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RYANKELLY,PRESIDENT,MULETRAIN RECORDS

welcometomulefest2009!

DearMusicFans:

ItiswithgreatpleasurethattheMule Train RecordsfamilywelcomesyoutoMuleFest2009.Weareexcitedtobe hostingoursecond an-nual musicfestivalintheClassicCityandhopethatyouenjoythisgreatweekendofmusic. We haveworkedhardtoprovideyouwithadiverselineupofentertainmentoverthecourseoftheweekendinafamilyfriendlyenvironment.

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MuleFestwill beused tohelpmain-tainthecommitmenttoprovidingprofessionalcounselingservicesataverylow cost. Nuis SpacerecentlycelebratedthecompletionofitsthirdyearofCampAmped.Thecampisamultiplesession,two-weeksummerdaycampforyouthages11to17 which supportsthe

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Teres something to be said aboutbeing in a band with your amily.

While or many people thissomething might not be too positive,Alvin Lee o the Te Lee B oys doesntsee himsel perorming any other way.

No matter what, youre stillamily, he says.

Te three brothers, Alvin Lee(guitar), Derrick Lee and KeithLee (vocals), along with their threenephews Roosevelt Collier (pedalsteel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr. (seven-string bass) and Earl Walker (drums)are the entire band.

Alvin Lee isnt the oldest o theamily, but he seems to take on animportant leadership role. Te bandand those who know him best callhim Uncle Al.

All our lives weve helped raisethem, he says reerring to the youngermembers o the amily. We have littleissues, but we always love each other.

Te inspiration behind their wildly energetic, sacred-steel musicis ounded in the church and ueledby the death o Alvin Lees ather andhis late brother Glenn Lee, who usedto play the main instrumentthepeddle steel guitar.

Teir deaths inspired me tocontinue music, Alvin says.

Ater playing music growing

up and then deciding he wantedto spread his music urther, Alvinlearned booking and the business sideo music rom Robert Stone o FolkAlliance in Florida, which showcasesmusic in Jacksonville.

Te Lee Boys have now toured widely. In 2007, they perormedor more than 250,000 music ansat estivals throughout the UnitedStates.

Tey have played with many othersacred steel artists and were invitedto perorm on the recent albumPalmystery o one o the greatestliving bass players, Victor Wooten.

Recently, Alvin Cordy Jr., the bassplayer, took two months o rom theband to play in Japan with RobertRandolph.

Tis year Te Lee Boys playedBonnaroo to great success, Alvin says.

Te estival Web site said ans oTe Lee Boys described them in theollowing ways: exhilarating, energetic,exciting, reeing un, spirited, soululand thrilling.

Ater their 2006 perormance at theChicago Blues Festival, the Chicago-

Sun imes compared to Jimi Hendrixsaying that their music,May be what Jimi Hendrix had in

mind with his grand plan or electricsky church music. Part RobertRandolph, part Holmes Brothers, theMiami quintet sang the praises while

whipping the crowd into a renzy with hypnotic grooves, innovativepedal-steel/lead guitar interplay andunky rhythms.

Sacred steel is a type o musicdescribed as an inspired, unique ormo Gospel music with a hard-driving,blues-based beat. Te musical genreis rooted in Gospel, but inused withrhythm and blues, jazz, rock, unk,hip-hop, country and ideas romother nations.

Alvin Lee believes he and hisamily members have a mission totouch people through their music andshare it with the world.

the lee boysWhos Who

Alvin Lee (guitar), Derrick Lee andKeith Lee (vocals), along with theirthree nephews Roosevelt Collier(pedal steel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr.(seven-string bass) and Earl Walker(drums)

FoRMeDMid-1990s in Miami, Fla.

lAbelArhoolie Records

lAtest ReleAseSay Yes (2005)

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the best of the fest

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No matter at,

yourestill amily- Alvin Lee, Te Lee Boys

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Te rst time y Manning o TeBearoot Hookers came to Athens, he

went downtown to check out somemusic at the Athens Human RightsFestival.

He wandered to College Avenueand witnessed im Conley o thenow-broken up, party band FuzzySprouts jumping rom the roo o TeGrill onto a stage below.

From this moment, he knewAthens was a pretty cool town, andhe knew it would accept his un andunique personality.

I never claim to be the best guitarplayer or the best singer, he says overthe phone with a simple honesty. I tryto entertain, and thats what a lot opeople in Athens are tryi ng to do, like

im Conley did (in the 1990s).While the members o Te Bearoot

Hookers have roots in Southern smalltowns, like Waycross, they are based inthe college town o Athens, Ga.

