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Date: 5.19.2005 Author: Annie Fischer and Rebecca Braverman Magazine: The Pitch - Kansas City The fact that Bela Lugosi and Elvis Presley both died on lead singer Stoo Odom's birthday is a point that the Graves Brothers Deluxe repeatedly belabor in their band biographies. We aren't sure why; Odom's life is unusual enough to carry itself without the star-clout coincidences. After college, Odom - who split his childhood between Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and New Orleans - began his career as a Delta archaeologist. The demanding hours and low pay, however, forced him into work as a swamp tour guide (ew) until the early '90s, when he migrated to California and gained mild fame playing bass for Thin White Rope. That band broke up in 1992; a few years later, Odom and two other members reunited as GBD, taking their name from the Graves brothers of Mississippi, who, in 1936, recorded two of the earliest (if not the earliest) rock records in Hattiesburg. The humid, woozy atmosphere of the south is an apparent influence on the group's brooding - but not depressing - sound. The Graves Brothers Deluxe play Mike's Tavern (5424 Troost) tonight as the kickoff to the bar's weeklong End of May Musical Melee, capped this weekend with a 3-day, 15-band blowout. (Surely it's not to celebrate the summer exodus of local college kids.) Call 816-444-3399 or see www.mikestavernkc.com for details. (Annie Fischer and Rebecca Braverman)