A ‘Rambunctious!’ Weekend for South Cobb
Artist Kerry Ayres has been rocking county since LBJ
Having done the requisite duty in high school basement bands, rocker and Mableton native Kerry Ayres was no stranger to the plaintive pleas of “Turn it down!” “Actually, our parents were very supportive and patient,” said Ayres. “The neighbors, not so much.” Fronting ragtag ensembles with names like the Monotones, Cream Machine and Visual Purple, Ayres channeled the psychedelic sounds of the 60's at sock hops, parties and festivals. He recalls playing “Born to be Wild” in the Mableton Dairy Queen parking lot circa 1969–for a church youth rally! As it will, life soon intruded on those wild days. “After playing a high school graduation in 1973, I sort of put the electric guitar under the bed for a few years,” said Ayres. “Girls, obligations …
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