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11/21/2008 - The 2nd Annual South85 Interstate Jam - Saturday 11/22/2008
Join us tomorrow night, 11/22/2008 at 10pm for the 2nd Annual South85 Interstate Jam! This year promises to be a great show as we are sharing the stage with local friends the Loose Lugnuts as well as Winston-Salem's Finest, The Bo Stevens. Come join the party!!

11/21/2008 - South85 Takes Home 2 Awards at the 2008 CMA's
South85 brought home 2 awards last night at the 2nd Annual Charlotte Music Awards. First accepted was "Winner of the 2008 Americana Showcase" followed by "Best Songwriter" for Kathy Neal. We were also honored to perform El Camino during the ceremony alongside some of Charlotte's best talents. Thank you all for you help and support; we wouldn't have received any of this without you!

10/20/2008 - The Shelby Art of Sound Festival
Thanks to everyone who came out Saturday to support us at our first appearance at the esteemed Shelby Art of Sound Festival! It was truly an honor to be included on the bill along with the likes of such musicians as Jim Lauderdale, Mike Marshall, and Jack Lawrence, as well as local talents such as Tater, WSNB, Acoustic Sydicate, and Mama Said (to name a few).

Don't forget to come out this Friday, October 24th to party with us at Carolina Bistro off of 521 near Fort Mill, SC. It's sure to be a fun filled night with the coldest beer and hottest wings around! See the Tour Dates page for directions and more info. Hope to see you there!

10/09/2008 - Moonshiner's Reflections and Upcoming Shows
All in all, one word can describe our latest outing to the Moonshiner's Reunion - INCREDIBLE!! Many thanks to everyone that came out and showed support for all of the bands, and most importantly showed support for Barney and Debbie Barnwell. You would've never known Barney was ill from his performance, and we have never seen a crowd of this size before at the Plum Hollow Farm. We enjoyed seeing all of our friends from years past, and were honored to meet many new faces. Thanks to you all!

09/01/2008 - The New & Improved South85.com!
At long last we have done a major overhaul to our website. There's many new cool features for you to check out; including a new Online Store where you can purchase music and South85 merchandise, a super cool new Photo Gallery with plenty of new pics for your viewing pleasure, as well as our new Video section with clips of live South85 performances. We hope you enjoy it!

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!!