Oregon IXuty l-mernLTi Weekly Mmii, Theater, IXeue. Mow, V’uiro, ioui Nightlife l mule ^rciooer i'*'**. o a a? CD 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 I Walkar T. Ryan (latt) and Baby Grampa bahlnd tha acanaa at tha 1991 Northwaat Folk Ufa Faatlval In Saattla. Eclectic ■ ImP and not Electric 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. )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 • Story by • Freya Horn 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 lMH.il U M II v> I Mil' ll HI mmimumii "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 Turn to GRAMPS. Page 14 Tracking the Latest BiaKLKfrigl Scotti Bros campus radio release Kill 1992 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 Reviews by Pat Yonally wsr 7" 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 Turn to REVIEW. Page 14