Atlanta Dispatch Archives
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. It's been three years since Tarantino released a movie. I needed a break from revising stories, and decided to delve into his last read more...
View the BBC's Southern Rock Documentary on Swampland
Swampland has added the BBC's new Southern Rock Documentary to it front page. Go here to view it - Swampland Front Page
Athens/Atlanta Band The District Attorneys Debut New Single "Confusion of Trust"
The kind folks at This Is American Music have allowed Swampland to debut the new single from The District Attorneys, a Georgia band with members in both Athens and Atlanta. The song "Confusion of read more...
Colonel Bruce Hampton on Widespread Panic: In The Beginning
Colonel Bruce Hampton on Widespread Panic: In The Beginning This week I interviewed Mr. Colonel Bruce Hampton. We discussed everything from his Atlanta roots, music, football, literature, read more...
Rich Robinson & Amy LaVere Hit The Road Together In March
Rich Robinson & Amy LaVere Hit The Road Together In March In March, Amy LaVere will tour with
Ike Stubblefield in 2012: New Orleans This Week
Ike Stubblefield In 2012 Ike Stubblefield knows his way around a keyboard. He commands respect in the music business. Ike has played keyboards for The Four Tops, read more...
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films: Baytown Disco & Jayne Mansfield's Car
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films Billy Bob Thornton spent a few months in Atlanta, Cedartown, Rome and LaGrange, Georgia, last year filming Jayne read more...
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: December Tour Dates & New Album In January 2012
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood December Dates & Beyond The Chris Robinson Brotherhood formed around the fall of 2010. Within the year, the read more...
A Georgia Son Shining In The Big Apple: Upcoming Interview with Actor Brit Whittle
A Georgia Son Shining In The Big Apple: Upcoming Interview with Actor Brit Whittle Georgia native Brit Whittle is making a name for himself in New York City. In November, Whittle appeared in an episode of Law & Order: SVU. Whittle read more...
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later 40 years ago today Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24 in Macon, Georgia. One of the greatest slide players to ever touch a guitar, Allman played with Aretha Franklin,
Chuck Leavell's Mother Nature Network
Chuck Leavell's Mother Nature Network Rolling Stone keyboardist and tree farmer Chuck Leavell started the
The Upcoming 10th Annual John Jarrard Foundation Concert On September 23-24
10th Annual John Jarrard Concert On September 23-24, the 10th Annual John Jarrard Foundation concert will take place. Kennesaw State Music Director
Upcoming Interview: Preston Lauterbach's Chitlin' Circuit: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll--arrived in the mail on Monday. An upcoming interview with Lauterbach is on the way, but I wanted to write a quick read more...
Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 7/25/11: Ronnie Milsap and Hope Waits
For Monday, we present two Southern artists whose travels around their native region helped to define their diverse and eclectic sensibilities. Ronnie Milsap went from the mountains of North Carolina to Nashville with stops at Atlanta and Memphis in between while Hope Waits read more...
The Black Crowes Fly Across The Pond
Final Crowe Anniversary Shows This Month The Black Crowes play the final gigs of their 20th Anniversary Tour this month. So far, the band has performed in Italy and Spain. Tonight The Crowes play at the Manchester Academy in England. The next two read more...
Happiness Is A Warm Gun: Trigger Hippy Tour Dates
Trigger Hippy Southern Tour Dates Trigger Hippy just released five new tour dates. Trigger Hippy consists of The Black Crowes' drummer
The Silvertone Twangs of D. Charles Speer
The Silvertone Twangs of D. Charles Speer David Charles Shuford was born in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 90s, he moved to New York City and explored a variety of experimental styles, but his musical foundation never strayed far from pure country.
Willie Nelson's Nightly Bus Theater
Willie Nelson's Nightly Bus Theater On this early Sunday evening perhaps some humor is needed. Check out Willie Nelson's June 11 episode of read more...
Jonathan Wilson Travels To Europe with Jackson Browne
Jonathan Wilson Travels To Europe in July North Carolina guitarist Jonathan Wilson will travel to Europe in July to perform dates with Jackson Browne. Wilson will read more...
RIP Philip Walden Jr. (November 15, 1962--June 7, 2011)
Philip Walden JR. RIP "But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Chris Robinson Brotherhood Big Sur Memorial Weekend
Chris Robinson Brotherhood & Howlin Rain Big Sur Memorial Weekend "Lost in the equinox/lightening flash in a blood red sky Another game of paradox/got the angels choosing sides..."
A Memorial Day Tribute: An Early Salute
A Salute To All The Veterans An early salute for the upcoming weekend... In honor of Memorial Day, and all the read more...
Gregg Allman Signs Book Deal
Greg Allman Memoir Due Out Spring 2012 This week Gregg Allman signed a book deal to write his life story. The memoir will be published by William Morrow in the spring of read more...
Never A Pal Like Mother
Happy Mother's Day 2011 Happy Mother's Day to Everyone! Since it's Mother's Day weekend, I thought I write a dispatch around the great Atlanta label
Happy Mother's Day (and new reviews on the way!)
Hi all, Just wanted to let everyone know to be on the lookout for some brand new reviews coming over the next week or so. Tab Benoit's Medicine, Whiskey Myers's Firewater, and Bobby Thompson's By The Hand are all in the queue. Each drips with its own brand of read more...
Deadly Tornadoes Hit The South
Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through The South "Sirens were blowing, clouds spat rain And as things came through, it sounded like a train..."
The Latest From the Great Ike Stubblefield
The Latest From the Great Ike Stubblefield I conducted a brief interview this morning with the great Ike Stubblefield. Ike played with the Temptations,
Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitizer Prize Winning Journalist, To Speak at University of North Alabama
Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in the history of journalism, will be speaking at the University of North Alabama (in Florence, Alabama) at 12:30 PM, Thursday, April 14. read more...
Furthur Southern Shows Announced
Southern Furthur Dates Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will bring their band--Furthur--south this summer. The tour begins in June. The southern dates begin in July, which include Raleigh, NC (July 28), Simpsonville, SC (July 29), Saint Augustine, FL (July read more...
Widespread Panic Begins 25th Anniversary Tour Tonight in Louisville, Kentucky
Opening Night of Widespread Panic 25th Anniversary Tour: Louisville, KY Tonight Widespread Panic begin their 25th Anniversary tour in Louisville, Kentucky. In February Panic played in Athens and Atlanta, Georgia, to commemorate their first gig in read more...
MLB Opening Day 2011
MLB Opening Day 2011 “I was fairly typical of my generation of Southerners, I suppose. I got hooked on the game when I heard Mel Allen’s tense description of Enos (‘Country”) Slaughter of the Cardinals winning the ’46 read more...
Spike Lee Speaks Tonight At Savannah State University
An Evening with Spike Lee Tonight Atlanta born filmmaker Spike Lee will speak at Savannah State University. Lee will discuss his life, work, politics and the ability of film to effect social change. SSU professor Chad Faries has been spreading the read more...
Chris Robinson Reveals Band Line Up In Brotherhood
Chris Robinson Reveals Band Line Up In Brotherhood Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson revealed his new band line up at the end of last week. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood read more...
The New Kennesaw State University Music & Entertainment Business Program
Kennesaw State University Music & Entertainment Business Program Twenty miles north of Atlanta, the venerable Kennesaw State University now offers rare opportunities for students to earn first-hand experience in the read more...
The Sunday Sounds of Dust To Digital
The Sunday Sounds of Dust To Digital It’s been months since I’ve written a ‘Sunday Sounds’ dispatch. Today the temperature is predicted to hit 80 degrees. I may read more...
RIP Joseph "Red Dog" Campbell (1942-2011)
Joseph "Red Dog" Campbell RIP Longtime Allman Brothers Band roadie and writer Joseph “Red Dog” Campbell passed away on February 21, 2011. Campbell operated as one of the original read more...
Merle Haggard On A Saturday Night
Merle Haggard On A Saturday Night This afternoon I re-read Paul Hemphill’s story from Too Old To Cry (1981) about Merle Haggard titled “Okie”. read more...
Widespread Panic’s 25th Anniversary Athens Shows
Widespread Panic’s 25th Anniversary Athens Shows “Time machines, remembered scenes A wrangler rides through a passing stream…” “Space Wrangler”
Like Clockwork, SEC Tops Recruiting
There seems to be a rhythm to each winter over the last few years; an SEC team wins the BCS Championship in January and then the league cleans up in recruiting on the first Wednesday in February. Those two annual events are very intertwined, and we have written for years about how read more...
Chris Robinson Brotherhood Tour Dates Announced
Chris Robinson Brotherhood Tour Dates The Black Crowes just completed their ‘Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys Tour’ in December. Since the Crowes are on hiatus,
Bloodkin's Colorado Acoustic Run & Post-Panic Electric Evening at the 40-Watt Club
Bloodkin’s Colorado Run & Post-Panic 40-Watt Show Widespread Panic kicks off their
Widespread Panic's Sunny Ortiz Discusses 25 Year Anniversary Tour
Widespread Panic’s Sunny Ortiz Discusses 25 Year Anniversary Tour Today I interviewed Widespread Panic percussionist Sunny Ortiz. Sunny called me from Panic’s Brown Cat offices located in the group’s hometown of Athens, Georgia. We discussed read more...
Southern College Football – SEC Wins Again
LEAD STORY The numbers are staggering: five national titles in row, a 7-0 record in the 13 BCS Championship Games, and five different schools who have won a national crown during those 13 years.
Marc Ford Looks Forward to Texas Shows Later This Month
Marc Ford's Fuzz Machine In Texas Marc Ford will play five shows in Texas this month. I hope to have my recent two interviews with Ford ready by Monday or Tuesday. For read more...
Drive By Truckers Shift Into Overdrive
The Drive By Truckers Shift Into Overdrive This Friday and Saturday the Drive By Truckers will play their annual benefit concert at Athens, Georgia’s, 40-Watt Club for
Southern College Football – Bowl Season
LEAD STORY The BCS Championship Game is almost here, and the fans around our Swampland Footprint are very eager to see if Auburn can earn the SEC’s fifth straight national title. It’s quite the
Robert Plant Pays Tribute To Townes Van Zandt
Robert Plant’s Homage To Townes Van Zandt Robert Plant recorded Townes Van Zandt’s “Harm Swift Way” on his new Band of Joy disc. I heard the song today, and I read more...
Rolling Stones Cover Bob Dylan For Ian Stewart Tribute Album
Rolling Stones Cover Bob Dylan For Ian Stewart Tribute Album British piano player Ben Waters recorded a tribute album for the Rolling Stones’ read more...
Widespread Panic Announces 25th Year Anniversary Tour Plans
Widespread Announces 25th Year Anniversary Plans This afternoon Widespread Panic announced plans for their 25th Anniversary tour. Here’s the official read more...
Relic From The Past: Circle Sound
Relic From The Past: Circle Sound On January 19, 2007, The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson and the
The Rising Tide of Widespread Panic
The Rising Tide of Widespread Panic The rising tide of Widespread Panic rapidly approaches. The Athens, Georgia, band enjoyed a successful run behind the group's latest studio read more...
Merry Christmas From Swampland
Merry Christmas From Swampland Ho, Ho, Ho…I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from Swampland. Thanks for all the support. A Happy New Year to you all! Don’t let the Devil get you down. I’ve included a couple of read more...
Let Your Feet Do The Talkin': A Holiday Gift (Part Two)...
Stuart Copeland’s Latest Documentary On the heels of yesterday’s holiday gift dispatch, today’s stocking selection emerges as another
Ten Thousand Points of Light: A Holiday Gift...
Dust-To-Digital's Latest Release Here's a stocking gift for the holiday season...This latest Dust-To-Digital release serves as the 20th Anniversary of George read more...
North Mississippi Allstars Announce New Album & Dates with Robert Plant
North Mississippi Allstars' 2011 Plans The North Mississippi Allstars will release their new album--Keys To The Kingdom--on February 1, 2011. December 28 begins the Allstars' tour. On New Year's read more...
Marc Ford’s “Future Too” Featured On FX’s Sons of Anarchy
Marc Ford’s “Future Too” Featured On FX’s Sons of Anarchy “Well, I can see into the future too…” --Marc Ford “Future Too” I interviewed Marc Ford today regarding his new album
Marc Ford's Fuzz Machine
Marc Ford's Fuzz Machine Out Now Tone guru and guitar extraordinaire Marc Ford released a new album—Fuzz Machine—on November 30. These ten songs were recorded around the time of his 2007
Southern College Football – Championship Week
LEAD STORY The amazing story of Auburn and Cam Newton will continue Saturday when they meet South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game.
Widespread Panic’s Porch Songs Vol. 6 & Archive Series #5
Widespread Panic’s Porch Songs Vol. 6 & Archive Series #5 May 31, 1996, counted as Widespread Panic’s first headlining performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Since then, Panic has sold out the majestic venue 35 consecutive times. read more...
Southern College Football - Week 13 Themes
It’s rivalry week in our Swampland Footprint. Some teams are looking towards league titles (Auburn, Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, NC State, etc.) while some usual stalwarts are just trying to become bowl eligible (Texas, Georgia, Tennessee). The last weekend of the season is the read more...
The Black Crowes At Atlanta’s Tabernacle: Night One
The Black Crowes At Atlanta’s Tabernacle: Night One A quick dispatch regarding last night...Friday counted as the first of two Black Crowes shows in their hometown of Atlanta at The read more...
Southern College Football - Week 12 Themes
LEAD STORY It finally happened. For the first time since joining the SEC in 1992, the South Carolina Gamecocks will represent the East Division in read more...
Atlanta Label Dust To Digital's Latest Releases Arrive
The Latest Dust To Digital Releases Arrive The latest Dust To Digital releases arrived in the mail today. I called
Southern College Football - Week 11 Themes
LEAD STORY The Cam Newton saga continues to be the story of the week in college football. It seems very likely that his father was involved in seeking money for his son’s commitment. Does read more...
The Latest Episode of Steve Gorman’s Sports
The Latest Episode of Black Crowes' Drummer Sports Show This afternoon I listened to Black Crowes’ drummer Steve Gorman’s weekly sports podcast. They discussed the read more...
The Black Crowes' 5-Night New York City Run
The Black Crowes’ New York City Run "You can see by the look in my eyes That the devil takes his own You can tell by these holes in my heart That I've still kept my soul.."
Southern College Football - Week 10 Themes
LEAD STORY What an old-fashioned Southern soap opera we have on our hands. I’m sure by now you’ve read (or at least heard about) the ESPN story regarding the recruitment of Auburn read more...
Music Maker's 'Homebrew Hootenanny' (And A Lookback)
Music Maker’s Saturday Homebrew Hootenanny Music Maker Relief Foundation, a non-profit organization, dedicated to assisting neglected southern musicians with daily expenses, instrument acquisition, recording, and read more...
Southern College Football - Week 9 Themes
LEAD STORY So much of the national attention (ESPN) at this point in the college football season goes to just the handful of teams in the BCS chase. Auburn-- as well read more...
