Dick Dale's big guitar sound returns to the WOW Hall.Byline: POP NOTES By Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard Guitar hero Dick Dale This article is about the surf guitarist. For the saxophonist-singer, see Dick Dale (singer). Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Quincy, Massachusetts) is "The King of the Surf Guitar": a pioneer of surf rock and one of the most has made quite an impression on Eugene. Fans at the WOW Hall voted the legendary axman ax·man n. 1. One who wields an ax. 2. Slang One assigned to perform a task involving ruthless reduction, as of a work force or budget. 3. "best instrumentalist" for 2002 and 2003. Now he's coming back to the WOW Hall for a show Tues- day. As one of the leaders of the surf music Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture. It has three main streams or subgenres:
A self-taught guitarist - he plays the guitar upside down, so he can play a right-handed instrument with his left - he's had a long association with Fender guitars. Dale will surf into the WOW Hall on Tuesday with support from Eugene's own the Sawyer Family. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance - available at the WOW, CD World, CD & Game Exchange, House of Records, Taco Loco and the Erb Memorial Union ticket office - or $15 at the door. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Johnny Clegg Today, John Henry's Johnny Clegg was born in England, spent his early childhood in Zimbabwe and moved to South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. at the age of 9. He picked up the guitar at 14 and befriended Charlie Mzila, a Zulu street performer. In South Africa of the apartheid era, Clegg's relationships with Mzila and other black musicians often brought him unwanted attention from the authorities. But he persevered, and in the mid-'70, he teamed with Sipho Mchunu Sipho Mchunu is a Zulu musician best known for his partnership with 'white Zulu' Johnny Clegg in the band Juluka from the 1970s to the 1990s. Mchunu's Zulu compositions, vocals and guitar work brought traditional Zulu styles such as maskanda and mbaqanga to a wider crossover to form Juluka, the first multiracial mul·ti·ra·cial adj. 1. Made up of, involving, or acting on behalf of various races: a multiracial society. 2. Having ancestors of several or various races. South African band. The group's first album, "Universal Man," received no radio play in South Africa, but became a hit anyway. The band parted in 1985, and Clegg formed a second band, Savuka, melding rock, Celtic folk and African sounds. His latest effort, the Johnny Clegg Band, will play the music of Juluka and Savuka when Clegg comes to John Henry's today for a show. Showtime is 9 p.m., and tickets are $17 in advance, available at CD World and John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway. At the door, admission will be $19. Laura Kemp Saturday, Sam Bond's Laura Kemp, one of Eugene's leading practitioners of folky folk·y n. & adj. Variant of folkie. Americana, will play for a hometown crowd on Saturday with some help from the Boze- man, Mont., five-piece the Tall- boys. The music begins at 9:30 p.m. at Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. The cover charge is $6. John Keawe John Keawe is a Hawaiian musician and slack key guitar player from Hawi in the North Kohala district of the Big Island of Hawaii. He has toured throughout Hawaii and the Mainland U.S. and regularly performs on the Big Island. , Charlie Recaido and Dennis Kamakahi Rev. Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi, Christian minister, Hawaiian slack key guitarist, 2007 Grammy Award winning recording artist and music composer. (Born: March 31, 1953). He is considered to be Hawaii's most prolific music composer of Native Hawaiian music today. Saturday, Gerlinger Hall Three masters of the Hawaiian slack-key guitar Slack-key guitar is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawai‘i. Its name refers to its characteristic tuning: the English term is a translation of the Hawaiian kī hō‘alu, which means "loosen the [tuning] key". - John Keawe, Charlie Recaido and Dennis Kamakahi - will bring some Pacific breezes with them when they perform Saturday night in Gerlinger Hall's Alum- ni Lounge, 1468 University St. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. The concert originally was scheduled for the Shedd Recital Hall. Tickets are $25, available by calling (206) 542-5594; if the show is not sold out, tickets will be available at the door. Tickets purchased through the Shedd Institute will not be honored. Ticket holders should contact the Shedd at 687-6526 for refunds and then repurchase tickets at the Washington number. Hit and Run Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. Sunday, Sam Bond's Garage Hit and Run Bluegrass, the Colorado-based bluegrass band, hopes to make an accident-free trek to the Northwest for a show Sunday at Sam Bond's. The occasion? A CD release show to mark the debut of the band's second album, "Without Maps or Charts." Showtime is 8:30 p.m. The cover is $7. Luca Monday, Sam Bond's Garage It's been a busy year for Luca. The Tucson, Ariz., trio spent much of the spring on the road with John Doe John Doe formerly, any plaintiff; now just anybody. [Am. Pop. