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Gold Tracks: Chart- Tales From Flight busters Darkslde from page 9 of wine exposure in the state.” Ira Held, owner of Ira’s and an instructor of a wine-tasting class here, thins the success of Texas wines in Texas has to do with state pride. Bonarrigo agrees with Held. “As a result, a Texan, even a novice wine drinker, would cer tainly try a Texas wine before they would try an out-of-state wine because of the state pride,” Bonarrigo savs. “Thev feel much more relaxed with a Texas wine than thev would with one they have a difficult time pronouncing.” Both men say that when Texas wine first came out it was a joke. “Everybody was passing them around — you know, -12- _ __ here’s a bottle of Texas wine,” Held says. “I think the first one out was Texas Gold, which was really horrible. “But the thing about it is — it was given away as gifts because people wanted to have some thing from Texas.” Bonarrigo says that although people try the wine because of the noveltv, they stick with it because of the taste. “The initial exposure is cu- riousity — the response once they drink is suprise — and thirdly we try to make sure there is quality to dollar value,” Bonarrigo says. “Ultimately that’s how our Texas industry is making it.” Although production has in creased from about 40th to 14th in three vears, and is doubling each year at a time when pro duction in the industry as a whole is only increasing by two or three percent, the biggest growth in the state’s wines has been in the quality. “Back three years ago, prob ably 10 percent of the Texas wines could compete head-to- head with California on a med al-winning basis,” Bonarrigo says. “And I would say, right now, half of the wines could compete. “Each year the winemakers, the wanes, everything is getting better. Washington and Oregon were novelties seven or eight vears ago. California was a novelty 15 or 20 years ago. And they’ve established their credi bility. Now Tex£s is in that stage of establishing credi bility.” The future looks good for Texas wines. Bonarrigo says Texas probably will be #2 in wine production in 10 years. But Bonarrigo is not sure if Texas will ever catch up pro duction-wise with first-place California because they already have such a lead. “You could probably put all the other states together and they couln’t pass California,” he says. “Gallo produces some thing like 300 million gallons a year. They probablv have the largest production in the world.” As far as aw’ards go, Bonarri go thinks Texas will be on equal footing with California on a medal-winning basis in. five years. Held’s outlook "is even more optimistic. “I think Texas wanes have a tremendous future,” Held, a Winemaster, says. “I’ve been a judge at the Texas State Fair twace, and in my personal opin ion, I think in the next five years Texas wanes wall be on a equal basis with California — both in quality and production. It’s just going to take some time.” But as far as wine-drinking goes, Texans have a long way to go. The average person con sumes 160 gallons of liquids per year. Of that amount, the aver age Texan drinks onlv 1.5 gal lons in wane. In comparison, Californians drink five" gallons of wane per year, wdnle the French annually guzzle a stag gering 40 gallons, y Dr. G brings tire intent to town By BRYAN PEARSON Reporter Once upon a time there was a backwoods community w'here many young people were starved for better live music en tertainment to fill their empty and boring nightlife schedules. Most of these people were students at Texas A&^M and had no choice but to live in the atmosphere of the not-really- hopping Bryan/College Station area. The flood of students who came from large cities like Dal las and Houston were not accustomed to the low-key so cial activities of a small town. Sure, they could go boot scootin’ at the local kicker stomp and barn dance, but they were hungry for something a little more modern as far as music was concerned. They wanted a menu of live rock ’n’ roll, blues, jazz, punk and new wave, and they wanted it on a regular basis. In 1983, a man came out of the ranks of the Texas Ad^M fa culty and supplied the area wnth something it had rarely seen be fore — live bands. Dr. George Graham says he gave up teaching to open a nightclub that pnndded all types of live dance bands and other kinds of entertainment. He had been a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Texas A<&=M for two years. Graham, who graduated from the Universtiy of Houston in 1979, says he had an itch to rescue the area from the enter tainment drought, so he opened up Dr. G’s on Oct. 21,1983. Ever since then, Dr. G’s has been booking live bands almost every night of the week. Dr. G’s was an instant success and the word spread like a forest fire. Now the people had some place to hang out, dance, socialize, party, but most im portantly, see a live band play their favorite type of music. “I would call Dr. G’s a cultu ral success,” Graham says. Although the desire to start his own club was the main lure away from teaching, he says he had other reasons for the sud den career change. “I found myself becoming unsympathetic to the problems of the students,” he says. “I’ve see how that can affect other people and I didn’t want to con tinue in that direction.” Part of the difficulty, he says, was classes in such large sec tions