
Bill Engvall
COMEDIAN BILL ENGVALL always knew he wanted to be on stage, and when he bought his first Steve Martin album, the lightbulb over his head went on. “The more I listened to the album, the more I started hearing the…

Reel Big Fish
FOR YEARS Reel Big Fish had musician trouble — horn section trouble, to be exact. In its earliest days, the band comprised singer/guitarist Aaron Barrett, bassist Matt Wong and drummer Andrew Gonzales and they did mostly covers. A horn section…

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
BUENOS AIRES’ Los Fabulosos Cadillacs have long been at the forefront of the Rock en movement. The Argentine rock band has sold sold several million records worldwide and recently headlined the “RockInvasion ’97” tour of major U.S. venues. Many in…

Abra Moore
ARISTA AUSTIN recording artist Abra her face these days. During a recent visit to San Francisco, where she opened up for Collective Soul at the famed Fillmore Auditorium, Moore started her day telling POLLSTAR how happy she is about the…

Lee Ann Womack
EXCLUDING THE 10 YEARS she struggled as a singer/songwriter in Nashville, Lee Ann Womack looks to be one of country music’s newest overnight successes. Decca Records had to push up the release of her self-titled album earlier this year because…

Sister Hazel
FOR A TIME, Sister Hazel was known as the hardest working band in Gainesville. The catch phrase was only relevant for awhile though, not because the Florida band slacked off or other groups started working even harder, it’s just that…
Sugar Ray
IT'S STORMING IN CHICAGO. Sugar Ray is on stage groovin' for a crowd of dedicated fans at "The Warped Tour." Just as the band is ending its hit single, "Fly," a bolt of lightening hits the stage to punctuate the…
Paula Cole
PAULA COLE HAS A VOICE that can wrap around a lyric and caress it one second and bludgeon it to death the next. Fortunately, she's chosen to use her formidable talents in a positive way because those vocal chords are…
Third Eye Blind
WITHIN 12 WEEKS after Third Eye Blind's debut record hit the streets, the band found itself playing to more than 300,000 people at the Blockbuster RockFest show in Texas. That kind of coup can be seen as a hit-song driven…
Jim Brickman
ONE DOESN'T USUALLY think of solo piano as a medium for pop music. For that reason, Jim Brickman didn't have much of an example to follow when he tried to make his way into the music industry with his brand…
David Kersh
WHILE ENJOYING A RECENT ROUND of golf, David Kersh had an unpleasant flashback. He was momentarily transported back to life before hordes of fans came to see his shows every night, before he had a contract with Curb Records, before…
Matchbox 20
THE MEMBERS of Matchbox 20 – Rob Thomas, Kyle Cook, Adam Gaynor, Brian Yale and Paul Doucette – are set to have one hell of a summer and they have an attitude that is cool enough to enjoy it. The…
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