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Cause Effect has proved the group's doubters wrong "Country and rock have always gone hand-in-hand." he noted. Since October marks the slowdown of their touring season that averages between 250-270 days, the group will begin to focus on the new album they will record in March, which will be due out next fall. "I always thought you cut the album and it came out the next day," Mr. McCorvey said. By the time the record comes out, the group has to go back and relearn the songs they recorded earlier that year as they've recently done with the songs on their new album, he said.

"It's like recording it twice." he said. Pirates Continued from 7C music that sounds like rock 'n' roll of yesteryear. Many of country music's new listeners grew up listening to Southern rock 'n' roll and don't follow the college bands, rap or pop artists, he said. "People my age are disenchanted by rap and pop," said Mr. McCorvey, who is "30-some-thing." Because of this same dissatisfaction, more musicians have gravitated to country music, a style with a history that intermingles with that of rock 'n' roll, he said.

He pointed out that many country radio stations wouldn't play some songs by Hank Williams "because it was too rock but they hadn't coined the term yet." In fact, if the early songs of the Eagles and Creedence Clearwater Revival came out today, they would be considered country music, Mr. McCorvey said. rn 7 FT 'J i Fv-Jv-t 1 I I 4 For Your Convenience! Our Classified department is now open Monday Friday 8:00 am 6:00 pm. Call us todayat 264-4561 S. Sid By RICK HARMON Staff Writer It never occurred to the members of Cause Effect, the trio who will perform Wednesday at Montgomery's Paradise Theatre, that the keyboard-based, cutting-edge 1980s British invasion music they loved might have become passe.

"When you are starting out, you have a high level of naivete and idealism," said keyboard player Sean Rowley. "We played the music because we liked it. It was when our careers picked up and we began getting feedback from professionals that we started hearing that this sort of sound couldn't succeed. "We even began to doubt ourselves a little, but luckily that was about the time our music started taking off, and we were happy to see these professionals were wrong." Just how wrong is reflected in the charts. The group, which consists of Mr.

Rowley, Robert Rowe on vocals and guitar and new member Richard Shepherd on drums, released "You Think You Know Her," which was a top-40 hit in Billboard's pop chart and climbed into the top ten in Billboard's dance music chart. "What Do You See," is the new single from "Another Minute," the group's album on Zoo Records, and it has the potential to climb higher in the charts than the group's last hit. In fact, now that the group has found success, its biggest worry is its success. "Often you are torn between dueling philosophies," Mr. Rowley said during a Tuesday phone interview.

"One philosophy is 'We're just going to write the album we want to "The other is, 'If the album we want to write doesn't have one or two radio songs on it and doesn't get any radio play, people might not even realize we have a new So far, Cause Effect says these dueling philosophies have been surprisingly compatible. "One of the happiest things we've found with Cause Effect is that we can write songs we be- New Continued from 6C "Kenny Kenny Oct. 27 "Weather Report," Weather Report, Oct. 27 "Harvest Moon," Neil Young, Oct. 27 "Love Deluxe," Sade, Nov.3 "Best of Asleep at the Wheel," Nov.

3 "Keep the Faith," Bon Jovi, Nov. 3 sc The label's owner, who was overseeing the recording, said he liked it and asked who the musicians were. But after Mr. Rowley said it was something he and a friend had recorded, the subject didn't come up again. At least, it didn't until the rapper, who Mr.

Rowley said had more ego than talent, walked off the project. The record company owner called Mr. Rowley and asked him if he and his friend had any more songs. The result was the group's first album being released on -Exile Records in March 1990. When Zoo Entertainment heard the album, it signed Cause Effect and released the recording on its national label.

"It's got a new cover and we remixed one of the songs, but otherwise it's the same album," Mr. Rowley said. As for the rapper with the star ego "As far as I know, he's never been heard from again," the keyboard player said. You can hear Cause Effect Wednesday. Tickets for the 10:30 p.m.

show are $10. For more information, call 271-2001. Pirates of the Mississippi perform at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Nashville Showcase. Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $13.50 at the door.

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Rowley is only 23, he and Mr. Rowe have been developing the group's sound since they were in high school. That's when they formed Cause Effect, who was then a quartet playing originals along with cover tunes of the member's favorite bands, such as Human League and Depeche Mode. "Most of the songs we were writing then were horrible, and it only made them sound worse when we interspersed them with cover songs from good bands," Mr. Rowley said.

"The difference between our songs now and our songs then is the difference between black and white." The group's break came in 1989, when Mr. Rowley was working for an independent record label called Exile Records. He had been hired to do production work for a rapper Exile Records was recording. Before the session, he played a tape Cause Effect had recorded in its own studio. "Nat King Cole Box Set," Nov.3 "Astronaut," Thomas Dolby, Nov.

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