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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
Hank Marr Quartette - 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
Rusty Bryant And The Carolyn Club Band – 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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