This week, I’ve got something a little different! It’s been awhile since I made an audio post on here, and while I was digging through my old CD’s for a different article, I came across all my old demos from bands that used to roll through The Coffee House With Lyrics in Bean Station, Tennessee.
This was the one venue I spent most of my time at in late 2009-2011, both as a musician, as well as a listener. When they shut down, I was able to keep a ton of memorabilia that had been left by bands over the years (depicted above), and I retained all the demos I was given and bought from bands there too.
Both local and touring bands would stop here, and I’ve chosen a half-hours worth of music from some of my favorite groups at the time. Bands like The Verity, Chokeslam!, Kills and Thrills, Beyond the Coast, The Yellow Team, Looking for Alaska, and so many more came through and put on great shows. Here, I’ve put together ten songs to give you a taste of what the scene sounded like.
In the future, I’d like to gather photos and even more music from that time and put another post together to give you more of a visual of what the place was like, until then you can check out their old Youtube channel to get an idea about that.
I hope you enjoy the music! The artists in order are: The Verity, Camillo the Ocean, Chokeslam!, Kills and Thrills, Kidnap the Sun, Last Second of Silence, The Yellow Team, Looking for Alaska, Servant Advocate, and Dark Harp.
Thanks so much for checking out this week’s edition of Diptych. As always, if you have any questions or comments you can get at me here or here or leave a comment below this post. If you haven’t subscribed to this newsletter yet (it’s free) please think about doing so.
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—Forrest
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