Misty River enlists guitar star for holiday show.Byline: POP NOTES By Tyler Mack The Register-Guard It's Christmas on the coast tonight at the Florence Events Center when Portland-based Misty River is accompanied by 2005 Grammy-winning acoustic guitar virtuoso Doug Smith Doug Smith may refer to:
Misty River, a four-woman band formed in 1997, plays a mix of folk, 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. , country, Celtic and original music. The band has put out four CDs, including a Christmas album from which it will play some traditional songs, such as "Silent Night." The quartet also will perform old-time Christmas songs from the Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Mountains (ăpəlā`chən, –chēən, –lăch`–), mountain system of E North America, extending in a broad belt c.1,600 mi (2,570 km) SW from the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec prov. , as well as original seasonal tunes. Smith won his Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. in 2005 for best pop instrumental album for a CD that was a tribute to Henry Mancini, called "Pink Guitar." Smith will join Misty River on stage for a few songs. He has drawn praise from the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , which said, "His writing runs the gamut from peaceful and introspective in·tro·spect intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects To engage in introspection. [Latin intr to jaunting and exuberant." Smith has played on two of Misty River's other CDs: "Willow" and "Midwinter mid·win·ter n. 1. The middle of the winter. 2. The period of the winter solstice, about December 22. midwinter Noun 1. the middle or depth of winter 2. ." He also has his own Christmas CD of classic carols. The holiday sounds begin at 7 p.m. at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince quince, shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga St. General admission tickets are $18, and are available by calling (541) 997-1994 or toll-free at (888) 968-4086. Misty River will be in concert Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. of Corvallis, 114 S.W. Eighth St., in a fundraiser for the church's building fund. Tickets are $20, available in advance at Grass Roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. Books & Music. Christopher Williams The name Christopher Williams may refer to:
Today, Blue Tower Arts Center Singer-songwriter Christopher Williams brings a special Christmas concert to the Blue Tower Arts Center tonight. Williams, 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 and religious studies graduate of Bucknell University Bucknell University (bŭknĕl`), at Lewisburg, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1846 as the Univ. of Lewisburg. Its present name was adopted in 1886. Bucknell has a college of arts and sciences and a college of engineering. , is promoting the release of his latest album, "Unbroken Song." Williams has built a following over the past seven years of touring, doing more than 120 shows a year. He has sold more than 21,000 records. His music has been called "honest and confessional, with an appealing mix of intense passion and humor." Williams brings his guitar along and often plays on a single djembe A djembe (pronounced jem bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin covered hand drum, shaped like a large goblet, and meant to be played with bare hands. drum. The show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students. Blue Tower Arts Center is at 85989 Bailey Hill Road, southwest of Eugene. Stompy Jones, West Coast Rhythm Kings Today, WOW Hall Get your swing on tonight at the WOW Hall with Stompy Jones, formerly known as Swing Session, and Eugene's own West Coast Rhythm Kings. San Francisco-based Stompy Jones is a high-energy band that tours nationally, motivating crowds with its infectious rhythms and beats. The sextet has been performing since 1998 and has produced three albums. The West Coast Rhythm Kings are a seven-piece band that performs a repertoire that includes blues, jump, jazz, Latin, swing and early rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. . A dance lesson begins at 7:30 p.m. for those who ain't got that swing or who need their swing fine tuned. The West Coast Rhythm Kings come on at 8:30 p.m.,; Stompy Jones takes the stage at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $10, $8 for students. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. The Steve Kimock Steve Kimock (born October 5, 1955 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American rock musician and guitarist. Kimock's music is widely known for being influenced heavily by the psychedelic rock styles of the Grateful Dead. Band Saturday, WOW Hall The man who Jerry Garcia once called "the greatest unknown guitarist" he ever knew, Steve Kimock, comes to town with his band to promote his debut studio album, "Eudemo- nic." Apparently, Kimock is a bit of a perfectionist per·fec·tion·ism n. 1. A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. 