EYE DAWG Productions is the brainchild of Mike "MOD" Modarelli and Thomas “TDawg” Helland. What started as a collaboration on a special concert, The Keel Family Holiday Show, at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA in December of 2008 has evolved into a special event company that is all about producing the intimate, unique and interactive festival/concert experience for both the musician and the patron, utilizing all forms of media to reach out to its audience.
With over 30 years combined prior production experience, strong contacts within the industry, and only eight months into existence, EYE DAWG has already produced some exciting festivals that are sure to be around for years to come, including the Keel Family Function and Cherokee Farms Fiddlers Convention (to be renamed Cherokee Farms FiddleFest) at beautiful Cherokee Farms in LaFayette, GA. EYE DAWG has also been actice on the Gulf Coast with Swamp Meat 3 and The Fourth Coming, in the relaxing Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, AL area. All EYE DAWG events have been praised by our patrons, vendors and sponsors alike. Mr. Helland was the founder of nationally recognized Blue Ridge HarvestFest and has also produced free community events in downtown Decatur, GA, the renowned Tree Sound Studios, as well as at venues of all sizes in the Atlanta area. Mr. Modarelli has been an active presence in music, sports and fund raising productions on the Gulf Coast for over 10 years now and has also produced concerts in Las Vegas Nevada, all over Montana, Northern California and the coastal Oregon area since 1996.
EYE DAWG is presently coordinating the 1st Annual Tybee Island Americana Music Festival. The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 26, with proceeds to benefit the Friends of the Tybee Post Theater (FOTT). This is the first of what we anticipate to be many events in the Savannah/Tybee region. We are also getting things heated uo for BarnBurner13. This year EYE DAWG will host parties simulataneaously in multiple cities, coast to coast, to coast, to include: Arcata CA, Missoula MT, New Orleans LA, and Columbus GA. A list of musicians that both Mr. Helland and Mr. Modarelli have worked with over the years reads like a who’s who of American roots musicians covering jazz, bluegrass, country, americana, blues, funk, jamband, old-time, regaee, hip hop and everything in between. Willie Nelson, Peter Rowan, Leftover Salmon, Tony Rice, The Funky Meters, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Derek Trucks Band, Donna the Buffalo, the late Vassar Clements, John Prine, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The Waybacks, Railroad Earth, DJ Logic, The Reeltime Travelers, The Radiators, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jim Lauderdale, Sam Bush Band, String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Dirty Dozen Brass, Keller Williams, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, moe., Blueground Undergrass, Larry Keel, The Duhks, JJ Grey & Mofro, John Butler Trio, Papa Mali, Papa Grows Funk, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Wet Willie, Psychograss, Darol Anger & Mike Marshall, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Acoustic Syndicate, Kid Rock, The Pharcyde, Wu-Tang, Digable Planets, The Overtakers, Apple Gabriel, Michael Rose & Black Uhuru, Michael Franti’s Spearhead, Curtis Burch,
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