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BY VANESSA SALVIA Blues Queen Boogies Into Shedd Del Rey offers performance and workshops. M y dictionary defines “boogie woogie” as a jazz piano As a teenager, she met Sam Chatmon, a bluesman who inspired style characterized by an ostinato bass. OK. Next her to toss aside the classics and let her bluesy spirit emerge. Her entry. “Ostinato” means reiterating a phrase in the playing comes from the heart, and much like her wild, trailer-park same pitch. The dictionary doesn’t mention Del Rey , a big- gypsy style of dressing, she does it in her own unique way. A lecturing expert on women in American music, Del boned, middle-aged gal with strawberry-blonde hair who has Rey also performs ukulele with the Yes Yes applied boogie woogie style to her guitar and Boys and collaborates frequently with gui- become popular the world over for combin- DEL REY tarist Steve James. She has three solo ing country blues, jazz, and hillbilly boogie. The Shedd, 7:30 pm albums, 1993’s Boogie Mysterioso, 1995’s Del Rey will perform at The Shedd on Thursday, April 14 as part of OFAM’s THURSDAY, 4/14, $16.50 Hot Sauce, and 2000’s X-Rey Guitar. She Shedd Casuals series. The next night the Discounts for youth and groups has five other CD’s available from collabo- Blues Queen gives two workshops recom- 434-7000 • www.ofam.org rations with James, Yes Yes Boys and The Blues Gators. A first-rate blues performer mended for intermediate to advanced play- ers: a fingerstyle ukulele workshop from 5:30 to 6:45 pm and vocalist, she also entertains audiences with good sto- then boogie woogie guitar from 7:30 to 8:45 pm. ries, has a wicked sense of humor and plays a beautiful Fingerstyle playing is a style that utilizes all five fingers in metal-bodied resonator guitar. Before the Thursday show, check out OFAMily-Style a way that lets rhythms become more complex than what Meals, an ongoing offering of a reservation-only, set-menu traditional playing allows. Extreme ukulele, anyone? Del Rey began playing classical guitar at the tender age of 4. meal served before each concert event. ew FINGER- STYLE UKULELE WORKSHOP The Shedd, 5:30 pm Friday, April 15/ $25 or $20 with concert ticket 434-7000 www.ofam.org GUITAR WORKSHOP The Shedd, 7:30 pm Friday, April 15/ $25 or $20 with concert ticket 434-7000 www.ofam.org james von boeckmann attorney at law G E N E RA L P RAC T I C E , I N C LU D I N G : fa m i l y • b u s i n ess • c r i m i n a l l aw a p p ea l s • i m m i g ra t i o n * C O S T- F R E E I N I T I A L C O N S U LTAT I O N S * H O M E V I S I T S AT YO U R C O N V E N I E N C E 968-0781 J LV O N B O @ M S N . C O M F O R A N A P P O I N T M E N T, P L E A S E P H O N E : OR EMAIL: Pretty Silver Jewelry Aromatherapy Vases • Candles Yoga Mats • Books Cards • Journals Ruby Chasm 152 W 5th • Eugene 344-4074 M-Sa 10-6 • Sun 12-5 ©2005 PABST BREWING COMPANY VE AlterEgo as in Bruce Wayne and Batman, Peter Parker and Spiderman? Try an energetic pop-punk music band with wacky on-stage antics, an overabundance of energy and a keen willingness to make fools of them- selves. Their songs will make you laugh, cry, and pos- sibly even wet yourself. Check out AlterEgo this Friday at the Reignition! VOL. 4 show. Go to Eugene Weekly’s clubs page for more details. APRIL 7, 2005 29
