Southern Avenue

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7220 Entertainment is excited to host retro soul band, Southern Avenue with Special Guest Stillhouse Junkies. This is a free event that will begin at 8:00 p.m. in The Gardens on December 4. Southern Avenue is described as “A deeply soulful Memphis band that’s turning the scene on its head!” (Relix Magazine).
“On their self-titled 2017 debut album, the boundary-breaking Memphis combo Southern Avenue sparked a one-band musical revolution, embodying an effortlessly organic soul/blues/R&B fusion that reflects the band members' diverse roots as well as their deep commitment to their chosen style. On their second album Keep On, released this past May via Concord Records, the dynamic outfit expands its gritty musical vision to embrace new musical challenges and a more expansive creative vision.
Southern Avenue combines the talents of a prodigiously talented set of young musicians who bring their individual backgrounds to the table to create music that carries the Southern soul legacy into the 21st century, spanning the band members' wide-ranging musical interests while showcasing the powerful chemistry and electrifying live show that they've honed through extensive stage and studio experience. Since the release of their debut, Southern Avenue has played in over a dozen countries and wowed audiences at such festivals as Bonnaroo, Firefly, Electric Forest and Lockn’.
Guitar phenom Ori Naftaly originally built his reputation in his native Israel before joining forces with deeply expressive Memphis-bred singer Tierinii Jackson and her subtly powerful drummer sister Tikyra Jackson. The band's lineup is rounded out by versatile keyboardist Jeremy Powell, an early alumnus of Stax Records' renowned music academy and their newest member and secret weapon, Evan Sarver on bass” (Southern Ave, Concord Press Kit).
“Born in a distillery in Durango, CO, Stillhouse Junkies play a delirious, head-spinning mixture of original roots, blues, funk, swing, and bluegrass music. With all three band members sharing vocal duties and swapping instruments, the Junkies conjure a wide range of tonal landscapes that pay tribute to the iconic sounds of Gillian Welch, the Allman Brothers, Tim O’Brien, the Wood Brothers, John Hiatt, and countless others while breaking new musical ground with their genre-bending original material” (Stillhouse Junkies, Blue Sun Entertainment).
The 7220 Entertainment Club Events Committee will be hosting Southern Avenue and meets on Mondays at 5:00 p.m. in the Campus Activities Center (Union 012) during the school year.
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Individuals needing assistance to attend events should contact the Campus Activities Center at (307) 766-6340.