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Rising country group
The Statesboro Revue
knows a thing or two
about tenacity.
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Comprised of principal songwriter Stewart Mann and his younger brother Garrett, The Statesboro Revue has taken their brand of rock and roll-infused country across the globe. Thanks to Zebco, Wide Open Spaces was able to hang out and go fishing with the Mann brothers to talk a little more about their career.
The truck already had a name for itself, at least on Instagram, where Pierce started @the_Pandra and shared photos (while gathering a good community of followers).
The Pandra vaulted into truck immortality when the fires started and Pierce took it upon himself to step up. He used his vehicle and his fortitude to get himself to safety on two separate occasions, then helped evacuate a local hospital.
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As his town was burning around him, the truck was dealing with its own share of abuse. The melted taillight covers, the plastic that began to drip away, and the toasted marshmallow paint job are the visible scars that the Tundra suffered, but the integrity of the truck survived.
The only exterior portion of the truck that was virtually unaffected by the heat and the flames was the DECKED Storage System he had installed in the bed.
When DECKED and Toyota heard about The Pandra's story, they both paid back the selflessness with replacements.
The Pandra now sits in Toyota's Plano, Texas corporate headquarters as a testament to the toughness Pierce, his truck, and his DECKED system showed
that day.
Not only did DECKED replace the system for Pierce's new truck, but they also donated the amount of his first system to the GoFundMe page set up by his friends.
Pierce likes to think he did what anyone would do, and focuses on what's important. The Pandra helped him set up a triage station on the hospital's helipad, where he and his fellow rescuers watched the city succumb to the flames. Once his family was safe and his duty at the hospital fulfilled, Pierce became reflective.
He knew saving things like his photographs, written song lyrics, and treasured guitars was most crucial. Anything else could be replaced. What couldn't was the history of his town, the people who made it their home. Luckily, he and The Panda were there to help preserve some of that.
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Aug. 19, 2019
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When you go and write a song,
you're not gonna have the hit song
idea right off the bat, and
you're not gonna catch the big
fish right off the bat "
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The brothers took time to cast Zebco rods out into Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, not to mention hop in a couple of kayaks. “There’s something about being outside and being in nature and serenity like that that really inspires you to write,” says guitarist Garrett Mann.
The band also finds time to fish while out on the road if they have any spare time. Some of my favorite fishing memories while on tour — we’d head to the southeast and we’d literally just pull over, random spots, random exits, and we’d go fishing,” Stewart Mann says. He also finds a lot of parallels between playing music and casting rods.
I think there’s a ton of similarities between fishing and playing music, with tempo and rhythm and feel,” Mann says. “Yeah that definitely relates to music,” adds Garrett.
When you fish you connect to something,” Stewart opines. “And when you play music, especially the music that we play, we’re totally connected to that. That’s why we do it.”
Garrett pauses. “So we’re not stopping,” he adds. “Heck no,” chimes Stewart.
Wide Open Country caught up with Riggs, who just released his new EP Love & Panic, in Nashville. The emerging start talked about finding balance in an often hectic career — while fishing the Cumberland River, just steps from downtown Nashville.
Sam Riggs spent much of his upbringing enjoying the outdoors. “It was a real musical family, real rural family,” Riggs says. “Kind of grew up blue collar, so being in the woods and fishing was always a big part of my life.”
He learned a lot about fishing from his granddad, who was a preacher and fished “religiously,” Riggs says. As an artist who built his fan base by touring relentlessly, Riggs has seen a lot of the country. “It’s the most amazing job in the world,” he says.
And for an artist as passionate as Riggs, spending a little bit of time by the water certainly helps replenish all that energy spent performing across the country night in and night out. Even if it means just pulling a Zebco rod out from behind his seat and stealing away for an hour.
Wide Open Spaces caught up with Riggs, who just released his new EP Love & Panic, in Nashville. The emerging start talked about finding balance in an often hectic career — while fishing the Cumberland River, just steps from downtown Nashville.
