{"id":28279,"date":"2023-08-26T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=28279"},"modified":"2023-08-27T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:39:51","slug":"on-stage-extra-two-legendary-bands-marshall-ticker-and-styx-celebrating-50-years-with-local-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=28279","title":{"rendered":"On Stage Extra: Two legendary bands \u2014 Marshall Tucker and STYX — celebrating 50 years with local shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"There are quite a few legendary \u201cSouthern Rock\u201d bands that have defined the genre \u2013 bands such as the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, 38 Special, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Black Oak Arkansas.<\/p>\n

One of the oldest and most durable is the Marshall Tucker Band, a band from Spartanburg, South Carolina that was formed in 1972. More than a half-century has passed, and the hard-rocking group just keeps going and going. On August 27, the veteran band will visit the area for a show at American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock\/country rock<\/a>\u00a0band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band\u2019s blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n

The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell; lead vocalist Doug Gray; keyboard player, saxophone player, and\u00a0flautist<\/a>\u00a0Jerry Eubanks; rhythm guitarist George McCorkle; drummer Paul Riddle; and bassist Tommy Caldwell. They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first\u00a0LP<\/a>, \u201cThe Marshall Tucker Band.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, there was no way in the world any of us thought the Marshall Tucker Band would be around more than 50 years later,\u201d said Gray, during a phone interview last week from his home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cToy wrote some great songs. Now, younger bands are talking about being influenced by the Marshall Tucker Band.<\/p>\n

\u201cToy and I went to Vietnam. Our intention was to come back from Vietnam and play music. We started making music together again in 1967. Back then, there weren\u2019t many places to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked during the day and rehearsed at night. He worked with his dad as a master plumber. I worked for a bank. Then, I got my own bank on the same day as an offer from Capricorn.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend of ours took our tape to Phil Walden (co-founder of Capricorn Records) and he signed us a few days later. Our first single was \u2018Can\u2019t You See.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first eight or nine years, MTB created a lot of memories. We were going out on the road with the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back then, the Marshall Tucker Band was also creating hits such as \u201cCan\u2019t You See,\u201d \u201cHeard It in A Love Song,\u201d \u201cFire On The Mountain,\u201d and \u201c24 Hours At A Time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The five-time-gold and three-time-platinum band has sold millions of albums worldwide and has had songs featured in major motion picture films and television shows such as \u201cBreaking Bad,\u201d \u201cHalf Nelson,\u201d \u201cMy Name Is Earl,\u201d and \u201cCold Case Files.\u201d<\/p>\n

CMT\u00a0(Country Music Television) named the MTB\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t You See\u201d as the Number 4 Greatest Southern Rock Song.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were never considered a country band,\u201d said Gray. \u201cBut country is more accepting and respectful now. They\u2019re playing our music. Even to this day, Zac Brown is playing one of our songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marshall Tucker Band has released more than 25 albums since its eponymous debut LP in 1973. The most recent was \u201cThe Next Adventure\u201d in 2007 and there is no new album on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to a new studio album, there is no reason in putting out something that doesn\u2019t stand the test of time,\u201d said Gray, who is 75 and the last original member in the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Toy left the band in 1983, he came up and shook my hand and said \u2013 run with it. I\u2019m the last man.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve recorded most of our shows. We have over 3,000 shows on tape. That\u2019s why every so often we put out a live album from years ago. Some are so good \u2013 they\u2019re unbelievable. We never play the same show every night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to stop playing until I stop playing. I put my heart into it every night. The band members are 20 years younger, but they respect the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marshall Tucker Band is a true working band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done over 190 shows since last June,\u201d said Gray. \u201cCOVID threw us down for a little while, but we keep going. I know that we\u2019ve played more than 10,000 shows since we started.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople ask me \u2013 how can you still be going at 75. Playing music is what I do, and I\u2019ll keep coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for the Marshall Tucker Band \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/3M6Zgs1fv9I<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the American Music Theater, which starts at 7 p.m. on August 27, features Blackhawk as the opening act.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $64, $74 and $84.<\/p>\n

