Performance
Date
Sunday, June 8
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
They're
Back..................
During the seventies,
the Houston-based group Wheatfield had a
large and faithful following throughout the Lone
Star State. Wheatfield also toured
extensively, playing college campuses across the US
and many legendary music venues such as The
Troubadour, Armadillo World Headquarters, The
Electric Ballroom, Liberty Hall and The Kerrville
Folk Festival. Wheatfield was featured
during the first season of the renowned television
series Austin City Limits. In his forward to the
book entitled, “Austin City Limits-25 Years Of
American Music”, Lyle Lovett mentioned that
watching Wheatfield on Austin City Limits got
him hooked on the show. Wheatfield
went on to compose and perform an original three-act
ballet called Caliban and performed it with
the Houston, Dallas and Chicago Ballet Companies.
Wheatfield changed their name to St. Elmo’s
Fire and were courted by a number of major
labels but sadly; they broke up before releasing a
record.
Fast forward to 2008.
Ezra and Keith have been known as Trout Fishing In
America ever since St. Elmo’s Fire disbanded,
Craig has released albums and toured full-time with
bands too numerous to name here and after taking
some time off to raise a family, Connie has begun to
record and tour again. In 2004, Wheatfield
had a “one-time” reunion in Houston promoting their
much-anticipated, previously unreleased album that
was recorded in the 70’s. They had so much fun
performing at that show, they decided to play
together as often as possible and now perform
several times a year… whenever the stars align
themselves. To top things off, the band has begun
writing together and Wheatfield is currently
promoting the 2008 release of their CD, “Second
Chances”.
For
more information on Wheatfield, visit www.wheatfieldband.com.