Te best part about Athens isthat theres always a song going onsomewhere, Manning says.

And, especially or him, thatsalways true. He began the songwritingor the band and writes songs almosteveryday, which he oten keepscrunched up in his pocket.

Not all o his songs are good, headmits, and most o them dont make

any sense.Ater three years o upheaval rom

new marriages and large purchases ohouses and bookstores, Te Hookershave about seven songs ready or a newalbum that Manning tentatively callsDouble-Wide Revival.

He says the new CD might be atheme album or even a double-CD,

with songs only about new lie andnew birth.

Most o the seven recent songswere written by Jon onge, the bassplayer.

Jon (onge) wrote about 60 lovesongs, and hal o them are crazy crap,Manning says. But the act that he

was that inspired is kinda cool.While Manning and onge are all

or quantity, Mark Dureld believes inquality o songwriting.

Hell go months without writinganything, and then hell come up withthis amazing song, Manning says.Hes sneaky.

Overall, a Bearoot Hookersperormance is something not oeredby other artists.

Manning says they once had astretch o 17 shows where at least one

woman fashed them.And then guys started going

topless, he says with a slight sadnessin his voice.

Being unique themselves, the bandoten attracts interesting people alongtheir tours.

One hardcore an named Bluehas recorded every live show excepttwo, Manning says.

Because o a request by Blue, TeHookers once perormed at a nursinghome.

Tey were dancing and sweatingand coughing, Manning says.

A the end o the night, one 98-year-old woman named Ellen wantedto leave with them, and a song Readyto Ride was born.

Whether its being fashed by women or entertaining elderly,Manning and Te Hookers have a wayo creating excitement, and surely they

wont back down anytime soon.

the beARFoot hookeRsWhos Who

Ty Manning (guitar, vocals), MarkDurfeld (guitar, vocals), ScottNicholson (piano, organ), MarcusThompson (guitar), Jon Tonge (onbass) and Josh Skelton (drums)

FoRMeD2003 in Athens, Ga

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lAtest ReleAseLife at the Bar (2004)

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At the end o any show outsideo Athens, Te Incredible Sandwichmembers like being homeless, ormore accuratelyhotel-less. Teyll sitaround and nd someone willing tooer up an extra room, or a couch or aclean bit o carpet space.

We always manage to nd people,Matt McKinney (lead guitar, vocals)says. But the worst part is that youmeet people and have to leave so soon.

For Te Sandwich, couch surng isa good way to make riends who willremember the band the next time ittumbles into town.

Tis amiliarity is also whatMcKinney hopes to achieve throughhis songwriting.

I try to write something peoplewould understand, he says. I a songis about a problem, thousands canidentiy with it.

Writing since the age o 16and enriched by a degree in musiccomposition, he puts a remarkableamount o thought into each o hissongs.

We dont really jam, McKinneysays, even though Te Sandwich isoten called a jam band. Chancesare that Ive written all that out. Itmakes no sense to me to jam withoutthought.

He grew up admiring the guitarsolos o Te Allman Brothers Band,and then started listening to Wilco andRadiohead in college.

I have a pop-esque writing style,with a 18-year background in jamming,he says.

Te band, as it is now withMcKinney, Kevin Juneau (bass guitar),Damian Kapcala (keyboards) andRackley Davis (drums and vocals) hasonly been together or ve months.

McKinney says the current quartetis hitting a new stride and reaching anew realm o thinking.

Something must be working sincethe band received the 2009 FlagpoleAward or Upstart o the Year.

For McKinney, the true testamento a band is staying real to who you are.

I try to be true to mysel as a writerand a musician, he says, expressing his

dislike o the limiting labels sometimesput on artists. I just want to be me andthe band to be the band.

McKinney is a big an o lots osound and collaborating. He hopes toeventually add another guitarist andmaybe even a percussionist.

A ull-length album is in theworks. He says it will likely be around80 minutes with 10 long songs oconstantly moving and owing sound.

Our music makes you boogie-woogie, McKinney says.

I youve seen Te Sandwichperorm live, you know their musicmakes people dance. Especially inAthens, Te Sandwich knows how todraw a crowd.

Supported by a tight-knitcommunity, St. Simons Islandwherethe band was in residency in Julyeels like home to McKinney.

With their unpretentious attitudes, Te Sandwich members are likely ashappy on a ans couch as they would bein a penthouse suite.

