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Hipnecks to grace stage at historic Fulton Theater By ROGER MEISSEN The Fulton Sun
Regardless of its name, the music that will blare out of the historic Fulton Theater on Friday night will rock. The Hipnecks will take the stage at 8 p.m. in the first outside act brought in by the Callaway Arts Council to its new facility. “I'd call it what rock and roll has evolved into,” said Tom Clapp, who deems himself the CAC's benevolent dictator. “We've only had two events on the main stage so far. Now we're starting off doing our own stuff and the Hipnecks concert is perfect since it's a band with a wonderful regional following.” The band, who at times sounds like they robbed a music store, mesh divergent sounds and genres in their second album release and their current CD release tour. Its sound includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, piano and organ. “That's been one of the things that's characterized our sound since the beginning,” bandmember Pat Kay said. “We don't pay much attention to the pigeonholes and the like, try to take whatever aspects of the music we really enjoy and incorporate that into our own music. If we like trombones, we'll try to put a trombone into our music.” “Scott Anderson and I started the whole thing and pieced the band together,” Kay said. “It just kind of evolved from Scott and I trying to have a job in college and has taken on a life of its own.” The Hipnecks are currently touring for their second CD “American Night,” which has taken the band in a different direction. “We've been working on it for over a year,” Kay said. “The first one we did we had no idea what we were doing and it was more of a live recording. We didn't do any overdubs or anything. On this one we took a whole different approach. “We recorded it at Bridge Studios in Jamestown, Mo. where Shannon Davidson produced it. He introduced us to the world of fun toys with all the different amps and microphones you can use. That really opened up our eyes in terms of what you can do to get exactly the sound you want if you spend enough time in there experimenting with different combinations of amplifiers, guitars and microphones.” This stop on the tour also signifies a rebirth for the historic Fulton Theater and a return to its origins. Built in 1927, it originally was a vaudeville and movie house with live entertainers. Clapp said it's exciting to return to those roots. “You'd bring in a vaudeville act, you'd pack the place, raise and lower the curtain for the show on the stage,” Clapp said. “Of course, vaudeville died shortly after this place was built. It had been used for a few other things, but hadn't been used as a performance stage for 50 years.” While Clapp said the theater is far from complete, he hopes that it will help breathe new life into downtown Fulton. “We got a facility that's going to cost us a lot of money, but ultimately the economic goal of this place is to have 200-400 people three nights a week,” Clapp said. “If we're bringing 600-1200 people downtown then it changes the financial composure of what downtown Fulton is ...” |
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