Fester Hagood's Mojo Confessional Songwriters Showcase Ty Manning and Kate Morrissey Potluck and Music starting at 6 pm Sunday, September 8, 2024

Fester Hagood organizes what he calls "Fester Hagood's Mojo Confessional Songwriters Showcase." It builds on Mark Wilmot's "Mojo's Sunday Afternoon Songwriters' Revival" which brought two singer/songwriters to No. 3 Railroad Street each month. We look forward to hearing both new and familiar voices and stories about their songs under Fester's direction. Please read about Fester on the bottom of this page and about both series of concerts on the Songwriters landing page. This Month: Ty Manning and Kate Morrissey! Ty Manning has played No. 3 Railroad Street several times: with the Redstone Ramblers in August 12, 2017 and in Fester's Songwriters series with the Redstone Ramblers and Fester in May 8, 2022. Ty Manning has been making music in and around Athens since the summer of 1994. His old band The Bearfoot Hookers had a pretty good run; 1,000's of shows, 3 full-length/original albums, songs on three Athfest CDs, two Flagpole Music Awards, and on CNN pickin' and a grinnin' at a Crop Mob! (Look it up. It's a country-hippie thang!) He had a band with his wife Kelly Hoyle (Norma Rae) called Beauty & the Beard for a little while, but neither lasted. Over the next year or so, Ty wrote an album-worth of songs and did mainly solo gigs. Eventually solo gigs turned into full band gigs doing several shows under the title Ty Manning and Friends, now Ty Manning and the Slawdog Biscuits. The line up consists of: Scott Nicholson (keys, guitar, accordion, guitar and vocals); Derek Warren (bass); Connor Griffin (drums); and Adam Poulin (fiddle and vocals). They are a rock-n-roll band with deep connections to 70's and 80's country. All that being said, they can still pack a punch. They sound kind of like if Ace Frehley from KISS sat in with The Black Crowes and did a Ronnie Milsap tune. OOH YEAH! Ty has been called an idiot, a drunk, a dreamer, a life coach, the Capt'n of the party, a REVEREND, & hell... even a ninja, but no matter what anybody says, he can usually cause a pretty damn good time. Definitely worth checking out. Ty has been through so much in the last decade: sobriety, marriage, 3 open heart surgery, divorce, grad school! All of these things inspired the tunes that ended up on Ty Manning and the Slawdog Biscuit's debut album, "Empty House." Check it out! Ty Manning on the Web: Facebook and Reverbnation Kate Morrissey is new to No. 3 Railroad Street, but certainly not Athens! The night before her visit here, the Kate Morrissey Band played the Front Porch Bookstore in Winterville. She has been playing by herself and several companions for since well before 2009, the year of her interview with Connect Sevannah. In the Kate Morrissey Band, she plays electric piano with Charles Harvey on acoustic bass and cello and John Norris on drums and acoustic guitar. Fester Hagood has been a staple of the Classic City's music scene for over a decade. Hagood began writing music at the age of 16 and has been performing as a solo act in the Athens bar scene since early 2000. In 2015, Fester produced the Redstone Ramblers CD, "Graveyard Gospel." He hosted The Tuesday Night Confessional at The Nowhere Bar in Athens from 2013 onwards which was the inpsiration for Mark's Songwriters Revival. Fester is one of the pillars of original music in the Athens Area and an especially good citizen. Fester's websites include Facebook, Reverbnation and Fester Hagood's Tues Night Confessors Suggested Donation of $10. Mary could use something as well! Modified 6 September 2024 by Glenn Galau   |   Web Design by Glenn Galau