Georgia's Rock & Roll Halloween Weekend
Georgia’s Rock & Roll Halloween Weekend ...Written from the eye of the tempest near the Georgia-Florida line during Halloween weekend for the UGA versus UF football game... Folks are rushing around here with football, rock & roll and a read more...
Dylan, Petty & Drive By Truckers Participate In ‘Back To Black Friday’
Dylan, Petty & Drive By Truckers Participate In ‘Back To Black Friday’ In support of independent record stores, November 26 stands as ‘Back To Black Friday’. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, The Drive By Truckers, Iron & Wine, U2, read more...
Southern College Football - Week 8 Themes
LEAD STORY It’s a huge weekend in the Big 12, with conference and national title implications. Top-ranked Oklahoma travels to undefeated Missouri, while read more...
Marion Brown RIP
Marion Brown RIP Atlanta-born jazz saxophonist Marion Brown died on Monday, October 18, 2010. Brown’s talent landed him in the rare company of New York’s avant-garde jazz scene where Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane pioneered an American musical read more...
The Return of Cat Power
The Return of Cat Power Atlanta girl Chan Marshall (Cat Power) plays four shows this weekend. It’s been a while since she’s been in front of a live audience, but it’s good to see her back. On Thursday, she performs in Seattle at read more...
Gone, But Not Forgotten: T. Lavitz
Gone, But Not Forgotten: T. Lavitz April 16, 1956-October 7, 2010 “Midnight on a carousel ride Reaching for the gold ring down inside Never could reach It just slips away but I try…” “Crazy read more...
Southern College Football - Week 7 Themes
LEAD STORY With South Carolina’s huge 35-21 victory over Alabama, the SEC’s current streak of four straight National Championships looks to be in read more...
The Unchained Tour of Georgia Documentary
The Unchained Tour of Georgia Documentary On Monday, before the evening performance of The Unchained Tour of Georgia, I spoke with author
St. Simons Island: First Stop On The Unchained Tour of Georgia
The UnchainedTour: St. Simons Island I wanted to have the entire article written about last night’s first stop on The Unchained Tour, but there’s too much material. Right now, a brief dispatch will have to suffice. The Unchained Tour of Georgia, spearheaded by read more...
Patterson Hood's Benefit for U.S. Congress Candidate Russell Edwards
Patterson Hood’s Benefit For Russell Edwards Patterson Hood and
Dust To Digital's Latest Release: Let Your Feet Do The Talkin'
Dust To Digital’s Let Your Feet Do The Talkin’ Lance Ledbetter’s Atlanta label Dust to Digital just released their latest project, Let Your Feet Do The Talkin’. This 30-minute read more...
A Call From George Dawes Green: Prelude to the Unchained Tour
A Call From George Dawes Green The Unchained Georgia Tour: A Prelude To Opening Night This afternoon esteemed author and The Moth creator
Southern College Football - Week 5 Themes
LEAD STORY Alabama and Florida will meet in Tuscaloosa Saturday in a battle of the last two National Champions. It’s been over two years since the Gators lost a regular season SEC game (Ole Miss, September ’08), and it’s been read more...
Sunday Sounds: Prayers & Light For Widespread Panic's Garrie Vereen
Prayers & Light For Widespread Panic’s Stage Captain Garrie Vereen “Like a wheel to the river A mother's moon and sun Dreams against the wind Oh, and lifetimes undone Over and over And over again I was made read more...
Southern College Football - Week 4 Themes
LEAD STORY Week 4 will be ‘Definition Saturday’ in our Swampland Footprint, especially in the SEC West. We should begin to see the true identity of many of our teams and what they have the potential to achieve in 2010.
Southern College Football - Week 3 Themes
LEAD STORY After last season, we wrote how the ACC would look for improvement in 2010. Last year’s campaign was summed as read more...
Soulful Southern Brew: Atlanta's Red Brick Brewery
Soulful Southern Brew: Atlanta’s Red Brick Brewery Yesterday and today I spoke with Red Brick Brewery’s Regional Manager Chris Caban. Yesterday he was driving through Charleston, and today he was having lunch in Columbia, South Carolina. Red Brick distributes read more...
Bloodkin Opens First Shows of Widespread Panic's Fall Tour This Weekend
Bloodkin Kicks Off Panic Tour As fall descends, the interesting season of live shows begin…Bloodkin’s Daniel Hutchens,
This Weekend In Georgia: Drivin N Cryin's Equipment Stolen & The Black Crowes Inducted Into GMHOF
Drivin N Cryin Ripped Off & Black Crowes Rock & Roll Induction After a Friday night gig in Macon, Georgia, Drivin N Cryin’s gear trailer was stolen. The band stayed at a hotel and went out for something to eat after the show, and when they returned their read more...
CNN Spotlights The Georgia Theatre
CNN Spotlights The Georgia Theatre Today CNN ran a story regarding The Georgia Theatre. Our friend Wilmot Greene talked about the fire last June that burned down his venerable music hall. Wilmot told me a couple of weeks ago they hope to open the Theatre doors by April read more...
The Squidbillies' Georgia Connection
Wicked Laughs On The Squidbillies Squidbillies is an animated television series on Cartoon Network. It’s about The Cuylers--a family of squids living a quiet little north Georgia town. This counts as the fifth season of Squidbillies. Born in read more...
The Illustrations of Georgia Artist Jack Davis
The Illustrations of Georgia Artist Jack Davis Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1924, Jack Davis stands as one of America’s finest illustrators. Inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003, The National Cartoonist Society, The Society of Illustrators and The read more...
Hot Haitian Jazz and a Cool New Album by RIYEL (Watters, Atkins, and Abel)
Jazz trumpeter and Alabama native Ken Watters has joined with several of the country's top musicians to form an eclectic and exciting jazz group called
Ray McKinnon: From The Drive By Truckers To Hal Holbrook To Hank Williams
Ray McKinnon Stars in a Film About The Last Days of Hank Williams Adel, Georgia, born Ray McKinnon now ranks as a formidable actor, director, producer and writer in the industry. McKinnon’s most recent appearance is in the Drive By Truckers' video
2010 ACC Football Preview
A new era begins in Tallahassee as Jimbo Fisher takes over for Florida State legend Bobby Bowden. The Seminoles should have a powerful offense led by senior read more...
Widespread Panic & The Black Crowes Contribute Songs On Jerry Jams For Rex
Widespread Panic & The Black Crowes Contribute On Jerry Jams for Rex Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes contributed live performances of Jerry Garcia songs for the project release Jerry Jams for Rex. August 9 marked the 15-year anniversary of Jerry read more...
David Barbe Named New Director of UGAs Music Business Program
David Barbe Interim UGA Music Business Program Director Congratulations to David Barbe. Athens, Georgia, producer Barbe now serves as the ‘Interim Music read more...
Widespread Panic's Michael Houser: Eight Years Gone
Michael Houser: The Quiet Genius: Eight Years Gone By James Calemine Eight years ago Widespread Panic’s founding guitarist died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 40. It doesn’t seem like eight years since he’s been gone…
The Dog Days Descend
Dog Day Afternoon In the Peach State A quick note as the Dog Days descend here in Georgia…I briefly visited Stanley Booth and Diann Blakely today to talk shop, so to speak. Look read more...
The Black Crowes: 20 Years of Tall Tales
The Black Crowes: 20 Years of Tall Tales On August 3—the street date for Croweology—The Black Crowes will release a web series called read more...
The Black Crowes' Croweology Set For Release On August 3
Black Crowes Double Live CD Croweology Out Aug 3 The Black Crowes will release Croweology on August 3. Croweology represents all acoustic versions of songs culled from their last 20 years. Earlier this year, The Crowes entered into Los Angeles' Sunset read more...
Past Interviews & Upcoming Artists of Note
Greetings Folks, I hope all is well, and everyone enjoyed Father’s Day… Change is afoot, and we’ve got a lot on the horizon, but for the past week much of the work has gone on behind the scenes. On the immediate agenda, the work of
The Black Crowes Set For Induction Into 32nd Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Black Crowes To Be Inducted Into Georgia Music Hall of Fame The Atlanta Rockers The Black Crowes announced on their official website they will be inducted into The Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September read more...
New Zac Brown Band Live CD is a Winner
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our "winner of the week," the new double-live album from The Zac Brown Band & Friends called Pass the Jar. The event, read more...
Freedom and The Zac Brown Band
I've been thinking a lot today about freedom. It's something we all too often take for granted. Sometimes it seems the old "out of sight out of mind" thing applies when it comes to remembering our read more...
The Black Crowes: Live From The Artists' Den
The Black Crowes: Live From The Artists’ Den The second season of the acclaimed music series—“Live From The Artists’ Den”—airs on nationwide public television in read more...
I Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
I Ain’t In It For My Health A review of I Ain’t In It For My read more...
Titans and Falcons Add Solid Defenders in the Draft
One of the most important aspects of the NFL Draft is knowing your identity and drafting accordingly. Two franchises that have played that strategy well in recent years are the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons. Both teams made that Playoffs in 2008 and then barely missed a read more...
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Basically Frightened The long-awaited documentary about Colonel Bruce Hampton—Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Col. Bruce Hampton—is now in the editing phase. This project proves to be a definitive film on one of the South’s most read more...
CNN to Feature Widespread Panic Tuesday May 11th
Widespread Panic First CNN House Band On May 11, 2010, CNN will feature Widespread Panic as their first house band. In celebration of their new studio in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN will broadcast Panic from 9AM-12 AM tomorrow.
George Dawes Green Talks About Flannery O'Connor
George Dawes Green on Flannery O’Connor Yesterday I interviewed best-selling author George Dawes Green. Green’s latest book, Ravens, takes place in read more...
NFL Draft Impressions: Rams Get Their Man; Jags Disappoint Their Fans
Did your team improve? Is your fan base excited about the direction of your squad? We will take an in-depth look at the NFL Draft over the next couple of weeks, but wanted to give our read more...
Video Spotlight: Zac Brown Band Just Gets Better and Better
I am a real fan of The Zac Brown Band. These guys really get it. They blend all their influences from country, Southern Rock, and other great seventies music like Jimmy Buffett, into a totally unique sound. Today we spotlight the ZBB with their latest read more...
Steve Gorman Sports Covers The Kentucky Derby
Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman Travels Home For The Derby Kentucky-native and Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman hosts a radio “The Backbeat of Sports” show in Nashville. It’s a fine sports-music show. Steve was a serious athlete in high school and read more...
Terrapin Beer Raises Money for Georgia Theatre
“Terrapin’s Georgia Theatre Sessions” The Athens, Georgia-based brewery—Terrapin Beer Company—is releasing a new series of brew that will only be available in Georgia. Funds generated from “Terrapin’s Georgia Theatre Sessions” read more...
The Turntable Blues: Reverend Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones
The Turntable Blues Born in the backwoods of Alabama, Rev. Johnny L. “Hurricane” Jones—now 73—still preaches at the Mount Olive Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after 53 years. He continues to preach and sing as well as broadcasts a popular read more...
Poor Elijah Musicians Fund Honors Delaney Bramlett; Concert to Star Bonnie Bramlett
Poor Elijah is Comin' Home to Atlanta on June 18th. If you are a fan of Delaney & Bonnie, or if you just believe in
The Black Crowes Announce New Studio Album, "Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys" Tour & Hiatus
The Black Crowes Announce New Album, Tour & 2011 Hiatus The Black Crowes announced yesterday they will release a studio album of all acoustic material to commemorate their 20th Anniversary
Atlanta Film Festival Screens Drive By Truckers' The Secret To A Happy Ending April 23
The Secret To A Happy Ending Screening Filmmaker Barr Weissman's documentary on Athens, Georgia's, Drive By Truckers--
Celebrate Record Store Day 2010!
Record Store Day 2010 is read more...
Wanee Report: Day Two
Swampland Wanee Report: Day Two ...A Few Notes From The Swamp... Funkadelic closed the evening out last night. It's a musical read more...
Neil Young Tours The South In May
Neil Young Southern Dates In May Next month,
Truth And Salvage's Walker Young Praises Widespread Panic
Truth and Salvage Company Walker Young Praises Widespread Panic Yesterday I interviewed Atlanta-native
Truth And Salvage's Upcoming CD Debut on The Black Crowes' Silver Arrow Records
Excerpt From Today’s Interview with Truth & Salvage’s Walker Young This afternoon I interviewed
Interview Prelude with Walker Young of Truth And Salvage Company
Upcoming Interview with Truth And Salvage Company’s Walter Young Happy Easter to Everyone…a quick dispatch amid chaos…
The Road to Gritzfest: Buffalo Roaming Again
Well it looks like ol' Buffalo will be roaming once again a little later this evening. As y'all know by now, we have the big Gritzfest II coming to Bama on Friday, and as you also most likely know, I am still not up to par with my vision following last week's laser read more...
Today's Interview with Patterson Hood
Today's Interview with Patterson Hood On the eve of his annual Guitar Pull, I called Patterson Hood. Best known as the leader of the Drive By read more...
New Information on William Faulkner's Historical Sources Comes to LIght
According to an article in this week's New York Times (February 11, 2010), a Southern literature scholar from Emory read more...
ACC Teams See Mixed Recruiting Success
We wrote a month ago about last year’s mediocre season for ACC football and how the conference would look for improvement in 2010.
National Signing Day: Christmas Morning for Southern Football Fans
It’s finally here- a virtual holiday in our Swampland Footprint.
The Drive By Truckers' Secret To A Happy Ending
The Impending Onslaught of The Drive By Truckers Congratulations to
Zac Brown Band, Derek Trucks Band, Kings of Leon Win Grammys
Well, I must admit I really enjoyed most of last night's Grammy Awards telecast. There were some interesting moments to be sure. Of course we were read more...
The Long Awaited Lance Ledbetter Interview
The Long-Awaited Lance Ledbetter Interview The story of Dust To Digital is a divine one. In the late 1990s, Lance Ledbetter set out to discover read more...
Saints vs Colts Present a Dream SPF Super Bowl
Much more to come on this as the Super Bowl approaches, but yesterday's wins by Peyton Manning and the Colts and Drew Brees and the Saints presented our football-hungry region with the best reason yet to watch the Super Bowl.
Patterson Hood Scores Soundtrack for That Evening Sun
That Evening Sun Features Patterson Hood Soundtrack
Prelude To Interview with Dust To Digital's Lance Ledbetter
Prelude To Interview with Dust To Digital President Lance Ledbetter This evening I finished transcribing my interview with the President of read more...
Getting Defensive in the Peach State
Georgia’s biggest win last season came against Georgia Tech when the Bulldogs rushed for 339 yards on their way to a 30-24 victory. In 2008 the Yellow Jackets top performance took place in Sanford Stadium, as their running attack gained 409 yards on the ground to propel Tech read more...
Neil Young Talks About The Grammys
Neil Young Honored At Grammys In
Paul Hemphill's Home Movies For The Folks
Home Movies For the Folks In my friend Paul read more...
Sunday Sounds: Take Me To The Water
Sunday Sounds: Take Me To The Water The Spiritual Oasis of Dust to Digital (Lance Ledbetter Interview Prelude)
ACC Daily Fever: League Looks for Improvement in 2010
2009 was a rather forgettable season for ACC football. It started with the Virginia Tech's ten-point loss in the Georgia Dome to Alabama and ended with Georgia Tech's ten-point loss to Iowa in the Orange Bowl.
