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Pour House welcomes a healthy dose of Southern rock
BY CHRISTINA ELMORE, Special to The Post and Courier
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Rock bands Hill Country Revue and Tea Leaf Green will be embarking on a tour that will bring them to The Pour House on Aug. 28.
Hill Country Revue, formed in 2008 by guitarist Cody Dickinson, is a new addition to the Southern-rock scene.
The band's debut album, "Make A Move," was released in May 2009.
The next album, "Zebra Ranch," due for release later this year, is expected to showcase how much they have grown since then.
" 'Make a Move' was a snapshot of the band at its inception. 'Zebra Ranch' captures the band at a time when we're coming to our own. After touring together for two years, we have a solid identity and our own sound," Dickinson said.
Despite the band's youth, Dickinson is no stranger to the music industry.
While he mainly plays guitar now, some may recognize him as the drummer from the North Mississippi Allstars.
"I do miss playing the drums," Dickinson said. "The thing about the drums is it's all about hypnotic repetition and groove. The guitar and piano are more based on melody. It's a very different mind-set, but I feel like it's been a revitalizing cascade of creativity."
With three Grammy nominations under his belt with the Allstars, Dickinson said he has similar aspirations for the success of Hill Country Revue.
"Absolutely! It's world domination in 2011, one show at a time," Dickinson said.
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay area, Tea Leaf Green has 12 years of experience.
if you go
Who: Tea Leaf Green w/the Hill Country Revue.
When: 10 p.m. Aug. 28.
Where: The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway.
Cost: $15 at www.etix.com, all Cat's Music and Monster Music locations.
Info: 571-4343 or charlestonpourhouse.com.
What did you think?: Add your opinion about the concert.
The band has suffered a number of setbacks, including losing a prominent member, bass player Ben Chambers.
"He just wanted to go get married and have kids. You can't blame him for that. He didn't want to be touring in a rock 'n' roll band anymore," band member Trevor Garrod said of Chambers' departure. "In a lot of ways, he started the band. It definitely changed without him."
Rather than attempting to recreate what was lost, the band decided to go in a different direction stylistically with Reed Mathis in Chambers' place.
"They're about as different as you can get as far as bass players go," Garrod said.
Mathis produced the band's latest album, "Looking West," which consists of road-tested songs that had not yet been recorded.
"I kind of see this as the last chapter and now we're starting a new book. It's taken us a while to reformulate after Ben left, but now we're on a path of rediscovery," Garrod said.
Tickets to the show are $15 and doors open at 9 p.m.
For more information on Hill Country Revue, visit www.hillcountryrevue.com.
For more information on Tea Leaf Green, visit http://tealeafgreen.com.
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