Daily Press from Victorville, California • 67

tk Page 24 Friday June 17 1994 HEADLINERS r'liiMiiiWini Pirates of the Mississippi SHOWTIMES WHAT Pirates of the Mississippi WHERE Huck Jubilee Main stage WHEN Sunday June 19 5 pm DIRECTIONS To reach Mojave Narrows Regional Park take Interstate 1 5 to Bear Valley Road exit (near Victorville) Follow Bear Valley Rd east four miles to Ridgecrest Ave and follow jubilee signs north three miles to the park INFORMATION For more information call (909)780-8810 DEBRAS POPINEAU ATTORNEY AT LAW ESTATE PLANNING GENERAL BUSINESS LAW CIVIL LITIGATION (sis 242-6527 High Desert Adult Pediatric Urology 'Ir NDUlrW "'(gyg 10 Years In Private Practice In The High Desert Critics have described the Pirates of the Mississippi playing Huck Jubilee on Sunday at 5 as "deep and emotional" country" with vocals and musical performances with Performance Magazine calls them a ticket a band that can sell out most venues without major local advertising Just mention the Pirates are playing and the tickets start selling The Chicago noted critic Jack Hurst calls their music and and lead singer Bill soul drenched vocals have been described as "glowing like burnished Billboard pronounced: come any better than Dream You the fourth album proves the best just keeps getting better and better added some piano to their gutsy guitar sound and the interplay between keys guitars and steel gives the music a fat textured feeL included songs by the writers singer McCorvey and guitar guru Rich Alves as well as a top selection from some of the top tunesmiths McCorvey collaborated with Roger Murrah and John Schwe-ers on My and with Troy Seals and Craig Wiseman on I Want And What I Alves penned "The Night They Rocked The Grand Ole with Gary Harrison The first singletitle cut (written by Jerry Phillips and Craig Wiseman) is a crisp toe-tapping sing A dance-along tune with the same wry left-of-fleld lyric content as the Bob McDillDickey LeeBucky grin trigger "Save The Wild When the Pirates go back in rich history to record a song they always come up with a winner Their version of Hank Tonk from their debut project even impressed old band members Now recorded another country classic and when you listen to Side Of Life" again reminded of the formidable ability to cross musical boundaries David Lynn Jones penned "When Times Are and new artist Robert Ellis Orrall co-wrote From The with Bill Kenner The producer Mark Wright co-wrote two songs on the album: "I Quit In (with Roger Murrah and John Schweers) and Here To (with Ronnie Rogers) The Pirates of the Mississippi now have three critically acclaimed albums behind them but when they first got together back in the they even looking for a record deal They came from varied backgrounds Rich Alves and Bill McCorvey were songwriters Bassist Liberty Records main stag performing oa Suaday at 5 pju aa the music world First their song from their debut album Pirates Of The Mississippi contained a line that questioned surface impressions of others: "If you get an ear pierced some will call you gay But if you drive a pick-up say you must be Then the title cut on Street Man Named Desire was a hard-hitting examination of joblessness and homelessness in America The band put their money where their music was when the song was released too They performed benefits across the country and appeared on national television discussing homelessness and helping numerous charities raise money for the cause try to pigeonhole them as social reformers though laugh and say they're just a bunch of pickers who call like they see Then tell you really a party band so just get ready to tap your toes and have a great time So far the Pirates haven't missed the boat once on that score Thu Pirates of the Mississippi wil be Dean Townson worked in a factory Steel player Pat Severs was a top session player Drummer Jimmy Lowe was a computer programmer They played clubs around Nashville on weekends and started gathering a large flan following As luck would have it one of those flans happened to work for a record label and they were brought to the attention of Jimmy Bowen They brought out three albums on Liberty: Pirates Of The Mississippi Walk The Plank and Street Man Named Desire Their signature song received Music Row Best Video By A Group Award in 1991 and Nashville Scene readers voted the clip top overall video later that year The Pirates were named Top New Group by Radio it Records in 1990 and took home the Academy of Country Top New Vocal Group inl99L For a self-described American redneck rock roll party the Pirates have certainly stirred up things in the Venkat Vangala MD Cost-Saving Outpatient Surgeries 24 Hour Urological Urgent Care (Kidney Sione Ptoblemi) Call: 946-6000.