Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 6, 1993 TAG: 9308050059
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ 1 p.m. Six String Swing, acoustic jazz standards and Western swing.
\ 1:45 p.m. Milk Badger, loopy originals with a groovy psycho-surf beat.
\ 2:30 p.m. Biohio, Up-and-coming Blacksburg quartet.
\ 3:15 p.m. The Visible Shivers, '90s song craft at its best.
\ 4 p.m. Rare Daze, charming and soulful music from Virginia Beach.
\ 5 p.m. Lather, Mike Kirby and George Penn serve up some funk.
\ 6 p.m. Ed Hampton's Blacksburg School of Karate, demonstrations.
\ 7 p.m. Sheckie and the Swagtones, the elusive Scheckie turns up for the final Blacksburg experience.
\ 8 p.m. Electric Woodshed, classic Southern rhythm and blues.
\ 9 p.m. SCUM (Smalltown Coalition of Useless Musicians), some of the best rock 'n' roll.\ \ Saturday
\ Noon Blacksburg Community Band. If you don't know somebody on the stage, you haven't been here long. A fine Saturday afternoon, a brass band on the stand, the start of a perfect day.
\ 1 p.m. Crossties, mountain-music sense.
\ 1:45 p.m. Son of Olen, fine roots music, served up R&B-style.
\ 2:30 p.m. Trespassers Will, a combination of the Beatles; Peter, Paul and Mary; and the Carters making a tasty mix of music that ignores traditional boundaries.
\ 3:15 p.m. Innocent Nixon, upbeat pop savvy and charm.
\ 4 p.m. Zookeeper, fusion meets Southern R&B with major chops and minor influences on the side.
\ 5 p.m. The Kind, San Francisco-style rock 'n' roll, sans the streetcar.
\ 6 p.m. The Richard Jesse Project.
\ 6:45 p.m. High Llamas, rock 'n' roll served up from this D.C.-based pop combo with local roots.
\ 7:30 p.m. Joe the Fireman, a simple shop clerk by day, at night he straps on the guitar and becomes a Blacksburg Legend . . . his name's not Joe, and he's not a fireman.
\ 8:15 Not Shakespeare, it might be the band you've heard of but never seen; then again, it might not.
\ 9 p.m. Alejandro Escovedo, A passionate singer and songwriter, he has wowed audiences and critics from coast to coast.
by CNB