ACC Daily Fever: Johnson Not Sitting Still at Georgia Tech
Despite winning the ACC, Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson is not sitting still in trying to build the Yellow Jackets into a consistent winner. The Tech offense has been read more...
Volume 2 of Interview Series with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance
Volume Two of Interview Series with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance So, I'd like to direct everyone's attention to my interview I read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Flops in Second Straight Postseason
"Dance with the one that brung you” was a favorite expression of legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal. When applying that phrase to read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Bowden Wins Career Finale in the Gator Bowl
It was just supposed to go this way. Florida State overcame a halftime deficit with a convincing second-half performance to win Bobby Bowden’s last game in front of a read more...
Widespread Panic Brings In 2010 At Atlanta's Phillips Arena
Widespread Panic Brings In 2010 At Atlanta’s Phillips Arena A few brief notes on January 1 from the Highland Inn in Atlanta read more...
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ACC Daily Fever: League Starts Postseason Slowly
We knew the ACC would be out to gain some respect during Bowl season, and so far the results have been pretty mediocre. North Carolina dropped a tough game in Charlotte, and Boston College fell to USC as expected in the Emerald Bowl.
ACC Daily Fever: UNC's Houston Looks to Star at Home in Bowl Game
North Carolina fans (and the players) may have wanted to go a little further from Chapel Hill than Charlotte for the postseason. But after an 0-3 start in league play, read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Miami offense faces challenge without Fox
Miami received some bad news during their preparation for the Champs Sports Bowl against Wisconsin. Left tackle Jason Fox, who has started 47 games (third most in read more...
Sunday Sounds: The Week of Christmas
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ACC Daily Fever: Bowden Bowl Plan is a Proven Winner
As Florida State prepares for the Gator Bowl against West Virginia, there is a ton change happening in Tallahassee. Bobby Bowden will be coaching his last game, and then Jimbo Fisher and his (somewhat) new staff will take over and hit the recruiting trail.
Luther Dickinson: The Hardest Working Man In Rock And Roll
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ACC Daily Fever: Korn Still Practicing with Clemson Despite Transfer Plans
Dabo Swinney has a unique situation on his hands as he prepares his Clemson club for the Music City Bowl against Kentucky. Willy Korn, a former star at Byrnes read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Recruting Must Improve to Compete with the Top Conferences
The AP All-American teams (first, second, and third) were released this week, and the ACC had six players make the one of the squads. League champ Georgia Tech had two read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Foster a Fixture at Virginia Tech
It has become an annual December news item at Virginia Tech—other top programs are interested in defensive coordinator Bud Foster. With him on Frank Beamer's staff since 1987 and the coordinator since 1995, most Hokies fans probably were not too worried about losing the read more...
Dust To Digital's Take Me To The Water Earns Grammy Nomination
Take Me To The Water Earns Grammy Nomination Two weeks ago, Dust To Digital’s latest release the book (with CD)—
ACC Daily Fever: Conference Mediocrity to Blame For Spiller's Heisman Snub
The Heisman vote is in - the ACC's quality of play isn't up to par. Not all from ACC country agree. With Clemson star C.J. Spiller not being invited to the Award ceremony, South Carolina columnist Bart Wright questioned the whole Heisman process. He also wonders why true read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Fisher Building his own staff at FSU
Jimbo Fisher will take over for Bobby Bowden following the Gator Bowl, but the new coach has already been making a statement in Tallahassee. Earlier this week, he read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Unique Regional Rivalry Finally Takes Place in Atlanta
The matchup of Virginia Tech and Tennessee in the Chick-fil-A Bowl has become a very popular ticket in that part of our Swampland Footprint. The last time these two read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Playing For League Pride
In last year’s Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech beat Cincinnati 20-7 which gave the ACC its first BCS Bowl win since Florida State won it all in 1999. Georgia Tech will read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Gator Bowl To Host Bowden Finale
We wrote last week that the Gator Bowl wanted to match up Florida State (in Bobby Bowden's last game) and West Virginia (his former read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Alabama Domintates Florida in SEC Title Rematch
Alabama rode a physical offense and a swarming defense to the SEC crown as they defeated the defending league and national champion Florida Gators 32-13.
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Beats Clemson in a Thriller
It may not have been the most watched game on Saturday, but the ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville was the most exciting. Georgia Tech answered a Clemson read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Title Game Needs Buzz, Audience
The buzz around Atlanta (and the nation) is at a fever pitch for the SEC Title game. Big 12 Country (along with very interested fans at TCU and Cincinnati) can't wait to see if Texas can finish off Nebraska or if the Huskers can pull the upset.
ACC Daily Fever: Gator Bowl Decision Looms for League and Bobby Bowden
There is a current debate brewing over the pecking order of ACC bowl-eligible teams and where they may head for the postseason. The most interesting scenario read more...
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ACC Daily Fever: Clemson's Spiller is the Focus for Georgia Tech
We have written quite a bit the season on the spread running attack of Georgia Tech. It should help Clemson defenders that the ACC Title clash will be the second time this season in which they will see Paul Johnson's unique offense.
A Glance Back on Widespread Panic (with Musical Guest Marc Ford)
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ACC Daily Fever: Bobby Bowden Retires
It has finally happened. A day that has been debated seemingly all decade arrived this week with the news that Florida State's read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Could Florida and Alabama Play Twice?
It’s time to address the question on the minds of many college football fans- if Texas loses in the Big 12 Championship Game and the SEC Game is a close one, could we see a Florida-Alabama rematch in the BCS Title Game?
ACC Daily Fever: Tough Weekend for League's Reputation
Last weekend saw a doomsday scenario play out for the league in its three battles against the SEC. #1 Florida was expected to beat Florida read more...
Ike Stubblefield & Friends Jam Tonight In Atlanta
See Ike Tonight I met B-3 wizard Ike Stubblefield two years ago in San Francisco. He was playing with the Yonrico Scott Band at a friend of mine’s read more...
Dust To Digital's Holiday Spirit & Soul
Dust To Digital’s Holiday Soul & Spirit “Two white horses side by side Oh, me an my Lord gon’ take a read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Big Weekend for the League- In and Out of Conference Play
It's going to be a heated-rivalry Saturday for the ACC- with big games in conference and some in-state clashes out of league. We wrote earlier in the week about how
ACC Daily Fever: Clashes with SEC Rivals Could Boost League's Rep
The ACC has a chance to improve its national perception this weekend with three games against the SEC. And at first glance, the matchups look very favorable for the conference to go 2-1 in those rivalry contests.
A Conversation with The Georgia Music Hall of Fame's Director Lisa Love
The Latest From The Georgia Music Hall of Fame's Director My latest conversation with The Georgia Music Hall of Fame's Director, Lisa Love, read more...
ACC Daily Fever: UNC Defense Dominating In November
After North Carolina's crushing 30-27 loss to Florida State in late October, frustration was high in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels had blown a 24-6 secong half lead and had read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson's Offense Sparks Winning Streak
Clemson is on the verge of their first Atlantic Division crown as they prepare to host Virginia on Saturday. After starting 2-3, Dabo Swinney’s bunch has won five in a row with the offense leading the way.
ACC Daily Fever: Florida Governor (and Ann Bowden) Voice Support for Bobby Bowden
As the debate continues on the future of Florida State's Bobby Bowden, the long-time coach received support recently from a well-known FSU graduate- read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson's Spiller Making Late Heisman Push
As Clemson pushes towards their first Atlantic Division crown, star playmaker C.J. Spiller is making a strong case for Heisman consideration. In a season where there appears to be no clear cut favorite for the always-controversial award, Spiller has a a decent shot
ACC Daily Fever: FSU Gets Much Needed Victory
Things looked bleak last week for a Florida State squad that needed a win at Wake Forest to keep their bowl hopes alive. The Demon Deacons had beaten the 'Noles three read more...
Interview of the Week: The Great Jerry Reed
Over the weekend I was listening to this great Dixie Tabernacle release again and really digging their cover of "Amos Moses." That prompted me to go
ACC Daily Fever: Butch Davis Stays Unbeaten Against His Former School
When North Carolina blew a 24-6 second-half against Florida State and dropped to 0-3 in the conference, there were some questions around Chapel Hill about which direction the program was going.
SEC Daily Fever: Kiffin Must Be Decisive In Dealing With Player Arrest Incident
For Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin, this week was supposed to be about continuing the Vols current momentum (on the field as well as recruiting) and winning the "Coach O" game in Oxford. Instead, he's dealing with his first 'crisis management' experience as three UT freshmen read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Bowden Needs Wake Victory To Secure Bowl Bid, Quell Fan Unrest
At 4-5, Florida State is staring at the distinct possibility of not making a Bowl game if they cannot beat Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on Saturday. The Demon read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Georgia And Mark Richt Desperate For An Auburn Win
Georgia fans are feeling a little nervous these days. The Bulldogs have already been blown out by two rivals, Tennessee and Florida, and they will face two more in Auburn and Georgia Tech over the next three games.
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson Cannot Overlook NC State
Clemson has won four in a row, and the offense has averaged over 40 points a game during their streak. The Tigers can wrap up their first ACC Title Game berth with read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Spurrier Says He's Staying At South Carolina For The Long Term
As South Carolina and head coach Steve Spurrier prepare to host #1 Florida on Saturday, this game is a reminder to Gamecock fans of what their coach built at his alma mater and what has not happened in Columbia.
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech's Low BCS Status Is A Casualty Of A Weak ACC
With Georgia Tech in the Top Ten and only having one loss, ACC fans would like to think that the Yellow Jackets have an outside shot at the BCS Title Game with a few breaks.
Trailer For The Black Crowes' Cabin Fever DVD
The Black Crowes' Cabin Fever DVD Out November 23 This clip serves as the official trailer for The Black Crowes' upcoming DVD, Cabin Fever. This DVD documents the Crowes' 2009 recording sessions at
ACC Daily Fever: Florida State Loses Ponder For The Year
Florida State suffered a devastating blow this week with the news that quarterback Christian Ponder is out for the rest read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Officiating Issues Creates Negative Vibes For Top League
It’s the story that won’t go away- another week, another game where bad officiating dominates the league conversation. The SEC read more...
November 9, 2009 Interview with Chuck Leavell
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ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Survives Wake Forest Scare
What a decision. Trailing 27-24 in overtime against Wake Forest, Paul Johnson had his Yellow Jackets go for it on 4th and inches from the five-yard line.
Excerpt Two From Fall 08 Chuck Leavell Interview: The Rolling Stones
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SEC Daily Fever: LSU-Alabama Is The National Game Of The Week
The eyes of the college football world will be on Tuscaloosa Saturday afternoon when #9 LSU meets #3 Alabama. This game has conference and national read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson Will Control ACC Atlantic With A Win Against FSU
Clemson could virtually wrap up the ACC's Atlantic Divsion with a home win against Florida State on Saturday night. That seemed improbable when the Tigers dropped to 2-3 on the season after their crushing defeat at Maryland.
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SEC Daily Fever: Meyer looks bad after Spikes debacle
Many fans around the league are asking the question this week: what kind of program is Urban Meyer running in Gainesville? While many have questioned Meyer’s recruiting read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Virginia Tech tries to avoid third straight loss
In a season where the ACC has looked very vulnerable against non-BCS foes, Virginia Tech will have a tough contest tonight when they visit East Carolina (
ACC Daily Fever: Andrews leaves an amazing legacy at FSU
As expected, longtime Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews announced yesterday that he will retire at the end of this season. And what a read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Georgia's Richt looks to right ship in Athens
While much of the attention following the Florida-Georgia game has been on Brandon Spikes eye-gouging of Washaun Ealey, the reality for the Bulldogs is that they have the feel of a program that has slipped a notch from past seasons.
The Top Ten Instrumentals of The Southern Rock Era
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Patterson Hood Solo Gigs This November In Georgia
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SEC Daily Fever: Seemingly Insufficient Punishment For Spikes Sparks Controversy
Is a half-game suspension at home against Vanderbilt really a punishment? That’s what many are wondering after Urban Meyer read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Duke Improving Under Cutcliffe
Coming into the season, Virginia Tech looked like the clear favorite in the Coastal Division, with Georgia Tech and Miami also having a shot. The Yellow Jackets have read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Surges Towards Elite Status
As much of the league struggles for respectability, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets continue to look impressive. On a night where Paul Johnson’s club did read more...
SEC Daily Fever: "Cocktail Party" Remains A Great Southern tradition
It's more than just a football game. Whether it's golf tournaments, concerts, or just a long weekend with friends, the Georgia-Florida game has become a can't miss event for both fan bases and for read more...
ACC Daily Fever: North Carolina Revives Season With Improbable Win
Nobody wins in Blacksburg, right? Especially not teams that enter late October without a conference victory. However, North Carolina changed both of those last night with a shocking 20-17 win at read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Ole Miss Looks To Finish Strong
As Ole Miss prepares to travel to Auburn this Saturday, Houston Nutt's team will look to build the same second half of the season momentum that they did in 2008.
ACC Daily Fever: Jacory Harris Struggles, Matures
After starting the season with over 650 yards passing and five touchdowns in the two wins against Florida State and Georgia Tech, Miami quarterback Jacory Harris read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Two North Carolina Teams Hurting The Conference
In a fairly disappointing season for the ACC, two programs falling way below expectation have been North Carolina and NC State.
SEC Daily Fever: Tebow Shuns The Media
An interesting scenario happened after the Florida win at Mississippi State; Tim Tebow did not meet with the media.
At The Intersection of Bell, Williams, Parsons & Redding
A Brief Note At An Intersection of Country Soul The second volume of
ACC Daily Fever: Paul Johnson Has Changed the ACC Landscape
Georgia Tech's running attack has the Yellow Jackets in the driver's seat in the Coastal Division and has the league's defensive coordinators very frustrated. As has read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson Shakes Up The ACC With Its OT Win At Miami
Dabo Swinney got the biggest win of his young career on Saturday as Clemson defeated Miami in a 40-37 overtime thriller.
SEC Daily Fever: LSU needs Auburn win to stay on league's top shelf
Most in the local and national media are already looking towards December for the highly- anticipated Florida-Alabama matchup in Atlanta, but one team who has the talent to throw a wrench in that scenario is LSU.
ACC Daily Fever: FSU Gets A Much Needed Victory, But Bowden Still Under Scrutiny
It looked like the Florida State season was about to spiral out of control last night, as the Seminoles trailed 24-6 at North Carolina early in the third quarter. But read more...
ACC Daily Fever: FSU and UNC Are Both Desperate For A Win Tonight
It's pretty amazing that here in late October, the North Carolina-Florida State clash will feature two teams searching for their first league win. But that is read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Nutt Back In Spotlight As Ole Miss Prepares For Arkansas
When the 2009 season kicked off, Ole Miss looked to be a contender in the West while the Arkansas was supposed to play the role of spoiler - but roles could be reveresed after this Saturday's game.
