Sonic Spotlight -- Billy Reeves
By Ryan Wehmeyer| Staff Writer
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Jeff Newman and Billy Reeves play Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

NAME: Billy Reeves

AGE: 55

HOMETOWN: Augusta

OCCUPATION: Barber, Daniel Village Barber Shop

MEMBER OF: Dew Hickies

PLAYS: Pictured with his Gold Tone electric banjo. "I do own one of the top-of-the-line (banjos), a Gibson Mastertone, but the neck got broke off. Somebody knocked it over on stage. So I had to buy (the Gold Tone). ... It's more fun. It's a lot lighter."

FAVORITE CONCERT ATTENDED: Atlanta International Pop Festival, Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, Ga., 1969. "They had the heavyweights there, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. ... That was with Steve Morse. We were so young. ... We were neophyte hippies."

FAVORITE FAST-FOOD: Taco Bell

FAVORITE PERFORMANCE: Still Water Tap Room, 2009. "The stage was so tiny, and we were so cramped. And the door was wide open, and they were charging two bucks a head. And the place, you couldn't even move in there. It was so packed, and people were dancing and whooping and hollering."

FAVORITE IPHONE APP: Maps

FAVORITE ALBUMS: Rubber Soul, The Beatles; Wildflowers, Tom Petty; Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

NICKNAME: Shaky Shears

WORST PERFORMANCE: Headliners at Blythe Fever, 2009. "I broke strings on (my banjo and guitar) and didn't have replacements for either."

FAVORITE MOVIE: Sling Blade

From the Thursday, October 22, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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