Musical Legacy
The Music of Cabbagetown & Chomp
MUSICAL LEGACY – VIDEO ARCHIVES – LIST OF BANDS
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Cabbagetown Bands – Chomp Legacy Acts – Chomp 2019
Our musical journey will always be a work in progress, please excuse the construction.
Creating a master list of Cabbagetown music was never gonna be an easy task. 100+ years of recordings, plus almost 20 years of Chomp, and there’s plenty still happening. Thank you for your patience as this page finds its shape. Take a moment to explore the wonderful sounds and amazing lives of these peerless artists who’ve once upon a time crossed paths with Cabbagetown:
Twentieth Century1890s - 1980s. . .
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The Newcomers1990s - early 2000s. . .
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Chomp & Stomp2003 - present. . .
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Chatham Rabbits
About Chomp & Stomp Music
Our Mission
We hope you enjoy learning about music as much as we do! After a decade of meeting musicians from a dizzying array of traditions, we’ve grown weary of strict genre labels. Music is communication, and certain forms involve a group of artists exchanging ideas and being together in the moment, with a common tonal language but no specific rules. Old time music was meant to be accessible for participation, inviting to strangers, and full of wisdom – or mischief!
MUSIC ARCHIVES
Our archives are rich & luxurious. Please be patient while our all-volunteer team edits, enhances, and uploads all the wonderful audio-video content. For a more seamless experience, subscribe to our Chomp Music YouTube Channel.
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PREVIEW SHOWS – FEATURED SONGS
2021
Georgia Mountain String Band, “Fish Fry” (Live at Waller’s)
Smith & Calvert Bluegrass Brigade (medley)
Arlo Finch, “When I’m in Your Arms”
The Yellow Dandies, “Friends”
TT Mahony, “Horrible Honeymooners” (Live at Jen Chan’s)
Jeremy Ray, “Dipped in Gold” (Live at Little’s Food Store)
PREVIEW SHOWS – FULL SET
2021
Georgia Mountain String Band, Live at Waller’s
TT Mahony, Live at Jen Chan’s
Jeremy Ray, Live at Little’s Food Store
FESTIVAL – TEASER CLIPS
2021
Chrome Castle, 97 Estoria
Andrea & Mud, Brookshire Amphitheatre
Skunkweed JuJu, 97 Estoria
2017
Vista String Band: “2:19”, “Fixin’ To Die”
w8ing4UFOs, “The Hunger Song”
FESTIVAL – FEATURED SONGS
2017
Vista String Band: “I Wish That It Would Rain”, “Deep River Blues”
FESTIVAL – FULL SETS
2021
Andrea & Mud, Brookshire Amphitheatre
Chrome Castle, 97 Estoria Stage: SET ONE – SET TWO
Skunkweed Juju, 97 Estoria Stage: SET ONE – SET TWO
2018
Slim Chance & the Convicts, Brookshire Amphitheatre
2017
w8ing4UFOs, Esther Peachy Pavilion
Vista String Band, Cabbagetown Park Stage
The Bands
The Plate Scrapers | www.theplatescrapers.com
(Maryland)
Formed in western Maryland circa 2014, their diverse backgrounds and influences (ranging from jazz, hard rock, and funk) have taken their pickin’ music to an exciting new level.
Jeff Mosier Band | www.revjeffmosier.com
Scruggs’-style banjo picker “The Rev” Jeff Mosier, one of the earliest pioneers merging bluegrass instruments and traditional tunes with the magnetic energy of rock & roll.
Smokey’s Farmland Band | www.farmlandband.com
“Goodtime Eclectic Bluegrass”, venturing outside the realm of the traditional, they still respect the roots, and retain the energy and twang.
West King String Band | www.westkingstringband.com
(Jacksonville, FL)
Original grassy folk music with clever songwriting and hot pickin’.
Georgia Mountain String Band | [facebook]
Foot stomping, hooting, and hollering since 2013. Originals & old classics.
The Porch Bottom Boys | www.porchbottomboys.com
The Porch Bottom Boys play bluegrass, newgrass, and other styles seasoned with the diverse backgrounds of their members.
Rodeo Twister | www.rodeotwister.com
Full of deep love for original, stripped-down sound of early rockabilly and classic country, this new, original music has one foot in the past, and the other one, both hands, and most of the rest of the upper torso, right here in the here & now.
