The big orange–and–black falls on a Sunday this year, so your nightclub Halloweeny stuff pretty much happens Friday and Saturday nights. Of course, there’s always The Rocky Horror Show at […]
GAM
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Come on feel the GAM
Not many people think of setting themselves on fire, jumping into garbage cans and sleeping in a van as “the good old days,” but the members of GAM are different. […]
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The Black Box becomes The Listening Room
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, the greater Savannah area has slowly but surely begun to re-establish itself as a worthwhile destination for touring popular music acts. Much of that long-overdue […]
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The Turkey Callers play The Jinx
The Turkey Callers *** What do you get when you mix two fingers of local houserockin’ garage-blues band extraordinaire Bottles & Cans (singer/guitarist Ray Lundy and bassist Mike Walker) with […]
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Passafire looks ahead
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, Passafire has steadily become merely the latest example of an original, rock-oriented band that has made significant waves outside of our immediate area. Like Kylesa, […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Bloodkin *** One of Athens, Ga.’s best straight-up rock and roll bands for the past two decades, this raw, rootsy, guitar-based act has never received their due — although those […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Reckless Kelly *** I can’t deny that the last time I tried to take in a rare, independently promoted rock show at this primarily black-oriented […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Mountain Heart *** Fresh from three major shows opening for Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, this universally praised bluegrass supergroup returns to the no-frills environs of a 100-seat smoke and […]
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A good hair day
PAT HAMILTON HAS REASON to be excited. After all, he’s spent close to a decade slugging it out, playing aggressively non-commercial original music in two related bands, with little to […]
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Noteworthy live shows
Bearfoot One of the fastest rising bluegrass bands on the road today, this co-ed Anchorage, Alaska quintet was formed in 1999 by a diverse group of then-teenage music camp counselors. […]
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‘It’s enough of a rush to keep you going’
DESPITE WHAT SAD-SACK NAYSAYERS might have you believe over the past decade and a half, a handful of Savannah-based original rock groups have gone on to some degree of national […]