 Return to Goat Notes Archives First published in The Goatee E-Mail May 2001 Goat Notes 05.31.01 *The Features Archive has been reformated. I was suprised to see that I did not have a link posted to the Lonely Goat Comic and the Lonely Goat Print Magazine Covers. You can now check out those links from the Features Archives. Many apologies to Seth Broadstreet who has done all of his illustrations for free in exchange for some exposure which I was not providing. He does some great stuff so check it out when you have some free time. *I've updated the What's Happening page with some new Festival information. *I've added a number of bands to the Bands page. Here is a list of the newbies: 'Greasy Beans' - Asheville - Bluegrass - http://www.greasybeans.com/ 'Vine' - Charlotte - Jam Rock - http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_email/103/vineband.html 'Man Alive!' - Winston Salem - Old time, early bluegrass, and country blues. - http://www.bobvillemusic.com/maxpages/Man_Alive 'Catching Red' - Wilmington - Jam Rock - http://www.catchingred.com/ 'Saunter' - Chapel Hill - RockBluesJazzFunk - http://www.sauntermusic.com/ 'Steep Canyon Rangers' - Chapel Hill - Bluegrass - http://www.steepcanyon.com/ 'Nth Degree' - Charlotte - Improv-Rock with strong Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Swing, and Americana undercurrents - http://www.nthdegreerocks.com/ 'Brooks Wood' - Greenville - Acoustic singer/ songwriter. - http://www.brookswood.f2s.com/index.html 'Blue Bambooza' - Greensboro - Bluegrass/ Acoustic Jam. Features Shane Lee and Steve Clark of Folkswaggin'. - No Website Available Yet. 'None the Wiser' - Greensboro - BluesFunkGroove - http://www.nonethewiser.com/ 'Les Jamehlo' - Asheville - Jamband. - No Website Available Yet. Smilefest 2001 is one week away! Start packing up the tent, cooler, and the lawn chair and I'll see you in seven short days. This is going to be special! Our friends Ancient Harmony will be at Smilefest. They also have another festival on their schedule for the weekend after our treasured event. It takes place in Georgia and it's FREE if you can believe that. Here is the scoop: June 16th - Mountain Jam Dahlonega,
GA Greensboro folks please note that the NC Show on WQFS 909.9FM has changed time slots to Noon - 2PM on Wednesdays. This is a great show for anyone interested in the local music scene across NC. Your host Chris does a great job of prepping everyone for the weekend's gigs and giving you a taste of what each band sounds like. Next Wednesday, June 6, Chris will present a special Smilefest preview featuring NC bands who will be at the festival. John Parker of the Greensboro band 'Braco,' which is playing Smilefest, will guest host with Chris. Tune in for a great Smielfest kick-off. 05.24.01 The Bass Mountain festival is this weekend in Snow Camp. Billed as the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Family Style Bluegrass Music Festival, it promises lots of pickin' and flatfootin'.<http://www.bassmountain.com> Speaking of festivals, the DeadHeads Festival Calendar for May is posted in PDF format at Lonely Goat Central. Stop by and download all the good times available accross the country during the next few months. 05.17.01 Late breaking additions include two appearances from the David Nelson Band this weekend. They will be in Wilmington on Saturday and Asheville on Sunday. Please check out their website and folks, this is a great opportunity to experience the music of a true legend. <http://www.nelsonband.com/tourdetail.html> I'm sorry I haven't highlighted this before now, but the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society presents the 15th Annual Carolina Lite Blues Festival this weekend at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC. That's not too far from Winston Salem. This is a one day event on Saturday and the music starts at 2PM. Blues affecionados don't want to miss this one. <http://www.piedmontblues.org/> Finally, a little Smilefest news. Be sure to check out the Smilefest website for late breaking news. A lot of new information has been posted and you can sign up for the NFA Entertainment email list for updates as they are released. <http://www.smilefest.com/smilefest/smilefest2001.htm> 05.11.01 Grateful Dead Ticket Services has announced mail order for the NC 'Phil & Friends' shows in August. Mail order started May 10 and here is the info: Friday, August 3 at the Alltell Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC with the Allman Brothers Band and the Derek Trucks Band. The Allman's will close this show. Doors open at 3:30 PM. Show time is 5:00 PM. Mail order tickets are available at $49.50 Reserved, and $35.00 Lawn. These prices include parking. Saturday, August 4 at the Verizon Wireless Music Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC with the Allman Brothers Band, and Susan Tedeschi. You may remember this facility better as the Blockbuster Pavilion. Doors open at 3:30 PM. Show time is 5:00 PM. Mail order tickets are available at $49.50 Reserved, and $35.00 Lawn. These prices include parking. Web Site: http://www.gdtstoo.com I'll remind everyone that 'Phil & Friends' drummer John Molo will be in Greensboro on Saturday with his new project 'ModeReko.' The band has a few dates accross the state this week and I highly recommend check!ng them out. <http://www.johnmolo.com/jmprojects/Modereko_page/modereko_page.html>. Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's out there! 05.02.01 'Sound Tribe Sector 9' are up from Georgia this week with shows in Asheville and Winston Salem. Catch them if you can. <http://www.sts9.com> Raeigh's 'Barefoot Manner' has a show at the Pourhouse this Saturday and SCI and LOS fans should try to be there. These folks won't be local for long. <http://barefootmanner.com/> Congratulations to David Via for winning the Chris Ausin Songwriters contest at Merlefest! You can catch Via with the Corn Tornado in the Charlotte area and at the POP Festival in Winston Salem this weekend. <http://www.davidvia.com> There are no listings on the schedule for the bands playing in Winston Salem this weekend at the first annual 'POP Festival' because I did not get the listing until late. This is a street event with three stages and fifty-one acts on the schedule representing a variety of musical styles from rock, pop, roots, R&B, jazz, blues, bluegrass, latin, calypso, old-time, gospel and more. Some names you might recognize include The Allison King Band, Man Alive! (featuring Joe Thrift formerly of Donna the Buffalo), and Tennessee soul groove fiends Gran Torino. <http://journalnow.koz.com/servlet/wsj_ProcServ/DBPAGE=cge&GID=01002011540942086347230056> Finally, a heads up for Saturday May 12. NFA Entertainment is bringing ModeReko to Greensboro's Artistika Cafe Concert for an evening of jazz/jam/improv music. ModeReko is a new project featuring John Molo (Phil & Friends, Bruce Hornsby), John D'earth (Bruce Hornsby), Bobby Read (Bruce Hornsby), and Tim Kobza. I've heard the newly released CD and I'm really looking forward to the event. Greensboro's latin rock newbies 'Braco' will open the show.<http://www.johnmolo.com/jmprojects/Modereko_page/modereko_page.html> Speaking of NFA Entertainment, if you have not heard, the Friday night mystery artist for Smilefest has been announced. It is 'Bela Fleck and the Flecktones!' It seems like everyone already knew that, but this is now the official word.<http://www.smilefest.com/smilefest/index.htm> |