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Friday, October 2
Albert Collins and The
Icebreakers/Little Charlie and The
Nightcats at the Eugene Hilton
Ballroom. 8:30pm; $14 in advance at the
Record Garden
Curtis Salgado and The Stilettos at
Good Times 9:30pm; $7
Little Women/ The Strangers at the
WOW Hall. 9-30pm; $6 , $7
Unshakable Race at the EMU Beer
Garden. 5-7pm
Saturday, October 3
Curtis Salgado and The Stilettos at
Good Times 9:30pm; $7
Baby Gramps/Walker T. Ryan at the
WOW Hall 8:30pm; $6 students. $8
general
The Squirrela/Drunk at Abi's/EI
Dopamine at John Henry's. 10pm
International Anthem at The Old Pad
9:30
Sunday, October 4
Barbara Baird. UO Adjunct Instructor,
performs 18th century music on harpsi
chord in Beall Concert Hall 4pm. S3 stu
dents. $5 general
Michael T. Galinas at 5th Ave Beanery
Monday, October 5
Pat Methany at the Hull Center's Silva
Hall 8pm; $20
Renegade Saints/Sugar Beets at New
Max's. 10pm
Rooster's Blues Jam at Good Times
9:30
Dose/Gnome at John Henry's, 10pm
Tuesday, October 6
Merl Saunders and The Rainforest
Band/Renegade Saints play blues, jazz
and new age at Good Times 8.30pm.
S7 advance. $9 door
Middle Eastern Dance and Music
Night at Delbert's. 8pm
The Lowdown/Ms. Understanding
play blues at New Max's 9 30pm
Wednesday, October 7
Deadpan Cool play reggae at Good
Times 9;30pm; S3
Box Set/Trunk at New Max's 10pm
Mark Alan performs acoustic songs at
Taylor's 9:30; $1
Thursday, October 8
Automatic Dim plays R&B at Good
Times. 9:30pm; S3
Treadmill/Black Spring/Supernova at
John Henry's. 10pm
Magick Circle at New Max's 10pm
Miscellaneous
Women's Drumming Workshop at tho
WOW Had. 2-4pm, Oct. 4
•As You Like It* plays at the UO
Robinson Theatre in Villard Hall Oct. 2
3. $4.50 students, S8 general
First Friday Gallery Walk all galleries
will be open, many having receptions lor
new shows. 5:30-8:30 pm
Verboten at Erb Memorial Union Art
Gallery "pushes boundaries of art cen
sorship." Reception 6:30-8 pm with
poetry, music and video screenings
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In an ironic Iwisl of fait;, two Northwest musicians cumt; to
the WOW Hall Oct. 3 for what will he Baby Cramps first fcugene
appearance and Walker T Ryan's symbolic farewell perfor
mance.
With these two folk and blues devotees together in one night,
avid fans and novices alike have a rare opportunity to hear some
oi the mosl gutsy vocals and toot-siompin
acoustic guitar around Cramps and Ryan have
known each other since hut they seldom
have the chance to jam in the same plat e
Baby Cramps is a Seattle-based musician
who is known in the Eugene area as a perenni
al favorite at the Oregon Country hair. Walker
T Rvan (formerly Tim Ryan) has made Eugene
his home for the past five years and is well-known on Ihe local
blues circuit.
Both musicians share .1 deep love and respect for the rich
musical tradition that is the blues
Cramps' musical style encompasses rags. )<i/./. folk and blues
Much of his repertoire includes now • >bsi ure i ompositions from
before the llMOs. Ryan draws his music from the same era. but
his specialty Is the Delta Blues Son House, one of the founders
of the Della style, has been a major influence on Ryan's work
Because of his personal philosophy, Ryan avoids songs that
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cun lit in sexist and/or violent lyrics "The tunes I find are ones
that have some resonance for me personally and emotionally,
hut there's no reason this music shouldn't have as much reso
nance for women." he said.
One song he finds outdated because of its altitude about
women, for example, is Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Dines
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"It's mil .111 indictment on them (the soiigwril
firs), it s jusl that tlifi world Inis changiMl
Despite .1 long and pasMon.il>' relationship
with tin' hlues, Ryan said In1 lias plans lo
change Ins musical focus m the near future
This Saturday is an appropriate time to "say
farewell lo the blues for awhile." In- said.
because his first big gig in kugene was when f»»» opened fur !nj
Mahal at the WOW Hall three years ago
"It's a ilei isinn I had to struggle with because I love this
music. But after 20 years of working with three-chord songs I
feel like I've (men in a Zen monastery musically." Ryan said Me
wants his music “to go ofTon a really different tangent" when he
returns from a month-long retreat in New Mexico, he said But as
he explores new musit al styles, the honest expression of emu
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Kill
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Blackbird's members are two broth
ers from Southern California who are
heavily influenced by early 1980's
Kurowimp/Powerpop 1 saw this duo
open for The lesus and Mary Chain in
Portland a couple of years ago. Their lat
est work, a limited CD release for campus
radio called Kill, shows that they have
come a long way since then.
The CD kicks off with "Class War." a
cover of the punk classic originally done
by the Dils. This version of the song has
been re-mixed by Sasha K Konietzko. the
industrial godsend from KMFDM. The
second song. Am 1 Killing You. is a nice
contrast to the mildly abrasive repetition
of "Class War, This version has also been
re mixed. I don't really like the idea of
using re mixed songs to sell records, but
this cine is nicely done.
These Buys seem to
have more control over
a mellower approach lo i
music. When I saw |
them live, it seemed
like they were trying to
go for a more technop
unkrock sound that just
didn't work Quick
sand." the third song on
the CO. is also in a
more relaxed vein. At times the music
sounds a little thin The Kmman brothers
make use of richly layered harmonies,
though, so the overall sound is somewhat
balanced.
My favorite song on the CD is the last
one. "I Need You " This is probably the
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most familiar song from
the duo. It's a pretty
standard three-chord
treatment of the Kinks
classic about some guy
liking some girl who
might or might not like
him back, but I have
kind of a soft spot for
that sort of thing.
Besides. 1 was starting
to wonder exactly how
tar the concept ot Droineriy love went
with these guys.
Overall, these songs end up sounding
pretty standard The rhythms are nothing
new and the music is pretty basic, but
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