12
Oct

Jammin’ at Johnston’s - The Kitchen Sink

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This Friday October 16th from 5-8 PM Johnston’s is hosting Jammin’ at Johnston’s with Rick Knowles and his special guests Jimi McKenzie and Jim Crozier. What does this mean? It means music busting through the walls and lots of original music and laughter. What style of music do you like? It doesn’t matter because they will probably play a few of your favorites and new songs that will become your favorites.

Our website link is http://www.johnstonsmeatmarket.com/jammin.htm

Here is information on our special guests.
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Jimmi McKenzie
http://www.myspace.com/thejimimckenzieband
Singer/Songwriter
Jimi has been a featured songwriter at The Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival, The Key West Songwriters’ Festival, The Southwest Florida Songwriters’ Festival and Florida State University’s ‘ Artist Series
Seven Days of Opening Nights. His song “Your Town” is featured on the Tallahassee, Fl. Christmas CD “A Cascades Christmas”.

Jimi is a published songwriter in Nashville and Miami and has had songs covered by other artists.

McKenzie has released three albums “I’ve Got To Go” and “New Trick” on the Miami, Florida label Coconut’s Records and “Something To Anchor To” on the Night Sounds label. He is currently work on his fourth release.

For over two decades Jimi McKenzie has been performing, writing and recording. McKenzie music has made an impact. Whether playing solo in intimate listing rooms or opening for Jimmy Buffet, Commander Coty, Papa John Creech, The Bellamy Brothers or Ted Nugent. Jimi is a true crowd
pleaser.
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Jim Crozier
http://www.myspace.com/jimcrozierband

Jim’s Musical STYLE:
New Orleans Blues - Americana Country - Florida Rock

He plays with Tallahassee Swing at the American Legion Hall in Tallahassee. His local band, Cats In Orbit includes Jimi McKenzie and Steve Redmond. On November 6 - The Jim Crozier Band and Mimi and the Hearndogs will do a big show
at the Warehouse - 8pm

Jim is continually working with songwriters and musicians, and producing special events with “The Jim Crozier Band”, “Bone Dry”, “The McKenzie Brothers”, and in the Spring of 2008, a big show with his own band backed by “Tallahassee Swing”.

Jim Crozier has always been a songwriter of some sort. He got his first guitar a year before the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show and picked up the bass soon after. While engaged as the musical director at a summer stock theater company in Pennsylvania, he collaborated with Kenn Long to create the musical, “Touch”, which ran off-Broadway during the 1970-71 season. The original cast album was nominated for a Grammy. After earning a degree in Music Composition from the FSU School of Music, he continued to live and work in the Tallahassee area. He has been playing bass with jazz, blues, country, and folk acts for many years and is a long time member of “Tallahassee Swing”.

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8
Oct

Johnston’s - in the Valdosta Daily Times!

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VSU's Whole Hog BBQ from Johnston's

VSU's Whole Hog BBQ from Johnston's

We’ve been busy here at Johnston’s, and now that football season is here, we’re spending our weekends catering tailgating parties from Valdosta to Tallahassee. Recently, the Valdosta Daily Times featured Johnston’s in an article about a tailgate party for VSU. You won’t believe the hog picture! Hal has the article at the store, but here is more information to check it out online.

Check it out the newspaper website link for the entire article…


http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/features/local_story_279102606.html?keyword=secondarystory

HOG TAILS
10/06/09
Valdosta Daily Times
Chef Hal Bennett of Monticello, Fla., “scored a touchdown” with his presentation of a grilled hog complete with a Valdosta State University Blazer visor on its head, sunglasses over its eyes, a Blazer ring in front of its snout, and surrounded by corn and sausage, for the table of the VSU Blazer Grill Team tailgating group last weekend.

Bennett of Johnston’s Meat Market in Monticello is familiar to folks in the Valdosta area. Through the hickory smoked Boston butts and picnic hams he has prepared for fund-raisers, Bennett has helped Valdosta Middle School cheerleaders raise $4,000, the VHS football team raise $2,910, VHS baseball team raise $2,750, and the CrossPointe mission team, $910.

Bennett grew up in Echols County where he was valedictorian of Echols County High School in Statenville and received a scholastic scholarship to VSU. (click article link above for full story)

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18
Aug

Jammin’ at Johnston’s - Steel Guitar & Swinging Country Music

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Summer is nearly done, but Johnston’s will be hosting one more summer event on Friday August 21st from 5-8 PM. This Friday we will enjoy the debut of the steel guitar at Johnston’s. Rick Knowles is going to be performing with Arlene and Leon Roberts of Arlene’s Classic Country band. Pure country and pure fun. For details, visit http://www.johnstonsmeatmarket.com/jammin.htm

Leon, born and raised in Tallahassee, played music most of his life. As a young boy he played the upright bass around Tallahassee. He left home and joined the navy at 17. During his 27 years in the navy, Leon played with different groups around the country. In 1961, Leon started playing the electric bass. In 1974 he became a student of the pedal steel guitar. Upon retirement in San Diego, California, he played five and six nights a week in one of the top bands in southern California. It was there, at the Kentucky Stud, where he met Arlene.

Arlene, born in Oregon, grew up in San Diego and played the pearly whites, piano and organ, and sang in the church choir. It wasn’t long before Leon had her transformed and playing the electric bass and singing in the honky tonks and bars. They married in December 1980. After moving to Tallahassee in 1986, Leon played with several local groups before Arlene formed a band, Arlene’s Classic Country. They played all over Tallahassee, Sneads, Tifton, GA, and more. They were members of the house band for the Sopchoppy Opry for 22 months, and made guest appearances on the show before and after that. Most of their playing now is charity events and private parties. They still enjoy their music and have a great time together.

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