The Regulars Band

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The Regulars Band
Local band picked to perform at Macy’s annual tree lighting

By Curt Yeomans

cyeomans@news-daily.com

Lee and Lindsey Smith, of Rex, and their friends, Robbie Croy and Matt Howard, both of Stockbridge, have attended the lighting of Macy's Great Tree at Lenox Square Mall for several years to hear the bands play, and to take in the atmosphere as the Christmas season got started.

The Smiths, Croy and Howard are in their own band, called The Regulars Band, and they've been dreaming of playing at the event since forming their group three years ago. Each year, they sent a tape to the event's producers, but to no avail.

However, luck was on their side this year. The band will be the Macy's Rising Star act at this year's Lighting of the Macy's Great Tree, which will begin at 7 p.m,. on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 27, in the parking lot of Lenox Square Mall, 3393 Peachtree Road, Atlanta.

"We're not so much nervous, but prepared for this because we've wanted to do it for so long," said Croy. "It's more like an anxious feeling, because we can't wait for that night to get here."

The event will be headlined by folk/pop artist Jewel, and will also feature performances by Cirque du Soleil; the Harmony Chorus, and Tony Award winner Heather Headley, who will sing "O Holy Night" as the tree is lit.

"We like the fact that they've [The Regulars Band] been attending this event for years, as well as the brother- and sister-angle [Lindsey and Lee Smith are siblings], but quite honestly, they just have a lot of talent," said Angela Coley, the producer for the Lighting of Macy's Great Tree.

The Regulars Band was formed three years ago for a talent competition at Eagle's Landing High School. The quartet has known each other for several years, having all gone to Cornerstone Baptist Church in Stockbridge.

Croy, 21, and Lindsey Smith, 19, who were students at Eagle's Landing, decided to sing together for the talent show. Croy was going to play the guitar while Lindsey sang. They asked Howard, 18, a recent graduate of Community Christian School, to join because they knew he could play the drums.

Lee Smith, 23, a 2004 graduate of Morrow High School attends Georgia State, then joined as a keyboard player, alternate lead singer and manager. "Lee writes all of the music and we all add our own styles to it," said Lindsey Smith.

The band members pull music styles from a variety of sources, including Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder. On their web site, www.regularsband.com, the band members say they are "Not your daddy's funk-rock band."

Their first Extended Play (EP), a self-titled album was released this summer and is available for $6 on their web site. The variety of music styles they pull from helped them determine their name, which Lee Smith said was determined within a day.

"We're pretty regular kids who play irregular music," he said.


- Clayton News Daily

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THE REGULARS are an Atlanta-based band who have a list of accolates to their name--after only 4 years of performing together. Just to name a few, they have played at Macy’s Lighting of the Great Tree on Thanksgiving Evening 2008 with Jewel for an audience of over 100,000 people, they have performed twice on Fox5’s Good Day Atlanta, and have been a part of several music festivals. Last year they released their self-titled debut EP, which was engineered by Grammy nominated Seth Firkins. - Upcoming

The Regulars Band at Lenox Square July 4

By Jason A. Smith

jsmith@henryherald.com

A local band is gearing up for a pair of performances this week, in hopes of broadening its audience and boosting its members' careers.

The Regulars Band will perform Saturday during Fourth of July festivities at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta. In anticipation of the event, the group is scheduled to appear Friday on WAGA Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta."

Four of the band's five members hail from either Henry County or Clayton County. Lead singer, Lee Smith, and his sister, vocalist, Lindsey Smith, are from Rex. Lead guitarist, Robbie Croy, and drummer, Matt Howard, are from McDonough and Stockbridge, respectively.

Bass guitarist, Clay Davis, lives in Conyers.

Lee Smith, 23, says band members have been working hard in recent months to reach a wider audience with their music. When they are not performing at Taco Mac in Stockbridge on the third Thursday of every month, The Regulars Band is collaborating on a new album.

The group also recently completed a video for a song titled "Regular," which is featured on the band's web site.

