Amadan and Eleven Eyes
are playing tonight at Platinum Club 126 SW 4th St, Corvallis, Oregon
JD is a the DJ for Eleven Eyes. He rocks! Check him out if you can!
He spins the Downward Dog...Located right next door to Cloud 9
The Badfish Band and the Manamals are playing tomorrow night at the Peacock.
Two very danceable bands.... come out and shake your bon bon!
Hey, I heard 49 Fingers won't be hanging it up after all and will be playing at Calapooia Brewing Company on Saturday.
I am so there!
I would say that my favorite local band to catch would be amadan. Who would have thought that punking up old irish drinking songs could be so catchy. They always put on a show with a ton of energy. If you get the chance they are certainly worth catching.
A couple months ago a friend and I went to see Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society. A band that we weren't sure would put on a great show, but Zakk's got a big enough reputation and I dig the albums so we gave it a shot. I've been to enough concerts to know that 95% of opening acts suck. If they don't suck outright then they're generally not something you want to hear, especially when you've paid to see the headliner. So I usually try to time it so I arrive shortly before the headliner is scheduled to go on. My confidence in Zakk picking a good opening band wasn't high, but my friend wanted to go early and see the opening act. A band neither of us had heard of. Usually a bad sign. When we got to the show we found out that not only was there the scheduled opening act, but also a local band that was going to start things off. My immediate reaction was, "Great, now I've got two crappy bands to suffer through before we get to the real show."
The local band: Love Weapon. I hate to use a cliche, but they came out and rocked the place. Excellent high energy hard rock. Definitely had the crowd into it with a short solid set of songs played well. My friend and I kept looking at each other with surprised looks saying "These guys are really good." The only down side was that they didn't have any CDs for sale. They said they were working on a CD, but how did they not even have some CD-Rs for sale at show opening for a national act? They do have a myspace page with songs to download though.
My friend and I still talk about how mediocre Zakk's playing seemed, but how good Love Weapon was. They've definitely made me a little more open minded to seeing opening acts again.
It wasn't that long ago (October '01), but I still run into people who are really surprised that Dylan played Gil Colesium in Corvallis. It was a great show and songs like Masters Of War and Blowin' In The Wind took on an extra resonance being so close to 9/11. Here's the set list!
# Wait For The Light To Shine (acoustic) (Larry on mandolin) (song by Fred Rose)
# My Back Pages (acoustic) (Larry on fiddle and Bob on harp)
# Desolation Row (acoustic)
# Searching For A Soldier's Grave (acoustic) (Larry on mandolin)
(song by Johnnie Wright, Jim Anglin and Jack Anglin)
# Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
# Positively 4th Street (Larry on pedal steel)
# Summer Days (Tony on standup bass)
# Moonlight (Bob on harp and Tony on standup bass)
# Masters Of War (acoustic) (Charlie on dobro)
# It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (acoustic) (Larry on pedal steel)
# Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic)
# Watching The River Flow (Larry on slide guitar)
# Sugar Baby (Tony on standup bass)
# Cold Irons Bound
# Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Larry on slide guitar)
(encore)
# Love Sick
# Like A Rolling Stone
# Knockin' On Heaven's Door (acoustic) (Charlie on electric guitar)
# Honest With Me
# Blowin' In The Wind (acoustic)
Last summer Charlie Musselwhite played at the daVinci Days Festival. It was a rock solid performance by a seasoned professional who knew his blues, and was there to play. From start to finish, it was the music that took center stage. What a treat!
Musselwhite's focus on the music was something that really struck me as distinguishing him from other performers (at least that weekend). Other groups at the festival seemed to spend lots of time on the stage talking about their personal explorations into different musical styles, describing in detail how they wanted to try something new, and telling the audience all about the things that influenced their music. Some of that is great--it enhances the music--but a little goes a long way. Musselwhite took the stage, played for nearly two hours straight without a break and with very little narration. His energy never flagged (and he's in his mid 60's), he respected his audience and brought us what we were there to hear: his music.
Here'a a link to a a clip from last July of "Gone too Long."
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