John Tarleton College - Grassburr Yearbook (Stephenville, TX)

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e of the founding Dirt Band members are still yrming with the Band. They include Jeff Hanna, lie Fadden, and pictured here — John McEuen. Concert provides an evening of IRT! We want Dirt ... We want Dirt ... The crowd chanted to bring on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for the first fall concert of 1986. And the audience in Wisdom Gym got what they wanted. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was first formed in 1967 and have been performing for 19 years. Three of the founding mem- bers are still with the band: Jeff Hanna, Jim- mie Fadden, and John McEuen. Since the band’s formation, Bobby Carpenter and Jimmmy Ibbotson have joined one of the longest lived bands in music history. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band proved excel- lent entertainers. Their music consisted of a variety of styles — it offered something to every one regardless of musical preference. Their mellow, country ballads along with up- beat contemporary country-rock songs blended into a powerful concert. Their most famous release “‘Will The Cir- cle Be Unbroken’, a country classic, was included in their performance. “Shot Full of Love”’ and “‘Sharecropper’s Dream”’ were also included in their many hits performed. During the band’s performance of such old favorites such as ““Rocky Top” the audience participation was at it’s peak. The reaction of the crowd proved that the Special Events Committee had planned well for a night the students would enjoy. p 3% @% ear Ee Miah, licpalinliply? at tam a. hy mai fie Le Ve Members of the Special Events Committee were re- sponsible for setting up the Gym, as well as for the clean up afterwards. The newest official Dirt Band member, Bobby Carpen- ter, played keyboards and provided many of the back- ground vocals and harmonies during the performance. Opening for the Dirt Band was Houston singer-song writer Lyle Lovitt, who has just released his first album.

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— Fal] —— Sharing lead vocals and guitar duties with Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Ibbotson joined the band in 1969. Multi-talented John McEuen was a favor- ite of the crowd as he performed on the banjo, mandolin, guitar, and fiddle. A founding member of the Dirt Band, Jeff Hanna is kept busy with his duties as vocalist, lead guitar player, and song writer. 18

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— Fall SEC presents a night with the ANGLES The Special Events Committee (SEC) is responsible for arranging concerts each se- mester for Tarleton students. Because the musical likes and dislikes of the student body are of such a great variety, SEC attempts to satisfy all of the students by offering a range of concert performers. On November 7th, one of the fastest rising pop groups in the music industry performed in Wisdom Gym. E I E I O opened the show for the Bangles, a female band containing 4 members. The Bangles performed several songs including “Manic Monday” and “If She Knew What The musical group E l’E I’O opened for the Bangles. She Wants’. The concert concluded as the Bangles re- turned to the stage for an encore. They then performed their most successful hit to date “Walk Like An Egyptian’, which spent sev- eral weeks on the Top 40 charts. With the Bangles, SEC hoped to satisfy the students interested in pop music. While continuing to offer big-name country artists, SEC recog- nizes the varied interests of the student body and hopes to offer concerts that will appeal to the biggest number of students possible. } 1 i The four member all female band know as the son drew much attention as their 60’s style sound began} recieve more air time on the popular M-TV station.