Reverberations
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 [...]
Reverberations: Choice Awards
(photos by Jeff Miles – www.eye-solationimages.com) Lokal Loudness Choice Awards / 1995 – Present With voting season just starting last month for the 2010 Lokal Loudness Choice Awards I have found that lately I have been reminiscing about the past history of the awards just as much, if not more, than I have been [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – October 18, 1927 – October 17, 1928 – October 30/31, 1929
Blues music has always been filled with tall tales and sometimes chilling myths but none such as the story of the “Blind” Willie McTell, an early 20th century blind Georgia blues singer whose legacy lingered quietly until his “rediscovery” during the early 60’s blues-folk revival . Adding to his growing legend the hazy circumstances surrounding [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – October 8, 1932
Record producer, record company founder and steel guitar player Roddis Franklin “Pete” Drake is born this day in Augusta. In the 50’s Drake formed a band that included future country stars Jerry Reed, Doug Kershaw, Roger Miller and Joe South before moving to Nashville in 1959. Drake’s signature steel guitar can be heard on hits [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – October 7, 1940
The troubadour storyteller of Augusta, Larry Jon Wilson is born this day in Swainsboro to Louise Phillips and John Tyler Wilson. Raised in Augusta, Wilson would not pick up the guitar until the age of 30 Within five years Wilson would release the first of 4 critically acclaimed albums for CBS before temporarily retiring in [...]
Reverberations: dieAgnostic
dieAgnostic / 1993 – 2001 When contemplating the history of metal in Augusta one need only look back to the past twenty years or so. If funk and gospel music are the grandfathers of the Augusta music scene, and rock and roll the second generation, then metal, true metal, is the angry child, still [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – September 20, 1989
Eighties hair rockers Bon Jovi performed to a packed house at the Richmond County Civic center a month after headlining the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Sixteen years later the band would release “Have a Nice Day” featuring the duet “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles who has performed on many occasions [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – September 18, 1998
B.B. King performed at the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center a couple of days after his 73rd birthday in September of 1998. The legendary blues artist, named by rolling Stone Magazine as the third greatest blues guitarist of all time, gave what is to this day considered one of the top performances ever presented at [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – September 15, 1945
Opera legend Jessye Mae Norman is born on September 15th, 1945 at the old University Hospital. Growing up Norman would listen to Saturday afternoon broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera which in turn would lead her to win her first talent contest by singing at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Since that day Norman has performed [...]
Augusta Music History 101 – September 11, 2001
Augusta band Impulse Ride released “Residue”, the follow-up to their popular 1998 release “Corn Dog Money” on J-Bird Records. Despite months of planning in preparation for the album’s release, the band put all promotion on hold in light of the events that occurred the in the early morning hours of the CDs planned release.
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