`Hellbilly' Hank hits town again.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Hank Williams Noun 1. Hank Williams - United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams III Tuesday, John Henry's "Risin' Outlaw" Hank Williams III returns to town Tuesday for what promises to be another sellout. The honky-punk singer and grandson of Hank Williams mixes up true country, songs that recall the lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. twang of his famous ancestor, with screeching rock inspired by the Misfits, the Melvins and the other punk bands 0-9
Once a drummer in various Southeastern punk bands, high child-support payments forced him to pursue another path. He followed his debut album, "Risin' Outlaw," with the widely praised "Lovesick love·sick adj. 1. So deeply affected by love as to be unable to act normally. 2. Exhibiting a lover's yearning. love , Broke & Driftin' ' in 2002. POP NOTES Joining Hank Three at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway, will be his combo, Assjack, and Scott H. Biram. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $15. Northwest Royale Today, WOW Hall Eugene rock band Northwest Royale, local death metal specialists Whore, electro-industrialists Dismantled and the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. rock quintet Daughter take over the stage at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., starting at 8:30 p.m. today. The show is part of the venue's ongoing `affordable Friday' showcase. Tickets are just $5. Handsome Family Tuesday, WOW Hall The husband-and-wife team of Brett and Rennie Sparks make up the core of the comfortably creepy Handsome Family. Brett provides a hefty baritone. He also handles guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. Rennie writes the lyrics that get under your skin, about abandoned farms, office space isolation and haunted 24-hour grocery stores. She also sings on several songs and plays banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. , bass and Autoharp. The Handsome Family plays the WOW Hall starting at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, with opening acts the Buttless Chaps and Cabinessence. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. David Helfand David J. Helfand is chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University as well as the co-director of the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory. He has also served as part of the university's Physics Department. Saturday, Cozmic Pizza David Helfand's latest album, "At the Edge of the Cornish Sea," was released a year ago, but the Eugene multi-instrumentalist is just now putting on a CD release show. Helfand and six others will do the album live at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave., starting at 8 p.m. Saturday. Helfand, who has two other CDs to his name (`Callings From the Quiet Grove," "Beyond the Sea of Reeds') was inspired to craft the first few songs on his new album after a 2001 trip to England. The trip took him to the ruins of the Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle (grid reference SX051889) is a castle currently in ruins found on Tintagel Head, located near Tintagel in Cornwall, England, UK. The site was originally a Roman settlement, though the remains of the castle that stand today date from the 13th century. and other sites, but being a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of native, he was equally moved by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The tragedy, he says, almost prevented him from finishing the album. `Here I was creating this album, and it became this incredible struggle of, `What's the point of art?' ' he said. "Finally, it came to me that if you're on Earth and not using the gifts you've been given, then what's the point?" While Helfand's previous CD explored the music of the Middle East, his latest is somewhat of a concept album that blends Celtic sounds with ambient music Ambient music refers to a kind of music that envelops the listener without drawing attention to itself [1] 'Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is and progressive rock. Helfand plays harp, along with mandocello, guitar, keyboards, percussion and drums. Joining him Saturday will be Brad Parshalle (keyboards), Jeff Schenck (bass), David Burham (violin), Allison Rickenbaugh (vocals, penny whistle), Wayne Gilbertson (Middle Eastern horn, percussion) and Mark Hurwit (drums). Tickets are $7 at the door. Living Legends The Living Legends crew is a group of eight West Coast hip hop artists. Although their roots lie in Los Angeles and Oakland, the Legends also have fans worldwide. Background Sunday, WOW Hall The Living Legends crew headlines an evening of independent hip-hop on Sunday. The California collective has roots in Oakland and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , but with recent tours to Europe, Japan and Australia, the group has spread its branches around the world. Opening acts are the Procussions, the LA Symphony LA Symphony is a hip-hop group from Los Angeles, California. Current members of L.A. Symphony are FLYNN, UNO Mas, CookBook, Joey the Jerk, and Sharlok Poems. Past members include Pigeon John and BTwice, J-Beits a.k.a. , Potluck and Eugene's own Genus Pro. Tickets for the 9:30 p.m. show are $18 in advance or $20 at the WOW doors. Milton Mapes Tuesday, Samurai Duck Milton Mapes inevitably earns comparisons to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, but you also can hear echoes of Bruce Springsteen and Wilco in the music of the roots-rock outfit from Austin, Texas. Named after lead singer Greg Vanderpool's grandfather, Mapes brings a bit of the heartland to wherever it plays. The band will be at the Samurai Duck, 990 Oak St., for a 9:30 p.m. Tuesday show. The cover is $2. Olen Kent opens. The OM Trio Wednesday, McDonald Lounge The OM Trio, a group of truck stop sociologists and jazz-trance-metal-funk specialists, has been known to perform everywhere from college campuses to senior citizen homes. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, the San Francisco-by-way-of-New Jersey ensemble stops off at the McDonald Lounge, 1010 Willamette St. Tickets are $8. CAPTION(S): The Handsome Family will craft some spooky tunes during a show Tuesday at the WOW Hall. Hank Williams III, his band Assjack and Scott H. Biram will team up for a show at John Henry's next week. The Om Trio will add the McDonald Lounge to its list of venues when the band plays there on Wednesday. |
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