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Rick Powers pulls his rope tight in the calf roping competition in this hosted the 73rd annual event. The two-day competition included
weekend’s “All Aggie Reunion Rodeo.” The Texas A&M Rodeo Club bareback riding, girls’ goat tying, steer rustling and team roping.
Whitebread delivers rock despite classification
By ROB NEWBERRY
CORRECTION - In an advance on Wednes
day, the Battalion classified the local music group
Whitebread as a “neo-Europop group.” Uhhh...I
don’t think so.
During a benefit for Aggies Against Bonfire,
Whitebread, along with Don Overby and N.M.E.,
rocked with all the edge of the crowded but vig
orous scene from music towns like Austin.
Overby opened the show around 9:15 with a
diverse list of originals and covers. With Scott Ed
dy’s slick, bluesy electric guitar on top of Over
by’s own acoustic rhythms, the band proved they
could do just about anything they wanted.
They included several original tunes, as well as
blues-rock classics like ZZ T op’s “She Loves My
Automobile” and Steve Miller’s “The Joker.” But
just when you begin to wonder if these guys are
in touch with anything modern, they ripped
through Prince’s “Boys and Girls” and a slowed
down “The One I Love” from R.E.M. Eddy
added two solos to the number, switching be
tween clear electrics and heavy distortion to give
the tune a realjammin’ feel.
Next up on die set list was the hard-edged
N.M.E. Their set included mostly original tunes,
but they rounded their show out by opening with
a funked-up version of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band” and throwing in Steppon-
wolfs “Magic Carpet Ride.”
N.M.E.’s sound is a riotous mix of driving gui-
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tar and bass with a heavy dose of funk drums.
The result almost drowns out singer Bruce En-
low’s rap-influenced lyrics, but his screaming
sometimes makes it through the amps. The
sound reminded me more of industrial dance
than funk, but the audience just wasn’t ready to
get out on the floor during N.M.E.’s set.
They were ready when Whitebread took the
stage around 11:20. Whitebread opened with
their own “Fall From Grace” then jumped into
the Zeitgeist (now the Reivers) tune “Without My
Sight.” As soon as they started their third num
ber, their original “Kiss,” the dance floor was full.
Whitebread continued to rock for nearly two
hours, taking only a short break in between. Gui
tarist-vocalist Eric Flaherty supplied clear-sound
ing rhythm with plenty of harmony to back
singer Nancy Pratt’s melodic voice, but drummer
Jim Hammitt and bassist Kenny McAllister really
held the band together with non-stop movement
in the rhythm section.
In Tact, what makes Whitebread so good is the
way that all the instruments fit together so well.
All of the songs they play sound good with every
body’s contribution, and if one of the parts was
deleted, the whole tune would suffer. McAllister
is a downright exceptional bassist, but his licks
don’t dominate the guitar or vocals; he and Por
ter keep just enough in the groundwork to let
Flaherty’s guitar work on “Kiss” or Pratt’s bluesy
vocals on “Parting Shot” really stand out.
The band can jump between diverse styles,
too. Whitebread tried out a few songs with a reg
gae feel, and then threw in a song where Pratt
told a story about a nude date on a skateboard,
and the tempo and sound jumped back and forth
between jazz and rock. Next they ripped through
a short instrumental jam that sounded similar to
R.E.M.’s “White Tornado.”
Whitebread plays only a handful of covers, but
they did play tne Bodean’s “Still the Night” and
the Sunday’s “You’re Not the Only One”; per
haps that’s where they got misclassified as “neo-
Europop”. But they also threw in Toad the Wet
Sprocket’s “Jam” (a personal favorite), which is
definitely new American rock.
Since the audience was enjoying the dance
floor, the band was reluctant to try some of their
slower numbers. They decided to keep the show
upbeat with the reggae-ish “Devil Inside” and
“Knowledge” before calming down for “Retros
pect,” a slow but intense original.
Whitebread finally closed the show with “Voi
ces,” appropriate with the lyric line “T his is the
last song.” But they’ll be playing again this Friday
at Mama’s Pizza, and I’ll make it there to check
them out.
Play continues
A reprise performance of the
Aggie Players’ critically-acclaimed
production of Athol Fugard’s
“My Children! My Africa!” will be
held tonight at 7 in Rudder Fo
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Tickets are $6 for adults and
$5 for students. Season ticke-
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