\"\"Styx\u00a0and gold go together like peanut butter-and-jelly.\u00a0<\/span>The band has reached golden status or better on nine of its albums. Now,<\/span>\u00a0Styx\u00a0<\/span>is touring to celebrate its golden anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The tour, which is also a support tour for its most recent album, \u201c<\/span>Crash of the Crown<\/span>,\u201d visits the area on August 30 when Styx headlines a shoe with REO Speedwagon on the Grand Stage at\u00a0<\/span>the Allentown Fair (17th and Chew Street, Allentown, www.allentownfairpa.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Legendary and multi-Platinum rockers<\/span>\u00a0Styx\u00a0<\/span>— Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James<\/span> \u201cJY\u201d Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips (bass), along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo– are\u00a0rested, healthy, and back on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shaw, Panozzo and Young have been with the band since its early days in Chicago at the start of the 1970s while Gowan and Sucherman joined the group prior to the turn of the century. Phillips is the \u201cnew\u201d member having joined 20 years ago in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, they have a new album to promote along the way — their highly anticipated 17th\u00a0album, \u201cCrash of the Crown.\u201d Shortly before\u00a0the album came out,\u00a0Styx\u00a0released an EP, \u201cThe Same Stardust\u201d as part of Record Store Day (June 12, 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a classic rock fan and you have a preference for bands that rock hard and put out a 100 per cent effort every time they step onstage, then you need to make the short drive to Allentown this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Styx\u2019s long list of hit singles includes \u201cLady,\u201d \u201cCome Sail Away,\u201d \u201cBabe,\u201d \u201cThe Best of Times,\u201d \u201cToo Much Time on My Hands,\u201d \u201cShow Me the Way,\u201d \u201cRenegade,\u201d \u201cBoat on the River\u201d and, of course, \u201cMr. Roboto.\u201d \u201cBabe\u201d reached Number 1 in the charts while \u201cShow Me the Way,\u201d \u201cMr. Roboto\u201d and \u201cThe Best of Times\u201d topped out at Number 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been there since the beginning,\u201d said Young, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. \u201cFebruary 22, 1972 \u2013 I signed 50 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery musician dreams of having a recording contract. We got together in Chicago at the start of the 70s. There were quite a few good bands in Chicago \u2013The Shadows of Knight, the Cryin\u2019 Shames, the Buckinghams.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBill Traut signed us to Wooden Nickel Records for a four-album deal. Then, we went to A&M. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss (A&M owners) loved the band and really got behind us.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s first album for A&M was \u201cEquinox\u201d in 1975. The group went on to record seven more albums for the Los Angeles based label ending with \u201cEdge of the Century\u201d in 1990.<\/span><\/p>\n

