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University Press
Friday, October 25, 1991
Black and White, Killer Bees play in ballroom tonight
By Brian Welch and Wes Reese
UP staff writers
When most people think of
Southeast Texas, they think of pick-
up trucks and country music. Well,
now they can add The Black and
White to their list. The Black and
White is a new rock ’n’ roll band in
town.
The local group from Pore Arthur
will open for the Killer Bees at 7
tonight in the Setzer Student Center
Ballroom.
The band started as a trio in late
May with Lamar student Bobby
Breaux as lead singer and rhythm
guitarist, Michael Breaux at drums
and Kent Bryant at bass and backup
vocals. In early June they picked up
lead guitarist Scott Gray, also a
Lamar student.
“Our name, The Black and
White, represents good and bad,
true and false, the full deal — but
mainly the interpretation of our
name is left up to the listener’s
imagination,” Bobby said. “Our
sound is a blend of different styles
of music."
Bryant is influenced by late ’60s
and early ’70s rock, Gray is mainly
into the blues and Bobby is interest-
ed in modem rock.
“Our sound is basically modem
blues-rock,” Bobby said. “We write
about and try to express the feelings
of the area. We try to get our ideas
from the blue-collar workers
because they wear their feelings on
their shirts.”
Their first tape was recorded at
Sound Arts, a 24-track studio in
Houston. The tape contains all origi-
nal music. The 45-minute opening
set tonight will include one cover
and many original songs.
“When we perform live, we usu-
ally play a few covers,” Bobby said.
The first goal of the band is to
establish radio airplay statewide to
test the market. The Black and
White is already receiving regular
airplay on student radio stations at
Texas A&M and University of
Texas, as well as KZZB-95 in
Beaumont.
“Once we can establish airplay,
we will move off to play larger live
concerts and go from there,” Bobby
said.
The Black and White has recent-
ly performed at Fitzgerald’s in
Houston, at fraternity parties and as
winners at this year’s Battle of the
Bands at Gateway Shopping Center.
“Once we can establish airplay
we will move oh to play larger live
concerts and go from there,” Bobby
said.
The Black and White has recent-
ly performed at Fitzgerald’s in
Houston, at fraternity parties, and as
winners at this year’s Battle of the
Bands at Gateway Shopping Center.
By Tom Riley
UP staff writer
Michael E. Johnson and the
Killer Bees will buzz the Setzer
Student Center Ballroom tonight at
9 p.m. with an award-winning, anti-
drug Reggae rhythm all their own.
Price of admission will be $2 with
Lamar ID and $5 general admission.
The Austin band, formed in
1980, is widely traveled, having
played in Jamaica and in West
Berlin.
Johnson, a Vietnam veteran,
developed a drug habit during his
two tours with the Navy. He uses
experience from overcoming his
own heroin addiction to write his
lyrics, which present strong opposi-
tion to drug use.
“I don’t pretend to have the solu-
tions,” Johnson once said in an
interview. “As an artist I’m giving a
warning, sending out a message that
something needs to be done.”
Tracks such as “Mad Minute”
and “Botha,” dealing with the evils
of cocaine and South Africa
apartheid respectively, come from
the release “Live in Berlin,” which
won the National Association of
Independent Record Distributors
award for best independent reggae
release in 1989.
The concert is presented by the
Setzer Student Center Council Con-
cert Committee.
C & C Music Factory and Rythm Syndicate to 'rock' Montagne Center Sunday night
From left, Freedom Williams (back), Zelma Davis, David Cole, and (front) Robert Clivilles.
By Debbie Bamberg
UP entertainment editor
In a video age with canned
bands, lip synching and pre-taped
performances, how do two bands
pull off live performances? It’s just
one of those “things that make you
go Hmmmm....”
The doors to the Montagne
Center will open at 6 p.m. Sunday
for the 7 p.m. concert with techno-
pop group C&C Music Factory and
special guest Rythm Syndicate —
both scheduled to play live.
This “factory” won’t be pumping
out assembly-line entertainment,
though. The funky group of musi-
cians is “manufacturing” raw excite-
ment by combining their own mate-
rial, keyboard arrangements, drums
and percussion with witty raps and
powerful vocals.
This collection of newcomers has
set the pace for the ’90s music scene
with a slamming blend of club
music, rap and rock that has put
C&C on the top of the Billboard
Dance Chart
All the singles the group has
released so far have hit at least No. 5
on the music charts. With its recent
MTV awards and Club MTV con-
cert tour, C&C has been very busy
pleasing crowds and taking the
music industry by storm.
Producers/performers Robert
Clivilles and David Cole have been
working for the past four years to
develop a track record filled with top
20 crossover hits for such personali-
ties as Natalie Cole, New Kids on
the Block, Grace Jones and Luther
Vandross.
