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Dave
Van Ronk
A regular in the Greenwich Village scene
throughout the '60s, Van Ronk has showed a depth of creativity
allowing him to traipse through the changing music genres of time.
Friday, Cafe Paradiso. |
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Culture
Joseph Hill is the frontman of this classic Jamaican trio,and
considered by some to be a prophet. His lyrics are passionate,
historical, and irie. Though some of the longest-standing reggae
groups match Culture in depth of roots, few surpass them. Monday,
McDonald Theatre. |
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Jerry
Joseph
He's played a bunch with the Jackmormons, but this week he
jams with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets. Thursday,
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Blues
& Urban Cowboys
Too much
to pick from this week.
By
Dave Gingold
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Walter Prossnitz
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Dave Van Ronk is a living legend of NYC's
early '60s folk scene. He began his recording career with Folkways
more than 40 years ago, buddied with and even roomed with Dylan, and
gained renown as a preservationist and archivist of the blues, blending
his jazz and folk leanings into a musical entity that remains vibrant
today. He is at Cafe Paradiso the 5th, with Walker T. Ryan
opening. Van Ronk was a merchant seaman when he was advised to take
his music pro by Odetta. He still lives in Greenwich Village and teaches
guitar when he isn't touring and performing.
Cult favorite Chris Whitley, who plays the
WOW Hall the 10th, just might make it out of the shadows with
his latest, seventh CD, Rocket House. This luminous work, graced
by guests including DJ Logic, Bruce Hornsby, Dave Matthews and Badal
Roy, is awash in Indian textures and funky grooves, such as the urban
cowboy lope of "Say Goodbye." Space cowboy Whitley insinuates electronic
bleeps into the heavily dobrod "Serve You" and a seasoning of tabla
into "Little Torch," leaving Rocket House with a delicious
unstuck in time, or space, for that matter, feeling. The CD artwork
is based on photographs of monolithic glass skyscrapers, with an unsettling
import that couldn't have been imagined when it was designed.
This Week: The 4th brings former Meat Puppet Curt
Kirkwood to Sam Bond's Garage, along with Jerry Joseph.
Dave Matthews buddy Tim Reynolds does the singer-songwriter
thing at the WOW Hall the 5th. The Photon Band of Girdwood,
Alaska, bring their "cosmic bluegrass funk" to Rascal's the 6th. Now
that's a long drive. Bill Kreutzman's band House of Spirits recently
opened for the Photons at a benefit concert on Kauai, during an Hawaiian
tour.
Norma Fraser holds a CD release for her latest reggae
offering C'mon Baby the 6th at Taylor's. Also on the 6th, Beastie
Boys DJ Mixmaster Mike is at the WOW Hall, with Swollen
Members opening.
The 7th finds an Indiegrrl Records Showcase at Sam
Bond's, with Holly Figueroa, Erika Luckett, Kellee Bradley,
Stacey Board and Liz Queler. These women are all on
the recently formed cooperative label founded by Figueroa. She started
playing guitar in mid-1999, and has already been at such folk bastions
as NYC's Bitter End, Boston's Club Passim and featured on "All Things
Considered." Luckett spent nine years in the fusion group Wild Mango,
and has scored for film, including the Oscar-nominated documentary
Untold Stories. Queler's Indiegrrl CD No Small Wonder
features guest appearances from Cliff Eberhardt, Lucy Kaplansky and
many others. Bradley has opened for Jo Dee Messina, Christopher Cross,
John Mellencamp and more, playing before 20,000 at the Gorge and 45,000
singing the national anthem before a Mariners game. I think were dealing
with heavyweights here.
Old Bobby Dylan is at OSU's Gill Coliseum
the 7th, touring on his new, well-received Love and Theft.
The insurgent country, and I've waited years to use that term, of
the Old 97's is at the WOW Hall the 9th, with Mini Bar
opening. Bay Area guitarist and composer Will Bernard is at
Taylor's the 11th. Bernard has been active in the jazz, hip hop and
world music scenes, gaining some prominence in the band T.J. Kirk,
along with Charlie Hunter. Bernard's 4-tet and 5-tet have played the
North Sea, Monterey and Montreal Jazz Festivals and opened for Herbie
Hancock, John Scofield, Medeski, Martin & Wood and others. His
current band, Motherbug, is heavy on the B-3 propelled R&B.
