Reverberations
Augusta Music History 101 - August 19, 1995
Augusta musical vets People Who Must release their debut label CD “The Road You Travel” on Creativeman Records. Included among the many great tunes on the CD are crowd favorites “Laurel Lane” and “One Thousand Miles”, the latter voted as song of the year on Augusta radio station Channel Z beating out tunes by artists [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - August 19, 1959
1990 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Inductee “Blind” Willie McTell passed away on this day in 1969. The Thomson, Georgia native, and Blind Willie Music Festival namesake, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the state hospital in Milledgeville, Ga.
Augusta Music History 101 - August 18, 1998
Impulse Ride, also rocking since the late ‘80’s, re-release their CD “Corn Dog Money” on Indie Label J-Bird Records. Put out by the band a few months earlier with slightly different packaging on Bordertown Records, “Corn Dog Money” would include great rock tracks such as “Bore” Johnny Carson” and a blistering cover of The Plimsouls [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - August 11, 1953
On this day in 1953 the “Immortal” Hulk Hogan was born right here in Augusta. “This is not music-related” you say? The Hulkster was a career musician before falling to the charms of professional wrestling and to this day still enjoys a good “jam” now and then. Don’t believe me? Check out Hulk Hogan and [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - August 4, 1999
Legendary Augusta radio deejay “Handsome” Harley Drew was honored by the City of Augusta as Mayor Bob Young declared August “Harley Drew Day” in commemoration of Drew’s forty years in Broadcasting. Young and Drew worked together for 13 years at one-time national radio juggernaut WBBQ.
Augusta History 101 - July 30, 1956
On this day Decca Records offered Brenda Lee her first recording contract. Lee began recording rockabilly songs at the age of 11 including “BIGELOW 6-200″, “Little Jonah” and the song “Dynamite”, which along with her short stature led to her being nicknamed “Little Miss Dynamite”.
Augusta Music History 101 - July 28, 1954
Former Dixie Grit and Dixie Dregs guitarist Steve Morse is born in Hamilton, Ohio. Morse performed with his brother Dave in the Plague before moving to Augusta and enrolling at Richmond Academy where he would meet bassist Andy West and form Dixie Grit, also featuring Dave Morse on drums. West and Morse would duet as [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - July 24, 1987
Following the highly successful 20th Anniversary Tour in 1986, sixties made for TV pop group The Monkees hit the road minus Michael Nesmith and visited Augusta on this day with opening act Weird Al Yankovic. With new single “Heart and Soul” and exposure on Nickelodeon’s “Kids Rock”, The Monkees played for a wide age group [...]
Augusta Music History 101 - July 20, 1979
A WBBQ radio program featuring legendary Augusta disc jockeys Buddy Carr, Charlie Fox and Dickie Shannon is recorded to be featured on the Mercury/Phonogram distributed “Ultimate Radio Bootleg, Special Southeast Edition”. The recording features a “Q in My Car” jingle and was mixed and mastered in Memphis at WHBQ by Rusty Black.
Augusta Music History 101 - July 19, 1989
After authorities find $40,000 in cash and checks in his minimum security cell, James Brown is transferred to a medium security cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute while serving a six year sentence after several run-ins with the law.
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