Volume 124 Issue 16
kansan.com
Monday, September 12, 2011
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Q&A// HYMN FOR HER
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Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing are "Hymn for Her," a dynamic duo that has set out to take on the world by...trailer?
It is exactly what it seems. This folk pop band travels around the country in a 1961 Bambi Airstream Trailer with their daughter, Diver, and their dog, Pokey. The two recorded their latest album "Lucy and Wayne and the AMAIRICAN STREAM" while on tour last year in the 16-foot trailer they have made into their home. With the married couple on numerous instruments like a handmade cigar box guitar, their sound is nothing that anyone has been able to pinpoint with just a few words. Hymn for Her is seeing their name placed next to band names like the White Stripes and the Black Keys with more of a country Americana vibe.
Keep your eyes on the road because the Bambi Airstream trailer will soon be gracing us with their presence. Hymn for Her will be performing at Vulcan's Forge in Kansas City, Mo on Sept. 25.
Jayplay: Hymn for Her is a really creative name. How did you come up with this?
Lucy: Wayne actually came up with it.
He wrote a song called "Hymn for Her" a long time ago, a couple years ago actually, and then he thought it would be a really cool name for a band.
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JP. What's the song about?
L. The song was about a certain route a girl's house that you love and then the route backward.
JP: What's the song about?
JP: How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?
□ Sort of soul, funk, blues, blue grass.
Totally unique. Something different that makes you feel good.
JP: What are your musical influences?
JP: So I've read that you live out of your Airstream Trailer with your daughter. What is that like?
Well, mostly the road and traveling and friends. And AC/DC! And Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, but mostly just traveling and friends and touring.
Busy! We also travel with our dog,
Pokey. He's our 90 pound black lab. So
there's never a dull moment on the road.
JP: What is the story behind the cigar box guitar that you play, Lucy?
It's a cigar box with three strings. One is a bass string, two are guitar strings.
A broom handle for a neck. Pretty much you could use a broom handle or a toilet plunger. Our friend, John Lowe, made it and gave it to us as a gift.
JP: How did you learn how to play it?
I practiced fretting, you know. It was a lot of work, and I'm still working on it. I am still learning how to play it
JP: Which other instruments do you play in the band?
in the band?
L. Wayne plays the kick drum, hi-hat,
banjo, guitar and
harmonica. I play banjo and acoustic
guitar. Sometimes the ukulele and the
glockenspiel.
JP: What can readers expect from your recent album, "Lucy & Wayne and the Amairican Stream"?
Well I think the same thing as what I said about our
music. Something that makes you smile, and just makes you feel good.
JP: Why should students attend your show in Kansas City on Sept. 25? We sound like a full band on our album but we also sound like that live. What you see is what you get, whether it's in the live setting or recording too.
NADIA IMAFIDON
Thirteen escape unharmed from Tennessee Street blaze
MIKE GUNNOE/KANSAN
A house burned on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street Sunday. All occupants escaped unharmed, but the house suffered severe damage.
IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
All of the occupants escaped with no injuries, but the fire destroyed virtually all of their possessions, and the house is severely damaged. At least 13 people were in the house, including seven students who lived there, according to James Hennahane, a sophomore from Leawood. Hennahane said he was asleep inside when the fire started.
Fire engulfed a house on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street around 6 a.m. Sunday.
"We're just so happy everyone
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire-Medical is investigating the cause of the fire, according to Sgt. Randy Roberts, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman.
"The fire alarm was going, but people were still sleeping." Adford
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Andrew Adford, a sophomore from Moorpark, Calif., was one of the first to discover a sofa on fire on the porch. After waking several people on the first floor, Adford saw that the fire had grown out of control and consumed the porch.
Chance Penner and Matt Gasper contributed to this story.
Hennahane was one of the last to exit; neighbors lent him shoes and a shirt. He watched the fire from outside as a propane tank on the porch by the grill exploded, destroying part of the roof. He said every part of the house was damaged by fire and water.
got out alive," he said.
John Kindscher, a sophomore from Leawood, also was asleep when the fire started.
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sald. After helping to warn people on the second and third floors, he exited the house through a third-floor fire escape.
Some residents will stay with family in the Kansas City area while they make decisions about what to do next, Kathryn Tuttle, the Vice Provest for Student Success, contacted the students Sunday to
"You don't really have time to think," he said. "Just try to get everybody and get out. The fire started so fast, and the smoke was so thick."
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— Edited by Laura Nightengale
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