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Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

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Nov 14

Bad Wolves at The Plant – 11/14

The Plant

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Nov 14

Bad Wolves at The Plant – 11/14

6:30 pm to 11:00 pm

308 North St Andrews Street Dothan, AL 36301

Bad Wolves invade The Plant on November 14th!

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Bad Wolves aren’t just a band, they’re a sonic wrecking ball that’s destroying everything in their path. The act—which is composed of drummer John Boecklin (ex-Devildriver), vocalist Tommy Vext (Divine Heresy, Snot) as well as guitarists Doc Coyle (ex-God Forbid), Chris Cain (Bury Your Dead) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (ex-In This Moment), may seem like they just exploded onto the scene, but the idea has been percolating in Boecklin and Vext’s heads since 2015. “When I heard the initial batch of songs I was really impressed because what John was doing was very creatively experimental and it gave me an opportunity to also do more vocally experimental things,” Vext explains. The result is of this joint effort is Disobey, an album that music fans have been clamoring for and that has already birthed a viral single via their impassioned (and seemingly ubiquitous) cover of the Cranberries’ 1993 protest song, “Zombie,” which has racked up over 33 million views over Facebook and YouTube, hit #1 on Spotify’s viral chart in over 40 countries countries and gone to #1 on the iTunes songs chart.

Recorded at various studios spanning three states and producers—including Kane Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach) who mixed “Remember When” and “Zombie”—Disobey is a collection of songs that sees this group of Los Angeles music veterans stretching out and exploring sonic space they’ve never veered into in the past. “Everything seemed very natural once we decided that we wanted to be in a band that featured more singing than screaming,” Boecklin explains. “There are some very different songs on this record from track to track, from almost ballad stuff to heavier-edged material; we really spread our wings and had no problem tearing down any walls when it came to stylistic traits,” he continues, adding that Vext helped take this varied collection of tracks to the next level. “I think Tommy’s performances on this album have blown away everyone who’s heard it. He has the songs that allow him to showcase what a powerful performer he is and we really harnessed that here.”

From driving anthems like “No Masters” to the syncopated Faith No More-worthy rocker “Better The Devil,” the crushing power of “Learn To Live,” and the soaring ballad “Hear Me Now,” Disobey is an album that showcases elements of rock, metal, hip-hop and progressive rock into a instantly infectious amalgam of music that’s as infectious as it is groundbreaking. Then there’s the band’s aforementioned cover of “Zombie,” which has hit the top of the charts on iTunes and Shazam and already garnered seven million total streams, an almost unheard of accomplishment for a band like Bad Wolves. “Recording ‘Zombie’ was Tommy’s idea and he really hit it out of the park,” Boecklin recalls. “When we finished recording it we sent it to [Cranberries singer] Dolores O’Riordan and she loved it and was supposed to record vocals on the version the day that she passed away,” he continues. “The fact that the song has gone so viral is completely unexpected and the success is bittersweet.” Subsequently, the band decided to give all of the proceeds from their reimagined cover of the nineties hit to O’Riordan’s three children.

In the spirit of protest songs like “Zombie,” Disobey is teeming with lyrics that see Vext tackling everything from the current political state of our nation to the prevalence of racism, not the typical fodder for an album that’s already birthing hit singles. “This album is a commentary, but it’s also a diary,” he explains—and that’s especially evident on the painfully personal ballad, ‘Remember When.’ “I have a twin brother who is serving 17 years in prison because he attempted to murder me in 2010 during a home invasion,” Vext explains. “I’ve never gotten so vulnerable in songwriting before and talked about this situation, but it just felt natural on this album. No one broke my heart more than my own brother and nothing breaks my heart more than knowing he’s a danger to others and himself.” In the wake of this incident Vext, who has been sober for nine years, became a sober companion and coach in order to save others from similar fates. “There’s a lot of deep meaning in that song for me and I didn’t go into writing those lyrics with a conscious thought, I just heard the riff and all of these emotions poured out of me that I’d been keeping inside for a long time.”

That catharsis is ultimately what lies at the core of Disobey. “I listen to Meshuggah, but I also listen to Lana Del Rey and Busta Rhymes, not that we would be touring with those bands,” Vext says. “But I think we have a sound that kind of vacillates between extreme music and hard rock, which could be dubbed ‘commercial’ and I don’t think that’s a bad thing, I think it’s a strength of ours.” Additionally, the members of Bad Wolves all come from touring bands so they’re excited to get out on the road and bring these songs to audiences live who have been waiting for an album like Disobey for a long, long time. “This is the greatest body of work I’ve ever participated in over the course of 20 years of making music,” Vext summarizes. “It’s also the most creative and honest thing that I’ve ever worked on and we can’t wait for people to be able to hear these songs and share them with us live. Because there really are no limitations to what the five of us can accomplish with this band.”