2. . This CD took five years to finalize. Hailed as one of the greatest living guitarists, Relix Magazine dubbed Kimock "the Guitar Monk, for his relentless pursuit of `Zen and the art of guitar.' ' Performing along with Kimock on his album and on stage is 13-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and composer Rodney Holmes. Holmes has performed and recorded with Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the more important American jazz sax players and composers since the 1960s. , the Brecker Brothers and Carlos Santana - with whom he won one of his Grammys for his work on the single, "Smooth." Kimock and Holmes have handpicked a group of top musicians to perform with. For this WOW Hall show, they've got bassist Reed Mathis and organist Robert Walter accompanying them. The show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, available at CD & Game Exchange, CD World, House of Records, La Oficina, the Erb Memorial Union ticket office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb .com. Tickets will be $22 at the door. Lloyd Jones Saturday, Mac's Lloyd Jones was born into a musical family, and his father and older brother taught him to play the trumpet and the drums before his 13th birthday. Jones grew up at performances by blues legends such as B.B. King and Buddy Guy, and he had the chance to play with his heroes on stage as his own career blossomed. In the 1980s, Jones joined forces with ex-Robert Cray singer and harp player Curtis Salgado in a band called In Yo' Face. Jones credits Salgado for pushing him as a guitar player. Jones describes his mix of funk, blues and R&B as "storytelling with a Memphis groove." His latest album, "Love Gotcha (jargon, programming) gotcha - A misfeature of a system, especially a programming language or environment, that tends to breed bugs or mistakes because it both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome. ," features his polished guitar and vocal work, accompanied by some funky horn, rhythm and organ arrangements. See Jones at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Mac's at the Vet's Club, 1626 Willamette St. The cover is $8. Anne Weiss Saturday, Cozmic Pizza There is something of a poet in many a singer-songwriter. Not many have Anne Weiss' poetry credentials; her 2002 book of poems, "Making Paper From Leaves," won the Allen Gins- berg Award. Weiss will bring her poetic musings to Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave., on Saturday at 6 p.m. The cover will be $6 to $10 on a sliding scale. Whiskey Creek String Band Saturday, Sam Bond's Garage It's been 30 years since Sue and Tom Hunnel, along with Bill Terry, landed in Newport and started playing music on the streets for change. The trio, Whiskey Creek, recorded a handful of albums, toured the West and Canada and developed a legion of local fans by regularly playing Eu- gene venues. The band stopped touring in 1986, but reunites for a show once a year. On Saturday, Whiskey Creek will celebrate a three-decade history with an appearance at Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. Showtime is 9 p.m. and the cover is $5. Marjorie Fair Monday, John Henry's "If you were to call into work sick with an aching heart, the plaintive plain·tive adj. Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy. [Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint. lyrics would make for good medicine." That's how a New York Times reviewer described the music style of Marjorie Fair, a four-piece rock band rolling into town Monday evening at John Henry's. The band's debut album, "Self Help Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is ," was produced by Rob Schnapf. Schnapf has produced albums for Beck, Elliott Smith and the Foo Fighters. Marjorie Fair lives together in a spacious loft on Skid Row in Los Angeles. The band records at the loft, and claims that the living situation has contributed a lot to its songwriting and music production. See the rose that grew on Skid Row at 9 p.m. Monday at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway. Persephone's Bees open, and the headliner is Mellowdrone. The cover will be $5. Dead Ringers Wednesday, Cozmic Pizza The Grateful Dead tribute band, Dead Ringers, performs an all-ages solstice celebration on Wednesday at Cozmic Pizza. The Dead Ringers are Barry Flast (lead vocals and keyboards), Authur Steinhorn (drums), Peter Harris (lead guitar and vocals), Paul Biondi (sax, flute and vocals), Joe Croce (bass), and Joanne Broh and Lynda Duffy (vocals). Flast put the Dead Ringers together originally as the acoustic half of a summerlong Grateful Dead tribute tour in 1991. The tour led to many more gigs and a somewhat consistent lineup of band members. Biondi and Duffy are no strangers to the Eugene music scene. Biondi has performed with big name acts all of his career - Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and the Temptations, to name a few - and plays Eugene often. Duffy is the lead vocalist for an a cappella group, the Tones, and a classic rock group, the Untouchables untouchables: see Harijans. Untouchables lowest caste in India; social outcasts. [Ind. Culture: Brewer Dictionary, 1118] See : Banishment . The show is at 8 p.m. Wed- nesday. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Cozmic Pizza is at 199 W. Eighth Ave. SpunHoney Wednesday, Diablo's SpunHoney leads the second annual Pocketful of Change benefit concert for FOOD for Lane County at Diablo's on Wednesday. SpunHoney plays "new folk music," mixing traditional folk with country, rock and soul. All proceeds from the concert, raffle and coin drive go directly to FOOD for Lane County's food delivery program. Last year's Pocketful of Change event brought in enough money to deliver four tons of food. This year's event starts at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Diablo's/Downtown Lounge. Minimum donation is $5. Reach Tyler Mack at 338-2323 or tmack@guardnet.com. CAPTION(S): Misty River and guitarist Doug Smith will play selections from their Christmas albums tonight in Florence. Smith, winner of a Grammy Award for best pop instrumental album in 2005, has played on two of Misty River's CDs. Misty River also will perform Saturday in Corvallis. |
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