Show Groutage eyes Cz by Matt Reilly Jim Groutage may have been born but his dreams carry him a lot further:aad rakeJ is L to a cemer sional songwriter and recording musician Groutage a junior majoring in music tys t!ri 3 his goals are formidable but believes that “amts c Wam ° f hCy hV baaic (Uent c drive o icj Drive is something Groutage is not tots£y He has been playing the guitar piano and ing professionally for more than 10 years Groutage 25 lives with his wife Kristin anj tL dogs Amie and Chaunce In the basement of t Groutage owns his own recording studio v — ? work for several local bands Cc- including — The Bear River Band' Groutage has also recorded his own The recording was sold at his conceit been sent to Columbia Records and Uonby Tapes Groutage only started writing his own mwy 4 ” ' ago He considers his music a mix of Keery Dan and Chuck Mangione but really jJ himself -C Considering his career plans I wondered was attending USU’s music department wkkil'C J geared more toward music educators rather musicians He said that he can relate to a couple of “most of them don’t understand what I’m t$asc'? that after he graduates he will probably httf t larger city to break into the recording busmens ‘ i Faced with enormous odds a ‘ — fc recording slump and the stigma of being from Utah C he’ll says just “keep at it” i ts ' te t tr 2" CrM ' '? av°? Monday SL r Ac udencwth a short guitar two-ho- h Chas night Croutage' ur solo during his show featured an energetic fusion of rock and Daue Wilson photo Groutage Scott give FAC show by Gary McVey Monday night's Jim Croutage James Scott concert promised to be an exciting evening of musical entertainment at a bargain price of $3 After all Grouiage and Scott are extremely talented experienced Utah musicians both with nkngs of original music to their credit ngly and as expected both Groutage and t delivered performances of 8nl compositions and thoroughly enter-'“’ethe Chase Fine Arts Center audience Monday s concert began with a j0“tic set by Salt Lake City singer guitarist Scott is very popular in his having played before such na- JjWjKtiasJose Feliciano and Emmylou top-rat- e d te Additionally Scott's popularity stems from respectable debut album Dinosaurs at the HA which was released in Salt Lake City months ago Scott performed a few songs l®jjjobly lbum during i“ Monday night’s show j was the Salt Lake City a “The Bricks on Main Street" Dur- °° nd throughout his set Scott ex- -' ttrong dear vocals as well as near-H?- ” fttitar abilities Auinore Scott successfully enthralled ac-- f -lnce — by interchanging t wnniroentals and vocal composi- - ” ( ( :c 'r Scott provided a complete enter-- v ttty displaying superior musical tbowaaidrip and as a result furCroutage with an excellent yet Vjwcotnc opening act intermission CSartst Jim Grot Mage appeared band consisting of former USU Jams Ensemble IS-mia- l® six-pie- ce a? -- r0 'w (tn ' members to perform h ts arigmut “I’m So Happy” From the beginning of the song it was obvious that Groutage’s set and musical direction would differ from Scott’s “I’m So Happy” and other Groutage originals performed Monday night were more heavenly and dreamy than Scott’s realistic and socially relevant compositions However this difference can be attributed to Groutage’s limited experience as a composer and to the fai t that he is attempting to appeal to a different audience than Scott Groutage’s music is meant more for family audiences than Scott’s is and accordingly ‘ Monday night’s FAC audience consisted primarily of families Groutage and friends entertained mom dad and the kids by playing original songs such as “The Bug Song” “Red Riding ' The Utah g-L dramatic production of the year oa Night Music opens at 8 pm in the 224) Actj Lt w A Little Night Music has been successful sinet t Broadway debut The plot for the play whs ter Ingmar Bergman film Smiles tf a Summer N‘J i the liasons and romantic confrontations of m £ invited to a country estate for the weekend A Little Night Music will be presented May IS Tickets for all performances are $158 mi the SC ticket office i' J t2 tn t Hood” and “Sunday’s Lullabye” On the other hand some of the better originals that Groutage performed during his two hour performance were “Generic Spider” “2nd Time or 3” and “Take a Breath” “Generic Spider” and “Take a Breath” stood out from other Groutage songs primarily because they were predominantly instrumentals containing few if any of Groutage’s heavenly lyrics Also what made the evening’s instrumental compositions stand out was six fine musicians backing Groutage The band included Greg Wheeler sax and harmony vocals Laura Ashby ban and harmony vocals Holly Ashby keyboards and harmony vocals Jeff George guitar and Dan Hankins drums Generally Groutage’s performance was highlighted by excellent talented musician-shi- p and technically perfect light and sound equipment And although Groutage and friends gave a first-rat- e performance the ‘ weak lyrics Contained in virtually all of’ Grourage’s compositions stopped the evening short of being an excellent concert' -- i moiLCPEL r GEIIyUR szz-- : hzzz sJ- c i' : |