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Local groups pay tribute to classic Tom Waits songs The event, organized by Foolscap Books, includes performances from dance troupes and puppeteers BY RYAN NYBURG PULSE EDITOR Over the course of the past 30 years, singer/songwriter Tom Waits has established himself as an origi nal talent in the music world. Beginning with his debut album “Closing Time,” Waits created a se ries of albums devoted to film noir imagery. In the mid-1980s he changed styles dramatically, work ing with stream of consciousness lyrics and experimental arrange ments on such albums as “Rain Dogs” and “Frank’s Wild Years.” He also expanded his career, doing film and theater work (both as a musi cian and an actor). He was nomi nated for an Oscar and won two Grammy awards. Now Waits is receiving a new kind of tribute in the form of the Sixth Annual Tom Waits Tribute Night at Sam Bond’s Garage. Orga nized by Foolscap Books, the event features locals performing Waits’ songs. But the event isn’t just a col lection of performers doing covers, according to Foolscap owner Mari etta Bonaventure. “In the past, we’ve had DJs recre ating his songs on stage,” Bonaven ture said. “This year we’ll have a dance troupe performing as well as a puppet show.” This year is the first year the trib utes have been held outside of Foolscap Books. The. bookstore, which closed its Blair Boulevard lo cation last May, is now operated en tirely on the Internet. During the in terim between the bookstore’s closing and opening a new perform ance arts venue, Bonaventure has held events at different locations around town. “The guys at Sam Bond’s said they would let me do any Foolscap events I wanted to at their venue,” Bonaventure said. The change of lo cation apparently hasn’t curbed en thusiasm for the event. Many past performers have already signed up for this year’s tribute, according to Bonaventure. One of these is the Ordinary Flies, a local group consisting of stringed in struments and a harmonica. “We love Marietta and will be part of anvthing she puts on,” Flies guitarist PatncK vVilliams said. “The last tribute night was actually one of our first concerts.” The Ordinary Flies also includes Adam Goldthwaite on banjo, Bren den Smith on mandolin and An drew Gudger on harmonica. While the group plans to include five songs from three of Waits’ albums, Bonaventure said that overlapping is not much of a problem. “We had a pretty big show last year but nobody repeated a single song," Bonaventure said. While most of the performances are of a strictly musical nature, there are also some performance pieces to add variation. Local artist Jarrett Arnold and his wife Jaylene will be putting on a marionette puppet show, with the puppets performing the songs. “Jarrett started making puppets about a year ago,” Jaylene said. “He did a few performances for local kids and performed at the DIVA during TOM WAITS TRIBUTE When: 9:30 p.m. Where: Sam Bond’s Garage Price: $3 to $5 the Eugene Celebra tion. For this perform ance, we’re going to have the puppets per forming songs from ‘Black Rider’ while 1 accompany them on accordion. Bonaventure has a reason for why such a diverse crowd of performers would be interested in performing Waits’ music. “The range of music he performs is really incredible,” Bonaventure said. “What he can do stylistically, it’s real ly pretty amazing. ” Sam Bond’s Garage is located at 407 Blair Blvd. Tickets for the Sixth Annual Tom Waits Tribute Night are on a $3 to $5 sliding scale. Perform ers who sign up in advance are ad mitted for free. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. ryannyburg@dailyememld.com 'PERUG1NQ, LUNA open Tuesday through Saturday at A pm 30th East Broadway [5-41) 434-LUNA Event info and more at www.lunajazz.com 14 TODAY’S MENU OCT 16 CAFE RAMBLERS OCT 23 BILL BEACH TRIO OCT 15 ELEVEN EYES OCT 22 AMHA BARAKA OCT 28 LUNA Late Night Menu Open Tuesday Through Saturday Live Music Thursday Through Saturday! TiSMlFy Next to Adam’s Place Restaurant 434-LUNA Dinning Room open 5 pm to 9 pm weeknights 10 pm weekends Volunteers Wanted! Duck Preview is a visitation day for high school seniors who are interested in the University of Oregon. Its success depends on volunteer support from you... current UO students! Duck Preview 2004 Sunday, November 7 Volunteering at Duck Preview is a great way to: ■ get involved on campus; ■ meet other students; ■ get better acquainted with the university; • help prospective students; • share your Duck experiences with visitors. There will be two training sessions to choose from: Tuesday, October 26 at 5:30pm in 360 Oregon Hall OR Wednesday, October 27 at 5:30pm in 360 Oregon Hall Contact the Ambassador Program by phone at 346-1274 or by e-mail at ambass@darkwing.uoregon.edu
