Chesnutt Embraces Country Roots in Exhausted Tour
Nashville interview finds Mark Chesnutt tired after nonstop travel promoting Greatest Hits. He defends traditional country against pop influenced acts, recalls early Texas honky tonks, and notes producers Wright and Brown shaping his sound. Chesnutt rejects spectacle for music and insists on meat and taters lyrics.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mark Chesnutt
Decca Records
Chesnutt
Honky-Tonks
Texas
Beaumont
Tex
Tracie Chesnutt
Waylon
Waylon Jennings
George Jones
Jones
Merle Haggard
Haggard
George Strait
Mark Wright
Tony Brown
Bubba
Hot Wheels Debuts with New CD and Local Circuit hits
Hot Wheels a four piece band formed just over a year ago, has been playing Lawrence and Kansas City clubs and released an 11 song CD titled Hot Wheels. Their power pop oriented rock blends strong songwriting with influences from early REM and 80s metal, delivering an upbeat rock n roll sound with a pop edge and a heavier guitar. The songs show note worthy energy and potential.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Julia Surrender Debuts Seven the Gift on Popedelic Records
Local band Julia Surrender formed March 1996 releases Seven the Gift EP on Popedelic Records available on cassette and CD. The group blends modern rock with psychedelic ’60s guitar accents, has placed third in Kansas State University's Opus 10 unsigned competition and frequently appears in the area.
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Julia Surrendered
Popedelic Records
Kansas State University
High-voltage Jazz Educators Meet Draws 6000 In Chicago
Jayhawk Dan Gailey and KU alumni headline the International Association of Jazz Educators gathering in Chicago. The four day event showcases Branford Marsalis Michael Brecker Anita O Day Milt Jackson Billy Higgins and Kevin Mahogany with clinics exhibits and a Paul Evans Fellowship reception. The Kansas University jazz studies chief premiered Gailey s What Did You Dream to a standing ovation amid a busy schedule of performances and papers.
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Wnith
Randy Brecker
Clark Terry
Ted Rosenthal
Brad Mehldau
John Scofield
Abby Lincoln
Yellowjackets
Michael Wolff
Gene Puerling
Hi-Lo’s
Singers Unlimited
Ed Shaughnessy
Doc Severinsen
Tonight Show
Harry Carney
Carney
Jon Faddis
Mike Brecker
National Endowment of the Arts
Singer
Anita O'Day
Milt Jackson
Billy Higgins
Hyatt Regency
Jayhawks
Gil Evans
Dan Gailey
Gailey
Steve Erickson
Paul Haar
Kansas Citian
Kevin Mahogany
Joe Williams
Robert Altman
Kansas City
New York
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Bucks Country
Cow Singer
Garth Brooks
Singer Mark Chesnutt
Hot Wheels
Becky
Bee Creek
Julia
Jayhawk Run
Chuck Berg
Kansas University
Jazz Times
Jazz Educators Journal
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