Ryan wanted to be in her family, Mark just wanted to be in her band. Only one of them succeeded. The guys spoke with CLT legend Hope Nicholls about her journey from Fetchin’ Bones to Sugarsmack to Snagglepuss to It’s Snakes and all the craziness — good and bad — that came in between.

We also discuss another issue that Hope is passionate about: gentrification in Charlotte. And of course, the Charlotte music scene.

Don’t forget that we are now on Spotify! All you’ve got to do is search “Local Vibes” and you’re in. You can also catch all our past episodes on iTunes and Stitcher.

Hope Nicholls (left) with Fetchin’ Bones sometime in the late ’80s. (Photo by Allison Durham) Pictured in the podcast window: Hope hangs with one of her pups in her Plaza Midwood boutique, Boris & Natasha, during a ‘CL’ interview in 2017. (Photo by Ryan Pitkin)

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This article appears in Lust List 2018.

Ryan Pitkin began his journalism career at Creative Loafing as an intern, later becoming the writer of CL's satirical column, The Blotter, and recently became the News Editor. Other publications he has...

Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's former editor-in-chief, and the author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. He is currently the senior editor of Our State magazine....

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