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Claiming
Victory
Pass
Out Kings triumph with a CD release party.
By
Ben Fogelson
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Dave
Macrorie, Ken Holst, ScottK, Reed Gilchrist and Jivan are Pass
Out Kings.
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The phone rang and it was Reed Gilchrist,
the Fu Man Chu'ed lead singer of Eugene's punk band, Pass Out Kings.
I jerked to attention, spilling music mags from my bedspread.
I'd imagined the frontman of a deafening punk band
would have a cannonball voice, but it was more Jerry than Tom.
"We did it, man. The CD is out," he squeaked. I rubbed
my eyes, wondering at this.
Then came the sound of a comatose sea lion crashing
into a pile of empty beer cans. Someone grabbed the phone on the way
down, guitarist SkottK, and the story began --
At 10 pm Oct. 6 at John Henry's, the Pass Out Kings
will emerge with We Claim Victory, a CD release designed to
catapult; a musical amalgamation destined to lift punk eyebrows on
a nationwide brow.
Sick and tired of not getting paid
But I've still got plenty to say. No
One's kickin' down the door to
Sign us, guess we'll do it our way.
-- We Claim Victory
And they do it their own way. Their mojo's a combination
of past practices and present predilections. POK's double-guitar onslaught
was created by ScottK and Ken Holst while playing together for years
in a punk band called Dogwater. Drummer Jivan's sticks have polished
plenty of drum-skins over the years playing with Thresher, Kpants
and Peter Wilde, and bass master Dave Macrorie's skills were sired
by many moons of low-pitched plucking for Eugene's own blues/jazz
group, Boogie Chillin'. Reed Gilchrist himself goes way back to San
Fran where he played with Circle One among the 1980s punk greats.
But it's Reed's current vision of POK that's a necessary social epoxy
for an already tight group of friends pressing their musical stamp
on a region.
"This is the best band I've been with in my life,"
says Reed. "Others may have been more famous, but not as good. No
way."
After coming out with a self-released, self-titled
CD in '99, the POKs have played alongside punk biggies like Bad Brains,
Suicidal Tendencies and Poison Idea, but it never kept them from performing
on more diverse local bills, including high school bands and other
up-and-comers, proving their love for Eugene and their desire to keep
its music scene growing.
"We love Eugene," ScottK says. "Our lives are here.
Other bands move away as stepping stones and become unhappy." All
of the POKs are raising families and working in Eugene, determined
to stay together until they make their mark from home.
"I'd rather make this the cool town," says
Gilchrist.
And looking at the steps they've taken so far, they
are making it.
Every single cent of proceeds from their first CD
stayed in a drawer until it could go into the making of We Claim
Victory. It's become the essence of POK's five diligent years
together creating working man's punk. New songs espousing passion
for their uncompromised music, highlighting their disgust with hypocrisy,
and a humorous cry concerning expected fatherhood grace the silvery
doughnut. All the tracks are fast and don't pull any punches.
"Our music's about anger and issues, things that make
us laugh," says Reed, "Punk has to be brave. You've got to lay it
on the line, to mean it. There needs to be danger."
We Claim Victory will be the available highlight
of an evening full of familiar junts and hidden surprises. POK aren't
asking for recognition, but they're going to get it. Soon the punk
nation will find itself looking in the direction of Eugene's loyal
Kings.
