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YOUR STORY Students across 7 COUNTIES & 5 LOCATIONS tell their own story every year at Bevill State Community College. 2 ENJOY FOOTHILLS FESTIVAL! September 15th–16th North Mississippi Allstars Muddy Magnolia’s JOHN PAUL WHITE | SHOTGUN | BONNIE BISHOP | WILDFLOWERS FOOD, VENDORS, KIDS ACTIVITIES’ 7 8 8 1 . c MAYOR DAviD o’MarY n i District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 Sonny PoSey Danny Gambrell Gary Cowen Jennifer w. Smith willie moore (205) 221-2100 | 400 19th St. w, Jasper, al 35501 | www.jaspercity.com The Holladay Agency Auto • Home Business • Life Annuities • Mutual Funds Jonathan Holladay 1811 Hwy 78 E, Suite 106, Jasper, AL 35501 (205) 221-3216 3 THE DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE www.mountaineagle.com 205.221.2840 Features - SEPTEMBER 2017 - Rebirth Of An Artist White enjoying new phase of life 08 Publisher James Phillips Soul Singer Foothills veteran Bonnie Bishop 12 Art Director headlines Friday night Malarie Brakefield contributors Musical Melting Pot Jennifer Cohron Muddy Magnolias blends genres 16 Ed Howell to build unique sound Nicole Smith Cool Guys ADvertising Three-peat Smashley returns 20 Jake Aaron to Foothills Brenda Anthony Zach Baker Renee Holly Liz Steffan Tammy Wood 2016 FOOTHILLS FESTIVAL featuring tonic 4 Readers’ Choice Awards 2017 2403 Hwy. 78 E., Jasper, AL 35501 www.highpoint-furniture.com 205.384.5990 5 Foothills Festival Map + Vendors 7-8. Los Reyes 88. Cagle Sales 135. Mark Johnston for Governor 38-40. Buck&Buddy’s BBQ 89. Urgent Care Northwest 136. Bellissimo Lips 41-43. Venice Gelato 90. Adorned Soul 137. Bevill State Community College 44-46. Little Red Lunchbox 91. Aaron’s 138. Alabama Sweet Tea Co. 48-49. Quality Collectibles 100. String Art by Tiffany 139. AARP 50-51. Marlee Jane’s 101. Patsy’s Woodart 140. SRS Promotions 52-53. Lipsense by Sene Gence 102. Paparazzi/White Lace Boutique 141. S&S Painting 61-62. CBS 42 NEWS 103-104. Wreaths by Christee 142. Wags & Whiskers 63. Kelly Gamble 106. Girls Scouts of America 143. Southern Frocks 64. American Legion Post #9 107. America’s Thrift Store 144. Thirty-One 65. Mary Kay Cosmetics 108. Ella’s Boutique 145. Boy Scouts of America 66. Pleasantfield Vol. Fire Dept. 109. Leon O’Rear 146. Alacare Home Health & Hospice 67-74. Honda/Hyundai of Jasper 110-111. Walker Co. Ctr 147. Champion Windows 75-84. Carl Cannon of Technology 148. Bama Carry 86. Hope for Women 133. Nick Smith for Sheriff 149-150. Twisted Barley Brewing Co. 87. Advocare-Team Beyond 24 134. Guild Mortgage Co. 151. Liplicious by Britt 6 152. Shop Stevie 165. Tri-County Agency for I.D. 187-188. Johnny Brusco’s 153. Becky Sims Sugar Plums 166. Grip-N-Rip Disc Golf 189-190. Black Rock 154. City of Refuge 167. Joel Hagood 191. Downs & Assoc. AHMEN 155. Enroll Alabama 168. Leaf Filter North, LLC 192. ALFA Insurance 156. Sweetwater Outreach, Inc. 169. Metal Central 193-194. Rhonda Jamison 157. Ridgeview & Ridgewood 170. Custom Shirts & Signs 213. Fashion for Less 158. Nothing Bundt Cakes 171. LTD Therapeutic Jewelry & Gifts 214. Angie’s This & That 159. Walker Co. Dept. 172-173. The Outdoor Edge 215-216. Warehouse 319 of Human Resources 174. SWAT Team Reptiles 217. Bernard’s 160. The Southern Chandilier 181. Swann’s Woodworking 218. Designs on You 161. Camp McDowell & Turnings 219. D&S Custom Designs 162. American Red Cross 182. Dixie Delights 220. Tennessee Novelty 163. Karon Herron 183. Designed by Grace 221-222. Tri-Green Equipment Tupperware Consultant 184. “Letters to Tim” Louis Elliott 164. Country Financial - 185. Capstone Rural Health Center Holderfield Agency 186. Teresa Barton 7 REBIRTH text by eD hoWell 8 of anArtist Florence resident John Paul White, who intersect to become himself. holds the 4:30 p.m. Saturday slot at Foot- His Alabama heritage is a large part of hills Festival, is enjoying a rebirth, not only all he does. Growing up in the Shoals and artistically but in living at an easier pace — playing in