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~oyful noise Vaughan as a major influence on his playing. "He's probably the first real guitarist that I loved,'' he says. "For any blues player, you've gdt to have soul-feelmore than anything. I like the intensity he played with. He had that feel but yet hewas still really tech– nical with his playing. He didn't play like any other blues player., but he had a little bit of every other blues player in him." Making Faces Speaking of intensity, the tall,

soft-spoken red head is known for his high-energy performances, hjghlighted by his odd facial expressions. He looks like he means it. "I can't help it," Jordan says, breaking into laughter.

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technical, I focus on feel– ing it more than any– thing." Long Days "Every day is a long Jordan says: betweenclasses (Calculus and other pre-pharmacy courses), part-time shifts at Wheeler's Drugstore, and rehearsals for the Collegians and the praise band at Clarke-Venable Baptist Church, he stays busy. day,''

Vance plans to finish ECCC this semester, then hopes to head to Ole Miss, where he has another year of coursework before enrolling in pharmacy school. And even though he's not planning on a career as a professional musi– cian, Jordan plans to stick with the'guitar playing for the long haul. "AB far as football– that's fun, but when I'm

fifty years o , I'm not going to be out in my backyard tackling my friends," he says, adding that he'd like to have a band to play with on weekends. "But yea, if there was a tour bus that came through Decatur needing· a guitarist," he says, his smile broadening, ''I'd bop on in a heartbeat."

Continued from lA "Everybody makes fun of me...at first it kind of bothered me...then it got to the point where if I try not to do it, I can't concen– trate on playing." "When I practice, I try to make sure I'm getting everything right," he con– tinues. "But when I'm out there playing live, I don't focus as much on being