Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Garcia, Grissman, Grateful Dead, Elvis, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Merle Haggard
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sounds like your country, hillbilly, redneck, hick, cowboy, cornbread, roadhouse, southern rock-a-billy, rock-n-roll, traditional, blues, beer flyin' through the air, sawdust on the floor kinda music...also known as American.
I drink 6 glasses of water each day and pray every day at 4:20-
Austin, Texas via Atlanta, Georgia
The past is gone and is just a fuzzy memory, the future is nothing but a fantasy, and yes, all we are now is what is in the present moment. Really though, who knows anyone really? To know the real Aubrey Slackey today you must first know his past. Aubrey Slackey started working with Eric McConnell at his new studio on his first solo project. At the time, little did they know they were recording and mixing tracks for the debut project known as "Slackey Says" with the soon to be Grammy winning Eric McConnell , now full-time based out of Nashville TN. McConnell mixed and recorded and played slide guitar, bass and guitar on this project under the alias John E McConnell. In mixonline.com magazine Eric's contemporaries wrote: "McConnell's a fine musician and people come to his home studio because they like the way he records music. McConnell likes his 1-inch 8-track analog Otari machine and a Sound Workshop Series 30-X console, and so does White Stripes' Jack White, producer Loretta Lynn's, Van Lear Rose "For the full article on Eric McConnell go to:http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_nashville_skyline_66/
Fast forward to the present and you will find Slackey residing and working in Austin, TX, promoting his new EP and sophomore release Grand Ole Aubrey mixed and mastered by Mark Hallman and Ned Stewart at the Congress House in Austin, TX with Austin Americana musicians Elana James (Hot Club of Cowtown), Dave Biller, and Beau Sample.
About the Slackey Family:"There was a whole bunch of people out there, all kinds of people, different types of music fans...they were all diggin' it...the cool thing about this music is, it's not just bluegrass, it's not blues, it's not early rock, but it's all that together."
-Creative Loafing Podcast-
Aubrey Dokka is known to many in the Atlanta music scene in the early 1990's, as one of the ones who is still around to be remembered and appreciated for his great voice. He was the front man and co-founder with David Railey in the obscure local Atlanta pop punk art party band Soul Brother Sacred. Their first gig was at the White Dot in '89, an old hole in the wall punk music venue on Ponce De Leon that no longer exists. They were introduced to the crowd by the now deceased Deacon Lunchbox as the "Indigo boys". From there they rented an apartment on North Highland Avenue below Panorama Ray (legendary Atlanta photographer and artist now deceased) and went on to release their self titled debut in '91 at Ed Burdell's Furies Studios (Nov 91 Pulse Magazine) on their own indy label Dark Music. They opened for national acts from Atlanta like Insane Jane, Holly Faith, and Michelle Malone, toured with Bad Egg Salad and corrupted many amongst others in venues like, The Roxy, Center Stage, The Variety Playhouse, the forgotten Little 5 Points Pub and The Point and Cotton Club(PeachtreeLocation).
SOME REVIEWS: Longtime local music critic Jeff Clark wrote in the October'93 Creative Loafing "you know, it's kind of refreshing to find a band that's not afraid to try something out every now and then…these guys aren't bad and they seem to be getting better" a raving review considering the often hard to please Jeff Clark. Slackey was quoted in the March '95 issue of Creative Loafing in scene and heard that "it was the old too many cooks syndrome" and there might be a Soul Brother Sacred Reunion show in a few weeks and that he had been working on a solo CD that was to be released in a few months. The reunion never happened. Railey was well on his way with new band Green Arrow and Aubrey was "The Slackey Family, ex-punks gone bluegrass...was something new for much of the indie-rock crowd. "Slackey brings a vocal sound remenicent of the old time gospel hour country radio shows of the 1940'-60's. Playing rythm's by leading with his thumb on an old Martin acoustic and singing in a high lonesome southern vocal style kin to Bill Monroe, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Hank and the flying burito brothers.
"Diggin' the tunes!"- Asleep at the wheel
For booking contact:- Marshall Arts Agency
927 Confederate Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30312
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
After pre-release tours in Colorado and Georgia, Dehlia Low’s new full-length cd “Tellico” will be presented for the first time in Asheville this Thursday at the Grey Eagle ($8/10, thegreyeagle.com)! Several cuts off the new disk can be heard on at www.myspace.com/dehlialow and live takes of a few of the songs will be performed Thursday afternoon on WNCW 88.7FM. Thursday night’s show will also be a chance for those of you who didn’t make it to Merlefest to hear Lyons, Colorado’s own Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, who are also preparing to release a new disk next month. Dehlia Low will also be joined by “Tellico” producer Jon Stickley of the Shannon Whitworth band. We hope to see you out and thanks for supporting live, original, and local music.
Last Minute blast to all our myspace friends telling you about a few announcements. First off....this Saturday we will be performing at Little Tree Studios in Avondale, GA for any of you Georgia folks, it is a part of a great event called Avondale Arts District Holiday Showy . We will be joined by Pierce Edens as well!
We also wanted to let everyone know about our New Years plans. The Mamas are going to be joined by our friends Dehlia Low for a New Years Celebration at the White Horse Black Mountain. Tickets are 20.00, and can be found at the venues website. We can't wait to play this great occassion and share it with all of you!
Cheers, and hope to see you in the next few weeks!
The Barrel House Mamas
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The Barrel House Mamas Saturday Evening Dec. 6th -Little Tree Rehersal Studio 2842 Franklin Street Avondale Estates, GA
Dec. 31st, 2008 The Barrel House Mamas w. special guest Dehlia Low White Horse Black Mountain www. whitehorseblackmountain. com Tickets - 20.00
hey Aubrey, good runnin into ya the other night at the continental! i'll be at your nov 21 show, is Vance & Lars on that gig? might make nov 13 out at circle C, but i've got a show that night so not sure. hope all's well, cheers, dave
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