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Downhome simplicity with Dolorean
and hot Hank III.
P
ortland ensemble Dolorean hits
town on Saturday, performing at
Gutenberg College. Guitarist and
vocalist Al James, who transplanted himself
to Portland from Silverton two years ago,
began playing with drummer Ben Nugent,
bassist Jeff Saltzman and keyboardist Jay
Clarke, and it stuck.
The combination, he says, has “taken
some form or another for three or four years.
There’s been a core group of people involved
but it’s flexible. We end up playing with a lot
of different people. Most of it is built around
friendships and people that you enjoy playing
with.” That accommodating attitude helps the
band weather the times that keyboardist
Clarke is unavailable — he also plays keys
Hank Williams III, who will be appearing
Tuesday at John Henry’s. Yes, that’s Hank
Williams, given name Shelton, son of Hank
Williams Jr. and grandson of country music’s
legendary voice.
The younger Williams’ road to the music
business was a bit more twisted than his fore-
bears, finding him stomping through KISS,
Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Ted Nugent at the
tender age of 10. Though he first performed
onstage with his dad at that age, by his teens,
Williams was diving into cathartic punk and
thrash music.
The 26-year-old “Rising Outlaw” has
said, “I didn’t really start listening to country
from a singer/songwriter’s point of view until
I was 20 or 21. I’d never tapped into
Williams’ road to the music business was
a bit more twisted than his forebears,
finding him stomping through KISS,
Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Ted Nugent.
with Portland’s popular The Standard.
Dolorean released its recording debut, Not
Exotic, in November on the Yep Roc label. The
music is eggshell delicate and somber, with traces
of Cat Power’s atmospherism, Nick Drake’s
mournfulness and Neil Young’s honesty.
While principal songwriter James says,
“I’m really a happy person,” he pens gloomy
murder ballads (“Traded For Fire”), gauzy
odes to insomnia (“Morningwatch”), and
tunes on lost faith, guilt and deceit. He says his
inspiration “comes organically” and results
from “listening to music and liking it enough
that you want to start doing it yourself.”
Now, James says, Dolorean is considering
re-printing its first recording, made four years
ago, which was “more of a homemade deal,
just to introduce people to ourselves.” Though
Not Exotic just went coast to coast in
November, James says, “We have a backlog of
songs and another record that’s kind of taking
shape. It wouldn’t come out for quite a while.”
At Saturday’s show Clarke will be absent
due to a Standard tour, James Adair will be
playing bass, and opening act Dave Parker
may join the band on stage as well.
At the opposite end of music’s spectrum is
melodies, touching people’s souls and mak-
ing them cry.” Williams finally shucked this
“anger and chaos” role, walked into the skin
he was born into, and recorded his first
album, Rising Outlaw, for Curb Records. The
man recorded his own songs, such as the
mournful autobiographical tune, “On My
Own,” as well as Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine
Blues”
and
Wayne
Hancock’s
“Thunderstorms and Neon Signs.”
Williams is akin to a shapeshifter when he
performs live, channeling his energies into
two sets, which he calls a “thrashing, raw-
boned one” for the hard rock and punk fans,
and an “orthodox straight ahead country
show for older fans.”
Hey, I object! Love of traditional country
music and hard-rocking attitude transcends all
generation gaps and is one of the reasons audi-
ences everywhere have embraced Williams III
as a charismatic performer who bares it all on
stage. The country music establishment in
Nashville, however, has yet to fully appreciate
Williams III and accept his brand of outlaw,
which is one thing that keeps him going. Check
out this show and find out what the Grand Ole
Opry folks are missing out on.
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