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■ ThursdayJan. 20
“Dreamer Examines His Pillow”
(play)—Arena Theatre at Villard
Hall; 8 p.m. $6 general public, $5 se
nior citizens, $4 UO students.
“Crimes of the Heart” (play)—Very
Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St.; cur
tain time is 8:15 p.m. $12.
The Poor Boys (swing & blues)—The
Buzz, EMU; 9:30 p.m. Free.
Shannon Kaufman (blues, rock) —
Good Times Cafe and Bar, 375 E. Sev
enth Ave.; 9 p.m. $7.
’80’s Night (dance)—John Henry’s,
136 E. 11th Ave.; 10 p.m.; women
free, guys $2.
Magical Thursday (DJ, dance)—
WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., 8
p.m. $6.
Split Lip Rayfield, Richmond
Fontaine, The River Chicken Jug
Band (beergrass)—Sam Bond’s
Garage, 407 Blair Blvd.; 9 p.m. $4.
“Flamenco” (Eugene Symphony Or
chestra) — Silva Concert Hall, Hult
Center, One Eugene Center; 8 p.m.
$12-36.
■ Friday, Jan. 21
“Dreamer Examines His Pillow”
(play)—Arena Theatre; 8 p.m. $6
general public, $5 senior citizens, $4
UO students.
“Crimes of the Heart” (play)—Very
Little Theatre; curtain time is 8:15
p.m. $12.
Jubale Quartet (jazz)—Jo Federigo’s
259 E. Fifth Avenue; 9:30 p.m. $2.
Kerosene Dream (ru ral pop)—Good
Times Cafe and Bar; 9:30 p.m. $6.
U-Gene Band (psychedelic) ~r Tiny
Tavern, 394 Blair Blvd.; 9:30 p.m. Nc
cover.
D2K (disco)—Wild Duck Hall, 169 W
Sixth Ave.; 9 p.m. $5.
Eclectic Open Mic—The Buzz; 9
p.m. Free.
Hillbilly Holocaust, Who Flung
Pooh?, Free Radicals (rock)—John
Henry’s; 10 p.m. $3.
“Solaris” (film series) —180 PIC; 8
p .m . $2 UO students, $3 genera l pub
lie.
Habaneras, Rockin’Teenage Combo
(acid jazz)— WOW Hall; 9 p.m. $6 at
the door.
Jackstraw (bluegrass)—Sam Bond’s
Garage; 9:30 p.m. $3-$5.
Carmizin (eclectic folk rock) — Cafe
Paradiso, 115 Broadway; 8:30 p.m.
$3.
Oregon Jazz Ensemble, Dave Glenn,
guest conductor (jazz) — Beall Hall; 8
p.m. $5 general admission, $3 senior
citizens.
■ Saturday, Jan. 22
“Dreamer Examines His Pillow”
(play)—Arena Theatre; 8 p.m. $6
general public, $5 senior citizens, $4
UO students.
“Crimes of the Heart” (play)—Very
Little Theatre; curtain time is 8:15
p.m.; $12.
John Shipe Trio (acoustic rock)—The
Buzz, EMU; 9:30 p.m. Free.
Kitka (women’s vocal ensemble)—
WOW Hall; 8:30 p.m. $14.
OldTimeJam (blues)—Sam Bond’s
Garage; 5:00 p.m. Free.
Jonah Howard Band (acoustic)—
Sam Bond’s Garage; 9:30 p.m. $3-5.
Mother Hips (roots rock)—Good
Times Cafe and Bar; 9:30 p.m. $7.
Brothers of the Baladi (variety)—
Wild Duck; 9 p.m. $8.
Hate Ball II featuring Spread Eagle,
Mondale, Passout Kings, Asthma
Hounds, Hot for Chocolate, Jackass
Willie (rock)—John Henry’s 8:30
p.m. $2.
Old Time Contra Dance (live calling)
— Kelly School, 650 Howard Ave.; 8
p.m. $6. Bring soft-soled shoes.
