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For most of my life when thinking of the town of Bogalusa, LA, I knew it for a few things: Home of an Uncle Palmer, the birthplace of one of my best friends, and that the famous “Studio in the Country” was nearby. Those things, and the fact that Bogalusa has a long history associated with the lumber industry, were what I thought of when I heard this Southern town…
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Saturday afternoons in Alabama are about one thing – SEC Football, and in particular, the Alabama Crimson Tide or Auburn Tigers. Discussions abound when folks get together on any occasion each autumn weekend. The Willie Sugarcapps sign placed in front of stage by locals. (Photo by Stephen Anderson) Saturday, Sept. 20th wasn’t much different, but for one thing, many in the Brewton, AL community were not going to pass up…
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For some time, a name keeps popping up on the blues music scene. An artist with roots deep into gospel and soul, Castro Coleman aka Cat Cole, is gaining notoriety as Mr. Sipp – “The Mississippi Blues Child”. The concert poster for Mr. Sipp’s Ocean Springs performance at “The Mary C” Recently, The Southland Music Line and several close friends were given the honor and opportunity to see why Mr.…
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“Future can not be fully met until you learn from the past”. True musicians and music fans alike understand this and no better example of the statement was recently at two incredible and meaningful nights of music. The first of the two nights was at 709 Krebs Ave. in Pascagoula, MS at “Jack’s by the Tracks”, to be followed by a second night at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club on Charleston…
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Robby Amonett, an artist with a love for music, has painted the performances of hundreds of bands/musicians from all over the country. His travels have taken him from The Gulf Coast and New Orleans to SXSW in Austin, TX to Atlanta, GA to paint a wide range of up-and-coming artists such as the sensational Larkin Poe. The list of names of those he has painted is quite extensive and impressive:…
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Some music is meant to be performed at places like the famous “Birdie’s Roadhouse” just 10 miles north of Bogalusa, Louisiana on Hwy 21 and a few minutes from the famed “Studio in the Country”. On the evening of Sat. Aug. 2nd, 2014 it did seem, for a little while, just as Rambling Steve Gardner called it: “the center of the known musical universe!” The Southland Music Line’s constant search…
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During the 1980’s while living in New York City, amid the heyday of the MTV Generation, I first heard of the band, Will and the Bushmen. Looking back they are especially memorable for me, foremost, in that they hailed from the Gulf Coast; secondly, that they had a distinct sound similar to some of my favorite Southern college-rock bands from places like Chapel Hill, NC and Athens, GA. Being a…
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Regularly, The Southland Music Line sets off on the road for a series of live music events. Our goal is to see and report on some of the best music we can find throughout the South and abroad. Trips to Austin’s South By Southwest annual festival, New Orleans’ Jazz & Heritage Festival or events in places likes Athens, GA, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Lynchburg, VA, Jackson, MS and others make…
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Having formed only in 2013, the American “super group”, Hard Working Americans deliver, giving fans exactly what is expected from such a band. Made up of Todd Snider (frontman/vocals); Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools (bass), Neal Casal of Chris Robinson Brotherhood (guitar/vocals), Chad Staehly of Great American Taxi (keys) and Duane Trucks of Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance (drums). Touring with them is Jesse Aycock (lap steel/guitar). Hard Working Americans…
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There have been many outstanding independent music scenes around the country and breaking it down could be lengthy. In the post 1955 Rock & Roll Era, we can easily list a number of familiar ones. At the start, however, to understand what a real independent music scene means, we should look at a few examples: San Francisco – The Haight-Ashbury District of the 1960’s was an area rich in music…
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