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Athens music

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  • TNDawg71TNDawg71 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @RxDawg said:
    Panic. That concert in the streets back in....98 i think? They started playing Ain't Life Grand and the bottom of the sky fell out with rain right when they started and everyone just cheered.... oh good times indeed.

    They opened for Drivin N Cryin at the Fox and I really couldn't get into it.

  • moosmoos Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    They're not from Athens, but I can't believe Mel and the Party Hats are still together doing covers. Saw them many times at the Theatre in my younger days.

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  • ddsnyderugaddsnyderuga Posts: 35 ✭✭✭ Junior

    Anybody else a fan of Soul Miner’s daughter?

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @Kasey said:

    @RxDawg said:

    @Kasey said:
    I’d go REM. B-52s are a little weird for my tastes. And I was never a jam band guy so that eliminates widespread panic.

    Surprisingly I’m not a bigger fan for some reason

    Jam Bands are something you have to experience live rather then listen to. Then you begin to appreciate them.

    I’ve always just been a vocals and lyrics guy foremost. Appreciate the musicianship, but prefer the other

    @Pigeons said:

    @BiffLowman said:
    What's your favorite?

    Widespread Panic. Seen them live in about 30 different cities across the US.

    ETA: This actually got me thinking.

    Oakland
    LA
    Reno
    Lake Tahoe
    Denver
    Rothbury, MI
    Athens
    Atlanta
    Augusta
    Macon
    Savannah
    Birmingham
    Huntsville
    Orange Beach
    New Orleans
    Raleigh
    Charlotte
    DC
    Richmond
    Columbia Maryland(MPP)
    Columbia SC
    Raliegh
    Greenville SC
    Nashville
    Knoxville

    Sure there are some I cannot remember but not quite 30.

    They really do spread the panic wide.

  • judasdurantjudasdurant Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @RxDawg said:
    Panic. That concert in the streets back in....98 i think? They started playing Ain't Life Grand and the bottom of the sky fell out with rain right when they started and everyone just cheered.... oh good times indeed.

    Panic in the streets is still legend round these parts

  • ddsnyderugaddsnyderuga Posts: 35 ✭✭✭ Junior

    I was there for panic in the streets. Craziest I have ever seen downtown

  • CatfishCatfish Posts: 1,703 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @RxDawg said:

    @Kasey said:
    I’d go REM. B-52s are a little weird for my tastes. And I was never a jam band guy so that eliminates widespread panic.

    Surprisingly I’m not a bigger fan for some reason

    Jam Bands are something you have to experience live rather then listen to. Then you begin to appreciate them.

    Hard to listen to "Whipping Post" on Live at Fillmore East by The Allman brothers and not really dig on it. Also "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." Just sayin'.

  • RxDawgRxDawg Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @ddsnyderuga said:
    Anybody else a fan of Soul Miner’s daughter?

    I actually liked Jenifer's solo album that came out between her days in SMD and Sugarland. That was a fantastic album.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited November 2018

    I was so fortunate to have been in Athens during the great combustion the music scene went through in the late 1970s and to end my time at UGA in 1980/81 with the football championship season and the world discovering our music. I was blessed to be in a group that appreciated both the music and football, what a time to be young and on the scene.

  • GradyDawg85GradyDawg85 Posts: 437 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Will echo you WCDawg, I just missed the football heyday, but the music was still in full force during my time there. An incredible time for local and nationalish acts (The Replacements at Stitch-craft for $1 being not the best musically, but the most memorable).

    I worked at WUOG and once got a call from The 40 Watt during my shift to give away 4 tickets for that night’s show.

    I asked for the name of the band and the caller yells away from the phone, “Hey, Pete, what are you calling yourselves tonight?”

    “Pete” responds, “Big Wheel of Iron Cheese.” Turns out it was a cover name for R.E.M. playing a cover songs.

    I’ll add The Squalls, African Dreamland, Buzz of Delight, BBQ Killers among many others.

  • Dawgsince76Dawgsince76 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @Dawgsince76 said:

    @WCDawg said:

    @Dawgsince76 said:
    I’ve been liking DBT recently discovered on a local radio show here in Orlando called Sunday morning coming down. Sundays 9-noon on 104.1 you guys should check it out .

    ''Sunday Morning Coming Down'' I'd guessing it's a tribute to the great Kris Kristofferson song made famous by Johnny Cash.

    Yes, it’s a great mix of the likes Chris,Johnny,and the likes. Also a little DBT a little of everything. Try I heart radio or something like this. Also it’s on Sunday morning.

    Read previous quotes, you guys obviously like music so you all should check it out. I’m listening now.

  • HumbleYourselfHumbleYourself Posts: 826 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @AnotherDawg said:
    Seems like the major Athens bands have already been covered above, so I'll give a shout out to a few that weren't from Athens but played there and elsewhere around the southeast during my college days:

    Drivin' 'N Cryin'
    Guadalcanal Diary
    Dash Rip Rock
    The Connells
    White Animals

    Dash Rip Rock was a perfect live college band...never saw them in Athens though still like the inclusion

  • HumbleYourselfHumbleYourself Posts: 826 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Jason Isbell counts among the best anywhere. Really liked Drive by Truckers, but he's next level now.

  • destindawg1destindawg1 Posts: 59 ✭✭✭ Junior

    T Graham Brown and Reo Diamond, Normal Town Flyers, any band Randall Bramlett was in.

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