“I didn’t know anything about running a business—I just knew I was supposed to do it,” Matt says. “I wasn't trying to make a living anymore. I was trying to make a difference.”

If you love good food and hanging out in downtown Jasper, make plans to attend the fourth annual “Jasper Eats” from April 15-17, 2021.

“I don’t write conceptual lyrics,” Davidson says. “I sing about real stuff. All those things I’ve seen, felt and experienced with my own being. I write from pain and anguish, but it connects to me other people.”

78 Magazine’s April issue will be Future’s So Bright: 30 Under 30, so we wanted to catch up with some of Walker County’s 20-somethings for a round of 13 Questions. This week, check out Clay Boylen’s answers to some fun questions!

Walker County will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual screening of the new film documentary, Starting at Zero, April 4 - 10.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $20,000 to establish a building operator certification program at Bevill State Community College in Jasper.

“We had an upright piano. My sister and I would pick out melodies for hours, then take the bottom panel out and make horror music by raking the strings until our mother told us to stop.”

 “The first thing I did, I rode around until I saw a music store,” Junior laughs. “I bought a cheap, hundred-dollar Lotus guitar. It was hard to play and sounded poor. I was there for 33 days with no TV, no radio. Every night I sat around the pool and played.”

After college, Chris spent a few years working for a pharmacy in the Jasper area. When his wife was working for Dr. Dickson in Dora, an opportunity arose for Chris to open his own pharmacy. He’d never dreamed an incredible opportunity like this was possible—and now it was staring him in the face.

“The only thing I knew how to play at the time was the hymnbook drum-set…you stack hymnbooks up on a pew, you grab ink pens and try your best to disturb everybody around you.”

78 Magazine’s April issue will be Future’s So Bright: 30 Under 30, so we wanted to catch up with some of Walker County’s 20-somethings for a round of 13 Questions. This week, check out Allie Whitaker’s answers to some fun questions!

“For me, getting to go play music, whether it’s here in town, another state, or whether I’m with a major artist or hometown pickers, it doesn’t matter to me. The greatest show I’ll ever play is the very next one.”

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) today released a $23,973.21 grant for the City of Dora through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program.

“It’s very important to me to make sure everything has a purpose,” she says. “I always try to make sure I'm serving a purpose in life and to people in general.”

The South’s biggest party is back August 13-14, 2021 – with an incredible lineup of musicians that fans will enjoy hearing live in beautiful Cullman, Alabama.

“I received my diploma by email while going down the interstate in Nebraska or something. I literally graduated on a tour bus.”

“As a kid, my grandfather introduced me to a lot of instrumental music, mostly jazz,” Austin reminisces. “He would show me these amazing artists like Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima and all these famous bands. And in every song, the front man was always the trumpeter, getting to play all the important stuff and adding emotion to the music…”

Every year around 700,000 children in the United States face some form of abuse. Since 1983, the month of April has been nationally recognized as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. This year, one local non-profit has plans to help bring awareness to this issue that involves the help of the entire community—and a color.

78 Magazine’s April issue will be Future’s So Bright: 30 Under 30, so we wanted to catch up with some of Walker County’s 20-somethings for a round of 13 Questions. This week, check out Zach Taylor’s answers to some fun questions!

“My whole family is musically oriented. Even my cousin who plays lead guitar for Backdraft played with Shenandoah.”