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Adam's Place
30 E. Broadway * 344-6948
Fri: Mike Denny, Greg Nathan, Dave Mitchell--8:30; Jazz
Sat: Gus Russel, Lyn Burg--8:30; Jazz
Mo: Debra Mathis--5:15; Jazz
We: Barbara Dzuro--5:15; Jazz
Ambrosia
174 E. Broadway. * 342-4141
Bacari Restaurant
1210 Willamette * 343-8404
Beanery
152 W. 5th * 342-3378
Beanery
2465 Hilyard * 344-0221
Black Forest
50 E. 11th * 344-0816
Thu: Forrest T. Black--9:30 Rock
Fri: Citizen Lane--9:30; Rock
Sat: Mixed Blood--9:30; '60s adn '70s dance
Su: Open mic--9:30
Mo: Anton and Friends--9:30; Jazz
Tu: Jamie Mishley--9:30
We: Forest Jam--9:30
Bliss Bunkhouse
2891 W. 11th * 484-6657
Tu: Easy Money--7; Variety
We: Easy Money--7: Variety
Borders
5 Oakway Center * 345-6072
The Brickhouse
4136 4th St. Spfd. * 988-1612
Buzz Coffeehouse
EMU, UO * 346-3725
Thu: Midnight Sun --9; Jazz
Fri: Patrick Dodd Open Mic--9
Mo: Poetry open mic--9
We: Nicole Barrett--9; Acoustic
Cafe Paradiso AA
NS
115 W. Broadway * 484-9933
Thu: TR Kelley--8:30; Guitar and vocals
Fri: Dave Van Ronk--8:30; Folk legend
Sat: Allan Byers, the Killamooks--9
Su: Big Mouth Babe Open Mic--7:30
Mo: Eric Maskol--8:30; Musical mood swings
Tu: Open mic--8:00
We: Patty McCullough--8:30; Jazz, blues
Chantrelle's
5th & Pearl * 484-4065
Fri: Jerry Gleason, Gus Russel--9:30; Jazz
Sat: Kenny Reed and Stone Cold Jazz--9:30
Tu: Blues Jam with Byron Case, Bradshaw and Friends--9:30
Chez Ray
44 W. 10th * 344-1530
Thu: Liquid Foundation-10; Rock, funk
Fri: Poorbasics--9:30
Sat: Stone Cold Jazz--9:30
We: Ashley Raines--9
Cozmic Pizza
1432 Willamette * 338-9333
Crossroads
737 Main St. * 741-3366
Cypress Restaurant
99 W. Broadway * 683-3800
Fri: Belly Dancing--7:30; Lounge Jazz--9:30
Sat: Belly Dancing--7:30; Lounge Jazz--9:30
Diablo's
959 Pearl * 683-3855
Thu: Ladies Night with Kokblock--9
Fri: Yummy Booty Night with DRock--9
Sat: Deep House--9; Won
Su: Tremorsville, KungfuXXX, S.I.N.--9
Doc's Pad
165 W. 11th * 683-8101
Thu: DJ Tekneek--9; Hip hop
Fri: Kawaida--9; Hip hop, funk
Sat: DJ Dance Party--9; Techno
Mo: Rooster's Blues Jam--9:30
Double Tree Hotel
I-5 & Beltline * 726-8181
Downtown Lounge
959 Pearl * 683-3855
Thu: T-Bone Welldone Prime Cut Band--10; Blues
Fri: DJs--10
Sat: Electrolounge--10
Su: Sprout City Showcase--9
Mo: KWVA 88.1 Night--10
Tu: Super 8 mm Film Night--10
We: 1 up 2 Down--11; Rock
Duck Inn
1795 W. 6th * 342-5729
Embers Supper Club
1811 Hwy. 99 N. * 688-6564
Fri: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety
Sat: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety
Su: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety
Fathoms
790 East 14th * 344-4471
Fifth St. Public Mkt.
