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American country music band Sawyer Brown turned out the lights Friday night at the Roanoke Rapids Theatre.

 

Roanoke Rapids based Self-- Induced Confusion band opened the night up for Sawyer Brown. Then Mark Miller, Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Shayne Hill, Joe "Curly" Smyth, and Jim Scholten aka Sawyer Brown entertained the crowd with their past 38 years of music. Then during their oncore songs, the lights litterly went out with only seconds left of their hit Some Girls Do the Thetre power was lost due to a passing storm. With lights coming back on, lead singer Mark Miller asked everyone to join in the last part of Some Girls Do to close the show. 

Sawyer Brown was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller, Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Bobby Randall, Joe "Curly" Smyth, and Jim Scholten. The five musicians were originally members of country singer Don King's road band, but chose to stay together after King retired in 1981. After competing on the television competition series Star Search and winning that show's grand prize, they signed to Capitol Records in 1984. The band recorded for Capitol between then and 1991, and for Curb Records between then and 2005, except for a short time in 2003 when they were signed to Lyric Street Records. Duncan Cameron, formerly of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, replaced Randall in 1991, and Shayne Hill replaced him in 2004.

 

Photos by Randy Wrenn

 

Video clips:

https://youtu.be/ltJ86Ve1erI

https://youtu.be/kN5NniPO9Fg

 

 

Mark your calenders for future concerts at the Roanoke Rapids Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at www.rrtlive.com

Saturday June 15th - Stryper 

Friday June 28th - Lee Greenwood

Friday July 18th - Nantucket