Now teaming up with Freedom
Williams and Zelma Davis, Cole and
Clivilles are enjoying runaway suc-
cess from their debut album “Gonna
Make You Sweat.”
Cole and Clivilles worked along-
side Williams for two years before
discovering his rapping talent. Now
Freedom Williams struts his stuff on
CCMF’s “Gonna Make You Sweat,”
“Things That Make You Go
Hmmmm ... ,” “A Groove of Love”
and “Here We Go, Let’s Rock &
Roll.”
Zelma Davis makes her major
label recording debut singing lead
on “Just a Touch of Love,” as well as
singing on “Live Happy” and “Let’s
Get Funkee.” Davis’ striking beauty
and charm have contributed to her
popularity as both a singer and a
dancer.
“Gonna Make You Sweat” and
“Bang That Beat” team up Williams
and Davis for an intense mix of hyp-
notic vocals and rap. The most
recent Davis/Williams duo is “Just a
Touch of Love.” This single is
scheduled to be released in
November and is slated to be on
C&C’s performance agenda. Local
top-40 radio station K-106 already
has the new mix on the single, which
is basically a solo effort by Davis,
backed by the band, with an intro
rap by Williams.
“We want to introduce these tal-
ented people as singers, songwriters
and collaborators,” Clivilles said.
C&C will introduce more than
simple singing talent Sunday night.
The group that has been packing
arenas across'the nation will give
Beaumont a taste of high-tech talent
with a huge light show, an entourage
of dancers and plenty of party-boom-
ing beat to get the Montagne shak-
ing.
“We’ve been in the kitchen,
cooking all the ingredients, musical
ingredients we’ve encountered dur-
ing our short lifetimes, to put togeth-
er what we hope will be a feast for
the ears,” Clivilles said.
Tickets for this feast are $18 on
the floor, $16 on the sides and $13
on the top four rows. They can be
purchased at the Montagne Center
Ticket Office, the Beaumont Civic
Center box office and all Ticketron
outlets, as well as at the door.
Special guest Rythm Syndicate
will open for C&C Sunday night.
“We’re not trying to change the
world,” said Evan Rogers, lead and
background vocalist. “We just want
to give it great music.”
Rythm Syndicate’s “great”
music is composed of a fresh, con-
temporary R&B sound built upon
the firm foundation of the history of
the genre.
“Contemporary R&B draws a lot
from the past, even to the point
where people are redoing a lot of
old songs,” said Carl Sturken, key-
boardist and guitarist.
“What’s different about this
band is that we actually play the
music, rather than using the turnta-
bles or samplers to create the
groove. It’s not that we think it’s a
better way to make music; it’s just
the way we feel most comfortable
doing it.”
In the years they pursued sepa-
rate careers, both Rogers and
Sturken enjoyed enviable success.
Finally they got back together,
recruited musicians they had played
with in club days and started their
dream — Rythm Syndicate, a band
that holds loyalty and true musi-
cianship as integral parts of its
endeavor.
Along with Rogers and Sturken,
Rythm Syndicate is composed of
John Nevin, bass and background
vocalist; Rob Mingrino, sax and
background vocalist; Mike
McDonald, guitar and background
vocalist; and Kevin Cloud, drum-
mer.
Before the concert, Rythm
Syndicate will hold a free autograph
session at 2 p.m. at the Sound Shop
in Parkdale Mall.
Whether you’re in the mood for
live music performed with a passion
or dance party entertainment, both
are available Sunday at 7 p.m. in the
Montagne Center.
Atlanta choir
to perform
in STBHS
lecture series
By Tom Riley
UP staff writer
The Morehouse College Glee
Club of Atlanta will perform as
part of the Southeast Texas Black
Historical Society’s seventh annual
Distinguished Lecture Series
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Julie
Rogers Theater.
Ticket prices are $5 for all stu-
dents (Lamar ID required) and
$12 for adults. VIP tickets are
available for $20. This price
includes the immediate seats up
front and the reception which fol-
lows at the art museum. For tick-
ets call 838-0120. Prices at the door
are higher.
The Black Historical Society
will also present Sheila Walker,
anthropologist from UT-Austin, on
TUesday in the eighth floor of the
John Gray library. Her lecture is
“Current Anthropological Studies
in Black Cultures.” There will be a
reception from 7 to 7:30 p.m. The
lecture begins immediately after.
Other scheduled events coming
to LU include a lecture by John
Butler, UT professor of sociology,
in December; the Beaumont
History Conference in January;
and a lecture by George Wright,
UT historian and vice provost, in
February.
Gibson encourages student par-
ticipation for the events and pro-
jects sponsored by the STBHS.'
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