Tobacco A Go Go, Volumes 1 and 2

Hello All-

When Ken Friedman put together Tobacco A Go Go in the mid 1980s, it was a way for him to share the music that he had collected throughout the state. Without TAGG, bands like the Paragons, Grifs, Bondsmen, Corsayors and many others might not have ever been discovered by Garagaholics like myself. When Jake Berger and I started putting together There Was A Time, Tobacco A Go Go was the prime starting point for the music in North Carolina during the 1960s.

Someone has now posted all of TAGG Volumes one and two on Youtube. Click on, listen in, and see and hear what all the fuss is about. Enjoy,
-Daniel
August 13, 2016

Volume one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFLCwlOzKE

Volume two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HsAk2iqFAo

All Heart But No Chart

Hello All-

The legendary Ken Friedman, of Tobacco A Go Go fame, is now doing his own show on WHUP, out of Chapel Hill. This week's show is all North Carolina Garage Rock. Pure awesomeness, as they say. Enjoy,
-Daniel
March 16, 2016

https://whupfm.org/episode/all-heart-but-no-chart-31016/ 

Standells In North Carolina on April 27th and 28th

One of the most influential Garage Rock bands was the Standells. Their biggest hit, "Dirty Water" has now been embraced my multiple generations as their own, and their catalog is a staple of Nuggets and 1960s music fans worldwide. 

The Standells have recently reformed, released a new album (entitled "Bump") and are making a rare stop in North Carolina next week. The band, which features founding members Russ Tamblyn and John Fleckenstein, will kick off their tour at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte on Sunday, April 27th. The band will then headline at Local 506 in Chapel Hill the following night, April 28th. Opening for the Standells will be Thee Dirtybeats, featuring Tobacco A Go Go's legendary swami of Carolina coolness, Ken Friedman. Thee Dirtybeats will also close out our release party for our book's 2nd edition at Neighborhod Theatre in Charlotte on June 21st. (You hadn't heard that yet? Well, you just heard it here first.)

So, let's review. Standells. North Carolina. April 27th at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, and Local 506 in Chapel Hill on April 28th. Come one, come all, and I'll see you at both, if not both shows.

-Daniel

April 19, 2014