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A Knoxville pop music legend
Posted By katie allison granju
If you’ve never heard of Carl Snow, you should. He’s one of my favorite Knoxvillians - a real gentleman - and a musical treasure. Wayne Bledsoe sat down with him this week to talk about his musical history and his newest venture:
Talking with Carl Snow is like going into the musical wrestling ring. The conversation twists and turns. One false move and he has you in a headlock over the history of David Bowie and Brian Eno. Miss paying attention for just one minute and you’re sideswiped with a story about one of his bands having to play behind walls of plastic to avoid being drowned in beer or he’s body slammed you with an off-cuff critique of a beloved local rocker. And be careful how you describe him:
“If I read where one more person has called me ‘burly,’ I’m gonna have to kill them,” says Snow, knowing that the guy on the other end now has every intention of repeating that the rocker is, indeed, “burly.”
Snow has been a part of the Knoxville rock scene since the early 1980s when he fronted the now legendary hardcore punk band KoRo. He followed that group with the bands Whitey, Red, Screaming Boy Blue, the Big Stickmen, the Blue Balls, 30 Amp Fuse and, most recently, Carl Snow’s Summer of Love.
Apr 15th, 2008
