Mandolin player has that Grammy-winning sound.Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard If you've heard the 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. introduction to the song "Man of Constant Sorrow' from the `O Brother, Where Art Thou?" sound track - and let's face it, we've all heard it - then you're familiar with the work of Mike Compton Mike Compton (born September 18, 1970) is a former NFL guard who played twelve seasons in the NFL from 1993-2004. He started in Super Bowl XXXVI for the New England Patriots. He was a great football player in high school and an all-around athlete. . Compton, who played mandolin on two Grammy-winning projects, the "O Brother" sound track and on "Down From the Mountain," will bring that old-timey music to Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Joining Compton on stage will be mandolin player David Long. The duo formed in 2003 to pursue their interest in acoustic music Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electronic means. Given that electronic instruments are a very recent invention in the history of music, almost all musical instruments are . Their shows include country blues Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) refers to all the acoustic, guitar-driven forms of the blues. After blues' birth in the southern United States, it quickly spread throughout the country (and elsewhere), , 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. and early American string-band music. Admission is $8. Rock Against Hunger Android An open platform for cellphones from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Based on Linux, Android includes a library of Java classes for building mobile applications. Android and GPhone Ethic hopes to do something positive for the world this holiday season. Toward that end, the Eugene pop-rock band and special guests J.C. Rico, Skip Jones and John Shipe will team up tonight for a show to benefit FOOD for Lane County. The show will begin at 8 p.m. at Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. Admission is $8. Android Ethic will donate half of its proceeds to the local food agency. The night also will serve as Shipe's latest `stealth" CD release party. The prolific singer-songwriter is celebrating the release of "The John Shipe Song Clearance." The CD includes unreleased and "uncharacteristic" country- folk songs - as he calls them in his news release - that Shipe has written during the past 16 years. The CD is meant as a Christmas present to longtime fans who have enjoyed his acoustic performances. Hot Club Sandwich The Gypsy swing music of Stephanne Grappelli and Django Reinhardt Jean "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Sinto Gypsy jazz guitarist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to be born in Europe, and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time. will drift through the Whiteaker neighborhood Saturday when Seattle's Hot Club Sandwich stops by Sam Bond's Garage for a 9 p.m. show. The hot jazz string band draws inspiration from the music created by Grappelli and Reinhardt at the Hot Club of France in Paris in the 1930s and 1940s. The band members also have been known to mix in their own improvisations and a taste of American swing. The cover is $7. Sam Bond's is at 407 Blair Blvd. Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons have been kind of quiet in 2004, as Joseph worked with his side band, the Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm Syndrome Definition Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. , and concentrated on his solo work. But the Portland-based rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. band plans to end the year with a bang, hitting the road for a series of dates leading up to a New Year's gig in Costa Rica. Along the way, they'll stop by John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway, today for a 9:30 p.m. show. The Damnwells, a group that features Steven Terry from Whiskeytown, will open the show. The cover is $8. Watsonville Patio In the mood for "somnolent som·no·lent adj. 1. Drowsy; sleepy. 2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific. 3. In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose. grooves" that "bear a certain defiance to most radio pop in a conscious though enigmatic way"? Yeah, we thought so. And Cafe Paradiso just might have the cure for that craving this weekend when Watsonville Patio takes the stage. This Portland-by-way-of-Los Angeles quartet is touring in support of its self-released album "Beneath the Leaves." Led by the "bone-weary ache" of singer Janice Grube's "drowsy voice," Watsonville Patio has made a fan at The Oregonian; he's the one who authored all the above quotes. Stop by to see if the author's critique is dead-on when Watsonville Patio, with Campus Inn, takes the stage Saturday at 8 p.m. The cover is $5. |
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