Up-and-comer Nemeth brings his big voice to town.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard He's young and smooth-faced, but with a unique, soulful voice that many in the blues world consider one of the most promising of his generation. POP NOTES A Eugene audience will get the chance to meet John Nemeth at Mac's tonight. The show is part of a CD release tour supporting his Blind Pig blind pig n. Chiefly Upper Midwest & Western U.S. See blind tiger. debut, "Magic Touch." Nemeth got his start as a high school student in Boise in the early 1990s when a friend played him some Junior Wells Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998), born Amos Blakemore, was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. tunes. It wasn't long before he started a rock cover band called Fat John & the Three Slims, which an article in Blues Revue magazine said soon became a blues band. (Nemeth weighed 220 pounds at the time, and his bandmates were only about a buck twenty, hence the name.) At 31, Nemeth has been supporting himself with his music since he was 18. He has developed a vocal style reviewers compare to everyone from Aaron Neville Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soul and R&B singer. Career Aaron Neville has had a career as a solo artist and as one of the Neville Brothers. to James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " . Nemeth also is an accomplished harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. player. "Magic Touch" includes seven originals among its 12 tracks. He evokes the slow sadness of Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B/Rock and Roll and soul singer. Known for his raw, raspy, passionate vocal delivery, he recorded some of the most incendiary soul music of the twentieth century. in "Up to No Good," then to close the album quickly switches to a much more cheerful dance tune, full of Texas horns: "Come On." In his press materials, Bob Margolin Bob Margolin (b. May 9, 1949 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American blues guitarist. He was a backing musician for Muddy Waters from 1973 to 1980, performing with Waters and The Band in The Last Waltz. His nickname is "Steady Rollin'". of Blues Revue has this to say about the up-and- coming artist: "I remember telling friends up North in '80 that they should go see Stevie Ray Vaughan Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. His broad appeal, combination of unbelievable speed, precision, energy, passion and emotion and constant expansion of his Blues style into Funk, Jazz, , but they weren't impressed because he wasn't famous yet. It will give me great pleasure to say 'I told you so!' about John Nemeth. You'll see." Be on the told-you-so side tonight when Nemeth takes the stage at about 10:30 p.m. at 1626 Willamette St. Admission is $8. Two Leg Lucy opens the show at 9:30 p.m. Redox Today, Diablo's The two scientists and a chef who make up Redox are gearing up to release a new studio project by playing a lot of concerts. Your next chance to catch the band is tonight at Diablo's. In the past year, the three-piece has managed to play more than 40 shows with local groups such as the Fast Computers and the Dimes, as well as with out-of-towners the Trucks, the Spores Spores A state of "suspended animation" that some bacteria can adopt when conditions are not ideal for growth. Spores are analogous to plant seeds and can germinate into growing bacteria when conditions are right. and Freshkills. When Redox was the Pabst Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize "Live and Local' band of the week, it was described as bass-driven pop. The band calls its sound a "blend of pure pop, musical pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. and lyrical imagination." Check it out during the middle slot of a three-band bill that kicks off at 10 p.m. with Three Guys That Paint. Mad Orange Fools, a Portland band featuring a former member of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, plays the last set of the night. Diablo's/Downtown Lounge is at 959 Pearl St. There is a $6 cover. Kapakahi and Disco Organica Today, Cozmic Pizza Kapakahi and Disco Organica will perform a benefit concert tonight at Cozmic Pizza, with proceeds going to support Harmony Roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. Music Studios. Kapakahi means "twisted, bent and confused," according to a news release. The local band's mix of reggae, ska, Latin and hip-hop fits that descrip- tion. The show starts at 6 p.m. for a $5 cover. Cozmic Pizza is at 199 W. Eighth Ave. Red & Ruby Today and Saturday Sam Bond's Garage, Axe and Fiddle Red & Ruby, a newly formed swing duo out of Olympia, will play two Lane County shows this weekend. LaVon Hardison, a jazz musician, contributes vocals and 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. .
