Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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The The Fabulous Thunderbirds, a four man band from Texas, enter- tained a crowd of 900 in the Hiriam Brock Auditorium Saturday, Sep- tember 13, 1986. The band con- sists of bassist Preston Hubbard, guitarist Jimmy Vaughn, vocalist Kim Wilson, who also plays har- monica for the group. The Thun- derbirds opened Bob Seger ' s Sep- tember 16 concert at Rupp Arena. The concert was sponsored by the University ' s Center Board. Photos by Sam Maples Thunderbirds 28 Student Life

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When I ' m a walking I strut my stuff, and I ' m so strung out . . . boasts the Femmes as people jerk to the new wave sounds. This is not the scene on a nor- mal night at J. Sutter ' s Mill. Tues- day nights is not a normal night. Tuesday night from 8 to 12, is the night for — Groo vy Tuesdays and J. Sutter ' s is the place. Groovy Tuesdays , an event started by J. Sutter ' s and Universi- ty student Kelli Gast, focuses on what is known as progressive rock. Gast, who is a disc jockey on WKQQ-98 and WCMQ-102, is also the jockey for Groovy Tuesdays. Playing such bands as DEVO, B52 ' s, INXS, the Who, and the Vio- lent Femmes, she draws a large crowd to the downtown night-club. Kelli said that the idea came to her while working as a D.J. She re- ceived several calls requesting new wave music. The name, she said, came from a song by the Smither- eens entitled Groovy Tuesday. Groovy Tuesdays has been an extremely popular event, for J. Sutter ' s Mill, attracting not only University students and people from Richmond; but people from such places as Lexington and Frankfort. The reason for such wide interest is attributed partly to the fact that there is no other place in this area that offers four straight hours of dancing and listening to new wave music. University stu- dent Nikki VanHoose says, 1 love it! It ' s radical. Kelli only has one year of school left, but she says she would like to see Groovy Tuesdays go on even after she is gone. Although the du- ration of Groovy Tuesdays well into the future is uncertain as of now, one thing is for certain; Groovy Tuesdays provides a radi- cal escape from the pressures of life in an upbeat, new-wave envi- ronment.

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Opposite Page: Harmonica player Kim Wilson gives an intense performance. Below: The Fabu- lous Thunderbirds perform their smash hit Tough Enough . Bottom: The Thunderbirds perform for University students in Brock Auditorium. Right: Bassist Preston Hubbard, member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, took time out from the concert cir- cuit to perform at the University. Student Life 29