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Long before the Red Hot Chili Peppers took the stage wearing only socks, The Godz were known to perform in nothing but underwear and...
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Drew Layman
- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Exciting New Organ Of Don Patterson
Another monster Hammond B3 player from Columbus that went unmentioned in my Hank Marr post is Don Patterson. Like Rahsaan Roland Kirk, he...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
Artimus Pyle Band - A.P.B
Here’s an album that some might not expect to see pop up on a Columbus music blog. A Lynyrd Skynyrd spin-off project? Yep, and there are...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
Watershed - Twister
Long before there was a Watershed Distillery in Columbus, a band called Watershed was rocking at The Distillery (sorry, believe me I...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
Willie Phoenix
If you’ve been in Columbus long at all, and you're a live music fan of any sort, you’ve at least heard of Willie Phoenix. Often described...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 30, 2021
- 4 min
Foley - 7 Years Ago...Directions In Smart-Alec Music
I think Foley’s CD was one of the first Columbus albums I ever got - probably a gift from my brother. There’s no doubt that my brother...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
Lydia Loveless - Real
After leaving Big Back Forty, Steve McGann became an attorney and got into artist management. One of the artists he managed early in her...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Big Back Forty - Bested
Although I never saw them live, Big Back Forty was one of the first Columbus bands I truly became a fan of. My brother was already a fan...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
Mixed Water - Capital City Rockets
Before there was a Columbus band called The Godz, there was Mixed Water. Based on the strength of a demo they sent to Elektra Records,...
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Drew Layman
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Chuz Alfred - Jazz Young Blood
After looking at a hot off the press release from Twenty One Pilots in my last post, let’s pivot back over 65 years to one of the...
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Drew Layman
- May 22, 2021
- 4 min
An Old Fogey's Twenty One Pilots Take
My plan as I began a blog focused primarily around Columbus music was that I’d begin with the higher-profile stuff - label releases from...
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Drew Layman
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Royal Crescent Mob Spin The World
I was young enough when I was bitten by the vinyl bug that I’d ride my bike down to High Street with my buddies before I was old enough...
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Drew Layman
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Nancy Wilson - Like In Love
In June 1959, singer Nancy Wilson hopped on a train (back when you could do that sort of thing in Columbus) and went to New York City to...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Live At The Club 502
Columbus has a remarkable pool of talented Hammond B-3 organ players. Bobby Floyd, Tony Monaco, Linda Dachtyl, and Nate Hollman are just...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 17, 2021
- 4 min
Triple Threat
Before he was Rahsaan and before he’d left Columbus, where he was still known as "Ronnie," Roland Kirk recorded his first album, Triple...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 10, 2021
- 4 min
Honeysuckle Strange at 25
Howlin' Maggie's Honeysuckle Strange turned 25 yesterday. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that it’s been 25 years. I...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Triumph, Tragedy and Longevity of McGuffey Lane
I was picking up carry out on a recent random weekday evening. The juke box at Villa Nova was blaring McGuffey Lane’s “Long Time Lovin’...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Chill and the End of an Era
As a somewhat rabid hockey fan, it’s been an amazing experience to be a fan from day one of the Blue Jackets franchise. As a fan of the...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
America's Greatest Jazz
In 1956, Elvis had the number 1 song with Heartbreak Hotel and Columbus was a very different place from today. Saxophonist Rusty Bryant...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Quiet One
I’ve never really known what my ideal pursuit would be. If I ever had any aspiration at all as a kid, I guess being a writer for Rolling...
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