Jubale Quartet (jazz)-— Jo Federigo's;
9:30 p.m. $2.
Swing Shift (variety)—Soreng The
ater, Hult Center; 7:30 p.m. $15-17.
■ Sunday, Jan* 23
Mark Beudert, Timothy Cheek (Facul
ty Artist Series)—Beall Hall; 4 p.m.
$7 general admission, $4 senior citi
zens.
“Crimes of the Heart” (play) — Very
Little Theatre; curtain time is 2 p.m.;
$12, senior citizens $10.
Mark Alan (acoustic)—Jo Frederi
go’s; 9 p.m. $3.
Irish Jam — Sam Bond’s Garage, 4
p.m. Free.
Laura Kemp, Neil Bjorkland and Jim
Farrand (acoustic) — Sam Bond’s
Garage; 8p.m. $3-5.
Nancy Verdouw (jazz)—Cafe Par
adiso;8:30p.m.$3.
“Flamenco” (Eugene Symphony Or
chestra)— Silva Concert Hall, Hult
Center; 3 p.m. $15.
■ Monday, Jan. 24
Rooster’s Blues Jam—Good Times
Cafe and Bar; 9 p.m. Free.
Mixology 101(techno dance)— John
Henry’s; 9 p.m. women free, guys $2.
Mark Reisner, author of “Cadillac
Desert: The American West and its
Disappearing Water” (lecture) —
EMU Ballroom; 7 p.m. Free.
■ Tuesday, Jan. 25
Barbara Dzuro (jazz piano)—Jo Fed
erigo’s; 8:30 p.m. Free.
U-Gene Band (psychedelic)—Chez
Ray’s North Beach Restaurant, 44 W.
10th Ave.; 9 p.m. $1-5.
That Tuesday Thing (funk, soul) —
John Henry’s; 11 p.m. women free,
guys $2.
Fred Van Vactor (acoustic)—Cafe
Paradiso; 8:30 p.m. Free.
University jazz Combo (jazz)—The
Buzz; 9:30 p.m. Free.
“An Evening of Brahms” (Faculty
Artist Series) — Beall Hall; 8 p.m. $7
general admission, $4 senior citi
zens.
“Lawyers and Civil Rights: Mississippi
in the ’60s” MLK, Jr. Celebration
(film, discussion) — Room 184,
Knight Law Center; 7 p.m. Free.
■ Wednesday,
Jan. 26
John Shipe Band—Cafe Paradiso,
8:30 p.m. Free.
The Benjamins (funk) — Good Times
Cafe and Bar; 9:30 p.m. $3.
justice League of America (dance hall
house)— John Henry’s; 10 p.m.
women free, guys $2.
Wendy Woo Band (funk folk)—Sam
Bond’s Garage; 9 p.m. $2-5.
Paul Paydosjam Session (xtreme va
riety) —Jo Fedrigos; 9:30 p.m.
MusEvenings! (lecture) — Kyung Gre
gor, Eugene art collector; 5 p.m. Free
Primus bass player on the hot seat
NEW YORK — When bass
player Les Claypool is not touring
with Primus, he can likely be
found on a tractor, mowing weeds
at his Northern California ranch.
Claypool lives with his family on
a 30-acre property that has a siz
able lake.
“Life at Rancho Relaxo is good;
a little floating, a little fishing,” he
said. “I’m out in the wilderness
running around nude, looking for
Sasquatch.
“Sometimes I think I’m
Sasquatch,” he added.
His peculiar humor arrives not
unexpectedly backstage at a re
cent tour stop. Since organizing
Primus a decade ago, Claypool
has created a cast of fictional char
acters: Sathington Willoughby,
Tommy the Cat and Bodacious, a
bovine celebrity.
“The Ballad of Bodacious” is
one of 13 new songs featured on
“Antipop” (Interscope Records),
the latest album from Primus,
which consists of Claypool, gui
tarist Larry LaLonde and drum
mer Bryan “Brain” Mantia.
