Hear alt-country at Peninsula Arts Center
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Pen-
insula Arts Center welcomes
alternative country musician
James Low for a concert at 7
p.m. Saturday, July 11. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m.
Low started out in a
one-stoplight town in Eastern
Oregon that had a single AM
radio station that went off the
air every night at 6 p.m. Com-
ing from a family steeped in
music, Low toyed with a cou-
ple of instruments but mostly
sang. Following his father’s
lead, he starting writing songs,
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escaped to New York.
Working in the kitchen at a
roots and blues club, The Lone
Star Roadhouse, he came un-
der the sway of classic blues
and country musicians like Ru-
fus and Carla Thomas, Emmy
Lou Harris, NRBQ, and Ma-
ceo Parker, while spending his
nights at open mics in the West
Village. Eventually he settled
in the East Village and spent a
few years playing bass in the
country punk band Marlboro
Country before returning to
Oregon in 1995.
In 2000, he released his
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independent radio charts in-
cluding the Euro Americana
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folk affair titled “Mexiquita.” views in magazines like Mojo
On a tiny boutique label, the and The Telegraph UK’s top
release received a four-star roots records list for 2012,
review in the All Music Guide becoming the most successful
and positive reactions from release of his career.
the local press, but it went
Since 2014, Low has been
largely unnoticed. A series of working out of his home stu-
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ing “Blackheart” in 2002 and sia, studying music compo-
“The Blackguard’s Waltz” in sition at the Berklee College
2008 established a solid pedi- of Music Online, and touring
gree as a writer, and Low’s ca- once or twice annually in the
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James Low
7 p.m. Saturday, July 11
Peninsula Arts Center
504 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach, Wash.
360-901-0962
$12
For reservations, call 360-
901-0962 or use the form at
www.peninsulaartscenter.org/
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Long Beach Peninsula Acous-
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form July 11 at the Peninsula Arts Center.
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