Further Proof That The Grand Strand Is Home To Some Of The Best In Music
By Brian M. Howle
The winners of the 9th annual Independent Music Awards have been revealed - and residents of the Grand Strand have once again been represented by two of the best local musicians to ever grace a stage or produce [...]
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February 25, 2010 1By Brian M. Howle
Some Of Washington’s Weasels Are Trying To Sell Out Music Radio Stations, Artists To Big Record Companies
In bringing you this important story, I find myself firmly between two facts: One puts me in the happy position of assuring all of you this issue has absolutely no basis in political party affiliation; the [...]
Myrtle Beach Marathon weekend runs this year from Thursday, Feb. 11 - Sunday, Feb. 14.
A Runner’s Expo will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center from 5 - 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11 and 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. The Expo is free and open to the public. Official [...]
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February 3, 2010 0Reo Speedwagon (L-R): Neal Doughty, Kevin Kronin, Bruce Hall, Dave Amato and Brian Hitt.
By Brian M. Howle
There are moments - and you can deny it all you want, but it will happen to you one day if it hasn’t already - when the undertones of a message you hear in a rock ‘n roll [...]
By TBone Terry
Planning for the FAME (Food-Arts-Music-Entertainment) Festival to be held on the last weekend in April is coming along nicely. Festival Chairman Karen Holck, has submitted the plans to the City of Myrtle Beach for their approval.
The festival date is set for April 24 and 25. It will be called the “FAME on Broadway [...]
By Kara Borie
The South Carolina Department of Commerce and Northeastern Technical College will host free workshops to develop strategies that will increase sales and enhance company performance for small businesses.
Small business owners will gain knowledge in different strategies for marketing, entrepreneurship and small business assistance, financial programs and customer care. The workshops will consist of [...]
By Nancy Gray
Horry Georgetown Home Builders Association has presented its 2009 Top Dog Award for Best Community Service Project to the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. The MBACC was honored at the Horry Georgetown Home Builders Association’s second annual awards ceremony Jan. 21 at the Crown Reef Resort and Conference Center.
The association recognized the [...]
By Mark Sublette
More than 70 percent of the Clemson University student body turned out to vote in the 2008 presidential election, making Clemson one of seven colleges nationwide to achieve this level, Tufts University and Campus Compact have announced.
Clemson, Kennesaw State University and Tufts were the three institutions with more than 5,000 students to top [...]
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January 21, 2010 0By Brian M. Howle
When one starts throwing around such weighty words as “icon,” or “American Legend” - when referring to a musical artist - it’s often best to play it close to the vest, and perhaps pull back on the leash.
But when you’re describing Willie Nelson, well … in this one, special case [...]
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January 21, 2010 1The late, great Jeff Roberts. (Photo by Dave Bell)
By Brian M. Howle
Back in the late-’70s, the remaining members of a decimated Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed under the moniker of The Rossington-Collins Band. And one of the more haunting songs on that memorable album they produced in their post-Skynyrd continuation was entitled, “Next Phone Call”, about [...]
By TBone Terry
The biggest buzz around Myrtle Beach comes from Historic Downtown Broadway Street. The merchants of Broadway have come together under the leadership of attorney Angie Knight and others and formed the Historic Broadway Merchant’s Association. From its grass roots, an idea for a street festival was born and Karen Houck, the proprietor of [...]
By Dariel Bendin
I won’t say that music in Myrtle Beach died along with Jeff Roberts. But it took a hit and the whole community is feeling the pain.
Co-founder and director for Myrtle Beach’s nonprofit South By Southeast, Jeff has been working his butt off for years - keeping music in our schools, supporting our local [...]
By E. J. Nicholson
Brenda Williams can move her right arm. And her head. Sometimes she can respond to questions.
Her demeanor brightens when her kids walk into the room. Her toes spread when a doctor gives the bottom of her feet the right kind of touch. The woman, known to hug so many strangers that her [...]
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December 17, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Have you ever wandered into a club, bar, dive or stadium to hear some music, not really knowing the artists or their genre of music, and then felt you had discovered something no one else in the entire world has ever heard? Well, if you have, then you already [...]
