Georgia Winery farm manager/musician Adrian Prouty holds his electric guitar in front of Phibbs Bar and Grill. Prouty said his band, the Unnamed, is almost ready to start performing and he hopes they’ll get to play JJ’s Bohemia, The Honest Pint, Sluggo’s, Cloud Springs Deli, Phibbs Bar and Grill and Track 29.Local musician Adrian Prouty is connecting with people in New York, while focusing on getting his music off the ground.
Prouty is used to working on things from the ground up. He is a farmer by trade. He manages his family’s Georgia Winery Farm in High Point where he grows hundreds of muscadine vines. He also works at the Georgia Winery retail store in Ringgold selling the label’s wines. The dry varietals, like cabernet and merlot, he even makes himself.
Prouty said he loves his day jobs, but on weekend nights he focuses on music.
He has turned his Fort Oglethorpe apartment into a musical studio where he records himself singing songs to upload to the internet. Prouty said he is in the process of moving to Rossville, where he is certain to create another studio.
While in New York, he got to tour Sandbox Studios, a media company which produces visual content for well-known entities like Coach, Macy’s, Restoration Hardware, The North Face, Marc Jacobs and Kate Spade.
“My mom’s boyfriend Lewis has a daughter Alesha in Astoria, New York,” Prouty said, adding that Alesha works at Sandbox Studios. “She showed us around the city. New York was really cool. It was one of the biggest cultural melting pots. I was in the minority there.”
While visiting Sandbox Studios, Prouty checked out the owner’s collection of five guitars, amps and a piano.
Since beginning playing his dad’s acoustic guitar at age 13, Prouty has amassed seven guitars of his own: two seven-string black Schecters, a sunburst orange Dinky guitar, a black Jackson electric bass and three acoustics.
Prouty said he plans to soon purchase a mixing board and a microphone before doing shows with his band, the Unnamed, which is looking to recruit a bass player. Once that is complete, he said, the band will make a demo.
“I want to get tight on the songs we are working on,” Prouty said. “I want to do a Southeastern tour from Nashville to Birmingham to Tampa. I promote my music on my Facebook page. I have friends in Brazil, Russia, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Finland and Spain. I’ve never met them, but I’ve talked to them through Facebook. My network is there, so my demo will be heard across the world. I set it up that way with my last band, Beyond the Wake.”
The Unnamed plays mostly original acoustic, metal and blues songs. Prouty said he writes a lot of the songs to reflect the obstacles he has faced in life. At age 31, he has already overcome a serious bout of cancer, major wrist injuries and personal devastating losses.
“I’ve been through a lot of rough stuff,” he said. “If everything is happy-go-lucky, you have nothing to say as an artist. If I could save someone else’s life through music then I could change the world. Music is basically my therapy.”
His original song “No Shame, No Fear, No Guilt, No Regret,” is his life’s motto, he said.
“I’d like to be a little more involved in the music scene,” said Prouty. “The winery is a supporter of my music. Once it [music] takes off, I can work part time at the winery. The biggest passion of my life is music.
To stay up-to-date with Prouty and his music, check out his Facebook page at “Adrian Prouty.”