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H-Town Singer Dies Just As Group Reunites, Vigil Planned
02/04/2003 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Yves Erwin Salomon
(2/4/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- A candlelight vigil commemorating the life of H-Town singer Keven A. "Dino" Conner was planned for Monday night (February 3) in Houston. Conner was killed in a car crash last Tuesday (January 28).
The singer's twin brother and bandmate Shazam Conner told the Houston Chronicle that the group was on the comeback trail when the tragedy struck, saying, "We had basically just finished recording our new album and were getting ready for an H-Town reunion tour."
As far as the future, Shazam responded, "We really haven't had time to think about what will happen now."
The 28-year-old Keven Conner died when an SUV ran a red light and crashed into the car he was a passenger in, which was driven by Teshya Rae Weisent, 22. Weisent had just picked Conner up from the recording studio, and on impact the two of them were thrown from the vehicle. Weisent died on the scene, while Conner died on his way to the hospital.
Conner is survived by a daughter.
H-Town burst on the scene in the early '90s. The group's debut album, Fever For Da Flavor, came out on Luke Records in 1993. The set was certified platinum and featured the group's breakthrough hit, "Knockin' The Boots."
In 1994, the group released the gold-certified album, Beggin' After Dark. In 1996, the group scored a gold single with "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate," which served the title track to the hit Martin Lawrence movie. The group's most recent release was 1997's Ladies Edition.
-- Yves Erwin Salomon, New York
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