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Whos WhoMatt McKinney (lead guitar andvocals), Kevin Juneau (bass guitar),Damian Kapcala (keyboards) andRackley Davis (drums and vocals)

Formed2008 in Athens, Georgia

LabelMule Train Records

Latest ReleaseThe Incredible Sandwich (2009)

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I try to ritesometingpeople ould understand. I

a song is about aproblem, tousandscan

identiyit it.- Matt McKinney,

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Friday nights Mule Fest ComedyShowcase was produced by ChrisPatton. Te show eatures some risingstand up comedians rom the Athensand Atlanta area. It will last rom 9 to11 p.m. DJ t8r(tot) will provide musicor the ater party.

In order o perormance thecomedians are:

Jonathan Lowder is a 23-year-oldcomedian living in Athens. He starteddoing comedy at Rye Bar earlier this year and has also perormed at Hal-Moon Pub and Te Ofce Lounge aspart o Classic City Comedy. Johnathandraws inuence rom comedians JohnBelushi and Chris Farley. His stagename is Farls Barkley.

Harold Kizzapps is a 25-year-old,local comedian. Hes at the beginningo what he hopes will be a successulcareer. Hes had shows at Rye Bar,Te 40 Watt and Flicker bar. He likesninjas, ultimate Frisbee and someshaving cream his mom bought him ata yard sale that he thinks smells reallygood. He doesnt like quicksand, eggsand country music.

Brian Stoltz is a senior at theUniversity o Georgia. He began hiscomedy career at the age o three,but his rst ofcial show was duringhis sophomore year o college. Hisinuences range rom Joel McHaleto Mike Speenberg and Daniel osh.

Inspiration comes rom everythingaround him, especially his riends. Hisboy-next-door charm combined with

an edgy sense o humor creates a uniquestyle that helps him easily relate to anyaudience.

Chris Patton started doing comedyin March o 2009 on St. Patricks Daywith a set at Nowhere Bar, which hecompletely bombed. Not to be deeated,he picked himsel up and worked hisway through the open mic at Rye Bar.Beore long, he started putting togetherull nights o comedy and music there.Drawing inuence mainly rom DaveChappelle, Richard Pryor and MitchHedberg, Chris unique style o laid-back yet in your ace comedy makeshim truly special.

Joel Atwill accidentally became astand-up comedian. Prior to late 2007,he had never wanted to become a stand-up comedian. In act, he had never e venthought about becoming a stand-upcomedian. Ater graduating rom theUniversity o Georgia in 2004, Joel

Atwill went on tour with Te Whigsnot knowing what would come o it.Stand-up comedy is what came o it.

Headliner J Young is nestledsecurely in a long line o greatcomedians. I he were more o amorning person, he could have gottena better spot near the ront o thatlineBut who can get up beore 1p.m., honestly? With a background inimprov and sketch comedy, J bringshis clever wit and and boyish charm tothe stand-up stage. Sometimes playingdumb about the obvious nature othings and other times turning simple,everyday observations on their ear, Js an audience avorite at clubs andcolleges nationwide. J is the creatorand host o the Lot Comedy Showcasein Athens each month.

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rey Wright leads a lie o music, which is somethingthat he never envisioned or himsel even as a music mi-nor in college.

He met the members o his musical groups in during aUniversity o Georgia jazz improvisational class, and it allcame together somehow, he says.

Wright will be perorming as part o his rio with MarcMiller (upright bass) and Marlon Patton (drums, alsoplays with Squat) during Mule Fest.

Wright also perorms solo and co-ounded the award-winning jazz band Squat.

Te rio is more about setting the mood. Its more ex-

pressive, Wright said. Squats all about having un andentertaining. Its dance music.

Te rio will play original songs rom their recent CDTinking Out Loud, as well as jazz interpretations o Ra-diohead and olk rock singer Nick Drake.

Back in the day, jazz was all about re-interpreting pop-ular songs, Wright says, pointing to the music o GeorgeGershwin as an example.

Te rios new CD was co-produced by Wright and Mar-lon Patton.

Te members are currently doing a wide range oshows, rom college-towns to church shows and rock ven-ues to promote the CD, Wright says.

Jazzreview.com says the CD raises the bar or ener-gized, collaborative and highly listenable guitar, bass anddrum trio music, and calls the guitar sound seductive andPatton a magician at phrasing with his drums and cym-bals.

Te rey Wright rio is an intensely attentive, selessmix o musicians completely connected to what is goingon around them, according to the Web site.

Te best part o playing or Wright is when the bandtries something new and it works.