The band has been featured in a number of publications in the Atlanta area in recent years, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing, and the Henry Daily Herald. Smith says, although the group has performed on "Good Day Atlanta" in the past, Friday's event will mark a significant moment in its development.

"This will be the biggest crowd we've ever played for," says Smith. "A lot of people will be there that day for the Peachtree Road Race."

Smith says he and his bandmates will perform a mixture of cover songs and original material, during their time on stage at Lenox. Their set will include "Get Ready," by the Temptations, and "Fire," by Jimi Hendrix, as well as the band's tunes titled "Regular" and "Reviving the Funk."

According to Smith, the latter song describes part of the band's goal -- to take its listeners back to a different era of music. "We're in a world where hip-hop and pop music over-saturates the music market," he says. "The music we love is from 30 years ago and beyond. We just take what we love, and do it our way."

Smith hopes the group's "melting pot of music" will appeal to those who hear it. "We've been recording a lot, and trying to get a new album together," he says. "We're kind of a vintage funk-rock band, with some new-age twists. We have a different sound, and there's a lot of variety to our music."

Lindsey Smith, 19, is currently a sophomore at Georgia State University. She describes The Regulars Band as "good kids playing good music," and says she is looking forward to performing in Atlanta.

"We've been keeping up some pretty steady gigs, and getting our name out there," she says. "We're just really excited to be playing at Lenox. Getting any press is good. I want everything to keep going. The quicker we get where we want to go, the better." - Henry Herald

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The Regulars Band
Local band picked to perform at Macy’s annual tree lighting

By Curt Yeomans

cyeomans@news-daily.com

Lee and Lindsey Smith, of Rex, and their friends, Robbie Croy and Matt Howard, both of Stockbridge, have attended the lighting of Macy's Great Tree at Lenox Square Mall for several years to hear the bands play, and to take in the atmosphere as the Christmas season got started.

The Smiths, Croy and Howard are in their own band, called The Regulars Band, and they've been dreaming of playing at the event since forming their group three years ago. Each year, they sent a tape to the event's producers, but to no avail.

However, luck was on their side this year. The band will be the Macy's Rising Star act at this year's Lighting of the Macy's Great Tree, which will begin at 7 p.m,. on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 27, in the parking lot of Lenox Square Mall, 3393 Peachtree Road, Atlanta.

"We're not so much nervous, but prepared for this because we've wanted to do it for so long," said Croy. "It's more like an anxious feeling, because we can't wait for that night to get here."

The event will be headlined by folk/pop artist Jewel, and will also feature performances by Cirque du Soleil; the Harmony Chorus, and Tony Award winner Heather Headley, who will sing "O Holy Night" as the tree is lit.

"We like the fact that they've [The Regulars Band] been attending this event for years, as well as the brother- and sister-angle [Lindsey and Lee Smith are siblings], but quite honestly, they just have a lot of talent," said Angela Coley, the producer for the Lighting of Macy's Great Tree.

The Regulars Band was formed three years ago for a talent competition at Eagle's Landing High School. The quartet has known each other for several years, having all gone to Cornerstone Baptist Church in Stockbridge.

Croy, 21, and Lindsey Smith, 19, who were students at Eagle's Landing, decided to sing together for the talent show. Croy was going to play the guitar while Lindsey sang. They asked Howard, 18, a recent graduate of Community Christian School, to join because they knew he could play the drums.

Lee Smith, 23, a 2004 graduate of Morrow High School attends Georgia State, then joined as a keyboard player, alternate lead singer and manager. "Lee writes all of the music and we all add our own styles to it," said Lindsey Smith.

The band members pull music styles from a variety of sources, including Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder. On their web site, www.regularsband.com, the band members say they are "Not your daddy's funk-rock band."

Their first Extended Play (EP), a self-titled album was released this summer and is available for $6 on their web site. The variety of music styles they pull from helped them determine their name, which Lee Smith said was determined within a day.

"We're pretty regular kids who play irregular music," he said.


- Clayton News Daily