Just something I've been dwelling on

LOVE LOST THE SOUL

Check Dead Confederate Out

You know when you hear some new band for the first time, be it live or by a cd, and something about the music just fits perfectly into the scheme of things? I know that is completely vague, but I am trying to get at the idea of a unique style of music, one that has every aspect you'd prefer to hear combined into one solid band?

Well, if you are a fan of a band with a, intense stage presence, in your face power drumming, gritty bass and crunchy guitar thrown together with a chilling organ and ghostly reverberating slide guitar and a lead singer who can wail some of the most gut wrenching notes, go fucking check out Dead Confederate immediately.

I've been a fan of Dead Confederate since I first saw them 2 years ago at Chi Phi in our basement.  Since then I have been to almost 10 shows and probably burned out playing their debut album Wrecking Ball at the highest volume I can take.  

The essence of Dead Confederate comes from their live show.  Some say they are the next Nirvana, but I believe they embody their own style of rock music far beyond any band out there. Simply hearing the CD is genius, however after seeing them live, the energy, passion, and true character that Dead Confederate exhibits at every single show makes the band legendary.  

I use the term legendary to describe, in my own musical opinion, I near perfect example of a band I want to hear and that I want to influence my own playing.  I can't get enough of their CD, and I enjoy their live act even more every time I see them take the stage and shake the 40 Watt.  

Not to mention, I've met each of them when they've played at my house, helping out stringing guitars and even giving them my equipment when they had a problem, and they are some of the most level headed musicians who know what they want to do and most importantly have fun in doing it.  Everyone of them is a cool mother fucker.

SO to end this kinda first band review and my first real post discussing my experience with music, influences and creativity, I just want to say get out there and give Dead Confederate a listen. They are heading Ath Fest in June, make almost monthly appearances in their home town, Athens, GA, and their CD is on I-Tunes.

Oh, and if you want to really enjoy this band in their true fashion, crank that volume fucking all the way up!

Concert List

Ok, so this is a work in progress as I remember what shows I have been to, but in alphabetical order and the venue I was at, the list is something like this:

311 (x3) - HighFi Buys Amphitheater

Allman Brothers Band (x2) - HighFi Buys

BAMBARA (x5) - Caledonia Lounge, 40 Watt

Band of Skulls - 40 Watt

B.B. King - Fox Theatre

The Belvederes (x2) - Chi Phi, The Caledonia Lounge

Blitzentrapper - 40 Watt

Bonethugs - 40 Watt

Boombox - GA Theatre

Brock Butler Solo - GA Theatre

Buddy Guy (x4) - The Tabernacle, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Fox Theatre

Dark Meat - 40 Watt Club

Dave Matthews Band - HighFi Buys

Dead Confederate (x15) - 40 Watt Club, Chi Phi Basement

Deer Tick - 40 Watt Club

Derek Truck's Band - The Classic Center

The Dexateens - Chi Phi

D.I.P. - The Caledonia Lounge

Disco Biscuits - Masquerade

Drive By Truckers (x4) - 40 Watt Club, Chi Phi

The Falcones - Caledonia Lounge, GO Bar, Hull Street, and always in my bedroom every night

The Futurebirds (x2) - Tasty World, Chi Phi

Galactic (x2) - GA Theatre

Ghostland Observatory - GA Theatre

Gun Party - Caledonia Lounge

James Taylor - Chastain Park

Jason Isbell and the 40 Unit - 40 Watt

Jazz Chronic - No Where Bar

Jeffers Morning - GO Bar

Jet - Virgin Records in London

Jo Jo and the Mardi Gras Band - GA Theatre

John Mayer (x7) - Phillips Arena, Tabernacle, Chastain Park

John Mayer Trio - The Tabernacle

JUNK - Rye Bar

Kuroma (x3) - Chi Phi, 40 Watt

Luna (x2) - Chi Phi

Mama's Love (x13) - GA Theatre, Chi Phi, Nowhere Bar, Smiths Old Bar

Mars Volta - Phillips Arena

Maserati - Chi Phi Basement

Matisyahu (x2) - The Roxy, The Tabernacle

The Meat Puppets - The 40 Watt

Medeski Martin and Wood - Phillips Arena

Michael Franti with Spearhead - Phillips Arena

Modern Paranoia - Caledonia Lounge

The Modern Skirts (x3) - Chi Phi, 40 Watt

North Mississippi Allstars - Phillips Arena

Paster Troy - GA Theatre

Patterson Hood (solo acoustic x4) - Chi Phi, The Caledonia Lounge

Paul McCartney - Phillips Arena

Perpetual Groove (x10) - Variety Playhouse, GA Theatre, Masquerade

Phil Lesh and Friends - Chastain

Phish - Verizon Amplitheatre

The Plague (x2) - 40 Watt Club, Flickr

Pnuma Trio - GA Theatre

Project Pat - Alpha Epsilon Pie House

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Phillips Arena

Reptar - Tasty World

Robert Randolph and the Family Band - GA Theatre

Rod Stewart - Phillips Arena

The Roots - High Fi Buys (Lakewood)

Rose - 40 Watt Club

Seventeenth Floor - The Ritz

Slightly Stoopid (x2) - GA Theatre

Sounds Tribe Sector 9 (x3) - Tabernacle, GA Theatre

Sub ID - Tabernacle

Sumalan - El Centro, Chi Phi, The Caledonia Lounge

The String Cheese Incident - Fox Theatre

Three 6 Mafia - 40 Watt Club

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Phillips Arena

Trey Anastasio - Fox Theatre

Tumbleweed Stampede - Max Canada

Umphrey's McGee - Masquerade

Venice is Sinking - Maggie's house

Very Disco - Chi Phi

The Wailers - High Fi Buys

The Whigs (x8) - 40 Watt Club, Chi Phi

White Panda - Chi Phi

WILX - GA Theatre

Zach Brown Band - Verizon Amplitheatre

First Post

My name for now is Mothball, I am a student at the University of Georgia majoring in Economics through the Terry College of Business.  I live in Athens because I go to school here.

Basically, while studying so much I keep wanting to document my ideas, opinions, and personal experiences about music and concerts.   So in starting this, I want to first say I love music.

I have played guitar for the past 8 years, and continue to expand my musical abilities into song writing, playing drums, as well as picking up a little bass.

I have played in multiple bands since highschool, but unfortunately I have been unable to really get anything going in college and around Athens. (Which is pitiful considering the opportunities Athens contains and the incredible Music scene it has become known for)

This blog I hope will grow to document every concert I go to from now on, with some recapping of favorite concerts and some insight into my progress to develop myself as a musician.  To those if any who read my blog, I hope you can share in the sensation and magic that is music.

I gotta study more now, 4 tests this week! But later today I will try to post a full list to start this off with every single concert I have been to up until this point.