Our music is very interactive, he says. Its un to gosomeplace you never went beore.

LINGO

(sUNDAY, 4:40 P.M.)

Break-ups can be hard. Hard like broken glass against

your head, or less physical, hard on your heart.

Apparently, the members o the roots-based jam

band Lingo know a lot about break-ups, or they just are

sympathetic to this type o sadness.

Justin ramble, rhythm guitar and vocals, calls the

bands trend a long-standing joke.

All the songs we like best have to do with break-ups,

he says. And we keep writing them.

Much o the media who has tried to describe the

band has commented on their indenable music.

Were tough to dene, I guess, ramble says. Werelike a jam band but a lot more singer/songwriter. We

have a lot o just songs.

ramble says one reporter called them Ben Harper

mixed with Widespread Panic.

Its kinda unny to see what people say about us.

ramble says.

Having a sense o humor, as ramble seems to, is

good, especially when you sing a lot about break-ups.

Humor, however, walks a ne line.

We try to avoid corniness, he says. As corny as that

sounds.

Tree out o our o the members, which includesramble, Dylan Burke (lead guitar and vocals), Drew Ear-

ley (drums), and Alex ramble (bass guitar and vocals),

taught themselves how to play music in high school.

Lingo has played about 45 shows this year already

and plans or their rst album to be released this Fall.

We have the reedom to do a lot and take risks,

ramble says. We want to turn this into a career. I want

to be able to pull up to a town we dont know and have

people already know our songs.

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SOULhOUND

(sAtUrDAY, 7:00 P.M.)

In the middle o Floyd Fest, a unky musicestival that took place July 23 through 26 in

Virginia, Atlanta-based soul band Soulhound istwo songs in to one o its sets.

People are dancing. People are sweating. Tesun is shining.

And then the power cuts out.On a nearby stage, the crew is prepping or

Grace Potter to preorm.Soulhound members hold it together and

start playing as soon as possible. Tey play ortwo hours instead o one and make many newans.

It was a rst-class event, says Bob Roth, gui-tar and vocals. We went to one estival wherethe headliner bailed out, but this was not like that. Wehad a great time.

Te band recently released a new CD Quickie in theCave and immediately began pimpin it, as Roth callsit.

Te CD name has brought some inappropriate com-ments, Roth says, but the band recorded it in a live roomcalled Te Cave and they did it quick.

As a unk band, we wanted to have the energ y o the

live shows, Roth says. We tried to bang it out live.

He points out the song Simone as one in particu-lar that was done in one take because o reduced studiotime.

He hopes audiences will have their hair blown backwhen Soulhound perorms, and he enjoys being the un-known actor.

One guy at a estival called our perormance a drive-by unking, and I like that, he says.

Betsy Franck has one o those incredibly powerul voicescapable o transcending genres, according to Kristen thewriter o an Athens music blog Echoreyn o Athens.

People up and down the East Coast know her voice.Her solo and group songs are mostly blues and southern

rock, and she has been recognized or 10 years as a poweruland award-winning perormer who knows how to entertain.

Betsy Francks gospel-strong and siren sweet voice willcarry you saely over the personal turmoil that youd normal-ly approach like a patch o jagged asphalt, writes the 11th

Hour in Macon. But beware: she can be as brutalas a bad stretch down a mountainside too.

Her band, Betsy Franck & the BareknuckleBand, has been together in its current ormationor two years.

Weve fnally melded together and ound oursound, Franck says over the phone. I hope to getbehind this and push it really hard.

She then talks about her excitement about add-ing new instruments.

We all play with other people. Everyone is do-ing side projects, she says. But now we all pr iori-

tize this.Franck is currently fnishing up a solo album

with AJ Adams, which she hopes to release in Sep-tember.

All the bands songs are original and written by Franck.She says she has been working really well under pressure

and generally writes a new song when she gets bored o herother ones.

One o her new songs she particularly likes is Im Araid,which she wrote beore a s et at Caledonia Lounge. Te bandwill perorm the song together at Mule Fest, although shewill record it solo.

BETSY FRANCK(sUNDAY, 5:50 P.M.)

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Yes, Lety Williams has only one armhence theterm Letybut who needs two arms to play the gui-tar anyway?

Te 31-year-old, Atlanta-born artist started playingthe guitar at the age o 4 and invented a prosthetic pickat the age o 6 because he wanted to play ast like JimiHendrix.

Despite his one-armed existence, he never backeddown. He remembers singing Amazing Grace at churchin ront o 600 people at the age o 6.

