Josephine Johnson hosts a live Sandfly Songwriter Series episode at Driftaway Cafe in Sandfly - Savannah, Georgia, featuring local multi-instrumentalist Cory Chambers (City Hotel, Swamp Tooth) and audience Q&A.

Chambers discusses arriving in Savannah in 2011, his Atlanta-area roots, starting guitar at 18, and inspirations including John Prine. He performs songs about his grandfathers (“Ridin’ Next to Me” and the new “Concrete and Cabbagetown,” set in Depression-era Atlanta), plus Swamp Tooth material rooted in conspiracy themes (“Blue Beam,” “Reptiles on a Magazine”) and a warehouse-work anthem (“Made in China”) based on his job shipping automated cat litter boxes.

He also plays “Night Flight” about River Street’s Night Flight Cafe and debuts “Cupid Blue,” inspired by Laurel Grove Cemetery. Chambers plugs a Foxy Loxy solo gig and Swamp Tooth’s album Reptiles on a Magazine.

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VISIT DRIFTAWAY CAFE

MEET JOSEPHINE JOHNSON

MEET CORY CHAMBERS

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FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Series Welcome

00:47 Meet Cory Chambers

02:12 Dinner Plans and Questions

02:54 News and First Song

03:57 Ridin Next to Me

09:09 City Hotel vs Swamp Tooth

11:44 Origins and Early Music

15:25 Concrete and Cabbagetown

23:44 Family and Armstrong Story

26:31 Swamp Tooth Songwriting

28:11 Project Blue Beam Song

32:50 Vito Update and Bluegrass

33:20 Solo Gigs and Duo Setup

34:05 Dinner Break and Thanks

35:23 Reptiles on a Magazine

41:09 Warehouse Anthem Made in China

44:47 Cat Litter Box Day Job

46:11 Influences and Songwriting Pride

49:35 Superpower Talk and Night Flight

56:11 Closing Song Cupid Blue

01:00:16 Next Gig and Merch Plug

01:01:46 Series Outro and Credits