5th & High * no phone
Fool's Paradise
460 Willamette * 338-9733
Sat: Turkish Aksent--8:30; Sufi
Foolscap
780 Blair Blvd. * 681-9212
Foxfire
4740 Main, Spfd * 747-7900
Thu: Mr. Wizard--9:15; Rock
Fri: The Symptoms--9:15 Rock
Sat: The Symptoms--9:15 Rock
Su: Karaoke--7:30
Mo: Hair of the Dog--8; Acoustic
Tu: Emerald Ciity Jam-9:30; Rock
We: Johnny Wilde--9; Rock
Gilligan's
990 Oak St. * 342-2659
Groucho's
100 E. Broadway * 484-1747
Thu: Steve McCallum and the Blues Night Special--9; Blues
Fri: DJ Mario Mora--10, Salsa & Merengue
Hagen's
50 E. 11th * 343-8108
Hilton Ballroom
66 E. 6th * 342-2000
Hollywood Taxi
535 Main, Spfd * 747-0307
Fri: Ozone Baby--9:30
Sat: Ozone Baby--9:30
Tu: P.E.L.T.--9:30
We: Liquid Genie--9:30; Boogie
Hungry Duck
30 Country Club Rd * 484-6963
Jakes Restaurant
605 W. 19th * 431-0513
Jim's Landing
303 Main St. Spfd * 726-7570
Jo Federigo's
259 E 5th * 343-8488
Thu: Jo Fed's All Star Jazz Jam--9:30
Fri: Pavlak and Abbot Quartet--9:30; Jazz
Sat: Emmett Williams Trio--9:30; Jazz
Su: Mark Alan--9; Acoustic
Mo: Freedom Funk Open Mic--10
Tu: Barbara Dzuro--8:30; Jazz
We: Paul Paydos Trio--9:30; Latin
John Henry's
136 E. 11th * 342-3358
Thu: Pedro the Lion, Starflyer 59, Seldom--8; '80s Vinyl--10
Fri: Papa's Soul Kitchen--10; Funk, soul
Sat: Pass Out Kings CD Release Party, Courtesy Clerks, Spread Eagle--10;
Punk
Su: Plug Spark Sanjay, Watsonville Patio--9; Rock, electronica
Mo: Hot for Vinyl--10; Dance
Tu: Community Sound Soundsystem--10; Reggae dance
We: Los Mex Pistols--10; Tex Mex
Kokomo's
44 E. 7th * 683-5160
The Keg Tavern
4711 W. 11th * 345-5563
Lavelle Wine Bar
5th St. Mkt * 338-9875
Fri: Gus Russell--5:30; Jazz
The Love Cafe
145 Pioneer Pkwy Spfd * 763-5710
Lucky's Pool Hall
10th & Olive * no phone
Max's Tavern
550 E. 13th * 349-8986
McDonald Theatre
1010 Willamette
Mo: Culture--9; Reggae
Meridian Building
18th & Willamette * no phone
Moretti's
730 E. Broadway * 344-6673
Mulligan's Pub
2841 Willamette * no phone
Neighbors
1417 Villard * 338-0334
Thu: DJ Razer--10; Dance
Fri: She-Bangs!--9; Female impersonation
Sat: Paula Vaden--7; Blues; DJ Vader--10; Dance
Su: DJ Razer--10; Dance
Mo: Karaoke--9
Tu: DJ Dance--9
We: DJ Kim--10; '80s dance
Nite Owl (Ramada Inn)
