’s a bunch of guitar tracks and a bunch of vocal tracks. There’s still some overdubs on this new one, but we tried to hold back a little and let there be more space. I guess really just tones. I love guitars, I love bass; I love keyboards, synthesizers and drums. And rock n roll, has been out 50 or 60 years now, 70 years. It’s been bass, drums, guitars, keyboards or pianos. And it’s been a bunch of people just exploring different ways you can make that work. I think this last one we really wanted to try and find the tones we fell in love with the most. I don’t know if we went on a quest . . .We do try and incorporate some fun instruments when we can. When we get our hands on them we’re happy to use them. But we all just have to work with what we got.

One of the fun things we did is on this track called “Hare Krishna.” We ran this 12-string acoustic guitar through a Fender amp. And we messed with the sound a little bit and put it in this really loud, concrete bathroom hallway. If you listen to that guitar it kind of sounds like a foreign instrument. It’s one of my favorite tones I think we captured. It was a little different running this 12-string mic through the amp and getting this pretty out-there tone that I think everyone really gravitated towards. We used that in a couple of spots throughout the record.

When we found that we were like: “Ohhh, this sounds awesome!”

You guys have done a lot of touring for two albums. I think over 150 shows? Do you have any rituals for the road, certain things you bring, favorite songs, lucky bobble head?

We have some band flair that we keep in the van. There’s this picture of me, Wolfgang, and Jordan that’s just been stuck on the ceiling forever. On the dash there’s a photo booth strip of me and Jordan. There’s this necklace that Wolfgang has that he calls his protector. It’s this Jaguar pendant, gold necklace that hangs from our mirror. And we always have frisbees. Jordan and Steven love to play frisbee. Every time we stop at a gas station they’ll run out and toss it a couple of times. We get turnt a lot. [laughs] I feel like every time we leave Charleston we always stop at Bojangles. That would probably be our most set in stone ritual. We stop at Bojangles and get some chicken supremes, cajun filet and peace out.

I’ve never been to a Bojangles.

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Ok, I’ll take you up on that offer. Some pretty popular bands have come from Charleston recently like Band of Horses, Shovels and Rope. Do you feel like the support for local musicians has become stronger in your hometown?

I do. It took a lot of hard work though. The squad has been here for a while, The Hearts & Plugs guys and Susto.

Even before Hearts & Plugs was around we were all playing shows a lot, trying to build the scene. Whether it was Brave Baby, Susto, or [Johnny] Delaware. When we were ready to release our first record we talked to Dan [McCurry] and started doing Hearts & Plugs stuff. It kind of gave everyone a platform. We were already friends and thought why don’t we just do this and make it more official. If we’re already a crew, let’s be a crew and put it together. As we started doing better in town, Band of Horses started noticing. They reached out and have been very, very friendly to a lot of people in our circle. And you know, just some little shout outs here and there. We recorded that Christmas song with them [“The Christmas Thing”]. That was a ton of fun.

I think Charleston has suffered a long time with not getting a lot of national acts to come through. Just because it’s kind of like the end of the road. I mean it’s a very popular place tourist wise but not when you’re a traveling band. We have a lot of young people working in the service industry and a lot of artists here. So I think we had to create our own music scene and shows to go to because no one is coming here. That’s changing now too because I think everyone’s hungry for good live music.

What artists did you grow up listening to?

It depends. I was the youngest of a bunch of kids. There were definitely stages in my life when I just put on the Usher My Way album. I remember one of my first gifts from my dad was Queen’s greatest hits live concert on record. I always loved Queen growing up. And I know Wolfgang and Christian are big Queen fans. Wolfgang grew up on a heavy diet of Michael Jackson. I was lucky my parents liked cool music and I listened to a lot of really great classic rock. In high school I got into some jam bands. Fortunately, unfortunately, however you want to look at it.[laughs] And then you know, you grow out of it.

I really loved The Killers in high school. These days I find myself going backwards, like trying to find the bands that maybe my parents didn’t introduce me to. I really dove into The Kinks, Bowie, The Velvet Underground.

How did all of you meet?

I met Wolfgang in high school. He was a senior, I was a sophomore. I played in some crappy little high school bands and he was always such a good, good drummer.

