Drivin N Cryin performed at Songbirds drawing a crowd of fans around the South Stage. The opening band was local Ashley and the X's with dynamic vocal and very talented musicians. Ashley and the X's photos will be presented soon.
Songbirds is Chattanooga's new premiere music entertainment destination located downtown in the historic Chattanooga Choo-Choo with over 14,000 square feet of music bliss and the best sound quality of any venue in Chattanooga.
The South Stage can hold more than 500 guests with a brand new sound system and lighting, full bar availability, VIP seating, and a lounge in the rear portion of the venue for the more mellow concert-goers.
The North Stage provides a more intimate listening room experience for up to 200 guests surrounded by the modern interactive museum with the world's largest collection of rare vintage guitars.
Drivin N Cryin members are celebrating their 33rd anniversary together. The Atlanta-based folk rock act has spent most of 2018 on tour. Their tour stop last week at Songbirds was greatly received to many local and regional Chattanooga Live Music scene followers. The added photos capture some of the moments of this iconic band.
In October 1985 Drivin N Cryin played their first show at Atlanta’s famed 688 Club. The band quickly gained attention for their blistering live shows, and amassed a rabid fanbase in the fertile soil of the late-1980s Southeast music scene.
Now, 33 years later and releasing four full length albums on Island Records and one on Geffen Records, founding members Kevn Kinney and Tim Nielsen find themselves enjoying a milestone anniversary for the band, having survived the pressures of fame, a shifting musical landscape, multiple lineup changes, and miles of back roads and highways to arrive here. With a gold record, 10 full-length albums, and a handful of EPs to their credit, the band still refuses to rest. In 2012, a documentary about the band entitled Scarred but Smarter: Life n Times of Drivin' N’ Cryin' was produced.
In 2015, a collection of 10 choice cuts from the band’s 4-EP “Songs” series, entitled Best of Songs, was released on Nashville’s Plowboy Records. Additionally, the band was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame the same year. The following year, Drivin N Cryin released a vinyl-only album, entitled Archives Vol One, with a collection of basement recordings from the years 1988 to 1990. With Dave V. Johnson as their drummer, and the band's newest member Laur Joamets (originally Sturgill Simpson) now being added to the lineup, Drivin N Cryin is continuing to tour the U.S. to great acclaim.
Kevn Kinney, songwriter/guitar/vocal Tim Nielsen, bass, vocal, Dave V Johnson, drums Laur Joamets, guitar a successful based Atlanta Georgia.
(The source material provided by Drivin N Cryin & Songbirds)
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