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I Xtrv i-, Mow, V nifo inni NighlL/e (luuii' January 29, 1993 Eugene Music Friday, January 29 Chib Sorenson and hts Jazz Quartet at th® EMU Beet Gaid®n lonlghl Musk: begins cit 5 pm Crazy B'» dock) at Good Times V 30 pm Jombay (jazzy rock) at Taytoi s 9 pm Jolty Mon/H®atmlsef dock/Funk) at the WOW Hall 9.30 pm 2 Minutes Hat®/Atomlc 61/Runlm®y®i/Oicar and th® Sued®lon®i at John Henry s 10 pm Ant Dlfianco (folk) at Cat® Auditorium m Agate Hall. 7 30 pm Saturday, January 30 Forbidden Plgs/Th® Flapjacks dockaoHFy) at Good Times 9 30 pm Th® Sugorb®®ts/Kudano/FldcMn' Btg Su® and Unci® T (bkiegtass/African marimba) at ttw WOW Han 9 30 pm Watloc®/En*ombl®/Th»ombui (metal) at John Henry s 10 pm Ond®kota ("demon' Japanese diummers) at Boeal Concert Hall 8 pm Sunday, January 31 Dkl/Pro-Pain (thrash) at the WOW Hoi B pm FlddMn Su® and Unci® T and Johnny (btuegrcns jam) at John Hefty s 8 pm Georg® R®ck®t and Barbara Batid (trumpet/oigan) at Bee® Concert Hall i pm Monday,February 1 Roat!®f i Blu®s Jam at Good Times 9 30 pm N®fvos» R®* (rock) at John Nervy s 10 pm Tuesday, February 2 XTia lorg®/Blg Fogs/FUl®i (rock) at John Henry s 10 pFTl Th« Vipers (fock) of Good TVrm 9 30 pm Wednesday, February 3 Gregory Field at De*tx>it s 8 30 pm Evans Johns and th® H Bombs w/Chort®s Burton (eclectic) ot Good Tsnes 9 30 pm OanceJamt dec aided African aryl Work) Boat) at Cato Audrtomm 7 30 pm International Anlh®m (fusion) at TaySor > 9 30 pm Skylight Col® with host Walk®! T Ryan (open rrve) m the EMU Skylight Lounge '30 pm "An Evening o! ImpMov" with Sooert Kyi and stove Owen (jazz) m Bee® Concert He® 8 pm Thursday, February 4 Mi Blue (blues) at Good Times ) 30 pm Show business Gtonls/ Th® Vinaigrettes (■ ■ t* John Hervy s tO pm Walk®t T Ryan at New Ma* s 9 30 pm Mark Alan (acoustic) at Detoort s 8 30 pm Visual Arts Museum oI Art Wotereolofs presented n cori Miction with the 150th anniversary celebration of the Oregon Trail through Feb 28 Muwurn of Naturol History 'Threads of Continuity Threads of Chang© Costysne as Communication n Htghiana Guatemala' and "th© Color o< tradition Indigenous Women of Meuco and Guatemala * EMU Art Gakery: Martin Luther King Jr invitational Art Show Features local artists work Maude Kerns Art Center 'Oregon 5 Villons ' new works by five local artists portraying Oregon landscapes, plus Rondo Stone s "Human Entrapment Senes * photographs Anne Frank m me World e»n*>it features 600 pnotce ana documents plus a model of the anne* where the Frank famty rvd At First Untied Mefhockst Church through Feb I Miscellaneous 'Wings on your Heels.* O University dance and theatre production teafues tour faculty chore ographed works Jan 21 - 23 in Robinson Theatre (Visard Hal) of 8 p m Tickets S4 50 tor students are avcslaDte at the Roomson Theatre Bos Office -The Madwoman ot ChaMot* s presented by The Very Uttie Theatre 344-7751 for more info CourtMy Photo Queen Salmon comet lo the Hull Center Jan 29 and 30 Spawning To find a hilarious yet poignant ecological les son, don't bother going to Ecology 101, for Queen Salmon has spawned and is swimming this way. This musical with a message hits hear I and wit jus! like the people whose lives i! depicts ll spares no one from loggers to environmentalists and bureau crats to biologists — from ils wacky yet sharp-edged humor Playwright David Simpson has worked for salmon enhancement in Humbolt County's Maltole Valle) for ! > years. This experience has taught him that the survival of the salmon not only indicates the health of a watershed hut also the health of a community dependent on the fish fur its livelihood Salmon enhancement involves "a lot of cold, hard work." he said "So we entertain ourselves around the campfire hy telling |okes about ourselves and our situations, and those jokes become songs These hits of local folklore inspired him to begin writing Queen Salmon in l‘M)0 "It comes right out of our own lives." he said The l omraderie of the I’etrolia commu nity. lot a led at the mouth of the Mattole Kiver. also inspired him to write the play The watershed restoration effort that began there in bridged tin- gap hetwts-n old-timers and newcomers or “r«*<in»'i ks" ,md "hippies" by focusing on vilronn As .1 common hood between people from m.my wiilks of life, the Turn to SALMON, Page 7 Tracking the Latest Five Blind Boys of Alabama Deep River Soul fans who thought the only non re-release album they could buy lately was by a bunch of white boys from In land should check out the new release from the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Although a new interest in traditional soul has inspired movies such as / he Commitments, there has been little if anything new in the form of from-the gut, sixties-style soul. Formed in 1939 at the Tallageda Institute for the Deaf and Blind, the Five Blind Boys have been trumpeting their brand of gospel music across the country for half a century. Their latest release, titled Deep River, should provide even the most secular of blues/soul fans with a chance to give those Sam Cook and Wilson Pickett re-releases a well deserved rttst. Although the Blind Boys’ music is heavy on the Christianity theme. there are enough "sho nuffs” and "James Brownesuue” screams to satisfy listeners turned off by the reli gious message. Review by Pat Malach legends such as Aretha Franklin. Clarence Carter, |r Walker and Brook Benton. Over the many years the band has been together, The Blind Boys have developed an eclectic style that crosses the As Blind Boy (jeorge Scott says in the liner notes accom panying the recording. "The difference is. on our side we say 'Jesus.' and the blues singers, they say 'baby.'" Scott's explanation is right on cue. The music is the traditional soul style that was brought to the mainstream by categories 01 ino soul genre. "Don’t Play with God" has a heavy dose of funk. while "Reminiscing" is a throwback to late 1940s. early 1950s piano-stomping hymns, including repetitive backing