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pi|p J9 New Potato Caboose All Aboard With New Potato Caboose, Blightobody At Rockafellas': W tshingion, D.C.-based band New Potato Caboose will roll into Rockafellas' Sunday night with its blend of rock, jazz, folk, funk and reggae. The band released its debut album. "Promising Traveler," in 1989. The album sold more than 30,000 copies and led to a management deal with DE-EL Entertainment in New York City. The group has performed on the same bill as die likes of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Georgia Satellites and the Smithereens. New Potato Caboose is characterized by its distinctive lead vocals and smooth four-part harmonies. The band plans to record a new album in the late spring of this year. Rockafellas' will also feature the local band Blightobody Saturday night. The band was formed in October 1989 by lead singer Brian McCarter and bassist Bryan "Big Horse" Williams to promote the supremacy of the specific detail over die genend idea. If that sounds abstract, hang on. Anodier goal of the band is to prove me integrity ot inspired arm ice over me snam 01 so-caned "sincerity" anil "compassion" in song. Let McCarter explain. "The world today is at dieted by thousands of bands who play bad music well, and by still thousands more who think anything 'honest' is somehow artistically expressive," McCarter said. "By contrast, Blightobody is supremely dishonest. We are great charlatans, and therefore great performers." The band's most recent release is "Modern Pressure Vessel," and showcases its original sound, which has been featured in hundreds of shows and about 75 songs. According to McCarter, Blightobody is "a band that transcends lime and place, caste and category." jl I Ijj wjjjT jWVTT-k. frirafl ^Ki ^^^^^ lffi*rEH?r^WiliWfffW??^?!K^^^^^B IJ ij uj\ j M ||3^?jbJ Convenien ^gjJHSaaljESHufflB Luxury i ii^B W JjnHB Privacy o 2 Pools & Kiddie Pooi SUMMER REN Hot Tub CCTV OCEAMFRONI Refrigerators Close North Myrtle Beach, SC /^^rr-r? to Everything! 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Band brin By MEL IN DA WALDROP re Assistant Carolina! Editor W The sounds of bluegrass will fill the air Saturday night as The Seldom Scene bring more than 20 years of music to the Booker T. c1 Washington Theatre. The Seldom Scene has been l'1( called "America's premiere pro- " gressive bluegrass group" by "Billboard" magazine. The group c'( was formed in 1971 by John a' Duffey, who plays mandolin in the band. ^ The group's award-winning ^ dobro player Mike Auldrige is eon- "' sidered one of the two or three best 10 dobro players in the world. A dobro is an acoustic guitar with a 'a metal plate Uiat is played horizon:r tally like a slide guitar. cc "We were urban," Auldridge y said. "We were as influenced by c'' | James Taylor as Lester Flatt." P' The band is fronted by guitarist- at vocalist John Stalling, who won a 1S Grammy in 1991 for his "Spring Pc Training" collaboration with Carl Jackson. The band's latest 2-disc release, "Scene 20," marks two decades of an its music and was nominated for a Grammy this year. The 28-song l'i ce of a dorm, of a home, f your own. TALS AVAILABLE I st Month's Rent Ler & Fall Lease jne 1,1993 and get MT for JUNE & JULY ved Parking $ distance to campus f N THE GREEN A CENTRE K CIRCLE ^ 4VOUS, REALTOR ^RK CIRCLE 56-3111 PI K N-IFTI iCfeeXNTING ' TEMPS ADUsU, 115 Atrium Way P.O. Box 232 I ? 'f. 