FRESH MARKET MUSIC and ART! is presented by Smyrna Arts & Cultural Council with financial support provided by Keep Smyrna Beautiful. It is held at the Smyrna Fresh Produce Market every Saturday morning from 8:00 am to noon from May 6 to September 30, 2017.
Musician Statement
Ricky and Bambi are an acoustic duo based out of Atlanta, GA. In the years that they have been working together, they have performed over 1,000 shows from California to Europe including festivals, conventions, local music venues as well as the CBS Morning Show and several other television appearances.
The duo plays a wide range of music from classic rock to 80s pop to country to bluegrass to children's music and they have released numerous CDs over the years in a variety of styles. But perhaps more importantly than their long list of achievements is the fact that even after years of touring, they still love what they do. As a result, they always bring along something to every show that can't be bought at a store: FUN!
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Artist Statement
Buddy Finethy is the legendary creator of the characters and original store aesthetics for Mellow Mushroom pizza bakers. In a wide ranging career, he's worked with Coca Cola, Frito-Lay , Rio Bravo and hundreds of other businesses big and small.
Born and raised in the upstate of South Carolina, he eventually attended Reinhardt college in Canton Ga. Underground comics, animation, album covers and psychedelic gig posters all fed his imagination. He originally pursued comic books and illustration, but found his true calling in defining identities in marketing.
Synthesizing his pop culture leanings with rock and roll tastes, he eventually found an audience steeped in his same milieu. He started doing illustration work for RELIX magazine, an outlet for the Grateful Dead, in the late 1980's.
Soon He joined the struggling nascent Mellow Mushroom pizza Chain, bringing the charecters of Mel, Dude and the wiz to life. He spent three decades designing tens of thousands of ads, T-Shirt, calendars and eventually moving on to finding his true canvas, environment design. The challenge of designing an interior and exterior embodiment was a source of never ending wonder, and he fell in love with creating a psychedelic fantasy land. He would remain a mainstay of the chain as creative director for three decades.
In his work outside of Mellow Mushroom, he's had the pleasure of working with legendary musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Taj Mahal, the Allman Brothers and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. His work with the Chili Peppers was inducted into the permanent collection of the Hard Rock Cafe in 1997.
Since retiring from Mellow Mushroom in late 2016, he's had an active roster of clients continuing his growth in new and interesting directions. You can visit his new incarnation, ARCADUS DESIGN GROUP on Facebook.
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