The man behind the music.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Before putting out "The Secret Sun," the fourth release with his band the Ferdinandos, Jesse Harris This article has multiple issues: * It may violate Wikipedia's policy on . * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. was busy working on side projects, such as writing songs for Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress of American and Indian descent. . And not just any songs for Norah Jones. Harris penned five songs for the album "Come Away With Me," including the signature hit, "Don't Know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. Why," which earned him a 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. for song of the year. Despite his pivotal role as a songwriter and guitarist in Jones' band, Harris' main focus is his own act, which regularly holds court at the Living Room in East Greenwich East Greenwich is the name of:
POP NOTES The group has a reputation as one of 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 City's best-kept secrets. It features Jones alums Tony Scherr (guitar) and Kenny Wollesen (drums), along with bassist Tim Luntzel. Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos have recorded all of their albums live in the studio, with only one or two takes per track; "The Secret Sun" is no exception. Mostly a collection of ballads, the new album was written in 2002 and released in May of this year. "Everything good that happened with this band originally came as a result of us playing live. So when we started making records, we tried to capture the feeling of a live performance," Harris said in a news release. "Each of our records has a slightly different vibe. I think this one's pretty moody." Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos come to Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd., on Monday. Jonathan Rice will open the show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Jerry Joseph Portland's Jerry Joseph stops off at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway, today for a solo show without his band, the Jackmormons. Joseph will be joined by the John Shipe Band. The show starts at 10 p.m. The cover is $7. "Mouthful of Copper," the latest release by Joseph and the Jackmormons, is a double live album recorded in Butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. , Mont.
It's due out later this month.
Softcore The last time Softcore played the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., they opened for Eugene's own Strokes-in-the-making, the Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. Soldiers. This time, they're the headliners. The pop-electronica quartet with Scandinavian roots comes to the WOW today. The group is currently at work on its Atlantic Records  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. debut.
Softcore will be joined by Portland's the Lovers and the Rhythm
Pimps, a Eugene trio that's pimpin' its latest
"whiskey-driven funk and garage-ridden punk" CD,
"Groundscore."
The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Po' Girl Po' Girl is a Canadian acoustic group whose style derives from jazz, folk, and country with a tinge of punk attitude. The style of music they perform is sometimes referred to as Alt-country but today more commonly called Americana. Po' Girl is Canadians Trish Klein (Be Good Tanyas) and Allison Russell (Fear of Drinking). Klein's lightly varnished vocals and Russell's pearly voice blend well together, and what could be just another bland roots-country concoction becomes something warm and spicy with the addition of jazz-swing and soul. Klein and Russell, former roommates, are touring in support of their self-titled Hightone Records debut. They'll stop off at Sam Bond's Garage on Wednesday for a 9 p.m. show. The Kitchen Syncopaters open. The cover is $7. The Suicide Watch Tour The Suicide Watch Tour, an underground hip-hop show, comes to the WOW Hall on Thursday. The tour features 2Mex and Xololanxinxo from the act Of Mexican Descent, Busdriver from the Project Blowed crew and all of the members of the Shapeshifters. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door. CAPTION(S): Jesse Harris, a Grammy-winning songwriter, will bring his band, the Ferdinandos, to Sam Bond's on Monday. |
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