eeves Brothers to perform at The Bliss
orizon on May 15
The Reeves Brothers will be making their first ever
Amarillo performance at The Bliss Horizon Live,locat-ed at 9700 E FM JI.51
(Claude Highway) on May
15. The country music is
setto begin at 8 p.m., and
tickets are on sale now at
eventbrite.com .
Brothers Matt and Cole
grew up in the small town
of Pahrump, Nevada.
They originally lived bebind The Stagestop, a
uke joint their father,
Jack Reeves, headlined
playing country music
five nights a week.
“Needless to say, music
runs like blood in their
veins, and playing it
comes as naturally as
breathing. From childhood, the brothers were
surrounded by mentors
and influences, such as
Dick Dale, Red Simpson,
and Gib Guilbeau, ergo careers, but soon realized
perfecting their craft with that family was at the
each passing day,” a con- heart of who they are, the
cert announcement from . heartbeat of their music.
the Amarillo venue says. Come 2016, The Reeves
‘i\s the boys grew older, Brothers band was born,
they each pursued solo andthey released theirfirst full-length album.”
Their music was
deemed worthy of being
“played on a jukebox also
stocked with the likes of
Charlie Rich, David Allan
Coe, and Merle Haggard”
“Jacob and the Stone”
from the film “Minari”
and original piece “Time
Outside of Time” will be
performed by the WT
Chorale.
Among other works on
the choirs’ program are an
arrangement of “Like a
River in My Soul” by Tim
Osiek, “The Impossible
Dream,” “Sanctus and
Benedictus” from the
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with voices “as smooth as
top-shelf bourbon.” (The
Las Vegas Review) After a
successful album release
and busy tour schedule,
the brothers received the
Ameripolitan Award for
“Honky-Tonk Group of
the Year” in 2018. WT Chorale, the WT
Symphonic Band, the WT
Symphony Orchestra, the
WT Concert Band, the
WT Jazz Band I and WT
Opera, as well as smaller
chamber groups like the
trombone choir, the brass
choir, WT Chamber Singers, the saxophone ensemble and more. In all,
more than 200 musicians
are expected to perform,
with the evening culminating in a grand finale
featuring all performers
collaborating on “Many
Drops Make a River.”
Showcase of Music
will be held in conjunction with the Greater
Southwest Music Festival, the long-running
competitive festival for
elementary, middle and
high school bands, choirs
and student solos and ensembles.
Pre-show music will
begin at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center Complex lobby
with Sforzando, the flute
ensemble, Phi Mu Alpha
Men’s Chorus, and in the
hall with Jazz Band II and
the percussion ensemble.