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ACROSS 1 Host's request 51 Rapper Lil ___ X 5 Freshwater 54 Get through catch 56 Gum-yielding tree 10 Advance, 58 Tolerates slangily 61 Dictatorial 14 Whitish gemstone 63 Good-for-nothing 15 Awaken 64 Nursery item 16 Pricing word 65 Historic period 17 Yellowfin, e.g. 66 Drop-off spot 18 What a teacher 67 Kitchen items takes 68 Slow on the 20 Life-and-death uptake 22 Nitwit 69 Appear (to be) 23 Now and then 25 "___ you nuts?" DOWN 26 Dickensian cry 1 School military 28 Heads off org. 30 Chilled 2 Prompt 32 "Yadda, yadda, 3 Fading away yadda" 4 "The Republic" 33 Congregation's author cry 5 Skipper's pursuer 37 Ring-shaped 6 Do a tire job 40 Part of a 7 Last longer than heartbeat 8 Type of tax 42 Latest fad 9 Inclination 43 Cork sound 10 Stitched line 45 Contract 11 Bamboo lover specifics 12 Come to pass 46 Pull apart 13 Kind of song or 50 Pub crawler park
19 Furniture covering? 21 Motivate 24 Big Apple team 26 Wild swine 27 Tolstoy heroine 29 Appease fully 31 Stage prompts 34 Dots-and-dashes 35 "Blondie" boy 36 Arboreal abode 38 Faced the judge 39 Equine color 41 Locomotive power 44 Robert of "The Music Man" 47 Large-scale 48 Storage spots 49 Throat soother 51 Civil rights org. 52 Honda's luxury line 53 Gown material 55 Canterbury stories 57 Corn cores 59 Bigger than big 60 Petunia part 62 Donkey Kong, for one
Mountain Music
As soon as we dropped our play a five-piece alternative rock outfit Listen list in October, a dude from over in comprised of Jenna Greene, Jacob Richlands shook up the Southwest Bordwine, Brad Albert, Neal Reid Online Virginia music world. and Will Outlaw that came into beScan the QR Richlands’ Noah Spencer rocked ing in 2022. The play list includes Code below with the world with a cover of “SomePlanes’ piece “Down 4U.” your smartphone thing in the Orange” on The Voice, Basement Days also hails from getting three chairs to turn. SpenAbingdon and just wrapped up a cer has played out in the region as mini-tour through North Carolina, a solo act, showcasing an impresending in Johnson City in late Ocsive vocal range and frantic guitar tober. Check out their release “Mcpicking. He’s also competed sevNight Shift” in the playlist. eral years in songwriter showcases The old heads from the Abingat the Birthplace of County Music don are is Fritz & Co., founded Museum. Something tells us that by Logan Fritz, who sings, plays he’ll be harder and more expensive guitar and orchestrates the wizto catch after blowing up nationardry. McKenna supplies vocals, wide. Here’s an original from Spencer called and Matt Martin handles bass. Music fans “Never Mine.” might remember Martin from his years with We’re going to get pushback from purists, we Holy Ghost Tent Revival – and their banger assume, in including Chattanooga in our Appa- sure to show up on a future playlist “My Heart lachian turf. There are those online who don’t Is Yours.” Amanda Hollifield beats the skins count Chattanoogans as mountain folk, but and Josh Cavinder is on keys. Cavinder and there are also some online who don’t include Hollifield both spent time with Asheville-based Asheville or Roanoke or probably Bluefield. Te- Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats. On the playni Rane hails from the Scenic City. An alterna- list from Fritz & Co. is “Say Something.” tive singer and songwriter, Rane was nurtured Getting steadily heavier is a little band from by local musicians and also teaches yoga. Here Oceana, West Virginia. The Switch, drawing she sings “Golden Rod.” their name and inspiration from an AC/DC Contemporary Christian band Forsaken He- song, are a perfect band for those who fell in ro got its start in Marion, helmed by lead sing- love with the hair bands of the 1980s. Known ers Casey and Emily Price. Since starting in for their showstopper rendition of “Purple 2011, they’ve shared the stage with some of the Rain,” check out their first release, “Speak of industry’s biggest names, including Stryper, the Devil.” Skillet and For King and Country. Included on Based out of Wythe County, Dying Oath is a this play list is “God Doesn’t Care.” six-piece band mixing metal core with modern The rest of the song list is going to get harder metal and have built a solid foundation despite and harder, heavier, until there’s not even not a lot of places to play locally for their music. much roll left in our rock. In the past few years, Dying Oath has played Calling the mountains of Southwest Virginia with some of the top bands in the genre. Minand northeastern Tennessee home, Anthony dy Jackson provides hardcore, gut-punching Wayne has been working on building his sound vocals while Nestor Idler provides clean mesince 1995. Now that he’s got the vibe he’s been lodic vocals. Meanwhile, Josh Hagee shreds on wanting, he’s out with Anthony Wayne Vibe, lead guitar and Ryan Endicott holds down the stripped down and raring to go. On the playlist rhythm guitar. Sean Stafford bashes the skins is “Moving On.” and Kristen Sawyers holds down the bass. On the latest playlist, check out “End of Days.” Another Tazewell County boy, Victor Lawson may be the hardest working man in local banEnjoy, and as always, if there’s someone dom. Playing hundreds of sets per year, Victor you think everyone should know about, let us Lawson & Boogie Chillen reliably brings the know. roots rock, blues rock basics, packing a party in every single set. Check him out with “SuitComing up we’ve got a few themed playlists case Full of Blues.” for you including “What up Docs?” and “Ladies Coming up next we have a trio of Abingdon- First.” Give us your best guesses of who might based bands, all steeped in rock-n-roll sounds. be included in the comments on our Facebook The newest installment, Orbital Planes, is page.
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