Sunday, August 31
Corey Smith and Moon Taxi with guest Mother.Funk
Gates open 5pm, show starts 6pm
Tickets $20. Kids 6 and under FREE.
The Amp
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Advance tickets also available at the Company Store at Russell Crossroads, the Russell Lands corporate office
and at the gate the day of the show.
The Labor Day Weekend concert is always the biggest show of the year at The Amp. This year will be no different as co-headliners Corey Smith and Moon Taxi take the stage. Special guest Tuscaloosa's Mother.Funk will open the show. Bring your friends, blanket, cooler and chairs, and settle in for a great show!
Corey Smith
In today’s country music climate, there is an abundance of artists and songwriters chomping at the bit to tell you just how “country” they are. But none represents the genuine rural lifestyle quite like Corey Smith. Born and raised in the bucolic town of Jefferson, Ga., just a few miles northwest of the musical hotbed of Athens, Corey has carved out a successful career by writing and singing not about the idealized country imagery of trucks and bonfires, but by depicting truthfully the experience of growing up far from big-city sidewalks.
“Country music is all those things that art is supposed to be. It’s populist, it’s infectious and, most importantly, it’s about people,” says Corey. “So country music should be about artists holding a mirror back to themselves to reflect what they’re experiencing in their own little towns.”
Clearly, country fans feel the same way. Corey has amassed an unfailingly devout fan base, not only in his native Southeast region, but all around the nation, simply by telling it the way it is. He has released seven studio albums—including 2011’s Top 20 release The Broken Record—all written and produced by Corey himself.
Moon Taxi
Moon Taxi, which was founded in 2006, toured extensively in support of Cabaret, appearing at Bonnaroo, Forecastle, and Lollapalooza. Additionally, they have opened for such artists as Matisyahu, Dr. John, and Dirty Heads, and ended 2012 selling out multiple theaters on their own.
While on the road, the musicians began to stockpile song ideas and demos, inspired by the trials and tribulations of traveling around the country to play shows. In early 2013, the band went into the studio to begin recording Mountains Beaches Cities with these touring experiences in mind. Much of the recording was done in Spencer’s apartment with only a few days of drum and bass riffs laid down in Nashville’s Sony Tree studio. Although Mountains Beaches Cities feels like an extension of Cabaret’s aesthetic, the new album is explorative, and its lyrics recount a new narrative for the musicians.
09.2014
