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Thursday, August 17
Park Bench Blues
Band
Georgia Theatre
The Athens-based Park Bench
Blues Band officiallyformed in
January of 1999 out of the mem
bers' common love for electric
blues, classic rock,and vintage
R&B. One year ago, PBBB was
cranking out loose jams inspired
by the Allmans, the Dead and Cream; these days, the band is a super-tight unit with an inventive
and dexterous improvisational sound.
Bassist Stephen Simmons and guitarist Greg Ward—who both played for years in rock bands
in their native town of Savannah—relocated to the Classic City two years ago and hooked up
with vocalist Julia Schoenning (who had previously performed as an acoustic solo artist), tall-
standing drummer Rick Williams, budding zymurgist and keyboardist Mark Boohaker and guitarist
Nick Worley.
The sextet immediately started gigging around the smaller venues in town and quickly
became one of the local scene's bigger draws (the band was chosen by popular vote as “Best
Blues Band" at this year's Flagpole Athens Music Awards). Schoenning drew attention for a sultry
voice and demeanor resembling the more soulful side of Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks and Bonnie
Raitt. The band established itself as a versatile combo capable of mixing genres, handling time
changes and adapting to its audiences.
The Park Bench Blues Band is currently operating as a quintet as guitarist Nick Worley has
exited the group to concentrate on other projects. Look for a studio recording to be released this
fall and a slew of brand new tunes at this week's show. (BL)
Featuring the rhythmic talents ol Cane
Stanley.
Friday, August 18
B100DKIN (AMF) Gutsy Athens
roots-rock vets with a thing for bom
bastic blues and slide guitar solos.
After the recent release of the album
Out 01 State Plates, the band solidified
its line-up with the addition of bassist
Paul ‘Crurnpy" Edwards and drummer
Bentley Rhodes. Reportedly, a new
Bloodkm album is already in the can 1
10 p.m. See Box.
BLUESTRING (Georgia Theatre)
Local quintet specializing in a straight
forward shutfly style ol rock 'n' improv
filled with sentimental lyrics, frontman
Ted Pennmgton's tasteful fiddle and
mandolin and drummer Bakari Brock's
fluid time-keeping The band recently
solidified its line-up with a new bassist
and percussionist and finished ses
sions in Full Moon Studios. Look lor
the EP titled What You Eat in stores
now
“CIRCUIT NOISE” (Boneshakers) .
Dance night off Thomas Street with DJ
Kellie.
DANIEL TIGER (Above) A newly-
assembled act from Athens-based
songwriter-musician Don Gooch (for
merly of Aviso) including tape loops
and odd instrumentation
DANNY “K” THEORY (Allen's)
Classic and modern rock and roll
Covers and originals
ELECTRIC EELS (Chips) Blues out in
Winder 9 p.m
ESPIZITO (Tate Center Plaza) Nc! to
be outdone by the likes of Blonde
Redhead, Sleater-Kmney. Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion and other no-bass-
havm’ trios, this Athens band kicks out
the angular garage-rock noise with
substantial confidence. Quite possibly
one of the most promising under
ground bands of the local scene these
days Performing on campus at 12
noon
A FEW LOOSE SCREWS One Love)
The members of Two Loose Screws
(guitarist Byron Dillard and vocalist
Ashley Miller) stretch out in front of a
six-piece, countrified pop line-up for a
set of class- 1 ; and modern rock.
FIELD TRIP (DT s) The Athens-based
groove-rock Land plays a reportedly
kickin' mixture of classic rock covers
with 3 few more contemporary tunes
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Friday, August 18
Bloodkin, Randall
Bramblett Band
Athens Music Factory
Bloodkin guitarists and vocalists Daniel
Hutchens and Eric Carter have called Athens
home for over a dozen years. Friends since the
age of eight, Hutchens and Carter dedicated
themselves to songwriting, and by the early-
'90s had compiled a repertoire of over 300
songs. Bloodkin's first album, 1994's rockin'
Good Luck Charm, was followed by 1996's
Creeperweed, which showcased the acoustic
side of the band's sound.
In 1999, local engineer David Barbe pro
duced Out Of State Plates, a mean, guitar-laden
album. On the record, local talents performed
with the band, but the real stars are the songs
themselves. It includes some old tunes like "Who Do You Belong To," "Yeah," and even the first
song that Hutchens and Carter wrote together, "Wet Trombone Blues." Also featured are recent
compositions "Taboo" and "Tennessee Williams."
Bloodkin's current lineup includes Paul "Crurnpy" Edwards on bass and Bentley Rhodes on
drums. You may recognize Edwards from his days in The Landsharks and White Buffalo or current
Athens collaboration Barbara Cue. Rhodes' previous work was with Athens bands In Like Flynn
and King Daddy Zeb. These additions are good for the live Bloodkin sound, which is usually
gritty, mature and aggressive.
Bloodkin plans to record its first live album on Friday, September 1 at Smith's Olde Bar in
Atlanta. Also on the horizon is the release of the next studio album (also produced by Barbe)
sometime in the Spring. Hutchens says we can expect it to be the "weirdest Bloodkin album yet"
with songs about "temptation and salvation and birth and death and cornbread."
It will be a night full of Athens veterans as the Randall Bramblett Band opens. (Dawn Maynor)
Daniel Hutchens of Bloodkin
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