Award-winning song anchors new album from Cochram.Byline: LEWIS TAYLOR The Register-Guard Michael Cochram's "House of Stone" took first place in the 2001 Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its Folk Festival's new song contest. The tune makes a second appearance as the title track on the Eugene songwriter's latest album. Cochram plays guitar, mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. , 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. , fiddle and bass on his new record. Vocalist Jill Giddens and drummer Lee Rademacher also contributed to the project. Cochram will celebrate the release of "House of Stone" at 8 p.m. today at Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. The cover is $3 to $5 on a sliding scale slid·ing scale n. A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income. . The Pharcyde, an alternative hip-hop act, will be headlining the High Times Hip-Hop Tour today at 8 p.m. at the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St. High & Mighty, Afu-Ra, Sleep and Opus X also will perform. Tickets are $14 in advance or $16 day of show. Heather Greene, a piano-playing singer- songwriter, will bring her blend of jazz and pop to Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd., on Monday for a 9 p.m. show. Combining her sultry sul·try adj. sul·tri·er, sul·tri·est 1. a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. voice with vintage Wurlitzer and drum samples, Greene creates an uncommon mix that reflects her New York-by-way- of- Paris,-Massachusetts-and-Detroit background. Eugene's own Visible Men also will perform. The cover is $4. The North Mississippi Allstars North Mississippi Allstars is a blues-rock/jam band band from Hernando, Mississippi founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). bring their gritty grooves to town on Tuesday for an 8:30 p.m. show at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson return in support of their sophomore release, `51 Phantom," a record produced by their father, rock producer Jim Dickinson Jim Dickinson is an American record producer, pianist and singer. He was born James Luther Dickinson in Little Rock, Arkansas, November 15,1941, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee at an early age. . Supporting the Allstars will be the Blue Eyed Devils. Eugene's own Bill Willie Bluz will open the show. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Amy Martin, a singer- songwriter from Missoula, Mont., will play a house concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at 2720 High St. Martin is the artist behind "Phoenix (Letter to an Arsonist)," a protest song inspired by a February 2002 arson attack on a lesbian couple from Missoula. For reservations call 345-4893. Tickets are $7 to $10 on a sliding scale. 18 Fatal Strikes, Brazilia and Some Cheap Christ will bring some punk noise to the Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was Duck, 990 Oak St., at 9 p.m. Tuesday. The
cover is $3 to $5.
The Cheerful Tortoise tortoise (tôr`təs), common name for a terrestrial turtle, especially one of the family Testudinidae. Tortoises inhabit warm regions of all continents except Australia. , 730 E. Broadway, will host a battle of the bands barbecue from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Miami Airlines, the Danged, Beard, Alpha Charlie and the Rhythm Pimps will be cooking up all sorts of sounds at the club, which has been newly outfitted with sound equipment, stage improvements and enough television sets to satisfy a 30-eyed monster. There is no cover. You can also catch the Danged later that same night at the Wetlands Brew Pub and Sports Bar, 922 Garfield St. The band will be joined by the Sawyer Family and the Hellenbacks for a 10 p.m. show. The cover is $3. Banjo ace and slide guitar player Tony Furtado Tony Furtado is an award-winning banjo player and slide guitar player of Portuguese and Italian heritage who was born in Pleasanton, California. A two time winner of the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas (1987 & 1991). will drop into Cafe Paradiso on Thursday with the Melissa Crabtree Band. Matt Butler will open the show at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $10. CAPTION(S): For fans of the Danged, Saturday will be busy. The band has gigs at both the Cheerful Tortoise and the Wetlands. Michael Cochram will celebrate the release of "House of Stone" tonight at Cafe Paradiso. Heather Greene will blend jazz and pop at a show Monday at Sam Bond's Garage. From North Mississippi come the Allstars, to the WOW Hall. |
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