On March 9, the Florence/Lauderdale tourism visitor center will host three music panels featuring young local musicians (11:00 AM), legendary musicians Lenny LeBlanc & Pete Carr (2:00 PM) and a reunion of the band Iguana Party (3:30 PM). Andreas Werner of Crazy Chester Records will moderate the panels.
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Join us at the NuttHouse for the Harvey Thompson Trio's CD release show on Sunday, March 3, where the band reocorded their new album Muscle Shoals Jazz. The band will perform a full show. Everyone who purchases a ticket to the show will be given a copy of the new CD at the show. Tickets are available at Mefford Jewelers, Thompson Music or ONLINE HERE.
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This coming July, The Muscle Shoals Allstars will be one of the headliners of the Vancouver Island Music Fest. Donnie Fritts, Tommy Talton, Buzz Cason and Billy Swan will also perform at the festival.
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Andreas Werner and Chuck Mead are today's guests on The Vinyl Lunch with host Tim Hibbs. They'll spin some funky 45s and rap about their favorite grooves. Tune in from 11:30AM to 1:30PM (CST) at http://acmeradiolive.com
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Florence/Lauderdale Tourism and the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area will host a series of music panels as part of Black History Month featuring panelists Harvey Thompson, Mickey Buckins, David Hood, Harvey Thompson Jr., Jerry Masters, Will McFarlane, Howell Sledge and David Johnson. Andreas Werner will moderate the panels.
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Sessions for Mark Narmore’s upcoming album are wrapping up at the NuttHouse and Creative Workshop with Harvey Thompson, Donnie Fritts, Spooner Oldham, Mickey Buckins and the Muscle Shoals Horns. Mixing will start later this month for a summer release.
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Andreas Werner met with Sherman Holmes of the Holmes Brothers and the two decided that Andreas will produce Sherman’s next album to be recorded in late spring/early summer. The Holmes Brothers were one of Andreas’ favorite artists.
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Work on Mark Narmore’s upcoming album is in its finishing stages. Jimmy Hall recorded his contributions yesterday, tomorrow we’ll have Donnie Fritts, Spooner Oldham and Harvey Thompson in the studio to add their soulful touch and on Thursday, the Muscle Shoals Horns will put the icing on the cake.
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Funky Donnie Fritts will return to Champy's in Muscle Shoals for his annual Valentine's Day show (starts at 7PM). Donnie will perform many of his most loved songs in a duo setting with Andreas Werner.
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2019 is already shaping up to be a great year! The Harvey Thompson Trio’s Muscle Shoals Jazz album will be our first release of the year with new albums by Mark Narmore and Charlie Taylor following suit. There are a few more projects in the pipeline that we’ll announce soon and the Crazy Chester Radio Hour is resuming its weekly schedule.
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2018 saw the release of albums by Carla Russell, Jacye and Cowboy, which was our first Record Store Day release. The year started off with Andreas Werner producing the Alabama Music Hall of Fame’s induction show, then The Songs Of The Shoals show followed in March and the Muscle Shoals Allstars homecoming show in June. The Crazy Chester Radio Hour hit its second year with many memorable guests.
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Tony Joe White unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday. Tony Joe was a hero for all of us at Crazy Chester Records and we are heartbroken. He wrote a song and played on Carla Russell’s album.
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Donnie Fritts played a duo show with Andreas Werner this past Tuesday, October 23 at Champy’s in Muscle Shoals. Thanks everyone for coming out!
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