Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Hour HATCHET Doomsday I Iovember 7 — D-Day for Molly Hatchet and Com- pany to make their presence known at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Just a few short hours before the concert, if one would have checked on Hatchet lead gui- tarist Dave Hlubeck you would have found him worlds away from his life of music, yet sur- rounded by the props of his trade. Hlubeck was backstage driving a radio controlled tank through the obstacles pro- vided by equipment which lay about waiting to be set up by roadies and sound technicians. Back to earth, Hlubeck ex- plained that his band is proud of their hard-driving tour schedule. We ' ve been tour- ing about 285 days a year ' Hlubeck said. This is the third year we ' ve headlined, al- though we ' ve been opening for other bands for quite awhile. We pride ourselves on be- ing the hardest touring band in the country; I think that is well documented. About the tank, Hlubeck ex- plains, When you ' ve had as many days on the road as we ' ve had, you need some- thing to amuse you. Meanwhile, the roadies were putting the finishing touches on the doomsday stage for the gator country rockers from Jacksonville, Fla. The stage eventually would serve as a backdrop omitting a layer of fog for the hard-rock- ing musicians. A three-quarter full house looked on as the band per- formed for nearly three hours, Hlubeck said that Molly Hatchet has a responsible atti- tude toward its audience. It ' s a responsibility you absolutely have to take. It ' s an awesome feeling of power to look out and see kids imitating you with an air guitar, Hlubeck said. Hlubeck has a confusingly optimistic attitude about the fu- ture for the band and its mem- bers. We never know what ' s going to happen. But that ' s what is so interesting about this life ' Hlubeck said, Whatever it is, you can bet it ' ll be good. SINGING THE LEAD for one of their Top 4 0 hits, “Flirtin ' with Disaster ' is the Master of Disas- ter himself, Jimmy Frerrer. A TANGELED MESS of metal folding chairs, discarded cups, popcorn boxes and ticket stubs littered the floor of Gross Memo- rial Coliseum after the concert. 29