Fester Hagood's Mojo Confessional Songwriters Showcase Claire Campbell and Barb Carbon Potluck and Music starting at 6 pm Sunday, January 12, 2025

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: Claire Campbell and Barb Carbon! Claire Campbell has played No. 3 Railroad Street in Fester's Songwriters series with the Borderhop Trio in September 11, 2022. The following is from various other sources. Claire was born into late 70's Southern Music peasantry. The granddaughter of (ye)olde-tyme legendary Eddie Campbell, who shall forever move his pinky toes independently of his other toes, Claire began playing guitar at the delicate age of 16. In 2002, almost a decade later, Claire conceived Hope For Agoldensummer, with her twang-infested neighbor, Deeds Davis, and her tiny-footed sister, Page Campbell. For Claire, there had been a rut in the Winter. A lull in melody. Guitars were getting dusty. Claire called to her tiny-footed sister, "I've writ some songs. Won't you come back South and sing with me?" A season passed. Sister returned to the bawdy Southern heat, and thus was born Hope For Agoldensummer. Page and Claire Campbell and Deeds Davis The Hope for Agoldensummer The three of them been touring ever since under this name. For nearly 16 years they have traveled the USA creating rusty, angelic melodies with slide guitar, banjo, jangly percussion, glockenspiel, and a bowed handsaw, and overlaid it all with the sibling-soul-choir harmonies of Claire and Page Campbell. They have released 4 full-length albums, several EPs, and, woah, a few music videos. "Y'all, we've even scored a few movies along the way!" Hope For Agoldensummer's recent album, Life Inside The Body, was recorded over a 2 year span at Pop Heart Studio with the fabulous engineer/producer, Suny Lyons (PacificUV, Lovers). The album is awash with twang & harmony, plenty of dreamy imagery and junkyard goodness. Claire also plays with other local folks, such as Ty Manning and Fester Hagood in the photo below. When home from tour, Claire puts on her doula hat and helps people have their babies. Also, she once scored a Nick Nolte film called "Off the Black". Claire definitely composes our most requested hits. Claire's net worth is estimated at about $503.31. She has a 2004 stationwagon, and owns two motorcycles and two bicycles, and she Sings and plays Guitar, Singing Saw, Accordion, Clarinet, Kazoo, Ankle Bells, and slaps her knees.. Claire Campbell / Hope For Agoldensummer websites: hopeforagoldensummer.com bandcamp facebook Ty Manning, Fester Hagood and Claire Campbell Barb Carbon is new to No. 3 Railroad Street but highly anticipated! The following is from her website. Barb Carbon is an independent folk/roots-rock musical artist from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She performs as a solo act, as well as with her musical partner, Arrie Bozeman, in the band The Ain't Sisters. Cutting her teeth as a traveling street performer before taking to the stage, she has spent the past 20 years honing her craft. Now, at long last, she is putting her music out into the world. Her influences are evidenced in her beautifully raw and gritty sound. Shades of Shovels and Rope, The Avett Brothers, and Lucinda Williams punctuate her melodies, while her earnest, inspired songwriting was clearly shaped by early encounters with The Indigo Girls and Brandi Carlile. Offering up a catalog of songs that are deeply personal yet refreshingly accessible, Carbon gives us a glimpse into her own experience and then artfully strips away the layers, exposing the nerve and laying her finger on the emotional essence of our shared struggles and hopes. The Fighter (2019) is the first solo endeavor for the budding troubadour, but as a member of her main outfit, The Ain't Sisters, Carbon has already begun her ascent. On the heels of their first record, Marrow (2018), the dynamic ensemble has experienced a regional surge, selling out Decatur, Georgia's renowned Eddie's Attic, Rattling the walls of Atlanta's Terminal West, and sharing the stage with such acclaimed acts as Donna the Buffalo, Brad Parsons and Starbird, and Tank and the Bangas. Garnering the attention of industry legends including Jim Lauderdale, Joe Craven, and Billy Gilmore (The Grass is Dead), the future is certainly bright for this up and coming artist. Keep an eye out for a sophomore effort from The Ain't Sisters in 2020, and more solo offerings from Carbon in 2021. Barb Carbon and The Ain't Sisters websites facebook.com/TheAintSisters theaintsisters.com barbcarbon.com 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 Leanna Gable will make Live Art at the event. Potluck at 6 pm. Suggested Donation of $10. Mary could use something as well! 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