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VARIETY The Red & Black Finals Edition | Thursday, December 7, 2006 | 5B Band finds home in Athens By MICHELLE FLOYD mfloyd@randb.com A couple of members of the psychedelic rock band Summerbirds in the Cellar will be a little colder this winter. Half of the group moved to Athens this week, leaving two members in the group’s home state of Florida. “(Athens) is close enough to where it’s not that drastic of a change, but it’s enough to feel like you’re still making a change,” said vocalist Brad Register, who relo cated with fellow guitarist/pianist Curtis Brown after living in Florida for most of his life. The duo chose the Classic City because they have good friends in the area, family nearby and they enjoy the local music scene. The entire band — which also consists of the two drummers in Florida — will perform its first Athens show since the move Saturday at Tasty World. Register said the actual split ting of the band shouldn’t cause any problems with the members or affect their playing schedule, SUMMERBIRDS IN THE CELLAR Playing with Lona When: 10 p.m. Saturday Where: Tasty World downstairs Cost: $5 More Information: www.myspace.com/sum- merbirds even with the eight-hour drive between them. “It’s not any more different than it is now with going on tour a lot,” Register said. “We don’t have a consistent practice space anyway.” Like other bands in similar sit uations, Register said it’s possible that the now-Georgia natives will play solo or duo shows in Athens in between tours, but he said it’s not likely to happen often, if at all. “We have enough to keep our selves busy until the end of the year,” said Register. Register and Curtis also are playing with local electronic rock band Now It’s Overhead, as well as finishing up Summerbirds’ sec ond album, which should be released by the middle of 2007. Register said even those who have seen the group perform at the Caledonia Lounge or heard songs on its MySpace page or from the first album should make it to Saturday’s show, which will be filled with music much louder than its previous material. “When we did the last album, we didn’t know what kind of sound we’d have as a live act,” Register said about the band, which started about a year and a half ago and since then has acquired a second drummer. “It turns out we’re louder than we expected.” BOYS: Life, love and death come together in bluegrass >- From Page IB have more musical influences than most record stores. Fiske started out as a har monica player but made the transfer to bassist. The percussionist came from a jam band. One member came from a punk band, and another from Mississippi brings the Delta music influence. All of these influences along with many others, come together to sing of love, life and death in a bluegrass sound Fiske described as “old-time and bluegrass styles like just before Bill Monroe started and a little after, good times songs.” “Miner,” “Kiss You Down There,” and “Alabama Shamrock” are all original songs you could hear Friday night. “Miner” compares the lives and morals of miners, bankers, and preachers. “Kiss You Down There” could be interpreted literally as a song about young men partying under a bridge with a jug of wine — or it could be a HACKENSAW BOYS Playing with Packway Handle Band When: 9 p.m. Friday Where: Georgia Theatre Price: $8 in advance, $10 at the door double entendre. Fiske said songs mean different things to different people — it could be interpreted either way. 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