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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Ebonies And Ivories: If you're shuffling down
Hull Street Thursday, May 30 and you hear
what sounds like a mixture of an ultra-civi
lized Dr. John and a pile of Michael McDonald
demo tapes, well, you've stumbled upon
Lefty Hathaway. He'll be playing that night
at The World Famous along with his full band
who are, I suppose, alternately called Lefty
Hathaway. It's never really been made clear,
but it's not so pressing that we need to worry
about that now. The Welfare Liners share the
bill, and Hathaway (the person) reports that
Lefty Hathaway (the band) will be playing a
big chunk of its set with the members of the
Liners. It's not all that confusing, really, but
if you're still head-scratchin', you can tune
in to WUOG 90.5 FM's broadcast of "Live In
Lefty Hathaway
The Lobby" at 8 p.m. that same evening when
Lefty Hathaway (man and band) will perform
and perhaps explain their goings on. Oh, if
you're one of the first to arrive at The World
Famous Thursday night, you'll get a free copy
of Lefty Hathaway's 2012 album, Shacks. For
more information, see leftyhathaway.com.
Two For Flinching: Dead Confederate will
finish its initial promotional tour for its
latest album In the Marrow this week. The
eight-song album is hands down the most
comfortable I've ever heard the band in its
own skin, and as such, it's a real nice listen
and comes fully recommended by me. That
said, Audition Tapes, the debut solo album by
Dead Confederate's T. Hardy Morris that will
see release on July 30 courtesy of Dangerbird
Records, is among the most musically and
lyrically eloquent solo albums ever released
by an Athens frontman. (See music feature on
p.9.) Hardy's songwriting had, to me, fallen
into something of a predictable pattern over
the past few years, but I remember quite
clearly the first night I heard him play selec
tions from this new solo album. I was taken so
far aback as to not even know how to describe
it. It's a wonderful document of maturity,
strength and vulnerability. And if your heart
doesn't bend to the point of breaking when
listening to the title track, then I can only
assume you're made of stone. For all you
non-stones out there, keep up to date over at
deadconfederate.com.
A Thirsty Thursday: Although the official
opening of the art exhibition "The World All
Around" was last month, Hotel Indigo will
host a toast to the exhibit Thursday, May 30
at 5 p.m. As part of the hotel's "Live After
Five" series, the musical guest this night is
Kyshona Armstrong, whose acoustic music
fits seamlessly with her Aretha Franklin-
level vocal talent. The art exhibit features
works by Meg Aubrey, Chris Bilheimer, Alex
Murawski, Robert Walden, Dayna Thacker,
Adriane Colburn, Justin Plakas, Michael
Oliveri, Michael Marshall and Jim Fiscus. For
more information, head over to face-
book. com/IndigoAthens but, personally,
I'd spend more time at kyshona.com.
Final Notice: OK, folks, this is it.
Choose-or-lose time. The absolute final
deadline for casting your votes in the
2013 Flagpole Athens Music Awards
is Friday, May 31. If you've not checked
out the ballot yet, I think you'll find
the categories to be reworked in a
highly satisfactory manner with mini
mal, if any, overlap. Go find it at musi-
cawards.flagpole.com and see what you
think. And while you're thinking, why
not go ahead and fill it out? There's
really no need to double your workload,
so think and vote at the same time.
Remember to head down to the Morton
Theater on Thursday, June 20 for the
awards show to see whether or not your
faves made the grade. But they won't
stand a chance without your help. So
help, already.
Spinnin' Wheel Got To Go 'Round: The
release show for the 2013 AthFest
compilation CD will happen Saturday,
June 1 at The World Famous. As always,
the CD is a Ghostmeat Records release,
in conjunction with AthFest and its
parent organization AthFest Educates. Doors
open at 8 p.m., the show starts at 9 and fea
tured performers are King Of Prussia, kids
and The Darnell Boys. And it's free, too. (See
Calendar Pick on p. 16.) The compilation, both
physical and digital, won't see official release
until June 18, but beginning on that date it'll
be available worldwide via iTunes, Athfest.
com, Ghostmeat.com, local record stores and,
of course, during AthFest, which runs June
19-23. Sales from the compilations support
AthFest Educates. For all other information,
see athfest.com.
Bits And Bobs: We're keeping our eyes peeled
on developments with new Athens label
Arrowhawk Records and its first release,
which is the vinyl version of Bambara's new
album DREAMVIOLENCE. Pre-orders are being
accepted right now for the white vinyl LPs
at arrowhawkrecords.com, so go give that a
look... Spin Magazine recently recognized the
late Jerry Fuchs (Maserati, et al.) as one of
the "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative
Music." Although such lists are wildly subjec
tive and, as such, always an exercise in futil
ity, it's still nice to see Fuchs remembered and
recognized. And on that note, go hug every
one you love right now.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromsies@flagpole.com
LAST
JUNE 3!
Dine fr Dance in the BBR
Thursday, May 30 ??? 9pm ??? $5
BACK ALLEY BLUES BAND
Friday, May 31 ??? 9pm ??? $5
BART AND THE BACUPS
Friday, June 7 ??? 9pm ??? $5
EIGHTIES REUIIND
196 Alps Rd. ??? Beechwood Center
706.354.6655 ??? buffaloscafe.com/athens
coffee ??? bar ??? music
TUESDAY, MAY 28 th
Stephie Rae
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 th
Connor Pledger
THURSDAY, MAY 30 th
Patton/Nelson Duet
& PFO Claptonite
FRIDAY, MAY 3 I st
Cosmic Charlie
SATURDAY, JUNE I st
Jay Gonzalez
& rCevin Lane
MONDAY, JUNE 3 rd
Open Mic with
Kyshona Armstrong
TUESDAY, JUNE 4 th
Towe Family Band
ATHENS??? INTIMATE LIVE MUSIC VENUE
hendershotscoffee.com
1560 Oglethorpe ave.
L 706.353.3050 A
1
ft!
Office
LOUNGE
Friendly
Neighborhood
Bar
Pool
Free Popcorn
lukebox
706.546.0840 ???
2455 Jefferson Rd. in Homewood Hills
Open 2pm M-F ??? 12pm Sat
Tuesday ??? 7:30pm
TWISTED TRIVIA
Wednesday ??? 9:00pm
KARAOKE with LYNN CARSON
Friday, May 31 ??? 9:30pm
THE MATT JOINER BAND
Saturday, June 1 ??? 9:30pm
LOUISE WARREN
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