He also remembers his ngers hurting terribly when

he learned to play, although he says hes sure the ex-perience isnt any diferent or other people learningto be guitar players.

His Father used to say, Te more you play, theaster it will stop hurting. So, he played non-stop,teaching himsel to play by ear, and then he beganto sing back-up in several bands.

I listened to Dave Matthews and thought, Ithis guy can sing, so can I, Williams says. I neverreally liked my voice, but I got more comortable do-ing it.

Although he transitioned over time into being aront man, he always knew he would be a ull-time

musician.Im musically Schizophrenic, he says. Ill play blues

or awhile and then unk and then metal.Lately, hes been trying to stick to playing Southern-

inuenced blues and rock with jazzy overtones.J. Evan Wade o the Homegrown Music Network calls

Williams lyrics close to all humans and his perspectiveswise and seasoned.

In overcoming disability to create music, JasonLety Williams truly has a remarkable story to tell,he says.

PAM BLANChARD(sAtUrDAY, 10:00 A.M.)

Picture a group o children dancing reely. Teytwirl in toy-sized circles. Tey laugh and seem toeel pure joy and excitement.

Tis vision, this willingness o children to lettheir spirits shine and put their whole hearts intodancing is why Pam Blanchard chooses to ocusher attention on entertaining young children.

Tey remind me o the ability o music to in-cite joy, and that is cool to watch with any age,she says.

As a teacher at a local Montessori pre-school13 years ago, Blanchard started writing a lot osongs or the children, but wanted to expand the

songs.At the time, she was playing some jazz stuf with Joe

Ellison (drums) and Danny Conkle (bass) who became theoriginal members o the Pam Blanchard & Te Sunny Side-Up Band.

As adults grow older, they oten orgot their youthulmindset, but not Blanchard. Children and the way theythink make sense to her.

What is scary to them (like mean people or loud peo-ple) is scary to me, she says. Whats important enoughto me to write songs about, like butteries and trucks and

watermelons and hoping and colors and eelings, is whatthey care about.

Although grown-ups have a much harder time lettingloose, sometimes she occasionally enjoys dressing up andplaying romantic tunes or an older crowd.

Still, children are what continue to spark her interestthe most.

Young children care about the journey and the processrather then a projected outcome, Blanchard says. And Ilike hanging around people like thatthey help me re-member not to miss the magic o now.

LEFTY wILLIAMS(sAtUrDAY, 4:40 P.M. )

ONE L


Phillip Kohnen, the composer and band lead-er or the Athens salsa-soul band One L, rst en-countered Cuban music in 2003 through a col-

lege class while he was studying anthropology.It was love at rst sound, and since that

rst meeting he has listened and played islandrhythms almost nonstop.

I gravitate towards Cuban music because oits really complex rhythms, Kohnen says. Its ausion o European and Arican styles.

He ormed a band called Boondog rio, but itbroke-up soon ater coming together.

Now, One L members change sometimes be-cause o school and other band-related issues,but overall the sound stays the same.

What most Americans know as salsa comes rommusic played in New York in the 1970s by Cuban im-migrants.

One L tries to play stuf more connected to true Cu-ban music inspired by rhythms o the island.

I like to share music rom the island because Cubanpolitics are changing and tourism might be possible,Kohnen says, explaining that Cuban music might thenbecome more popular.

Similarly, he says the big mambo craze o the 1950swas sparked by a political situation.

Until culture changes in Cuba, the audience in Athensthat likes to dance to salsa will likely remain steady.

o pull One L together, Kohnen picked the girafe asa symbol to anchor his advertisements.

Te girafe started as short-necked animal and keptreaching and reaching, he says. Tats sorta how I eelas a musician. I started guitar at age 17, and now Imreaching higher and higher to new plateaus.

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Success appeared with little warning or members oHal Dozen Brass Band. Now, they must gure out howto handle it.

Te band has been together in some capacity or ayear, but together with their current six members onlysince March o 2009.

Up against the locally-known names o Kenosha Kidand Carl Lindberg, they won the 2009 Flagpole Awardor Best Jazz.

Joshua Cutchin says he is surprised at the bandssuccess, and that its as hard as herding cats to get allthe members together or practice or perormances,

which is why the band cant perorm as much asit would like to.

Four out o six members are in school and

two members have obligations with Te Univer-sity o Georgia Redcoat Band.

Out o convenience, Te HDBB plays mainlyin Athens, but did recently play a private partyin North Carolina.

Tey play a balance between new and origi-nal standards and have been incorporating a lotmore collaborations with other bands or artists.

