The Wheresville Project’s lead guitarist on Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones
As I spoke with band members Joseph Boscia, Ben Lewson, Hunter Mulkey and Brian Steinberg, it made me think of the wide-eyed excitement and sheer talent of another Spartanburg teenage band from more...
View ArticleLive review: (Beatles tribute) Fab For Spartanburg at The Showroom 9/28/2012
What was amazing about Fab For Spartanburg, which took place last Friday at The Showroom, wasn’t just the sheer talent of the multi-generational array of local musicians who participated but also the...
View ArticleDavid Ball on new Spartanburg Music Trail inductees and the native son he...
When I spoke by phone with David Ball recently, I congratulated him on being one of the four new inductees named to the Spartanburg Music Trail, which celebrates the Hub City’s rich musical heritage.…...
View ArticleThe Sparkletones of ‘Black Slacks’ fame on Spartanburg’s wealth of homegrown...
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with three of the men who founded the Sparkletones as teenagers in the mid-1950s. The legendary rockabilly group, of course, is best known for its 1957 hit,...
View ArticleLive review: The Sparkletones at The Showroom, Spartanburg 2/16/2013
The Sparkletones celebrated their recent induction onto the Spartanburg Music Trail in grand fashion Saturday, playing for a sold-out crowd at The Showroom at Hub-Bub.… Read More »
View ArticleLive review: Mill Billy Blues at The Showroom, Spartanburg 3/1/2013
As Shane Pruitt, Freddie Vanderford, Brandon Turner and Matthew Knights tore through their opening set as the Mill Billy Blues last Friday night at The Showroom at Hub-Bub, a drum kit loomed behind...
View ArticleThe Sparkletones, Mill Billy Blues to perform benefit concert April 6 at the...
Sparkle City Mashup, as the concert is being billed, will bring together the Sparkletones and Mill Billy Blues for a truly spectacular music event.… Read More »
View ArticleMill Billy Blues digging association with the Sparkletones
Anyone who witnessed the on-stage collaboration between the Sparkletones and the newly-formed Mill Billy Blues last month will never forget it.… Read More »
View ArticleGoodbye, Maxwell’s: how a NJ music venue connects to my life in Spartanburg
One of the reasons I wanted to write about Maxwell’s, despite the fact that it’s about 700 miles from Spartanburg, is that, in many ways, it’s directly connected to what I do for a living here.… Read...
View ArticleDavid Olney on Spartanburg musicians, baseball great Dizzy Dean and Shakespeare
Nashville, Tenn.-based singer-songwriter David Olney might not be known to the masses, but the highly-literate songs he’s crafted throughout a four-decade career have earned him legendary status on the...
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