College radio helped establish
Primus in the alternative music
market, so “people who weren’t
familiar with Primus got the per
spective that we were this ... silly
band,” the 36-year-old Claypool
said. It probably doesn’t help that
Primus recorded the theme song
for the outrageous animated series
“South Park.”
“Coattails of a Dead Man,” the
album’s most unusual song, was
co-written by Tom Waits, who re
ceived an early acoustic version
before recording it. “I kept it pret
ty bare-bones because I knew
Tom would get a concept or a vi
sion and just roll with it,” Clay
pool said.
1. Did you have Tom Waits in
mind when you wrote “Coattails
of a Dead Man”?
Claypool: I had this chorus in
my head, and when we started
talking to Tom about possibly
producing something ... I said, ‘I
have this concept for this Coat
tails of a Dead Man song,’ and he’s
like, ‘Ahhhh?’ It was right up his
alley.
2. Were you nervous about
working with some of your musi
cal heroes?
Claypool: Going into it, it defi
nitely was a fairly frightening
thought that ‘What if there isn’t a
chemistry? What if you’re work
ing with Stewart Copeland and it
totally sucks? Stewart Copeland
is one of my heroes; I’m not going
to tell him that his song is not go
ing on the record.’ But it didn’t
suck,
3. Where does Primus exist on
the musical map?
Claypool: We’re like the band
that just kind of cruises along un
der the radar. We’re not a big
MTV band; we’re not a big radio
band. We get a little bit of that
stuff and we just sort of plod
along. This album marks the
decade of putting out albums.
I’m in this thing for the long
haul.
The Associated Press
Wendy Woo
continued from page 6B
Tuck Andres of the jazz duo Tuck
and Patti.
The singer/songwriter/band
manager also teaches a class in
Boulder called “Moving Ahead in
the Music World,” which she has
done quite well. Woo calls herself
a “do-it-yourself musician,” acting
as sound engineer for all of her
recorded work, which she herself
promotes. She recently produced
an album with Sally Taylor,
daughter of James Taylor and Car
ly Simon.
So when does Woo find time to,
you know, play?
“It is hard sometimes when I
have to switch from the business
side to creative mode,” she says.
“On the music side, my versatility
is the most fulfilling aspect to my
playing. On the business end, it’s
my networking ability that helps
out, and I always have CDs or fliers.
“Sometimes I feel like a walking
billboard for the band. ”
Woo likes taking on the bulk of
responsibility with the band be
cause she sees so many in the in
dustry who are waiting for some
label to come around and sweep
them away to stardom.
Woo’s personal attention to her
own career has paid off with sever
al music awards from the Boulder
and Denver communities.
“There are a lot people out there
who are great musicians, but they
don’t take that extra step to be
come successful,” she muses.
One important action Woo has
taken is to surround herself with
other accomplished, high-energy
players.
Keyboardist Paul Armstrong
kicks in time as CD producer and
owns the band's recording studio,
Sky Trail.
Drummer Chris Misner has
been with the Woo Band since
1998, while bassist Edwin Hur
witz arguably carries around the
most impressive resume. In addi
tion to having past success with
his own bands, Hurwitz has
played and collaborated with
Phish, Paul McCandless, Tony
Furtado and String Cheese Inci
dent, among others.
The band’s latest recording —
and especially Woo’s vocals —
might evoke comparisons to other
more well-known artists, particu
larly Natalie Merchant.
While some musicians dislike
having their uniqueness taken
away from them, Woo takes such
comments in stride.
“I take it as a compliment,” she
says. “I think people are searching
for something that they are famil
iar with.”
Speaking of which, Woo says
she is looking forward to a short
hiatus from her all-too familiar en
vironment. The band will be on
the road for 17 days during this
upcoming tour.
“I grew up here in Boulder,” she
says. “I know people from kinder
garten to high school. It will be
nice to break away from the home
base for a short time. ”
Woo probably also takes com
fort in knowing that she can enter
the performance halls through any
door she wants.
The Wendy Woo Band plays
Wednesday beginning at 9 p.m.
The cover charge is $2-5.
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