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f■ B6 Friday,July 17, 1998ReugionThe Pally limes Farmington, New MexicoFormer members of Rich MuUins band to perform at local churchLkk Ann Hkm ikoikRki k.ion kdiiokM usicunis who previously performed with Rich Mullins, a Christian sinner-sonirwriter who died last year, will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Exciting Tabernacle Bap11st Church in Farmington.This Train, a band made up of Mark Robertson.Cobra Joe and Jordan Richter, will perform, as wi Mitch McVicker. a former member of Mullins' band v. hi was in the automobile accident which took MullinsSeptember.I his Train s music is a blend oI \ ariou s st y Ies, said lead sineei and bassist Robertsonrii e soul’s he. L’uitanst Richlei«and diummer Joe play contain strains ot pop. roc k - a - bi 11 \.imodem rock. country and blues.*1 think it s unique. Robert son said. “People ha\e a toughtime describing it. t Mullins)Nused to call i! hillbilly punk.'McVickere mThose at the concert can expect to laugh and have fun, Robertson said.“(Our show is) sort of half music and half comedy. We laugh and joke around. The audience is just as much a part of the show as we are.1 think it's a real healthy thing for people to laugh for an hour and forget about pressures at work or whatever.The group will play a couple of Mullins' songs and show a video featuring the late musician, Robertson said.‘We'll remember him (at the concert), because we love him.Robertson said he and Mullins “were dear friends. and that he had been a nuest in Mullins' home near Window Rock. Ari/.. many times. In fact, the artists this week were to perform at the church Mullins used to attend.McVicker. who will sing and play his acoustic I oik rock melodies, is recover inti from in (lines he received in the accidentWe were drivinu to a con-v_c c r t w h e n our v e hide o v e r -turned and tragically took thelife of (Mullins), he said. The wreck left me with a serious head injury and internal injuries. I spent one month in the hospital and am still recovering today.McVicker met Mullins at Friends University in Wichita, Kan., in 1993. After graduation, they moved to New Mexico and began writing a musical, Canticle of the Plains, based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi.They recorded a soundtrack for Canticle which contains 10 pop-rock songs, four of them sung by McVicker. Kevin Smith and Michael Tait of DC Talk and Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer sing the others.McVicker is in the process of releasing his self-titled album, which was co-produced by Mullins and Robertson. Two of McVicker's songs. Heaven IsWaiting and There You Are, have been on the Christian charts.Robertson was verv serious•/about music from a young age. he said. He began playing guifar and singing as a hobby while growing up in Southern California.Courtesy photoMark Robertson (left), Cobra Joe and Jordan Richter of This Train, as well as solo artist Mitch McVicker, will perform in concert Thursday at Exciting Tabernacle Baptist Church.After becoming a Christian at 18. he found that traditional Christian music didn't do much for him. Instead, he was fond of rock, in particular rock-a-billy.I thought. There has got to be other people like me,' he said.Over time, Robertson diseov-ered tfiat there were indeed others like him. He played with bands such as The Alter Boys, Brighton'and Allies, learning more about the Christian music business. In 1992, he moved to Chicago, established This Train and hit the road, first with Rick Elias, then with Rich Mullins and The Ragamuffin Band. This Train opened for Mullins in 70 cities.*This Train has produced two albums, You’re Soaking In It and Mimes of the QM West. For Mimes, Robertson cowrote the song, A Million Years, with Mullins, who also sang background vocals on the track.One of the songs on Mimes, titled Hanger 84, is an instrumental which contains a lot of audio clips from the Roswell alien, UFO myth.We’re somewhat fascinated by that whole cultural phenomenon ... we find that really fun, Robertson said.Tickets for the concert are $6 and are available at Family Christian Stores, 3030 E. Main St.: Living Water Books andGifts, 128 W. 14th St., in Durango: and The Word Christian Bookstore, 175 Pagosa St., in Pagosa Springs. Group rates are available.The church is at 2400 N. Butler Ave. Information: (505) 327-4357.
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