He was world class. He was in the marching band and our high school was always state or national champions in some form of marching band. There were times I would need a drummer or he would need someone to fill in in his high school band. I think we both had respect for one another even though we were a couple years apart. We grew up in south Charlotte and when he graduated high school he joined this band that had already been around for a while. Christian was moving from the drums to the guitar in that band. And that was in the years of Myspace.

Wolfgang goes home and shows his mom the Myspace page. His mom sees Christian’s last name and it turns out that Christian and Wolfgang are second cousins and they didn’t know it until they were 18 years old. They are both some of the best musician I’ve ever met. And their grandparents are brother and sister.

THE WEEKS

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Talk about living the dream, most of the members from The Weeks have been doing so since they were only15.

Don’t get me wrong, their budding success doesn’t come without a lot of hard work and an immense amount of drive. The Mississippi boys, Cyle Barnes (vocals), Cain Barnes (drums), Damien Bone (bass), and Sam Williams (guitar) brought their indie-rock band to Nashville in 2010. They are currently working on a new album, following up their 2014 EP Buttons, and are ecstatic to get back on stage for their summer tour.

The latest EP from The Weeks reveals their diversity.

From the strong vocals and jumpy bass line and guitar on the title track to the slow, melancholy sound of “Hold it Kid.” A song about drug addiction prefaced with a piano solo, played by Johny Fisher, then nicely completed with a small orchestra and a battle-like drum beat. Assessing from their music catalogue, their live show promises to be complete with ups and downs in just the right places, and more importantly, just a lot of good ol’ fun.

Fortunately, one of their summer tour stops will be Bragg Jam. I got to catch up with the guys before they hit the road and talk with them about Nashville and growing up in the studio. I found out how they give back to their fans and why a scar from Macon, Ga isn’t the only reason their Southern rock roots still run deep.

You guys have been playing together since about 2006 and started at a young age. What has been most challenging for your band?

It’s not challenging so much, but something that a lot of bands just don’t do is we’ve been very persistent. We may get tired of each other but we still love each other and try to make it work. So we always have a good time. We’ve seen bands come and go, great bands, amazing bands, but it’s just holding out and sticking it out for the long run.

What gives you that tenacity to keep going?

Stupid and confused [laughter]. Starting young is one thing. We started when we were 14, 15. So we’ve never had jobs. We’ve never known an alternate life. The main thing is we just enjoy playing music together. In the darkest days, which we haven’t really had too many dark days, but I imagine if and when that day would come that it’d be just like a fear of everything else. When you’re playing with The Weeks you don’t have to deal with honestly anything. We get to play music and do what we’ve been doing since we can remember doing anything.

How have you guys grown musically throughout the years?

When we were 14 and 15 it had a lot to do with just age.

Our content just changed from what you would imagine 14 and 15 year olds to write about to what you would imagine 20 somethings to write about. We haven’t done anything else or known anything else, so it’s all been a very organic progressing in a gradual sense overtime. We

just keep challenging ourselves and that’s the biggest part of staying together too. Not saying you’re this type of band so you write this type of music. Not boxing yourself in ever and feeling like you have to create something in particular.

How do you think the Nashville rock scene has grown and why do you think people are continuing to support other genres of music rather than country in Nashville?

When we moved here in 2010 it was really just a climate; stuff was starting to gain some traction in Nashville but we didn’t know about it. For the first couple of years everybody saw the opportunity to put Nashville on the map so everybody worked really hard and everybody worked together. As the exodus has begun to Nashville, all these bands are moving here, people, post-grads and parents.

Everyone has come from other places too because people get tired of [places like] L.A. so they move to be slower in Nashville. Now, the biggest thing about Nashville is trying to keep it slow. It’s tough, but as a resident of Nashville you want to say go away, stay where you are. But that’s what we did and this town embraced us. It’s been a lot about trying to be positive and know these bands and people are just trying to do the same thing we did for ourselves. [Nashville] is not just a little pocket community of musicians. I mean if you’re not a musician then you’re in the industry. It’s kind of tough to find someone in this town that doesn’t know anything about the music industry. And when you do, you grab them and you cherish them. Just because you don’t get to have that interaction much. Community makes something sound small and it’s not that. The community is the city. There’s just something inspiring. There’s a lot of friendly competition here.

