Tag: Chuck Leavell

8th Annual A-Town Get Down w/ Chuck Leavell, Randall Bramblett, Walter Parks, Bernard Purdie, more – photos

What a beautiful day for the 8th annual A-Town Get Down Festival. Like in 2017, the festival took over the end of Indian Street — a tremendous combination of spaces for A-Town’s celebration of the visual arts, music, and community.…

notes from the 2017 Savannah Music Festival

The Savannah Music Festival ended just over a week ago, and I feel like I’m still processing the 17-day event. As I’ve watched the SMF grow under director Rob Gibson, I’ve become increasingly interested in the ways in which the…

The Rolling Stones at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta – review + photos

Let me get this out of the way first: The Rolling Stones looked great on Tuesday night at the Atlanta stop in their Zip Code Tour. Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are 71, Ronnie Wood is 68, and Charlie…

Chuck Leavell: “There’s an art to everything”

Fifty years ago this week, The Rolling Stones played at Georgia Southern in Statesboro and spent a night at the Manger Towne and Country Motor Lodge on Highway 17 in Savannah. Sadly, that was Savannah’s closest brush with the Stones…