Local Music 2008: Paper Covers Rock (Page 2 of 1)

June 12, 2008
By: Knoxville Voice

The compilation CD features current local bands and artists covering songs written and performed by fellow townies in the past 25 years. For example, relative newbies Tenderhooks cover Balboa’s classic “104” from 1980. (The fact that ’hooks guitarist Ben Oyler was a music student of Balboa’s Terry Hill adds an extra layer of atavism to that track.) Superdrag pays homage to their early-’90s power-pop compatriots with their cover of 1-900s’ “Now,” while 1-900s’ Stewart Pack returns the favor with a version of Superdrag’s “Valley of the Dying Stars.”  And so on. There are all sorts of insider references and connections to be found in the disc’s 17 tracks.

The CD’s “Then” artists largely reflect a period when the Cumberland Avenue Strip and Fort Sanders house parties were the hot spots of local music night-life, drawing a diverse group of music-loving students. The “Now” acts that cover the songs are largely comprised of musicians who have been performing in Knoxville for anywhere from 15 to 25 years, with a few of the city’s more radio-friendly newer acts thrown in.

From the offices of WUTK-FM 90.3 in the basement of Andy Holt Tower on the University of Tennessee campus (where he has worked in some capacity for more than 20 years), station manager Smith explains how ReDistilled came into existence: “We started talking about it last spring. We’d been on air 25 years last year, and I wanted to do something different,” he says. “I swear, a week [after I thought of this] Jeff Heiskell called me and said, ‘I’ve got this idea for a local compilation.’ Exact same idea. So I thought it was too good not to go ahead with.”

The idea would also provide a fundraising opportunity for the financially beleaguered station, both through CD sales and a series of concerts incorporating the locals covering locals concept. As we and other local media have previously reported, UT provides minimum overhead for WUTK, and the bulk of the operational budget — including Smith’s salary — comes from donations, benefits, sponsors and underwriters. The station has operated on a shoestring budget for years, and recently its very existence has been threatened by a lack of funds. WUTK exists as a training ground for students, and many of them have had enormous positive impact there, but Smith’s commitment to the station — and to local music — remains unique, not least due to his history with it.

Smith became a volunteer DJ at WUTK in 1985 while a student, moved on to music director of the station in 1987 and eventually took over as program director from 1988 until he left the station in 1991. He returned to the station in 2004 as general manager.

His non-WUTK years between 1991 and 2004 nonetheless involved music in one way or another. “I actually didn’t even finish my thesis here because I started a booking and promotion company called No Cheez music,” Smith explains. He went on to work for local booking and promotional agency AC Entertainment for seven years, was instrumental in the early days of local radio stations WDVX, Farragut’s WFIV and 100.3 the River, and had a brief promotional stint with Metro Pulse.

The man has been around, and knows a lot about local music. It makes sense he would conceive the idea for ReDistilled, and call on his long list of friends and acquaintances to contribute music, artwork (Susan Bauer Lee), liner notes (Jack Rentfro), and studio time and space (Don Coffey, Eric Nowinski and Jim Rivers) either free or in exchange for underwriting and trade.

“Th[ese contributions are] nothing but love for the station. The time came and everyone stepped up,” Smith enthuses.

Heavy on history, ReDistilled serves as a nice introduction to Knoxville’s music scene over the years, though some might argue it’s a fairly limited one.

“If you look at the CD, I’d say 80 percent of the bands on here are musicians that have been playing on this scene for years, whether it’s Todd Steed or John Baker or Scott Miller or Superdrag,” Smith says. “And thank God a lot of these guys are still around, because there’s not a lot of new and young bands in Knoxville.”

That last statement may raise the eyebrows of dozens of young bands currently gigging in Knoxville, and Smith is quick to clarify.

“I mean there’s some, but it seems to be a very cliquish thing,” he says. “Like a lot of bands seem to only want to play the Pilot Light, and I think that could be a rut. A lot of students don’t know about it — thank God it’s here and does what it does — but I wish some of those bands would go play places like Pres Pub or Grotto or Barley’s more.”

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