ACC Daily Fever: Shannon Keeps Miami Focused
With Georgia Tech’s big win over Virginia Tech last Saturday, the biggest beneficiary may have been the Miami Hurricanes. The Coastal Division is now a read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Kiffin And Saban Build Their Programs Using Past NFL Perspective
As Tennessee and Alabama prepare for their annual October clash, the Vols seem to be a couple of recruiting classes behind the Tide in building a roster to compete for a league title.
SPF Daily Rating: Team In Turmoil #1 - Washington Redskins
We knew it was going to be a tough year for several SPF teams. We are going to spend some time this week on a few individual teams to give a sense of their respective level of desperation. Our first team is the Washington Redskins. Their fall might be the read more...
Chuck Leavell Fall 08 Interview (Part One) Dispatch
A Note of Introduction This lost interview with Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell was conducted last fall. That week Chuck would read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Will Clemson Ever Become A Dominant ACC Force?
Clemson made a statement last Saturday with their resounding 38-3 win over Wake Forest. It showed that they have the talent to be a heavy player in the ACC and could be a serious contender for the Atlantic Division title.
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Enters National Picture With Win Over Virginia Tech
The Coastal Division just got very interesting after Georgia Tech’s 28-23 win over #4 Virginia Tech on Saturday.
SEC Daily Fever: Should Florida be on Upset Alert?
Is this the one? Even though the Florida Gators have won two of the last three National Titles, they lost a surprising game in the middle of both of those seasons. Urban read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Tech battle will decide Coastal Division
The Coastal Division could get very interesting on Saturday if Georgia Tech can beat favored Virginia Tech at home in Atlanta. That result would net a three-way tie read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Bengals Blackout?
The Bengals have had a dream season so far. They've beaten their arch rival (Steelers). They've beaten their in state rival. They are a last minute tipped pass away from being undefeated, but they are still at 4-1 and lead the AFC North.
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson-Wake Forest Winner Could Become Atlantic Favorite
The Atlantic Division is wide open at the midway point, and an important game in deciding that half of the conference will take place Saturday when Wake Forest read more...
An Evening of Respect To Otis Redding
November 5 Atlanta Tribute To Otis Redding On November 5, 2009, at the Atlanta Woodruff Arts Center an All-Star musical tribute to
ACC Daily Fever: NC State's Tom O'Brien Needs To Beat Former Team
It’s been a year full of frustration in the ACC, and one team that has showed a surprising lack of progress is NC State.
Chuck Leavell on Mother Nature Network (Part One)
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SPF Daily Rating: Saints Fever Sweeping the Gulf Coast
As we predicted, it has been a pretty dire year for SPF teams. Even one of our playoff locks, the Tennessee Titans, is surprisingly winless and going nowhere fast. The best news amongst our SPF teams comes from the Saints who made an off season commitment to read more...
ACC Daily Fever: The Coastal Division Shaped By Battle of Tech Schools
It seems to be a weekly theme around the ACC; league coaches trying to prepare for Georgia Tech’s vaunted running attack.
ACC Daily Fever: Embattled Bowden Sees FSU Fall To 0-3 In League Play
We wrote before the weekend about the concern for Florida State having to prepare for Georgia Tech’s running offense amid the Bobby Bowden read more...
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SEC Daily Fever: Will LSU's Running Game Beat Florida?
Prime time national television audience, Baton Rouge, #1 vs. #4; this one should be fun. That’s the scenario as Florida travels to LSU amid questions read more...
ACC Daily Fever: FSU Prepares for Georgia Tech Amid Bowden Debate
It’s been quite a week in Tallahassee. With everyone voicing an opinion on the future of Bobby Bowden, there have been more than enough read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Blank Talks About A New Stadium In Atlanta For Falcons
Amidst a serious economic downturn, Falcons owner Arthur Blank has again begun engaging in public discussion about a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome. The fact read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Gator Bowl Dumps The ACC For The SEC
It’s been a tough year for the national image of the ACC and their quest to be perceived with the big boys of college football. Ever since the opening week (N.C. State lost to South Carolina, Virginia to William & Mary, Duke to Richmond, Maryland to Cal, and Wake Forest read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Del Rio Keeps Playing Silly Games #3
We guess Jack Del Rio's two game win streak has further emboldened him. After already playing silly media games with players on two different occasions (here and read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Bowden Saga Engulfs The Sunshine State
The drama of the Bobby Bowden saga at Florida State continues to be the story of week. The
SPF Daily Rating: Are the Cowboys and Texans Going In Opposite Directions?
As always, there is panic in Cowboy Nation. Panic like this always ensues when their beloved team isn't undefeated or at least in the top half read more...
Video of the Day: The Zac Brown Band "Toes"
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ACC Daily Fever: Miami Looks Like a BCS-Level Team
While Florida State is battling inconsistency and coaching upheaval, their Sunshine State rival Miami is experiencing resurgence.
SPF Daily Rating: Saints Look Consistent, Perhaps Elite At 4-0
It's early, but the 2009 New Orleans Saints look like a very, very good team. No one has ever questioned this team's read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Against His Wishes, This Will Be Bobby Bowden's Final Season at FSU
It might not be "official" yet, but 2009 will be Bobby Bowden's last season a Florida State's head coach.
SEC Daily Fever: LSU's Tight Win Sets Up SEC Mega-Clash
It may not have been the most well played game, but what a finish we all got to see in Athens Saturday. LSU led Georgia 6-0 after three quarters, read more...
Video of the Day: Atlanta Rhythm Section
ACC Daily Fever: Miami-OU History Reminds Hurricanes Of Past Glory
Most of the attention for Saturday night’s Miami-Oklahoma matchup has been on the quarterbacks. Sam Bradford will not play for the Sooners, and Jacory Harris will try to bounce back from last week’s tough outing against Virginia Tech.
Recalling The Greatness of The Atlanta Rhythm Section
Today, we are pleased to bring you another Southern Rock List, The 25 Best Songs of The Atlanta Rhythm Section. Let us know if you agree or disagree. Keep it Real. read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Del Rio Cancels Garrard's Radio Show
We hate piling on, but Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio has been asking for it. Just recently, we wrote about Del Rio's penchant for playing silly games - most read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Georgia Tech Carries the ACC Flag into Starkville
Georgia Tech has a chance to do the conference proud Saturday when they travel to Starkville to meet an improving Mississippi State squad. One aspect working in read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Jaguars to Orlando?
Orlando Sentinel sports columnist, Mike Bianchi, made some big sports news today when he reported that the Jacksonville Jaguars might be looking to move
ACC Daily Fever: Florida State Should Focus on Saving Its Conference Season
The question this week in the ACC is - which Florida State team will show up at Boston College? Two games ago, the Noles dismantled a quality BYU squad on the read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Dolphins Trade for Thigpen
The Miami Dolphins wasted no time replacing injured QB Chad Pennington by trading for former Chiefs and Coastal Carolina QB Tyler Thigpen in the wake of Pennington's decision to have read more...
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ACC Daily Fever: Can Hokies Still Emerge As BCS Contender?
With Virginia Tech’s big win over Miami, the Hokies and their fans are still thinking about a shot at the national title. With a neutral field loss against read more...
The Black Crowes, Widespread Panic and Bloodkin Week on Mystery and Manners
Mystery And Manners Highlights Three Rock and Roll Forces This week on Mystery And Manners read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Chad Pennington to Miss Season
Although they don't want to officially announce it yet because of a possible misdiagnosis, the immediate signs are that Dolphins QB Chad Pennington will miss the 2009 season with a shoulder read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Is Bama the league's top dog?
Florida still has the #1 spot in the national polls, but many believe Alabama is staking a claim as the best team in the read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Another rough weekend
The negative theme continued Saturday for the ACC as Florida State lost to South Florida, while
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SPF Daily Rating: Texas Stadium RIP
Last night, the Irving (TX) City Council approved the funds to demolish Texas Stadium. Lost in all the hype of the new Cowboys Stadium, it's hard to believe that a place with so read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Miami at Virginia Tech Is This Weekend's Biggest Game
The anticipation in Blacksburg is reaching a fever pitch. It is not lost on us here that it has been quite a while since an in conference ACC matchup is the game of the week.
SPF Daily Rating: What if Redskins Lose To Lowly Lions? Bye, Bye Zorn
It's the unthinkable times two. The first unthinkable is that an NFL team can finish 0-16. That already happened with last year's Detroit Lions. Now that the Lions are 0-2 to start the 2009 season, the question starts - "who will they finally read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Clemson Can Make ACC Proud on Saturday
Lost in the shadow of the ACC's biggest weekend game that pits Virginia Tech against visiting Miami, Clemson finds itself preparing for a tough home game against TCU.
SPF Daily Rating: Del Rio Playing Silly Games in Jacksonville
In what should be a small story, Jags coach Jack Del Rio has brought back WR Nate Hughes to the practice squad after cutting him on read more...
ACC Daily Fever: The ACC's Best Team in 2009 Could Be Determined on Saturday
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. One of the most important games in the conference season will take place Saturday in Blacksburg when Miami travels to meet Virginia Tech.
SPF Daily Rating: Lack of Playmakers Leave Florida Teams Winless
"I'm not interested in Pro Bowl players, I'm interested in world champions." "[I'm interested in 'non-talent issues' [namely] the hustle, the effort, the technique, the fundamentals, all of those things." The above quotes read more...
ACC Daily Fever: UNC Program Improves Under the Radar
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. While Miami has been the best story of the early ACC year, the only other undefeated team in the league (and ranked all season) is Butch Davis’ read more...
SPF Daily Rating: The Saints Roll Again Behind Smart Decisions
The New Orleans Saints keep their high powered offense rolling once again as they went into Philadelphia and smoked the Eagles 48-22. What read more...
ACC Daily Fever: FSU and Virginia Tech Get Huge Wins for the Conference
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. While the lower teams in the conference have had some terrible losses early, two of the league stalwarts, Florida State and Virginia Tech, had big time wins on read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Houston Texans Don't Like Being Called "Soft"
To say the Houston Texans have been disappointing since entering the NFL as a expansion team in 2002 would be an understatement. In a way, however, everything about the Texans seems understated, including their presence on the field according to those who have been calling read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Canes Looking Like A National Power Again
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. What a difference a year makes and what a difference the Miami coaching changes made in their convincing 33-17 victory over Georgia Tech.
SPF Daily Rating: Jacksonville Mayor Makes Personal Plea For Fans To Buy Jags Tix
The Jaguars lost an astonishing 17,000 season ticket holders between this season and last. Expectations are that most of their games will be blacked out locally. So who have the Jags turned to?
ACC Daily Fever: Is Miami's Defense Ready For Prime Time?
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. A year ago, Miami simply not ready for Georgia Tech’s running attack. The Jackets totaled 472 yards on the ground on the way to a 41-23 victory. read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Hogs-Dawgs Could Be The SEC Game of The Weekend
SEC Daily Fever is the top SEC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. One of the more interesting matchups of the weekend has to be Georgia traveling to Arkansas. (Give Mark Richt credit - his tough schedule has kept his team on read more...
SPF Daily Rating: Delhomme Under Fire In Carolina
Things are getting ugly in Charlotte and Carolina for Panthers QB Jake Delhomme. Delhomme is getting major flack from fans. read more...
SEC Daily Fever: Chizik Tries To "Manage" Auburn Fans' Expectations
SEC Daily Fever is the top SEC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Auburn fans have had more than a little frustration with their offense over the last few seasons.
ACC Daily Fever: FSU's Players Call Closed Door Meeting
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It doesn’t affect their ACC title hopes, but the BYU contest in Provo Saturday could become Florida State’s most important game of the season.
SPF Daily Rating: The Falcons Display Winning Formula in Week One
The Atlanta Falcons have opened 2009 just like they did 2008 - by winning decisively. The main difference is that they beat the ultimately 0-16 read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Miami Works Long Hours To Stop Tech's Running Game
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. We wrote last week about how tough it would be for Clemson
ACC Daily Fever: Almost Competitive Conference?
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The Week 1 storyline for the ACC was tough defeats and narrow escapes against supposedly ‘inferior’ opponents.
Mystery And Manners' Honorary Southern Artist Volume 9: Sam Shepard
Mystery And Manners’ Honorary Southern Artist Volume 9: Sam Shepard Born in Illinois, Sam Shepard’s writing, acting and musical read more...
A New Blind Willie McTell Book
Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell I came across this interesting blog regarding a read more...
ACC Weekend Fever: Clemson Rally Against Tech Shows Heart, Falls Short
ACC Weekend Fever Previews Top Stories for the Upcoming Weekend Although it was still a 30-27 road loss, Clemson has to be encouraged
ACC Daily Fever: Short Week Has Swinney Understandably Nervous About Tonight's Game
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Paul Johnson’s spread running attack had quite the effect on the league a year ago.
ACC Daily Fever: Miami's Jacory Harris Provides Hope For ACC
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. What a game. For a week that saw the league struggle mightily, the Florida State-Miami thriller was a nice sign of the ACC’s potential.
ACC Daily Fever: Miami-FSU Barely Salvages An Opening Week Full of Bad Losses
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. You know it was a bad week when columnists are already calling you the “
Johnny Colt's At Full Volume Premiers on The Travel Channel Monday September 7
Full Volume Premiers Monday September 7, PM on Travel Channel North Carolina native Johnny Colt ranks as a self-made business mogul. Colt read more...
Pat Conroy Sweepstakes : Win Copy of South of Broad
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ACC Daily Fever: N.C. State's Loss Gets 2009 ACC Football Off To Poor Start
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. This one will sting awhile. North Carolina State was in a great position to move the program forward, but instead flopped on national television with
ACC Daily Fever: All Eyes on Raleigh Tonight
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. What an opportunity tonight's game presents for North read more...
Widespread Panic's Todd Nance Calls From Chicago
Widespread Panic’s Todd Nance Courtesy Call With all the current and upcoming excitement regarding this
Today's Conversation with Widespread Panic Bassist Dave Schools Regarding Current Tour with The Allman Brothers Band
Widespread Panic Bassist Discusses Tour with Allman Brothers Band An hour or so ago I just got off the phone with
Charlie Watts Quits The Stones?
Charlie Watts To Quit The Stones Well, bad news for Rolling Stones fans...word on the street is the band's original drummer--Charlie Watts--has read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Miami's Brutal Opening Month May Affect Shannon's Future
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. In a recent interview,
ACC Daily Fever: Hokies Must Improve on Offense
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ACC Daily Fever: Cutcliffe Inspires Hope at Duke
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. When you talk postseason in Durham, most Duke fans automatically think March Madness.
The Black Crowes & Levon Helm Band Rock Boston Last Night
Crowes & Helm Rock Boston Last night at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston,
ACC Daily Fever: 2009 Is a Make or Break Year for Al Groh at UVA
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Can Virginia get back to the days of George Welsh when the Cavaliers were a consistently solid team in the ‘90s? One man who will try and help that read more...
ACC Daily Fever: Will Gamecock Trash Talk Motivate an Improving NC State?
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The 2009 campaign will be huge for N.C. State’s Tom O’Brien, who has gone 11-14 in his first two years in Raleigh after eight straight winning seasons at read more...
