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6A TOje Heraltr Tuesday, July 13,2021
to Nashville,” he said in
a recent interview with
Mercer Music at Cap
ricorn, “and one of the
people 1 met early on was
a guy named Aaron Rai-
tiere, a really well-known
writer in town.” Ratiere
co-wrote with Lady Gaga
and two other songwrit
ers on “I’ll Never Love
Again” for the 2018 film
“A Star Is Born,” and won
Best Song Written For
Visual Media at the 62nd
GRAMMY Awards.
The two started writ
ing together. “It was right
after the tornado that
devastated East Nashville
and Germantown and
right before COV1D really
hit, so the streets were
empty,” Strauss said.
“Aaron had a song that
mentioned something
‘nation,’ and 1 said, well,
let’s call it ‘Ghost Town
Nation.” After writing,
they recorded it on Rait-
eire’s phone and legend
ary artist Travis Tritt
heard it.
“Travis said it remind
ed him of ‘A Country Boy
Can Survive,” Strauss
said, referencing an old
Hank Williams Jr., tune.
“Ghost Town Nation”
was released in the fall
of 2020 as the first single
off Tritt’s latest album
and was his first original
release in over a decade.
“It’s been a crazy ride,”
Strauss told Mercer
Music at Capricorn,
where he is now working
on a full studio album of
his own. “Nobody knew
who 1 was, and to get my
name on something of
Travis Tritt recorded
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that magnitude is pretty
cool.”
Last November, JB and
band members visited
Macon to check out the
recently reopened and
renovated Capricorn
Sound Studios. “It’s
amazing to come home
and get the opportunity
to record a track in such
a historic place - the
isolation booth at Studio
A is like a time capsule
from the days when Phil
Walden owned it,” he
said. “We recorded three
songs, got familiar with
the equipment and just
the feel of it and it was
a lot of fun. It was really
incredible. I’ve been in
Nashville for a few years
now and Macon is where
1 grew up so it’d be really
cool to have both those
places involved with this
record.”
The coronavirus
pandemic took a toll on
the music industry, es
sentially shutting down
live shows. At the begin
ning, Strauss performed
live-streamed concerts
and compiled his best
originals and a few cover
songs in a studio record
ing for an album called
“Shut In Sessions.” One
cover, “I’ve Got Dreams,”
is a tribute to Macon’s
legendary Otis Redding,
Capricorn’s first record
ing artist.
During the pandemic,
JB used the time to
focus on his songwrit
ing. “If you didn’t take
advantage of the time
that was given to you to
make that happen, then
you’re probably behind
the eight ball as a song-
song Strauss wrote
Well known songwriter Aaron Raitiere and JB Strauss
teamed up to write “Ghost Town Nation” which was released
in the fall of 2020 as the first single off country music star
Travis Tritt’s latest album and was his first original release in
over a decade.
writer,” he said. “Story
telling music is its own
thing, and those kinds
of writers (Prine, Isbell,
Stapleton, Cobb) are the
ones that you aspire to
write like,” he said.
Strauss is now working
with Nashville manager,
Owen Canavan, of True
Grit Management Group,
along with Mint Talent
Group, which includes
on its roster: The Allman
Brothers Band, Jaimoe,
Duane Betts, Chris Rob
erts, Art Garfunkel, Herb
Alpert, Mavis Staples,
Blind Boys of Alabama,
and fellow Capricorn
alumni, Blackberry
Smoke, among other
talented musicians.
Strauss is the son of
Jeanie Mays of Macon
and John Strauss of Lake
Oconee. He is the grand
son of Eileen Jackson of
Barnesville and Judge
Byron Smith of Jackson.
Tickets for this week’s
shows at Historic Grant’s
Lounge in Macon can
be purchased online
at: https://wl.seetickets.
us/event/JB-Strauss/422
571?afflky=TheHistoricG
rantsLounge JB’s music
can be found on iTunes,
Spotify, You Tube, or
anywhere music can be
streamed.
