Event Spotlight

Red Stone Rising with Funkward Bound and Maggie Smith

Tuesday Aug. 15, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$5.00

Schedule

Maggie Smith.... 10:00 PM
Funkward Bound.... 11:00 PM
Redstone Rising.... 11:55 PM

Local four-piece hard rock band Redstone Rising just retooled its lineup, adding Stephen White on vocals and Jimmy Parr on guitar. The bandmembers say they've been working on some new originals to present.

Cadillac Jones with Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - FREE SHOW!

Wednesday Aug. 16, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:FREE SHOW

Schedule

Rev. Peyton's... 10:00 PM
Cadillac Jones 11:00 PM

The stoop is where it started and your rump is where it ends. That's Cadillac Jones for you. Standing on the shoulders of giants like Herbie Hancock, the Crusaders, and John Coltrane, Cadillac Jones' sound is one part jazz, one part funk, and three sheets to the wind. The band combines driving rythms, tight melodies, and improvisational jams to create a sound that grinds the hips and tickles the mind.

David Allan Coe with Clay Leverett

Thursday Aug. 17, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Price:$15.00

Schedule

Clay Leverett... 9:00 PM
David Allan Coe... 10:00 PM

A life-long renegade, singer/songwriter David Allan Coe was one of the most colorful and unpredictable characters in country music history. One of the pioneering artists of the outlaw country movement of the '70s, he didn't have many big hits–only three of his singles hit the Top Ten — but he was among the biggest cult figures in country music throughout his career.

Nomad Artists present... Corey Smith with Sam Thacker

Friday Aug. 18, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:SOLD OUT

Schedule

Sam Thacker... 10:00 PM
Corey Smith... 11:00 PM

Since the 2003 release of his debut album Undertones, singer-songwriter Corey Smith has been flying high under the radar, attracting an enthusiastic grassroots following with an Americana sound that is all his own. Drawing heavily from the blues, country, and rock traditions of the South, he applies the back-porch twang of an acoustic guitar, a soulful singing voice, and well-crafted lyrics to the task of creating music that is at once distinct and familiar. Audiences are certainly responding -proving that a genuine, unpretentious approach to songwriting and live performance has mass appeal.

Pistol Presents... Luke Bryan

Saturday Aug. 19, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$12.00

Schedule

Luke Bryan... 10:00 PM

Listen to Luke Bryan talk, and the natural twang in his voice tells you he’s from as deep into the rural South as a young man can be. Listen to Luke Bryan sing, and the true-as-dirt details tells you he writes about who he is and what he knows.

A special concert benefiting UGA HEROES featuring City Sleeps with The Underwater, The Feds, and Glass Intrepid

Tuesday Aug. 22, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Price:$5.00

Schedule

Glass Intrepid... 8:30 PM
The Feds... 9:30 PM
The Underwater... 10:30 PM
City Sleeps... 11:55 PM

All it takes is a few seconds of "Hotel" to make the truth clear: City Sleeps is poised to shock the world. That first track, titled Hotel, is a flower blossoming against a rumble of thunder. Not since Queen has there been anything quite like this wash of voices, delicate at first and then billowing into plumes of harmony, organ, and harmonized guitar, leading in just a few seconds toward the explosion that kicks off track two, Prototype.

Nelo with Wesley Cook

Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$8.00

Schedule

Wesley Cook... 10:00 PM
Nelo... 11:00 PM

Nelo formed in Austin, TX but quickly made the move to Athens, GA to reap the benefits of its ever-developing music scene. Since arriving to Athens, the band has already begun to turn the heads of both club owners and fans alike. The music is acoustic-based and layered with the melodic sounds of the saxophone and electric guitar. Nelo has tight songs that have been described best as joyful and emotional. The band packs its shows with a combination of original pop-rock songs and powerful, condensed jams that are both intriguing and danceable. Nelos music is as diverse as its many influences, which come from all genres of music.

Donna the Buffalo with Hope for Agoldensummer

Thursday Aug. 24, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$10.00 in advance  $12.00 day of show

Schedule

Hope for Agol... 10:00 PM
Donna the Buf... 11:00 PM

“We just do what we do. And it's a very natural thing. It's a thing we find joy in and it's a lifestyle that we've pursued for... ever,” says guitarist/vocalist Jeb Puryear, one of the band's two primary songwriters. “We don't manipulate any of our circumstances for the market.” That includes the band's sound, which piles reggae, rock, country, zydeco, Cajun, and folk on top of old-time fiddle music to create a combination best described as original American dance music.

Who's Bad

Friday Aug. 25, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$10.00

Schedule

Who's Bad... 10:00 PM

Who's Bad pays the ultimate tribute to the King of Pop. By merging the traditional rock rhythm section of bass, drums, and guitar with keyboard, horns, and vocals, Who's Bad performs Michael Jackson's hits from the beginnings of the Jackson 5 to the present so precisely, you may have to remind yourself that you're not watching Michael Jackson in person!

Special Back to School Show: Moonshine Still with Hackensaw Boys

Saturday Aug. 26, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Price:$7.00

Schedule

Hackensaw Boys... 10:00 PM
Moonshine Still... 11:00 PM

Moonshine Still was conceived in the summer of 1996 when lead singer/ guitarist Scott Baston and bass player Ray Petren teamed up with several other musicians in Macon, GA. Will Robinson (drums,vocals) joined up that fall and they began working on a soulful sound deep with roots that yearned to go some place new. With the original line up, Moonshine Still began touring the southeast and building a reputation as an up and coming band to see, opening for acts like Col.Bruce Hampton and Beanstalk and playing festivals such as The Summer Sun Fest. in Cochran, GA. In 1997, the band went in to record it's self titled studio album and everything seemed to be lining up for Moonshine Still.