Smack that Baby and Make It Cry Black Diamond ‘Heavies sing and play the punk-ass blues BY KINSEY LABBERTON Black Diamond Heavies 9/ Cary Ann Heats Thus. Nov 20, 40pm. 35. ‘he Th Reet ‘1147 Magnets Roa (4s) s7h0775 ‘sce com wetashlytnot ‘wuumsrscacomy/tlackdemoncheaves “Like # bleary-eved sorostitute st a Waflle ‘House the moming after a Kappa Sig keg- sr, thats how singer John Wesley Myers ‘of the Black Dismond Heavies sounds = throat cignrette-scarred and dripping {in unidentifiable fluids On organ, Myers (eka. "Reverent James Ley” — and that is “reverend?” with a) and drummer Van Campbell beat the motherloving crap out of ther instruments lke Tennessee toddlers ‘Taser tesh nightmare? Better yet, n= tastical rubbish-rock southern-punk-blues, the likes ef which has been purported to ‘make the Black Koss scom like choisboys' ‘This Thursday, the Tin Roof wall host the [Nashsilledisey di, who share the bill with ‘Ms Cary Ann Hearst, City Paper caught up ‘with the act to get the heavy as it were, on ‘what they're all about. CITY PAPER: You have what could be described as a minimally ornate set up, How is this “organized” chaos cartied cout live? JOHN WESLEY MYERS: Our spproach ie a big sound from a small unit. We tend tp setup really tight, practically on top of each other, and then hit cur gear really hard. Most armas go to 10; ours goto 11, (GP: We assume that means the set will end with "Big Bottom" That said, a times your sound emerges like the ghost of a (Confederate soldier come to avenge hie death, What elements of your southem pinging developed your ty Bes WM; Southern religion, ried chicken, piece-of-shit cars, broke-assgeer, bein’ poor, broke, and hungry, whiskey, hau- Tin’ ass on country roads, runnin’ from the porlice (0P: Dukes, huh? I was thinking more Waits, asin Tom. The Torn Wats comparison i a sven. Did he influence your vocal style? WM: You know, we get that a lx. Howseves I'm little embarrassed to admit I dida't find Tom Waits’ music fairly Tater in my music career Vocal spea (CTO Ry BDH'S ORGANIST/SINGER JOHN WESLEY MYERS AND DRUMMER VAN CAMPBELL Howlio’ Wolf Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Ray Charles. also Iggy Pop — not that Tan sing lke any of them cats but I like what they were able to do with their voices (OP: Your sound has been described by cites as "raw as fuck yt richly coded in a ‘vintage hue” “ass shaking trash rock,” and ‘snadlterated 21st-century rhythm and ‘blues Haw do you desesbe yourselves? AWM: Somebody once called it punk-as ‘Blues. We like that « lt (OP: What were you trying to achieve on ‘your neve album, A Touch of Someme Flo's (Clas [a follow-up to last year's Every Davon Tina)? SIWM: We wanted this last record to kinda bea continuation of the fist one — most ly lve similar themes. But ve also wanted ‘to make it alte les lo-fi and more acoessble for radio end whatnot. iy Tame," « heartbreak love song as dev- astaing a8 Tammy Faye Bakker’ tears ‘Makes sense given your alter exo the [Reverent James Leg. Can fans expect changing names a la Prince, or is this Wt ames “Fim” Leg has been en ais fora while now... could bea split pesonal- fy thing I reckoo, Gemini and al that. Hel, “weil just have to 560 ifhe sticks around. (¢P: From what Ican gather, the last time you were in Charleston was last January ‘You were about to kick off a big three ‘month tour from Nashville to London, How was that experience, and what's been. happening since? JIM: Hell, we been all over since then. ‘We just got ack in the States from an England/reland/Scodand tour. We been ‘on that sie of the Atlantic three diferent ‘mes since Christmas... dane the West Coast a couple times this year. We've basi- cally been on tour for about three years how — and no end in sight. ‘¢P: Wil this be your first time sharing the stage with lel darling Cary Ann Hears? Can audiences expect any collaborations ‘with her during the set? IWM: Yeek, this'll he the first time we've played together. We ain’ talked yet about ny collaboratin, but, hell, anything can happen oats GEORGIA eSTHE SUITE LIFE MISSION AVALANCHE | THE COWBOY WAY: le Bt tar ROLL Et Peo Lue UAC s nL acy” innec IN au OVIE From Fir ‘st-run films to gourmet esneanove theater: ‘Ss WA WASHINGTON MAGAZINE or By Kinsey Labberton Jong time ago, in a cinema far far away, a floor coated in Milk Duds and spilled soda pop used to equal an indulgent night out atthe movies. While this somehow passed as quality entertainment, udiences have recently fied the theaters t9 watch films at home, ‘causing a “Raisenet Recession” rohit the movie bi. 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