bars, he said mentors from the and with time to give to other artists. area always supported him and others like White, 45, who was half of the Gram- him. my Award-winning duo with Joy Williams, “We’re just standing on the shoulders The Civil Wars, from 2008 to 2014, is of those guys,” he said. celebrated as a singer and songwriter who Despite the success of The Civil Wars, went solo again in 2016 with “Beulah.” he felt it was time to move on. “To be The Muscle Shoals native seems inspired by honest, I was watching my kids grow up in blues and country roots — although it runs pictures,” he said. After a decade of being more diverse than that. away on the road, he wanted and needed to “I definitely grew up with my dad’s be home more with his wife and children. country records, for sure. My mom listened Festivals can be a roll of the dice, he to more show tunes and crooners,” he said. said, as one can’t control the other acts “But living in the Shoals, I was constantly before or after. However, after years of surrounded by R&B and soul music, and being told where to go, he is also now more also Southern rock. All those things are real- hands-on with deciding where he will be ly the foundation of what I do.” He said he and for how long. strives to figure where all those experiences “I’m still walking that high wire of 9 figuring out how much is enough, how sure I knew the answer to that until now.” much is too much,” he said. “But now He mentors other artists through I’m in a different place in my life where an indie label he helped set up and runs my priorities are different. What actually from the Shoals, Single Lock Records. makes me happy is a different thing than “We put out St. Paul & the Broken it used to be.” Bones’ record, Dylan LeBlanc, Penny & He said he had a good booking agent Sparrow, Donnie Fritts. So I’ve been able who can find festivals that are better to wear a different hat and see the artistry suited to singers/songwriters. That led to through someone else’s eyes,” he said. the Foothills Festival. He enjoys giving the advice, but “Not only did he vouch for it, but he said he’s also learning from younger so did (Jasper native) Maggie Mitchell, artists and watching them find out how to my tour manager, who is from down that do things and not do things. way. They had nothing but good things “It is reminding me that those same to say,” White said. “I take them at their rules still apply,” he said. word.” White also will be performing at the As for what he enjoys artistically in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sept. this new solo career, White says he has 23. To play there was always his dream a different viewpoint at this stage in life, when he was young. noting his first writing deal was in 1998. “My dad talked about it in reveren- “I’ve made a living doing it for so tial tones, about listening to WSM and long that I think I lost touch with exactly listening to the Opry when he was a little why I do it and why I dreamt of doing kid,” he said. “It is still special whenever I it,” he said. At one point he thought come in the room.” Moreover, acoustical- he wouldn’t make music again, having ly the Ryman is “one of the best sound- achieved many goals without any regrets. ing rooms in the world. I’ve been lucky Then he got creative again. enough to play a lot of them, and I’d put “When these songs started popping it up there with any of them.” up in my head, I realized it happened as He is writing new songs for a record organically as possible — it just had to project where he looks up many of his be,” he said. “That was a great thing to musical heroes, like Bill Anderson, Whit- realize that, OK, maybe I am put on this ey Shafer and Waylon Holyfield. “So far earth to create. Maybe I am an artist. they are answering the phone and letting I had many moments thinking, ‘Do you do a greenhorn like me sit down in the room this just because you can, because you’re with them and write a song. 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