Rock out with your banjo out
January 26, 2006 by Contributed by Kelly Skinner
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Bain Mattox likes to go to thrift stores for instruments he has no clue how to play. Sometimes he gives these instruments away to his friends – other times he decides to keep them and teach himself how to play. Mattox, who will perform tonight at Tasty World, plays the harmonica, mandolin, banjo and a [...]
No place like home
January 19, 2006 by Contributed by Kelly Skinner
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For the Drive By Truckers frontman, home is where friends are. “We get to play for a bunch of our friends here,” lead vocalist Patterson Hood said. “But that can also be kind of unnerving at times too. When you play for your friends … they expect the best out of you.” Hood said he [...]
Word Funk at Hot Corner a place to hear music, poetry, stories
January 19, 2006 by Contributed by Kelly Skinner
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About 25 people filled the low-lit Quiet Room of Hot Corner Coffee. Onstage, a young woman’s passionate lyrics and soulful crooning transfixed audience members. Every Tuesday since May the coffee shop has held Word Funk – a free event consisting of music, poetry readings and storytelling. Jonathan Post, a sophomore sociology student from Roswell, read [...]