that he was really re moved from the students. He says teaching was a way to support his research. He has had two papers published. Both of them explained a solution to a difficult math problem which he savs no one else could solve. “I essentially got tired of teaching,” he says. With the mid-life career change, Graham says he had new problems and a compara ble but ditferent-natured level of stress to deal with. “In this business the stresses come from many different directions,” he says. Graham had to oversee equipment re pairs, purchases, inventory, maintenance and other prob lems that surface on a day-to- day basis. “I’d say I still have a lot to learn, but I’m feeling like I'm getting an understanding about how this business works,” he says. But even with the problems, Graham says he has no regrets about the change of pace. “I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again,” he says. He often wears faded blue jeans and an untucked shirt around his club during the day. Until he recently shaved his full beard, the tall, well-built 37- year-old with blue eyes and long blond curly hair had the counte nance of an urbanized moun tain man. Without the bushy beard, he looks a little like Robert Plant. He wanders into his place at about noon almost eveiy day to make sure things are running smoothly. He and his wife Patsy quietly pour over the daily paperwork and sip expensive foreign beers during much of the afternoons. Their 3-year-old daughter, Sarah, sometimes is there and runs around the club laughing, screaming and know ing she is adorable. Occasionally Graham puts on his work clothes and plays Mr. Fixit around his building. There are many little things around Dr. G’s that need work: craters in the parking lot need to be filled, the dishwasher that went haywire the night before and spewed soapy water on the floor must be adjusted, and dozens of empty beer bottles lodged in strange places must be thrown away. He walks around, takes in ventory of the beer and food, makes sure the band is going to show up and basically helps prepare the place for the even ing escapades. The main crowd begins to pour in and drain the bar of beer at about 9 p.m. The bar tenders race around behind the counter while listening to the thirsty mob yell, “Gimme a Bud! I’ll take a pitcher of dark! Hey, did you forget about me?” Graham is behind the bar and helps put a dent in the first attack wave of drinkers. He has put on a flannel shirt, tucked it in, combed his hair and has put on his respectable manager face. Bv this time Graham has had a few beers under his belt and is loosining up. He walks around among the rapidly growing au dience and chats with people. The band arrives and sets up. This is the moment everyone has been waiting for. Graham hops up on stage and grabs the nearest mic rophone. The crowd cheers as the usually soft-spoken man announces the band with the enthusiasm of an evangelist. As the band, a blues group, bangs out its set, people are drinking, dancing and whoop ing it up. “We’re bringing some quality enretainment in here. The crowds are enthusiastic and the entertainers want to come back,” Grtaham says. Some of the more famous acts have includedjoe King Car rasco, Big Boys, Eric Johnson, The Judy’s, Joe Ely and many others. “My favorite band is the one that’s playing right now,” Gra ham says with a grin. Will Graham ever go back to teaching? “I dont think so, although I think about it every now and then,” he says. It appears doubtful Graham will be tired of the excitement of the nightclub life and the success of Dr. G’s for a long time. \ NOTICE... A Cut Above 4014Stillmeadow (2 red lights north of Hilton Hotel, Behind Circle K.) * Bring this ad in for a complimentary Hot Oil with any service. 846-1599 Two choral groups to sing for spring Century Singers and Women’s Chorus are pre senting their spring concerts later this month. In Rudder Auditorium, April 20 at 8 p.m. the Cen tury Singers, a mixed voice choir, wifi present more than * ’ i usual repertoire of classte- music. The purpose of the ■oup is to promote choral ence and to offer the je community a chance to experience the classical masterpieces of choral liter- J ' e. Although the group is ial to classics it isn’t li mited to one musical style. Moving spirituals and gos pel songs as well as popular Junes such as Amy Grant’s PEI Shaddia” and a selection of Barry Manilow tunes are up for’ the program. This choir will also perform a jmedley of famous Broadway Itunes from shows such as f Annie,” “The King and I,” !“The Sound of Musk,” and ’“A Chorus Line.” The Women's Chorus, | youngest of the vocal groups, wall present its concert April 26 in Rudder Theater at 8 p.m. Under the direction of Pat ricia P. Fleitas, this 43- member choir performs a varied repertoire* including " ' " ’* ‘ are 1 riotic. They also perform a > capella pieces, as well as those using various in strumentalists. Women’s Chorus is the “Beauty Shop Quartet.” These four girls perform ‘ selections in true barbershop < style, and are another enfer- ; taming part of the show, i The group evolved in 1978 as a result of so many women auditioning for The Century Singers, the choir just couldn’t accomodate all .the talented voices. There were plenty to branch off. Tickets for the concerts are available in Rudder Box Office at these prices: Stu dents S3.50 and General admission $4. -5-