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7/7/2008 -- Grovers Mill added to the links. Gary Bailey of the band says he was in bands in the '80s and '90s (another century, it was), and wished the Internet existed then for promotion. I wish it existed then for job hunting. 7/1/2008 -- Wrenn Mangum has pre-qualified for the finals of the Images of the King World Championship Contest and will be performing at Graceland on Aug. 16-17. Like The Taters, his act is now fully regional and he frequently travels all over Virginia and Maryland. 6/29/2008 -- Forest George sees The Highstreet Lowlifes at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum. 6/27/2008 -- Matt Harris has left Kinetic Element to move to West Virginia, so the band seeks a new bass player who understands progressive rock or wants a challenege. Email Mike Visaggio or visit their MySpace page. 6/22/2008 -- I went to Toad's Place for the first time to see Onionhead. The band cars were all crowded into this little area at the loading dock, and after the show, as they started leaving, they'd have to move all the cars around to let others out. Behind Toad's Place is a parking lot belonging to some company and apparently even at 1 a.m. on a Sunday morning when they're not using the lot, they don't want anyone else to either. One of the band members who backed his car into that area to let someone else out got towed away when he ran back inside to get his stuff. I guess the tow truck company knows it's easy money to drag cars out of such a convenient and tempting lot behind Toad's Place. Anyway, it was a good show. Toad's is no smoking, which is nice, and a beer was $6, which is hostile.
6/18/2008 -- Tara Lane added to the links.
The Breakers in Colonial Heights is now called Benny's, not to be confused with the legendary Benny's near VCU several decades ago.
The Harbor Blast concerts are the Appomattox Small Boat Harbor now require you be 18 or older. Take I-95 south to exit 54, right on Temple Avenue to the fourth stoplight. Turn left on Puddleduck, left on Fine, follow Fine to the marina.
6/16/2008 -- We have now determined that the old Mio's in Mechanicsville (sort of across the road from the former Mulligan's on the Lee Davis High School side of the Pike), which became a Joe's Inn briefly is now Wild Willie's and hosting bands. 6/14/2008 -- Comcast cable channel 17 in Ashland is featuring local musicians.
Meade Skelton is blogging about the musician's life in Richmond here. I'd like to link to all local musician's blogs, so send in addresses of blogs you're writing and blogs you're reading. Let's all share the angst and frustration.
6/12/2008 -- Hamburger James' "Last Plane to Memphis" added to CD gallery.
Johnny Throckmorton of Alabama Thunderpussy has joined Bullistic as lead singer. Throckmorton became vocalist for ATP in 1997 and appears on the first four records. He performed close to 800 shows throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe before leaving the band in 2002. He joined Immortal Avenger in 2006 and toured in support of a five-song EP. Bullisic, now writing their fifth release, plan to tour with Brand New Sin this fall.
Rockabilly band Hamburger James added to the links. 6/9/2008 -- Hype-R-Space page deleted. That info will go on this page now. The complete 11 years of print copies of the Richmond Music Journal are available on microfilm at the State Library of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University library for your researching pleasure.
The Richmond Concert Band would like donations of used musical instruments to loan to Richmond City school children. All donations are tax deductible. Visit www.rcband.org. Donate your old newspapers to the Richmond City Animal Shelter at 1600 Chamberlayne Ave., where the SPCA used to be. For the best older dogs and cats, declawed cats, etc., go there! rmjournal@mindspring.com | |||||||||||||
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