If you go
› What: New Madrid with David Barbe and Inward Dream Ebb› When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23› Where: Revelry Room, 41 Station St.› Admission: $15 in advance, $18 day of showALSO AT REVELRY ROOMBoy Named Banjo› When: 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21› Admission: $15Channing Wilson with Dave Kennedy› When: 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22› Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of show› For more information: 423-521-2929› Online: revelryroom.co
David Barbe and New Madrid will be performing at Revelry Room.When he was first approached about being a teacher at the University of Georgia in Athens, David Barbe was working with several bands and producing for Drive-By Truckers as well.
“I was approached about coming to UGA in 2010, and I thought it was an insane idea and I was too busy.”
Taking the teaching gig (he is interim director of the Music Business Certificate Program) was the suggestion of George Fontaine of New West Records, so Barbe agreed to consider it. The more he thought about being around young, energetic and creative minds, the more the idea took hold.
“I got to spend time with William S. Burroughs, and he was one of the most interesting people I’ve ever been around. He just had this youthful, creative energy. You’d go into his house, and he’d be creating and writing poetry.”