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Southern Culture on the Skids bassist Mary Huff plays a riff of their rockabilly surfer rock sound during the band’s performance Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Southern Culture on the Skids Brings Surf-Rockabilly to Stuart’s

Posted on: Saturday, September 10, 2016

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Last night Stuart’s Opera House reverberated with the unique sounds of Southeast Ohio’s The D-Rays and Chapel Hill, NC’s own Southern Culture on the Skids. Check out these shots, taken by WOUB’s Jennifer Coombs, from the Friday night show.

Rick Miller, guitarist for the rockabilly surf band Southern Culture on the Skids, performed at Stuart’s Opera House Friday night. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes) — Rick Miller, guitarist for the rockabilly surf band Southern Culture on the Skids, performs at Stuart’s Opera House Friday night. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Drummer Maceo Gabbard of local surf rock band The D-Rays played with his band before Southern Culture on the Skids Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes) — Drummer Maceo Gabbard of local surf rock band The D-Rays played before Southern Culture on the Skids Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Erick Coleman, guitarist for local surf rock band The D-Rays performed with his band Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville before headlining band Southern Culture on the Skids took the stage.(WOUB/Jennifer Coombes) — Erick Coleman, guitarist for The D-Rays performed with his band Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville before headlining band Southern Culture on the Skids took the stage.(WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Local surf rock band The D-Rays opend for Southern Culture on the Skids Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. The band is Missy Pence on bass, Maceo Gabbard on drums Erick Coleman on lead guitar. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes) — The D-Rays opened for Southern Culture on the Skids Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. The band is Missy Pence on bass, Maceo Gabbard on drums
Erick Coleman on lead guitar. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

The rockabilly surf rock band Southern Culture on the Skids performed to packed audience Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes) — Southern Culture on the Skids performed to packed audience Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Rockabilly surf band Southern Culture on the Skids performed to a packed house Friday night at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)

Guitarist Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids performs a riff of the band’s rockabilly surf music to a packed audience at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville Friday night. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)