ACC Daily Fever: FSU's Offense Continues to Raise Concerns
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It seems that Bobby Bowden is not too happy with his read more...
Bob Dylan Releasing Christmas Album
Christmas In The Heart I know it's early, but since
SEC Daily Fever: Latest On Julio Jones and Alabama
SEC Daily Fever is the top SEC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It's the story that just won't go away in Alabama.
ACC Daily Fever: Two More QBs to leave the "U"
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. An interesting story broke today in Coral Gables as two more quarterbacks read more...
SEC Daily Fever: How will Kiffin's offense fare in Year 1?
SEC Daily Fever is the top SEC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. As expected, Tennessee has named senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton the read more...
The Black Crowes' Stuck Inside Utopia Tour Begins Tuesday in Virginia
Stuck Inside Utopia Tour Begins Before The Frost Tuesday, August 25,
ACC Daily Fever: Will The Injury Bug Derail Virginia Tech's Season?
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It’s been a tough preseason camp for Virginia Tech, especially at the running back position.
Mystery And Manners' Honorary Southern Artists Volume 8: Lowell George
Mystery And Manners' Honorary Southern Artists Volume 8 Born in Los Angeles, California, Lowell George's guitar playing and songwriting categorize read more...
Widespread Panic-Allman Brothers Tour: Double Dose of Potent Music
Brothers Panic On The Road If the first two nights of the run is any indication, it looks like the
ACC Daily Fever: Biletnikoff List Shows Unfortunate Lack of ACC Playmakers
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know Although it’s good news for Jacoby Ford, it’s not so good news for the conference.
ACC Daily Fever: Another Florida Coaching Legend Passes Over Tebow
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know This will get them talking in the Sunshine State.
ACC Daily Fever: Ticket Sales Say That UNC Is More Than Just Basketball
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know What a difference a top coach can make. Butch Davis has awakened the North Carolina football fan base as
ACC Daily Fever: New Starter for Clemson
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Clemson will have a new signal caller for their opener as Dabo Swinney has named
Widespread Panic & The Allman Brothers Prepare For Historic Tour
Widespread Panic & Allmans Embark On Historic Tour This Weekend This weekend the
ACC Daily Fever: GA Tech Loses Backup QB
ACC Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Georgia Tech suffered a blow to their depth over the weekend when
The 8th Annual John Jarrard Concert
All-Star Line-up For 8th Annual John Jarrard Concert Greetings folks...today I got an announcement from my friend The University of Georgia's read more...
Black Crowes Move Up Release Date of Before The Frost...Until The Freeze
Before The Frost...Until The Freeze Due Out August 31 The read more...
GRITZ Loses Another Dear Friend: Barry Trotter Has Lost His Battle With Cancer
I just received word from Tommy Talton that our mutual friend Barry Trotter lost his hard fought battle with cancer this morning (Aug 10, 2009). Barry was the husband of Terry Reeves of Music Matters Entertainment who books Talton's band, Jimmy Hall, Tommy Crain & The read more...
Truth & Salvage Company Fly with The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes Take Truth & Salvage Under Their Wing The Truth read more...
Video Spotlight: The Zac Brown Band
One of my very favorite bands these days is The Zac Brown Band based in Atlanta and tearing up the country charts. I am particularly proud that former
Orrin Hatch's Folly: Senator, College Football Is About Conferences, Not Teams
After concluding Senate hearings about the BCS, Senator Orrin Hatch wrote an op-ed piece that appeared on ESPN.com. Here's a selection of that article: During the June 7 read more...
The Black Crowes & Levon Helm Band Tonight
Summer 2009 Tour Notes Volume 4 Tonight in Pittsburgh The Levon Helm Band read more...
A Tribute To Paul Hemphill: On The Road
A Tribute To The Late Paul Hemphill In the wake of the sad passing read more...
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Mystery And Manners' Flag Flies At Half Mast Not a good day. My friend
Summer Tour Notes Volume 3: Panic, Crowes, Dylan
Summer Tour Notes Volume 3 Tonight The Black Crowes and
Dylan, Nelson & The Dead Rock Rothbury
Mystery And Manners’ Summer Tour Notes Volume 2 This
The Black Crowes Ain't Hidin'
The Black Crowes New Single "I Ain't Hidin'" Explores Funk The Black Crowes just released a new single,
Time Flies Like An Arrow
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A Dispatch From The Coast
A Dispatch From The Coast After business in Atlanta, I’m on the homeland fandango this weekend to
NBA Draft: Swampland's Pro Hoops Teams
Pro sports has a problem in the Swampland Footprint. Considered the top level of competition and interest throughout the rest of the country, the pro game doesn't resonate with read more...
Prayers & Light For Paul Hemphill
Prayers & Light For Southern Writer Paul Hemphill I cannot explain the difficulty or pain it causes me to write these next lines... My friend read more...
Lowside of The Road with Barney Hoskyns
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The Long Awaited Dave Schools Interview
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Dave Schools Talks About Success & Side Projects
Dave Schools Talks About Success & Side Projects In my long and extensive interview with
The Truth & Salvage Company
Truth & Salvage On The Rise The Truth & Salvage Company were recently read more...
The Drive By Truckers' Fine Print
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Drive-By Truckers Polish Up Unreleased Songs For New Album The Fine Print (A read more...
A Talk with Patterson Hood about Murdering Oscar
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New Black Crowes Tour Dates
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Final Excerpt From Dave Schools Interview
Last Dispatch On Dave Schools Interview On
Early Grooves with Dave Schools
Early Grooves with Dave Schools
Opening Lines of Interview with Widespread Panic's Dave Schools
Onset of Interview with Panic's Bassist A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed
Birthday Salutes To Bob Dylan and The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson
Mystery And Manners’ Birthday Shout Out Greetings, I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend. I’d like to send out a read more...
This Evening's Interview with Dave Schools
This Evening’s Interview with Dave Schools I just got off the phone with
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun with Diane Durrett
Hi Y'all. I am happy today to post two reviews of one particularly talented artist, one Diane Durrett. Diane is both an acomplished singer and songwriter, as well as being a fine writer. Her latest album ,
A Glimpse Into Widespread Panic's Archive
Greetings, I'd like to point out Mystery And Manners' guide to Widespread Panic's new
FSU Booster Suggests ACC Divisional Realignment
The Orlando Sentinel recently reported that the president of the Seminole Boosters, Inc has written a plea to his school to ask that the
The Virgin Spring (Revisited)
The Virgin Spring Greetings…a quick peek from behind the curtain in this virgin spring…I’m rendering finishing read more...
Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman Hosts Nashville Radio Sports Show
Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman Hosts Nashville Sports Show Last night, NASCAR enthusiast
A Few Notes on Widespread Panic Night Two in Orange Beach
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Indie Record Store Day: Horizon Records Still Rocks
I just got back home from a visit to Horizon Records, my favorite home tome indie record store. They were having one of their big sales in honor of Independent Record Store day today, with a tent set up outside and great read more...
Talks With Widespread Panic Archivist & Dust To Digital's Lance Ledbetter
Plans to Interview WSP Archivist & Dust To Digital's Lance Ledbetter Greetings Folks, I hope everyone enjoyed the Easter holiday. read more...
The Atlanta Film Festival, Dust to Digital & Beyond
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Crosstown Allstars Get New Bassist, and He's a Southern Rock Star
I just got an exciting piece of news from Terry Reeves at Music Matters Entertainment. Tommy Crain & The Crosstown Allstars, who suffered the passing of their bass player and friend
Atlanta's Dust To Digital Celebrates Grammy & New Box Set Last Night
Dust to Digital’s Atlanta Grammy Celebration & Release Party A few short notes as a prelude to an upcoming larger read more...
In Defense of Jay Cutler: Why Most SPF Teams Still Don't Get It
I wish it hadn't come to this [trading Cutler]. I'm disappointed. . . . It's a sad day for one of the elite franchises in football and all the Broncos fans, and I'm sad - John Elway The saga of Jay Cutler has mesmerized the NFL landscape just like Brett Favre did read more...
A Call From Bruce Burch
A Call From The University of Georgia's Bruce Burch My amigo
Bloodkin's Daniel Hutchens Writes A Note On Swampland
Daniel Hutchens Pens Ode To Swampland There's too many articles, interviews, reviews I'm working on to mention them all now in a list. However, I did put up read more...
The Allman Brothers Band: A Different Point of View from Swampland's James Calemine
James Calemine, a long time contributor to GRITZ, as well as many other publications, including Hittin' The Note, is the man behind the
Derek Trucks Band Lead Singer Mike Mattison Talks with GRITZ
I have got to tell y'all, I have really been enjoying thre latest Derek Trucks Band CD, Already Free. It is just great. I bought it upon the recommendation of
Chuck Leavell Interviews Widespread Panic's John Bell
A Stone Interviews John Bell The great
New Tom Waits Biography On the Way
Mystery And Manners Prepares for Interview with Writer Barney Hoskyns Writer Barney Hoskyns has written a new
Big Medicine Come Soon
"Beyond the horizon, in the Springtime or Fall Love waits forever for one and for all." --Bob Dylan Greetings read more...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit In Atlanta
Isbell Performs Atlanta Day After New Record Release Last night in celebration of my 41st birthday Robin Lynn took me down to the Earl in East read more...
SEC vs ACC: Clemson and South Carolina Try to Make the Palmetto State Relevant
In continuing our look at the states with both ACC and SEC teams, we move to the Palmetto State, where a ton of changes occurred in the offseason.
Gary Louris Interview
A Conversation with Jayhawk Gary Louris En Route To Atlanta After I finished interviewing
Mark Olson Interview
A Conversation with Mark Olson On the Road to Atlanta Yesterday I interviewed Mark read more...
Jayhawks Down South
Gary Louris & Mark Olson Interview I interviewed Jayhawks Mark Olson and Gary Louris this afternoon. They were driving to Atlanta for a show read more...
SEC vs ACC: Georgia and Georgia Tech Battle for Peach State Supremacy
With recruiting classes signed and spring practices approaching, it’s a good time to look at states in the Swampland Footprint that share SEC and ACC teams. We’re going to start in the Peach State, where a long time
Clay Cook of The Zac Brown Band, Formerly of Marshall Tucker, Releases Stellar Solo Disc
Hi guys and happy Thurday, Honest Abe Lincoln's birthday! Every once in a while I get a CD here in the office that just blows me away. If you're a read more...
Ready For the Flood
Technical Difficulty & The Path Onward A drizzling rain hit Atlanta last night as I navigated through the shallow waters of technical difficulty…in read more...
Atlanta's Dust To Digital Wins Grammy
Dust To Digital Wins Grammy For Best Historical Album Congratulations to Dust To Digital for winning a Grammy tonight with
In Defense of Lane Kiffin: The SEC "Family Feud" with Urban Meyer
There is no other conference more proud of itself than the SEC. SEC fans from rival teams hate each other with a passion bordering on the pathological, but when success arrives, it is embraced not just for the winning team but for the conference at large.
SEC Dominance - From the Field to Recruiting (And It Isn't Stopping Soon)
The reaction to Signing Day is always interesting as every coach in America is thrilled with their class while fans have mixed reactions to their school’s ranking and new players. Everyone that followed Wednesday's coverage saw plenty of ESPN's favorite big-market teams read more...
Xmas in February for Southern College Football Fans (SEC, Big 12, ACC, Big East)
It’s finally here! National Signing Day is upon us, and this is the time where quality programs establish themselves for the upcoming years. The welcoming of a new recruiting class energizes fans and provides coaches with the opportunity to show that their school will be-or read more...
Mack Brown and the Longhorns Must Judiciously Draw Talent from their Texas Base
Water is wet, the sky is blue, and the University of Texas is working on another top-notch recruiting class. The Longhorns Mine Their State's Natural Talent Base Most BCS schools try to comb their region (if not the read more...
UNC's Butch Davis Challenges the ACC to Rival the SEC
With the rapid approach of National Signing Day, we’ve focused recently on the critical lifeblood known as recruiting. One of the new players that has emerged in read more...
SB Sunday Reflections on the SPF Season: Teams Fell Short; Dungy & Gruden Gone
As the Footprint wakes to a Sunday featuring the 43rd Super Bowl hosted by one of our great Swampland cities, it gives us a chance to reflect on the past SPF season. Although five of our 13 SPF teams made the playoffs, none made any noise since they all were "one and read more...
To Stewart Mandel, We Say, "SEC Coaching Dollars Make Sense"
Chalk SI.com's Stewart Mandel as the latest member of the national media that just doesn’t understand the culture of the SEC football landscape. Mandel's latest involves
Chris Robinson-The Jackdaw of Perception: From The Black Crowes to California Folk
Chris Robinson-The Jackdaw of Perception: From The Black Crowes To California Folk "Windswept stars blink and smile Another read more...
Lane Kiffin is Already Making an Impact on the SEC (and Paul Finebaum)
A few weeks ago, I wrote how I thought Tennessee and Lane Kiffin were going to be a great fit for each other. There was quite a bit of criticism for a major power in the SEC choosing a read more...
A Conversation with The Drive By Truckers' Patterson Hood
A Call To Patterson Hood "I don't know God but I fear his wrath I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path."
R.E.M., Molly Hatchet, Atlanta, Athens and Buffalo: Eighties Memories
Someone mentioned R.E.M. during a conversation with me the other day, and it got my ol’ mind to reeling again. See, I am a die hard Southern Rocker, but I love many other types of music as well. R.E.M. is certainly not a Southern Rock band, yet they are totally
A Call To Paul Hemphill
A Call To Paul Hemphill Last week I wrote about writers Flannery read more...
President-elect Barack Obama and The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It was a blistering day in August of 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and read more...
Tenth Annual Hannah's Buddies Charity Classic
Hanna's Buddies News The Tenth Annual Charity Classic Golf Event and silent auction called
Flannery O'Connor's Divine Grace
Flannery O’Connor’s Divine Grace “Necessity is the mother of several other things besides invention.”
Ole Miss and LSU Cruise; Alabama and South Carolina Snooze
Overall it’s been a pretty good bowl season for the SEC, going 5-2 with Florida left to play in the National Title Game. The highlights include Mississippi and Houston Nutt getting a
Ean Evans of Lynyrd Skynyrd Diagnosed with Cancer
We are sad to report the news that Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans has been diagnosed with cancer.. We received word today from both band members, friends and fans. While we do not read more...
Night Before The Bloodkin Show with Daniel Hutchens
Night Before The Bloodkin Show with Daniel Hutchens 1/2/09 Tomorrow night
Atlanta's Dust To Digital Earns Two Grammy Nominations
Dust To Digital Up For Two Grammy Awards 12/30/08 February’s Annual Grammy Nominations finds Lance Ledbetter’s
Lane Kiffin fits the Vols and the SEC
Tribal Fever did a great job of presenting the challenge that is coaching in the 21st century SEC. I wanted to focus on the Tennessee job where Phil read more...
Widespread Panic's New Year's Eve Bash
Georgia Homeboys Bring 2009 Into Denver 12/26/08 Unlike previous years where they play New Year's Eve shows in Atlanta, this read more...