Even though the denition o jazz does tHDBB, Cutchin says the popular conception o

jazz is changing.We do our jazz stuf, but not a lot o swing, Cutchin

says. In the last 30 to 40 years more emphasis has beenon brass band.

Lately, he says hes been describing the band as Dix-ieland unk.

Cutchin says hes enjoying playing with the currentgroup o musicians, although he would love it i morepeople danced at the shows.

It should be music to be danced to, Cutchin says.But so ar only a ew people have been dancing.

hALF DOZEN BRASS BAND(sAtUrDAY, 5:50 P.M.)

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Jclyn ell & t Alpa ty Cal,

North Carolina, represent a dierent direction

w muc. t Alpa ty, cnng

three talented and diverse musicians, Je Taylor,

J sld and Naan Wlad, ddcad

m muc-ca playng n punk ck

and mal and wl lanng play

gn. Nw pad w agualy n N

Calna mal vcal n muc-awad

wnn Jclyn ell, yu av a uccul lnd

ck, ul, lu, unk and p-p. t and lad l-ld eP, in bgnnng n May

7 2009, and nc n av ad muc playd all v NC ad an.

JOCELYN ELLIS & ThEALPhA ThEORY

(friDAY, 7:00 P.M. )

t XG-1 md n png 2009 n A-

n, Ga. t and cn Lay Acquavva

(a/vcal), rly sm (dum), and Jnaan

Walk (gua, vcal). t XG-1 ng all gnal ,

cut and dry rock and roll. The eclectic inuence

a dv and w wn and

dnc ck ng, alway ngng a.

ThE XG-1

(sAtUrDAY, 9:50 P.M.) .)

Laa Gga and Calna p av

n mxd and akn ca a unqu and

dlgul mucal cckal. s a n dply

nvlvd w muc nc cldd, and d-

cvd ngwng kll a an ncun-

w dlpn n Vnc ac. W

du alum, emgng, ald l

a a wam, npng pm and alnd ly-c. s lnd ulul pan and vcal w a un and nma yllng yl. Nw cnd

alum, Dv in, wca g a mucal aangmn and ng mld. h a pu

ug w aw pnc, cayng yu w and nvng yu dv n yu a.

LARA

(sUNDAY, 1:30 P.M.)

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bad Dwn, a Mpp Dla nav, a ng/

ngw w nw lv n An. h w and

pm Amcana and cuny-ck ng w

and, an al cw An muc van, nclud-

ng Paul Cumpy edwad n a, Wllam tnk

playng lcc gua and d and randy Duam

n dum. Dwn lad Wn bang, d-

u alum aung pcal gu m and uc a Wdpad Panc, r.e.M., Dv-y tuck,

bldkn and hacknaw y. t alum wa cdd y Dw Vandng a Ca Pak

tanducn n andm, cad day dung July and Augu, 2008.

BRAD DOwNS AND ThEPOOR BASTARD SOULS


D. Avn sc an awad-wnnng, mul-nu-

mnal , cmp, mvanal , yu pgam

und/dc and a unvy p w

a ack cd a pan naly 40 ya.

h a xpnc n clac r&b, jazz, Acan, Ca-

an and bazlan gn, wc all cnu

to his World Beat project. Inuences on his music

nclud Jam bwn, Cal sanana, Mcky ha

and Wdpad Panc. h a cvd mulpl flagpl An Muc Awad. h undd a

cmmuny-ad pgam kd agd 3 16 ya ld n An, Ga and uundng aa.

t pgam calld Dummng succ pvd mnp and pcun cla kd.

f Lunc a a ck & ll und w jazzy n

and ccanal wang. t flagpl call

lcally-ad and, a unky apl An jam

and cn. f Lunc gan n md-2006. A

val ak-up and cang, f Lunc nw

ckng w mm bll bak, (a and vcal),

Andw Laap, (gua), and rcad Camlan,

(dum and vcal). Jun Wll jn n n gua, wl

Gnarly G adds a new degree of style with his saxophone collaboration. Band inuences include

Jam bwn, Wdpad Panc and rd h Cl Ppp.

DR. ARVIN SCOTT

(sAtUrDAY, 12:30 P.M. )

FREE LUNCh

(friDAY, 8:10 P.M.)

Artist bios

3 f swagg wa n n spm 2007

when ve friends and fellow musicians were hired

a la-mnu gg a a N Gga v u-

post. Three members, Je Reusch (rythm guitar, vo-

cal), sc Lc (a gua) and Cal McCy

(dum) ad p ung xpnc w gnal

and Mldu Gund, wl Davd Cadll

(lad gua) and Jak Can (acuc gua, vcal)

played locally with numerous collaborators. The band has many inuences that range from bluegrass

lcnca and m vyng n wn.

