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!