{"id":45637,"date":"2018-04-04T15:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=45637"},"modified":"2018-04-04T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:18:53","slug":"drivin-n-cryin-hits-proud-larrys-with-george-mcconnel-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/drivin-n-cryin-hits-proud-larrys-with-george-mcconnel-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivin N Cryin Hits Proud Larrys with George McConnel Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Celebrating their 32nd Anniversary together, <strong>Atlanta<\/strong>-based folk rock act, <strong>Drivin N Cryin<\/strong>, spent most of 2017 on tour. In October 1985 Drivin N Cryin played their first show at Atlanta\u2019s famed <strong>688 Club<\/strong>. The band quickly gained attention for its blistering live shows and amassed a rabid fanbase in the fertile soil of the late-1980s Southeast music scene. Now, 32 years later and releasing four full length albums on<strong> Island Records<\/strong> and one on <strong>Geffen Records<\/strong> founding members <strong>Kevn Kinney<\/strong> and <strong>Tim Nielsen<\/strong> find themselves enjoying a milestone anniversary for the band, having survived the p<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ressures of fame, a shifting musical landscape, multiple lineup changes, and miles of backroads and highways to arrive here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Dave V. Johnson<\/strong> as their drummer and the band&#8217;s newest member <strong>Laur Joamets<\/strong> (originally of <strong>Sturgill Simpson<\/strong>) now being added to the lineup, Drivin N Cryin is continuing to tour the U.S. to great acclaim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Island Records<\/strong> will be re-releasing their acclaimed record \u201cMystery Road\u201d through <strong>Universal Music Group<\/strong> later this year.<\/p>\n<p>A quote from the band\u2019s lead singer, Kevn Kinney, gives a little insight into what Drivin N Cryin is all about: \u201cWe are a band that&#8217;s like your record collection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Drawing influence from a wide array of musical elements, Drivin N Cryin has developed a unique sound over the years. Their name derives from the eclectic nature of this sound: a little drivin&#8217; rock n roll and a little country twang. Comfortable with their past and confident in their future, the band has an arsenal of songs, a full tank of gas, and no plans of stopping any time soon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CSvf6FsSnjg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Drivin N Cryin will play April 6 at <strong>Proud Larry&#8217;s<\/strong> with <strong>George McConnel.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating their 32nd Anniversary together, Atlanta-based folk rock act, Drivin N Cryin, spent most of 2017 on tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":45640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7887],"tags":[12121,7,1986,5,642,1380,4,53,3,753],"class_list":["post-45637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-music","tag-drivin-n-cryin","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-music","tag-oxford","tag-proud-larrys","tag-the-local-voice","tag-tlv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-04-drivin-cryin.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}