A theme throughout your music has been family and brotherhood. Why do you think these are such strong elements in your music and what do you think it says about your band?

Actually the brotherhood aspect, we do have brothers in the band so that one is literal. But with the band itself we’ve become such good friends for so long that there is a common theme of brotherhood.

There’s nothing that any of us don’t know about everyone’s family. And we personally know their families.

It keeps going back to the community thing where growing up in Mississippi it was very much like you can’t really do a whole lot of stuff by yourself. It takes a village there.

You’ve got to lift everybody up. I think with family it’s

just a really important part with us. We’re not one of those rock and roll bands that ran away from home because their parents didn’t understand. We all grew up on the same type of music. Music is really important to all the families. Our families embraced us so we feel like we should embrace them.

What music did you guys grow up listening to?

Mostly Southern rock like Allman Brothers, The Band, Skynyrd here and there. A lot of soul, The Byrds, Dylan. We just have really awesome parents. We grew up sheltered but in a good way. Like we were sheltered from the bullshit of 90s pop music. That just wasn’t really a thing for us. We just kind of straight out of the gate grew up going to live music and just being exposed to the right things.

You guys are a touring machine. Do you think it’s a blessing or a curse?

We grew up in the studio. In Mississippi, we were poor and 15 years old, so touring wasn’t really an option because we couldn’t drive when we started. We started our first record maybe like a month after the band started.

We had three or four songs that grew into a 15 month record. I mean it was just ridiculous. When we get in the studio now, we’re not intimidated by studios or the process because it’s just always been what we do. But the live shows the pay off. There’s something amazing about the instant gratification you get from a live show. The same song is just 100 percent different on stage than it is in the studio. So both of them are good, but as for that feeling, the live stuff ’s great.

Crooked Letter is the band’s merch site, but everything is run by you guys. How did this business venture come about? Can we talk about stupidity again, that’s gonna be a factor [laughter]. With the merch company, you live and learn. You don’t start a band because you’re really business savvy. We always like to kind of do things ourselves. So we were looking at some of our merch numbers and realized we weren’t doing it as efficiently as possible. There was a lot of outsourcing. [Sam] designed the website and all the merch and Damien and Sam got all the things situated on how to print it. We mail it out of our house. We write notes in all the letters and personalize them. Sometimes you remember fans from a show. Like there’s this fan in England that comes to everything and we would help her sneak her little sister in. And [Sam] recognized her name when she ordered something. And you know, to write on her note that we hope you and your sister are doing well takes ten seconds, but those fans are going to appreciate that forever.

Basically, it comes down to that. We really want to give off this vibe. We’re all a family, all of our fans are family.

We don’t go anywhere without our fans. We want them to understand we appreciate them.

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By Clinton Brannen

LUKE COLMES

“I think that’s the goal for me – to write everything that I put out... It’s important because I want the fans to know when they’re hearing me say something, it’s really something that’s coming out of my mouth.”

11:30 PM CRAZY BULL PARKING LOT VIA ASHEVILLE, NC

A native of Asheville, North Carolina, country singer/ songwriter Luke Combs has been singing since he could walk, but did not start playing guitar until the summer after his junior year at Appalachian State University. He began playing shows shortly thereafter in January of 2012 and has been playing consistently ever since. He released a pair of EPs in 2014, and in 2015, his debut single, “Hurricane,” reached the Top 10 on the iTunes Country Songs Chart and Top 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.

Since its release, the song has been streamed over 8 million times on Spotify. His third EP, This One’s for You, was released later that year and peaked at No. 5 on the iTunes Country Albums Chart; this EP will be used to complete his debut album, which is due out October 7th. Luke and his band have had the opportunity to open for artists such as Travis Tritt, Tracy Lawrence, Eli Young Band, Old Dominion, Corey Smith, Chase Rice, Cadillac Three and Kelsea Ballerini.

What makes you proud to be from North Carolina, but glad to be living in Nashville?

My family makes me proud to be from North Carolina.

Obviously I love representing North Carolina to everyone. But I’m glad I’m living in Nashville because I get to pursue my dream.

You picked up your first guitar five years ago, but quickly built a strong following as a country music artist – what let you know music may be something you could do full-time?