Nov 15

Beethoven in Blue Jeans

Tri-State Community Orchestra (TCO)

Nov 15

Sister Hazel at The Plant – 11/15

The Plant

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Nov 15

Sister Hazel at The Plant – 11/15

6:30 pm to 11:00 pm

308 North St Andrews Street Dothan, AL 36301

Steve Hall Productions Presents Sister Hazel w/special guest Carly Burruss at The Plant on Friday, November 15th | Doors 6:30p | Show 8:00p. TIckets on sale at 10:00am on Wednesday, August 28th

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Originating from Gainesville, FL, Sister Hazel is comprised of five gifted, seasoned musicians whose well-spring of natural talent has been called “one of the Top 100 Most Influential Independent Performers of the last 15 years” by Performing Songwriter Magazine. Song “All for You” topped the adult alternative charts during the summer of 1997 and the success propelled their album to platinum status. Sister Hazel has been equally attentive to connecting with their audience through social media. In their first showing on the country music charts they made a strong debut with “Lighter In The Dark” at #4 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, #6 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, #30 on Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart and #79 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Living up to their fan-centered reputation, the band hosts annual events like “Hazelnut Hang,” that focuses on fan involvement and are co-founders of the Rockboat, a cruise featuring nonstop opportunities for fan/artist interaction. In addition to the events and touring, the band also gives back with Lyrics For Life. Founded by singer Ken Block, the charity unites musicians and celebrities for concerts and auctions to benefit cancer research and patient-care charities.

Nov 16

Pickin’ in the Park

Landmark Park

Nov 21

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Nov 28

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Nov 29

Vintage Soul Party Featuring Bigg Robb Live

The Crossing At Big Creek Alabama

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Nov 29

Vintage Soul Party Featuring Bigg Robb Live

9:00 pm to 1:30 am

11295 S US Highway 231 Dothan, AL 36320

Friday, November 29th the Center Stage Entertainment and Vintage Soul Boy’s Darryl E. Train & Virgil VK Unclev are bringing the Vintage Soul Party back to the Yellow Rose Theater at The Crossing for a Black Friday event that is larger than life. Bigg Robb will be performing live and he’s bringing R3 and Tara Keith with him. Only 500 tickets are available and are on sale at the Center Stage box office and TT Fashion & Beauty Supply in Dothan, Alabama. Tickets are $20. This party is for grown folks only. The Yellow Rose Theater is a non-smoking and non-vaping venue.

Cincinnati R&B man Bigg Robb is a whirling dervish of an artist who appears to be going all the time. He is an arranger, producer, writer, rapper, singer, studio engineer, and record label owner.

Beginning as a DJ at the age of 11, Robb came to the attention of funk legends Bootsy Collins and Roger Troutman. Troutman became a mentor to Bigg Robb, who, as a teen, became Roger’s driver and later a full member of Troutman’s popular band, Zapp.

Following Troutman’s death, Bigg Robb began a solo career, and he has been extremely prolific, issuing at least one disc a year and alternating between Southern Soul and Midwest funk.

Nov 29

Chevelle at The Plant – 11/29

The Plant

Dec 05

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Dec 12

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Dec 14

Aaron Lewis at The Plant – 12/14

The Plant

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Dec 14

Aaron Lewis at The Plant – 12/14

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

308 North St Andrews Street Dothan, AL 36301

AARON LEWIS – THE STATE I’M IN TOUR

w/special guest Ben Danaher
Saturday, Dec 14th at The Plant
Doors 6:00p | Show 7:30p | All Ages (Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult 21+)

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Throughout his more than two-decade career, whether topping the charts as frontman of hard Rock heroes Staind, or his second act as a No. 1 artist on the Country charts as a solo artist, Aaron Lewis has always been painfully honest in his music.

“That’s all I’ve ever done. My songs have always been me wearing my heart on my sleeve, and my emotions on my sleeve, and my misfortunes on my sleeve, my sins on my sleeve,” Lewis says. “I don’t feel like it would be genuine nor worthy of this crazy ride I’ve been on if it wasn’t.”

He is 100 percent open, as he has to be, about his stunning new collection, STATE I’M IN (The Valory Music Co.).

“The songs I wrote on this record, they were some dark times,” he says. “The state I’m in is not Mississippi, or Texas, or Massachusetts, it’s more about the emotional state I’m in and everything I’ve surprisingly talked about in this interview. I’m always surprised by what comes out of me. I’m always surprised by the overall content of a record. It is a flow of consciousness.”

That consciousness led Lewis to the most vulnerable record of his career. In the gorgeously melancholy title track, Lewis sings candidly, “I’m still working my fingers to the phone/When the show is over I sit alone/Where the angels and the devils are my only friends/And I get up in the morning and I do it again.”

One of the most poignant songs is the touching ballad “Love Me.” Lewis says that song is a cornerstone of the album. “That was a really heartbreaking song for me to write,” he says. “The tears were rolling down my face and blurring the words on the page, I was writing as fast as I could with a pen. The flow of emotion that went into that song was pretty overwhelming.”