Veteran tomato grower offers advice
Bennie (Pee Wee) Cato shows off the bumper crop of tomatoes he is tending in his garden spot. Pee Wee says, once the
plants get 18 inches tall, you should mix a big scoop of MiracleGro in 2.5 gallons of water and apply the mixture every two
weeks. Otherwise, water as needed and you, too, will have a bumper crop.
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NEWS to have an event
published as a calen
dar item in The Herald
Gazette.
• Barnesville First
United Methodist Church
invites you to worship
at 10 a.m. in the Sanc
tuary, no reservation
required, with overflow
in the Fellowship Hall.
Services are still offered
online Sunday mornings
streamed on YouTube
and on Zoom. Come early
or tune in early for the
pre-service music at 9:45
a.m. At 11 a.m. the wor
ship service is rebroad
cast on Facebook.
• Compassion Car
Ministry offers trans
portation to medical
appointments for Lamar
County residents who
have been diagnosed
with cancer. Drivers will
pick up the patient and
take them to physicians
offices, treatment centers
and the airport for out
of town treatment. Call
Barnesville First Baptist
Church at 770.358.2353
to schedule a trip.
• New Life Anointed
Ministries: Morning
worship at 11 a.m., Bible
studies on Wednesday
nights at 7:30, all are
invited; food pantry is
open the third Wednes
day each month, food
baskets are given out
at 5 p.m., first come
first serve 770.358.9102,
948 Veterans Parkway,
Barnesville.
• Milner United Meth
odist Church: Sunday
services, 9:30 a.m.;
women’s Bible study,
Tuesdays 8:30 a.m.;
fourth Sunday, church
breakfast 9 a.m.; second
Wednesdays, Sociable
Friends lunch, 11:30 a.m.
• Lilia Memorial
Baptist: Sunday School
starts at 10 a.m., worship
at 11 a.m., Wednesday
night worship at 7 p.m.
Information: Pastor Rex
Kessler, 404.509.9366. 802
Hwy. 36 E., Barnesville.
• Midway Baptist
Church, 158 City Pond
Rd.now has Sunday
School at 10 a.m., Wor
ship at 11 a.m. and teen-
kids Wednesdays from 7
p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Providence Con
gregational Methodist
Church at High Falls no
longer conducts regular
worship services. The
grounds of its adjacent
cemetery which predates
the 1852 founding of
the church, is no longer
being maintained. Those
with ancestral connec
tions to Providence and
interested in helping to
create an association
to keep the cemetery
grounds maintained on
an annual basis are asked
to contact Peter White,
at Pete31ga@gmail.com
or call 706.745.2294.
• Griffin Center Point
Church: Sunday worship
at 10 a.m.,770.227.3895,
1427 Hwy. 19/41 S, Griffin.
• Good Hope Church:
1161 Highway 41 South,
Barnesville, Sunday,
10:30 a.m., Tommy
Brooks ministering,
Wednesday, 7 p.m.,
evangelist Rob Thacker
ministering.
• Marvin United Meth
odist: Drive-by prayer re
quest box. Drive by, drop
request in box. Prayer
group meets Wednes
days, 5:30 p.m.
• St. Timothy Baptist
Church, Love Center
South, Services at 9 a.m.
on first, second and
fourth Sundays, 3 p.m.
service on third Sundays.
Bible study at Thursdays
at 6:30 p.m. 1875 Rest
Haven Rd, Yatesville.
Information: 404.761.8642
ext. 18.
