New Washington record label debuts Adam Reddick CD at Farmers Market

Adam Reddick and his band, Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival, celebrated their new CD release at the Washington Farmers Market Saturday night.

The growing Washington music scene just took a couple of steps toward cool last week with the debut of the first CD put out by a new Washington-based label.

That's correct, a new Washington, Georgia-based record label.

Court Street Records is the new record label, said managing partner Bradley Barber, and came into being with the release of a self-titled debut album by Athens-based musician Adam Reddick. A pre-release party was held Saturday at the Washington Farmers Market for Reddick's friends, fans, family, and his band - Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival.

The CD came about because Barber saw a demand for a product. "After Adam performed at the Market Days 2007 Street Festival last October, fans lined up waiting to buy his CD, except there was one slight problem - he didn't have a CD to offer," Barber said "After seeing people's disappointment first-hand, that's when he made the smart decision to go into the recording studio."

Court Street Records, a sister company of Washington Wilkes Ventures LLC, was the way to fill that need, and quickly. "Adam is about to go to Japan for six months for his Masters program, and we wanted to get the buzz started prior to the release, and so that all the people close to Adam and his band, Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival, have time to celebrate his first offering," Barber said.

Adam Reddick has such an enthusiastic fan base at the Washington Farmers Market, Barber said, he offered to have the pre-release party there. "In addition to the annual Market Days Street Festival, the Washington Farmers Market promotes free live local music every Thursday night by hosting musicians from all over Georgia," he said. "Adam has been pivotal in helping spread the word about 'Live at the Washington Farmers Market' to other bands and fans around the Athens area since he first played at the Market in 2007."

The artist felt like he fit the venue. "I'm a grass-roots kind of musician," Riddick said, "and the Farmers Market is a grass-roots venue - we're a perfect pair."

Barber said he's excited about the reception he expects the CD will get. "The Dylan-esque style of Adam Reddick and his powerful lyrics have been cultivated in this first offering," he said, "and leaves the listener with a greater understanding that depth is not defined by age. At just 23, Adam has already developed a soulful, old-time-y style reminiscent of early bluegrass, and combined it with intelligent lyrics that tell stories about lost love, unusual real-life events and Southern folk tales."

Barber said that although the album will not be officially released until early autumn, there were several hundred copies on-hand for Saturday night's pre-release party. A full house enjoyed Reddick's all-original songs include audience favorites "Broke and Broken Hearted" and "Bitin' Spider," with performances by well-known Athens musicians including fiddle player Adam Poulin and drummer Louis Pelot.

"They were great Saturday night," Barber said. "It was a perfect night for music in Washington."

And it was definitely cooler.

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