Talk of the Town

“A good cause makes a stout heart and a strong arm.”

— Thomas Fuller

FOLKS WHO have lived in Chattanooga the past 20 years may remember radio personality Liz Morin. Known as “Liz, Liz, the Showbiz Whiz,” she fielded Lite Mix 105 listeners’ questions about the entertainment industry.

After graduating from college in the late 1980s, Liz moved to Nashville and has worked her way to the top of the recording industry. Every now and then, the 41-year-old Notre Dame High School and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate lets me know of a good band coming to Chattanooga.

With great emphasis, Liz said I shouldn’t miss The Shoals free performance tonight at Midtown.

“It’s a showcase (format),” Liz said. “They are about to get a record deal, and Paul Worley, who produced the Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, Big and Rich, Sara Evans and Lady Antebellum, and Wally Wilson, who produced Lonestar and Amy Grant, are producing them.”

The Muscle Shoals, Ala.-based band plays country, she said.

“The Shoals are straight-up North Alabama country music in tradition of bands like Alabama and Shenandoah,” Mr. Worley said. “Their lead singer, Jeremy Easley is as strong a singer as Vince Gill.”

“The Shoals are true sons of the South,” added songwriter/record producer Mr. Wilson, explaining that the band is like “Alabama meets Vince Gill and The Eagles.” He said the band is a legendary group in the making.

The band will play from 6 to 7 tonight at Midtown.

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