Joe Bagley

I'm finishing a PhD in history at Georgia State University and teaching world and American history at the moment, but playing music is still a big part of my life. I still play acoustic and with the Joe Bagley Band in Alabama quite a lot, especially in Auburn. I also have been playing with Atlanta's Blue Denim, doing a lot of private parties and some club shows all over the South. Writing has been in the back seat for so long I've nearly forgotten it was there, but I think it still is. Said goodbye to any dream of 'making it' without making the kind of committment one must make to even roll the dice, but if nothing else I still make money doing something I love. Sometimes I play what I want, including my own stuff; other times I play what I have to. No matter what, I get paid to entertain people and to play with some bad ass musicians. Not too bad.