THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 1, 1996 TAG: 9608290218
SECTION: CAROLINA COAST PAGE: 28 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: John Harper
LENGTH: 60 lines
WASHINGTON's groove guys, Everything, return to the Atlantis nightclub Sunday night.
And they're bringing their new CD with them.
The onetime favorite fraternity band of James Madison University recently released a live album on the Virginia Beach-based Trumpeter Records. Titled ``Everything,'' the ll-song disc was assembled from the April 19 and 20 recordings of two sold-out shows at the Bayou in Washington, D.C.
Produced by Tres Swann of the Edwin McCain Band, the disc features new material as well as live versions of previously released songs. This is the band's first album since its big label release, ``Labrador,'' in 1994.
Although ``Labrador'' was a solid effort and showcased the band's unique blend of rock, funk, blues, hip-hop, ska and soul, it came at the wrong time. The honchos at Capricorn Records were pushing the up-and-coming alternative bands Widespread Panic and 311.
``It was more or less, I think, they already had their hands full with other bands,'' says Everything bass player David Slankard. ``I don't think they were willing to dive into us the way we wanted them to.''
Everything won't get lost on the independent Trumpeter Records. Swann, the producer, is the label's founder. And he listened to 40 live Bayou tracks before deciding on the ll that appear on the album.
``What we ended up with really captures the essence of the band,'' says vocalist Craig Honeycutt, ``where we've been and what the fans expect to hear from us live.''
What Everything delivers is a dazzling dose of electric guitars, close-harmony vocals, melodic keyboards and horns-a-plenty.
Although the band has established a reputation for being inventive and spontaneous, the new album gives the impression that the guys have found a groove.
``We're getting toward a certain sound,'' Honeycutt says. ``But we enjoy being wild and creative.''
Honeycutt and his bandmates (Slankard, Richard Bradley, Nathan Brown, Mark Reinhardt, Terrence Quinn, Stephen Van Dam) plan to tour the Northeast, the South and the Mid-Atlantic regions in support of their album. The last laugh?
Native New Yorker Jonathan Brandt and Tennessean John Marks are the closers for the Comedy Club's 1996 season.
Brandt has been seen on ``Ricki Lake,'' ``Jeopardy,'' ``Caroline's Comedy Hour'' and in clubs all over the country.
Marks travels extensively in his national tour, noting that ``meeting all of America's comedy needs is a big job.''
The 13-year comedy club veteran creates many characters throughout his show, ranging from an Englishman ordering absurd pictures on his checks to an ongoing character who doesn't seem to understand Marks' humor.
Marks and Brandt appear Sept. 2-7 at the Comedy Club at the Carolinian, milepost 10 1/2 on the beach road. Shows start at 10 p.m.
For reservations and information, call 441-7171. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
The band Everything released a live album, ``Everything,'' that was
assembled from two April shows at the Bayou in Washington, D.C. by CNB