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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Good Man Gone: The Athens community is
suffering a hard loss this week. Musician
Jon Guthrie died in a single-car accident on
Beaverdam Road this past Sunday, Sept. 27.
He was 26. Jon (the son of long-time Athens
musician Michael Guthrie, nephew of musi
cian Herb Guthrie and distant relative of
Woody and Arlo Guthrie) was a talented bass
ist and a veteran of multiple bands, includ
ing Chop Top, Community Chaos, Critical
Replay, Vigilantes of Love and The Michael
Guthrie Band. I have known Jon since he
was about 11 years old. For a time, we were
co-workers at Wuxtry Records. I watched him
grow from a restless young kid who couldn't
stop talking about music to a teenager with
preternatural musical ability to an adult with
a disarming smile and unbounded friendliness.
I was always struck by the close relationship
Jon had with his dad. They were, in no uncer
tain terms, best friends. My favorite memories
of Jon playing live are easily those with his
father and uncle in The
Michael Guthrie Band.
They could seamlessly
move between Michael
and Herb's 1960s-styled
pop and Jon's 1970s and
'80s mod-punk tastes.
Our hearts go out to the
entire Guthrie family and
all who knew and loved
Jon. He is, and will be,
very much missed.
> Come Together:
Athens-based Beatles
tribute band Abbey
Road LIVE! will play a
gala benefit concert for
the Georgia Theatre at
the Classic Center on
Friday, Oct. 9. Tickets
range in price from $19—
$24 and are available at the Classic Center box
office. The show will feature tons of Beatles
songs along with surprise guests and live
brass and strings. This performance also com
memorates the 40th anniversary of the Beatles
album Abbey Road, which was released in
September 1969 in the UK and October 1969
in the U.S. For more information, please see
www.abbeyroadlive.com.
What the Hell's Going on Out Here?: There's
no denying the far-reaching impact of Athens'
legendary Bar-B-Q Killers. Older Athens folks
still speak in awed tones when the band is
mentioned, and younger folks hunt down the
band's sole LP with a passion. Wouldn't it be
great if this 1987 album, Comely, was finally
and properly re-released? Well, that's exactly
what Mike Turner and I are trying to do.
Working closely with the surviving members of
the band (namely Arthur Johnson and David
Judd; Claire Home has sent her blessing,
though) and David Barbe, the original album
has been remixed properly and is prepared for
mastering. As many original tapes as possible
were sourced for this project, most needing
to be recovered via baking the tapes at low
heat, including the band's original recordings
for Athens, GA: Inside/Out. Vocalist Laura
Carter passed away in 2002 leaving behind a
son, and the band has pledged 100 percent of
its earnings from this record, in perpetuity,
to him. The final product will be a double CD
with the first disc being the proper album and
the second disc being a packed compendium
of unreleased tracks, demos, live stuff and
more. This will be the most definitive Bar-
B-Q Killers release possible. Because this
is a benefit project we are raising funds via
Kickstarter.com and all donations $20 and
above get an actual, physical copy of this.
Our fundraising goal is relatively low ($3,500)
and is to be used for final mastering of the
project, manufacturing and printing. Please
see www.barbqkillers.com, which will take you
immediately to the project page. The deadline
for contributions is Dec. 12.
In Convenient MP3 Format: Longtime
Athens resident Len Neighbors, co-owner
of design and web development company
Boxkite Media, and student Sarah Vakili
have launched Athens' newest podcast focus
ing on local artists. Titled Mad About Town,
the episodes will come out about every two
weeks with the first focusing on Athens' own
Madeline Adams available now. The site's
illustrations are by artist Lauren Benbrook.
Future episodes already scheduled include
features on Allison Weiss and Marshmallow
Coast. Visit them and download over at www.
madabouttown.com.
Dangit: The rumors are true. Heavy local
rockers The Dumps have called it quits.
Specifically, some members just up and
left the band rather than the band getting
together and deriding to disband. When asked
for full clarification of the situation, member
Andy Hollingsworth said, "Yeah, I've been
meaning to say something to you about this.
I just haven't gotten around to it yet." As of
press time, he still has not gotten around
to it. Visit the band's sonic graveyard over at
www.myspace.com/thedumps.
Time to Grow Up: Shows at Tasty World on
Friday and Saturday nights are now open to
only those age 21 and up. Since the club's
inception it has allowed ages 18 and up, but
social changes in the area of downtown that
Tasty World occupies seem to have neces
sitated this change. Owner Murphy Wolford
said by phone, "There's been so much activ
ity on this end of downtown it became a big
burden to regulate. [In any case] we took a
survey and realized that only 10-15 percent
of our weekend business was under 21." The
club will still be open to those 18 and over for
shows scheduled Monday through Thursday.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
Abbey Road LIVE!
18 FLAGPOLE.COM • SEPTEMBER 30,2009