225 Coburg * 342-5181
The Old Pad
3355 E. Amazon * 686-5022
Olympus
23 W 6th * 683-2746
Thu: Dj Red, DJ Justin-Michael--9; disco, '80s
Fri: DJ Tekneek--9; Hip hop
Sat: DJ Tekneek, DJ Kal--9; Club
Tu: DJ Tekneek--9; Hip Hop
We: Iron Fist Crew--9; Reggae
Oregon Electric Station
27 E. 5th * 485-4444
Fri: Don Latarski Trio--8; Jazz
Sat: Don Latarski Trio--8; Jazz
Our Place Tavern
796 Hwy 99 N.
Out of the Fog
450 Willamette * 687-0709
Overtime Tavern
770 S. Bertelsen * 342-5028
Piccolo
999 Willamette * 484-4011
Sat: Gus Russel--8; Jazz
Quacker's
2105 W. 7th * 345-2617
Rascals
211 Washington * 345-2617
Sat: Photon Band--9:30; Cosmic electric folkrock-tainted bluegrass
Ramada Inn
225 Coburg Rd. * 342-5181
Fri: Coupe De Ville--9:15; Rock
Sat: Coupe De Ville--9:15; Rock
Rick's Pub
20 Hwy 99 N. * 344-3074
Fri: Murtin Smurl--9; Party jam
Sat: Karaoke--7
Su: Karaoke--5
Tu: Karaoke--7
River Rd. Grill & Bar
645 River Rd. * 463-8375
Fri: Mickey and the Mojo Hitmen--9; Soul
We: Cheeseburgers--8; Rock
Rock 'n' Rodeo
44 E. 7th * 683-5160
Safari Room
3280 Gateway * 726-8181
Sakura
844 E. 13th * 343-6817
Sam Bond's Garage
407 Blair Blvd * 343-2635
Thu: Curt Kirkwood, Jerry Joseph Solo--9
Fri: Chip Cohen--5; Adam and Kris, the Muse--9; Variety
Sat: Old Time Jam--5; John Shipe, Here Comes Everybody--9:30; Rock
Su: Indie Girl Showcase--8
Mo: Pete Christie, Suszanne McCallum--9; Variety
Tu: Bluegrass Jam--9
We: Walker T. Ryan--9; Transcendental blues
Sam's Place
825 Wilson * 484-4455
Senor Frog's
444 E. 3rd * 484-2927
Thu: DJ Karaoke--6:30
Fri: DJ Dancing--10; Salsa, merengue, cumbia
Sat: DJ Jose Cruz--10; Salsa, Merengue
Shakers
1195 Main, Spfd. * 736-5177
Starbuck's
205 E.18th * 465-9813
Stepina's
1475 Mohawk, Spfd * 744-0811
Taco Loco
900 W. 7th
Taylor's
894 E. 13th * 344-6174
Sat: Norma Fraser--10; Reaggae CD Release
Tiny Tavern
894 E. 13th * 344-6174
Thu: Baked Angel--9:30; Rock
Fri: Activator, Hot for Chocolate--9:30
Sat: The U-Gene Band--9; Jam band
We: Christie & McCallum--9:30
TJ'S Lounge
365 E. Oregon * 895-3109
Toshi's Ramen
1520 Pearl * 683-7833
Tsunami Books
2585 Willamette * 345-8986
Tuscany's
950 Kruse Way * 726-1726
23:6
23 West 6th * 484-9669
Valley River Inn
1000 Valley R. Way * 687-0123
Waterfront Bar & Grill
2210 Centennial * 465-4506
Sat: Lazoo--9; Funk
Wild Duck Hall NS
169 W. 6th * 485-3825
Fri: Palace--9:30; Dance
WOW Hall AA
NS
291 W. 8th * 687-2646
Thu: Magical Thursday--8
Fri: Tim Reynolds--8:30; Singer/Songwriter
Sat: Mixmaster Mike, Swollen Members--9; Hip Hop
Tu: Old 97s, Mini Bar--8:30; Rockabilly
We: Chris Whitley--8:30; Blues, rock
Yukon Jack's Saloon
4th & Broadway, Veneta
Corvallis Clubs
AJ's
137 SW. Second * 758-4582
The Beanery
500 SW Second * 753-7442
Fri: Glen David Zucker--8
Sat: Jake Reichner--8
Fox & Firken
202 SW. First * 753-8533
Sat: The Paul Summers Band--10; Rock
Su: Nairobi Boys--6; Jazz
Gill Coliseum
Oregon State Univ. * 737-1000
Su: Bob Dylan--7
La Sells Stewart Center
OSU * 752-5435
Su: Benefit for the World Trade Center Relief Fund--4; Variety
We: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin--7:30; Classical
Majestic Theatre
115 SW. Second * 766-6977
Fri: Oregon Shakespeare Festival Excerpts--8
New Morning Bakery
219 SW. Second * 754-0181
Fri: Sig Paulson--8; Guitar
Sat: Loren Franklin--8; Folk
Odd Fellows Hall
223 SW. Second * 752-3023
Old World Deli
341 SW. Second * 752-8549
Squirrels Tavern
100 SW Second ´ 753-8057
Sat: Beecraft--9:30; Psychedelic rock, jazz
Sweets Barbecue
225 SW. Fourth ´ 754-3663
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