Six dudes, one sax, and a whole lot of chaos 🎷😂 Mary Stone & cohost Matthew Battise wrangle Fayetteville’s own Hydryver in a small room packed with jokes, potty humor, and unforgettable stories. When Matthew Battise asks, ‘What’s the craziest thing that ever happened at a show?’ the band erupts into tales of nights gone off the rails —even revealing details about their recent set at Nude Stock (yes, a nudist colony festival -shhh🤫) To quote Gus the guitarist “Authenticity is very magnetic and also very repellant to those who don’t understand it!" This is definitely the most Authentic Podcast we have ever released with very little editing. We wanted to invite you to backstage banter with us so grab a beer and listen in!

In this episode, Hydryver members are extremely proud to introduce us to their newest member, award‑winning saxophonist Chris Nelson. Hear how he’s bringing fresh fire to the band. To hear more about Chris’s other life in the Country Music World and his songwriting process, listen in to the previous episode of SoPines Scene Podcast where we featured Chris Nelson.

Hydryver is currently gearing up for their Nov 21 blowout at Raleigh’s Lincoln Theatre with blues‑funk rockers Effing and Blinding and Raleigh’s hard‑hitting Dirty Remnantz.

This episode is pure backstage energy spilling over and we are so excited to see a band that plays in Moore County head on to bigger stages and we wish them all the best! PS – Look out for their New Year’s Even Announcement soon!

Chris Nelson is in a rockin Country Band called the Chris Nelson Band. In Moore County, NC you may have seen him at Neville's Club with the Saxophone and various band members including Jon Nowiski on Bass, Henry Knight on Lead guitar, Kyle Mills on Drums, an occasional pedal steel, or even an additional sax player - Zach Harris from last week's episode! Chris Nelson and his band are headed to the Josie Music Awards this weekend in Nashville at the Opry- the awards will be aired on American Country Network.

Chris is nominated for 2025:
Male Vocalist of The Year
Musician of The Year (Sax)
Country Song of The Year
Rising Star of The Year

and we sat down with him in studio this week!

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In this episode, Mary and Matthew sit down with DJ Saxy aka Zach Harris, and we find out about the plan for Oct 25th at 1901 Lounge. Zach has a double life - Aberdeen, NC Firefighter by day and DJ by night doing weddings, events, and dance parties all over Moore County and beyond! Find out how Zach started playing Saxophone and solve the mystery of the Missing Southern Pines Ornaments! At the end of the episode Mary and Matthew give you several Halloween parties to hit up in Southern Pines and Aberdeen, NC!

Multi-Instrumentalist, singer songwriter, and producer Chelsea Davis comes to the studio with Mary Stone and Matthew Battise. The three discuss Chelsea's projects: MoonTransmissions, SparkByrd, Turf, and more! Matthew asks the craziest thing that ever happened at a show and what is Chelsea's process for song writing. We get into a little bit of everything including Femme Fest, MoCo Rising, Open Mics and even Football!

Mary Stone sits down with Shannon Butler, a great friend and fellow musician with similar passion for the music scene. Shannon gives us details on all the fun things happening at Femme Fest this weekend at Red's Corner as well as how Hilltop Music Fest is connected with other fundraisers and a Music opportunity for the whole community on Tuesdays at the West Southern Pines Center.

This week Bonnie from Mira Foundation joins Mary Stone and they talk about the bands and festivities happening this Saturday in Pinehurst at Mira Fest: Tunes, Tacos and Tequila is the theme and the festival is family friendly! Tickets are available at the gate for only $25 and there will be music inside and outside!

Mira Fest with13 Bands including Tumbao, Julia Golden, Autumn Nicholas, and Justin Clyde Williams.

This week Chris from Scroggins Band and Franklin from Aftermath join co-hosts Mary Stone and Matthew Battise as we continue to discuss what brings us all together, the craziest things that have happenned at our shows and how the Fayetteville area bands have contributed to the Moore County Music Scene.

Musicians banter about karaoke, open mic, screamo, technique, and gear ensues and we end with ideas that could possibly help bands and musicians in the Moore County NC area right now.

Co-Hosts Mary Stone and Matthew Battise bring in two musicians who have been on the scene in Moore County NC for a while. We get to know Franklin's real first name, hear Chris's impression of Keith Sweat, and Matthew asks about the craziest thing that's ever happened to both bands at a show. Chris Scroggins of Scroggins band from Fayetteville, NC and Franklin Branch of Aftermath out of Rockingham, NC are super nice dudes who help other musicians and artists and we are so excited to bring them in studio this week and next week!