Calendar of Events
April 29 - man 5
THURSDflH
“The Dance of Death" $1.25 students, $2.50 gen
eral. 8 p.m. University Theatre, Villard Hail.
"The 76 Springs of Ho Chi Minh" and "Young Pup
peteers of Vietnam" $1. 7 & 9:30 p.m. 150 Geology.
"Seasoning," UO Dance Department. $1 general,
501 senior citizens. 8 p.m. 354 Gerlinger Annex.
Phil Bereano-"Cultural Transition to ‘Small is Beauti
ful. ’" Programs on "Liveability for Oregon’s Future ' Free.
Noon. EMU Forum.
Panel on New Ways to Work, “Liveability for
Oregon's Future" Free. 7:30 p.m. 167 EMU.
Curtis Holloway, Voice recital. Free. 8p.m. Gerlinger
Lounge.
"The Tempest" $3. 8 p.m. Lane Community College
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" $2.50. 8:30
p.m. Gulliver’s Cask n' Cleaver, Valley River Center
Georges. The Backdoor, 1046 Oak Street.
Arroyo. Murphy & Me. 1475 Franklin.
fRIDflH
"The Dance of Death" $1.25 students, $2.50 gen
eral. 8 p.m. University Theatre.
Blow Up" $1. 7 & 9:30 p.m. 180 PLC.
Seasoning,” UO Dance Department. $1 general.
50<t senior citizens. 8 p.m. 354 Gerlinger Annex.
University Jazz Ensemble, Noon Gig. Free. Noon-1
p.m. EMU East Lobby.
John & Pat Dietz. Beer Garden. Free. 4-6 p.m. EMU
Patio.
Linda Birchfield & Nancy Roth, senior recital. Free. 8
p.m. Beall Concert Hall, School of Music.
Recreational folkdancing. Free. Teaching
7:30-8:30, Request dancing 8:30-7 103 Gerlinger
"The Tempest" $3. 8p.m. Lane Community College.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" $2.50. 8:30
p.m. Gulliver's Cask n Cleaver.
Family Hoedown. 50$ 7-9 p.m. Westmoreland
Community Center, 1545 W. 23rd.
International Students Dinner (potluck). 6 p.m.
South Eugene High School Cafeteria, 400 E. 19th.
Compiled by Francie Dean
Georges. The Backdoor.
Brain Damage. Duffy's, 801 E. 13th.
Wheatfield Murphy & Me.
SflTURDAH
“The Dance of Death" $1.25 students, $2.50 gen
eral. 8 p.m. University Theatre.
“Harrad Summer" $1. 7,9, 11 p.m. 180 PLC
"Ned Kelly" $1. 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. 150 Science
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" $1. 7 & 9:30 p.m. 177
Lawrence.
"Seasoning," UO Dancer Department. $1 general,
50<t senior citizens. 8 p.m. Gerlinger.
Bruce Gutgesell, trombone recital. Free. 8 p.m
Beall Concert Hall.
Joyce May, voice recital. Free. 6 p.m. Gerlinger
Lounge
"The Tempest" $3. 8 p.m. Lane Community College
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" $2.50. 8:30
p.m. Gulliver's Cask n' Cleaver
Medicine Wolf, noon. Felicidades, 1 p.m. Free
Saturday Market, 8th & Oak.
Atrium Spring Fashion Festival. Free 2:30-4:30p.m
Atrium Bldg.
Georges. The Backdoor
Brain Damage Duffy's.
Wheatfield. Murphy & Me.
Felicidades. $1.50. 9p.m. Community Center for the
Performing Arts, WOW Hall. 8th & Lincoln.
SUnDflM
Laura Martin, violin recital Free. 3 p m. Beall Con
cert Hall.
Adriane Reaven & Dorothy Munz recital. Free. 8
p.m. Beali Concert Hall.
Recreational folkdancing. Free. Teaching 7:30-8:30
p.m., Request dancing 8:30-? 103 Gerlinger
Gregory Field. Free. Noon Sunday Market, 8th &
Oak.
monDAH
Cello and piano recital. Free. 12:30 p.m. Beall Con
cert HaH.
TU6SDAH
Shinichi Yuize. $2 general, $1.50 students & senior
citizens. $1 chamber music subscribers. 8 p.m. Beall
Concert Hall.
Mark Creighton. Duffy's.
"Cross Works" exhibition by University weavers.
Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 121 Lawrence, weekdays through
May 14.
UJ£Dn£SDflH
Studen' recital Free 12:30 p m. Beall Concert Hall
connnuino
"Danish Design: Denmark's Centennial Salute to the
University of Oregon ' University Museum of Art Through
May 17
Compositions by Benjamin Kerns Brumier Gallery.