STYX\u00a0followed with Brave New World in 1999 on CMC International, \u201cCyclorama\u201d in 2023 on Sanctuary Records, and \u201cBig Bang Theory\u201d in 2005 on New Door Records. 2017\u2019s \u201cThe Mission\u201d and \u201cCrash of the Crown\u201d were both released via Universal Music Enterprises.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their sophomore album \u201cStyx\u00a0II\u201d (1973) broke through with their first radio hit, the power ballad \u201cLady.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The song began to earn some radio time, first on\u00a0WLS\u00a0in Chicago in 1974\u00a0and then nationwide. In the spring of 1975, nearly two years after the album had been released, \u201cLady\u201d broke into the Top10 in the U.S., and\u00a0\u201cStyx\u00a0II\u2019\u00a0went gold soon after. “Lady” is considered by many classic rock critics as being the first power ballad.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Lady\u2019 was our first hit single,\u201d said Young. \u201cIt was poorly promoted in 1973 when we put it out. Later, it was Top 10 in every major city in the states.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen, \u2018The Grand Illusion\u2019 album sold seven million copies in 1977. A few years later, our \u2018Paradise Theatre\u2019 album went to Number 1 in the states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Both albums went triple-platinum \u2013 as did \u201cPieces of Eight\u201d in 1978 and \u201cCornerstone\u201d in 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that we\u2019re still relevant is a surprise to me,\u201d said Young. \u201cThe pedigree of the band has always been there. We kept climbing the ladder of success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At each tour stop, as they have been in the past years,\u00a0Rock to the Rescue\u2014spearheaded by Tommy Shaw\u2019s daughter, Hannah and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded by the band, whose mission is to build strong, healthy communities through the support of grassroots organizations across the country\u2014will continue to\u00a0research local nonprofit organizations and pick one to see if they are interested in volunteering to help the band sell $10 tickets for a drawing to win a signed\u00a0Styx\u00a0guitar at the shows.\u00a0They give these organizations a percentage of the sales as their way of supporting their cause and thanking them for supporting the band\u2019s cause.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rock to the Rescue originally started in 2001 as a result of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks and is the brainchild of\u00a0Styx\u00a0singer\/guitarist Tommy Shaw and REO Speedwagon singer\/keyboardist\/guitarist Kevin Cronin.\u00a0 The two musicians brought together bands and artists such as Bad Company, Journey, Survivor, Kansas, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many others to be part of \u201cVolunteers For America\u201d concert events in Dallas and Atlanta that ultimately raised over $775,000 for victims of 9\/11, as well as the Port Authority police department in New York City.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014, Rock To The Rescue raised $10,000 for the\u00a0Philadelphia Fire Department Local #22 Widows Fund at the \u201cSoundtrack of Summer\u201d show (with Foreigner and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder) in Camden, NJ on July 3, as a thank you to the local fire department for cooling down\u00a0STYX\u2019s burning crew bus the day before.\u00a0 And in 2013, Rock To The Rescue hosted a sold-out concert with\u00a0Styx, REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent, Survivor, Richard Marx and Larry The Cable Guy, in Bloomington, IL at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum that raised $450,000 for victims of the horrible storms in Illinois.\u00a0 Also in 2013, Rock To The Rescue presented the Boston One Fund with a check for\u00a0$108,000 for victims of the Boston marathon bombings as a result of funds raised during the \u201cThe Midwest Rock \u2018N Roll Express\u201d tour with\u00a0Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of\u00a0Styx\u2019s band contemporaries that are still around are touring with set lists based almost exclusively on their classic hits. Few even try to stay contemporary. Even fewer attempt to make new music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously,\u00a0Styx\u00a0is different. Just listen to \u201cCrash of the Crown\u201d and you\u2019ll understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for\u00a0Styx\u00a0\u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/2FcurI8WOuY<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Allentown Fair, which has REO Speedwagon as the opening act, will start at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets start at $69.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paula Poundstone, one of today\u2019s most successful comedians, is on the road a lot \u2013 but never for long.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do around 90 shows a year \u2013 but usually just on weekends,\u201d said Poundstone, during a phone interview last week from her home in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like to go out any longer than a weekend at a time. I\u2019m away for a few days and then I go back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend, Poundstone is on a two-show trip to the East Coast with a show in Nashville on August 25 and a show on August 26 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Poundstone\u00a0is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour\u00a0HBO\u00a0comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on\u00a0\u201cThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is the host of the podcast\u00a0\u201cNobody Listens to Paula Poundstone,\u201d which is the successor to the\u00a0National Public Radio\u00a0program, \u201cLive from the Poundstone Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poundstone is a frequent panelist on NPR’s weekly news quiz show\u00a0\u201cWait Wait… Don\u2019t Tell Me\u201d and was a recurring guest on the network\u2019s\u00a0\u201cA Prairie Home Companion\u201d\u00a0variety program during\u00a0Garrison Keillor\u2019s years as host.<\/p>\n

Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and\u00a0legendary spontaneous wit.\u00a0She is the star of several HBO specials, including\u00a0\u201cCats, Cops and Stuff,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPaula Poundstone Goes to Harvard.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She\u00a0is heard\u00a0weekly\u00a0on her successful comedy podcast, \u201cNobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.<\/p>\n

