DJ Fiddlesticks

Born behind an Atlanta bar that probably violated three health codes before sunrise, DJ Fiddlesticks learned early that people will dance to anything if you commit hard enough — and that music sounds better when the building might not survive the night. Part outlaw jukebox, part old-school storyteller, part traveling medic for the soul, he plays like somebody who remembers when the room mattered more than the algorithm. Kentucky-marooned. Bourbon-proof. Genre-agnostic. Crowd-loyal. Still playing for the smallest allowable amount — and still worth every penny.