Tribute acts channel Dead, Beatles, DMB.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard The sincerest form of flattery is running wild this week in Eugene. Tribute performances will honor the music of the Grateful Dead, the Beatles and the Dave Matthews
David John Matthews (born January 9 1967) is a South African, now naturalized American, Grammy-winning lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Band at various local venues. First up is the Dave Matthews Tribute Band tonight at Diablo's, part of the club's larger tribute weekend. Unfortunately for Sublime fans, Diablo's has an expanded notion of the weekend, so you may have missed the Unauthorized Sublime tribute band that played Thursday. The DMTB DMTB Deployment Mobilization Troop Basis , based out of Chattanooga, Tenn., is the only nationally touring tribute to the original band, a news bio says. And it's the only copycat act in town this week where the original lead man for the inspirational act is still alive and actively touring. This band's pitch is that you can see the group in a smaller venue, the way DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) See mobile TV. started out. The tribute act uses Dave Matthews songs as springboards for its own improvisa- tions. Today's show starts at 10 p.m. for a $10 cover. Diablo's/Downtown Lounge is at 959 Pearl St. On Saturday, KRVM-FM's "Short Strange Trip" hosts a Grateful Dead-themed party for its listeners. "Live From WOW Hall" will be broadcast live with performances by Jupiter Hollow and Woodknot. These jam bands The following is a list of jam bands, or bands on the jam band circuit. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 A
Admission is 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. of $5 or more. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit radio station. Showtime is 9 p.m. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Speaking of the Dead, the Dark Star Orchestra Dark Star Orchestra (or simply DSO) is a U.S. tribute band to the Grateful Dead, formed in 1997 and based in Chicago. Overview Dark Star Orchestra achieves notoriety by performing shows from among the nearly 3,500 that the Grateful Dead performed during their 30 is back in Eugene after two successful shows last October at the McDonald. The band will re-enact re·en·act also re-en·act tr.v. re·en·act·ed, re·en·act·ing, re·en·acts 1. To enact again: reenact a law. 2. a Dead show to the last detail, and the most dedicated Deadheads can try to guess which show it is. The orchestra strikes up at 8 p.m. Sunday, once again at the McDonald, 1010 Willamette St. Tickets are $20 in advance or $23 at the door. Finally, and also Sunday, local performer Brook Adams, who you may know as the leader of the acoustic string band the Swingin' Marmalukeys, will play the entire "Abbey Road" album by the Beatles - on the ukulele ukulele (y  kəlā`lē), Hawaiian musical instrument developed from the Portuguese guitar. It has a fretted fingerboard and four strings that are plucked or strummed. .
"This is a one-man show where I sing and play the famous Beatles album start to finish with all the solos and orchestral parts on a ukulele," Adams says in an e-mail. Adams performed a couple of songs at the George Harrison tribute last month at Cozmic Pizza. He has done the whole album in front of audiences around the area, although never in Eugene. The free 4 p.m. show is at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. |
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