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By LYLE LOVETT
“Where’s the Indian? Check,
ike check.”
“Who knows.”
“Check, how’s that?”
“Sounds pretty good. Take a little
off the bottom and add some on
top.”
The soundman looked be-
ildered. “Can you guys do the
heck without him?”
“Sure, it’s not important, he’s
nly the lead singer. Check.”
“Do it once without the guitar.
Now do it with the guitar. That’s
line.”
The sound check was over and the
oundman still looked bewildered.
“Just adjust his about where
nine’s set. He’s easy to work with.”
The two put away their guitars
md bounced off' the stage. Their
names are David Lloyd and John
i’annin. There was still no sign of
the Indian,” Tom Elskes. When
he three are together they become
(iwi, an acoustic trio comprised of
hree voices, two guitars and a set of
poons. The trio, based in Austin,
looks with Moon-Hill Manage-
nent.
The setting was the National
intertainment and Campus Ac-
ivities Association National Con-
ention held last week in the New
Jrleans Hilton. Kiwi was preparing
or the final event of the convention,
he Coffeehouse Showcase. They
vere one of six acts to present their
nusie in a 20-minute set to cof-
eehouse representatives from col-
eges across the country.
Kiwi will perform Friday and
Saturday at Texas A&M in the
lasement Coffeehouse. The trio
Jso will perform Friday at 1 p. m. by
;he Rudder Fountain. They will
onduct a workshop in the Base-
nent Coffeehouse Saturday at 3
km. Kiwi’s “Austin City Limits”
lerformance is being shown through-
ut the week by the MSC Video
Jape committee.
Fannin suggested going to the bar
for the interview. They ordered
beer from the cocktail waitress in
short shorts who explained that
people in New Orleans all sound
like they are from New Jersey. They
left her a big tip.
Fannin spoke up first. Fannin al
ways speaks up first. “We’re terrible
at interviews,” he said. “I slandered
the hell out of Moon-Hill one time.
What would be a good question?”
Lloyd began to help, “How long
have you been playing guitar?”
“No, that’s boring,” said Fannin.
“My goal in life is to marry Annette
Funicello and clean up my room
every Wednesday.”
About that time a fellow in a
T-shirt and faded blue jeans wan
dered in with a girl. The fellow was
Elskes. Kiwi was now complete.
Around the table the three dis
cussed material for their set and
seemed relaxed, considering a short
20 minutes would make or break
their convention appearence. They
weren’t worried. An air of looseness
surrounded the trio. Fannin joked
some more with the cocktail wait
ress.
The history of Kiwi goes back to
Albuquerque, N.M. Lloyd and Els
kes went to the same high school
and Fannin attended one across
town. Tire three are in their mid-20s
and have been playing together for
about two-and-one-half years.
Fannin had been in the army and
Lloyd was a waiter. They began as a
duo and were soon joined by Elskes,
who said, “It was either that or go to
Iowa and frame houses for the
winter.”
The trio’s first gig was in Vail,
Colo. After that they moved to Aus
tin because they found the most re
sponsive audiences were made up
largely of people from the South. “If
it hadn’t worked there, we would
have moved to Memphis,” said Els
kes.
Their first gig in Austin was at the
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978
Outdoor theater plans
new concessions area
Texas A&M University President
Jarvis Miller has authorized expen
diture of $32,000 for the first phase
of a project to improve facilities at
the Grove, summer entertainment
area for the University.
The money will be primarily used
to build a new concessions area and
purchase new seating for the out
door movie theater.
The concessions area is essential
to the Grove’s operation because it
provides the major financial support
of the summer movies project. Uni
versity officials said.
The new seating will include 150
new benches and six new bleachers.
Construction will begin immedi
ately and is scheduled for com
pletion by the first of June.
The Grove dates back to the late
1940s.
Kiwi, an Austin-based group who will “be on
the brink of success for 10 years,” will per
form this weekend at the Basement Cof
feehouse. From left are Tom Elskes, John
Fannin and David Lloyd, who make up the
group.
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Texas Chili Parlor playing for tips. A
chili parlor employee convinced
some Moon-Hill people to listen to
Kiwi. Texas folk artist Steven
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Kiwi became a Moon-Hill act.
Much of their initial exposure was
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the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, known
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Much of Kiwi’s material is its
own. One of Lloyd’s songs, “Early
Morning Riser,” was recorded by
Steven Fromholz on his second al
bum. The group also performs songs
by the Beatles, Taj Mahal, James
Taylor, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and
Little Feet.
Although in no hurry to sign a
recording contract, Kiwi does enjoy
thinking of titles for prospective al
bums. Their current favorite is “Too
Stuffed to Jump, Too Stewed to
Play” to go along with a new compo
sition by Elskes called “Too Fat to
Fly.”
Fannin says one of their biggest
accomplishments in the past 18
months is traveling in a 1968 Ford
Fairlane. They took out the back
seat to have room for the equipment
and they pile in front.
Lloyd’s beer was about gone.
Fannin just knocked his over and
Elskes sat quiet.
“Do you have enough stuff
there?” Fannin asked.
“Just tell’em we ll be on the brink
of success for ten years, Lloyd said.
Elske added, “Yeah, the best garage
band to come out of Pojoaque, New
Mexico.”
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