[shukcb04]

Honestly, I think a lot of the slowdown in the music scene here had to do with Vroom breaking up. We had a lot of shows around here when I was in college, and a lot of it had to do with Vroom putting Lynchburg on the map with the T&N bands. (T&N was pursuing them for a quite a while.) Once the T&N bands came through here, other bands were paying attention. Once Vroom broke up, the scene dried up. I'm not saying the were solely responsible for it, but they were good enough to attract other talent to the town. We haven't had that since then.

good observation there!

[Realist]

Thousands of Hippies with Kilos of hash on them. It's a simple formula.

Don't forget the witches and lesbians. Thousands of them.

And that's just on UNCA's campus...

I'm not bashing, but my first trip to a WU-UNCA game in Asheville I saw quite a few interesting banners, one of which read "Queers support UNCA Athletics"

It was an interesting crowd for a basketball game there to say the least.

[mrmacphisto]

All it takes is one promoter with connections and a decent venue to catch up in the indie scene. The Orange Peel in Asheville seems to be the place to be right now, but little clubs like that come and go in smaller towns. It takes a significant population to make them stick for any length of time. (See Cat's Cradle, 9:30 Club, etc.)

They sure seem to have done something right to land a residence for the Smashing Pumpkins and a tour stop for top indie acts like Spoon and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I would love for Lynchburg to pull something off like that, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

That reminds me of the days when Dan White (music coordinator at Liberty or something like that) would schedule some well known christian indie bands around Lynchburg because Liberty wouldn't allow them. Once he got the Liberty job he basically ignored the rest of Lynchburg and the scene went down the tubes.

Apparently he's still with Burning Bush, and has a hand in organizing the 2007 Shapiro tour. Details are on Facebook, for those who are registered.

So is he doing both now, or is he not actually working at LU?

::EDIT::
According to his Facebook profile, he's self-employed. No mention of working for LU.

[shukcb04]

all burning bush does is manage bands. they dont put on shows here in Lynchburg anymore as far as I know.