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of mainstream success.
JULIE ZIMMERMAN
Special to the Jewish News
A
college student recently walked into a big-city
music store looking for new headphones for her
portable CD player. The shop's employee, a
young, black, urban music fan, selected a pair,
plugged them into the Discman and pressed "Play." When
the music — a cut from the Boston-bred band Guster —
came on, a grin crossed his face. "I don't mean to be nosy or
anything, but this song is awesome," he said. "Who is this?"
Guster won't remain semi-anonymous for long. The band
is out on a national tour promoting its major-label debut, Lost
and Gone Forever (Hybrid Production/Sire Records Group),
and makes a stop at Detroit's Majestic Theatre on April 6.
The members of the trio — Adam Gardner (vocals and
guitar), Ryan Miller (vocals and guitar) and Brian
Rosenworcel (percussion) — met each other in 1991 during
freshman orientation at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.,
just outside Cambridge.
Besides being Jewish, they had something else in com-
mon: Growing up, they'd each been part of a high school
band — Gardner in New Jersey, Miller in Texas and
Rosenworcel in Connecticut. Hanging out in their dorm
rooms that first year, they decided to experiment with play-
ing together and writing some songs.
By sophomore year, they'd moved to campus venues and the
Julie Zimmerman, a Huntington Woods resident, is
a freshman at George Washington University.
club scene in Boston — anywhere they could get their music
out to the public. In 1994, the band self-released its first album
Parachute. Following their 1995 college graduation — Gardner
majored in psychology, Miller in religion and Rosenworcel in
American studies — they followed up with Goldfly.
A single from that 1996 album, "The Airport Song," got
some radio playtime, and their live shows gained the atten-
tion of legendary producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave
Matthews Band), whose influence helped the band secure a
record deal. Lillywhite collaborated on Lost and Gone Forever
which was released to favorable reviews in September.
Guster's self-penned pop songs for 'the album explore issues o
self-preservation, loneliness and recollections about the past.
Percussionist Rosenworcel — who plays bongos with his
hands and has never touched a drum kit — describes the
trio's songs and sound as "basically whatever we can come
up with. It's a strange interpretation of rock and roll with a
strong twist because we don't use bass or drums," he says.
He didn't expect the music to get much radio airplay, but
the album is being heard on stations across the country.
He credits Lillywhite for that. "The sincerity of this
album stems from Steve and the artistic respect he had for
Guster from day one," says Rosenworcel. "While other pro
ducers have told us Guster can't make a record without a ki
drummer, Steve told us you [can't] make a Guster record
with a drummer. From that moment on, we set out to be a
creative as we had to be, to make an album that accurately
reflects the spirit of this band."
Rosenworcel got interested in music when he picked up the
bongos in high school to accompany his friends on guitar.