In today's WOW, you'll find this column on Dani Jamerson, an Athens 16-year-old who went from a second-place 2008 Tri-County Idol contestant and now has a four-track demo being shopped around labels in Nashville.
I won't rewrite that piece here, but I want to expound a bit on my closing argument.
It was joy to write that ending, knowing that it would show my readers a small success coming from our backyard. A chance to show folks a hard-copy example of a local treasure.
When you find a treasure, if you're smart, you'll cherish it, protect it and nurture it, look at it as an investment and try to make it more valuable.
Dani's not the only one around here who's had some success: A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about a Coldwater man who recorded an album with LaVerne Tripp in Nashville. The bands Sex & Patriotism and Gods Of Kansas come to mind as local acts who've found themselves on big festival stages alongside big names. And there are dozens more local acts who play better-than-par music but haven't yet caught their break.
Like any piece of gold or diamond, it takes care to keep these local treasures in a condition where they can appreciate in value. We have to support these acts by going to their shows, standing in front them while they're on stage, cheering them on. The bigger crowds they perform in front of here, the bigger crowds they're likely to find elsewhere, hopefully with some big label's money behind them.
Dani was just one example. There are others who will take stages around the area this weekend. Go see them and up their value ...
NOTE: Click here to listen to tracks on "Loud & Local," the Enquirer's online streaming local music player, to listen to other local treasures.
A chance to show folks a hard-copy example of a local treasure.
Posted by: vibram five fingers | April 13, 2011 at 06:23 AM
The bigger crowds they perform in front of here, the bigger crowds they're likely to find elsewhere
Posted by: vibram five fingers | May 30, 2011 at 10:18 PM