Poundstone has also had success as an author.<\/p>\n

Her second book,\u00a0\u201cThe Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness\u201d\u00a0(Algonquin), was one of eight semi-finalists for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, the highest recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. The audiobook was one of five finalists in all genres for the\u00a0Audio Book of the Year AUDIE\u00a0award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work a lot in theaters around the country,\u201d said Poundstone, who was the first female comic in its then 73rd year to perform standup at the White House Correspondents Dinner. \u00a0\u201cMost of my life is work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her live shows are a combination of prepared routines and off-the-cuff segments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for 44 years, so I have a lot of material that\u2019s in a big rolodex in my head,\u201d said Poundstone, whose HBO special,\u00a0\u201cCats, Cops and Stuff,\u201d\u00a0marked the first time a female comedian won Best Comedy Special in the then fifth\u00a0year of the Cable Ace Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit like being at a cocktail party \u2013 arrive at the party, talk about current events, tell old stories. The part that is improvised is maybe one-third.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talk to audience members and ask them things like where they\u2019re from and what they do for a living. I love talking to them and getting these little biographies of people. That\u2019s a lot of the joy of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all inter-connected. There is kind of this big circle that we\u2019re all a part of. Sometime during the evening, that circle shows itself \u2013 and gets a little smaller. That drives part of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poundstone started doing stand-up comedy at open-mic nights in\u00a0Boston\u00a0in 1979. In the ensuing four decades, she has established herself as one of America\u2019s premier comics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did the grubs for years \u2013 M.C., middle act, headline,\u201d said Poundstone. \u201cI happened to have had really great audiences\u2014and I\u2019ve been lucky enough to sustain that. I really do have the best audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my job. I revel in it. I know how lucky I am. I talk about situations in life and people can relate because of similar experiences. I just love what I do \u2013 which is entertaining people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Paula Poundstone — https:\/\/youtu.be\/16l0lKuxMEI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show in Sellersville on August 26 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are priced from $55-$79.50.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Shinyribs on August 22 and Get the Led Out on August 31.<\/p>\n

Maci Miller just released her new album, \u201cNINE,\u201d on August 25 and is celebrating the event with a CD Release show at South Restaurant and Jazz Club (600 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, www.southjazzkitchen.com<\/a>) on August 27.<\/p>\n

It would seem apparent that \u201cNINE\u201d is Miller\u2019s ninth album \u2013 but such is not the case.<\/p>\n

The new disc is actually her fifth album \u2013 and first post-COVID release.<\/p>\n

Why then is the new LP titled \u201cNINE?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album has nine musicians and nine songs,\u201d said Miller, during a phone interview Thursday night from her home in Bucks County.<\/p>\n

Six of the nine tracks were written by Miller and her co-writer\/ producer, Aaron Graves, plus she brings new life to Cedar Walton\u2019s \u201cFirm Roots\u201d with beautiful lyrics about life, love, and connection.<\/p>\n

The album is stacked with a who\u2019s who of the vibrant Philadelphia jazz scene. Joining Miller and Graves are bassist Mike Boone, living legend Larry McKenna, Victor North, Byron Landham, Leon Jordan, Sr, Josh Orlando, and very special guest Jeremy Pelt, courtesy of High Note.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded it with Aaron Graves at his studio in Philadelphia,\u201d said Miller. \u201cHe co-writes the songs, plays piano and is the producer. There is no guitar which is funny because my last album was a guitar album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe began working on the album during the pandemic in the summer of 2021. We just finished it a few months ago and got it mixed by the end of June.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been the best musical journey of my life. All the musicians have become dear friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the liner notes for the album, Miller wrote, \u201cIn the field of numerology, the number nine is connected to wisdom and experience. The number nine is significant because it\u2019s closely connected with the spirit, with spiritual growth, inner awakening and self-realization.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt symbolizes a lifetime of learning and is the universal number for love and hope. It represents patience, harmony, friendship, strength and unity.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Miller recorded album number five and titled it \u201cNINE.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNine is a special number,\u201d said Miller. \u201cIt\u2019s a number about endings and beginnings \u2013 about spiritual growth. For me, there was a lot of growth in the past few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is really heartfelt. I\u2019m proud of my writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of her varied musical background, Miller is equally comfortable singing an Ella Fitzgerald classic like \u201cLullaby of Birdland,\u201d a standard blues tune, \u201cMoje Zlato\u201d (a Croatian wedding song) or one of her many melodic original compositions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was singing into a hairbrush ever since I was able to talk,\u201d said Miller.<\/p>\n