By Nancy Gray
One-hundred fifty-seven teams (314 participants) competed in the fifth annual Take A Kid Fishing Day tournament Oct. 24 at Grand Strand fishing piers: Cherry Grove Pier, Apache Pier, Second Avenue Pier, Surfside Beach Pier, Myrtle Beach State Park Pier, Springmaid Beach Pier and The Pier at Garden City. Young anglers from a number [...]
By Connie Nelson
‘Tis the season to be enchanted! What could be more enchanting than a magnificent wrought iron gate that opens to reveal a glittering landscape of lighted oaks and twinkling displays in a post-Victorian garden setting? Each Friday and Saturday evening from Nov.27 through the Saturday before Christmas, Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, N.C. presents [...]
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November 20, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Well, kids, if you’re been a loyal reader and you’ve been paying attention as well, you already know that I strongly contend some of the finest bands known to man have - time after time - originated in that musical hotbed for the Southeast, known to one and all as Atlanta [...]
By Jessica Durivage
YOGA in COMMON and The ‘TIQUE earth-friendly boutique located at The Market Common will open their doors to the public, Saturday, Nov. 14, to celebrate the “birth” of a new yoga venue in the Grand Strand area.
Located in the heart of Market Common on DeVille Street, this center will offer a dynamic schedule [...]
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November 10, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Every heavy metal musician strives for one thing from the first time they hear that first intoxicating, addictive chord, measure, or lyric - to be in a band that breaks through the unmerciful world of music oblivion and then zooms to world-wide adulation and insane quadruple-Platinum sales. So just imagine [...]
The spirit of Christmas past and present comes alive at the Dickens Show. Inspired by “A Christmas Carol” and the imagination of Charles Dickens, the annual yuletide extravaganza at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center will transport you, via sleigh and flying reindeer, to Victorian England and around the world.
An elaborate display of English holiday [...]
By Lyn Mettler
If you’ve been dying for a getaway to the beach, but the budget was just too tight to squeeze it in, MyrtleBeachHotels.com is giving away a chance to hit the Grand Strand for only $5 per night.
The company, which manages multiple oceanfront resorts up and down Myrtle Beach, is giving five winners a [...]
By Debbie Bissette
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C. is presenting mystery novelists T. Lynn Ocean and Suzanne Adair at its Coffee with the Authors series. The presentation, which takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, includes coffee, tea and sweets during the authors’ discussions. Reservations are required due [...]
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October 29, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
When a rock band takes its collective first steps in the world of recording and releases, it’s a tentative time at best for most who attempt to walk the line to stardom. The hard, cold fact is that more hit the express track to obscurity rather than basking in the [...]
HTC (Horry Telephone Cooperative) and HEC (Horry Electric Cooperative) joined forces once again to help kick-off October as National Cooperative Month in Horry County. In doing so, the two locally owned cooperative companies awarded $3,000 in grants for Horry County teachers. HTC, the local telecommunications cooperative, and HEC, the electric cooperative, are both responsible for [...]
By Tommy Burbage
The Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Campus of Webster University conducted its Annual Graduation Recognition Ceremony on Sunday, October 11 for 187 graduate students. Approximately 2,000 parents, family, faculty, staff, and friends were in attendance. Graduation Exercises were held at the Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach. This was the Myrtle Beach campus’ 32nd Commencement since [...]
John T. Rhodes is a native of Raleigh, N.C. but has been in Myrtle Beach since his years at Coastal Carolina Universitywhere he studied Business Administration. His business background is in hotels and restaurants. He owned The Gullyfield, Arnie’s Steakhouse, Rhodes Smorgasbord and was part owner of Original Crab House, Grouper’s and Jackaroo Steakhouse and [...]
In a case that has more dirty tricks, stone-walling, acts of perjury and coordinated cover-up by government agencies, at least since Watergate, there now appears to be a definite link between DSS actions with regard to Doris Holt and the Southern Holdings et al. v. Horry County et al. lawsuit.
