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6 • The Red and Black • Thursday, October 4, 1990
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The suspense will finally be over. Tonight the Colorbox hosts a
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The entries will Be shown and the judges will choose the winner.
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Maxwell grooves at local concert
By RACHEL CURRY
Entertainment Writer
Tonight at the Fine Arts Audito
rium, the UGA School of Music will
be hosting a performance by Mark
Maxwell, a local recording artist
whose unique brand of music is a
combination of classical, pop and
jazz.
Mark Maxwell has been in the
music business for quite a few
years and is finally enjoying the
recognition he deserves. The
Athens resident and owner of Max
well Sound recording studio re
cently released his first CD,
“Window for a Groove,” a collection
of jazzy classical pop which has
been well-received by radio sta
tions around the country.
"I had a music programmer from
Seattle, Washington just call me
about two days ago,” Maxwell said.
"He’s playing it, and someone
called me from Louisiana. It’s
really exciting.”
“Window for a Groove,” was re
cently featured on Star 94’s Jazz
Flavours and is in heavy rotation
on that program.
Athens will get a chance to
Mark Maxwell: Local artist
to perform on campus
sample portions of “Window for a
Groove” at the Fine Arts Audito
rium. For this performance, Max
well will be backed by a seven-
piece band.
“Everytime I play, I try to play
with a different band,” said Max-
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well. “I write all the tunes and do
all the arrangements and that’s
why it’s not really a band, but it is
a band. It’s just a group of good
players that get up there and do
their thing ”
Maxwell said the other musi
cians’ input is really important to
him.
“Each time I play with different
people, the songs change a little
bit, which helps me out a lot,” Max
well said.
The artists that will be working
with Maxwell tonight are: A1
Owens on guitar, Janis Tribble and
Tim Waters playing keyboards,
saxophonist Tim Weaver,
drummer Mike Patrick, Dan Smith
on bass and percussionist Carl
Owens.
The concert promises to be a real
treat for people who enjoy many
types of music, since Maxwell
blends various styles to create his
own sound. As well as playing
tracks from “Window for a Groove,”
he said he will be doing a couple of
covers.
Maxwell said the other
musicians’ input is
really important to him.
“Covers are a really good thing
to do in concert. Every original
band does covers," Maxwell said.
“If people aren’t familiar with your
music, covers give the audience
something they’re familiar with."
However, Maxwell said he
doesn’t want the audience to be too
familiar with the Beatles song and
jazz medley he plans to perform.
"If you do a cover, you need to do
an original cover. Do it and say
‘this is how we do it,”’ he said.
Mark Maxwell performs at the
Fine Arts Audiorium today at 8
p.m. Tickets are $6 and available
at the Tate Student Center nnd the
School of Music.
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Acoustic Augusta rockers hit town
People Who Must: (L-R) David Milligan,Joe Stevenson
and Joe Gillian. The band adds new life to acoustic rock.
By AMY WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
People Who Must, a new band
from Augusta, will be rolling into
Athens as Dash Rip Rock’s
opening act tonight at the
Georgia Theatre. The talented
threesome is prepared to rock a
little life back into the accoustic-
rock sound of the 1960s.
Lead singer Joe Stevenson, vo
calist/guitarist David Milligan
and drummer Joe Gillian com
bine to form a group that sounds
like a nineties version of bands
like Simon nnd Garfunkel or the
Beatles.
“Our main strongpoint is in
our vocals,” Stevenson said. <f We
don’t try to bury them in loud
music.”
Local Athenian Timothy Rus
sell says the band’s music is done
in “a straight and honest style.”
They sound vaguely reminiscent
of the Byrds with a touch of the
‘modem’ alternative folk group,
obviously drawn from several in
fluences.”
Mark Maxwell, owner of Max
well Sound recording studio, pro
duced and recorded the group’s
six song, self-titled debut album.
Close to 300 tapes have been sold
since its release in early May.
“Rain Can Fall On Me," the first
single from the album, can be
heard on WUOG.
People Who Must’s name and
logo are simple, like their music.
Stevenson said the group’s name
originated from a Carl Sandburg
poem about a painter on top of a
building looking down on the
people in the street below.
We are always asked “People
Who Must what?” Milligan
laughed. “So, we named our
album label WHAT and put it on
the back of our T-shirts as well.”
The three stick figures with
their hands in the air on the
album cover and T-shirts were
designed by lead singer Joe .Ste
venson. Again, this reflects the
uncomplicated approach the
band takes toward the music
business.
A spokesman for the band, said
he likes their basic rock and roll
sound because, “Simplicity is the
purest form of art.”
Tonight People Who Must will
be performing in Athens for the
first time ns they crack the shell
and emerge from Augusta’s
music scene. Their break came
when the members of D;ish Rip
Rock happened to hear the group
plnying at Squenky’s Tip Top, an
Augusta bar.
“They were hanging out at
Squeaky’s and ended up joining
us on stage to play a couple of old
hymnal songs,” Stevenson said.
“One of the guys from Dash Rip
Rock mentioned using us as an
opening band, so our manager,
Steve Sax, followed through nnd
here we are.”
People Who Must can be seen at
the Georgia Theatre tonight be-
fore Dash Rip Rock. Tickets are
$5. The show begins at 10 p.m.
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