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Albany | Curt Chandler

by Curt Chandler
One-man-band Jeff Crouch plays a slow dance tune inside the Lower Place.
Lisa Trisdale dances at the Lower Place. She likes Static “because you can carry on.”
JoAnn Starnes (right) of Albany, Ky. shares a laugh with Sue McGaha of Columbia, Ky., during an afternoon at the Lower Place.
Miller beer salesman, Greg Loftis, wheels beer into the Lower Place. During the hot summer months he says he’ll deliver 1,200 cases of beer to the town’s bar and package outlets.
Samuel Dyer and Theresa Tuggle of Albany cuddle at the Lower Place bar as Jeff Crouch plays the guitar. Samuel’s brother, Bill Dyer, and his date, Crystal Bishman, are the next couple down the bar.
Former bouncer Billy Evans watches the world go by from the from door of the Lower Place.
The Lower Place in Static, Tennessee
The Lower Place in Static, Tennessee
The Lower Place in Static, Tennessee
One-man-band Jeff Crouch plays a slow dance tune inside the Lower Place.
Lisa Trisdale dances at the Lower Place. She likes Static “because you can carry on.”
The Lower Place in Static, Tennessee, got its name because it is downhill from the rest of this small town.

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