Doris Holt is a plaintiff in [...]
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October 8, 2009 1Fresh from Sunday’s no holds barred performance at the Myrtle Beach House of Blues benefit for South By Southeast/battle of the blues, Nashville guitarist and vocalist Rickey Godfrey will bring his unique brand of hot rockin’ blues to Key West Crazy located on the waterfront in Little River, S.C. Show times are Friday, Oct. [...]
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October 8, 2009 2By Brian M. Howle
As we discovered in the last issue, Murrells Inlet’s resident guitar laureate Steve Senes bested nine other of the best guitarists on the planet to take the prestigious Guitar Player Magazine’s “Guitar Superstar: Guitar Player of 2009” title in San Francisco, CA, on Sept. 12, 2009.
Hot off the big win, Steve [...]
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October 8, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
The stats will tell you that her first breakthrough album was recorded in 1977, and the hit single was “Runaway”. But for me, the signature album was 1982’s Green Light, and the song that caught my ear was the uberbiographical “Me & The Boys”. And with that, I became a huge [...]
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September 26, 2009 0B.B. King with Lucille
By Brian M. Howle
Rarely will you ever hear me proselytize about the need for everyone to hear this one artist at least one time in your individual lifetimes. Music, much like life, tends to be both abject and objective. So when I think of an artist who bridges all genres, [...]
Let me tell you about South By Southeast, and why I think it’s so critical to the Carolinas, especially to its native Myrtle Beach.
The group was formed in 2003 by a bunch of music lovers who believed there was more to music than the Top 40. According to their mission statement, their goal is “to [...]
By Dirk Vanderwilt
Channel Lake, Inc. has contracted Charlie and Liz Mitchell to write a new independent travel guidebook about Myrtle Beach for spring publication in their 2010 Tourist Town Guides travel guidebook series. The New York publisher produces independent travel guides to America’s most popular regional tourist destinations. The Mitchells’ book will be available from [...]
Two Horry County committees will study the question of allowing the City of Myrtle Beach to assist in enforcing nuisance ordinances in unincorporated close to, and in some cases surrounded by city boundaries.
The Public Safety Committee will get first crack at the issue at its regular meeting next week and, after it decided on action, [...]
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September 12, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Now, when your daddy is a conservative Christian minister who takes a very dim view of any secular music - much less country music - well, one would think it tends to make the odds of you becoming a big-time, everybody-loves-you country music star pretty slim, huh?
Not so when you [...]
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September 12, 2009 0The legendary rock band, Nantucket will be headlining the upcoming Rock 102 Radio Reunion Concert on Friday, September 25th. The Paul Grimshaw Band and Billy Wright & Steve Marino will also be appearing. The concert starts at 7:00 PM at Celebrity Square at Broadway at the Beach. Tickets are available online now at www.QRockRadio.com.
For a [...]
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September 8, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
(Editor’s Note: HOB has announced that, unfortunately, this show has been canceled. Contact point of purchase for ticket refunds.)
Whenever any musicians worth their salt start out, one of the most important decisions they’ll ever face is naming the band. It is one of those things you need to put [...]
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September 8, 2009 2By Brian M. Howle
In the world of music, there are literally millions of players. And there are just so many incredibly talented, exceptional folks out there, all vying for recognition and fame. Having the good luck and fortune to stumble across the best of the best is the consumate listener’s Holy Grail. [...]
By Jennifer Gibson
The Incredible Sandwich is an eclectic quartet hailing from Athens, Ga.Their music is a creative, intelligent blend of musical styles such as Latin, jazz, funk and rock, with unexpected educated improv jams that take the listener on a surprising musical journey.
The band is rapidly amassing a strong fan base throughout the Southeast and [...]
By Dariel Bendin
When the Rolling Stones got in hot water with Myrtle Beach’s finest,
it was Jimmy Lathan who came to their rescue
Horry County native Jimmy Lathan doesn’t consider his job a job. It’s too much fun. He’s the live production engineer for Sea-Cruz, one of the most sought-after Carolina beach music groups in [...]
