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Southern Experience is a new band dawning on the Carolina music scene. Drawing from a variety of musical experiences and influences this group is poised to make its mark. The band is producing very fresh and energetic original material with thoughtful and meaningful lyrics. The group’s original offerings as well as fresh takes on 70’s standards display flashes of everything from blues to progressive rock. The glue that holds it together is their common appreciation and love of classic southern rock. The boundless energy of lead guitarist and vocalist J.T. Fitch; the keyboards, guitar, harmonica, and vocals of Scott Sanders and the drums and percussion work of Jon Humphries drive this band. Veteran 70’s/80’s bassist Ron Humphries rounds out the lineup with solid melodic bass lines and years of experience. Southern Experience just completed a soon to be released EP appropriately titled Beginnings.
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Reverend Billy C. Wirtz is a recording artist whose material consists of irreverent comedy routines set to music. His humor is somewhat raunchy, if not offensive, and thus is not normally considered suitable for children. His material often mocks conservative politics and religion. From the moment he sits down at the piano and lights into his Southern old-time gospel and blues with a twist, the six-foot-five-inch, goateed, tattooed tongue-in-cheek “Rev” commands the stage and spreads the “gospel” like nobody’s business. With puns flying as fast as his fingers, the Rev plays masterly boogie-woogie and barrelhouse riffs while holding forth on subjects as diverse as W.W.E.D.? (What Would Elvis Do?), Mennonite Surf Parties, and dubious relationships between people you are terrified that you may actually know.  While widely recognized as a humorist, music is his forte. In the early 80s, he shared a walk-up with the late blues legend Sunnyland Slim, learning to appreciate the Blues and to perform it with fervor. A recognized musicologist, Billy has written about music, legendary performers and life on the road for Musician, Keyboard and BluesWax. He is a regular contributor to the Charlotte Observer. Workshops on Blues and/or Gospel Music at festivals and universities have left students clamoring for more.

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Pivotal Soul is an exciting new project from singer/songwriters Buzz Fawcett of Zanesville, Ohio, and Shana Blake of Charlotte, North Carolina. Their expressive melodies and poignant lyrics fuse coherently to create a sound that’s as smooth as honey, with a hint of R&B, funk, reggae, southern rock, gospel, country, jazz and the blues. The repertoire covers the gamut from emotionally-charged ballads to energetic, danceable grooves.   Buzz and Shana met at a NC function in the summer of 2010, where they had been hired to perform with a menagerie of musicians from north and south. The encounter proved to be pivotal for both. They discovered an obvious similarity in their performance styles, as well as in the themes of their respective compositions and song selections. Two short months later, the universe saw fit to relocate Buzz to the Queen City and the artists immediately began building the foundation that would become Pivotal Soul. The band is backed by veteran guitarist Keith Shamel (Virgo Musik, Daily Soul), bassist Dave Eatman (Bellyful, Automatic Chi), and drummer/percussionist Scott Newell (Vonce, Justice League). 

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With roots deep in the Carolinas, South85 blends country, folk, southern rock, and bluegrass to give you a listening experience that you won’t soon forget. Driven by the original songwriting of Kathy Neal and the voice of Tracy Wyatt, South85 is in a classification all their own – radio worthy songs along with an atmosphere of a back-porch jam.  The marked “cowgirl” attitude and lifestyle exemplified by both Tracy and Kathy is interwoven throughout songs of independence, celebration of the south, hope, and plain old fun. South85’s sound is influenced by southern rock legends like Marshall Tucker Band, the Black Crowes, cross-genre Americana artists Old Crowe Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, and the sweet southern classics such as Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. The band may blend a rocking electric stratocaster with a banjo or ease an acoustic ballad with dobro and mandolin with their varied sounds and themes. CLICK HERE FOR THE FACEBOOK EVENT LINK.

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JAVA was here back on Apr 23rd with a huge crowd.  The band had not even finished their first set and folks were already asking for the next date they would be back. For over a decade these guys have been opening for bands like Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago, Fabulous Shakers, Anthony Hamilton and many more big time beach and Motown musicians. They are booked through East Coast Entertainers to perform at large outdoor festivals and to many of the fortune 500 corporate events. If it’s Beach or Motown, these guys play it.
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WOW! This past year has really been great with more and more folks venturing out and stopping into see the place so we felt like we needed to give back to the folks who have made it possible, our friends and customers.  Saturday June 25th, we will have The String Benders out of Spartanburg/Boiling Springs here for a FREE show.  Many of these guys helped us with getting started by providing you with live music and spend most of their time all over the upstate at many venues. Free Show on Saturday Night, no excuses. CLICK HERE FOR EVENT LINK ON FACEBOOK

The Country Comedy Tour is an all-clean, family friendly comedy show suitable for all age groups. The high-energy and interactive show draws the crowd in and makes them a part of the action. Their television credits include 7 appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CMT, Fox, and MTV. The Country Comedy Tour consists of comedians MG Gaskin and Matt Mitchell, aka “Casio Kid.”

MG Gaskin grew up in the small town of Cheraw, South Carolina, a town that is cliché rural America. His mother was an owner/operator of a Western Auto parts store, his father a Baptist minister – and MG just spent most of his childhood in trouble. Noticing how well he could keep the attention of adults while telling stories about his adventures, his mother told him he would either become a preacher or a politician. Now MG is thriving as a comedian, with performance credits including CMT, the New Orleans Comedy Festival Comedy Town Project, headlining the current Country Comedy Tour, and has shared the stage with such names as Gary Valentine from “King of Queens” and comedian/actor Sinbad. MG’s medley of original observations and clever self-criticism is delivered with his own
brand of southern flavor. He has the ability to think on his feet and is highly intuitive about audiences. He can quickly read a room and customize each show for a crowd – rearranging and adding topics from growing up in the country, to precarious dating situations, to surviving as a 40-year-old bachelor. No two shows are alike, but one thing remains constant: MG’s comedy is always a sure thing.

Matt Mitchell describes himself as “a pure southern mash boogie comedian from Alabama with bare feet, mushmouthed drawling as a mile-wide social streak.” He doesn’t know what that means, but he saw it on a Lynard Skynard bio and thought it sounded cool. Matt got his start as the Casio Kid on the nationally syndicated Rick and Bubba Show. After entertaining the nation as an on-air correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, he continued his rapid rise from small-town class clown to nationwide fame. After many music video, game show and television commercial appearances, he hit the road as a stand-up comic.  His comedy runs a wide spectrum  and is a hit with all audiences. From life as a small town boy to his experiences in the bright lights of the big city and all the awkward situations in between, Matt Mitchell keeps audiences engaged with his likable personality, quick wit, and oh-so-charming chubbiness.

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