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Stafford Opera House FRliiWiioH!!! RETARTED ELF FRI 9-2 MOTHER'S MONKEY SAT9-3MUDSHOW Page 4 • THE BATTALION Agg ieli f e Thursday • Septemb, '^1,1 Rocker returns to his musical roots Sayers' band named best new act in Houston Thursday • Libra By Kim McGuire The Battalion DICKSON PRODUCTIONS & POPULAR TALENT PRESENT Tickets Available Court’s Western Wear Pother’s Bookstore Tickets By Phone 1-800-333-7188 Phone orders subject to convenience charge *10 With in Advance *12 Day of Concert ROPED OFF DANCE FLOOR! Special Guest KELLY WILLIS AND JACK INGRAM At Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheatre STEVE WARINER THE BIG EVENT BEFORE YELL PRACTICE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 TH AT 8PM Sponsored in part by! ROTHER’S BOOKSTORES LIQUOR MART 900-7 Harvey Rd. (409) 764-WINE (9463) (Next to Eagle Cleaners) Personal checks accepted SPECIALS GOOD THROUGH SEPT. 7 BACARDI RUM $799 750 ml Lart jSItincr Bock Beer I $099 6 Pk 12oz Long Necks JWBmh $789 750 ml McCormick Vodka $099 1.75 L Montezuma Tequilla $059 1L £/?<?/! $499 90 oz Bucket Come Check Us Out! z:-*- ★ LIQUOR MART at Post Oak Village Texas Ave. When Houston rocker Hadden Sayers was an agriculture journalism student at Texas A&M in the late-80’s, the Bryan-Col- lege Station rock music scene consisted of a few small clubs that would venture out into the untested waters of rock-n-roll only to have its doors closed almost as soon as they opened. But now with the 3rd Floor Cantina and Stafford Opera House firmly entrenched as pillars of a flourishing alternative music scene, a much-welcomed tide has begun to turn, Sayers said. “Of course Northgate will always be a traditional student hangout,” the 26-year- old singer/guitarist said. “But with the whole community growing, the downtown area is really growing into its own enter tainment district that’s really making a name for itself.” Sayers will be revisiting his A&M roots tonight as he and his self-titled band rat tle the 3rd Floor Cantina with a style of blues-rock mixing the sounds of the Austin, Houston, and even College Station music scenes. Sayers traces his musical roots to some foundling Bryan/College Station bands he played in while a student at Texas A&M. Sayers worked part-time in the Journalism Department as a roustabout of sorts, doing whatever former department head Dr. Bob Rogers asked of him. “I had the same job Lyle Lovett had when he was here,” Sayers said. “Dr. Rogers used to tease me and say, ‘You’re not going to go and quit on me and become famous like Lyle did.” While at A&M, Sayers formed bands the Kerouacs and the Killtones and got gigs at the now-defunct AnAm Teahouse, which was owned by Stafford Opera House founder T.C. Nguyen. The small communi ty of musicians that played at AnAm and a few other clubs that featured alternative music had a big impact on Sayer’s music, he said. “Musically, (Bryan-College Station) gave me a place to develop,” Sayers said. “There was a small intimate group of musicians that I really felt a kinship to.” As a career in music became a reality, Sayers packed his bags, moved from Ag- gieland and headed to Austin, home of Texas blues and guitarist great Stevie Ray Vaughn, whom Sayers, like most Texas mu sicians, pays homage. He signed on as gui tarist for Silent Partners, a blues band that played alongside blues legend B.B. King. In 1991, Sayers began to feel the pull back to Houston where he had grown up and signed on as a guitarist in blues singer Miss Molly’s band. With Miss Molly, Say- Continued f Current! 36 million 40,000 mu: million pho The Geo tial Libra built on a 9 Campus tion of Geo FM 2818. The libr uled to be 1996 and d of 1997. Acci Continue -ter switc way to on crease is hoped,” V Similai accidents the conve Denise ficer for 1 tion, said changing roads pri( Hadden Sayers, a former A&M student, will be playing tonight with his band at! Floor Cantina at 9:30. ers was given the creative freedom he craved during his growth as a musician. He wrote many of her songs, including “Surrounded by Love” which went on to be come a regional hit for the band and also penned many of Miss Molly's songs on her forthcoming CD, “In the Garden.” But like most artists with a personal creative vision, Sayers amicably split from Miss Molly after three years to pursue his own interests. He put together The Had den Sayers Band which consists of John Hamilton on drums, Barbara Donaho on acoustic guitar and backing vocals and ex - Miss Molly bassist Charles Knight. “It’s definitely Texas music,” Sayers said. “A lot of artists like Ian Moore and Sunset Heights owe a debt to Stevie Ray Vaughn. I feel a kinship to Steve Miller who’s from Dallas and also Houston’s Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top who’s an incredible tech nician and can get his guitar to sound just the way he wants it to.” And apparently, Sayer’s style of music is catching on. The Hadden Sayers Baniil recently named the best new act in ton by the Houston Press. Also, seif recording labels are looking at the! and their forthcoming 11-song CDwIii to be released in January. But in the meantime, Sayers and band have embarked on a rigoroustoi schedule. The band will play in tonight, in San Antonio Friday Houston Saturday. Sayers said he is looking fonvantoill Bryan stop at the 3rd FMoor Cantina “We played there a lot this sumr® I some really small crowds,” Sayerssil "We had a great time then butweeij to have even more fun with a largercrt I think the beginning of school willbrii'i “People who come to the show ca« pect a full-blown Hadden Sayerses]* ence,” he said. “It will be a lot of Wl! tar, rock-n-roll and a fun time forall’l comes to the show.” marooned T-SHIRTS ON SELECTED USED CD TITLES Texas “BRING 'EM TO US FIRST AND GET MORE 11 ! MUSIC CURRENT TOP TEN RELEASES A1.WA.YS WELCOME meiir-i S46-00 1 $ CHECKS CASHED' Payroll - Insurance-SSi Tax Refunds - Settlemei Money Orders - Govern'-' LOWEST PRICES'. 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