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August 28, 2009 0By Nancy Gray
The Sun Fun Celebration of Summer ends with the fourth annual Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Grand Park, The Market Common. This marks the second year that the festival has been held at Grand Park.
This family-friendly festival, organized by the [...]
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August 28, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
If you’re one of the many local residents who emphatically disagree with the Myrtle Beach city politicians who have discriminated against bikers and basic rights, have we got a show for you! (And a way to join in the fight for freedom).
On Sunday, Sept. 6, at 8pm, there will be [...]
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August 21, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Someone, somewhere once made a claim to unaccredited fame by exclaiming, “The South shall rise again.” I have no idea what their concept was at the time, but for our purposes let’s say it was a precusor to the formation of one of the brightest new bands of the current generation.
And [...]
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July 30, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Personally, I knew about Travis Tritt for some time before being subjected to one of his albums by a passed-out fan while camping out in the infield at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA in November of 1992. Which was a good thing, because listening to “Here’s A Quarter [...]
By Nancy Greene
Representatives of Broadway at the Beach today announced that KISS Coffeehouse will celebrate its third anniversary on Saturday, August 1 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
In honor of the anniversary, KISS drummer, Eric Singer, will be on hand to greet fans and to sign autographs. Double Platinum tickets are available for $75 each [...]
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July 21, 2009 0X-mas in July is a fundraising event for Toys for Kids in Horry County. The event is sponsored by ABATE of Horry County, and is being held at Donny’s Saloon, formerly known as the Steelhorse Saloon on 3rd Avenue in Myrtle Beach. Starting at 4 p.m., the event will include food, live music and [...]
One new lawsuit and one old one raise questions about how Myrtle Beach Police Department officers are managed by their superiors.
Brenda Christy, a 22-year veteran of the Myrtle Beach Police Department, filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in federal district court on May 31, 2009 against the department.
According to the complaint filed with the court, Christy [...]
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July 16, 2009 0(L-R) Bob Crawford, Seth and Scott Avett.
By Brian M. Howle
One of the most abject things in life is, arguably, the individual interpretation of - and interest in - music. The easy part comes with ready labels, like classical, traditional, rock, blues, hip-hop, techno, etc. - but the harder nut to crack comes when [...]
By George DuRant
The Myrtle Beach music scene receives another boost as locally based On These Airwaves release their first studio recording Sunset Provisions on Saturday, July 11, with a free concert on the main stage at Broadway at the Beach’s Celebrity Square.
Tom Yoder, guitar legend, recording artist and former local resident, will open for On [...]
There aren’t too many fused glass artists around, but that’s what Suz Mole decided she was, and we’re lucky to have her on the Grand Strand.
Originally from N.C. and living out west for the past 30 years, Suz now calls Pawleys Island home. She came to our attention through her fused glass workshop going on [...]
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July 4, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
There are some great things about being young (or not so young) and having some form of musical eccentricities enter your life, so much so that it becomes not just a genre or music, but a way of life.
And those who know moe., know what I mean.
For those you don’t, well, now’s [...]
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July 4, 2009 1By Bridgette M. Johnson
Pepsi and Time Warner Cable have partnered with Freestyle Music Park to present Rock Band Grand Strand, each Friday evening from beginning July 10, with a Grand Finale on August 14. Rock Band Xbox 360 bands can register to give their best Rock Band performance and move on to the Finale where [...]
The Myrtle Beach LGBT community is holding its second annual Pride festival this year, July 3-5, at various locations in and around downtown Myrtle Beach. With most events happening around 8th and 9th Avenues North, one of this year’s events is being hosted by a non-traditionally-gay venue, Club Kryptonite.
While Pride is primarily to increase [...]
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June 19, 2009 2By Dariel Bendin
This year the historic town of Conway, S.C. gives a whole new name to its former Around the Fourth Celebration. Riverfest 2009 takes place on June 27, from 3 to 11 p.m. along the city’s stretch of the beautiful Waccamaw River.
The Festival will feature country music along with beach and boogie. There will [...]
