www.bluenote.com
Guitarist, record producer, singer, songwriter and guitar teacher Joe Reyes is preparing for a Buttercup CD release party but he took time to send an e-mail touting a CD-release party for The Stoplight System, a band that includes one of his students, Taylor Zettner. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stoplight-System )
“I’d like to take credit for his improvement,” Reyes wrote, “but he’s just one of those kids that has it. We just basically jam around when he comes in. I told him, ‘Once you join a band, you’ll feel things take off with your playing.’ And that’s exactly what happened.”
The Stoplight System is guitarist Zettner, the great-nephew of the late David Zettner, a bass player and visual artist who was one of Willie Nelson’s main men; Jeb Bakke (bass, vocals); and Travis Kolb (drums). They’ll celebrate the release of the six-song “The Stoplight System” disc Friday night at White Rabbit on a bill with Starluck, A Kid Named Thompson, New Holiday, So Sweet the Hour, Jam Naked, Chasing the Night, Set the Scene, Madore and Anavie.
The trio formed in late ’08 when the members were students at MacArthur High School. The Stoplight System walks a line between hard-edged garage rock and fuzztone-powered hard rock. On songs such as “Leprosy” and “Glued,” Bakke spits out world-weary lyrics while Zettner hits sharp licks and Kolb keeps the beat. Pay attention to The Stoplight System. The band not only has potential, Zettner knows how to take care of business.
July 31, 2009
6 p.m.
The White Rabbit
San Antonio, TX
www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/52020717.htmlJohn Goodspeed –