The Black Crowes Recording New Album At Levon Helm's Barn
The Black Crowes Recording New Album In Front of Live Audience At Helm's Barn 12/23/08
On The Killing Floor With Bloodkin
On The Killing Floor With Bloodkin 12/22/08 "I stole the kisses When the bride was young With a razor blade
In Tree Sound Studios With Ike Stubblefield
In Tree Sound Studios with Ike Stubblefield 12/17/08 Monday I spent the afternoon with the great keyboard wizard
The B-3 Sounds of Ike Stubblefield
The B-3 Sounds of Ike Stubblefield: Atlanta’s Resident Keys Expert 12/12/08 I first met
A Glimpse Into Mystery & Manners' Chuck Leavell Interview
Leavell Reveals New Website & Christmas Plans 12/10/08 Recently I interviewed Georgia tree farmer and Rolling Stones keyboardist
SEC and Big 12 Championship Game Reax
The college football regular season ended by giving us the matchup that made the most sense--the SEC Champion vs. the Big 12 Champion. The BCS title game should be a high-scoring, exciting affair and one that all of the fans in our Swampland footprint will appreciate. Florida will read more...
Excerpt #4 From Stanley Booth Interview Series Volume 1: Otis Redding
Excerpt #4 From Stanley Booth Interview Series Volume 1: Otis Redding 12/08/08 In Excerpt #4 Booth discusses his career after learning the read more...
Marc Ford's 2008 Neptune Blues Club Interview
In Through The Out Door To Marc Ford's Neptune Blues Club 12/7/08 Pearl Harbor Day...It's cold and clear here in Atlanta. Two days read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Fourteen): NFC South Showdowns!
We had to take a couple of weeks off due to technical issues with the site. Check out our Faulkner-inspired T.I. Poll to see how the teams rank. On to this week's read more...
Saturday's Slate: Conference Championships
Here we are, after a week off due to technical difficulties, to find ourselves on the verge of crowning some conference champions and setting up the BCS Title teams. It has been a long and exciting year. Luckily for us, today's games have the potential to live up to the read more...
Angelus Event Begins On a Somber Note; Another Friend Gone
I am deeply saddened to announce that another dear nusician friend has passed away. Our good friend Kerry Creasy, bassist for Tommy Crain and the Crosstown Allstars, passed away during the night from a heart attack. Kerry's final show was nothing short of spiritual. He, read more...
Swampland Footprint National Title: Big 12 vs. SEC
So it’s Oklahoma that gets the chance to represent the Big 12 South in Kansas City, and they will probably get a shot at the National title with a victory. Of read more...
December's Children
Mystery And Manners Dispatch: Notes on News, December’s Children and Into 2009 11/30/08 I hope everyone enjoyed read more...
Excerpt 2 From Stanley Booth Interview Series Vol 1: Otis Redding
Excerpt 2 From Vol 1 of Mystery And Manners' Stanley Booth Interview Series 11/23/08 In continuation of
Excerpt From Stanley Booth Interview Series Vol. 1: Otis Redding
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Buffalo Roaming Again; Check Out Jimmy Herring
Greetings, sports fans. Looks like the ol' Buffalo is roaming again. Heading down to Georgia for what promises to be a stellar evening of r&b and Southern Rock with Jimmy Hall and T. Graham Brown. Meanwhile, might I suggest you check out an interview by my pal James read more...
Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday
1. It has finally happened. For the first time since 1982, the Vanderbilt Commodores will be eligible to go to a bowl. Vandy rode D.J. Moore read more...
The Black Crowes In Birmingham
The Black Crowes Play The Historic Alabama Theatre 11/16/08 A few notes on last night's Black Crowes show... The Alabama read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Eleven): Key Swampland Showdowns in Jax, DC, and Indy!
After four SPF teams have byes last week (Dallas, Washington, Tampa Bay, and Cincinnati), we are heading into the home stretch. Intra-division matchups will determine playoffs berths. This week our two SPF NFC East teams and the entire AFC South face off. As read more...
Saturday's Slate: SEC vs. Big 12 South Looking Good!
After a season of many a wild ride, a little clarity emerged from last week's games. The SEC has their championship game set. The Big 12 is now down to three (maybe four) potential BCS participants. The rest of our TF conferences have a ways to go, but none of read more...
Cora Mae Bryant RIP (1926-2008)
Swampland Pays Tribute To A Blues Pioneer 11/12/08 Swampland/Mystery And Manners would like to pay tribute to the great read more...
Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday
1. After all of the Nick Saban drama last week in Baton Rouge, we finally got a close game from a SEC marquee matchup. Alabama and LSU staged a very hard-fought battle, but as we’ve written about so much this season in the SEC, the quarterback play was the difference. Alabama read more...
The Gonzo Tapes
The Life And Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 11/10/08 For the last three days I've been listening to this amazing 5 CD boxset called The read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Ten): Byes Galore
Four SPF teams have byes this week (Dallas, Washington, Tampa Bay, and Cincinnati). There are only a few good-looking games on the schedule. The rest, outside of a select few, look like virtual byes - either be easy wins or sad losses. As Always, SPF teams in read more...
Notes From A Fall Saturday Afternoon
"May this shovel Loose your trouble, Lay them far away..." read more...
Saturday's Slate: The November Home Stretch Begins!
College football remains the Footprint's most compelling and spectacular sport. The 2008 season has delivered us yet again a roller coaster ride of sporting goodness. The stakes have been high all season. So far, at least two key programs (Tennessee and read more...
Falcons Do Not Need Hall's Drama
I found a headline in the AJC that absolutely astounded me in the wake of ex-Falcon DeAngelo Hall being released from the Raiders; “Should the read more...
End of an Era in Knoxville and the SEC
The Dean of SEC football coaches, Phillip Fulmer, announced on Monday that he would agree with the University of Tennessee’s decision for him no to return for the 2009 season. It was one of the
Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday
1. Wow – what an instant classic in the Lonestar State. Texas Tech pulled off an amazing upset of #1 Texas with one second to go and sent their raucous fans read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Nine): SPF Inter-league Barometer Time
Carolina and New Orleans have bye weeks. There's one Swampland Showdown. The rest of today's Slate features matchups between SPF teams and the rest of the NFL. There is a chance that SPF teams can go undefeated this week sending a huge message to the rest of the read more...
Saturday's Slate: Top Games in Each Conference Will Decide Champions
Georgia and Florida in Jacksonville The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party has more at stake than ever – read more...
Tuesday Tastings (Week 8): Midway Point
Thanks to Patrick "Snowman" Snow's item early Monday morning, he helped us cover a lot of ground for our tastings. Without any further waiting... FINGER-LICKIN' read more...
Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Sunday
1) The Titans and Colts will go at it on Monday Night Football in the Music City. Tennessee comes into the game undefeated and looks to deliver the ultimate knockout blow to the usual AFC South Champ. The
Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday
1) The biggest difference between teams in the SEC this season is simply quarterback play. Alabama, Georgia, and Florida came into the season with experienced/quality signal callers, and they have been the class of the league. Lack of experience or just poor play at quarterback has read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Eight): Big Games in Big D, Music City
Finally, we have a few big games to savor. As Always, SPF teams in CAPS with (Week 7's T.I. Poll Ranking) TAMPA BAY (4) @ DALLAS (1) - This pivotal Swampland read more...
Saturday's Slate: A Bit of Relative Calm Before the Storm
Although you can't take a week off in college football, this week seems like a palate cleanser before some of the biggest homestretch games are played. November will feature great game after great game and next week's
A Nice Weekend of Hate in the SEC
One of the most hate-filled rivalries in college football will see another chapter written on Saturday when the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide invade Knoxville to take on the Volunteers. The “Third read more...
Tuesday Tastings (Week 7): Rams Recognized, while Dallas Declines
It was a tough week of football in SPF land. Two of our teams were off (Jacksonville and Atlanta) and several others played like they were taking the week off. FINGER LICKIN' GOOD St. Louis Rams - It is time to read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Seven): Find Some Magic
With only four games worthy of interest and two teams off (Atlanta and Jacksonville), we are looking for a little magic in our Sunday Slate. The NFL usually provides a few unexpected surprises. Maybe this is that week. It certainly won't be hard with entertaiment read more...
Saturday's Slate: BCS Busters vs. Disciplined Talent
Last week was a lesson in symmetry. Many teams met on the field that looked like mirror images. Something had to give, and it did. 3 of the top 5 teams lost giving the nation a new number one, Texas, who beat Oklahoma in what was probably a top 10 of all time Red read more...
Widespread Panic News
Athens, Georgia Heroes Continue To Amaze 10/15/08 Yesterday I interviewed
Tuesday Tastings (Week 6): Burt Reynolds Loves The Falcons!
It was a very weird week in SPF land. Many teams lost games they weren't expected to lose. A few others had surprising wins. (The Titans were off so they don't get included this week.) FINGER LICKIN' read more...
October Skies
"All that we see
The Sunday Slate (Week Six): The "Must Wins" Begin
The NFL is a game of inches. Each week matters. The stories of each of our SPF teams are told as the season unfolds. There have been enough games to know that this week has more than a few teams in desperation mode. Simply put, more than a few of our teams read more...
Tuesday Tastings (Week 5): Nothing Is Easy
St Louis was off last week, so we are spared another missive on how terrible they are. The good news is that their temporary absence sways our SPF teams well into the positive over all. The best of our teams are living by a simple rule - nothing comes easy in SPF read more...
An Evening with The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes Return To Atlanta for Hometown Show 10/06/08 The Black Crowes played to a hometown crowd last night in Atlanta's Verizon read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Five): Separation Sunday
This week doesn't have the same drama as a Cowboys/Redskins weekend, but SPF teams pushing towards the playoffs, a solid 8 of 15, can further prove their mettle this week by taking care of business. As Always, SPF teams in CAPS with (Week 4's
Saturday's Slate: Picking Up The Pieces
Last week had USC losing on Thursday which appeared to set up big things for Georgia and Florida. Then, both stumbled last week, but both have a chance to redeem their season. This shapes up to be another great season filled with surprises as another team with destiny read more...
The Black Crowes Return Home
The Black Crowes Return To Atlanta For A Sunday Service 10/02/08 Three weeks ago, Atlanta's own
Tuesday Tastings (Week 4): Hail To the Redskins!
Since Miami and Indy had byes this past week, we're leaving them off our weekly Tastings dispatch. That still leaves us with 11 samplings of varied quality. Let's start off with the best of the bunch... FINGER LICKIN' read more...
The Sunday Slate (Week Four): Cowboys vs Indians, er Redskins
Week Four features the only classic pro football rivalry in the Footprint. That's reason enough to tune in. Two of our teams have byes (Indy and Miami) and several others have critical games. We will quickly break it down for you. As Always, SPF read more...
Saturday's Slate: Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead!
Of course, this means that the two perennial pretenders that stand in our way, Ohio State and USC, have both lost and neither appear to have the right kinds of games left to springboard back into the national title hunt. That should mean that the national championship game read more...
Tuesday Tastings (Week 3): We're Dolphin-safe now, but the Goat, er Ram, is Smoked
After getting a full-sized Sunday helping of SPF games, some things have improved while others took a turn for the worse. "Finger Lickin' Good" Yum, yum. These teams served it up on Sunday leaving their fans hungry read more...
2008 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Evening
All-Star Cast Shines at Georgia Music Hall of Fame Ceremony 9/21/08 What an evening...
The Sunday Slate (Week Three): The NFC South Goes North While the AFC South Faces Off
Week 3 doesn't feature as many interesting games as last week, but the AFC South faces off and the NFC South heads up north. As Always, SPF teams in CAPS with (Week 2's T.I. Poll Ranking) Here's a read more...
Saturday's Slate: Barometer Games (Intra- and Inter-Conference)
This weekend marks the beginning of some classic early season rivalry games inside the SEC. TF has a rundown of all the key games. BEST INTRA-CONFERENCE GAMES
Our Week Two SPF Tastings: Give Us Some Panther, but Steer Clear of Ram and Bengal
After getting a full-sized Sunday helping of SPF games, not everything we sampled was up to par. Let's do a quick break down in hopes that maybe some of the team cooks can get their wares "Finger Lickin' Good" Although read more...
The SPF Week 2 Slate: Pretender/Contender Separation Begins
It's only Week 2, but many of today's games determine how seasons will unfold for our SPF teams. One game may mean nothing, but two games often represents a trend. Let's start with our inter-SPF matchups. SPF teams in CAPS with (
A Conversation with Chuck Leavell
Upcoming Interview with Chuck Leavell 9/9/08 A couple of hours ago, I conducted an interview with the legendary
Marc Ford and the Neptune Blues Club
Another Transmission From The Great Marc Ford 9/3/08 We've missed each other's messages for the past couple of days, but I finally spoke with read more...
Jerry Reed RIP 1937-2008
Georgia Legend Dies At 71 9/2/08 Legendary Georgia musician Jerry Reed passed away over the Labor Day weekend. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Reed read more...
Gamecocks Destruction of Wolfpack Serves Notice to Clemson and the ACC
Last night was the glorious kick off to the 2008 college football season. Teams from almost every conference had games allowing us some very early previews of what might be coming in the weeks ahead. Everyone now knows about the
Another Day In Pursuit of the Story
Another Day In Pursuit of the Story 8/27/08 Yesterday proved interesting.
Paul Hemphill's Fall Tour
Atlanta Writer Paul Hemphill's New Book Tour 8/26/08
Fun Music Videos: Winters Brothers, Danny Joe Brown, Charlie Daniels Band and Drive By Truckers with Kelly Hogan
Just for fun, I thought I'd post some very cool YouTube videos. I hope y'all dig 'em. Keep it Real. Keep it Southern. Buffalo
The Adam MacDougall Interview
Mystery And Manners Interview with Black Crowes Keyboardist 8/13/08 I'd like to direct your attention to my interview with The Black Crowes' read more...
A Humorous Comparison of College Football Between the South and the North
As our beloved college football season nears, we at Tribal Fever thought everyone should read this comparison between college football in the South versus our Northern counterparts. (This has been making the rounds via email so many of you might have already seen it - read more...
Check Out Chuck Leavell in Mystery & Manners
Just a note to anyone who has not yet discovered to full scope of SWAMPLAND.COM. James Calemine writes some mighty groovy articles in his Mystery & Manners section of the Swamp, and I just had to point you all to a great new piece on our buddy Chuck Leavell. read more...
The 80 Miles Between Athens & Atlanta
Mystery And Manners Highlights Athens and Atlanta, Georgia 8/9/08 Once again, I’d like to shine a read more...
Widespread Congratulations To Our Own James Calemine
I'd like to personally congratulate my friend and fellow Swampland writer James Calemine. Widespread Panic read more...
Widespread Induction & Where The Buffalo Roam
Mystery And Manners’ Newsworthy Stories of The Day 8/6/08 …Widespread Induction & Where The Buffalo Roam…
Buffalo Roaming: Day Four, Cooper's Party
What a great weekend. Sunday morning, I woke up and went downstairs for one of those great made to order omelets at the Hilton. The lady there is one helluva cook, and my grits were damn near perfect too. I sucked back four cups of coffee. It wasn’t
Buffalo Roaming: Day One, Down By The Lazy River in Bamalama
Well, after seven hours of driving, two torrential storms and one near death experience, I find myself in the comfort of a beautiful two story home on the Elk River (which feeds into the Tennessee River down the road a ways as a matter of fact), sitting comfotably read more...
