Skannyardle

VALDOSTA — The annual Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series returns this week to Downtown Valdosta.
With five area bands over five days, the concert series is a great opportunity to hear some of Valdosta’s sounds of music. The line-up is The River, Daddy’s Money, Six String Sammy, Lowndes High School Jazz Ensemble, Skannyardle. But it is also a great opportunity to visit Downtown Valdosta. Regulars won’t be surprised by the many changes and the on-going renaissance of Downtown Valdosta. If you haven’t been downtown since last year’s Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series, you’re in for a treat in how much the area continues to evolve.

With more downtown restaurants open, there are more opportunities to pick up a to-go order before stopping for the music on the Lowndes County Courthouse Square. Or bring your own lunch, listen to some music, then take a look around downtown before heading back to the office.

SHOWTIME
Annual Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series When: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Where: Lowndes County Courthouse Square. Admission: Free.

SKANNYARDLE: Friday
One of Valdosta’s longest-running bands plays everything from local clubs, private engagements and events like the Brown Bag series. The secrets to Skannyardle’s on-going success: A strong core of founding members, a willingness to add new members, the courage to perform challenging cover songs that many of the original bands rarely performed live, and the versatility to keep some songs in its line-up for 15 years while always, always, learning new songs to add to the band’s repertoire. - Dean Poling The Valdosta Daily Times

Skannyardle

Meet the Band: ( Just List Members)
Joe Smothers – 6 & 12 string guitars, vocals
Justin Smothers – guitar, vocals
Rob Evans – harmonica, guitar, vocals
Drew Matulich – mandolin, fiddle, guitar
Tim Teasley – keyboards, pedal steel
Kim Johnson – bass
Al Turner – drums, percussion

Who are your musical influences?

There are so many different influences with seven players in the band… Beatles, Doc Watson, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Django Reindhardt, David Grisman, King Johnson, Robert Johnson, The Band, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Sam Pacetti

What is your favorite thing about playing in the band and performing?

Someone saying, “I have never heard another band play that song before…”

What is the worst thing about it?

Most clubs’ choice of music between our sets

What has been a musical highlight for Skannyardle so far?

Opening up for Grand Funk Railroad, Three Dog Night and Foreigner at Wild Adventures

What are the bands future plans?

Members 20 – 30 years: continue discovering the depths of various instruments and styles of music
Members 30 – 50 years: be nicer to the kids and old people in the band
Members 50+: stay out of nursing homes!
Collectively we plan to continue playing shows and writing original music.
- 11th Hour

On display through Jan 18, 2004
A Salute to 25 Years of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards
On display through January 14, the exhibit pays tribute to the 95 musicians and behind-the-scenes contributors who have been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in the past 25 years. The exhibit includes photos, various awards received by inductees, performance outfits (and hats!), vintage recording equipment and instruments, including the fiddle used by Fiddlin’ John Carson on his historical 1923 recording of “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” and the double-neck Mosrite guitar played by the late Ricky Wilson, an original member of the B-52’s, and more.

25th ANNUAL GEORGIA MUSIC HALL OF FAME AWARDS
Sept. 13, 2003 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta
Tickets are available by calling (770) 934-0906. 2003 inductees include the Indigo Girls, Kenny Rogers, Mike Curb and Alan Walden.

BROWN BAG BOOGIE LUNCHEON CONCERTS
Noon - 1p.m. Daily: FREE!
Eat to the beat of some of Georgia’s most exciting musicians under the big tent in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame parking lot. Tables and chairs are provided. Bring your lunch or buy one on-site.

Wed. Sept. 17:
Skannyardle
From Valdosta and led by the Byrds-like harmonies of lead singers Rob Evans and Joe Smothers (a fingerstyle guitarist and singer who has recorded and performs with Doc Watson), Skannyardle has a lush, full, acoustic-driven rock-n-roll sound.
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame