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Arts & Entertainment
Thursday, November 12, 1992
The Battalion
Page 3
The Arc Angels
The Arc Angels will perform in Rudder Auditorium Friday night.
Band brings
Texas rock
to Rudder
By TRICIA MARTINEZ
Special to THE BATTALION
It's August 1990 and four tal
ented musicians are hanging
around the Austin Rehearsal
Complex (the "ARC"), writing
music and rehearsing their solo
projects in the various rooms.
Someone suggests playing a few
local gigs together in Austin.
Two years later the four are
touring the U nited States to sup
port their hot new album.
The Arc Angels will bring
their music to Rudder Auditori
um tomorrow night. The group
consists of Charlie Sexton, lead
vocals/lead guitar; Doyle
Bramhall II, lead vocals/lead
guitar; Tommy Shannon, bass;
and Chris Layton, drums.
All four members have made
names for themselves with other
projects. Sexton made his na
tional debut at the age of 17
with his solo album "Pictures
For Pleasure," and Bramhall
played guitar with the Fabulous
Thunderbirds. Shannon and
Layton made up the rhythm sec
tion for Stevie Ray Vaughn's
band Double Trouble.
Layton said, "Hopefully peo
ple will care about us now based
on our music, and that it
wouldn't be the type of thing
where people felt like they had
to come hear us because we
used to be this or that."
Whatever the reason may be,
the Arc Angels' reputation has
certainly taken flight. Their first
performance came before the
band even formed.
"Robert Cray was doing a
tour through Texas and appar
ently a rumor had gotten out
that we were already a band
and he asked us to open his
show," Layton said. "We went
ahead and accepted it and re
hearsed enough to play for 40
minutes and we've been togeth
er ever since."
Three singles have been re
leased from the group's self-ti
tled debut album, which has
gone gold in Canada and is on
the verge of going platinum.
The band is writing songs for
a second album, has toured
Texas and recently returned
from Japan.
"It was great," Layton said.
"We did tons of press, TV shows
and radio shows. We were
there for ten days and did six
shows that were some of the
best we ever had."
The Arc Angels will be tour
ing the United States through
Christmas and then they will be
off to Canada.
Layton describes their music
as simply Texas rock and roll
but said there are a variety of
sounds in their 'music that make
it appealing to many audiences.
"It was interesting making
the album because we were try
ing to get to the bottom line of
what the band was all about col
lectively and try to sound like
one," he said. "Everybody was
coming from different places
and we had to put it all together
and bring it down to a sound."
Layton said his influences
come from all over.
"Some of them are just from
old high school teachers that
were pretty hip and influenced
me personally, others range
from James Brown to Muddy
Waters," he said. "That music
has so much soul in it that I get
a good feeling."
Layton and Shannon visited
Bryan/College Station in the
mid-80s with Double Trouble
and Layton said he is looking
forward to returning.
"The crowd can expect a
good show," Layton said. "We
won't be shooting anyone out of
cannons, but we'll be playing
some good exciting songs."
The Arc Angels are presented
by MSC Town Hall and KTSR-
FM 92.1. Tickets are $12 for stu
dents and $14 for non-students.
The Poorboys will open and the
show will begin at 8 p.m.
Reggae arrives this weekend
Jimmy Cliff delivers Jamaica to B-CS
By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
The rhythmic sounds of reggae, Afro-Caribbean
and Latin music will be heard at Stafford Opera
House Saturday night.
International reggae star and Grammy award
winner Jimmy Cliff will perform at 8:00 p.m.
A recent New York Times review describes Cliff
as "a mixture of an elder statesman and self-con
scious third-world pop star."
Cliff is an established musician with smash reg
gae hits such as "Wonderful World, Beautiful Peo
ple" and "Reggae Nights."
For thirty years. Cliff has played with artists such
as Steve Winwood and Bob Marley.
T.C. Nguyen, promotions manager of Stafford
Opera House, said, "Jimmy Cliff actually produced
Bob Marley's first album and introduced him to the
international world."
Artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and
Linda Ronstadt have performed songs Cliff has writ
ten.
Dylan said he considers Cliff's single "Vietnam"
one of the best protest songs ever written.
Through the years Cliff has established himself
with his own particluar style of reggae.
Cliff said his homeland, Jamaica, and African reli
gion, culture and history influence the majority of
his music.
"Identity has always been important to me. I
want to be in control of the quality and image of my
work," Cliff said. "In Africa, I had the greatest satis
faction of my life as an artist."
Jimmy Cliff plays at Stafford Opera House Saturday.
Cliff's latest release, "Breakout," continues Cliff's
attention to politically conscious lyrical content.
Nguyen said he was lucky to book Cliff because
Cliff was originally supposed to play in Dallas, but
had a late cancellation.
"We are fortunate to have him come," Nguyen
said. "I hope there will be a large turnout."
Play depicts struggles for women's rights
By JULIE POLSTON
Feature Writer of THE BATTALION
Texas A&M's theater arts de
partment will present "Thea," a
play exploring the role of women
in a historical and modern con
text.
The play is about the life of
Dorothea Lynde Dix, an American
reformer who struggled to obtain
women's rights while dealing
with the problems of living in a
male dominated world.
Jessica Lowe, scene designer
for the production, said the play is
about basic human rights and de
picts different images of women
over time.
"What this play really does
more than anything is present dif
ferent images of women through
out history," Lowe said. "This in
cludes different stereotypes of
women and different kinds of
women."
"The play kind of forces you to
examine your preconceptions
about gender," she said.
"Thea" is part of the American
Laboratory Theater Project and is
produced by A&M theater arts
majors who comprise the cast, de
signed ,fha set and costumes and
choreographed the play.
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The playwright, Ren Katherine
Powell, is a former student who
graduated last year. Powell is
working in College Station while
producing the play.
Lowe said that because "Thea"
has never been produced before,
the audience turnout may be a lit
tle lower than usual.
"It is different when doing a
play that has never been produced
before, because no one is familiar
with it," she said.
"Thea" will show Nov. 12-14
and 19-21 at 8 p.m. in the Fallout
Theater in 144 Blocker.
Tickets are $4 at the Theater
Arts box office or at the door.
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