Quote:
Originally Posted by Roku
You missed two that are not FROM Athens but played there all the time when I was there in college. Sugarland and Zach Brown Band.
|
Ah yes, recall seeing their names on the Georgia Theater Marquee many times. Sugarland didn't really "grow up" within the Athens scene. They were a record label creation. Jennifer Nettles performed here with various bands for many years before Sugarland. I saw her at the 40 Watt in '01 and she had a wonderful voice. Somewhere along the way she picked up that standard country-pop twang. She used to host coffee house shows in the basement of my church for married couples with children who couldn't get out much. There was a free childcare area upstairs so the parents could sip wine, enjoy nice tunes from a live band and relax a little. It was very thoughtful of Jennifer to do that at our church.
__________________
Dear country music "artists," If all your songs are about how "country" you are, you aint country at all.