• Rock Springs
Church: log on to rock-
springsonline.com and
watch live services
Sundays at 8 a.m., 9:30
a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednes
day evening activities
at 7 p.m. Divorce Care
Group, Wednesdays
night at 6:30, The Branch,
room 214, 12 Steps to
an Abundant Life meets
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in
The Branch, room 216,
Ruth Widow’s Ministry
Fellowship meets sec
ond Thursday of each
month, info: Georgia
Smith at 770.914.1585,
Compassionate Hearts
Ministry meets first and
third Tuesdays each
month at 6 p.m. in The
Hope House, Grief Share
Support Group, Wednes
days at 6:30 p.m. in The
Branch Room 216, Spe
cial Seniors (ages 55+)
event at 6 p.m., special
speakers and/or music
each week, Ladies Thurs
day Morning Prayer
Group at 9 a.m., in choir
room, Christianl2-Step
Family Support Group,
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at
The Hope House, WMS
Meeting, second Satur
day each month at 10
a.m. in the Hope House,
Church Wide Prayer,
Saturdays at 5 p.m. in
the Sanctuary, 219 Rock
Springs Rd., Milner, GA,
770.229.8663.
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APOSTOLIC
• Apostolic Church of the Lord
Jesus Christ, 148 Silver Dollar Rd.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
• First Assembly of God, 522 Hwy.
18 W., 770-358-0646
BAPTIST
• Antioch Baptist, 2175 Bames-
ville Rd., 706472-3024
• Antioch Baptist, 2269 Barnesville
Rd., 706472-3373
•Bethel Baptist Church, 702
Johnstonville Rd., 770-358-1720
•Bethel Baptist Church, 448
Zebulon Rd., Milner, 770-358-1727
•Calvary Baptist Church, 640 Rose
Ave., 770-358-1208
• Central Baptist Church, 530
Greenwood St., 770-3584482
• East Mt. Sinai Baptist, 100
Washington St., 770-358-1214
• First Baptist Church of Bames-
ville, 200 Zebulon St., 770-358-2353
• Friendship Baptist, 121 Friend
ship Church Rd., 770-227-1885
• Greater Spring Hill Baptist
Church, Locust St., Milner, 770-358-
1818
•Lilia Memorial Baptist, 802 Hwy.
36 E., 404-509-9366
• Midway Baptist Church, 158 City
Pond Rd., 770-358-1856
• Milner Baptist Church, 107
Pecan Dr., 770-358-2954
• Mt. Calvary Baptist, 446 Hwy. 18
West, Barnesville, 770-3584984
• Mt. Pleasant Baptist, 863
Piedmont Rd., 770-358-3205
• Mt. Zion Baptist, 612 Perdue Rd.,
Barnesville
• New Hope Baptist, 1471 Hwy. 36
E., Milner
•New Life Baptist, 167 Hwy. 41
N., 770-358-3911
•Pine View Baptist, 430 Collier
Rd., 770-358-2915
• Ramah Primitive Baptist, 1274
Ramah Church Rd., 770-358-1505
• Sardis Baptist Church, 100
Leverette Rd., 770-358-0015
•Shiloh Baptist Church, 1530 Hwy.
41 S., 770-358-7390
• Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church,
198 Van Buren Rd., 770-3584611
• The Rock Baptist Church, Hwy.
36 & Piedmont Rd., 706-6474545
• West Mt. Sinai Baptist, 117 Akins
St., 770-358-2517
CATHOLIC
•St. Peter The Rock Catholic
Church, 706-648-2599
CHURCH OF CHRIST
• Barnesville Church of Christ, 518
College Dr., 770-358-3905
• Body of Christ Church of the Liv
ing God, 640 Atlanta St., Barnesville
•Church of Jesus Christ
Deliverance Center, 770-233-9832
CHURCH OF GOD
• Feast of Tabernacle Church of
God, 755 Hwy. 18 W.
• Rehoboth Deliverance Center
Church of God in Christ, 358-2748
• Shaw Temple True Church of
Godin Christ, 600 Mill St.
