Hey y'all! A rare concert for the Southern Gothic, back home in Atlanta. We've been writing some new tunes and jamming and we want to share with y'all! Come out to the Vista Room on Friday, Oct 5 at 8pm. You'll also get to help me celebrate my birthday. C'mon!
-Connor
Hello all! Connor here, just a quick reminder that I'll be in Florida this weekend for 3 post-thanksgiving shows. Need some relative-relief? I've gotcha! Come on out. I'll be playing CCSG tunes, songs from my new album "Skeletons" and lots more! I'd love to see you all, please come on out! Here's the info!
Friday Nov 25- House Concert, Ft Myers FL. 'doors' at 6:30, music starts around 7:30 all the details are HERE or just shoot me an email and I'll get them to you directly
Saturday Nov 26- Common Grounds, 12737 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL 34293 7PM
Advance tickets available RIGHT HERE
Sunday Nov 27 - Jill & Orca's throwdown - "Doors at 3:30, music around 4:30. info is Here
Or, again, just shoot me an email for more info! Also, all music & merch is on sale, Black Friday style for the rest of November at my website, www.CallMeConnor.com
Looking forward to seeing you all this week and beyond. All my best, Connor
Friends, Music Fans, Countrymen….. or something like that. Greetings from SoGo HQ- we hope that this message finds you all doing well. Lots to tell you about so let me jump right in. First things first- just a FEW tourdates for April, here they are:
Fri Apr 1, Macon GA @ the Crazy Bull (9:30pm)
Sat Apr 2, Savannah GA @ Saddlebags (10pm)
Sun Apr 3, Atlanta GA @ Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Fest (3pm)
Thu Apr 7-Augusta GA @ Tbonz (9pm,Connor solo,)
Fri Apr 8- Charleston/IOP SC @ Windjammer (9:30pm, with Love & Theft)
Sat Apr 9- Hartwell GA @ Swamp Bar (9pm-midnight)
Sun Apr 10- Augusta GA @ Tbonz (9pm,Connor & Spirko, Masters wrap party)
Sat Apr 16- University of the South (9:30pm)
Now to the other stuff- As you may or may not know, we’ve been doing the Southern Gothic full time now since 2006, averaging upwards of 150 shows a year (some years well over 200). We’ve had some great moments- a #1 video for 4 weeks, a #1 album on Billboard, some HUGE shows (34K in Chicago in 2012 comes to mind!), and so many amazing nights across this beautiful country. There have been hard times too, and most especially 2015. We had a year long “Crisis Averted” tour, with multiple van break downs, the loss of our long time manager (he didn’t die, just retired, don’t worry!) as well a the lack of a full-time 5th member after saying goodbye to Elena Martin.
Our good friend Fiddlin’ Faye Petree did an amazing job filling in with us for the last year, and was kind enough to put aside a solo career, and several other bands that she played in and gave us her entire year in ’15. After dedicating so much time to us last year she has a lot of commitments to keep in 2016, a lot of work left on hold that needs finishing.
So with that in mind, Shawn, Spirko, Rashad and myself have decided it’s time for the Southern Gothic to go into Hibernation mode and allow ourselves all some room to work on the plethora of other projects, musical and otherwise, that we’ve not taken on over the last many years because SoGo was a full-time job. The 4 of us will still be doing shows as The Southern Gothic from time to time, and as often as possible we’ll have a friend at the 5th mic, whether it be Miss Faye, our good friend Cassandra who’s filled in for us, or another friend (with Spirko and I living in Nashville, our number of fiddler friends has DRAMATICALLY increased!).
You’ll also see lots of other projects from all of us, so please stay tuned to TheSouthernGothicMusic.com for lots of info on those! One such project will be the solo album from me (Connor) coming in late July. The Southern Gothic has recorded SO many demos over the last few years. Most of these are songs I wrote (many with Spirko) for the Southern Gothic like “Georgia Moonshine”, “Play with Fire”, “Wanna Drink” and “Brand New Me”. Well, I’ve decided to go back and finish these demos and release them as a solo album, though very ably backed up by the Southern Gothic on all the recordings. I’ll be touring with some friends (it’ll simply be billed as ‘Connor’) playing all these new tunes as well as some of your favorite SoGo/CCSG tunes. I’m hoping to start work immediately on the 2nd installment of that with one of my favorite Nashville producers for release in early 2017 as well & I’ll be trying out the even newer tunes on these dates as well. With any luck, the Southern Gothic will be manning the instruments on that album as well.
All of us want to thank each and every one of you for all your support over the years, and we hope you’ll stick with us in the next phase of our careers! The Southern Gothic is not over, just entering a new stage in our evolution. In the meantime, we hope to see LOTS of you in Georgia, Carolina & Tennessee over the next 2 & ½ weeks!
All our best!
Connor, Shawn, Spirko & Rashad
Hello Friends!
Connor here. The day has (finally) arrived, and I can make this announcement official. There have been lots of changes going on here with us, so here’s a quick rundown. We have:
While we’re changing everything up, here’s one more for ya- 11 years ago I was involved in a TV reality show. During the run-up to that show, they became aware that every called me by my last name- Connor- and said if that was gonna be my ‘first’ name, I needed a new last name. After deliberating, we decided to use a family name- Christian- as my ‘new last name’. Since we’re changing it all up, I’ve decided to drop ‘Christian’ and just go by S. Connor (my real first name is Sean). Please, everybody, still call me Connor- even my Mom does (and that’s HER last name too). So cheers to change, here’s to the Southern Gothic- the same band we’ve always been, taking this music thing to the next level!
For Spirko, Shawn, Faye and Shad-
All our love,
Connor
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| The Southern Gothic @ The Vista The Vista, Atlanta, GA | The Vista, Atlanta, GA |