Arnold, who currently resides near Greenville, South Carolina, boasts an impressive resume – playing in bands with the great Muddy Waters and even starting out in a group alongside the legendary James Brown
James Brown
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Lucky Doll’s 7th Annual Lingerie Show
Lucky Doll Lingerie Show *** For the 7th Annual installment of this theatrical, risqué fashion revue, local lingerie designer Jeanne Taber Tompkins has planned what must be her largest production […]
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The Fleshtones, in the flesh
LOCAL ROCK promoters Tiny Team Concerts, who have made waves in the local music scene by presenting an ongoing series of criminally underappreciated acts from around the country, are putting […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Savannah Orchestra: Masterworks One One of the city’s best-known classical organizations opens it’s 2008-2009 season with two concerts under the baton of guest conductor John Morris Russell, who’s earned […]
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‘We’re so far beyond funk’
YOU CAN LOOK ALL AROUND this whole wide world and not come across another band that sounds like PBS. There are some that sound similar, but the unique approach and […]
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Complete Interview with guitarist Brian Stoltz of Porter Batiste Stoltz
THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION took place via phone. Where are you speaking to me from? Brian Stoltz: I’m in Ft. Lauderdale. I came in yesterday and am playing the next three […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Groovesect *** It’s not every day that a bona fide musical legend makes it his business to be seen playing with an upstart band. Let alone one whose members’ average […]
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The Rest of The Story…
This extended conversation with famed Georgia musician Randall Bramblett took place by phone in advance of his band’s upcoming Savannah show at the Live Wire Music Hall on River Street: […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Afromotive *** It doesn’t get much cooler than this: a ten-piece funk group from Asheville fusing vintage James Brown-style horn lines with West African dance beats and native percussion. […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Verizon VIP Tour feat. Natasha Bedingfield, The Veronicas & Kate Voegele For the past several years, guessing the headlining act at SCAD’s annual free graduation concert in Forsyth Park […]
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Pitingo wows a too-small crowd at the Morris Center
Back in late 2007 when the 2008 Savannah Music Fest’s schedule was first announced, Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson told me to make a special attempt to catch Antonio […]
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The Sacred & The Profane: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Adolphus Bell meet in the middle at the Trustees Theater
Most folks who were either raised in the South —or who have taken it upon themselves to learn a bit about the popular music traditions which have emanated from this […]