Brittany Howard, lead singer of Alabama Shakes, headlines Get Up 3, a benefit concert supporting Druid City Brewing’s mission to foster the local music scene in Tuscaloosa.
Bo is out there fighting the fight to keep live music going in the community,” Howard tells AL.com via email, “and it is very important to me that new and upcoming bands have all of the opportunities I had and more. Also, selfishly, we had so much fun playing the shows in the past so I knew it would be an exciting way for me to finish off a long 2024.
A generational singer and prismatic maestro, Howard is known for solo hits like “Stay High” and classics like “Hold On” with her former band, Athens soul-rockers The Alabama Shakes, one of few remaining Tuscaloosa venues focused on original music. Back in the day, Hicks was a member of beloved local bands like funk group Chinese Dentist and alt-rockers Proceeds from Tuscaloosa Get Up 3, set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Tuscaloosa’s Bama Theatre, “will help Druid City Brewing in their continuing mission to bring the best in live and original music to Tuscaloosa,” according to Howard. “It’s hard as a small business to make sure bands make a livable wage,” Hick says, “and that’s something that’s very important to us. And as venues have started to become fewer and fewer, it gets harder and harder for musicians find a place that cares. When I was younger and playing and touring, we got by on the kindness of a lot of venues that actually cared about the artist, and not just about money.”Some of the artists that have performed at Druid City Brewing include The Pollies, a Shoals band that recently teamed with R&B singer Billy Allen for the single “River.” In addition to Howard’s headlining set, Get Up 3 boasts a stocked pond of Alabama indie icons and rising talents: Her star’s never been brighter or higher. Her time has never been more in-demand. So it says something she prioritized performing at Get Up 3. It’s also worth noting some of the Alabama venues Howard performed early in her career with Alabama Shakes, including legendary Tuscaloosa dive bar Egan’s and Huntsville’s Crossroads Music Hall, have since shuttered
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