As a young girl, Miller discovered her grandparents\u2019 vast collection of vinyl, and after studying every great artist from Ella to Ellington, she honed her vocal skills and made her debut in local clubs and at special events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a lot of musicians on my mother\u2019s side,\u201d said Miller. \u201cI had a lot of talented uncles who were writers, producers and sound guys. On my dad\u2019s side, there was the Croatian influence. There was always Croatian music being played.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was growing up, I was always singing in choirs and performing at local shows. When I was 20, I got into dinner theater in Harrisburg. Then I joined a funk band named Smooth \u2013 a pop\/funk band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller grew up in the Harrisburg area in a small town called Enhaut (which means \u201cskin\u201d in German) and then graduated from Central Dauphin East High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a lot of bands that did wedding gigs,\u201d said Miller. \u201cThen, I did a lot of modeling and acting when I moved to Philadelphia. I also worked in New York. After a while, I stopped all the other things and focused on music. It was later that I got into jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller has worked with several music greats including trumpeter Steve Jankowski (Nile Rodgers, Chicago), saxophonist Larry McKenna (Woody Herman, Buddy DeFranco), Dean Schneider (music director for Diahann Carroll), Demitrious Pappas (Smokey Robinson\u2019s music director), and the late George Mesterhazy (Shirley Horn).<\/p>\n

She has sung in legendary rooms such as the The Jazz Standard and Danny\u2019s Skylight Room in New York City, Ortliebs and Chris\u2019s Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, Caesar\u2019s Palace in Las Vegas, and Bally\u2019s, Harrah\u2019s and the Claridge in Atlantic City. Her travels have also taken her to the iconic Bamboo Bar in Bangkok, Thailand for several extended runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying at South is special,\u201d said Miller. \u201cI\u2019m definitely excited that my CD release show is there. It\u2019s an intimate space and I\u2019ll be sharing a lot of new music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The arrival of a baby girl marked a career shift for Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t sing for about eight years so I could focus on being a mom,\u201d said Miller. \u201cA few years ago, my friend David O\u2019Rourke said \u2013 you should sing again.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I decided to dip my toe back in and an album came out of it \u2013 \u2018Round Midnight.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

On \u201cRound Midnight,\u201d Miller sings 15 favorite standards in an intimate duet format with guitarist David O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded \u2018Round Midnight\u2019 and released it just before the pandemic,\u201d said Miller. \u201cI was four gigs into my comeback and the world shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I got equipment and did my own gigs. I had livestream shows in my backyard throughout the pandemic. I\u2019ve been fortunate to be able to do live shows at different places including here at the farmhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller released her debut album, \u201cA Very Good Night,\u201d in 2001.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first album was a big band album,\u201d said Miller. \u201cIt was all originals written in \u201940s style. My second album, which came out in 2004 was \u2018Take A Closer Look.\u2019 It was a pop\/jazz fusion album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller\u2019s third album was written for a very specific audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe third album was \u2018Butterfly Moon\u2019,\u201d said Miller. \u201cIt was a lullaby album for my baby girl. We adopted her from Thailand. I made the album so she could get used to my voice before we went to Thailand to get her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller\u2019s other creative endeavors as an actor, model, and spokesperson have afforded her numerous appearances on film (The Sixth Sense), print (Modern Bride, Women\u2019s World Magazine), and television (Law and Order).<\/p>\n

Her charitable contributions include a lullaby entitled \u201cButterfly Moon\u201d, originally composed for her daughter, which she contributed to a CD for The Mercy Center in Bangkok, which gives aid to orphans and children living with HIV.<\/p>\n

Now, the focus is on \u201cNINE.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Miller tapped into her Croatian roots, she would call the album, \u201cDEVET,\u201d which is Croatian for nine. And anyone listening to her new music would say, \u201cVrlo dobro,\u201d which is how they say, \u201cvery good,\u201d in Zagreb.<\/p>\n

Video link for Maci Miller \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/H-cVOsmJXPw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on August 27 at South will start at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times There are quite a few legendary \u201cSouthern Rock\u201d bands that have defined the genre \u2013 bands such as the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, 38 Special, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Black Oak Arkansas. One of the oldest and most durable is the Marshall Tucker Band, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4357],"tags":[3162,11256,1659],"class_list":["post-28279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-marshall-tucker-band","tag-styx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28281,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28279\/revisions\/28281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}