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2022 West Stage Schedule
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2021 West Stage Schedule
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2021 West Stage Entertainment
Read a little more about acts coming to the #CDAF2021 West Stage before the festival!
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Holley Rumbarger
Holley Rumbarger is a Mississippi native and Hattiesburg resident singer songwriter and instrumentalist. She plays mandolin and guitar and draws her sound from Americana and folk roots. She is sole proprietor of Holley Rumbarger Music and is a member of The Dew Eyed Daisies, Cole Hill Band, and Hub City Sound Machine and an architectural cad technician by day. She is joined by percussionist Ravic “Doc” Ringlaben as she plays throughout the southeast in various venues. Her biggest influences are Mandolin Orange, Allison Krause, and Susan Tedeschi. Her original songs are inspired by her experiences in love and life in the Deep South
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The Hollagrahams
The Hollagrahams are an acoustic duo comprised of Georgia & Lee Graham. They started playing live together in 2017. Their shows offer a blend of rock, country, 80’s and originals with plenty of harmony, strummin’ and janglin’.
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Huge Ghost
Huge Ghost is Troy DeRego (drums), Ben Hodge (bass), and Joe Whaley (guitar, vocals). HG formed in 2016 in Starkville, MS. The music is an original mixture of alt-rock, country, punk, and pop. Huge Ghost released a 3-song EP titled Curtains Drawn in 2016, available on all digital outlets, and currently have plans for more releases in the near future. Follow @hugeghostband on Instagram and Facebook, and www.hugeghost.com.
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The Persians
The Persians are a rock trio from Starkville, MS who formed in 2001. Todd Hunt (drums), Lee Graham (bass and backing vocals), and John Brocato (vocals and guitar) have been fixtures in the Starkville music scene for many years in many different bands. Their style draws heavily on 60s-70s rock through 90s alternative and includes both originals and covers of such artists as Radiohead, The Beatles, Foo Fighters, and Led Zeppelin. The band released an album in 2003 called A Thing Like Any Other that’s available on Apple Music and YouTube.
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Sugar High
Sugar High consists of Joe Evans on vocals and percussion and Drew Dieckmann on vocals and guitar. Joe is a Starkville native. He grew up singing in church joined his first band at 15 years old. He holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal music from Mississippi State University. Pulling influences from many different eras and styles, Joe loves playing and singing more than just about anything else, except cheese. Drew has been singing and playing guitar in the golden Triangle area for over 20 years with various bands in a wide range of genres. Born in Greenville and raised in Yazoo County, his Delta roots run deep. An early introduction to the blues music of that area grabbed him and set him on his path. Far from a one trick pony, his musical influences and passions are wide ranging and often unpredictable... sometimes to his own detriment. Drew holds very few degrees from anywhere.
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Night Surf
Night Surf is a three piece all original rock band from Starkville, Ms. The band consists of:
Jamie Rodgers/ guitar and vox Cole Little/ bass Vince Harris/ drums With influences from 70s and 80s prog and punk bands, they write in a similar style |
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Celery Teeth
Celery Teeth is a four-piece “empathy rock” band from Starkville formed in 2015. Celery Teeth is Susie Hunt (guitar, vocals), Trevor Wycoff (bass), Theodore Brocato (drums), and at our best, Joy Cariño (keys). Come see Starkville’s most bedazzled punk band deliver a set that is loud, energetic, and introspective.
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Flathead Ford
Raucous guitar-based Mississippi blues that refuses to stay between the lines, Flathead Ford is made up of Starkville, MS all-stars Jerry Carnathan (guitar, vox) John Staggers (drums) and Lee Graham (bass).
The band was formed in Columbus, MS in 2005 as a somewhat rocking takeoff on Mississippi Hill-Country Blues. While those roots are still clearly evident, Flathead has developed a high-intensity show that wanders through blues as well as bluesy rock and even unique heavy electric jazz at times, showing off the ability of the bands experienced and accomplished members. A Starkville-area underground favorite, the group is never afraid to tackle any song or genre - it always comes out sounding like Flathead Ford. Hearing is believing. |
