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Bluegrass Fever Band by STEPHANIE CRIDER Up & Coming Weekly recently heard from the Bluegrass Fever Band. This is what we learned from them. UCW: Who are the band members and what instruments do they play? BFB: Bill Nagle plays the guitar and sings lead and har- mony vocals. Bob “Bodine” Phillips plays the mandolin and also CONNECTION Concert Bluegrass Fever Band sings lead and harmony vocals. Buck Thrailkill is our banjo player and sings too. Mike “Tank” Turner plays the bass guitar and sings. Our newest member, Mike, does a great job on the electric bass guitar and sings harmony. UCW: Give us a brief history lesson on the band. When and where did you get started? BFB: Combined, we have more than 148,000 hours of experience (some of it playing as a band!) We met through church, the Internet and the bluegrass commu- nity. We are based where we live: Fayetteville, N.C., and surrounding communities. We have been rehearsing material for several months and have played in church as a band a couple of times. Experienced musicians, all have been playing music for many years. UCW: How did the band get its name? BFB: We choose the name Bluegrass Fever to briefly describe a hard-driving acoustic instrument-based band. Kinda have to hear us to get the drift. UCW: How would you define your music? BFB: Our influences are many, but just to give you an idea of our main in- fluences/ingredients, think: Newgrass Revival, Blue Highway, Ricky Scaggs, Lonesome River Band, Kruger Brothers, Sam Bush, Country Gents, Seldom Scene, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, the Stanley Brothers, and Flatt and Scruggs, Big Daddy Love, Carl Jackson ... and throw in a little Jesus ... and mix ‘em all up. UCW: If you had just two words to describe yourselves, what would they would be? BFB: Tradnewcoustic Bluefriendgrass. UCW: Where do you see the band five years, 10 years from now? BFB: Our goals for the future are: making good music for a pleased and ap- preciative crowd. Near-term goals would be to start gigging for select local events and venues, to record a CD(some band members already have recordings and these are/will be available in our online store), and to grow closer as friends.Longer term goals would be to just continue making good acoustic music and have a good time doing it, growing as friends, writing more music, and exploring new musical terri- tory. UCW: Do you write your own music and where does that inspiration come from? BFB: We, as individuals, have written many songs, but we aren’t currently doing any of them, as we are just melding as a group. We will be writing and per- forming more original material in the near future. UCW: Where can Fayetteville music lovers check you out in the near future? BFB: They can check our website: http://bluegrassfeverband. bandvista.com There is a calendar page, that we plan to start filling. STEPHANIE CRIDER, Staff Writer COMMENTS? Stephanie@upand- comingweekly.com CHARLIE MIKE’S PUB 195 Star Point Road • 826-6453 Tues. Open Jam — Bring your own instrument Sat. Open mic THE DOGHOUSE 3049 Owen Dr. • 910-826-9761 www.thedoghousegroup.com Monday Open Mic Night Tuesday $2 You Call It Wednesday Bike Night Thursday DJ Sting Friday and Saturday Live music May 18 Mike Odonell May 20 New Machine May 21 The Ultimate Godsmack tribute band Realign HUSKE HARDWARE HOUSE 405 Hay Street • 437-9905 www.huskehardware.com Monday Karaoke Tuesdau Bryan Shaw Wednesday Huske Unplugged Thursday ‘80s Night Fri. & Sat. Live DJ and Dancing Sunday Sports Sunday IT’Z ENTERTAINMENT CITY 4118 Legend Ave. • 910-826-4635 www.itzentertainmentcity.com May 18 DL Token May 19 DJ Shawn on the patio May 20 Ladies Night May 22 DL Token May 23 DJ Shawn on the patio May 24 DJ Shawn on the patio LIDOS - THE EUROSPOT 102 Person St. • 222-8237 Thurs. Euro Trance Party Fri. TGIF Dance Party Sat. Ladies Night Sun. Euro Element Dance Part POINDEXTER’S SALOON 115 Dunn Rd. • 433-2089 Wed. Bike Night with live music CALLING ALL LOCAL BANDS Fayetteville wants to know you! So here’s your op- portunity. • E-mail Stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com for our Q&A. • Fill it out and e-mail it back to us. • Send a recent, high-resolution photo of your band. • Look for your article in an upcoming issue. 18 UCW MAY 18-24, 2011 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM