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FT · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:04 am

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Shonna's statement:

Quote:

Hello friends,

Unfortunately, I come to you all with some sad news.

It's time for me to move on to the next great thing, whatever that may be.

I want to thank each and everyone of you, with my whole heart for your overwhelming kindness and support over the years. You are the greatest fans in the world! You really do amaze and inspire me. I can't express how much you all mean to me. Your rock solid encouragement has carried me through, many nights. I have been so lucky to have had the chance to meet and talk with so many of you. Your stories and passion are so incredibly inspirational to me.

I am, without a doubt, not done. I will have a website up and running very soon so that we can keep in touch. I have a whole lot left to say and do, and I can't wait to hear what all of you are up to. This is very difficult, so I'll leave you with this... for now...

Thank you all so much!

Safe travels and Happy Holidays to you all!

See you soon somewhere...

All my love,
Shonna

CLEARLY fired.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:38 am

Well, I've always been in Camp Shonna and loved all her contributions.

That said, the band, IMO, clearly needs a shot of energy and a fresh approach. I was lukewarm at best on "Go Go Boots".

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:22 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Well, I've always been in Camp Shonna and loved all her contributions.

That said, the band, IMO, clearly needs a shot of energy and a fresh approach. I was lukewarm at best on "Go Go Boots".

The meat drapes had turned to leather....it was time for her to go.

I hope now we'll get a Director's Cut of 'Secret To A Happy Ending' to find out why they really kept her when Isbell left. I'm guessing it was a type of indentured servitude. Aka, they occupied her like Poot from the Wire would have.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:17 pm

There are rumblings on the board as to what really went down, but everyone is keeping a safe, and polite distance on the topic.

She was apparently part of the reason the band went in the direction its recently went in, so we'll see if they RAWK it back up.

This kinda comes at a good place though. After the NYE and Homecoming shows, they are taking a break, recording, and heck, maybe we'll see another mega-tour at the end of 2012. Who knows. They deserve a break.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Shonna Wrote:

It's time for me to move on to the next great thing, whatever that may be

Christmas comes early this year. Maybe she can convince the chick from Deadstring Bros to quit them in join her in her next endeavor.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:44 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

what really went down, but everyone is keeping a safe, and polite distance on the topic.

So are they just saying there's more to the story or are there implications of Hell's Angels' parties and the like?

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:01 pm

A Very GAR Chripmuh Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

what really went down, but everyone is keeping a safe, and polite distance on the topic.

So are they just saying there's more to the story or are there implications of Hell's Angels' parties and the like?

Haha, no Hell's Angels stories...yet. People that make assumptions are pretty quickly shot down or told to shut it. They run a tight ship over there

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:10 pm

billy g Wrote:

Shonna Wrote:

It's time for me to move on to the next great thing, whatever that may be

Christmas comes early this year. Maybe she can convince the chick from Deadstring Bros to quit them in join her in her next endeavor.

pretty sure Deadstring Bros is just the main guy now

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

discostu Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Shonna Wrote:

It's time for me to move on to the next great thing, whatever that may be

Christmas comes early this year. Maybe she can convince the chick from Deadstring Bros to quit them in join her in her next endeavor.

pretty sure Deadstring Bros is just the main guy now

I know he's been touring solo but not sure what happens if/when he/they record a new album.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:28 pm

Kim Gordon for DBT.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:50 pm

http://t.co/ilrSXgkv

Ustream of Cooley's solo show tonight in BHam. If you happen to see this tonight (started around 9pm)

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:25 pm

One off project: Patterson Hood and Downtown 13

Patterson wrote a song called "After It's Gone" to protest a massive Walmart development that would be put up right near the heart of downtown Athens right on the river in some greenspace. He brought it some heavy hitters for the songs: Mike Mills, members of Widespread Panic, members of the Futurebirds, David Barbe, among others.

They recorded it , made a video, and Patterson performed the song on the roof of the Wuxtury Records store in downtown Athens to draw publicity to the issue.

Here is the video and the live performance:

For any Athens folks, check out the main video. All shots in and around Athens. Pretty cool IMO. I wish more people and places were this involved in their community.

