CHASE FIFTY-SIX
GABRIEL KELLEY
LLOYD DOBLER EFFECT
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm
$5 in Advance / $8 Day of Show
18+ with Valid ID
Hidden among the unending tangles of kudzu, tucked back among the towering Georgia pines and buzzing power lines, sits a haggard little shack that seems to lean comfortably to one side. A dog lumbers by, chasing away a flock of stubborn geese before resigning himself back to the shade. It’s hot out, southern hot, where movements become as slow as the speech and the rare breeze is wet as waves.
From the leaning shack comes the smell of open fire, of meat cooking on open fire, of sweat, stale beer and last night’s whiskey. Then come the sounds. A snare drum smacks like a fastball to a well-oiled mitt, a crisp acoustic guitar begs for company in misery and a pedal steel melts the kudzu into retreat. There’s a band of musicians tucked away in that shack, and they’re hard at work.
This is the musical home of Georgia rock band Chase Fifty-Six. This dilapidated shack, in all its mosquito-bit sweltering glory, is where their newest record, Allatoona Rising, was born.
It came to be during the drought of 2009 when the entire Southeast was cracked, chapped and thirsty and the lakes’ exposed underbellies strained water supplies and choked tense politicians. The process was quenching.
There’s no doubt Allatoona Rising has the strength to stand on its own, but anyone who has ever seen Chase Fifty-Six perform on stage – whether in a crowded, piss-stained bar or at a crowded, piss-stained outdoor biker fest – can tell you: It’s the live show that sets the hook.
Join Chase Fifty-Six in their quest to conquer the South
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