11th and Grant

sam — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:30:31 +0000

Bozeman Chronicle

Textbook Blues drummer Greg Vallor joins Bozeman Zydeco band Bebe LeBoeuf in an episode of 11th and Grant with Eric Funk.

Local Band of Professors Release Original Album

sam — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:52:38 +0000

From the MSU Exponent, by Brent Zundel:

With final exams fast approaching, the name “Textbook Blues” likely conjures up many different images in students’ heads, but four Bozeman residents recently gave attendees at the Filling Station a different image. “Textbook Blues” is a local band composed of four members, all of whom have some connection to teaching, thus providing a fitting name.

John Priscu, a professor in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences (LRES) Department, shreds a mean lead guitar when not conducting nationally renowned research in Antarctica. Edis Kittrell, an English professor who also teaches in the Honors College, provides a soulful lead voice.

Warren Jones, an environmental engineering professor and former Faculty Senate Chair, keeps rhythm for the band by playing a skillful bass. To round out the quartet, Greg Vallor holds a crisp beat on the drums. Although he holds a teaching credential, presumably he doesn’t teach because he can “do.”