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Late singer gets ‘Idol’ dedication
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When “American Idol” contestant and former Buckhead nightspot singer Michael Johns dedicated his performance of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” Tuesday night, many in the close-knit Atlanta music community got a lump in their throats.
Johns announced on air he had selected the song as a tribute to late Garrison Field frontman Jon Allmett, who was just 36 and a newlywed when he died unexpectedly last August. Allmett, a native of England, and the Australian Johns frequently hung together at clubs like C.J.’s Landing during their years singing in Atlanta clubs (Garrison Fields’ 1998 debut disc “Open” was a particular favorite here at Buzz Central).
Friends and fans said Wednesday that the song Johns selected was much loved by the late Garrison Field singer, whose band was often described as “Beatlesque.”
On Wednesday, Q100 “Bert Show” Entertainment Buzz correspondent Jen Hobby shared an e-mail with us from a friend of Allmett’s who announced that the longtime musical director of Camp Twin Lakes also will have a music room and recording studio dedicated in his name this summer at the camp enjoyed by metro Atlanta special-needs kids.
The singer’s page at Myspace.com/jonallmett remains up and operating with benefit updates and touching tributes posted by family and friends (Johns, incidentally, is Allmett’s No. 2 “friend” on the page).
Collective Soul guitarist Dean Roland, his business partner Paul Broft and their hipster nightlife Web site investors also were praising Johns on Wednesday. During his taped interview segment on “A.I.” Tuesday night, Johns sported a SneakySunday.com T-shirt, giving a plug on the No. 1-rated TV show for the Atlanta-based Web site poised to go national in 90-plus cities on April 1.
The Web site is designed to help nightcrawlers with crucial clubbing, dining and other hospitality-oriented decisions on nights other than the traditional Friday and Saturday.
Or as Buzz likes to refer to it: Work.
COTTON MILL CLEANUP
Thanks to his frequently updated Myspace.com page, we’ve been able to keep up with our old pal Brandon Sutton since last weekend’s tornado touched down. Until Friday night, the “retired” nightclub DJ turned interactive marketing rep resided at the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts in Cabbagetown. Thankfully, Sutton’s space in H Building did not take a direct hit. Still, on Wednesday, Sutton was surveying the damage to the Lofts and those omnipresent blue tarps on the roofs in his ‘hood from a downtown hotel room where he’s now living.
“The whole property’s been evacuated until further notice,” Sutton told us. “We’ve been allowed in for 30 minutes each day to carry out things we need, but IDs are being checked at the door and the property has been secured.” Even while frightening pictures of the disaster area are posted on his Myspace.com page, Sutton is retaining a sense of humor. On Wednesday, his Myspace status read: “Brandon is getting spoiled by room service.”
On Saturday at 10 a.m., Sutton, his neighbors and those who want to help clean up the decimated area and aid those whose lives have been upended by the storm will meet at the Cotton Mill Lofts rear gate on Carroll Street, which is unaffected.
CHANGING CHANNELS
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the tough-love relationships expert last heard in Atlanta on WGST-AM in 2004, is set to come back into town, presumably at WCFO-AM (1160), currently a business talk station.
Nationally, Dr. Laura still draws millions of listeners but she remains highly polarizing. Some find her schtik annoying, if not insulting. Recently, for instance, she seemed to be excoriating Eliot Spitzer’s wife more than the former New York governor himself for his taste for prostitutes. Dr. Laura was hugely popular on WSB-AM (750) in the 1990s but when she came over to WGST, her ratings dropped in half and by 2004, she was gone.
Meanwhile, over at WGCL, TV reporter/anchor Cari Champion told Buzz she is leaving the station for a yet unspecified new broadcast job outside the Atlanta market. She made headlines in November for possibly uttering a profanity on air by accident and getting fired. She later fought back publicly, hiring an attorney and explaining to the press she said “mothersucka,” not the curse word management thought she had. WGCL hired Champion back in January, but her return was obviously short-lived.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Producer Carl Reiner is 86. Actor Hal Linden is 77. Singer Jerry Reed is 71. Director Spike Lee is 51. Actress Holly Hunter is 50. Singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is 32.
SICK BAY
CNN’s Anderson Cooper was back at work Wednesday after minor surgery two days earlier to remove a cancerous mole from underneath his left eye.
There was no indication the skin cancer had spread, spokeswoman Shimrit Sheetrit said.
Cooper, 40, blogged about his procedure Wednesday as he was following Barack Obama for a special edition of Cooper’s nightly news show.
Contributing: Rodney Ho and news services
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