I wasn’t afraid to put myself out there. I wasn’t afraid of criticism or people’s opinions, so that was something that never held me back. And the first concert I ever played was a dollar to get in, and I made two hundred bucks, so two hundred people came to see me. That was the moment I realized I could do this for a living.

How crazy is it now to look back on the day you picked up the guitar and know that’s where it all started?

It’s definitely not something you can plan for at that time.

I really just picked it up to kill time, and it quickly became my passion.

How would you describe a show of yours to people who’ve never been before?

Fun. Honest. High energy. What you see is what you get.

It’s just me up there being myself.

Where is your favorite place that you’ve played, and what’s the number one venue left on your bucket list?

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My favorite place I’ve played is probably Legends in Boone, North Carolina, because I get to play for my college crowd, and that’s where it all started for me. We sell it out every time. It’s so cool to see how proud those folks are of me. I would say my bucket list show is Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

Three of the biggest tools a musician has are songwriting, performing, and vocals - who are your biggest inspirations for each of these?

Songwriting – Eric Church; Performing – Garth Brooks; Vocals – Vince Gill.

Is there a particular concert of another artist you’ve been to that really stands out in your memory?

Garth Brooks did a show in Nashville when the floods happened in 2010. I think he did six shows in a week, and I went to the last one – it was on a Sunday night. It was way before I even started doing music. My buddies and I traveled down from college. It was at Bridgestone Arena. It was my first time seeing Garth, and it just blew me away.

Looking back on your childhood, who are some of the artists and songs that made you fall in love with country music?

Definitely Brooks & Dunn. “Hard Workin’ Man” is one of my favorite songs ever; Vince Gill – “I Still Believe In You;” Clint Black – “Killin’ Time;” and pretty much any Eric Church song.

You’re known as a big Eric Church fan. What about Eric makes you admire him so much?

I respect the fact that he writes all of his songs, and they’re all so good. To me, he writes honest music about all kinds of different stuff that matters. He’s so good at what he does. To me, as a fan, he’s the whole package.

love, but I think the opportunities “Hurricane” has provided makes it the most important.

Even though it has a lot of life left, how cool has it been to see your debut single, “Hurricane,” go from being written to where it is today?

It’s super cool. Seeing a song like that come to life is a special thing. It’s something you can’t plan for. When you write it, you know it’s good. And then the process of getting it to where it is now is a long process, but it’s rewarding and awesome to see people responding to it the way they are. Having people sing it back to you is a super cool experience.

It’s noted that you will have written each song on your debut album. Do you plan on always writing the music you record? And if so, why are you so passionate about only recording songs you penned?

I think that’s the goal for me – to write everything that I put out, but if an incredible song comes along, I’m definitely not afraid to cut something that I think is super special. But I think for me, it’s important because I want the fans to know when they’re hearing me say something, it’s really something that’s coming out of my mouth.

In regards to the aforementioned album, what do you hope your fans get from this introduction of who you are as both an artist and writer?

I just want them to know this is really me being myself.

That all of these songs I’ve written and they’re really things I’ve been through and thoughts that I’ve had. I want them to know it’s an honest album and it really is me they’re hearing.

What are characteristics about your songwriting that make it your own?

I don’t try to chase any ideas that are something I’m not.

When I go in the room, I’m not trying to write a hit song.

I’m just trying to write the best song I can write that day, and so far that has worked out.

How excited are you for the future, and what are you doing to make sure you make the most of each thing happening in the present moment?

I’m really excited about the future. I’m excited to see what people think of this album and the opportunities it presents. But I just try to stay focused everyday and take things a day at a time. It is hard sometimes to live in the moment because there are so many things going on, and you’re constantly thinking what’s next. Staying focus is what I try to do everyday.

Of all the songs you’ve ever written, which means the most to you and why?

“Hurricane” just because of the opportunities it has afforded me at this point. That’s what makes it so special.

As far as writing wise, there are a lot of other songs that I

What about country music drives you each day, and when it’s all said and done, what role do you hope to have played in the genre?

What drives me is it’s what I was born to do. I wouldn’t be doing anything else. It really is a passion.

