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Scrawl - Nature Film
Although I’ve slowed down quite a bit, I still make and give away “mixtapes.” It’s always been a part of my love of music. A few years...
Drew Layman
Jan 22, 20226 min read
The Gift… To The Homeless, From Local Artists
When it comes to Christmas music, I can handle it in relatively small doses. And only right around the holiday. That said, I tend to be a...
Drew Layman
Dec 23, 20215 min read
J.D. Blackfoot - The Ultimate Prophecy
Who is J.D. Blackfoot ? There isn’t a simple answer. Cleveland-born Benjamin Franklin Van Dervort changed his name to J.D. Blackfoot, but...
Drew Layman
Dec 15, 20214 min read
The Uneasy Coexistence of Ohio State Football and Columbus’ Music Scene
Ohio State football plays such a prominent role in Columbus culture that it is inescapable and disruptive of everything from weddings to...
Drew Layman
Nov 18, 20215 min read
Rjd2 - Deadringer
Rjd2 is another Columbus artist I got into in a roundabout way. I’d been familiar with him for quite a while. My brother gave me one of...
Drew Layman
Nov 12, 20214 min read
Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz
The artistic leap from Rusty Bryant’s first album, 1956’s America’s Greatest Jazz , to his second, 1958’s Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz , is...
Drew Layman
Oct 30, 20214 min read
Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
I began paying attention to Aaron Lee Tasjan in a somewhat backward way. I’d heard of him and I knew he grew up in the Columbus area, but...
Drew Layman
Oct 13, 20214 min read
The Singles Era
These days when everyone has GarageBand in their pocket and easy access to world-class audio editing software, it’s easy to forget that...
Drew Layman
Oct 3, 20215 min read
The Godz Must Have Been Crazy
Long before the Red Hot Chili Peppers took the stage wearing only socks, The Godz were known to perform in nothing but underwear and...
Drew Layman
Sep 17, 20214 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Aug 8, 20213 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Jul 28, 20215 min read
Watershed - Twister
Long before there was a Watershed Distillery in Columbus, a band called Watershed was rocking at The Distillery (sorry, believe me I...
Drew Layman
Jul 17, 20214 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Jul 9, 20214 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Jun 30, 20215 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Jun 20, 20214 min read
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...
Drew Layman
Jun 14, 20213 min read
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,...
Drew Layman
Jun 6, 20213 min read
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...
Drew Layman
May 28, 20213 min read
Twenty One Pilots - Scaled And Icy
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...
Drew Layman
May 22, 20214 min read
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...
Drew Layman
May 13, 20213 min read
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