By Dariel Bendin
Being something of a cynic, I’ve always thought most holidays were dreamed up by some copywriter at a greeting card company. It turns out, although the origin of Father’s Day, isn’t cut and tried, it may just be a sweet little holiday designed simply to say, “Thanks, Pop.”
The most widely accepted “origin” of [...]
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June 18, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Rock ‘n Roll is one of those entities that tends to stamp a time date on things, due to the shear force of great music merging with great memories. And for millions of rabid rock ‘n rollers who preferred their music with a touch of femme fatale overtones, there was one [...]
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June 5, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Say what you will about the legendary, hedonistic days of ‘80s Glam Metal Rock, and all of the salacious players who gained notoriety and beaucoup trim because of its insatiable popularity: Ya either had it, or ya didn’t.
See, someone like Joe Jackson - great songwriter and musician that he was - didn’t.
But [...]
By Grant Ferguson
Fueled by the Guitar Hero phenomenon, the music industry is experiencing a fresh surge of youngsters signing up for music lessons. For those who want to get serious about music, there is now a way to experience the life of a rock n’ roll star and take their playing to the next [...]
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June 5, 2009 0The Sun Fun Festival, brought to you by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, has been kicking off summer along the Grand Strand since 1951 when a regional beauty pageant attracted some 8,000 vacationers.
In contrast, the 2009 Sun Fun Festival is expected to attract almost 40,000 and will include not only the 2010 Miss [...]
It was with great interest that I read a news release from the City of Myrtle Beach Attorney’s Office last week informing the media and public it was dropping charges against Horry County Council member Marion Foxworth.
Foxworth was initially charged on October 18, 2007 with loitering for prostitution. At that time, the city confiscated Foxworth’s [...]
Local news media reports of the impending retirement of Horry County Airport Director Bob Kemp recently were exceedingly kind.
The fact is Kemp wanted to stay in his current position until age 70, four years from now. However, with the imminent departure of Horry County Administrator Danny Knight, Kemp’s last protector in county government, county council [...]
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May 22, 2009 1By Mark Kruea
The City of Myrtle Beach is celebrating Military Appreciation Days on May 28, 29 and 30. Twenty-four military installations from SC, NC and Georgia have been invited to compete in various sports competitions including marksmanship, golf, basketball, softball and a combat cuisine cook-off. To date, about 14 installations have indicated an interest and [...]
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May 22, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
On the long and winding road of great musical adventure and education, one must always be poised for that slight jog in the direction of popular music, much like the unpredictable course of a hurricane. But unlike the violent storm, music makes these occasional changes for the betterment of all mankind - [...]
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May 8, 2009 0
By Brian M. Howle
Way, way back in the time before disco, rap, MySpace, “Dubyah”, and a bevy of other assorted plagues ruined the good life in America, I was a wide-eyed college student at the University of South Carolina - quietly enjoying life and receiving a great education. One sweltering night in 1973, my dorm’s [...]
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April 26, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
There are, in the narcissistic world of rock ‘n’ roll, bands that are simply the fortuitous collection of a group of folks who happily write, record and perform music. They just like to have fun, make music, and share the result with their public.
And then, there are bands that seek a higher [...]
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April 15, 2009 1By Brian M. Howle
Artists and art enthusiasts alike now have a new gallery in town that seeks to fill their respective needs, and it’s the culmination of a life-long dream and a labor of love. It’s called Studio B, Myrtle Beach’s newest & edgiest local art gallery, and is located in Market Commons on the [...]
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April 2, 2009 0The new owners of the Hard Rock Theme Park have many challenges before them as they work to bring the park to life for a second season.
One of those challenges is overcoming the failures of the previous owners, who drove the amusement park into bankruptcy. One of the most often sited failures was in [...]
Swing and miss. “Strike Two.” cried the umpire. I threw one more pitch right in at the player’s wrists. He swung hard, but the ball just dribbled right back to the pitcher’s mound. I picked it up and gently tossed it to the first baseman for the out.
As the batter turned [...]
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