I’ve been to some really fun, wild house parties back in my “good ol’ days”. And all the best one’s had good friends’ bands set up and rockin’ in the garage or back yard. Only made better when I was one of the band members or just got to sit in to rock a little. [...]
View PostMcKinney Dodge presents Party Down For The Playground! Retro Style! Saturday, May 4th, 2013 from 7-11 pm Featuring the fun 80′s music band… Retro Vertigo! Help raise money to add playground equipment, for school aged kids, to the new community aviation themed park at the Greenville Downtown Airport, while having fun with your friends hanging [...]
View Post“So, why are you doing this again, AGAIN!?” I get that question. More than I’d expect, really. I’d be surprised if my partners in this project don’t have the same sorta conversations. From the uninitiated, anyway. The reaction from fellow attendees is much more typically “When are we gonna do THAT again?!” That was the [...]
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VIVA LES DIVAS! A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ AND BLUES, at the Mauldin Cultural Center this Saturday, April 20th, at 7:30 pm. You can get your tickets online here: http://mauldinculturalcenter.org/tickets The first ten orders for tickets online will receive a signed CD at the performance on Saturday. For those who have not heard about the VIVA [...]
View PostA casual listen to the Boz Scaggs discography makes one thing obvious: Boz Scaggs is both a musical seeker and a man of sizable talent as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. His explorations in blues and R&B, Rock and Jazz have produced lasting work and a career that has brought with it acclaim, a loyal [...]
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Spring Skunkfest 2013… What’s it all about? I am a newbie to the Skunk way of having a great weekend. This will be my first one and I can’t wait to hear, eat and drink it all in today and tomorrow. The fêtemen will be in attendance because live music is really important to the [...]
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Videos make all the difference in the world when it comes to music. Not music videos in the old sense of the choreographed marketing mayhems – I’m talking the kind of videos that show the talent of the musicians and the ones that give you a glimpse of their personality. These are few and far [...]
View PostHow many times in your life do you get to meet a group of girls that might be the next big thing? Well, the answer is quite simple – rarely. Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza played their first South Carolina show last night at The Handlebar. SHEL is their band’s name, but these young women [...]
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Friday, February 22nd The Handlebar, Greenville SC 8:30 pm, $8 Friday night The Handlebar is hosting one of the most uniquely exciting nights of music I’ve seen in a while here in Greenville. Sure we always have great musicians coming together for big shows, but this time the music is a little less rock, [...]
View PostAlmost two years ago now, I remember driving through the Smokey Mountains into South Carolina. It made my top five list of potential places to build my wild giraffe sanctuary. Ever since then I’ve been telling my sisters we need to stop in SC on one of our tours. At last! The perfect opportunity- A [...]
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