September 21, 2013
STEVE TREVINO WITH SPECIAL GUEST ROGER CREAGER |
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Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
Time: 8:00 PM Details: STEVE TREVINO WITH SPECIAL GUEST ROGER CREAGER Steve Trevino was born in Gregory-Portland, Texas and got started in stand-up comedy when he told jokes in his 2nd grade talent show. At a young age he was performing anywhere he could, from backyard barbecues to school functions. Trevino had his first professional gig in Corpus Christi at the Harbor Playhouse opening for Carlos Mencia at the age of nineteen. Soon after, Steve was off to Dallas with stars in his eyes in pursuit of his career and got a job as a doorman at the Addison Improv in order to garner stage time. He quickly earned his stripes to become the house MC, opening up for big acts traveling through the club who encouraged him to bite the bullet and move to Los Angeles. His first big road tour came about with the Three Amigos Comedy Tour, featuring Mencia, Pablo Francisco, and the late Freddy Soto, just one of the greats to whom Steve has been compared, a likeness that Steve wears as a badge of honor. Coming off rave reviews he went on to become one of the youngest comedians ever to headline the Improv Comedy Club and continues to be a top draw. Steve performed in Spanish on Despierta America on Univsion. He is a regular doing short sketches and man on the street for the syndicated program American Latino. He has appeared on The Late Late show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy.TV, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, BET Comic View and Que Locos. He’s become a staple at large events such as the Latino Laugh Festival, New Faces at Just For Laughs in Montreal and the Doghouse Comedy Jam in San Francisco. Steve was also a writer for and appeared on the Mind Of Mencia. Recently, Steve was featured in the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival along with comic greats Jay Mohr, Rita Rudner, Tommy Chong and Bill Bellamy. His first hour-long special was filmed during the festival and premiered on Showtime® in October 2012 placing in the Top 20 of the Nielsen Media Research Ratings. Showtime® raved saying, “Though Trevino may seem as American as any Texan can be, his distinctive stories of finding his way from a Hispanic upbringing in Corpus Christi to living his dream in Hollywood make for a comedy brand that is all his own.” Steve is currently developing a ½ hour scripted comedy show about his life. He resides in Los Angeles and performs in comedy clubs throughout the country. He has several tour dates on the calendar, which can be seen on his website stevetrevino.com For more than a decade, Roger Creager built a reputation on his distinctive brand of hard-core, rabble-rousing Texas Country music, on his rich, full-bodied voice that can carry a tune for miles, and on his exceptional ability to work thousands of Texans into a rabid frenzy with his voice and guitar, in the great concert tradition of Jerry Jeff Walker and Robert Earl Keen. Along the way, he's been writing some mighty fine instant classics about family heirlooms, fields of "It's been five years since I’ve put out anything new," Roger says. "So it's five years of evolving and maybe even maturing, although it's still me." Actually, it's more of him than ever. For the first time, he's written or co-written every song on the album. The first single, "I'm From the Beer Joint" plays to Creager's honky-tonk wildcat image informed by his live album, as he declares his preference for independent drinking establishments. "It's not going to change any lives, but it sure is fun," Creager laughs about the sing-along, before turning serious. "But who wants to listen to a whole album of that?" He's aiming for something higher. "I hope there's a song here that penetrates your soul, too," he says, leaning forward. "There's a few that may do just that. I aimed with a shotgun. I really did try to mix it up. There's love songs [Missing You], drinking songs [the aforementioned "Beer Joint"], up-tempo dancing songs [I Love Being Lonesome], groovy little tunes [Tangle Me in You], one about a man who's screwed up and he's driving like hell through the middle of the night to get home [Driving Home]. 'I Loved You When' is my best story song yet. It doesn't even tell the whole story. It doesn't have to. It gives you just enough to know there's a history there. It’s all you need to know." The two catalysts behind the album were Lloyd Maines, the go-to producer who produced Creager's first albums, and Radney Foster, the Texas kid from Del Rio, whose songs and productions have established him as one of country music's most innovative and edgy operators. Radney teamed up with Justin Tocket, a talented producer himself, to co-produce this project. But Roger himself is the biggest catalyst of all. The Corpus Christi native was raised on songs like Guy Clark's "Desperadoes Waiting For A Train" and Gary P. Nunn's "You Ask Me What I Like About Texas" and under the influence of Jerry Jeff Walker, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, and Jimmy Buffett, along with Willie, Waylon, Cash, Merle, and even Sinatra. He graduated from college and spent two years in Houston working a 8-5 gig. He finally listened to his heart and moved back to College Station to pursue a life in music. Working without a paycheck was liberating. "I'd always been a slacker," Roger admits, "and I could easily see myself failing in music because I wasn't trying hard enough. So I promised myself that would be one excuse I'd never use. I just got out there and busted my hump." In 1998, he released Having Fun, then blew open the doors two years later with I Got the Guns. The title track, a striking piece about his granddad and hisfamily, became a staple on more than 200 radio stations programming Texas Country Music. Long Way To Mexico and Live Across Texas grew his audience beyond state lines. Here It Is speaks to those broadening horizons. "I was in 14 countries last year," Roger says. "I want to take our music to a wider audience without compromising the integrity of the music. I'm taking some of who I am to where I'm going." "I've always tried to make records where every song is different so I can listen to them over and over again instead of forty five minutes of essentially the same song," he says. With Here It Is, he can do just that. This go-round, he's staying on for the whole ride. Tickets available at the American Bank Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets including select H-E-B's,* Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Additional fees may apply. *Select H-E-B's: |
