All shows subject to change – please call the venues for ticket info…   DECEMBER Saturday the 25th Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) – The EARL, Atlanta Sunday the 26th Sick Of It All – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Monday the 27th Clutch, High On Fire – Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte Tuesday the 28th Quintron & Miss Pussycat – Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta Another Breath Engineer, marathon, Modest Promise, One Up, Where It Ends – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Gottrock’s, GreenvilleÊ Wednesday the 29th Injected, Brandon Kelly – Smith’s Olde Bar, AtlantaÊ The Derek Trucks Band – Visulite Theatre, CharlotteÊ B.B. King – Florida Theatre, Jacksonville Thursday the 30th Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), Tortoise – Tabernacle, Atlanta The Derek Trucks Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Perpetual Groove – Georgia Theatre, AthensÊ Cowboy Mouth – The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC 29th Annual New Year’s Bluegrass Festival w/IIIrd Tyme Out, Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen, The Osborne Brothers, Paul Williams & The Victory Trio, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, The Larry Stephenson Band – Jekyll Island Convention Center Shinedown – Freebird Live, Jacksonville Friday the 31st The Derek Trucks Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Five Eight – Downtown Countdown, Atlanta Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), Tortoise – Tabernacle, Atlanta Edwin McCain Band – Underground AtlantaÊ Tishamingo – The Brandyhouse, Atlanta The Lost Trailers – Earthlink Live, Atlanta “Broadway On Ice” – Fox Theatre, Atlanta Cowboy Mouth – Marriott Marquis Ballroom, Atlanta Sister Hazel – Peach Drop, Atlanta Trick Pony – Cowboy’s Concert Hall, AtlantaÊ Nashville Pussy – Masquerade Music Park, AtlantaÊÊÊ Perpetual Groove – Georgia Theatre, Athens The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Music Farm, Charleston Blue Dogs, Five Way Friday – The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SCÊ Agynst, Evoka – Village Tavern, Mount Pleasant, SC Burns Out Bright, Baumer, Man At Arms, Perelandra – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Jupiter Coyote, Sun Domingo – Hyatt Hotel, Greenville Southern Culture On The Skids – The Handlebar, Greenville “Father & Son Tour” Feat. Eddie & Gerald Levert – Cricket Arena, CharlotteÊ The Avett Brothers – Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte Cast Iron Filter – Visulite Theatre, Charlotte Mofro, Greyhounds – Freebird Live, Jacksonville 29th Annual New Year’s Bluegrass Festival w/Mountain Heart, The Osborne Brothers, Honi Deaton & Dream, The Village Singers, Pine Mountain Railroad, New Found Road, The Gary Waldrep Band  – Jekyll Island Convention Center “Father & Son Tour” Featuring Eddie And Gerald Levert – Times-Union Center, Jacksonville JANUARY Saturday the 1st Testing Ground, The 5 L’s, User Friendly – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia “Father & Son Tour” Featuring Eddie And Gerald Levert – Township Auditorium, Columbia 29th Annual New Year’s Bluegrass Festival w/Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, The Lewis Family, Cherryholmes Family, Raymond Fairchild & The Maggie Valley Boys, Gerald Evans & Paradise, Nothin’ Fancy – Jekyll Island Convention Center w

This article appears in Dec 22-29, 2004.