A Man of Science, A Man of Leisure

For nearly two decades, North Carolina’s Leisure McCorkle has been playing catchy rock tunes on big stages and intimate juke joints. This Thursday, April 2, he will play a show at Home Team BBQ in West Ashley.
Leisure McCorkle began in 1997 as a musical project of Lee McCorkle. Formerly in Local/regional outfits Misguided Youth and Funkenstein, McCorkle fine-tuned his songwriting skills on the side. In college at Appalachian State University with the band Big Boy and UNC-Chapel HIll, McCorkle started to play under the name Leisure McCorkle and put together a full time band in the summer of 1997 with Grainger Gilbert (Granger), Justin Faircloth (The Houstons), and the two Mikes (of Jolene). In the winter of 1997 they recorded their debut record “Nappy Superstar.”
McCorkle played more than a thousand concerts all over North America and Europe in the band’s first 10 years.
McCorkle’s songs were featured in MTV’s first reality shows “The Real World” and “Road Rules” and he has toured with and supported numerous bands including Southern Culture On The Skids, Cowboy Mouth, Cracker, Elliott Smith, Edwin Mccain, Hootie And The Blowfish, and numerous others.
In 2004 McCorkle moved from Charlotte to Belfast, Northern Ireland to finish his Ph.D. in Cognitive Anthropology. Much of McCorkle’s newer material is heavily influenced by his time in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Whether it is the stage at one of the many International Pop Overthrow festivals he has played or a vibrant night at some of America’s most intimate venues, McCorkle delivers the goods both from a songwriting and entertainment perspective.
Leisure McCorkle plays this Thursday, April 2 at Home Team BBQ, located at 1205 Ashley River Road. For more information, call 225-7427 or visit www.hometeambbq.com