Even with a snow covered roadway the
show must go on. The lights danced in front of the Comedy Tonight
Theater on a cloud covered, frosted evening Saturday January 30,
2010. While a few cars drove slowly by looking to see what was
happening on the Nevada square that night, many more stopped to see
the action. Two performers were set to perform that night, Alamo
Black a duo consisting of Nathan Rorabaugh, Nevada Missouri, and
Clinton Houseman, Springfield MO, and Matthew Harper a solo singer
songwriter from Nevada, Missouri also. Music fans seated themselves
in the new cozy padded chairs at the theater, and were ready for some
music, as the last minute sound system adjustments were made. Then,
the overhead lights went dark. The stage was warmly lit by four
colored stage lights. Matthew Harper was the first to perform. Smooth
strums on the guitar mixed with commanding vocals, made way for a
later performance on the harmonica, and a few songs were also played
on an electric guitar covered with vintage sixties sounding fuzz
tones. The nineteen music fans in the theater seemed to be taken away
on a journey to times past with Matthew's stories, sounds, and songs.
Next was the Alamo Black duo. The duo allowed longtime friend, Indian
Bob Bittner to join them on stage for one song before their set
began. Bob was a crowd pleaser, with his Elvis like moves and his
chant sounding vocals. Now Alamo Black was underway, their set
included several of their new songs quickly taking fans by storm on
Myspace, and new fans were given free three song demos after the set.
The one electric and one acoustic sound melted together nicely with
cool double guitar parts and friendly solos from Clinton. All and all
the night was a success even though the crowd was down a bit most
likely caused by the bad weather, but the show went on and this is
what the folks that were there had to say...
“Everything sounded wonderful
tonight! I loved the Lady GaGa cover!” - Mandy Gerster
“Live music on the Nevada, MO square
on Saturday night, I loved it! Sorry I missed Matt, but Nathan was
very good...love his originals!” - Lorrie Divine
“Really liked Alamo Black's new song
“You can have it all”, everyone should go to Myspace and check it
out!” - Tami Holcomb
“Yay” - Whitney Mosher
“Always entertaining” - Andy, and
Kelli Brannan
“Great job by Nate and Clinton! How
much more black can it get? The answer is “Alamo” Alamo Black.
Sorry I missed Matt's set.” - Ryan Wallace
“The Christian Comedy Theater just
keeps getting better, and better, plays, and music, it's great for
our town” - Matthew Harper
“Happy and grateful for a new music
venue. Great music, great friends, great night. I was craving a
donut.” - Dan Divine
“Comedy Tonight Theater, keeping the
music scene alive! Matthew Harper, Nathan Rorabaugh, Indian Bob, and
Clinton, entertaining all night!” - Kevin Jaynes
“Fun time out! Great talent at a
local scene. Interesting, and entertaining!! Keep it up!!” - Teresa
Harper
“Great acoustic sets I enjoyed it
all, great local talent!” - David Rorabaugh
“Had a great time, great people,
great music!” - Nathan Conley
“Awesome guitar parts!” - Dangerous
Doug Harper
“This is giving me a warm feeling”
- Tony Wagner
