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So order one of ours today at... 303 W.UNIVERSITY • 846-1616 Kix has been kicking around the concert scene for about 10 years, so they know a thing or two about en tertaining a crowd. And Great White has a couple of catchy tunes that can set a crowd to dancin’, most notably “Once Bitten, Twice Shy,” a fun little ditty with a bunch of piano and a sing-along chorus, and a killer ver sion of Led Zeppelin’s “The Immi grant Song,” which they used as part of their encore. But it was Tesla that was the star of this show. A clean-cut guy in his mid-20s, standing with arms folded across his chest at the back of the crowd, said that he hadn’t been to a concert in four years, but had come Saturday nightjust to see Tesla. He shouldn’t have been disap pointed. Taking the stage to “Lady Luck,” a song from their second and cur rent album, The Great Radio Con troversy, Tesla turned on the power and didn’t let up until their tight, al though brief, set was finished. This band is fortunate to have two guitarists and a vocalist who seem as if they were predestined to perform together. Vocalist Jeff Keith has the sort of rough, powerful voice that is as tough and domineering as the guitar work of Frank Hannnon and Tommy Skeoch. Keith writes all of Tesla’s lyrics, making it all the easier for him to belt them out with an exuberant con viction. When he raises his voice, it doesn’t descend into the annoying falsetto that many hard rock singers seem to specialize in. While performing, the wiry singer calls to mind a younger version of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Besides looking like Tyler, Keith bounds around and transfers his emotion to the crowd in Tyler-like fashion. All this raving about Keith isn’t meant to diminish the rest of the band’s contributions. On songs such as “Cumin’ Atcha Live” and “EZ Come, EZ Go,” Hannon and Skeoch demonstrated that they can both hold their own on guitar, but can be even stronger working together. And drummer Luccketta (who turned down a job with Eddie Mon ey’s band to join Tesla) and bassist Wheat anchored Tesla with a solid rythym section. Tesla gets extra points for not sav ing all their “hits” for the end of the set (as Great White did). “Hang Live Music Information is provided by the individual nightclubs and is sub ject to change. Saturday — Robert Jazz pianist. Starts at 10 pit cover. The Bistro In the College Station Ramada at 1502 S. Texas. 18 and older ad mitted. Alcohol served. For more information, call 093-9891. Friday and Saturday — Sun down. Easy listening. Starts at 8 p.m. No cover. Cow Hop Annex Next to the Cow Hop at North- gate. 18 and older admitted. Al cohol served. Call 696-5522 for more information. Thursday — David Span. Saturday — Big A1 & the Saints. Gallery Bar In the College Station Hiltoij Vol.8 801 East University Drive. 21 and older admitted. Call 7500 for more information. Friday and Saturday—Cli Dove. Pianist. Starts 6 p.m, day; 8 p.m. Saturday. No covet Kay’s Cabaret At Post Oak Mall, admitted. Alcohol Emiliano’s In Bryan at 502 W. 25th St. Alco hol served. Call 775-9539 for more information. Thursday — Ted Lopez y Car- tigo. Variety. Starts at / p.m. $3 cover for guys; ladies free. 18 andob served, | more information, call696-91Sj Ehursday — Hank Townwe Easy listening. Starts at 9 No cover. Friday — Sneaky Pete, Siij along. Starts at 9:30 p.m i cover. Saturday — For Cryin’& Loud with Pathetic Sketch.Oi, nal rock. Begins at 9:30 p.mi; cover. The Mercury Bar At 313 S. College ping Excalibre Club In Bryan at 1803 Greenfield Plaza (behind Dairy Queen). 18 and older admitted. Alcohol served. For more information call 846-6262. Thursday — Sundown. Easy listening. Starts at 8:30 p.m. No cover. Saturday— Borrowed Tym. Top 40. Starts at 9 p.m. No cover. (Skaggs ski enter). 18 and older-? mitted. Alcohol served. Form: information, call 846-MEi (846-6372). Thursday — Zen Archer lijg 40/variety. Starts at 10 p.m cover for 21 and older; $4 for Parthenon Flying Tomato At Northgate at 303 University Dr. All ages admitted. For more information call 846-1616. Saturday — Sneaky Pete with his Neon Madmen. Starts at 9 p.m. $2 cover. Wednesday — Sneaky Pete. Sing-along. Starts at 9 p.m. SI cover. At 815 Harvey (WoodstoneCe: ter). 