South85Welcome friends! With roots deep in the Carolinas, South85 blends country, folk, southern rock, and bluegrass to give you a listening experience that you won't soon forget. Driven by the original songwriting of Kathy Osborne and the voice of Tracy Wyatt, South85 is in a classification all their own - radio worthy songs along with an atmosphere of a back-porch jam. Named South85 for their origins along the southern interstate in South Carolina, the band chose this name because no matter where they travel, they know they will always take South I-85 back home.

The marked “cowgirl” attitude and lifestyle exemplified by both Tracy and Kathy is interwoven throughout songs of independence, celebration of the south, hope, and plain old fun. South85’s sound is influenced by southern rock legends like Marshall Tucker Band, the Black Crowes, cross-genre Americana artists Old Crowe Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, and the sweet southern classics such as Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. The band may blend a rocking electric telecaster with a banjo or ease an acoustic ballad with dobro and mandolin with their varied sounds and themes. Cover songs the band performs include those by these artists and more in the country and southern rock vein.

Our band is fronted by the beautiful cowgirl Tracy Wyatt with Kathy Osborne on guitar and backup vocals, Mike Bader on guitar n dobro n banjer (what a man!), and Ashley Conine on smokin blues harmonica.

"Most Promising Artist"

"Best Female Vocalist"

- 2007 Charlotte Music Awards

Please check the show dates regularly as we might be playing in a town near you soon! Come support local original music.

04/25/2008 - IT'S HERE!!!!
After a year and a half of hard work and waiting, El Camino is in our hands! El Camino is South85's much anticipated debut CD, and we hope you will all be as pleased with it as we are. The website will be revamped soon with online purchasing added, but until then you'll have to come out to a show to get your hands on a copy! Thanks to all who helped us along the long road of completing this album, and an especially big thanks to everyone who comes to our shows and enjoys our music - this is for YOU!!!

03/03/2008 - Marion County Music Festival/Rowdy Frynds Tour Dates Confirmed!!
This could be it folks! South85 has confirmed June 12-14, 2008 at the Carolina Entertainment Complex, and will be supporting Hank Williams Jr., Lynrd Skynrd, Sugarland, Gretchen Wilson, and many more national acts on this stop of the Rowdy Frynds Tour. We need absolutely everyone that can support us on this one as it could be our big break. Make hotel reservations now, or plan on packing a tent or the RV as there will be camping areas available. Also be sure to pick up a South85 T-shirt beforehand (which will be added to the site soon) so you can show your support!!

12/3/2007 - Great Night at The Evening Muse
Thanks you all so much for comiing to our first show at The Evening Muse. It was great seeing so many familiar faces from near and far having a good time. Special thanks to our Tater brothers and sisters for making the drive and continuing to show us that Tater Family love! New pics from the show will be up soon!

11/20/2007 - A Big Thanks!
Thanks to all of you who made the First Annual South85 Interstate Jam a great success! We were blown away by the turnout and all the friends old and new who came out for a night of fun and music. A special thanks to Gary Puckett of Puckett's Farm Equipment for having us in the only true honky tonk in the Queen City, and another big thanks to all of the bands who shared the stage with us - Country & Western Bill, The Black Bottom Biscuits, and The Loose Lugnuts!

09/7/2007 - South85 Takes Home 2 Awards at the Charlotte Music Awards!!
South 85 won twice last night for Most Promising Artist - South85 and Best Female Vocalist - Tracy Wyatt, at the Charlotte Music Awards. It felt great getting such recognition in our first year together as a band, and hopefully it will open some new doors for us in the time to come. Many thanks to our friends and fans who always come out to see us play, as well as the great Charlotte venues that have been so good to us over the last year!

Today the CMA's, tomorrow the world!!!

06/18/2007
Thanks for the great show of support at Puckett's this weekend - it was great seeing faces both new and old having a good time! Thanks double to Cattletruck for giving us the opportunity to share the stage.

We've got a lot on the horizin now with new shows lining up all the time as well as moving foward with work on our debut CD. We are pushing for an October release date, and progress in the studio has been awesome so far! Be sure to check the Shows page often as some tour dates have changed, and new ones are popping up all the time.

See y'uns on the road!

05/30/2007
Thanks to everyone that came out and supported us at the 16th Annual Plum Hollow Festival! It was by the best performing experience we've had to date and we couldn't have done it with out our friends old and new to cheer us on. Only 6 more months till Moonshiners!!

Be sure to come check us out at Dolce Vita in NODA, Charlotte, NC on June 8th, and also at Puckett's in Charlotte, NC on June 15th w/Cattletruck. We look foward to seeing you all again soon!