15 Questions With The Whiskey Gentry; Playing Two Shows At Smith’s Olde Bar July 22 and 23

By Eileen Tilson

Remember that game show “The Newlyweds”? Freshly married couples asked the same questions without letting their partner hear their answers? Sounds like a recipe for disaster, huh? Well, not too many people know that the creative head of Atlanta’s favorite electric Bluegrass band, The Whiskey Gentry, are in fact newlyweds. Front woman Lauren Staley Morrow and lead guitar, Jason Morrow tied the knot last September, and instead of spending their first year as a married couple making babies, they decided to make a record… a really great record so appropriately named Please Make Welcome. This “baby” is having its baptism this Friday and Saturday at Smith’s Olde Bar for what is being called “Twang On.”  We chatted with Lauren and Jason as part of our own little Newlyweds game…needless to say, I don’t think anyone will be sleeping in the doghouse.

What is the most outrageous gift you have ever received from a fan?

LM:  A good friend of ours, who is also a fan of the band’s, framed the lyrics of the first songs we ever recorded and gave it to Jason and I for our wedding. It’s not really “outrageous,” but it was one of the most thoughtful things anyone has ever done for us.

JM: A framed flyer from a show, not very outrageous but it was very thoughtful and it hangs on our wall now.

How do you like your coffee?

LM: Two creams and two Splendas. My mom got me hooked on that fake sugar crap when I was little… which is probably why I’ll give birth to a kid with three arms or something.

JM: I don’t really drink coffee, I like a nice cold Coca-Cola in the morning. … Continue Reading

U2 360 Tour lands in Las Vegas.

So, part of the Atlanta Music Guide team went to Vegas this weekend to catch the U2 360 Tour at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Somehow the Black Eyed Peas had blagged their way on to this leg of the tour, so no Muse tonight.

I'd caught the show at the Georgia Dome a couple of weeks earlier, but was more amazed by the size of the stage this time. As we walked up to the venue we could see it poking out the top of the 60,000 outdoor, roofless stadium. The band were sound checking as we arrived.

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