Under the watchful eye of a Bob Dylan painting hanging over his right shoulder at Bantam Pub in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, singer-songwriter Chip McGuire is in a good place, both personally and professionally, these days. Being proactive about a bipolar depression diagnosis, McGuire is in therapy and taking meds to treat the disorder. […]
Like the rest of us, metro Atlanta singer-songwriter Chip McGuire is emerging from the pandemic a changed person. Over the past 26 months, his act, The Chip McGuire Band, an Americana-NuGrass unit once on the cusp of regional success, broke up. McGuire is also currently navigating the end of his marriage. And during lockdown, the […]
The first time I saw Richard was in the summer of 1988 onstage at the Little Five Points Pub. Having just fled a high school reunion, I was desperately in need of a sonic nightcap capable of removing the reunion’s Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes-laced soundtrack from my head. Bicknell’s band The Lost Angels, full of fiddle, […]