Buffalo Roaming to Alabama
Well, the Buffalomobile is all gassed up (only $49 at Wal-Mart) and I am ready to head out on my big Alabama adventure tomorrow morning. It's going to be a long hot drive, to be sure, but I am sure it will be a large time. Tomorrow I get to meet fellow Swamplander read more...
Southern Musicians Under California Skies
Southern Musicians Under Southern Skies and Other News 7/26/08 News about
Vick Still Casts a Long Shadow Over NFL Hopes in Atlanta
Has it really been a year? Last week marked one year since Michael Vick was indicted on federal charges for his role in a dog fighting ring that operated in Virginia. It also marked the beginning of one of the greatest falls from grace that we have ever seen by an athlete in read more...
Bill Ector RIP
Mystery And Manners Flag Flies At Half Mast 7/9/08 After a six hour drive from Atlanta to South Georgia today I logged on and found this email read more...
...Southbound...
Altered Plans...Poets...Old Friends...And A Southbound Road... 7/8/08 “I can’t worry about it Yesterday’s read more...
Rays of Baseball Hope
We’ve reached the midpoint of the baseball season, and there seems to be a high level of optimism for the teams in our Swampland footprint. The story of the year in MLB has to be the surging Tampa Bay Rays. The franchise that has been more of a laughingstock than a contender read more...
NBA Draft Post-Mortem
It was an interesting NBA Draft night with Miami and Memphis from our region making big headlines. Before I take a look at some of the specifics, the question has to be asked: Does the NBA have to make the Draft so complicated for the fans? It’s amazing how many picks are made read more...
Midnight Shakedown
Midnight Shakedown: Renaldo & Clara, Marc Ford & Widespread Panic...And Beyond 6/28/08 "Odds and Ends Odds and read more...
Female Soul Opens the Summer
A Cast of Female Artists Bloom In Summer 6/23/08 "One day I woke up to find Right in the bed next to mine Some woman broke me read more...
...A Transmission From Marc Ford...
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist Marc Ford Sends Word 6/9/08 "You'll find out just what a friend can be..." "Wake Up and Walk Away"
With Leadership In Flux, the BCS Proves Its Worth to the Big East
Tribal Fever will never stop its defense of the greatest sport in our Footprint - college football. How a sport that has record ratings and revenue would ever be under scrutiny is beyond us, but we believe the heart of that line of criticism lies in its "limited" read more...
Southern Remedy On The River: The Black Crowes In Chattanooga, Tennessee
Southern Remedy On The River: The Black Crowes Perform Chattanooga, Tennessee 6/7/08 "Windswept stars blink and read more...
Amy LaVere & The North Mississippi All-Stars Storm Atlanta
Amy LaVere & The North Mississippi All-Stars Storm Atlanta: Notes From A Soundcheck 5/31/08
Birthday Greetings To Bob Dylan & Rich Robinson
Birthday Wishes To Bob Dylan & The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson 5/24/08 Mystery and Manners sends out birthday greetings to the great read more...
The Amazing Amy LaVere
The Amazing Amy LaVere & Topanga Days 5/22/08 This evening I conducted an interview with the beautiful and talented Amy LaVere. Amy read more...
South Dominates College Baseball
by Patrick Snow There is one more week of college baseball before the conference tournaments, and the teams in our Swampland footprint are looking very strong. I had the pleasure this past weekend to attend a great 3-game series between Vanderbilt and Georgia. The Bulldogs read more...
A Dispatch To The Muse
A Dispatch To The Muse 5/12/08 "She was standin by the highway In her boots and silver spurs Gonna hitchhike read more...
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Tour Dates (Mostly Southern)
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Tour Dates Mostly Southern 5/6/08 “Well they call me William the pleaser/I sold opium read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital Preserve The Oldest Traditions 5/2/08 The North Carolina-based
Why Swampland Sports Loves the BCS
Despite winning back to back national titles in football, the SEC susre seems to hate the BCS. Lately, this hatred has been reaching a new level. It all started when University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams announced a proposal for
Post - NFL Draft Newspaper Wrap Up
We found this article from a week or so back that is about NFL Network being the tail the wags the dog for that league. Swampland Sports has long written now about the ways read more...
SPF's NFL Draft First Round Log (Live All Day!!)
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Snowflakes: Jake Long Goes #1 (and Other 2008 NFL Draft Thoughts)
The NFL Draft is this Saturday, and some of our Southern teams appear to hold the key to the most important non-gameday of the year. The Miami Dolphins have the #1 pick, and the Miami Herald reports that OT read more...
Outward Bound
“The eye and mind would be functioning as a camera. The writing would be selective and necessarily interpretive—but once the image was written the words would be final.” --Hunter read more...
Billy Bob Thornton's Boxmasters Signed to Vanguard
Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters have signed a deal with Vanguard with a 2-CD set due out June 10. The Boxmasters, who we first wrote about after attending their
Next Skynyrd Album Will Have Nashville Influence
Gary Rossington says that Lynyrd Skynyrd plans to include the long bootleged song "Cottonmouth Country" read more...
Skynyrd Will Cruise Again in 2009 with Frynds
I just got word that Lynyd Skynyrd will again host their southern rock cruise called the Simple Man Cruise in January of 2009. This will be the band's third cruise, and will be the first to feature three of southern rock's read more...
A Shot of the Blues
A Daily Dose of Authenticity...Keith Richards...James Burton...MLK...Widespread Panic...The Black Crowes...Jim Dickinson... 4/4/08 As Spring read more...
Alabama Beat: Words and Music in the Deep South
The three poems currently appearing in the Poetry section of Swampland are by Mississippi born Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey (published by permission of the author). Trethewey won read more...
The Road To Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
A Few Insights For The Faithful On A Thursday Evening 3/27/08 Pollen read more...
Chris Robinson's "Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" Article
Chris Robinson's 1993 Article "Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" 3/15/08 In light of the Black Crowes' new release,
Video Clips: Tornado Hits Downtown Atlanta during SEC Tourney Game
Below is a clip of the game broadcast of Alabama vs. Mississippi State during the moment when a tornado hits the Georgia Dome and damages the roof.
Getting to Know The Crowes
Somehow I missed the first coming of The Black Crowes. The Atlanta boys hit the scene during a time when I was knee deep in
The Dickinson's Mojo & The Black Crowes' Voodoo
Mystery & Manners Investigates The Mojo of The Dickinson Family & The Black Crowes' Voodoo 3/11/02 "Don't bring down the read more...
Snowflakes: ACC Hoops
* Miami seems to have played themselves back in to the NCAA Tournament picture. Just two weeks ago, the Hurricanes were 2-6 in ACC play and seemed to be drifting off to another subpar season. However, Frank Haith’s club has righted the ship by winning four in a row including read more...
Poetic Felony
MAXIM Magazine Reviews Black Crowes' Warpaint Without Hearing The Album 2/23/08 For some folks it's easy to hate the Black Crowes. Everyone read more...
Another Call To Harry Crews & Beyond
...An Ongoing Pursuit & Recording of the Mystery And Manners Saga...Widespread Panic...Jim Dickinson...Harry Crews and beyond... 2/19/08 “In the time I was with read more...
Widespread Soul
“When after all, it was read more...
Season Summary: Atlanta Falcons
Quick Summary: The Falcons endured a year of endless upheaval. Problems brewed last season when the team sank into a string of losses creating situations where star QB Michael Vick made obscene gestures to the Georgia Dome crowd. This led to the read more...
Adventures In The (Pig) Skin Trade On Super Bowl Sunday
Roving Notes On Super Bowl Sunday 2/3/08 "There is some kind of back-door connection in my head between Super Bowls and The Allman read more...
Snowflakes: ACC Hoops
by Patrick Snow * As Duke put the finishing touches on their 93-84 victory at Maryland Sunday night, it became increasingly clear that the ACC will be a two-horse race this season. Duke and North Carolina are definitely the class of the league and are probably the only two read more...
Picture of the Day: Gary & Dale On Simple Man Cruise
Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington take a break during January's Simple Man Cruise that brought fans up close and personal with Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as Marshall Tucker, Cowboy Mouth and others.
Luther Dickinson: Night Before theTour...
Luther Dickinson Talks Present, Past & Future 1/16/08 Things have been quite busy as of late. I've just about completed my interview read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week 19, Part 4): Down By The River
12. Cincinnati Bengals and 13. St. Louis Rams - Our final Poll spots are held by two teams that have a connection via the river culture from which they arose. Like railroad tracks in towns across the south, rivers often appear to be a cultural divide, but they read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week 19, Part 3): Teams at the Crossroads (aka the NFC South)
We've now gone through the first 7 teams in the T.I. Poll. So far, the entire AFC South has been covered as well as the traditional big market teams in Dallas, DC, and Miami. This leaves us with a group that the NFL has neatly placed in a division they call the NFC read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week 19, Part 2): Teams "On the Verge"
This is SPF's group of teams that are "On The Verge" of reaching elite status. They all have challenges, but they are clearly heading in the right direction. 4. Washington Redskins - A lot can happen in a week. The Redskins' read more...
SPF's Divisional Playoffs Pre-Pregame Show (or T.I. Poll Week 19)
There are three SPF teams left in the Super Bowl hunt, but the news doesn't stop with them. Of the 4 current coaching vacancies, SPF has three of them (Miami, Atlanta, and Washington). Signs point to a year of great transition. The SPF footprint has some of the read more...
...A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll...
A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll: David Barbe, The Drive By Truckers, Bloodkin & The Black Crowes 1/10/08 "Every read more...
2008 Year of The Crowe
...Atlanta's Black Crowes Prepare for the Warpath... 1/7/08 Today the Black read more...
LIghts, Camera, Action! Film Festivals and Film Debuts in the South
Late winter and spring of 2008 will see the blossoming of a host of film festivals in the South. A number of the festivals showcase original films and present cash awards to the best new films. Others bring classic, hard to find, topical, or thematic films to the read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Wild Card Weekend Edition)
We're mixing it up again going into the playoffs. In an up and down year, six of the 13 SPF teams made the playoffs. Two, Washington and Tennessee, made it in the final weekend. SPF is rooting for an all-Footprint Super Bowl, and this isn't out of the realm of read more...
SPF's Week Seventeen Pre-Pregame Show
Playoffs and draft slots. It's all on the line in a strange season-ending weekend in the Footprint. EARLY GAMES Jacksonville (11-4, 5-2 away) Houston (7-8, 5-2 home)
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Seventeen)
It's the last week of the NFL season. There isn't much left to be decided. Two SPF teams (Washington and Tennessee) can get in the postseason fun if they win. We expect them to do so if only because they are playing two other SPF teams (Dallas and Indy) who are read more...
Full Moon Fever With Stanley Booth
Full Moon Fever With Stanley Booth 12/24/07 Full moon on the Little Satilla River...I return to my homesoil for the holidays, and it ain't the read more...
SPF's Week Sixteen Pre-Pregame Show
SATURDAY NIGHT Dallas (12-2, 6-0 away) Carolina (6-8, 2-5 home) NFL Films Video Preview This is a much better read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Sixteen)
SPF laid down the gauntlet before last weekend's games. Many teams answered the bell. With two games left in the regular season, teams out of the playoff picture may have as much to play for as those that are in. Don't sleep SPF fans, there is still much to be read more...
SPF's Week Fifteen Pre-Pregame Show
It has been a largely disappointing season for SPF, but these final weeks can redeem or further decimate a team's momentum for 2008. There are three shoe-in playoff teams in the Footprint - Dallas, Indy, and Tampa. Two others (Jacksonville and Tennessee) have to keep read more...
In defense of Bobby Petrino (and Arkansas)
Tribal Fever prides itself about being on the pulse of college sports in the Footprint. We aren't here to sugarcoat it in any way. College football is king down here. Everything else runs a distant second. In that light, we want to set the record read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Fifteen)
SPF will say it - this has been a very tough year for pro football in the Swampland Footprint. Of our 13 teams, more than half of them have been in serious disarray. At best only 5 or 6 teams will have a clear direction heading into 2008. Most will be going back to read more...
Southern Greats Play Post Led Zeppelin London Gig
Sam Moore, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Solomon Burke Perform Post Led Zep Gig 12/11/07 Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's band, the
SPF's Week Fourteen Pre-Pregame Show
SPF has been beating a few drums this year, but one is about letting players play. Coaches coach systems. GMs find players to fit into these systems (or in the case of special players, systems are designed for their talents). Except for read more...
John Sayles Interview
Mystery & Manners John Sayles Interview 12/8/07 On Thursday I interviewed John Sayles. Sayles' new movie Honeydripper was filmed in Alabama. Honeydripper read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Fourteen)
SPF has looked at the coach/QB relationship. Now, it's time to look at the owner/coach relationship. When this relationship is good, everything clicks for the fans. The fans want to see the coach as an extension of the owner, an extension that helps build a bridge read more...
...Into The Deep...
Mystery & Manners Dispatch 12/05/07 Today marks the birthday of southern writer
SPF's Week Thirteen Pre-Pregame Show
While Tribal Fever nation witnessed their conference championships this weekend, SPF has found a few of their own. There are four key head to head matchups in the SPF footprint this week - two of which will probably decide the winner of the AFC and NFC South. Our other read more...
TF Conference Championship Preview
Today is the day we find out whether it will be an all-Swampland matchup in the BCS Championship Game. If all goes according to plan it should be Missouri vs. West Virginia. Still, there are a few other game worth watching. It has been a great year for college read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Thirteen)
Coaching changes. They happen every year even though it seems as though jobs are more than safe. Changes are usually made because the coach no longer has the confidence of the fans. Once that occurs, the owner is left with little choice. As long term, one read more...
The Black Crowes Put On Warpaint
The Black Crowes New Album Warpaint Set For Release 11/27/07
SPF's Week Twelve Pre-Pregame Show
Leadership. Is it there? The leader(s) of each SPF team define that team to their fans. Already, Thanksgiving solidified a sense of leadership between coach and QB with both the Colts and their Manning/Dungy duo and the Cowboys with their Wade/Romo combination read more...
Willie Nelson: Dogs Best Friend
Dogs Best Friend: Willie Nelson 11/24/07 Willie read more...
TF Rivalry Week Preview
Rivalry games define college football. More than bowl games or even conference championships, a win against your rival means bragging rights for a year. That is why this weekend's game can often be the hardest to call. A team with a losing record can suddenly make read more...
Swampland Salutes Great Southern Writer Paul Hemphill
Mystery & Manners Highlights Writer Paul Hemphill 11/21/07 I'd like to take this opportunity to direct everyone's attention to the read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Twelve)
SPF often talks a team's style when it comes to identity. Style, though, is kind of a catch all. Dig a little deeper and it comes down to coaching and, of course, a team's QB. This week seems like a good one to put the QB position under the read more...
