Wednesday, March 30, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Festival presents two Boston bands
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF)
will present Boston-based
bands The Ballroom Thieves
in concert Saturday, April 9
at the Sisters High School
auditorium. After a warm and
excited reception at the 2015
Sisters Folk Festival, the band
is back in Central Oregon
touring with their friends and
peers Tall Heights.
For The Ballroom Thieves,
the band’s journey has only
just begun, but their roots
already run quite deep. On
their most recent recording,
“A Wolf in the Doorway,” the
Thieves find themselves tak-
ing the very idea of “roots”
and creating ways to make
its associated sound progress,
while making its encompass-
ing spirit glow. Stylistically,
the trio finds a captivating
mélange of acoustic styles,
blending folk conventions
with modern hymnals, delta
blues grit with rich harmo-
nies, exploring the basic con-
structions of pop music while
almost wholeheartedly reject-
ing its restrictions at the same
time. The band is incredibly
dynamic live, with a quiet
presence on ballads to a fiery
delivery of some of their more
rocking tunes. Led by Martin
Earley on guitar, Calin Peters
on cello and Devon Mauch on
drums, the band is pushing the
boundaries of acoustic music.
“Our own personal growth
and explorations in songwrit-
ing and musicianship caused
us to end up in this unique
spot where we can generally
feel free to be who we are
at all times, which is sadly
not a luxury enjoyed by all,”
says guitarist Earley. “I think
we have a certain sound at
the moment, but that sound
is constantly evolving, and I
TREATING SPORTS
INJURIES
Obituary
rick Morrow
1951 — 2016
Photo Provided
the Ballroom thieves play Sisters April 9.
hope it keeps doing that.”
Be sure to catch their live
show in Sisters to see where
this evolution is taking them
currently.
Also performing is the
duo Tall Heights, comprised
of Tim Harrington and Paul
Wright on guitar and cello.
Their music blends soulful
stories with arresting vocal
harmonies that pry open emo-
tional themes. On their recent
recording “Holding On,
Holding Out,” the duo widens
their reach significantly, beef-
ing up their sound with elec-
tronics, synthesizers, drum
loops, and plenty of shimmer
and shine.
“This record feels like
a new birth for us,” says
Harrington, a Boston native
who grew up singing in the
same local choirs as Wright.
“We’re sounding different. It’s
not because we were bored;
it’s because we were street
performers who learned how
to create beautiful moments as
a duo, but then we became a
nationally touring act. We saw
the country, and we broad-
ened our horizons. Suddenly,
we weren’t the artists we were
before. But a lot of what we
learned on the street still rings
true to our approach today, so
this record is a growth, rather
than a left-hand turn.”
Tickets for SFF Presents
The Ballroom Thieves with
Tall Heights are $20 adult,
$15 youth and the show starts
at 7 p.m.
For more informa-
tion on the upcoming SFF
Presents concerts, and all
2016 Sisters Folk Festival
events, www.sistersfolk
festival.org or call the festival
office at 541-549-4979.
Rick passed peacefully
from this life at the age of 64
on the afternoon of March 26
after a decline in health from
interstitial lung disease.
Rick was preceded in
death by his parents Robert
and Pauline Morrow.
During the last days of
his life he was surrounded
and supported by his loving
family.
Rick was born in Salem
where he lived his entire life,
raised a family, and worked
with his brother John.
Growing up, Rick enjoyed
motocross racing and play-
ing roller hockey. He and his
wife of 47 years, Barbara,
started dating at the age
of 15 after they met at the
roller rink in Dallas, Oregon.
After marrying Barbara, he
entered the workforce at age
17 as the youngest member
of the Operating Engineers
Union, where he worked as
a tower crane operator. In
1973 Rick joined his brother
John at Morrow Crane
Company where over the
last 40 years they built the
largest tower crane company
in the U.S., and proceeded
to open offices worldwide.
Most of all, he loved spend-
ing time and traveling with
his family, construction, and
building his homes and the
family ranch.
Rick is survived by two
children (and spouses):
Andrew Morrow (Julie),
Christina Vogt (David); six
grandchildren: Madison
Murphy, Olivia Morrow,
Ryleigh Murphy, Joren
Clowers, and Ethan and
Austin Vogt; two brothers:
Bobby and John (Marise);
and sister Margie Morrow.
A memorial service will
be held on Sunday, April 3 at
1 p.m. at Howell, Edwards,
Doerksen, 1350 Commercial
St. SE, Salem, OR 97302.
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