Reverberations
20 Years Later – Lokal Loudness Vol. 1 2/10/92
LOKAL LOUDNESS FEBRUARY 1992 Sheesh! 20 YEARS! Where in the world has the time gone? Well it’s been a wild ride from this first cut n’ pasted xeroxed issue. We started with mini-issues…then went to larger cheaply printed issues…then back to small…then online…along the way we were joined by friends and a wonderful growing music [...]
Georgia Music Hall of Fame to Close in June
The Macon Telegraph has reported that after attempts to relocate, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame will close doors on June 12 citing poor attendance and dwindling state funds that have been an issue for years. Four proposals, from Dunwoody, Athens, Woodstock, and Macon, were rejected by the museum’s authority in March. Fulton County Commissioner [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – May 3, 1994
Bobby Brown, Hammer, Simply Red, Sharon Stone, Slash and Tone Loc convene on Augusta to help the Godfather celebrate his 61st birthday at the James Brown Arena, then called the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center. Reportedly, Slash was later seen trying to hail down a limo in front of the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – May 3, 1933
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is born in Barnwell, South Carolina to Susie and Joseph Brown, a filling station attendant. While he was supposed to be named after his father, Brown’s name was accidentally reversed on his birth certificate resulting in the future funk legend’s name becoming James Joseph Brown, Jr. Four years later, [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – January 23, 1986
James Brown is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the hall’s inaugural class. The ceremony, held prior to the Rock & Roll of Fame being built, was held in New York City and other 1986 inductees included Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – January 11, 1986
James Brown has his highest charting single since “I Got You (I Feel good)” went to #3 in 1965 with “Living in America”, which reaches #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Recorded as the theme song for the movie Rocky IV, “Living in America” would peak at #5 on the UK Singles Chart becoming [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – January 5, 1974
The Payback, a double album released by James Brown in December of 1973, makes its debut on the Billboard album chart. Featuring tracks recorded between February and October 1973, the album was originally planned as the soundtrack for blaxploitation film “Hell Up in Harlem” but director Larry Cohen rejected the album for “not being James [...]
Lokal Loudness Vol. 1 2/10/92
LOKAL LOUDNESS FEBRUARY 1992 This month we take a look back at what was going on at Lokal Loudness this time of year during 1992. This was THE very first issue of Lokal Loudness and it was an exciting time for us and for the music scene. All we knew was that we dug reading [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – December 31, 1999
Metro A Coffeehouse jumps straight into the Millennium spirit by opening it’s doors for the first time. Over the past 10 years this corner coffee shop and pub has welcomed many local and regional performers and their Saturday nights featuring the Jazz Collective is one of the more popular things to do downtown on the weekend.
Augusta Music History 101 – December 31, 1999
The city of Augusta celebrated the Millennium by presenting Celebrate 2000, a New Years party that would include 3 performance stages covering a total of 6 downtown city blocks. Performers included local favorites Impulse Ride and People Who Must as well as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members The Impressions.
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