Pride stage performers include (clockwise from top right) Lindsey Hinkle (Photo courtesy Lindsey Hinkle), Ron Morris (Photo by George Lyter), Josh Zuckerman (Photo by Guy Guido) and DaLyrical (Photo courtesy DaLyrical).
Conquer ATL Pride stages Diverse performers dominate lineup
Lindsey
Hinkle
totaled
her
car
on
Interstate
75
while
driving
from
her
home
in
Murfreesboro,
Tenn.,
to
her
gig
at
My
Sisters’
Room
in
East
Atlanta
not
too
long
ago.
Just
another
incident
in
recent
string
of
bad
luck,
the
car
wreck
is
sure
to
inspire
a
song,
she
says.
“Yeah,
it
was
my
fault.
And
I
have
no
car
insurance,
so
I’m
in
big
trouble,”
she
says.
“But
I
already
know
[a
lyric]
for
a
song
—
‘all
you
see
is
all
I
have.’”
Hinkle,
who
performs
Sunday
at
2
p.m.
on
the
Coca-Cola
stage,
describes
her
sound
as
being
similar
to
a
“female
John
Mayer.”
She
says
all
of
her
songs
are
about
life
experiences,
especially
about
the
women
she’s
dated.
And
she
offers
a
bit
of
advice
for
those
who
do
end
up
in
a
relationship
with
her:
“Don’t
fuck
with
a
girl
with
a
microphone.”
“And
you
can
quote
me
on
that,”
she
says.
“I
try
to
write
with
some
emotion.
I
can’t
write
when
I’m
happy,
so
I
write
when
I’m
feeling
down,
usually
about
relationships,”
she
says.
Women
who’ve
broken
Hinkle's
heart
along
the
way
are
in
every
one
of
her
songs,
although
no
names
are
used.
“But
they
know
who
they
are,”
she
says,
laughing.
Hinkle
originally
hails
from
Alabama
and
moved
to
Atlanta
for
a
while,
where
she
won
the
Eddie’s
Attic
Open
Mic
Night
competition
before
moving
to
Murfreesboro
a
year
ago.
Now
she's
considering
moving
back
to
the
ATL.
‘MUSIC
SAVED
MY
LIFE’
Hinkle
is
just
one
of
the
dozens
of
openly
gay
musicians
performing
on
the
Coca-Cola
and
Bud
Light
stages
throughout
Atlanta
Pride.
From
country-western
to
hip
hop
to
folk
to
rock,
this
year’s
lineup
shows
the
diversity
of
queer
musicians
writing
songs
that
they
hope
resonate
with
audiences,
especially
gay
fans.
“I
started
writing
songs
when
I
realized
I
was
gay,”
Hinkle
says.
“Music
was
my
outlet.
Music
saved
my
life.”
For
Josh
Zuckerman,
a
first-time
Atlanta
Pride
performer
on
the
Coca-Cola
stage
at
6:40
p.m.
on
Saturday,
classical
music
was
a
major
part
of
his
life
growing
up.
He
started
playing
violin
at
age
8.
“My
mom
actually
made
me
play,”
he
says.
But
when
he
was
13,
his
life
was
forever
changed
when
Joan
Jett
&
the
Blackhearts
topped
the
charts
with
“I
Love
Rock
&
Roll.”
“She
was
and
is
a
big
inspiration,”
Zuckerman
says.
“When
I
heard
that
song
the
first
time,
I
fell
in
love
with
rock
and
roll.”
In
addition
to
a
busy
touring
and
recording
career,
Zuckerman
lives
in
New
Jersey
and
works
as
a
kindergarten
teacher.
He
says
the
best
part
of
his
job
is
writing
and
singing
songs
to
his
students.
“That’s
one
of
the
perks
—
I
get
to
play
a
lot,”
he
says.
Zuckerman
says
when
he
writes
music,
he
always
begins
with
a
melody.
Lyrics
and
other
music
come
later
in
the
process,
he
says.
“I
just
try
to
be
as
honest
as
I
can
be,”
he
says.
“The
CD
I’m
working
on
now,
‘Got
Love,’
is
about
getting
more
connected
to
the
internal
love
within
ourselves.”
His
CD
released
in
2006,
“Out
from
Under,”
dealt
a
lot
with
coming
out
of
a
relationship
and
being
single.
But
sorry,
gents
—
Zuckerman
has
a
boyfriend
now.
Zuckerman
garnered
a
great
deal
of
buzz
with
“Out
from
Under”
when
the
title
track
went
to
No.
1
on
Sirius
Radio
and
his
video
for
the
song
was
ranked
No.
4
for
2006
on
Logo’s
The
Click
List.
Zuckerman’s
music
even
made
the
A-List
when
it
was
featured
on
the
TV
show
“Kathy
Griffin:
My
Life
on
the
D-List”
in
2006.
While
he
has
a
band,
Zuckerman
performs
solo
at
Atlanta
Pride
and
says
he
always
looks
forward
to
getting
on
stage
in
front
of
a
live
audience.
“I
love
performing,
the
spontaneity
of
it.
You
don’t
know
how
the
audience
will
respond,
how
you’ll
feel.
It’s
always
different,”
Zuckerman
says.
‘STOKED’
FOR PRIDE
Beth
Isbell,
a
transgender
singer
who
was
born
in
Columbus,
Ga.,
and
lives
in
Oklahoma,
takes
the
Bud
Light
stage
Sunday
at
3:25
p.m.
with
her
solo
rock-and-roll
act.
She
says
she's
“totally
stoked”
to
be
playing
her
first
Pride
event.
Also
the
lead
guitarist
for
the
psychedelic
rock
band
The
Dead
...
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