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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Video: Brothers in the band

Blame James to rock Blacksburg, but first, they practice

Video by Lindsay Key, Justin Cook | Production by Jim Ellison

BLACKSBURG — A beer bottle smokes on the front porch, stuffed with the remains of the last cigarette break. An upholstered maroon chair faces a porch swing. Behind the broken, knobless door: a living room converted to a makeshift bedroom, with tribal afghans tacked to the walls.

Matt Sielski sleeps in his living room. It’s a sacrifice that he can blame James Garrett for.

The Radford University graduate, who has moved to Lynchburg, introduced four of his local music-playing friends, including Sielski, nearly four years ago. For the past two years, the musicians calling themselves “Blame James” have practiced in what would be Sielski’s bedroom, a 12-by-15-foot room in the back of the house. Read more of the story.

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