Jayhawk Music Festival
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
Clinton Lake: a picturesque landscape of calm waters and cool breezes.
But come Sunday, the lake will be booming with the sounds of nine different bands playing everything from punk rock to reggae.
The event is the Jayhawk Music Festival. And Jacki Becker, promotions manager for the Bottleneck and Pipeline Productions, said the event was something Lawrence
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"I think it's going to be Lawrence's first outdoor, all-day music extravaganza," she said.
this event will go to the Association to Benefit Children, a national charity which helps treat children with terminal illnesses. Brett Mosiman, owner and operator of The Bottleneck, said 100 percent of the profit made from ticket sales would go to the association.
"No one is making a ton of money off this," Mosiman said.
Nine bands are set to make waves at Clinton Lake
The festival, sponsored by the Bottleneck, Pipeline Productions and the Lazer 105.9 FM, begins at noon Sunday. Four local bands and five national bands will rock the lake until dusk. Libor Karas, a professional bicycle stunt rider, also will perform.
Attendance for the festival is expected to be about 10,000. Jeff Stump, festival chairman, said he hoped to raise at least $50,000 for the association.
The festival is the result of two and a half months of planning. Stump went to Mosiman after he went to an outdoor music festival at Ohio State, and both agreed Clinton Lake would be a prime venue for a similar event.
Last May, Mosiman and Stump put together a wish list of bands they wanted to appear at the festival.
"For something like this, you
"don't put your hat on one single
band," Mosiman said. "There were a lot of bands we tried to get but couldn't."
Mosman said he was able to book nine bands, which featured a good variety of music genres, with the hip-hop sounds of the group 311 as the headlining act.
Getting permission from state officials to hold the event at Clinton Lake was not a big problem, Mosiman said.
"The state seemed eager to see this happen," he said.
State officials had no problem allowing the festival to be held there because no one lives nearby, Mosiman said. Also, by holding the festival at the lake, students will have a chance to see one of the state's finest natural resources.
lar acts have joined the Lollapaloza tour. Mosiman said ticket prices have skyrocketed. But, he said, the Jayhawk Festival is similar to the original Lollapaloza, featuring only up-and-coming bands and keeping the ticket prices at $12.
"You would pay that much or more to see any of these bands at a club in Lawrence," he said.
Organizers of the festival said they wanted to keep up with the current college music scene. Of the nine bands performing on Sunday, six of them have released new albums within the last month.
The gates will open at 10 a.m. Sunday, and parking is $5.
Stump said the rules at Sandstone Amphitheater also would apply at Clinton Lake. Coolers, chairs and pets are not allowed, and attendants can bring water only in clear, two-quart containers, he said. Camping at Clinton Lake is not allowed in conjunction with the concert.
Stump said concert-goers would not be allowed to leave the concert and come back once they entered the gates. Hot dogs, hamburgers, soda and beer will be sold all day.
If the festival goes well, Mosiman said he would like to see it become an annual event.
"Hopefully, it will be a ground-breaking event for the state park and Lawrence," he said.
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Twelve dollars.
It pays for a pizza, or a compact disc or a University of Kansas parking ticket.
It also buys an afternoon at the lake, complete with nine excellent bands and 10,000 sun bathin', crowd surfin', music lovin' playmates.
What? You still don't have a Jayhawk Music
Fest ticket!
Let me fill you in on what you're missin a
Common Ground Lawrence's best (and only?) reggae band. What better way to start the day than with Neville Brown and his scarves and sunglasses? By the end of a set,
band has some serious career momentum. Check out Shallow's groovy disc, entitled 3-d Stereo Trouble, featuring the local hit "Cool 500."
The Urge The Urge is a mighty fine hand from St. Louis. Their horn-flavored party has played around the Midwest for a while, and they add fans all of their great live shows.
If you're a fan of the Mighty Mighty Bostones or 311, you can't help but get sucked into the Urge's freazied sound.
The Reverend Horton Heat Whisky swillin', foot stompin' rockabilly. Nobody
everybody ought to be feelin'eerie.
The Freddy Jones Band
Stick Never mind that they've been dropped by Arista Records. They're the same rockers you know, and they still can shake it up. Besides, what does Arista know? They signed Ace of Base.
Grither a five-song e.p. on MCA records and an endless string of Midwest club dates have made this noisy trio the band du jour from the Lawrence/Kansas City area.
