Texas’ Juke Jumpers perform at the Zoo this weekend
By Ken Havlat
Staff Reporter _
With a new live album completed,
Fort Worth, Texas’ Juke Jumpers
make their first appearance at the Zoo
Bar since Farm Aid III.
The band was formed in the sum
mer of 1977 by Jim Colegrove and
Sumner Bruton. In the summer of
1978 they recorded their first LP,
“Panther City Blues,” for the Flying
High label.
The following year they released
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their second LP, “Border Radio,” on
the new Amazing Records label as the
band con ti n ucd to thri 11 aud ienccs and
win over critics.
Early iri 1982 the band released
“The Joint’s Jumpin’!” on Amazing.
The album won Buddy Magazine’s
Texas Music Award for best regional
album. For the remainder of the year
the band toured throughout the Mid
west and East Coast. These shows
were legendary for the energy and
emotion they brought out. During this
time the Juke Jumpers became known
as a very impressive group, mixing
Texas jump blues into rock for an
energy-draining evening.
In April 1984 Rounder released
“Jumper Cables,” their latest piece.
The band continued touring often,
despite the loss of Johnny Reno, who
formed his own band.
The Juke Jumpers were recently
featured in the movie “A Tiger’s
Tale.”
Besides Colcgrovc and Bruton,
both of whom share guitar and vocal
duty, the band has Doyle Bramhall on
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drums and vocals, Bramhall has
worked in bands with Jimmie and
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rocky Hill, Lou
Ann Barton, Marsha Ball and Mason
Ruffner. Bramhall, the newest mem
ber of the band, joined in December
1987.
Jim Milan on bass was originally
the lead vocalist and guitarist for the
Outriders. He has done recordings
with members of Paul McCartney’s
Wings; Buddy Rich; and Blood,
Sweat and Tears.
Robert Harwell on saxophone has
been with the Jumpers since “Jumper
Cables.” He has played sax profes
sionally for the past 24 years. Other
sax duties are being handled by Rene
O/.una.
Craig Simccheck (Dr. Shake) has
been playing piano for the Jumpers
since 1980.
But now they’re back, and this
should prove to be a hot weekend for
music. The band will perform Friday
and Saturday nights at 9:15 p.m. and
the cover charge is $4. The Zoo Bar is
at 136 N. 14th St.
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Clockwise from upper left, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern,
Lillian Gish and Bette Davis in The Whales of August:
Surviving change is theme of
flick with all-time movie greats
By Trevor McArthur
Staff Reviewer _
Change is the subject of Lindsay
Anderson’s film “The Whales of
August.” Change and standing
against it or allowing it to happen.
Surviving as change sweeps things
away, and allowing it in oneself.
It is a beautiful film shot entirely
on location on an unnamed island
near Maine’s Casco Bay. Sarah (Lil
lian Gish) looks after her now blind
sister Libby (Bette Davis) in a house
overlooking the ocean where they
have spent over 60 summers. In their
UnlbadWfrp
childhood they wouldcomcoulof the
house onto the cliffs to watch the
whales play, but the whales no longer
come.
The days pass as they remember
back on their lives and visit with
friends, noting changes as they arc
occurring on the island and debating
what changes to make, like whether
to install a picture window for the
beautiful view or save the money.
The cast is small but wonderful,
featuring four all-time screen greats
and Ann Sothem. Mary Steenburgen
and Frank Grimes appear in small
parts.
Gish ’ s career spans v i rtualIy to the
beginning of the motion picture in
dustry, beginning with D.W. Griffith
at Biograph Pictures. She was one of
the most influential actors of the si
lent era, one of the first women to
direct American films and one of the
first to gain creative control of her
projects.
Davis also is known for her contri
butions to the art of acting during
Hollywood’s Golden Age, and to the
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