Statesboro

It's your very own redemption at a whipping post near the crossroads, but you don't have to fall on your knees to be saved, all you have to do is listen to the music coming through your speakers!

I'm an almost-native of Charleston. I was born a Yankee, but grew up in the South. The funny thing I've found out is, is that music from this part of the country is full of powerful images, even if you've never stepped foot in Dixie, because of the passionate music, you feel as though you already know her. Now, this isn't to say that other bands don't put as much passion and feeling into their music because they do, but this isn't about bands from places like Seattle, Chicago or New York; this is about bands from the South.

One group in particular, The Allman Brothers, changed my entire outlook on music. I remember the first time I heard the off-time intro bass guitar of Whipping Post thumping through my father's stereo, followed shortly by some percussion, lead guitar, organ and that iconic warm-whiskey voice of Gregg Allman, testifying...

"I've been run down, I've been lied to. And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. She took all my money, wrecks my new car, now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinkin' in some cross-town bar..."

These lyrics are simple but they pack such a wallop. The song tells the story of a man whose been beaten down, but its significance is much more greater than just being some old southern-rock ballad. You can relate to it, you've lived it at one time or you're living it now!