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The women of
Motherlode
Old school
staples and
disciples
D o not say a day will come, bring on the day
- because it is not a dream... Sing only
a song to peace with a great shout.
SUN. MARCH 5
2 SHOWS - 4 & 7:30 PM
PARKROSE HIGH SQHOOL AUDITORIUM
1 2 0 0 3 NE S H A V E R ( 1 2 2 * ° E X I T 1 - 8 4 )
TICKETS
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20-Year Anniversary
Concert/CD Release
Sat., March 4
8 p.m.
New location! Hollywood Theater,
4036 N.E. Sandy J)
Join us as we celeb rate 20 y ears
together with the release of our new
CD, "Motherlode - Live and Laughing"
AND a Motherlode video
ASL interpreted
T ick e ts available now at all F a stix x locations (2 2 4 -8 4 9 9 ) and
I t ' s My Pleasure (2 3 6 -0 5 0 5 ). Available 2 weeks b efo re
the show at Hollywood Box O ffice. $14.50 advance, $17/door.
* Limited seating . . . get your tickets ea rly*
Costume Design Sketches by C. Hoffman for the
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! hen the four women in Motherlode
first began playing music together, the
new millennium felt more than a life
time away. The 1980s were but a
mighty uncharted territory, an untouched can
vas; the 1990s felt too futuristic to fathom.
After Nan Collie, Marie Eaton, Kathleen
Fallon and Janet Peterson met at a fateful gui
tar workshop in Washington in the summer of
1980, their future together began to unroll
slowly in front of them like an enormous ball
of twine.
“It was love at first sight,” Collie says.
“Since then, we’ve become family.”
Over the years, the music of Motherlode
has mirrored the rough spots in life’s road,
changes in scenery and family, and other social
obstacles. Now, the relentlessly compassionate,
thoughtful, melodic group is celebrating the
beginning of its 20th year together with an
anniversary concert in Portland, a new C D
called Motherlode: Live and Laughing and a com
memorative video.
The new live C D (which was not available
for review) will feature the band’s more humor
ous hits, many of which have been played live
for years but have never been recorded. Moth
erlode recorded the album during two house
shows up in the Columbia Gorge last October.
Live and Laughing features several audience
favorites, such as “Woman with a Chain Saw,”
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and “Clean Your
Room.”
“(The CD] has got freckles,” Collie says,
“like people giggling and stuff.”
Motherlode will also release a new retro
spective video, produced by Portland videogra-
pher Mickey Lee, that sheds light on the band’s
longevity— “We’ve sung our way through
incredible changes,” Fallon says.
Though two members of Motherlode live in
Bellingham, Wash., both Collie and
Fallon live in the country near Port
land. One afternoon, I met with the two at
Cup &. Saucer Café to discuss the upcoming
concert and a bit of group history. They relayed
to me an emotional story about 20 years of
growing up, playing music and making friends.
In the early ’80s, Motherlode began playing
live shows at taverns and small folk clubs. The
original musical setup included four guitars and
four voices.
“We decided that was a little overboard,”
Collie says. “Now we try the ‘less is more’
approach.”
These days, the women take turns with the
lead vocals in concert while the others harmo
nize and play more intricate lines on their
instruments.
During their first years together, the women
of Motherlode released two beautifully raw and
introspective albums, Dance the Afternoon
Away and Everything Possible. Collie and Fallon
say they still play the title track from their sec
ond LP at concerts, because its affirmative
lyrics have stuck with the audiences all this
time.
“We don’t even need mikes with ‘Every
thing’s Possible,’ everyone always sings along,”
Collie says. “It brings tears to your eyes.”
Motherlode now incorporates up to 15 dif
ferent instruments in its live act, including
acoustic guitars, cello, bass, flute, French horn,
mandolin, harmonica, trumpet and various per
cussion instruments. Over the years, Fallon also
picked up a unique musical instrument called a
dobro, which is like a strange-looking guitar
that is played horizontally.
The four women write nearly all the songs
they play, which touch on subjects such as poli
tics, passages, motherhood, relationships.
“We write about our lives,” Collie says.
“When you go to a concert, you know it’s
authentic.”
He’s a flasher who collects shiny metal
objects for personal use.
He gets thrown out of restaurants for
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disorderly behavior.
Is he all bluster,
or a real menace?
Ask about special MILLENNIUM MONDAYSI
Sung in English with text projected above the stage
!A Pageant to Choose the
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f ‘ emale Impersonator in the ‘World
March 25, 27, 29, April 1
Portland C iv ic Auditorium • 7:30 pm sharp!
FOR TICKETS CALL
(503) 241-1802 or (503) 790-A R T S
Tickets from 125
miwnmm*mr outlets including G.I. Joes, Meier & Frank, Lamb's Thriftway, the PCPA
Tickets available at all
and Portland Opera Box Offices, and other independent locations • www.ticketmaster.com/oregon
Groups of 10 or More SAVE up to 20% • Call 241-1407
www.portlandopera.org
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