Stoney
While Stoney’s Away, Stak Will Play
While Stoney is out of the country for the next couple of week’s the Lokal Loudness wheels keep turning. History 101 posts have already been set and dated to appear on the dates they happened in Augusta music history and for all you Confederation of Loudness fans…Stak will be flying solo. (so please be nice [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - December 8, 1979
On this day in 1979 the song “An American Dream”, released by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and featuring Linda Ronstadt, hit the top 40 on the billboard charts where it rose for 19 weeks before peaking at #13. What does this have to do with Augusta music history? Nothing unless you count the fact [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - December 4, 1994
The first annual Kevin Scott Brown Rocking the Stocking concert is held on this day at the Red Lion Pub on Walton Way. The debut show, featuring live music by Augusta bands Family Jewels and Lil’ Venice, would be the first memorial concert honoring Brown, a long-time Augusta musician who passed away a month earlier.
Augusta Music History 101 - December 1, 2003
James Brown joins television icon Carol Burnett, film director Mike Nichols, singer Loretta Lynn and violinist Itzhak Perlman in receiving the 26th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. The honor, which recognizes honorees for lifetime contribution to American Culture in the fields of dance, music, theatre, opera, motion pictures, and television, is decided annually by members of [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - November 26, 1997
After two years and two CD releases, 1995’s “The Road You Travel” and 1997’s “Lost Wire Transfer, People Who Must gleefully saw their recording commitment to Los Angeles based indie label Creativeman Disc come to an end. The popular Augusta band, formed by singer-songwriter Joe Stevenson in the late 80’s, would go on to independently [...]
Mark Your Place in Augusta History
For many Augusta music fans, music in the CSRA started with the Godfather James Brown. Truth be known, music in Augusta goes back to the 1800’s and many over the years have done their part to document bits and pieces of the history of Augusta music. Now with a jumpstart by lokal musician Lee Landers, [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - November 21, 1972 / November 24, 1974
Former members of Augusta band Dixie Grit, Steve Morse and Andy West returned to Augusta to perform a pair of concerts at the Augusta College Performing Arts Theatre on November 21, 1972 and November 24, 1974. The first was only months after Dixie Grits final Augusta show on August 26, 1972 at Rock & Roll [...]
New Singer for The Radar Cinema
After losing their original vocalist Mikel Hutchings, who decided to return to school in order to pursue a career in graphic arts, Augusta band The Radar Cinema has a new lead singer-former Sound Equation frontman John Crans.
Pursuit of Angels Set to Return with New Vocalist / CD
According to a bulletin posted by the Pursuit of Angels MySpace site www.myspace.com/pursuitofangels, the band has finished work on their new EP, the first with new vocalist Patrick Rainwater. The EP, recorded recently at Sector 7G is due out in early December and the band is planning on a split CD release with fellow Augusta [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - November 15, 1960
Grammy award winning pop / Christian artist Amy Grant is born Dr. Burton and Gloria Grant at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Beginning with her smash duet with Peter Cetera “Next Time I Fall in Love” in 1986, Grant would become one of the first Christian performers to cross over to the pop charts in the modern [...]
Categories
Recent Comments
- nick / jams on Larger All-Ages Shows Coming to Augusta
- Guapo on Larger All-Ages Shows Coming to Augusta
- reed on Larger All-Ages Shows Coming to Augusta
- David Bradberry on Debt of Nature & Friends Sonic Size Sky City
- someone with ears on Mad Margritt - Animal