3 FOOT SwAGGER


C M wa n n savanna and ad n

w d lg, am cmmuny Glnnvll,

Ga. h wa n muc m a aly a can

mm: elv a vy yung ag, and

n wa all cl, ngnuly mldc

stu McCartney was doing with Wings, the jazzy

und sly Dan, nay, wdy jam

sn and rd swa and fac. Unl

mvd An n 1997, aly knw

cd n a gua. h ddn knw any mucan n wn, pckd up cap pawn

p gua and ad wng mpl ng and playng pn mc unl vnually m mucan.

ChRIS MOORE


Yung Gdman bwn p and pln,

a and dllun. h and ld g und

gun m. h a cuny gua n a umm ng.

h a pag m Jan Paul sa, a v m tm

Jad. h lay aml n Kkgaad ad.

h an ulaw and a pac. A gaml and a kng.

h wn w nmy w , nlynd.

YOUNG GOODMANBROwN


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JazzCnc nnvav and xuan.

Mm play a mx unk, ck and ll, r&b,

jazz and ul. t and mm ncpa

vcal n ng, wl all gnal muc

cmpd w cnun all mm.

JazzCnc mad up Ln Campll (dum),

bll bak (a gua) ,Gnaly G (n an,

pan axpn), hwad sud (yn) and

Jun Wll (lad, ym gua). rv Nan call and cav, gnal, pycdlc unkak un a cmn ck, ul, unk and acd jazz n a pwul mucal xpnc a wll

ml yu mnd.

Kn Wll Mn an accmpld ng/

ngw; muc a n aldd y Pa

Magazn , rlx and m. An ngagng pm,

a n nmnad wc b sl P-

m y flagpl Magazn. h a ud m

pa U.s. and n iland, pnng randall

baml, sugaland and m. in 2008, Kn Wll

ng o Ld wa aud n tV w

The Deadliest Catch. He is currently putting the nishing touches on 2 CDs: a full-length for the

NYC-ad sjun rcd and a 5-ng eP Mul tan rcd du pducd y Naan

sppad a Gn rm sud.

Ly haaway a pmd and cdd

val gn ugu ya, m ld cl

luga unk and p p, pndng aly pa

pa dcad ung w ca w a

andul pjc a mdd uc cllcv

xpnc. h wa n n england and mvd ack

and wn england and sa. Ly

lcan An, m Calna n 2006, a

landd cllaan w numu lcal aln, alng ml a pa clac cy lg-

nday muc cmmuny. h a gand a cld pna, dlvng a cllcv all xpnc

a und a md uc ang.

JAZZChRONIC

(friDAY, 9:20 P.M. )

LEFTY hAThAwAY

(sUNDAY 3:30 P.M.)

KEN wILL MORTON


Laiez funk i a goup o Ahen local

who play muic wih a jazz-unk uion. they

geneally peom an aay o cove. they

performed for a Georgia Theatre benet

conce in July. Meme include Logan Walli

(piano), Ma shiley (guia and vocal), bill ba-

con (dum) and Mak Dyke (a and vocal).

Inuences include Phish, The Grateful Dead

and the funky Mee.

Artist bios

LAISSEZ FUNK

(sUNDAY 2:20 P.M.)

Nathan Sheppards biggest inuences are pop sing-

and ongw om x and vn.

fo m, makng muc a way o l. h a

pomd o local opn mc ng and opnd

o val nnaonal ac, ncludng Maw

Sweet and Jeerson Starship. He has been in-

volvd n a w pulng pojc n o mov

and cal lvon. t ong Caolna wa a-

ud n a moon pcu calld blu rdg fall.

Clp om sppad caalog w ud n a Wb

Nwok Nck fno, Lcnd tac.

NAThAN ShEPPARD


t tpcal bz sl Dum band a pm-

ng nml cmpd numn mad

m 55-galln l dum, wc cv all

vc m pan ug a, and a ull

ym cn. t and pm muc m

tndad and Lan cun, alng w

clacal, pp and jazz. tny McCucn undd

nml n 1986 a t Unvy Gga.

t and v a a mucal amaad Unvy.

ThE TROPICAL BREEZESTEEL DRUM BAND


tn Cy a wam and czy, yummy cunk

un, accdng Myspac pag. t flagpl

call and, a nw lcal jam and a mx

lmn wld and lu n adnal

jam ma nng and nvlpng ng.