UO Library Audiovisual Media Center Through May 9
Morandi Department of Art and Applied Design
Lane Community College Through May 11
Prints & drawings by local artists. Image Point Gal
lery, 101 E Broadway (above Ftoots Shoe Store).
Through May 22
nORTHUJ£ST
Kenny Rankin. April 29 8 p m Portland Civic Au
ditorium, 222 SW Clay Street
Laura Nyro. April 30 8 pm Portland Civic Au
ditorium
"In Celebration April 30 & May 1 8:30pm. $3 The
New Theatre, 215 SE Ninth, Portland
Dakota: Eugene band with a versatile sound.
_ By Greg Raschio
*
Terry Bell, 25, breaks into the
first verse of “Nashville Bum” as
he strums his Martin acoustic
guitar.
To his left is Micheal Carney,
28, playing lead on a Gibson
12-string.
Dakota begins another Tues
day night in Murphy and Me’s
tavern.
Eighteen months ago, Bell,
from Devils Lake, N.D., and Car
ney, from Grand Forks, N.D., were
in Santa Cruz, Calif, waiting for
something to happen to their mus
ical careers.
Seventeen months ago, they
decided to make something hap
pen. Calling themselves
"Dakota," they headed north until
they landed in Drain, Ore., where
they stayed with some friends and
began looking for work in Eugene.
Bell, a tall, thin haired individual
q n
with a high voice, and Carney, al
most Bell's opposite with thick,
dark hair and a low voice, finally
landed several small jobs at The
Homefried Truckstop, and Pizan’s
and The Black Forest, where they
got their first real exposure.
While at The Black Forest,
Dakota became a three-piece
band when Carney and Bell met
Alan Reinoehl, 31, originally from
Newport, Oregon.
Reinoehl walked into the small
tavern a year ago with his electric
bass and has been with Dakota
ever since. The tall, blonde-haired
veteran’s mid-range vocals added
a new dimension to Bell's highs
and Carney’s lows and some tight
three-part harmonies developed.
One day last October, Jay Wil
liams, 24, of Myrtle Point, Oregon,
heard about Dakota on the radio
and inquired, again at The Black
Forest, if they could use a drum
mer. He has been with the group
since, helping shape the current,
and very popular, style of Dakota.
Throw in a sound man to handle
all the new equipment the band
has purchased, Tim Morehouse,
22, of Tujunga, Calif., and a stage
manager to help tote it and set up,
Kevin Spencer, 23, of Min
neapolis, Minn., and Dakota is
complete.
Well, not quite.
“I'd sure like to find a good
keyboard player to really fill out
this band now that we re doing so
well,” says Carney in a thinking
out-loud tone of voice.
Keyboard player or not, Dakota
is doing well in Eugene.
“I think we’ve risen fast in
Eugene,” said Carney as he pon
dered the last 17 months, “It’s the
first place we haven't starved."
The band has been working six
nights a week for the last several
months. Playing Mondays and
Tuesdays at Murphy and Me’s
since last November with an oc
casional night at The Black Forest
and Duffy's, the musicians have
been on the road between Port
land and Ashland as well
Dakota's appeal seems to stem
from their versatility They begin
their show with a set of mostly
acoustic country rock. Then they
do a set of bluegrass and old rock
and roll numbers, followed by two
last sets of faster, “space' rock.
The response has been good
“Nobody knows what we do,
least of all us," laughs Carney.
Kay and Howard, a middle
aged couple who follow Dakota a
great deal, think Dakota is the best
thing to happen to Eugene musi
cally in a long time.
“My wife and I both enjoy all
types of music, as long as it's well
performed,” says Howard,
“We've had a lot of exposure to
the whole West Coast circuit and
we think Dakota is tops.”
"They’re just fantastic!" says
Kay.
Where does a group with a fol
lowing go from here?
On tour, of course.
Dakota is booked through most
of June and will stay in Eugene to
play some spring and summer
concerts for the Eugene Park
Board.
After that, Dakota will be off for
Dakota. A mid-western tour is
planned, beginning in August.
“Wed like to get some sort of
seasonal tour going, coming back
to Eugene as well as playing in
Alaska, where we've had an offer,
and possibly in Arizona,1' says
Camey.
The band also hopes to do
some recording once they get a
keyboard player. A song they
have out locally, “Hitchin' a Ride"
is not doing as well as hoped.
"Number 290 on your charts
and rising like a bullet through
water,” pans Carney from the
stage at Murphy and Me's.
Dakota will be rising faster than
a bullet through water if they are
as enthusiastically received in the
rest of the country as they have
been in Eugene.
(See story page 1B.)