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Local group pushes positivism, not drugs
Chris Allerheiligen
Staff Reporter
The Tone Def Crew is a rap band
with a positive message.
“We’re not pushing dope like
other rap artists,” said Doc, otherwise
known as Don Sanders. “Everything
we do is positive.”
The Great White Shark, a.k.a. Eric
Johnson, said the band centers its
themes on putting a positive view to
the future world.
“Drugs and crime is not where it’s
at, but living the good life. Point,
word and exact,” said Shark, quoting
a line from the band’s song “This is
Def’ off of their album “Grand Def
Audio.”
The band first got together through
mutual friends. Doc said that he and
Shark shared music interests and got
together and rapped.
The band came up with the name
“Tone Def Crew” from “Tones that
Definitely Hit Home.”
Sanders, a University of Ne
braska-Lincoln senior majoring in
pre-law, said he gets his stage name
from “the way we operate, work to
gether and dissect the music.”
Johnson, “Shark”, a junior major
ing in architecture at UNL, said, “the
way I bite the beat and tear it apart,”
was the reason for his name.
Tone Def Crew is primarily a rap
band. Doc said Shark usually writes
the lyrics while Doc writes the music,
but they often interchange duties.
Shark said the band likes rap ‘“cuz
it’s hard to bring our message across
in classical.”
“We’re diverse. We’re not locked
into rap, but rap has what rock lacks
today,” Doc said.
Doc said the band’s rap music is
different from the stereotypical rap.
“There is a lot of music in our
songs, not just drums,” he said.
“Our lyrical patterns are differ
ent,” Shark said.
After doing commercials for
KFRX and Dirt Cheap, the band was
encouraged to write other songs,
Shark said.
Doc said people have said the band
has potential and the members’ talent
shouldn’t go to waste.
The band chose to do a song on the
Huskers because “it’s something we
know about,” Doc said.
In 1987, the band recorded the song
“Hell-Raisin’ Tour ’87” for the Okla
homa game. The band members said
the song was played on Lincoln radio
stations.
The band then wrote and recorded
“Danny Nee Rap.” The band also
recorded a video to this song.
After last Christmas, the band
members wrote “Huskers ’88” to
commemorate the Comhuskcr 1988
football season.
The song was recorded in July and
released in August. The song found
airplay on Lincoln radio stations
KFRX, KHAT, and KQKQ, Doc said.
The band also has recorded and
produced its own album, “Grand Def
Audio,” which includes “Huskers
’88.” The album is sold at Twisters,
Nebraska Bookstore, Stadium Shop
and Homers in Omaha.
As for the present, the band is
negotiating a record contract with Hot
Productions, a subsidiary of Warner
Bros.
The band members hope to plan a
tour, Shark said, but right now, school
is their top priority.
I South of the Mountain’ spins Appalachian family tale
I By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Somewhere in the Appalachian
Mountains, folks are still spinning
yams like they have for generations.
[Roadside Theater’s “South of the
Mountain” traces two generations of
a mountain family from the farm to
the modem way of life in the coal
mines.
But “South of the Mountain” is
more than just a play.
On Kimball’s stage, Nancy Jef
frey, Tommy Bledsoe and Ron Short
told stories, danced, sang and played
guitar, banjo and harmonica.
“South of the Mountain” was more
like sitting in the kitchen at a family
reunion than attending a cultural
event.
In fact, many of the events in the
play are taken from the memories of
Ron Short’s family.
From the beginning, the storytell
ers drew the audience into the talc.
“Can you see me,” the younger
brother asked the people in the bal
cony. Not drawing much of a re
sponse, he asked, “Can you hear me?”
The audience responded, and he
launched into some weather talk.
“One thing 1 noticed about Ne
braska is the weather changes quick,”
he said, referring to Tuesday’s sudden
snowstorm. “I don’t know why y’all
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