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Features Monday, October 19, 1987 THE GAMECOCK ^ ^oies f By Bill Sengstacken The Divine Horsemen, Snake out the album's lyrics, but the music Handler, SST Records dispels any notions that this is a When singer/songwriter Chris D. Willie Nelson record. led an ensemble of quasi-famous Guitars snarl, the bass and drums musicians from the Los Angeles knock out the walls, and Christensen underground to produce an album of and Chris D. sing with a passion that haunting, acoustic songs in 1984, few raises the roof. expected a follow-up, much less The highlights of Snake Handler {hfCC. inrlnHp tKn **? ...viuuv ?.iv OVUIVMUiJJ line llttCK, IIIC Not to say the Divine Horsemen inspired "Kiss Tomorrow Good. didn't work well together, but rather bye," and the pain-filled "Curse Of ' the majority of the musicians involv- The Crying Woman." ed had commitments to other bands, The lyrics of the latter song really so they couldn't devote much time to give the best summary of Chris D.'s the former Flesheater's new group. song writing: "Tears arc falling By putting Robyn Jameson on down/another thousand hills/a hunbass, Rex Roberts on drums and dred colors of pain/make prisms out Peter Andrus on guitars, Chris D. of the rain/while the sun tries to revamped the band, providing a new, shine." harder-edged middle ground for the j; contrasting vocals of Chris D. and The band is great on vinyl, but it co-lead singer Julie Christensen to also has a reputation for a work with. devastating live show. As luck would !! Although the past two albums have it, those fine folk at WUSC were good, it still felt like the band have blown all their money on was hired to do the job. No such pro- records again. So the Divine n blcms on Snake Handler. The band Horsemen are set to play a station plays with a commitment that makes benefit on Sunday, October 25, at P the album its best yet. Rockafcllas' in what will be the Although the band has traded in its band's first show in Columbia. pure folk sound for a more rock> oriented one, traditional country Editor's note: Bill Sengstacken is a j? themes still abound throughout the former fVUSC disk jockey who ^ disk. Songs of bad love, drunken knows more about music than he men, rifles and bloody death flesh does about newspapers. r r s i c /y DISCOVER NEW ^ HORIZONS TAKE A SAILPLANE RIDE in a high performance glider. A truly unique yy' experience. 1-385-6061 Chester, S.C1 BERMUDA HIGH SOARING SCHOOL 385-6061 t i'<f Vt.JLiI 1 ' ? -v *-*-? 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