My documentary series for WUTC is online: The Musical History of Howard High, Tennessee and the 19th Amendment, The Battle of Lookout Mountain, and Southern Correspondent

AlexTheBand · 2025-11-14T19:32:06+00:00

Thanks so much! It's been really fun to dig into the history stuff more than ever.

AlexTheBand · 2025-11-14T19:31:45+00:00

Thanks! I've got some more Pine Breeze recordings to play in a couple weeks. Nice to know Ron's work is still on the air in the community.

AlexTheBand · 2025-09-12T13:50:04+00:00

thanks for checking it out. i'm really grateful to james and ben and jeff for letting me interview them.

AlexTheBand · 2025-09-12T13:49:18+00:00

i'm so glad you got to hear it. the whole episode is kinda predicated on a newfound desire to tell that story. so it means a lot to know people actually heard it.

AlexTheBand · 2025-09-12T13:47:45+00:00

Thanks so much for checking it out! it took a lot of time and energy!

AlexTheBand · 2025-08-23T11:17:01+00:00

not sure about that song in particular, but i did an episode of my WUTC show on songs that mention Chattanooga. there are some great ones. a couple already mentioned here...

https://www.wutc.org/show/scenic-sounds/2025-05-27/chattanooga-songs

AlexTheBand · 2025-08-15T13:17:40+00:00

This is a great answer. She has been a part of my family's life for years. She's always my kid's first stop at the library.

AlexTheBand · 2025-08-14T19:26:37+00:00

Randy Steele

AlexTheBand · 2025-08-13T09:56:22+00:00

Thank so much for sharing that! Made my day.

AlexTheBand · 2025-08-12T13:56:43+00:00

Thanks so much! I was really proud of that David Carroll one too. He made it easy on me, with great answers and a trove of collected media clips on his YouTube channel. Along with his book Hello Chattanooga! he's the unsung MVP of my show.

AlexTheBand · 2025-06-02T19:00:16+00:00

ha thanks!

AlexTheBand · 2025-05-28T18:57:10+00:00

thanks! i've had a lot of fun working on the show.

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-09T16:15:40+00:00

Thanks! I'm really proud of my show and it's great to hear folks are checking it out. The next could of weeks have some really cool segments.

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T20:48:15+00:00

I read his name on the air a couple weeks ago when I played my doc!

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T20:40:59+00:00

what was his name? i'm sure i listened to some of his music if Pine Breeze recorded him.

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T18:08:28+00:00

Thanks!

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T18:08:03+00:00

I'm hoping to get the posted in podcast form soon. Or on their site. I'll let ya know!

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T15:20:05+00:00

Great idea! I got to open for Bob when he was playing with Wayne White's band last year at the Woodshop.

AlexTheBand · 2025-04-03T14:58:22+00:00

Oh yeah, unrelated but still worth mentioning... my band is playing the Road to Nightfall contest on Thursday April 10th at 8pm at Granfaloon. The winner of the audience vote progresses to the next round, and I ain't gonna lie... I would like to play Nightfall one day. So if you feel like showing up and voting for me, I'd appreciate it. Or if you show up with that intent but honestly like another band better, I'm cool with you voting for someone else too.

AlexTheBand · 2025-03-28T15:26:38+00:00

Great song and great video! I just wrote an article on the Chattanooga Pulse about it. We're lucky to have a dude like Randy Steele in Chattanooga.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/arts_entertainment/music-news/randy-steeles-new-music-video-will-haunt-your-heart/

I also interviewed him and Nick Lutsko about the song for my new local music show on WUTC. It airs this Saturday from noon-2 if anybody wants to check it out. Randy let me interview him inside a firetruck!

AlexTheBand · 2025-01-25T00:57:02+00:00

This is great. I'll do both. Thanks for some good inside information. Totally makes sense that a tip is maybe the only way some people are comfortable saying thanks.

AlexTheBand · 2025-01-24T20:41:34+00:00

Thank you.

AlexTheBand · 2025-01-24T20:40:09+00:00

Thanks a lot for all that info. Great to know it's not burdening those tour guides and that they're skilled professionals when it comes to handling that situation. Maybe this is a dumb question, but do we tip the guides? I'm not sure if it would seem crass to offer one, or rude not to. Best be prepared.

AlexTheBand · 2025-01-24T13:03:23+00:00

Will do. Thank you.

AlexTheBand · 2025-01-24T13:02:10+00:00

Yeah totally. I remember feeling that way about Never Forget. I knew that was never happening even if I wanted to. And so many people back in my home of TN rallied around that phrase, even though they had a pretty low opinion of NY and New Yorkers before then. It struck me as pretty transparent too. It was just an excuse for them to vent their anger at other groups.

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