18 and older admitted.,%j hoi served. For more informal::! call 764-8575. Tuesday — Guillotine v Street Pizza. Thrash. Starts a p.m. Cover. Wednesday — Lippmanjar p.m. No cover. Texas Star Tavern Frank’s Bar and Grill In College Station at 503 E. Uni versity Drive. All ages admitted. Alcohol served. Call 846-5388 for more information. In College Station at 4410 0 lege Main. AH ages admitted.Mi he B YOB — call 846-3497 tocotj firm or for more information Friday — Alan Haynes. Bk| Starts at 9:30 p.m. $5 cover. Saturday — Spy vs. Spy. Rsj gae. Starts at 9:30 p.m. $5 cover | n U VX Tu v T’ W ^ yt 'W7’ "W "W T _“Yesterdaze Gone.” and a whole lot of critical accalim. last. LL. Vh.l\YLJ/\Y LiKJvV priCC? Texas Tavern lands fine musical .® Levi's jeans for young men everyday 501® prewashed jeans • Button-fly styling • Relaxed fit through the thigh • Of preshrunk cotton that won’t shrink out of fit • Mold themselves to your shape with each washing • Waist sizes 28-42 Dillard’s Tough,” was the second song of the show, and “Heaven’s Trail” and “Little Suzi,” two of their other pop ular songs, were in the middle. They used the familiarity of these songs to build crowd momentum, and then carried it over to some of their lesser known songs, such as “Yesterdaze Gone.” They also took advantage of their songs that start off gently and then suddenly erupt (case in point: “Get- tin’ Better”). Closing out the 12-song set was “Modern Day Cowboy,” Tesla’s first release from their debut album Me chanical Resonance, and the song re sponsible for setting Tesla on the road to back-to-back gold albums and a whole lot of critical accalim. Tesla has the potential to be I of the truly great rock bands of! 1990s. Their success has proved*' a band doesn’t need gimmicks ® hit song to succeed: solid s: writing, talent ajid a fiery lived are what it takes. And they are also provingd nice guys don’t always have tofaj last. By Keith Spera ENTERTAINMENT WRITER “Masochism Tango” is not your typical song title. But then again, Trout Fishing in America is not your typical band. Performing Friday night at Texas Tavern (which is located where Mor- ganstern’s used to be and run by the people who brought you Brazos Landing), Ezra Idlet, 35, and Keith Grimwood, 37, known collectively as Trout Fishing in America, had a ca pacity crowd raving over their blend of humor and skill. The crowd’s enthusiasm was more than justified. Trout Fishing in America (the name comes from a book by beatnik author Richard Brautigan) is about the most enter taining band I’ve seen in four years in College Station. The Trout are a study in con trasts. Grimwood stands h’S'/s” and has short, frizzy hair. Clad in a but ton-down shirt and slacks, he gener ally scowled at the crowd while plucking at his bass guitar or bowing his standing bass and relating tales about his ex-wife. Guitarist Idlet, on the other hand, is 6’9” and sports shoulder-length blonde hair (“my wife loves it long — she told me, ‘no hair, no sex,’ ” said Idlet after the show). High top ten nis shoes, a tie-dyed T-shirt and jeans were his attire, and his facial expression of choice was closed eyes and a big of smile. During TFIA’s three long sets, the crowd was taken up, down and onstage (a reluctant female crowd member got to be in the middle of a juggling demonstration). For the light-hearted portions, Id- let and Grimwood would become en tertainers, employing hilarious facial expressions and dance steps to illus trate light-hearted ditties about teddy bears and dinosaurs (they of ten perform showsjust for kids). On the other hand, they per formed serious songs, such as the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” Paul Si mon’s “Late in the Evening” and Harry Chapin’s “Taxi,” which, in or der for two people to play as success fully as they did, required concentra tion and a lot of talent, which these musicians obviously have. During “Duelin’ Morons,” they combined the entertainer and musi cian modes. Idlet would play a rift on his guitar, combined with some sort of gimmick, and then challenge Grimwood to repeat it on his huge standing bass. It was tough when Idlet played with his teeth, and even tougher when he played his guitar behind his back, but Grimwood hung in there, struggling with an instrument bigger then he. It was just about impossible when Idlet played a lick and then, with a smirk at his short partner, reached Martin SAN A Brnment Jnr a halt lit Fora Betermim Bnd expl Bombers. R One ci\ PI other ■ate of N Sion wer< Blaze and up and touched the ceiling, T: to fuel the crowd roared its encouragenwH Ramirc though, and Grimwood succeed kdly Air sort of— he touched the ceiling4 American the how he played the bass with : pent Em] Grimwood described Trout :-j e