Chords for SouthGang TV interview

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_ _ [F] Good [Bb] _ _ _ _
evening and welcome to Talk of the Town.
I'm Mary Elizabeth Grimes.
[N] South Gang Band.
We have Jesse Hart, Butch Walker, Jace Finch and Mitch McLean.
Alright, thank you for coming
and joining us this evening.
So tell me, how did the band get started? _ _
Long story, but
we started in Rome, Georgia, which is 60 miles north of here and we all played in rival bands. _
Butch here is from Cartersville and we performed, playing the local clubs and _ writing material,
getting ready for a move out to Los Angeles where we were going to try to pursue a record
deal and finally we put it all together and made a move about four years ago to Hollywood,
California.
I think you guys should tell some [Ab] of the gory details about getting started
because there are probably some viewers watching who have [Bb] aspirations to do as you have done.
_ I read where life was not easy in Rome, Georgia when you got started and then when you got
out in LA.
Actually, [D] yeah, life was easier when we were home, but we had to, you know,
it was our first time living out of our houses when we moved out to [E] LA and all we had for
parents was each other, [D] which was a tough thing to get used to.
More other people living
in a one bedroom apartment. _ _
_ [E] It was like eight people at times in [N] one apartment.
Sometimes,
you know, we would have like, _ _ _ sometimes I think we had even ten people over there at
those times.
It was kind of like, you know, when these people go on senior trips, you
know, and it lasts for a week.
Well, ours was like that way all the time.
Yeah, a big
trip.
It was a continuous senior trip from high school.
They finally ended up with a
record deal and playing the clubs and getting some notoriety in Los Angeles.
That was the
hardest part.
And so it wasn't like, you know, Los Angeles, big city, lights and you go out
and you strike [F] it rich.
No, it's not like that at all.
Matter of fact, [N] you know, you
have to start from the ground up out there pretty much to do anything.
You can't, you
know, a lot of people think there's a free ride out there for you, but not always.
I
mean, we did everything ourself.
We had to work day jobs and go and practice and work
our butts off at our rehearsal at night and then go out and book the shows, then promote
the shows ourself.
You know, we just didn't have the money to buy success.
You just had
to earn it.
So when did the big break come?
I think [D] the big break came.
Actually, [C] there
was a guy [Eb] by the name of Bill Guzzari and [N] he decided that we were going to be the new
band he got behind.
And he became like family, which he was had a lot to do with Van Halen
and Motley Crue, Poison, Guns and Roses, Warrant.
And he got behind us and Sally Say.
He died
on the day of our album release party.
And it was, yeah, it was very traumatic for the
band, but he was a big part.
He played a big role in the band's being as getting the success
that we have had so far.
You mentioned a few names of popular rock groups.
Who are you
most like?
The video we saw [B] coming into the segment was pretty mellow, but [G]
then_
Just
listen to it.
You'll like it.
It's hard to describe.
We always say, well, it's got a
_ metallic edge with [N] a southern bluesy feel with a 70s vibe, [D] but 90s appeal and an opera
[B] overtone.
We never_
_ [Dm] _ It's very hard to describe.
We're not trying to [B] set any kind of new, _ _ _ [C] you
know, we like to do good time [D] rock and roll that people can listen to and enjoy.
[N] But it's
definitely something fresh and, you know, fun to listen to.
With a positive attitude.
Yeah.
Okay, well, let's take a look at another version, a side of you.
What are we going
to look at here?
Another take.
_ We _ have to applaud ourselves.
Yeah, we don't get to see
that video too much.
Yeah.
So now, what are your individual goals as well as your goals
for as a group?
Well, we want to stay together and keep this group together as long as possible.
I mean, we're all like brothers and the best of friends and pretty much this is a brotherhood
type band and we're going to stick it out so hopefully that we're 30 or 40 years old
can be doing like what Aerosmith is doing today.
Rolling Stones.
20 [Ab] albums.
_ [Dbm] That's our
long term.
I don't mind [D] looking like Keith Richards if I got that kind of money.
I'll
do it.
I'll do it for as long as he's doing it.
It doesn't bother me.
You have a performance
coming out?
Yeah, a couple.
Let's plug them.
Go for [D] it.
Okay, wait.
[N] Rome, Georgia.
The
first time we played there in four years.
We're playing the City Auditorium on the 14th,
which is this Saturday and also New Year's Eve.
That's the [B] International Ballroom.
[C] Tickets
are available at Ticketmaster for anybody that wants to know that right away.
[Ab] Okay,
well, we wish you the very best.
Thank you.
Thank [Eb] you so