Month: March 2014

Those Darlins at Savannah Stopover – photos

Those Darlins played their first ever Savannah gig on Friday night in a packed, rowdy, amazingly fun show at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The 12:30 a.m. show capped day 2 of the 2014 Savannah Stopover. Sometimes when you’re excited…

When Larry Jack takes the stage . . .

If you’ve been reading hissing lawns for a while, you probably know Larry Jack Sammons, who shares his voluminous weekly Magical Music Tour. Larry is a favorite of many local musicians too — after all, he saw 626 shows in…

a quick take on day 3 of Savannah Stopover

Well I’m spent. I took a ton of photos at Savannah Stopover on Saturday and will posting many over the next few days. We’ll have posts by our other hissing lawns bloggers too (and we’ll have photos on the hissing…

a quick take on day 2 of Savannah Stopover 2014

Just a short post here with a few pics from my Friday at the 2014 Savannah Stopover. We’ll have some larger photo galleries and other posts coming up in the next few days. I’m so glad I forced myself to…

a quick take on a brilliant day 1 of Savannah Stopover

Just a short post here with a quick take on day 1 of Savannah Stopover. I managed to catch all or part of 9 shows last night, and I’ll likely have more to say about all of these later —…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour 3/6/14 – 3/11/14

Hey guys, Just in case you don’t hear from me in a while, I better remind you that the Savannah Stopover is starting Thursday, and I do tend to overdo it at this excellent festival, so it may take me a while…

Hunter Park, CUSSES (acoustic), Rachel Kate, Alex Killeen, and Lovely Locks at Hang Fire

It may be the week of Savannah Stopover, but that doesn’t mean that there’s any shortage of awesome shows beforehand. And I don’t just mean the awesome show that Band of Horses put on Monday night — that same night…

Savannah Stopover moves opening night party on 3/6 to Knights of Columbus

Well, it looks rain for 3/6 here in Savannah, so Savannah Stopover has moved the opening night party with St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Good Graeff to the Knights of Columbus at 3 West Liberty Street. Here’s the…

Band of Horses’ acoustic tour – a short review and photos

text by Bill, photos by Tom What a gem of an evening on Monday at Trustees Theater here in Savannah. Band of Horses came to town again, in a performance that was stunningly different than their last-minute rock show at…

Curtin releases new single, performs at Savannah Stopover on 3/8

Curtin is the new project of Country Mice lead singer Jason Rueger and drummer Austin Nelson. Country Mice was a staple of recent Savannah Stopover festivals — we’ll miss that act but it’s impossible not to be intrigued with this…