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What? Magneto, Wet and Reprisal In one place? Whew. You'd better
bring ear plugs If you plan to see this show at the Chameleon Club
tonight. It promises to be loud, fast and very, very sweaty. But you
know what they say: No pain, no gain.
‘Rock Made Right’ draws a crowd
By BRAD MISLOW
Staff Writer
When 1,200 people showed up at
a Catfish Jenkins show at the
Georgia Theatre nearly two weeks
ago, it surprised a lot of folks.
Especially the band.
After forming last March, the
band is now a regular at the
Theatre, where tonight they will
play, as they call it, “Rock ’n’ Roll
Made Right." Tickets are $3.
After playing several gigs at dif
ferent bars around town since their
formation, Catfish Jenkins quickly
drew large numbers. They have
made it to the Theatre even before
playing any fraternity gigs.
“Our goal for the summer was to
get a gig at the Georgia Theatre,"
Brown said. “Because if we did that,
we knew the fraternities would fol
low."
The members are Wes Yoakam
on lead vocal, acoustic guitar and
keyboard, Brian Gerber on percus
sion, Chuck Lockwood on drums
and Jason Cameron on bass guitar.
Even though they have a brief, six-
month history, it is colorful
nonetheless.
“If it ever gets to print, then we
all came from a cave in Virginia,"
Lockwood said.
But seriously folks ...
“Ian and I had planned to join
the band Blue Groove,” Yoakam
said. “But when that didn’t work
out, Ian and I got together to jam.
And Jason called to play bass. He
showed up 45 minutes late with a
bass in hand, no cord, no amp and
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no shoes. He was sleeping on some
body else’s couch for two weeks."
“After that first time I got to
gether playing with Ian, I said, ‘No
way,’ " Brown said. “Being from
New Jersey, I thought there was no
way I could keep playing with these
guys. And several weeks later, we
were still doing it."
“I think we scared Ian," Yoakam
said. “He comes right off the
Greyhound from Jersey, and the
first thing the rest of us play is this
country jam."
Catfish Jenkins had their first
official show at Hoyt Street Station
last June. They quickly made the
rounds to other local bars and soon
performed their first show abroad -
in beautiful Statham, Ga., at the
Talk of the Town bar, a place which
every Atlanta-bound traveler has
seen on U.S. 29. And it was a scene
right out of “The Blues Brothers.”
“Our backdrop was a big life-size
poster of Bill Elliott," Gerber said. “I
remember I tried to move it and the
bartender got pissed ofT.”
“But they treated us better than
half the bars in Athens,” Yoakam
said. “They kept the beers coming
and gave us free hats."
“It seasoned us though, because
we had to alter ourselves,” Gerber
said. “We had to ‘countrif/ our
selves to please the crowd.”
Catfish Jenkins’ sound is reflec
tive of folk, funk and rock with a
touch of improvisation. They thrive
on crowd enthusiasm and usually
have an active crowd at their shows.
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“We’re notorious for improvisa-
tional jamming," Yoakam said.
“One of our best abilities as a band
is that we pick up on each other.
We’re hell on a sound guy because
we definitely insist on having good
members. We want to hear what ev
erybody in the band is doing exact-
ly.”
The last mystery about Catfish
Jenkins is the band’s name.
“This is going to sound corny, but
I saw it in a dream,” Yoakam said.
“We used to be called Red Hair
Mary, but it didn’t last too long. We
like Catfish Jenkins because it
gives us a lot of artistic freedom.”
“It reminds me of this old, snag
gle-toothed blues singer sitting on a
porch and playing guitar,” Gerber
said.
Ain't no snaggle-toothed blues singer: Catfish Jenkins plays improvisational rock.
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