Watching Jimmy Buffett trade stories with David Letterman on national television is a reminder of something Mobile has been slow to act on: the city has yet to formally honor one of the most successful entertainers it has ever produced. Buffett, a Mobile native, has built a career that spans…
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Boston’s Bang Camaro Bring Their Wall-of-Sound Metal Show to the Port City
A different kind of army is making its way into Mobile: the roughly 30-member rock collective known as Bang Camaro, a Boston-born band that has built a reputation for burying audiences under a wall of old-school, arena-style metal sound. Bang Camaro’s rise is notable in part because of where it…
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Why Jazz Has Never Quite Taken Root in Mobile
Mobile has never been much of a jazz town, and those who have tried to change that over the years say the reasons run deeper than simple taste. Back in 2001, a local music enthusiast set out to organize a jazz society in Mobile, hoping to build the kind of…
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When Springsteen Played Twice in Mobile: A Radio Man Remembers the City’s Loudest Decade
A former WABB-FM program director recalled 1973 to 1978 as the golden age of Mobile radio and live music, when Skynyrd played Fort Whiting and Springsteen sold out two nights running.