•The Church of God, 755 Hwy. 18
West, 770-358-1689
METHODIST
• First United Methodist Church,
375 Thomaston St., Barnesville, 770-
358-1494
• Fredonia CMC, 1024 Fredonia
Church Rd.,
• Rock Springs Church, 219 Rock
Springs Rd., 770-229-8663
METHODIST-EPISCOPAL
• Bethel AME, 189 Mill St., 770-
358-1330
* Mt. Olive Christian Methodist
Episcopal, Fambro Rd., The Rock
• Mt. Sinai Christian Methodist
Episcopal, 770-584-0694
•Sand Hill CME, 184Sand Hill Rd.,
770-3584645
•Sugar Hill AME, 770-358-6100
• White’s Chapel Christian
Methodist Episcopal, 141 Mill St.,
770-358-6872
METHODIST-UNITED
* Aldora United Methodist Church,
170 Aldora St., 404-772-9500
• Barnesville First United Method
ist, 375 Thomaston St, 770-358-1494
* Ebenezer United Methodist
Church, Highways 18 & 109
•GreenMountUMC, 639Hwy.41
S., 358-3838
* Marvin United Methodist Church,
1235 Johnstonville Rd., Barnesville,
770-3584504
•Milner United Methodist Church,
173 Main St., Milner, 770-3564504
• Pleasant Hill United Methodist
Church, 655 High Falls Rd.,2284141
• Rocky Mount United Methodist
Church, 1387 Hwy. 41 South
• Unionville United Methodist
Church, 971 High Falls Park Rd.
NQN-DEN0MINATI0NAL
• Experience Community Church,
3400 Johnstonville Rd., 678-544-1546
• Congregation Beth Yisrael, 1165
Hannahs Mill Rd., 706-646-5312
• Faith Church, 782 Ingram Rd.,
• New Life House of Praise, 100 Aldora
Street, 770-358-6524
• Fresh Manna Ministries, 619 Old
Milner Rd. 470-592-2143
•Full Gospel Fellowship, 103
Main St.
• Good Hope Family Worship
Church, 1161 Hwy. 41 S., 770-358-
4343
• Holly Grove Outreach Community,
770-358-7710
• House of Prayer Healing &
Deliverance Outreach, 770-358-3337
•Liberty Hill Church, Hwy. 36 E. at
Morgan Dairy Rd., Barnesville
• New Life Annoited Ministries,
948 Veterans Parkway, 770-358-9102
• New Mount Calvary Community
Church, 640 Maynard St., 770-358-
7750
• New Provident Community
Outreach Ministries, 770-358-6838
• Rehobeth Church, Zackery Road,
770-358-1119
• Walking in the Light Ministries,
122 Zebulon St., 770-358-7554
•Jesus the Bread of Life, 785
Veteran’s Pkwy., 770-584-6145
PENTECOSTAL
• First Pentecostal Lighthouse
Church, 419 Forsyth St., 478-258-7043
•Good Shepherd Worship, 805
Zebulon St.
• First Pentecostal Church, 3409
Barnesville Hwy. 36 W.,
• Mid Georgia Gospel Assembly,
1390 Hwy. 341 S„ 770-358-3258
PRESBYTERIAN
• Barnesville Presbyterian
Church, P.0. Box 323,478-986-7266.
CHURCH OFTHENAZARENE
• Church of the Nazarene, 744
Hwy. 341 S., 770-358-1314
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Sunday School 9:45am
Worship Service 11:00am
770-358-2381
Pastor: Ken Peeples
Minister of Music:
Steve Pattison
149 Mill Street,
Barnesville, GA 30204
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1024 Fredonia Church Road
Barnesville, Ga
First
United
Methodist
Church
Sunday Services 10 a.m. in
the Sanctuary, no reserva
tion required, with overflow
in the Fellowship Hall
Services are still offered online
Sunday mornings streamed on
YouTube and on Zoom.
Come early or tune in early for
the pre-service music at
9:45 a.m. At 11 a.m. the
worship service is rebroadcast
on Facebook.
375 Thomaston Street • Barnesville
770-358-1494