The album has plenty of up moments musically as well, starting with the opening track, the raucous “The Party’s Over,” a song that oozes old-school country twang. Another song that screams old-school country is “Burnt the Sawmill Down,” which comes from never before heard Keith Whitley lyrics.

“I’m really good friends with Keith’s son, Jesse. And Jesse gave me this freaking cassette tape that had his dad in a hotel room with an acoustic guitar, barely in tune, playing what became “Burnt the Sawmill Down,” Lewis says. “I took this demo tape and we turned it into the song on the record. It was never anything. I heard the song and we turned it into the song you hear on the record.”

For Lewis to get to record a song from the late great Whitley was an extreme honor, as fans can hear when Lewis sings the praises of his country heroes in the track, “It Keeps on Workin’,” a song that will draw a lot of attention.

“They used to sing about pickup trucks on my radio/Those S.O.B’s are in SUV’s that ain’t never left the road,” Lewis laments about the changes in country music.

“I’m gonna be 47 in April and the Country music that was the soundtrack of my childhood is the Country music of the ’70s,” he says. “And I don’t think I’m pointing out anything that isn’t blatantly obvious to anybody who’s known more than just the country music you hear on the radio today, which I would argue really is not country music. There isn’t even a connecting tissue. There’s no line that you can draw. It’s a different planet. So, I’m making and writing country music that is reminiscent of the country music that I was force-fed as a kid.”

An early favorite live, according to Lewis, is the slow-drawl of “God and Guns,” in which Lewis decries those in power. “All the talking heads on TV/They’re selling their lies/Saying their way is better for living my life/And I’m fed up with them set up all high on that hill/They don’t give a damn about a common man/Hell, they never will.”

For Lewis, who remains on the road year-round, new songs are the most exciting way to spice up the live set and, as he puts it, “Hit the refresh button.” So, he’s been playing several songs off STATE I’M IN and has been very excited by the response.

“It’s always nice to put some new stuff in there and even better when people react to it the way people have been reacting to these new songs,” he says. “They’re hearing them for the first time and reacting to them like they’ve known them. And the reaction to the songs was like they were a song off their favorite record. That’s always motivating and hopeful.”

Maybe it is fitting in the dark times that led to this record, Lewis finds his salvation and hope in playing the new material live. As he says, in his powerful honesty, music is the one thing that has kept him going all these years.

“It’s absolutely been my saving grace. I don’t know how I made it through high school. I don’t know how many times I should’ve died in high school. I don’t know how I could’ve channeled that self-destructive energy away from me in any other way than to have writing as an outlet,” he says.

Through that outlet, he has helped many others over the years. Something he says makes it all worthwhile. “It makes it make some sort of sense,” he says of every time a fan shares a story of how his music has helped them. “It gives me some sort of peace to know that everything I went through in my childhood, and that I’ve gone through in my life, had some sort of purpose.

Dec 19

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Dec 26

Trivia is Brewing at Folklore

Folklore Brewing & Meadery

Dec 31

NYE Chris Kattan & Friends w/The Alabama Blues Brothers

The Crossing At Big Creek Alabama

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Dec 31

NYE Chris Kattan & Friends w/The Alabama Blues Brothers

8:30 pm to 2:00 am

11295 S US Highway 231 Dothan, AL 36320

On Tuesday, December 31st join us in The Yellow Rose Theater at The Crossing for a once-in-a-lifetime entertainment experience. Chris Kattan & Friends are bringing their comedy show to Dothan, Alabama for one-night-only. After Chris Kattan & Friends are finished with their headlining set the party isn’t over. The Alabama Blues Brothers will be taking the stage with two sets of classic rhythm and blues tunes and Blues Brothers dance moves that will go late into the night. Keeping things moving from the doors opening to the break in between sets is Dothan’s own DJ Mookie Chris Taylor. Also featuring Dothan, Alabama native Scott Williams opening the show.

All tickets include a late-night breakfast buffet from KC Kreative. A limited number of VIP tickets are available that include a private dinner with the Alabama Blues Brothers Band followed by a meet and greet with Chris Kattan. (**Chris Kattan will not be at the VIP dinner**) General Admission Tickets: $75/Day of Show $100VIP Tickets: $150/Day of Show $200

– This is an adult-only event. Must be 19 or older to enter.
– The show features a headlining comedy show from 8:30PM.
– 10:30PM, followed by 2 sets of music from 11PM – 1:30AM.
– No photo or video recording will be allowed. This includes all devices. VIP ticket holders will have access to their phone during the VIP Dinner & Meet and Greet.
– Event is smoke and vape free.
– Doors open for VIP at 5:30PM. Dinner at 6:15PM. Meet and Greet at 7PM.
– Doors open at 7PM for General Admission ticket holders.
– A Full-service bar and beer kiosks available in the venue.
– The event is smoke and vape free. ll be allowed. This includes all devices. VIP ticket holders will have access to their phones during the VIP Dinner & Meet and Greet.