MUSIC SCENE
CARVING A NAME FOR HIMSELF Huntsville artist sees music as a fresh start
STORY & PHOTOS BY MICHELLE WULFSON
At sunset , Logan McCune agrees to meet at what appears to be an abandoned mini amphitheater at Eastham Thomason Park across from Samuel Walker Houston Elementary School in Huntsville . Tattered and falling apart , with weeds growing wildly around it , the setting is a beautiful sight to see as a Texas summer storm threatens to push in around us .
Drawn to its forgotten nature and fearful that it will become yet another structure lost to the undeniable growth and gentrification of the area , his request to shoot there makes perfect sense as a metaphor for what it must be like to be a musician in Huntsville .
Since coming to Huntsville in 2008 , many of the venues the singer-songwriter used to play at have shuttered their doors . To onlookers , the local music scene is seemingly disappearing , but McCune would disagree .
“ It does exist , there ’ s just no where to play as far as venues go . When I first moved here in 2008 , I was able to play four nights a week here in town and in 2021 , I ’ ve played once in the past two months , so it ’ s just very bare-bones . The bar owners are not particularly artist-friendly and there ’ s just not a lot of venues in general ,” McCune said . “ I don ’ t want to say non-existent , but there ’ s very little opportunity here for a musician or artist .”
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