Vince Brown is on guitar and banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. . They play music that's good to
dance to.
You may know Brown from his other swing bands, Hot Club Sandwich and Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers - Gypsy and Western outfits, respectively. Expect to hear "hot syncopated syn·co·pate tr.v. syn·co·pat·ed, syn·co·pat·ing, syn·co·pates 1. Grammar To shorten (a word) by syncope. 2. Music To modify (rhythm) by syncopation. rhythms of the '30s" and rare novelty tunes, a news release says. Today's show at Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd., opens with the Flat Mountain Girls. The Girls also have a gig at 6 p.m. that day at Art & the Vineyard. The Sam Bond's show starts at 9:30 p.m. for a $5 cover. On Saturday, Red & Ruby travel south for an 8:30 p.m. concert at the Axe and Fiddle, 657 E. Main St., Cottage Grove. That cover is also $5. Talkdemonic Saturday, Sam Bond's Garage Since the electro-acoustic duo Talkdemonic last played Sam Bond's Garage, the band has signed a deal with Tangled Up Recordings. The One Little Indian subsidiary will release the band's 2006 album, "Beat Romantic," in the United Kingdom. The British version, coming out Aug. 13, includes a video for "Mountain Cats," which you can view on YouTube.com, as well as a cover of Brian Eno's "Sombre som·bre adj. Chiefly British Variant of somber. sombre or US somber Adjective 1. serious, sad, or gloomy: a sombre message 2. Reptiles." Portland's Talkdemonic has toured recently in support of the Walkmen, Quasi, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and the National. The drum, viola and laptop stylings of Kevin O'Connor and Lisa Molinaro snagged Talkdemonic the distinction of being named Willamette Week's best new band in 2005. O'Connor and Molinaro are working on the follow-up to "Beat Romantic." On, Saturday they will be performing some brand new songs. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. with (((in mono))), the solo project of Portland's Paul Lynch, who used to perform as DJ Tan't. Admission is $8. Anthony McCarthy Sunday, Cozmic Pizza OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group , Paul Simon is opening for Anthony McCarthy on Sunday at Cozmic Pizza! OK, fine, it's not that Paul Simon, but surely you will enjoy the acoustic songs of the local Simon. Also warming up the crowd for McCarthy is Grace Holmes. McCarthy is working on a solo album, and he continues to gig with his rock band, the Rhythm Pimps. According to a news release, the Eugene resident is in contact with an artists and repertoire firm in Hollywood that is shopping his music to record labels. "Good music should affect the soul and create catharsis catharsis Purging or purification of emotions through art. The term is derived from the Greek katharsis (“purgation,” “cleansing”), a medical term used by Aristotle as a metaphor to describe the effects of dramatic tragedy on the spectator: by within," McCarthy says in the release. "I write music that I personally would enjoy as a listener." McCarthy will accompany himself on piano and guitar during Sunday's show, which starts at 7 p.m. The cover is $5. Hugh Cornwell Thursday, WOW Hall You know the singer, guitarist and lead songwriter for the British rock band the Stranglers? The guy who used to play with Richard Thomp- son? That guy - Hugh Cornwell - will be at the WOW Hall on Thursday doing his singer-songwriter thing. Actually, he's been nursing a solo career since before he stopped singing for the Stranglers in 1990. Hit singles from the Stranglers include "Peaches," "No More Heroes," and "Duchess," to name a few. Cornwell left the band to enjoy more musical freedom, a news release says. "He felt it was a bit like having a noose around his creative neck and that it was time to do something different.' Cornwell has released six solo studio albums, two while still fronting the Stranglers. The latest is "Beyond Elysian Fields," from 2004, the same year he put out an autobiography: "A Multitude of Sins." This tour is promoting "Dirty Dozen," a 12-track CD containing selections from the 45-track live album, "People Places Pieces." The CD comes out two days before Cornwall's Eugene show. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Showtime is 8 p.m. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. |
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