May
Shows to end out the week.
5/9
Frank and TJ of The District Attorneys @ The Green Room in Athens, GA
5/10
Bonnie Whitmore @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in Houston, TX
Easter Island / Dana Swimmer / Five Eights @ 40 Watt in Athens, GA
Pollies @ On The Rocks in Florence, AL
Dead Fingers / Doc Dailey @ Bottletree in Birmingham, AL
5/11
Dirty Hotel Sunshine / Tedo Stone / Radio Birds / The Dirty Souls / Hot Wives @ Masquerade in Atlanta for Old 4th Ward Un-Fest
Pollies / The Pyles @ Blue Canoe in Tupelo, MS
Southern Exposure Mod Mobilian Alabama Craft Brewery Tour @ Parkside Cafe in Birmingham, AL w/ Magic City Soundsystem - sponsored by: Birmingham Mountain Radio, The Audiovore, Mod Mobilian, This Is American Music, and Communicating Vessels
tedo stone (pictured w/ flagpole awards)
May
The Pollies - “Good For Nothing” and “Something New” at Music in the Hall in Oxford, MS
http://www.musicinthehall.com/
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Apr
We’re loading up the van for a 5-day jaunt to some of our neighboring states, and we’d love for you to come hang out if you’re in some of these places!
Wednesday, April 24: Columbus, GA @ The Loft
Thursday, April 25: Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl Center Stage (w/ Comrade Blue)
Friday, April 26: Ocean Springs, MS @ Government Street Grocery (w/ Hartle RoadSaturday, April 27: Mobile, AL @ The Blind Mule (w/ Chase Knighton)
And hell, if you happen to be in the Biloxi area on Friday night, stop by the Beau Rivage late-night for the official Pollies South Mississippi After-Party….
Mar
that time some of the pollies and corey hannah got together and played nirvana covers…
more to come.
Mar
Pollies @ The Athens Party @ SXSW
video credit: Mod Mobilian
Mar
Pollies @ SXSW
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Feb
Jay Burgess of the Pollies dropped by our pal Wess Floyd’s Foxhole Bunker Studio recently when Jay was in Nashville for a solo show.
Check out the Pollies latest record Where The Lies Begin below - stream.buy.download #ShopIndie
Jan
Nashville - Twin Kegs - tonight (1.16)
Dec
The Pollies will be at Bottletree in Birmingham w/ Dead Confederate (Peyote People) Thursday 12/27.
Dec
Upcoming shows -
12/13 - Rhtyhm & Brews - Chattanooga, TN w/ The Whigs, Bohannons, and St. Paul & The Broken Bones
12/14 - The Oasis - Harrogate, TN w/ St. Paul & The Broken Bones
12/15 - Summit City Lounge - Whitesburg, KY
12/16 - Willie’s Locally Known - Lexington, KY
Stream.Buy.Download Browan’s latest - For The Givers And The Takers
Dec
Pollies - upcoming shows -
12/6 - w/ Clear Plastic Masks / Eight Knives @ Honest Pint in Chattanooga
12/14 - w/ American Aquarium / Quaildogs @ Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta
12/27 - w/ Dead Confederate @ Bottletree in Birmingham
Stream.DL.buy The Pollies latest - Where The Lies Begin
Nov
So we threw a party in Sean Courtney’s yard again…We had bands: Flint Hill Specials (Atlanta/Athens), Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil (Muscle Shoals, AL), Lauderdale (Muscle Shoals, AL), Pollies (Muscle Shoals, AL), The District Attorneys (Atlanta/Athens), Glossary (Murfreesboro, TN), Centro-matic (Denton, TX). It was kinda cool. This is what happened.
Flint Hill Specials / Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil
Lauderdale / The Pollies
The District Attorneys / Glossary
Nov
Browan Lollar - For The Givers And The Takers - OUT NOW!
Use the link below to download. Cds and special Browan bundles of shirts and art coming soon!
Nov
Available tomorrow - Browan Lollar - For The Givers And The Takers EP at http://thisisamericanmusic.com/ and everywhere else online.
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There is a point in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz where Levon Helm is describing the musical melting pot that is the mid-South – that place where rhythm and blues, western swing, blues, country and gospel elements blended together to create what we call rock and roll. These were all influences in the Muscle Shoals area where musician/artist Browan Lollar was raised, from his early experience with music in his father’s church to his time playing with several bands and local musicians in the Shoals. After years as a sought-after guitar player in the Southern independent music scene, Browan is releasing his solo debut, the EP For The Givers And The Takers.
Chances are you’ve heard or seen Browan play before – whether in his 6-year stint with Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, his work with Saddle Creek artists Azure Ray, or his playing with emerging Shoals band The Pollies. Now, after relocating to Birmingham, Browan is stepping forward to the mic and unveiling this set of songs written during his time playing with the 400 Unit and The Pollies. His collaborators on the record are a Who’s Who of the up-and-coming new music scene taking shape in the Shoals, including The Pollies and members of the Alabama Shakes, Lauderdale, Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil, and TheBear. The EP was produced by Browan and The Pollies’ Jay Burgess, with recording and engineering work from the Shakes’ Ben Tanner and Lauderdale’s Niles Lee, and was mastered by Matt Pence (who happens to play in one of Lollar’s favorite bands, Texas indie stalwarts Centro-matic). But the process was a loose, collaborative one and did not necessarily involve the kind of defined roles that would involve the assignment of titles – “Everyone knew what to do, so there wasn’t a lot of discussion about the process. Everyone was very professional, and very talented,” says Lollar.
The songs reflect a period of transition for Lollar and also his broad musical palette – there are elements of rock, jangly pop, classic country, and Shoals R&B, sprinkled with a healthy dose of the rising Southern indie sound. “I’d just call it a rock record” is the way Browan describes it. For The Givers And Takers is a finely-wrought work of artisanal craft, and reveals that in addition to his already well-known skills as a player, Lollar possesses a talented voice – both with the pen and behind the mic. And, as Levon would say, “it dances.”
Album Credits -
For The Givers And The Takers
Produced by Browan Lollar and Jay Burgess
Recorded at Studio 144 in Greenhill, Alabama
Additional recording done at The Nutthouse in Sheffield, Alabama
Track 1 engineered by Ben Tanner
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 engineered by Jay Burgess
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 mixed by Niles Lee
Track 5 mixed by Ben Tanner
Mastered by Matt Pence at Echo Lab in Denton, Texas
Horns by Seven Points Horns
Strings on track 3 by Kimi Samson
Arrangement by Kimi Samson and Browan Lollar
Tambourine on 3 by Reed Watson
Harmony vocal on 5 by Amber Murray
The musicians: Jay Burgess, Chris James, Jon Davis, Daniel Stoddard, Ben Tanner
Browan uses Reverend Guitars, Sommatone Amplification and Baxendale Acoustic Guitars
Nov
Available everywhere 11/9/12
