VALDOSTA — The Incredible Sandwich makes a delivery Saturday night in Valdosta.
The Athens-based jam band is scheduled to play Bayou Bill’s. But don’t call the Sandwich a jam band.
As lead guitarist/singer Matt McKinney, a Cordele native, said in a Red & Black article, the term “jam band” has too many negative connotations.
“Lately the jam scene is too much about the drugs,” he said in the April article. “When I was going to see (Widespread) Panic, people were going to see Panic, not just to do drugs. These fans, they have a sticker of a jam band on their car but then can only listen to them on some drug. ... The Incredible Sandwich is completely drug-free. We support a 100 percent drug-free environment.”
Still, that said, most folks will place the Sandwich, as fans call the group, in the jam band category. Listening to the five tracks on the self-titled The Incredible Sandwich CD, one can’t help but think jam band.
But McKinney and promoters say it’s not that simple. The band plays “progressive rock.” Unlike other jam bands, the Sandwich is more concerned about the core structure of a song.
They actually write a song, compose it, and then let some improv jam stuff happen up and down the melody. But listen closely. Sandwich has the spontaneity of a jam band, but it never loses the thread of the song.
In addition to McKinney, the four-piece Sandwich includes Kevin Juneau, bass guitar; Damian Kapcala, keyboards; Rackley Davis, drums, vocals.
They are all dedicated to the song, and are well-versed in what makes one another tick when playing live.
“The fact that we share the same influences helps a lot with how we feed off each other,” Davis says through the CD’s label, Mule Train Records. “I think a lot of that goes into improvisation. We have a fine-tuned ear for each other’s instrument and style.”
• The Incredible Sandwich plays Saturday night, Bayou Bill’s, 1811 Jerry Jones Drive. Cover charge at the door.
Local News
Related Photos
-
The Incredible Sandwich performs Saturday at Bayou Bill’s.
Discussion
Take a bite of The Incredible Sandwich
- Local News
-
-
Tropical storm brings much needed rain to drought-stricken region
Lowndes County is in for a soaking today as Tropical Storm Beryl passes through the area, according to the National Weather Service.
-
Wild Adventures unveils revamped animal show
A Chilean Rose tarantula, an albino Burmese python and American alligators headline Wild Adventures’ revamped “Creature Feature Extreme” show, as the exhibit kicked off its summer schedule last week in a newly constructed amphitheater.
Previously titled “Creature Feature,” the new variant of the show features some of the most popular animals from the previous exhibit. -
Pausing to honor those who gave all
Two Memorial Day ceremonies will be held at Sunset Hill Cemetery Monday to honor the fallen veterans of our country’s past and current wars.
-
Fallen hero memorialized
Amid cries of jubilation from the mother of a fallen local veteran, a new memorial was unveiled Saturday afternoon, at the intersection of North Valdosta Road and Inner Perimeter, in honor of the late Petty Officer First Class Joseph Adam McSween.
-
VHS Class of 2012 graduates
Valdosta High School’s Class of 2012 gathered Friday night at the Valdosta State University PE Complex to celebrate the graduation of roughly 350 seniors.
-
Qualifying ends
Citizens engaged in their local political landscape will have plenty of options this July and November as dozens of candidates qualified on Friday.
-
Resident escapes from blaze
A citizen escaped an aggressive fire with only minor cuts and bruises Friday afternoon, as wind amplified the flames from the blaze that started inside of his St. Augustine Road residence.
-
Weekend preview with Brittany McClure
Find out what's going on this weekend with Brittany McClure.
-
Popular vendor taken out of the ballparks
With a wagon-load of fresh cakes, hot boiled peanuts and ice-cold bottled water she has witnessed generations of children, or as she refers to them, her angels, grow into adults with children of their own.
-
Three candidates file for election
Qualifications for Lowndes County general primaries continue with the addition of a couple new candidates interested in running for elected office.
- More Local News Headlines
-
