BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Seasick Records opened on Nov. 3, 2013. Owner Dan Drinkard described the past 12 years as being “nonstop.”
“I feel like I haven’t stopped moving for 12 years,” Drinkard explained. “In a great way, but also in a little bit of an exhausting way. I think that when we opened, I saw a need in Birmingham for a place like Seasick that would, you know, carry new music and highlight new artists. There wasn’t really a record store in town that was doing that at the time, and so I felt like there was a gap there that we needed to fill.”
Seasick has moved four times since it opened in 2013 and has settled into its current location at 3131 5th Avenue South…