Rusty Bryant – America's Greatest Jazz, Vol II
By 1961, when Rusty Bryant’s America’s Greatest Jazz, Vol II was released, Dot Records' experiment with jazz was all but over. Dot had...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 16
- 7 min
The Toll - The Price Of Progression
I’ve always been intrigued by The Toll. I was too young for the clubs when they were at their peak and I never stumbled onto them like I...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 22
- 4 min
Paul Brown’s Science Gravy Orchestra
I’m not positive when I first saw Science Gravy Orchestra - probably at a Comfest, or maybe at the old 501 Club. But that doesn’t mean it...
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Drew Layman
- May 20
- 4 min
Jeanette Williams - To You
Columbus lost a treasure and true legend of the music community when Jeanette Williams passed away in March. One of a small handful of...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 27
- 6 min
The Bellows
Summer ‘88. Red White & Boom. My friends and I were walking back to our car after the fireworks when we stumbled onto a band playing in...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 26
- 5 min
Strongbow
Every so often you hear an album for the first time that, no matter when it was released, immediately connects. Here’s an album which,...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Harry Edison And His Orchestra – Sweets
When it comes to Columbus musicians, with the possible exception of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, there is no more towering figure than Harry...
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Drew Layman
- Feb 17
- 4 min
Spittin' Image
Spawned from the same thriving music scene at Zachariah’s Red Eye Saloon, Spittin’ Image’s rise to a major label deal would follow many...
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Drew Layman
- Nov 12, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Oct 3, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Sep 17, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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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
- 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
- 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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