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Silver Alert! or: Crowning

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If you happen to find yourself in Greensboro tonight or feel like a leisurely drive to Greensboro, then consider stopping by the Carolina Theatre and coming up to the Crown to see Abigail Dowd, new band Gasket Hawkins and The Silver Alerts.

The festivities start at 7pm and shouldn’t run too awfully late, that way everyone is home and sound so you can get up and do your St. Patty’s…

Now With the Book or: Guitar Humor

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  My friend Aaron Burkey posted this on Facebook. I thought it was funny. I have no idea where it came from and, frankly, I’m too lazy to look it up. It’s Friday. And, since I can use anything as a blog post… This is what I did with it.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel… Scorp out!

— “If you like to…

Memorial Day or: The Silver Alerts

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Memorial Day, not to be confused with Veterans Day, is the day to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in our country’s military. We have the freedom to write our blogs, stand up and make stupid and asinine remarks on social media about any and every single thing, hold our kids and families at night, eat where and when we want because of their sacrifice.…

Friday Night Music Club or: Good Cause

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Tonight, I’ll be hosting the Friday Night Music Club at Bull’s Tavern. Special guests for the show will be Clay Howard and James Vincent Carroll. Our house band includes Aaron Burkey (Plaids), Jerry Chapman (Mediocre Bad Guys, Vagabond Saints’ Society), Doug Davis (Plaids, Mediocre Bad Guys, Vagabond Saints’ Society), and Corky McClellan (Plaids, Mediocre Bad Guys,…

Sound the Silver Alert or: The Crown Awaiteth

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Tonight is the night! I will be serving as fill-in bass player for The Silver Alerts, Clay Howard’s backing band, tonight. This will happen at The Crown at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro. Doors open at 7:30 and the show will be around 8pm, I think. I can’t remember what it was last time.

I’ll be joining Clay, Doug Davis, Corky McClellan and Aaron Burkey as the Silver Alerts. Th…

Silent Sunday or: Springsteen on Trade

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(photo ©Aaron Burkey)

Last night I got to share the stage with some fantastic singers for the Because the Night: Bruce Springsteen by Vagabond Saints Society for the Summer on Trade concert series presented by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership. The Vagabond Saints Society core band, on this evening, was Doug Davis, Jerry Chapman, Randall Johnson, Bob Stitcher, Aaron Burkey,…