“My job is to get the audience going. It’s not about me.”
– JIM PERKINS
Singer/songwriter Jim Perkins took an unconventional road establishing himself as a musician. He did not pick up a guitar or write songs until he was in college. An Augusta native, he grew up in a rural area with no access to cable or music videos, so he taught himself to play without the advantage of watching the artists on television. Thus, it should come as no surprise that his second and third albums — Broken Record Reasons, a band project, and Jim Perkins Live, recorded at a solo acoustic performance — buck the industry trends and are being released simultaneously.
Perkins stays busy. He gigs consistently in the Georgia/South Carolina area, is a go-to guy to open for acoustic touring artists and has a CD release show on March 19. His wife and he are also preparing for relocation to Nashville in July. He spoke to verge about his road to the stage and the craft of songwriting.
Read the one on one interview page 21
www.vergelive.com
WHO: Jim Perkins Double CD Release Show + Sibling String
WHERE: Sky City www.skycityaugusta.com/
WHEN: Saturday, March 19 | 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $5 COVER
ENCORE: Jim Perkins opens for Zach Myers on March 22 at the Vue.
MORE: www.JIMPERKINSLIVE.COM
GOOD CAUSE
WALK MS
A 5k fundraising walk that benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Georgia Chapter.
9 a.m.
Free
Lake Olmstead Park
706.832.2300
GOOD CAUSE
Paws in the Park
CSRA Humane Society’s Annual Pet Walk.
Bring your pet or walk an adoptable shelter pet for a $5 donation.
9:30 a.m.
Donations
425 Wood St.,
706.261.PETS
www.CSRAHUMANESOCIETY.ORG
LITERARY
Appleby Library Book Sale
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free
2260 Walton Way
706.736.6244
www.ECGRL.ORG
FESTIVAL
Spring Artists’ Festival Family Day
Artists’ market, artist demonstrations, hands-on children’s art activities and free refreshments.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
706.722.5495
www.GHIA.ORG
FOR KIDS
Afternoon with Tina Terry
The popular NBC 26 news anchor will read books and host a full stage puppet show.
2:30 p.m.
Free
Headquarters Library
706.821.2600
www.ECGRL.COM
FOOD & WINE
Argentine Wine Tasting Dinner
Four course Argentinean-themed dinner with wine pairings and tango performances.
6:30 p.m.
$50 (pre-paid registration only)
Casa Blanca Café
706.504.3431
www.CASABLANCATIME.COM
CHRISTIAN
KEN MEDEMA
Benefit concert for Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta, a program for area homeless.
7 p.m.
$10
First Baptist Church of Augusta
706.364.4462
www.INTERFAITH-NETWORK.COM
SPORTS
Augusta Riverhawks vs. Huntsville Havoc
7:30 p.m
$12 to $18
James Brown Arena
706.993.2645
www.AUGUSTARIVERHAWKS.COM
ROCK
JIM PERKINS DOUBLE CD RELEASE
With Sibling String
9 p.m.
$5
Sky City
706.945.1270
www.ROCKBOTTOMMUSIC.COM
NATURE
Full Moon Hike
Search for animals such as owls, frogs, beavers and bats by nature’s brightest night light.
9 p.m.
$6 to $10
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
706.828.2109