'Low-* 9, *c?mi Court Abort pmi 9Sfi V^uii |p) Planned P Off Forest Drive, % mile from Hgpg^ M :|j|Hr * # flfe JhIF 4 Ht l|8pffw|P| HHHn^ JBP^jW " * '? ' | ill 4* ? - m a rom Washington, D.C., has been c gs urban trnvivi'livp u/nc rpprvnlpfl livp in n ashington, D.C., where the band v is played weekly for most of their n > years. I The Blue Dogs, a local acoustic ( oup, will open the show at 8 p.m. >bby Mouck, guitarist/vocalist for y e group, put in a good word, for h te Seldom Scene. c "They're the best at what they Mouck said. "They're not just 11 bunch of guys in straw hats." r; Mouck pointed out that The n :ldom Scene is not limited to national forms of bluegrass music, o hey were the first bluegrass band do non-traditional music." auck said. He listed Dire Straits, it mes Taylor, The Beatles and The t; rateful Dead as acts the group has h vered. c 'The Blue Dogs have an equally c verse range. The band has been aying with electrical instruments h such places as Rockafellas', but it reverting to their original three- V rson acoustical format for this I ovv. - b "We're not just bluegrass," iuck said. "We do rock 'n' roll S d blues and funky folk rock." \t fhe band's beginnings start with o e Cub Scouts. Houck and it T T "? K ynr? A .AY tt. MAYES, im Executive Director (803) 736-1036 FAX (803) 788-1758 i of John Shell Associates 191 Columbia, SC 29224 open Saturday 10-2pm dential Pregnancy Tests r~\ < ii r^\ i LosiDinnu>mroi )lete G YN Exams seling ion Services 4908 arenthood ? Richland Fashion Mall MI |pi|r v ?w&X" ?v!||8k ^ 4pHl^H 9 i making music for more than 2C bluegras: coustic bass player Hank Futch vere Cub Scouts, and Futch met aandolin and guitar player Phillip .aininonds in a fraternity at the 'ollege of Charleston. "We've been together about five cars, and, more than anything, we ave fun," Houck said. "You could all us a full-time, part-time band." The band's name has an interestng origin and stems from the it her obvious fact that the band lembers like, well, dogs. "We feel like dogs have got a lot f stuff figured out," llouck said. They know how to live." Houck also mentioned as an ifluence a drink from his fraterni/ days known as Blue Dog Punch, nt declined to describe this conoction's ingredients. "It had magial properties," he said. Houck, a USC graduate student, ad heard The Seldom Scene's lusic at college and later as D.I of VIJSC's "Almost Acoustic" show, le said he thought bringing the and here would be a good idea. "Since this stuff doesn't come to outli Carolina often ... we really /ant to turn people on to this type f tiling," Houck said. "You'll like if vou see it." DO YOU ALL : WATCHI J GOft AND U T / T/belli f )/ We ?\ / If you love t \ / I nrlx/^ntnrniK \ I summer st ^Sign-up sheel Carc FlTNES: 9 Tuesday, April S Greene Wellness Wall FREE T-shirts for fin Featuring: Aerobic les WIN A MOU try out rollerblading, nt WIN A FREE C a variety of exhibitor * p ) years. s to use Houck also said the Booker T. Washington Theatre (the green building located across the street lroin the Booker T. Washington gymnasium) will provide an ideal setting for the show. "It holds about 700 people, yet it still has a real intimate atmosphere," Houck said. "Every seat is good. I think it'll be a great place to see die show." Houck also said tickets will be half-price ait hour before the show for USC students with ID. Along with this event. The Blue Dogs can be heard playing regularly in Columbia. Charlotte and Charleston. The band has recorded the majority of a new CD, "Soul Dog Food," and will play Rockafellas' May 15. "We are really the only real acoustic band that's playing in most of the rock clubs," Houck said. "We have a novel twist on rock 'n' roll." The Saturday show starts at 8 p.m. Seating will be general admission. Tickets are $15 and are avail able at the Coliseum box office,^nd all usual Capital Tickets outlets. Tickets can also be charged by calling 777-7228. WANT TO SPEND SUMMER NG RERUNS OF 1ER PYLE PICKING OF YOUR FBUTTON? didn't think so. o write or have a -bold, spirit then come join the aff or The Gamecock, s are available in Russell House 321 I* >ll IN A. s Fest 9 !7, 10am - 3pm * Street (at 12:30pm >t 50 participants sons, Rock Climbing ntain bike itritious food samples, :anoe trip s, and much more! f Health and Wellness, it Association, ; Programs