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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
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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