Aubryn | www.aubrynmusic.com
(Nashville)
Badass ragtime sorceress, Aubryn’s quirky songs and sharp wit pair with haunting melodies, telling surprising stories of multidimensional women.
w8ing4UFOs | www.w8ing4ufos.com
On the flickering edge between right and wrong, the fast and the slow, the up and the down, where that cut in the curtains lets in a new light, we will be up on the roof W8ing4UFOs.
Slim Chance & the Convicts | [facebook]
(Cabbagetown)
Cabbagetown’s own Redneck Underground originals since 1986. Rockabilly & old-style Country.
Evan Stepp & the Piners | [bandcamp]
A loud, classic country band from Atlanta, fresh from Radon Recordings on Pearl with their debut, “First Three Songs”.
Control Burn | [facebook]
Acoustic trio that combines bluegrass, country, blues and jazz to create an exciting sound that you’ll love.
Arlo Finch | arlofinch.com
(Rome, Georgia)
Live original music for live original people. True Americana.
Adam Klein | www.adam-klein.com
Fiddlin’ John Carson & Moonshine Kate
Wikipedia – Country Music Hall of Fame – 152 Nassau St
Arguably the first commercial country music recording artist, Cabbagetown’s own Fiddlin’ John remains a polarizing influence. Riding the whirlwind of the near simultaneous Mary Phagan murder trial and Fulton Mill Strike (1914-15), Carson’s controversial songwriting once landed him in jail for slander of the governor. Seven time “Champion Fiddler of Georgia”, John’s 1923 recording of a minstrel tune with Lost Cause connotations, “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane”* (Okeh 4890-A), began the transformation of a nation’s musical landscape by casting a spotlight on the market potential for “hillbilly records”.
John Carson’s story is neither simple to dismiss in part, nor wholly pleasant to digest. Whether his personal convictions on the matter were particularly strong or a cynical matter of practical showmanship, he had affiliations with individuals representing certain distasteful organizations. Consider exploring elsewhere for more candid ellaborations. These titles may enlighten those seeking to understand the man with (1) an in-depth academic analysis Carson’s life, contributions, plus his strengths and shortcomings, and (2) a literary journalistic context offering a vividly dramatic portrait of Atlanta in 1913, particularly the trial that shook the nation and took its pulse:
- Fiddlin’ Georgia Crazy:
Fiddlin’ John Carson, His Real World, and the World of His Songs - And the Dead Shall Rise:
The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Sugar Lime Blue | www.sugarlimeblue.com
What is it to experience Sugar Lime Blue? Essentially vibrations of air manipulated by the voices & instruments of the musicians singing/playing that are interpreted through the ears of living beings and transformed in their brains to the sounds that soothe us, get us excited, spark emotions and even get us up to dance. Sugar Lime Blue is a real band where in the musicians are listening to one another and trying to create something new in the moment.
COMING SOON:
Joyce Brookshire
Tommy Roe
Smoke / Opal Foxx
Cat Power
Rock*a*Teens
William Carlos Williams (band)
Deacon Lunchbox
The Jody Grind
David Railey / Corndog-o-rama
Cadillac Jones
Georgia Crackers
Packway Handle Band
Whoa Nelly!
The Slackey Family
Bibb City Ramblers
Jugtime Ragband
Grinder Nova
The Musselwhite Family
brillig
Buck Buckley Band
Villain Family
Georgia Fireflies
Steel String Session
Strung Like a Horse
The Whiskey Gentry
The Lovell Sisters
High Strung String Band
Parker Smith & the Bandwith
Paranormal (Norm Ficke)
Sans Abri (Josh Erwin)
Johnny Rocquemore & the Apostles of Bluegrass
Stovall
Sourwood Honey
Grassville
Rolling Nowhere
Anna Kline Grits & Soul
Caroline & the Ramblers
Ross Nickerson
(under construction)
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VIDEOS
our favorite chomp a/v
Vista String Band
“2:19” (Tom Waits)
Sugar Lime Blue
“Cabbagetown Ballad” (Joyce Brookshire)
Muleskinner MacQueen
“You Don’t Miss Your Water ‘Til Your Well Runs Dry”
(written by William Bell)