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 329] See : Everyman , both as an opening act and as his backing band. At the South by Southwest festivals, Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka February 1, 1956) is an American musician and actress. Raised in Illinois and Florida, Cervenka moved to Los Angeles in 1976. joined her old X-mate for a song, and Luca had a stage-eye view of the fun. Add to that a gig on "Conan O'Brien Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963)[1] is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBC's late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. " with Doe and Neko Case Neko Case (IPA pronunciation: [ˈniː.koʊ keɪs]|)[1] (born September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and as a member of The New , and, well, it's made for some thrilling times. The trio is on the road this summer in support of the new CD "You Win Again." The Northwest leg of the tour begins Monday at Sam Bond's Garage. Showtime is 9 p.m.; the cover is $4. Eric Nordsby is also on the bill. Peter Janson Tuesday, Cozmic Pizza Peter Janson plays finger-style acoustic guitar and often mines the worlds of folk, classical, jazz and world music for his inspiration. When he performs at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave., on Tuesday night, it'll be inspiring for a different reason. Proceeds from the event will benefit Mieka Hopps, 20, an uninsured college student battling Hodg- kin's lymphoma. The suggested donation for Tuesday's show is $5 to $20 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. . Showtime is 8 p.m. Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra Wednesday, Cozmic Pizza For the past two years, Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra have been named the best hip-hop act in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . And while the band doesn't like to think of itself as strictly a hip-hop act, it borrows from hip-hop and other genres to create its own style. See for yourself when AHK AHK Die Deutschen Auslandshandelskammern (Germany) AHK Autohotkey (Windows open-source utility) AHK Acid House Kings (Swedish band) AHK Acylhomoserine Lactone AHK Auto Hot Key 23 heads to Cozmic Pizza for a show at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The cover will be $5. Catholic Comb Wednesday, Downtown Lounge The members of the Catholic Comb are not shy about reveling in their Cure fandom. The 10 tracks on their new CD, "Ghost Stories" owe much to the Cure, as well as the Smiths, My Bloody Valentine and Joy Division. The San Francisco four-piece will open a show in Eugene on Wednesday for OSLO, which features No Doubt trombonist-keyboardist Gabriel McNair. The free show will begin at 10 p.m. at Diablo's/Downtown Lounge, 959 Pearl St. Daphne Loves Derby Daphne Loves Derby is an American Indie-pop rock band that formed in Kent, Washington. They are a celebrated band on PureVolume, and they now have over 5,000,000 plays. For a time, they held the number one spot on PureVolume's Unsigned Artists page, but in 2005 signed onto Outlook Wednesday, WOW Hall It'll be a night of indie rock at the WOW Hall on Wednes- day. Headlining the evening will be the Kent, Wash., band Daphne Loves Derby, which has attracted a fervent following through the band's Web site, www.daphnelovesderby.com/. The band's full-length debut, "On the Strength of All Convinced," is just out. Also on the bill are Sherwood, This Providence and Eugene's own Steps to Lydia. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Reeotch and Tricky P, featuring Jerry Groove Thursday, Luna Reeotch and Tricky P featuring Jerry Groove does not sound like an acoustic outing. But a night of acoustic music is what you're in for at Luna on Thursday. Reeotch (Rich Sellars, drums) and Tricky P (Patrick Kavaney, guitar) call themselves an acoustic percussion duo. They're both veterans of many bands, and the pair met back in the early '90s, when they were members of Dr. Fred and the Love Surgeons. Showtime is 8:30 p.m., and the cover is $5. Luna is at 30 E. Broadway. Head for the Hills Bluegrass Band Thursday, Cozmic Pizza The Head for the Hills Bluegrass Band will head for Eugene this week for a show at Cozmic Pizza. The Olympia outfit will perform beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday. The cover will be $3 to $5 on a sliding scale. Electric Apricot Thursday, WOW Hall The NoCal jam band Electric Apricot is no stranger to the WOW Hall. With its brand of "semi-groove-oriented psychedelic soundscapes" (so says the WOW Hall news release), Electric Apricot has developed a reputation as one of the most affable bands around. The WOW Hall is contractually prevented from using the band members' names in any publicity. But if the Internet is to be believed (and come on, don't we believe everything we read online), then a certain former lead singer of Primus just may be on board. Get in on the fun Thursday when the band plugs for a 9:30 p.m. show. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. CAPTION(S): Mieka Hopps is a college student who is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma. A concert by Peter Janson on Tuesday at Cozmic Pizza will help pay her medical bills. Mieka Hopps is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma. A concert Tuesday at Cozmic Pizza will help pay her medical bills. |
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