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What We Have Here, Is a Failure To Communicate

By Karen Gibson

Words matter. And though that concept becomes uncomfortably clear if you utter certain words in a crowded airport, somehow we seem to forget it when we enter the veritable anonymity of the internet and, of course, when we speak politics.

Somehow in those spaces, we seem to forget that the words we select and speak have the ability to spiral and spin into pictures and points that perhaps, that maybe, we never intended.

Or maybe we did.

Maybe we find bravery in numbers, safety in the sheer volume of people echoing our sentiments; maybe we think that if we are just one of many voices, then our words aren’t quite as hurtful, or mean, or dangerous. But they are.

This cycle we find ourselves in, this ring top of craziness that we call an Election Year, has emboldened us all with thoughts that our words don’t mean what people say they mean, that our thoughts can be dark or nasty or hateful and so long as they are shared by others, they are still safe to whisper and speak and shout. But words still matter, and when we throw around words like “criminal” and “racist,” “rapist” and “murderer,” they still mean what they would mean anywhere else.

When we call each other “stupid,” there’s only one way of interpreting that.

More than any other time I can think of, our media has created a firestorm around us, pitting white vs. black, democrat vs. republican, Christian vs. Muslim, educated vs. uneducated. On any given front page, you’re bound to see a story that tells you who you should hate and why, whether it’s Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or ISIS. Because “wrong” sells, right?

Who wants to read about someone volunteering their time at a soup kitchen when we could have an entire talk show centered around an off the cuff remark that sounds racist? Who wants to hear actual policy, actual information, actual plans from our future leaders, when we can spend our time discussing their past mistakes, potential pitfalls, and yes, their hair?

I get it, I do. We like to hate in this country. I don’t know when we adopted that as our national pastime over baseball, but it’s certain that it is what our country currently does best. We hate what is unfamiliar. We hate what is politically opposite. We hate what is different. And our media has either created or fed that hate to the point where we are literally boiling ourselves alive in it. Don’t believe me?

Ask a die-hard conservative to talk to you

about Hillary Clinton. Ask a die-hard liberal to discuss Donald Trump. When they finish their first sentences, say something positive about the other person and watch their blood pressure rise… watch their hate swirl up into their faces and spew out of their mouths.

Both sides. Hating. For little more than just the sake of hating, I suppose.

We’ve stopped all pretenses of conversation, all concept of middle ground. We’ve decided against listening and moved straight into judgment and vitriol. Maybe we think it just has to be this way. Maybe we think this is just how it always was and always will be.

But what if it doesn’t? What if we can put aside our deep seated anger that someone, anyone, could possibly disagree with us about what is most important, and remember that almost all of us agree on the basics of what makes our lives rich and full and yes, American: all of our children should be free to play outside without being shot, we should all be able to drive to the church, synagogue or mosque of our choice … or stay home if we so choose without judgment or fear, and we should never have to be afraid to say the unpopular or to stand up for the downtrodden.

That’s what matters, you know. Not just that my child is safe in my yard, but that all our children are… not just that I can choose my church, but that we all can. Not just that you can say you don’t like someone, but that we all can. It doesn’t make us stupid… it makes us different.

And different is exactly what this country should be striving for… unity in difference, togetherness even in disagreement. I don’t have to like your candidate to understand that you have the right to vote for them. I don’t have to tell you you’re stupid for supporting a person or party… I can exercise my opinion at the polls in November. And we, collectively, don’t have to swallow what we’re being fed…. We can think for ourselves. We can read and review and most importantly listen: to voices that sound different from what we hear in our home, to faces that look different from the people we worship with or see in our neighborhood. We can listen. And we can choose to speak only words that are productive, words that create and not destroy, words that support and not words that tear down.

Because whether you believe it or not, when you speak anger into the world, the world will speak anger back to you. Why? Words matter.

Karen Gibson, aka “Law Momma”, is a Macon transplant by way of North Carolina. She’s a die-hard Tar Heel fan, an often sleep-deprived wife and mother, a workers’ compensation attorney, and a lover of all things literary… except books on tape. Unless they’re read by Alan Rickman.

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3. Must See (and play) one of Dr. H’s custom made solid body electric guitars. David Hullings is a world class luthier who creates playable works of art from his home in the Vineville neighborhood.

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