ST. LOUIS' SUN SAWED IN 1/2 TO PLAY AT YACHT CLUB FRIDAY

The Sun Sawed in 1/2 is more than a band with an odd name. In a recent competition, they placed among the top five unsigned bands in the nation.

The Sun Sawed in 1/2 will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at the River City Yacht Club in downtown Cape Girardeau.

Founded by brothers Ken and Timothy Rose, the St. Louis-based band plays a style of music that fits into an alternative-pop category.

Ken is a bassist and Tim plays guitar. Rounding out the lineup are Steve Bunck on drums, Doug Bobenhouse on vocals and John Holt on keyboards.

Over the past two years, the band has performed in many music hotspots, including Austin, Minneapolis, Detroit and Nashville, and has been featured four times in Billboard magazine's Continental Drift section.

The band's newest album, its third, is titled "Mind Flip." The CD was produced by six-time Grammy winner Keith Olsen, who has worked with Santana, Heart, Fleetwood Mac and the Grateful Dead.

The band's name comes from a headline that appeared one day in the now defunct St. Louis Sun. It read: Sawed in 1/2. The story was about a man who accidentally sawed himself in half and said, "I don't care what happens to me as long as my trigger finger is intact."