Sam Riggs spent much of his upbringing enjoying the outdoors. “It was a real musical family, real rural family,” Riggs says. “Kind of grew up blue collar, so being in the woods and fishing was always a big part of my life.”
He learned a lot about fishing from his granddad, who was a preacher and fished “religiously,” Riggs says. As an artist who built his fan base by touring relentlessly, Riggs has seen a lot of the country. “It’s the most amazing job in the world,” he says.
And for an artist as passionate as Riggs, spending a little bit of time by the water certainly helps replenish all that energy spent performing across the country night in and night out. Even if it means just pulling a Zebco rod out from behind his seat and stealing away for an hour.
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“When I started the band I had an idea of where I thought the band could go, where I wanted the band to go, where I hoped the band could go,” Mann tells Wide Open Spaces. “We’ve done a lot of really cool things. Sold records all over the world. Toured all over the world.”
The brothers took time to cast Zebco rods out into Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, and hop into a couple of kayaks. “There’s something about being outside and being in nature and serenity like that that really inspires you to write,” says guitarist Garrett Mann.
The band finds time to fish while out on the road, recognizing the fact that they’re in new territory and there’s no better way to get to know a place. “Some of my favorite fishing memories while on tour — we’d head to the southeast and we’d literally just pull over, random spots, random exits, and we’d go fishing,” Stewart Mann says. He also finds a lot of parallels between playing music and casting rods.
“I think there’s a ton of similarities between fishing and playing music, with tempo and rhythm and feel,” Mann says. “Yeah that definitely relates to music,” adds Garrett.
When you fish you connect to something,” Stewart opines. “And when you play music, especially the music that we play, we’re totally connected to that. That’s why we do it.”
Garrett pauses. “So we’re not stopping,” he adds. “Heck no,” chimes Stewart.
“When I started the band I had an idea of where I thought the band could go, where I wanted the band to go, where I hoped the band could go,” Mann tells Wide Open Spaces. “We’ve done a lot of really cool things. Sold records all over the world. Toured all over the world.”
The brothers took time to cast Zebco rods out into Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, and hop into a couple of kayaks. “There’s something about being outside and being in nature and serenity like that that really inspires you to write,” says guitarist Garrett Mann.
The band finds time to fish while out on the road, recognizing the fact that they’re in new territory and there’s no better way to get to know a place. “Some of my favorite fishing memories while on tour — we’d head to the southeast and we’d literally just pull over, random spots, random exits, and we’d go fishing,” Stewart Mann says. He also finds a lot of parallels between playing music and casting rods.
I think there’s a ton of similarities between fishing and playing music, with tempo and rhythm and feel,” Mann says. “Yeah that definitely relates to music,” adds Garrett.
When you fish you connect to something,” Stewart opines. “And when you play music, especially the music that we play, we’re totally connected to that. That’s why we do it.”
Garrett pauses. “So we’re not stopping,” he adds. “Heck no,” chimes Stewart.
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“When I started the band I had an idea of where I thought the band could go, where I wanted the band to go, where I hoped the band could go,” Mann tells Wide Open Spaces. “We’ve done a lot of really cool things. Sold records all over the world. Toured all over the world.”
The brothers took time to cast Zebco rods out into Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, and hop into a couple of kayaks. “There’s something about being outside and being in nature and serenity like that that really inspires you to write,” says guitarist Garrett Mann.
The band finds time to fish while out on the road, recognizing the fact that they’re in new territory and there’s no better way to get to know a place. “Some of my favorite fishing memories while on tour — we’d head to the southeast and we’d literally just pull over, random spots, random exits, and we’d go fishing,” Stewart Mann says. He also finds a lot of parallels between playing music and casting rods.
“I think there’s a ton of similarities between fishing and playing music, with tempo and rhythm and feel,” Mann says. “Yeah that definitely relates to music,” adds Garrett.
“When you fish you connect to something,” Stewart opines. “And when you play music, especially the music that we play, we’re totally connected to that. That’s why we do it.”
Garrett pauses. “So we’re not stopping,” he adds.
“Heck no,” chimes Stewart.
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