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Creative Loafing Magazine, Atlanta, GA - 9/30/98

Athens/Atlanta four-piece filet of soul have a debut CD, incommunicado, on Shank Records; Bill Mallonee of the Vigilantes of Love produced three of filet's tunes, including the disc-opening "Away."

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA - 9/16/98

TROLLIN' FOR SOUL: Finally, let us mention incommunicado, the new album from the sorta funky Filet of Soul. You've missed the Sept. 12 release party at the High Hat, but that doesn't mean you can't pick up the CD, which features guest Randall Bramblett playing his Hammond organ on some tracks, including the Simply Red-esque "Away." If you like wah-wahs and albums produced by members of the Vigilantes of Love then you should probably pour your life savings into this thing.

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA - 6/16/98

CATCH OF THE DAY: filet of soul's new CD, incommunicado, is moving along.  You can get a preview of their song "away" on their website. Contributors on the project include Randall Bramblett playing the Hammond B-3 organ and clavinet, Bradley Cox on piano and Jim Sullivan (Alabama Symphony, Atlanta Opera) playing oboe and conducting the string section.

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA - 4/29/98

COULD IT BE THE MOON?: filet of soul will be in Full Moon Studios beginning April 27 to work on their debut CD. .A June release date is anticipated.  Other filet of soul news: they played to their biggest crowd to date (1,800) at the North Georgia Youth Convention in Decatur. And the release party for a live CD drummer Cornelius Freeman recorded with his hometown church in Memphis, Tenn., was broadcast on Black Entertainment Television.

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA - 3/5/98

filet of soul has a new bass player, Randy Chester. He played with them at their last gig at Strand Live Venue in January. Randy recently toured with Liquid Sunshine playing lead guitar. Randy also occasionally performs his own material solo.  He recently opened up for the Vigilantes of Love. Former bassist Seth Cain has moved to Virginia but is in negotiations with the band to play some lead guitar parts on filet of soul's debut full-length CD planned for this spring.

The Athens Banner-Herald, Athens, GA - 7/18/97

(Athfest preview)

This four-piece band has reportedly just signed a pretty big record deal so you better catch them at Athfest while you can.

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA- 7/2/97

filet of soul are taking a small break, but will resume playing out at the end of the month -- you can catch the band at Athfest in July. filet of soul were recently the featured artists on Arizona State University's college radio station (WASU). Their tape the king street demos was played in it's entirety on both a Friday and a Saturday night (cool tape -- I dig it).

Alternative Venue News - 5/2/97

From Georgia comes an energetic 6 song demo from filet of soul. This alterna-rock quartet has some talent. The song writing and instrumentation is very nice. I especially liked the guitar work on the more melodic songs. It reminded me of some of REM's earlier work. The lyrics are strong. Southern alternative influences are all over this album.

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine (online edition), Athens, GA - 4/9/97

filet of soul has souled out (whoops, sold out) of their six-song cassette after only two gigs. More are on order so I'll keep you posted when it's available in stores. I spent last week in Atlanta and the filet of soul tape saved me a number of times from bad radio.

The Lion's Tale Student Newspaper, Emmanuel College - 4/97

filet of soul is a band that has risen to student recognition this quarter. filet of soul is Adam Beadles, Seth Cain, Greg Beadles and Cornelius Freeman. The band made their EC area debut at Shepherd's Pasture on March 1, and the coffee shop was full to the brim with friends, family and people just curious to see if these guys were any good. The on-lookers were not disappointed - the music was spectacular and so was the message behind it. Seth Cain, the band's bassist said, "We're kind of an alterna-folk-funk rock band. We're just trying to make good music with a positive message".

The Flagpole Weekly Magazine, Athens, GA - 2/5/97

Charles Sewell, better known as Boog from Small Town Studio, reports that he has been surrounded by excellence as of late. Boog reports that a new band, filet of soul, has recorded six songs at Small Town.