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Back in Town
\Sly Letter returns to College Station
By Crystal Dobson
THE BATTALION
Sly Letter will return to
College Station once again.
The band performed in
College Station Sept. 8 in
nemory of their friend Chad
Carren and will perform again
Saturday night at Third Floor
Cantina with opening band
[Two Spy. The six members of
m Letter have music similar
lothe Eagles and the Counting
Trows. Certain critics have
referred to the regionally popu
lar acoustic rock band as "sons
|fDave Matthew s.”
Sly Letter's name is highly
egarded in the College Station
tea because of the recent
had Garren Memorial
Concert. The band members
aid they are grateful for the
ositive reinforcement of the
ponimuniiN and have received
pnost $7,500. Supporting fans
still sending money for the
scholarship fund.
Members of Sly Letter
Include Chris Edwards, bass.
Chris Ginsbach on drums.
Chris Huntley on percussion,
dark McDavid on mandolin
pd backing vocals. Ryan She
on rhythm guitar and vocals,
and Sean Smith on lead guitar
and vocals.
The band's goal is to support
each other doing what they
love, playing music. Each mem
ber has his own twist on ideas
and can add a new swing to
things. Two and a half years
ago, these members decided to
u
We all love playing
in College Station^ not
only because we all
went to school and
graduated from
A&M y but because it is
fun to return home
and share our music
with the Aggies who
helped us grow into
what we are today.
— Chris Ginsbach
Sly Letter drum player
produce an album together, and
have now formed the closest
friendships they have ever
known, McDavid said.
“It was incredible how people
who didn’t know each other very
well were able to come together
and join a successful band,”
McDavid said. “We are all total
ly inseparable and very respect
ful of each other and our ideas.”
Sly Letter’s newest accom
plishment is being held in the
store AWARE. AWARE is an
online music store that makes a
home for good-quality, inde
pendent music. AWARE will
list Sly Letter as a guaranteed
artist on its Website. If a listen
er does not like Sly Letter,
AWARE will give the listeners
a refund.
In the future. Sly Letter
plans on building more contacts
to help them gain full-time sta
tus as a band. The members
would like to support them
selves with the profits from
making records and touring.
Sly Letter plans to perform
on the East Coast in
November, touring in Florida,
Georgia and North Carolina.
Sly Letter said that
Houston’s Sidecar Pub and
College Station are two of it’s
favorite places to return.
“We love playing in College
Station, not only because we all
went to school and graduated
from A&M, but because it is
fun to return home and share
our music with the Aggies who
helped us grow into what we are
today,” Ginsbach said.
College Station residents
can purchase Sly Letter’s
“These Autumn Skies” and
watch for a new album to be
released in 2002.
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