SPF's Week Eleven Pre-Pregame Show
This week, more than any other this NFL season, the fan will find out who their teams are. Are teams going to the playoffs? Will they be Super Bowl contenders? Are they on the rise even if playoffs aren't likely? We shall see.
TF Saturday Preview: The Year of Transition Nears An End
The wild year continues. In many ways this was just a sign of the transition college football around the Footprint has experienced. In some ways, it shouldn't be as surprising as it has been. Nick Saban's arrival lit a fire under everyone. The ante was read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Eleven)
Week Ten was a very weird football weekend. Many of the SPF teams lost games. Few had important wins. It just seems like this was a week to stumble. Desperation might be the biggest factor in any NFL game. The teams that are desperate have an edge read more...
Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals
Jerry Wexler Talks Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals 11/15/07 In these interview clips, the great Jerry Wexler discusses recording
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band “Hail is beatin’ on the roof The bourbon is a hundred proof read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation's Latest Project
Music Maker's Built For The Blues 11/13/07 Music Maker Relief Foundation operates as a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting poor read more...
Another James Brown Lawsuit
Latest Legal Distraction For James Brown Estate 11/12/07 All is not well among members of James Brown's family. Since his death on December read more...
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman 11/12/07 On Thursday, November 15, Loretta Lynn returns to perform at the fabled Ryman Auditorium. The read more...
SPF's Week Ten Pre-Pregame Show
SPF will stick by this point - no team set the NFL back more than the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. This "champion" brought the worst part of hip-hop's "thug" culture to NFL through the real life violence of Ray Lewis, whose murder acquittal and read more...
TF Saturday Preview: Everything's Still To Be Decided
Patrick Snow has it right. This year's season of college football has shown that it is one of the most compelling sports to follow as a fan, especially in the Footprint.
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Ten)
Everyone knows that football is the dominant sport in the Footprint, but it has always been college dominating the pro variety. The goal of SPF's "Team Identity Poll" is to gauge the connection of each team to their fans. This week, two different studies were read more...
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART THREE
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitar Player: PART THREE Marc Ford In San Francisco 11/05/07 "Featherweight read more...
SPF's Week Nine Pre-Pregame Show
It's it the "Clash of the Titans!" The Colts-Pats game deserves the hype that it is getting. Both teams have built long term consistently excellent football teams in the "salary cap era " - something that is supposedly impossible. This read more...
Mystery & Manners Dispatch From San Francisco
Dispatch From San Francisco 11/3/07 Notes written on a back porch facing Mt. Tamalpais, known to locals as "Mt. Tam". I arrived read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Eight)
Things continue to settle out in the SPF Footprint. This week's big question is whether the South's best is the NFL's best. The Colts were just that last season, but their old New England nemesis seems to have stolen their thunder again. Here's last week's read more...
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE--Tom Waits
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE 10/31/07 "The quill from a buzzard The blood writes the word
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART TWO--Jerry Garcia
Mystery & Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Two 10/30/07 "I love the Dead. As far as Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia could walk read more...
October 27 & 28 Bridge School Benefit
21st Bridge School Benefit Hosts Various Musicians 10/27/07 In light of a
SPF's Week Eight Pre-Pregame Show
Much like yesterday's college slate, this week's SPF schedule features teams looking towards the season's end and where they want to be at that point. Teams know that the season is half over at this point and they need to be making their final pushes. The best teams read more...
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Seven)
SPF's season previews are looking pretty good so far. The teams we singled out like the Jags, the Texans, and the Dolphins have shown themselves to be in hot water with their fan base. The Jags and the Texans suffered "must win" losses that neither could read more...
SWAMPLAND Goin' Out West...Frisco Bound...
Mystery & Manners Goin' Out West To San Francisco 10/25/07
Weirdness Way Down South
Weirdness Down South 10/22/07 People do crazy things, and every now and then I'd like to highlight their singular accomplishments. Recently, read more...
Birthday Cheers To Tom Petty
Mystery & Manners Cheers To Tom Petty 10/20/07 ...Raise a glass to Thomas Earl Petty, born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, read more...
SPF's Week Seven Pre-Pregame Show
Getting on the same page. Coaches and players that have the same sense of urgency signify teams that are winning. The NFL is a business, and like all business deals - interests must align. This is the reason that ownership, the front office, and the coaching read more...
Ryan Bingham And The Drive By Truckers Hit the Road
Ryan Bingham and The Drive By Truckers Hit The Road 10/17/07 Ryan Bingham and the
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Six)
Here we are again for SPF's weekly Team Identity Poll. Things have shaken up a bit. We are much closer to how we saw things at the beginning of the season. Let's start with a look at last week's Poll: 1. Dallas Cowboys 2. Indianapolis read more...
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART TWO
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitarist Part Two 10/15/07
Rockin' On The Top of The Mountain
Our primary goal of the trip, besides handing out the videos, was to shoot the camel on top of the mountain. Carl Weaver’s pet camel, Akbar, that is. Carl wanted Dave Peck to shoot video of the camel for a new logo he is working on. Since we read more...
Dick, a Duck and a Decoy : Part One
Shootin’ The Camel on the Top of the Mountain Part One The primary goal for the weekend was to shoot the camel on the top of the mountain. Well, that, and to hand deliver finished read more...
SPF's Week Six Pre-Pregame Show
It's week 6 for the SPF teams. Four teams are basically done, but the rest have critical games that will go a long way to determining how the rest of the season will play out for them. Here's this week's slate (video links courtesy of read more...
TF's Saturday Preview: The History Behind SEC Dominance
Tribal Fever would like to start this weekend's festivities by directing everyone to a fantastic series on ESPN.com about the SEC. Which leads us to this week's focus - the historical read more...
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots 10/11/07 Yesterday marked 90 years since the birth of
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART ONE--Bob Dylan
...Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s)...PART ONE... 10/11/07 "Beat a path of retreat
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Five)
The rich seem to be getting richer (and the poor, poorer) in the SPF Footprint. There is happiness at the top, confusion in the middle, and desperation at the bottom. Let's start with last week's T.I. Poll 1. Dallas Cowboys 2. Indianapolis read more...
Haggard's Horizon
Merle Haggard Gives Insight To Future In Billboard Q & A 10/9/07
James Calemine Hangs Out with Marc Ford
I'd like to take a minute to make sure that all "friends of GRITZ" drop by all of the other sections of SWAMPLAND for some very cool reading. Case in point, brother James Calemine, a long time writer for GRITZ as well read more...
Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta
A Day In The Life of a Great American Guitarist: Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta 10/7/07
SPF's Week Five Pre-Pregame Show
It's week five in the NFL season. Overall, the SPF Footprint is shaping up to be a year of the haves and have-nots. The Footprint contains two of the NFL's winless teams (Dolphins and Rams) and several other struggling squads. However, we also have two of the best read more...
Tribal Fever's Weekend Slate (10/6/2007)
Let's start with this week's College Football Preview from Athlon. Swampland's own Patrick Snow hosts each week. (Read Patrick's new column on the state of baseball in read more...
Ray McKinnon Randy and the Mob Blog
Ray McKinnon's Recent Blogs About His Latest Film, Randy and the Mob 10/3/07 As posted
SPF T.I. Poll (Week Four)
Just like in the college ranks, it was a bit of a crazy week in the SPF Footprint. Right now, there are more bad teams than good, but the good teams are pretty darn good so we guess that evens things out a little. Here's last week's "Team Identity" read more...
Otis Redding Film Premier October 8
Dreams To Remember Premier October 8 10/1/07 The new Otis Redding documentary, Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis read more...
SPF's Week Four Pre-Pregame Show
Welcome SPF fans! Here's today's slate. (SPF teams in BOLD) Early Games Dolphins v. Raiders preview Rams @ read more...
Swampland welcomes Tribal Fever!
It was only a matter of time before Swampland Sports starting covering the colleges in earnest. Today marks the start of Tribal Fever, Swampland.com's dispatch dedicated to college sports in the South. We have new features up including Patrick Snow's latest read more...
SPF T. I. Poll (Week Three)
Back to our weekly gauge of how each SPF team is resonating with its fans. First, let's take a look back at last week's Team Identity Poll: 1. Dallas Cowboys 2. Washington Redskins 3. Indianapolis Colts 4. Tampa Bay Bucs
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys 9/24/07 In preparation for my upcoming article on
New Issue of Hittin' The Note is Packed with Good Reading
I have been a subscriber to Hittin’ The Note magazine for several years, and at one point I even went back and purchased the past issues all the way back to #1. As a fan of
SPF 's Week Three Pre-Pregame Show
Here we are again. Let Week Three begin! SPF Teams in BOLD Early Games Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans (
SPF Friday Fishwrap-up: the Cowboy/Redskin paradigm
We've just posted a new analysis of the Wayne issue in Florida, Weaver in Jacksonville and Huizenga in Miami. Team Identity is our focus as always. That's why we start our Friday dispatch with read more...
Dylan Plays The Ryman
BOB DYLAN PLAYS THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 9/21/07 Thursday Bob read more...
SPF T. I. Poll (Week Two)
Time for our Week Two "Team Identity" Poll. Things keep getting interesting, and that's how we like it. Let's start off with a recap of last week's T.I. Poll: 1. Dallas 2. Indianapolis (tie) 2. read more...
Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes
Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes 9/17/07 The North Mississippi All-Stars guitarist
SPF's Week Two Monday: Playmakers making plays
THE "BEATING THE DEAD HORSE" THEME Our theme for this week is similar to last week's - the importance of playmakers. In the Footprint, we all love great coaches. We all love great schemes. However, it usually comes read more...
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding 9/16/07 At the Georgia Music Hall of Fame read more...
SPF 's Week Two Pre-Pregame Show
Each week, it will be SPF's pleasure to bring you the best pregame show on the Net. We provide our audience with clips from NFL.COM mixed in with our commentary and insight. Let's run down today's slate of games: Early games (SPF Teams in read more...
SPF Friday Fishwrap-up: LeBatard vs. Galloway
Another great southern tradition is writing. We have a whole section called Discourse that is dedicated to this pursuit. Newpapers (aka fishwraps) around the Footprint have great sportswriters that deserve to be read, and sometimes needled.
SPF's T. I. Poll (Week One)
Team Identity. This is our constant gauge for the success or failure of NFL teams in the South. College football reigns because people see themselves as part of the team. In the Swampland footprint, allegiances don't change at the college level. Coaches read more...
SPF's Week One Monday: Channeling SEC over Big Ten
12 of our 13 SPF teams have played. Only the Bengals remain with a tough Monday Night battle against the Ravens. It's only week one, but let's review what we know. The Swampland footprint loves football. It is part of the culture. However, read more...
Blind Willie McTell Named Stateboro's Second Legend In the Arts
9/9/07 Blind Willie McTell Named Statesboro's Second Legend In the Arts On September 7, 2007, the blues great Blind Willie McTell was read more...
SPF Week One Game Log
Thursday's game didn't do nearly what yesterday's college slate did to pump us up here at SPF. Our own James Calemine is a little distraught about his Bulldogs going down to the dreaded read more...
The Allman Brothers Band return to their old stomping ground in Piedmont Park in Atlanta tonight (September 8), joining The Dave Matthews Band for The Green Concert for Piedmont Park.The event will help read more...
Brendan O'Brien's Golden Ear
9/7/07 Brendan "Bud" O'Brien remains a luminary on the Atlanta music scene. O'Brien played in various groups in Atlanta such as Right As read more...
CD and DVD releases for week of September 4, 2007
New Releases Collective Soul Afterwords (Handleman) Sterling Harrison
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 9/2/07
Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South 1. Our biggest story of the week was the biggest in the nation as the whole country has now learned about read more...
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 8/26/07
Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South 1. What an interesting day for the Atlanta Falcons as they play their first home contest under new coach Bobby Petrino while Michael Vick
Dog Days End?
8/28/07 Dog Days End? ...A Few Scattered Notes... "The wicked read more...
CD and DVD releases for week of August 21, 2007
New Releases Galactic From the Corner to the Block (Anti) Joe Nichols read more...
Welcome Back!
Greetings to all you football fans around the Swampland footprint! Southern Pro Football is back to cover another NFL season. Patrick Snow and I will be making sure that SPF covers the NFL from a Southern perspective. For all of you that didn't tune into
Breakfast With Paul, Drinks With Dan
8/19/07 Yesterday proved noteworthy. I met up with southern writer Paul Hemphill at
The Black Crowes Complete New Studio Album
Atlanta’s own, The Black Crowes will begin mixing their new album in September for a Spring 2008 release. The Crowes recently recorded 16 new songs at
Lynyrd Skynyrd To Be Inducted Into Georgia Music Hall of Fame
It was announced today that The Georgia Music Hall of Fame will induct Lynyrd Skynyrd into the Hall this September. The Southern rock legends are being inducted on the heels of last year's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of read more...
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 7/30/07
Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South 1. One of the biggest connection points for fans of the NFL is having trust in their starting quarterback. This is a key area where the three Florida teams have struggled during the last few read more...
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 7/22/07
Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South 1. What a messy story. The news of Michael Vick’s federal indictment seems to have split fans in the city of Atlanta, and probably has given Falcons owner Arthur Blank a splitting headache. The read more...
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 7/15/07
Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South 1. The college sports “arms race" never seems to slow down. Whether it’s upgrading a current facility or building a new practice complex to ‘wow’ recruits, schools in read more...
King Mojo Signs Distribution Deal With Select-O-Hits
ATLANTA, GA – Atlanta-based independent label King Mojo Records has announced the signing of a national distribution deal with Select-O-Hits and the August 7 release of three CDs as part of the new arrangement: “TGZ, “Living read more...
CD and DVD releases for week of July 10, 2007
New Releases Chris & Rich Robinson Brothers Of A Feather [Live] (Eagle)
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 7/1/07
1. The NBA Draft was this week’s big sports story. The Draft is all about hope for the future. Despite recent expansion in the Swampland footprint, the NBA has struggled to find an audience down South. The problem starts with the NBA’s inability to connect with the read more...
Swampland Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 6/24/07
Swampland’s Sports Six-Pack for the week ending 6/24/07 Your weekly filter for the top sports stories around the South
CD and DVD releases for week of June 26, 2007
CDs New Releases Charlie Daniels Live From Iraq (Koch) James Burton read more...
The True Adventures of Stanley Booth
6/10/07 THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF STANLEY BOOTH As I wrote in the intro to my Charlie Louvin
A Smoke Out In Rome
6/8/07 Old Havana Cigar Company 327 Broad Street Rome, GA 30161 706-295-0546
Robinson & Dickinson Collaborate
12/10/06 Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars) will perform as Circle Sound on Friday January 19, 2007, at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Black Crowes bassist Sven Pippien and Robinson solo project drummer Bill Dobrow serve as the read more...
Music Reel - Black Crowes, Music Maker, Warren Haynes, and Daniel Hutchens
The Black Crowes completed the final leg of their rockin' fall tour--considering two key members (guitarist Marc Ford and keyboardist Ed Harsch) departed--in November as well as Chris Robinson's unfortunate matrimony tabloid exposure. The Crowes recently released The Lost read more...