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Page 6 • The Battalion • Thursday, June 13, 1996
Thursday Friday
Electric Gypsy, a rock band, is playing at The Tap. Crystal Sea, a jazz band, is playing at Sweet Eugene's House of Java.
Ruthie Foster, a blues musician from Cause, is playing at Brazos
Brewing Company.
Killer Bees, a reggae
band from Austin, is
playing at the Dixie
Theatre.
Musician's Night Out, a
weekly jam session, is
taking place at
Lonesome Dove.
Billy Pitchard, a country K ;|| er Bees
and western performer,
is playing at Chelsea Street Pub.
John Reyna and Tubie Pushee, a rock duo, is playing at Fitzwilly's.
Diamond Blue is playing at Fitzwilly's.
Pit Bull, a hard rock band, is playing at The Tap.
Spot with Atticus Fitch, both rock performers, are playing at the
Dixie Theatre.
Saturday
Big Otis, a motown soul performer, is playing at the 3rd Floor
Cantina.
Sneaky Pete, a sing-along rock performer, is playing at the Brazos
Brewing Company.
Brad Thompson, a rock soloist, is playing at The Tap.
The Woodies, an acoustic band, is playing at Sweet Eugene's House
of Java.
Toadies
Continued from Page 4
barger said the band attributes its suc
cess more to radio than videos, which she
described as a “necessary evil.”
“We don’t really enjoy doing videos,
but it’s getting better,” she said. “They
(MTV) haven’t really helped us as much
as other bands.”
Umbarger said that even though “Pos
sum Kingdom” has been overplayed, she is
still feels thrilled every time she hears the
Toadies on the radio.
“I still turn the radio up and listen
every time I hear us on the radio,” she
said. “I think when you stop getting excit
ed, that’s when it’s time to quit.”
The Toadies were rumored to be among
the bands considered for this year’s Lolla-
palooza line-up. Umbarger said an offer
from the notorious road show would not
have tempted her away from the band’s
current tour.
“I wouldn’t pass up touring with the
Butthole Surfers and Reverend Horton
Heat,” she said. “They’re my favorite
all-time bands.”
Jimbo, who plays upright bass for Ftev-
erend Horton Heat, expressed similar ex
citement over the growing Texas music
scene in a recent phone interview.
Jimbo and the other two members of
Horton Heat — lead singer The Reverend
and drummer Scott “Taz” Churilla — are
all native Texans, and hold a strong loyal
ty to their native stomping ground.
“I’ve been everywhere in the world, and
I don’t think I could live anywhere but
Texas,” he said. “I think it’s something in
the water.”
The band has been around for 11 years.
Jimbo joined the band nine years ago, after
seeing Fteverend Horton Heat in Houston.
He approached The Reverend after the
show and told him he could play upright
bass. A few days later, the band’s upright
bassist quit, and Jimbo was asked to join.
Reverend Horton Heat has since
gained a loyal following of both fans
and fellow musicians. The band has
been invited to tour with Soundgarden,
White Zombie, Social Distortion and
The Cramps in the past.
“We had no idea these bands even liked
us,” he said.
Two of the band’s albums were also
produced by A1 Jorgensen of Ministry and
Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers,
both of whom approached the band and
asked to work with them.
“A1 (Jorgensen) came out when we
played in Chicago,” he said. “He got down
on his knees and kissed our feet and said
he wanted to produce our album. We didn’t
know who this guy was, and he asked us if
we had heard of A1 Jorgensen. We said yes
and he said, ‘that’s me.’”
Despite the band’s success in Texas and
abroad, it has received limited airplay and
videoplay on MTV. Jimbo said the band
does not frown on MTV’s power.
“It (MTV) could have a positive effect,
mainly because a lot of people can see you,”
he said. “It’s a quicker way to the top. We
have a bigger fan base, but we would like
to get more airplay.”
Nevertheless, the band’s loyalty to
grass-roots “psychobilly” (a cross between
punk and rockabilly) music is equally as
strong as its loyalty to Texas. Jimbo said
Reverend Horton Heat’s philosophy on mu
sic is simple: “Don’t try to save the world
— just have a good time.”
“I think that’s what rock started out
as,” he said. “We don’t have any politi
cal messages in our music.”
Reverend Horton Heat
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