Mad up Gg Kany, (gu a), Gg Cl,

(a gua), Qunn Q. Pkn, (kyad), and

sc Undwd, (dum), tn Cy mx a

cnmpay lnd unqu gnal alng w clcc aangmn dp cu clac.

Inuences include The Allman Brothers, Phish and Led Zeppelin.

TENT CITY


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t Jompon bo a a nw, oulul, clac

ock ac ou o Navll, tN. t Jompon bo-

om a lndd ound o l ng gua,

umpng ym con and oul-ladn vocal.

fonman, C saplon mad mak on Na-

vll a a ongw, pnnng wo couny ado

num on among dozn o alum cu. t

Jompon bo a cunly codng

ull-lng du w fank rog.

Artist bios

ThE JOMPSON BROThERS

(sUNDAY, 1:00 P.M.)

bkn rad a lcal Gga and, w av

ya xpnc n ad and n Navll.

t gup cmn lmn luga, g-

pl, and adnal and cnmpay cuny

muc. Mm a bad sm, tm Cad,

Wayln Wg, C blann, Cal Nwman

and Austin Tripp. Inuences include Alan Jackson

and Gg sa. t ngl tnkn oud

bx ad d Augu, andy a avng a w a Mn ta

n Nv. 13.

BROKEN ROAD


Adam Payn a mucan m An. Adam ay

and a alway n calld t Adam Payn

band cau y w nv clv nug

cn a cl nam. Adam a n playng

ngw-lk lnd muc n ag ac

sua nc 1997. h a n caalgng and

lluang xpnc vy p way.

t and alway ng a dak and m cud

pal muc. Adam cdd sy, Pla ty Agan n 1999 and Unld n 2007.

ThE ADAM PAYNE BAND

(sUNDAY, 4:00 P.M.)

racl oNal ad mucal ca a a

lad vcal n a vay and n aly

1990, u a la n nng ca a a

ngw and l acuc pm ad

n An. t cpn a gn a

acuc w pmpd g n

ud and cd a ully pducd vn

cllcn gnal ng a n playng

live. The culmination of her eorts is Rachels debut record, Getaway. This record is an eclectic

lnd nd-ck, jazz and un-ngd Amcana.

RAChEL ONEAL

(sUNDAY, 2:50 P.M.)

Avy Dylan a n makng gound n Goga

o ov vn ya y gng o play w

om o op nam mucan aound lk: by

fanck, Ly haaway, tommy Can, Jon saw

and many mo. h n on val CD and

a a w o own. You may cognz m

om Avy Dylan Pojc, wc avl and

a n makng own mak. in pa wo ya

they have played in ve states in over 200 showsand ockd ouand o ac. Dylan ad ou

n souwn Vgna n md-1990.

AVERY DYLAN

(sUNDAY, 5:10 P.M.)

hap Unung wa md n Augu 2008.

An clcc lnd jazzy jam-and and alna-

v ck, hap Unung ak ln m

mllw wp ang ccnd. Lu a-

mn u ug pvkng lyc, a nvng

guitar ris tempt the audience to the dance oor.

t and cmpd Kvn f lmng (gua,

vcal), tny Dlgad (dum), Dw oDnnll

(vcal, gua) and Danl Walk (a, vcal). hap Unung a n gng ng n An

bar scene, and will be recording their rst album at Atlantas Tree Sound Studios, with producer,Dav Akn.

90 ACRE FARM


706 wa omd n 2007 y Clak Mddl scool

udn. t and ad w Wllam Kan

(vocal, dum, kyoad) and Jak Cona (lad gua).

snc n, fo Goman (a) and hny sn-

(kyoad) av jond and. soulul vocal

and cncal pcon ng a youul, y d-

mnd dmnon o ac ong 706 pom. t

ognal a unqu and compllng and lk ong

they choose to cover, they defy genre classication. The band admits they take in everything right now

with open minds, but they will name: R.E.M., The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin.

All ou mm a cunly mn a Clak Cnal hg scool.

706

(sAtUrDAY, 11:50 A.M.)

in you, 90 Ac fam ound and l-

aug mucan, todd W, wa acnad y

old coun von o luga and oulaw

couny andad. W mucal yl l

omw wn luga and clac ock

& oll. W la o du eP back

hom, 90 Ac fam gand gonal anon

wnnng An aa bal o band.

hARP UNSTRUNG

(sUNDAY, 6:20 P.M.)

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