Shallow Fresh from a string of dates on Lollapalooza's second stage, this Kanaa City
311 When Nick Hexum is interviewed, he usually likes to talk about his band. That is, of course, unless he's being interviewed for the band's next Lawrence show.
The rest of their album, entitled i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER, is excellent. Their live show, which includes some great visual effects, is even better.
to get the recognition it deserves, Texas pioneers Tripping Daisy can rest a little easier. Back home, this band plays to six or seven thousand people every night.
Now, because of their radio hit "I Got a Girl," Tripping Daisy is starting to make some noise outside of the Lone Star State.
The Freddy Jones Band The Freddy Jones Band is the black sheep on the bill, and the melodious rock will stand out in the mix of distortion and horns.
does it better than the Reverend. He's loud,
he's obnoxious, he's downright divine. You'll
regret missing this rare outdoor revival.
The band's fans also will stand out--they'll be the people leaving to buy beer when Stick and Grither hit the stage.
Tripping Daisy Now that the Dallas/Austin music scene finally has started
"I've got some roots in Lawrence, and basically, I'm stoked to come and play with The Urge," he says. "We have a lot of friends in Lawrence, and we always have a great time while we're there, on and on stage."
Since 311 signed with Capcorn Records in 1993, they have released an album each of the last three years, continuing with the 1993 masterpiece *Music* that summer's *Grass-roots* and the latest a self-titled disc released in July.
Nick's parents met while studying at KU, and when his band comes to play here, he gets excited.
The new report showcases a thicker 311 sound created by industry heavyweight Ron St. Germain, who has produced albums for Bad Brains and Living Colour.
"As far as the band is concerned, the new album and Music are our best work," Hexum says. "We really like the songs on Grassroots, but the sound production isn't as good. Working with Ron was great for the new album, and I really hope that we'll get to work with him more in the future. He makes us sound a lot better."
"We really haven't been playing anything from Unity lately, but that will change," Hexum says. "We've been talking about playing some of those songs, and I think it'll be good for us to go back to them. When we play those songs, it means that we're really trying hard to give something up for die-hard 311 fan."
And while 311 fans can expect to hear songs from the band's last three albums on Sunday, Hexum hinted that 311 may start dipping into their pre-Capricorn days for material soon.
New Releases
PAW — Death to Traitors (A&M). It disturbs me that the best original rock band to come out of Lawrence is also its most maligned. Sure, the guys in PAW like to drink a whiskey and raise a ruckus every now and then, but hey, who doesn't?
Whether you like them or not — and frankly, they could not
Now that their second A&M disc is in record stores, it won't be long before everybody (and I'm talkin' nationwide here) knows just how good this little band from Lawrence really is.
care less — these guys are talented musicians
Their current European tour features the prestigious Reading Festival, and the first single from Death to Traitors. "Hope I Die
Tonight," is gaining momentum on alternative rock stations. And as good as that sounds, it gets better. PAW likely will join a major European tour later this fall, taking their live show to crowds of thousands of people every night.
Dangerous Minds Soundtrack — Various Artists (MCA). Yes, it has the new Coolio tune, "Gangsta's Paradise" (built from a killer Stevie Wonder sample), and not surprisingly, the tune has made this disc a hit.
Yep, these local boys done good. Real good.
What comes as a surprise, however, is that the rest of the soundtrack is as good (if not occasionally better) than the Coolio hit.
Aaron Hall, Big Mike, Immature, and 24-K all put in good turns on the disc, and Rappin' 4-Tay stakes the lightemel with "Problems" and the Jackson Five-based "A Message for Your Mind"—two cuts that will be pumpin' out of downtown car radios soon.
Factor in the score by Wendy & Lisa (of Prince and the Revolution fame), and what you get is the best hip-hop compilation album of the summer.
Bush — Little Things Interactive CD/CD-ROM single (Trauma/Interscope/MediaArts). Wanna sneak peek into the
future of rock'n' roll home entertainment? Check out the interactive CD/CD-ROM single from London rockers Bush.
Put it in your stereo, and it spins the single and two unreleased tracks. Put it in your CD-ROM drive, and you get music videos, interviews, live video, e-mail info and even a nifty video game.
The best part? A computer video of Gavin Rossdale's acoustic version of Elvis's "Suspicious Minds." If you have the technology, this is definitely worth checking out.
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