Here's the website for the project:

http://protectdowntownathens.com/

discostu · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:15 pm

Athens still hates sprawl. Flagpole has been talking about it since I've been aware of its existence.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:28 pm

Subtlety is no one's strong suit in that collaboration. About as "good" as that new Springsteen song.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

this is an example of one of those things that i did not need to watch to know it sucks

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:04 pm

I saw them last Saturday, and well... I can't tell if I missed Shonna or not. I will tell you that overall, the show was flat to me with some great highlights. Bobby Keys & the Suffering Bastards were the real highlight of the night. They played all covers, but were tight and every musician was playing with fervor.

This Nashville SCENE review seems like they saw a different show: http://bit.ly/wagwda, but I guess I have a deeper point of reference for which to compare having seen them 20+ times over the last 12 years.

highlights for me where: Uncle Frank, Daddy Learned to Fly, Buttholeville, A World of Hurt, Women Without Whiskey, Hell No I Ain't Happy

Due to a bout of tired wife syndrome, we left after Let There Be Rock

here's the recording of it, so judge for yourself: http://www.archive.org/details/dbt2012-02-11.mk4v.flac16

setlist Wrote:

One Set:

01. The Forth Night Of My Drinking
02. Where The Devil Don't Stay
03. Ray's Automatic Weapon
04. Uncle Frank
05. Play It All Night Long
06. When The Pin Hits The Shell
07. Daddy Learned To Fly
08. Gravity's Gone
09. ButtHoleVille >
10. State Trooper
11. Cartoon Gold
12. Box Of Spiders
13. Pulaski
14. Goode's Field Road
15. Women Without Whiskey
16. World Of Hurt
17. 3 Dimes Down
18. Hell No I Ain't Happy

Encore:

19. Birthday Boy
20. Girls Who Smoke
21. Marry Me
22. Let There Be Rock
23. Zip City
24. Lookout Mountain
25. Shut Your Mouth and Get On The Plane
26. Angels & Fuselage

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:28 pm

discostu Wrote:

setlist Wrote:

11. Cartoon Gold
12. Box Of Spiders
13. Pulaski
14. Goode's Field Road

That's a pretty awesome run of songs. Good also to see Girls Who Smoke back. Some friends from the DBT board were there and had a song dedicated to them. They were beyond pleased.

Barbe is much tighter and attacks songs harder. It'll be interesting to see if he hits the road on this next leg.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:58 pm

rogneeb Wrote:

this is an example of one of those things that i did not need to watch to know it sucks

When did you turn into Loog?

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:15 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

rogneeb Wrote:

this is an example of one of those things that i did not need to watch to know it sucks

When did you turn into Loog?

C'mon man, that's common sense.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:20 pm

Full disclosure, I didn't post that because I thought the song was good. I posted it for the intent.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Rick Derris Wrote:

rogneeb Wrote:

this is an example of one of those things that i did not need to watch to know it sucks

When did you turn into Loog?

true, most benefit or "cause" type songs are really great . . . .

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:26 pm

Looks like Matt Patton of the Dexateens will be hitting the road on bass for DBT on this upcoming leg. Pretty good fit, imo--though as Patterson's message says, its not a permanent one.

Patterson's 3rd solo is confirmed. Barbe played on it. Expect during these times off for there to be a Patterson tour (this is me thinking out loud).

Bass replacement not gonna be rushed. Barbe apparently already signed on to play on the next DBT record, "which we are not starting any time soon". Hmmm.

Was hoping to hit up the Charlottesville date, but its 3 hrs away, and only one-night so not gonna happen.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:42 pm

Shonna's first solo show

More HERE

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:05 pm

Damn ol' Clay Leverett in the backing band? *sob*

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:20 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Wow.

I love what they're doing, but that song is teddible. Like, unable to make it all the way through teddible. So that video is crazy - I'm all of 60 seconds into it and I recognize people in the crowd, which is strange, because I've been gone a looooong time. Hey Flying Rabbit, remember those Star Room Boys shots I posted?

So in this shot, dude with the hat and bandana is Frank Mason:

...ie, this guy singing:

Glad to see he's still around and kicking. The guy with long blonde hair behind him up against the tree looks like Kevin O'Neil, who was REM's office manager and a helluva nice guy. The green awning in the background was Cookies & Co, where I worked every day for about 6 years. REM's office was directly above us, the second story of half that block, starting with the tan building and going right through the brick. Incredible space up there.

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