SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015
Brown Hen spaghetti dinner
to benefit Liz Mobley
The Brown Hen Cafe
invites the community to a
spaghetti feed from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15, to benefit
Liz Mobley.
Mobley is a life-long
Florence resident, Siuslaw
High School graduate and U.S.
Army veteran who was diag-
nosed with brain cancer.
She owned Florence Travel
Agency before having to
close the business due to
her cancer diagnosis.
A silent auction will
also be held throughout
the duration of the event.
All money raised will
help pay for cancer treatment
and expenses.
Tsunami of song stirs souls, shines shoes
Concert
Review
“Who’s Gonna Fill
Their Shoes?”
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eet have grown in the
last 50 years, but no
matter how big they
get, they will never fill the
shoes of musical icons like
Hank Williams, the Carter
Family, Patsy Cline, and
George Jones.
That’s the premise of a
“Who’s Gonna Fill Their
Shoes?,” a delightful show at
Florence Playhouse in Old
Town.
This classic country music
retrospective written and
directed by estimable singer
and actor Mike Jacobson stirs
a golden kettle of nostalgia for
the evergreen melodies from
five decades of country songs
— the 1940s through the
1980s.
These are the songs you
couldn’t help but hear on
radio, records, and television.
Songs like Hank Williams’
“Your
Cheatin’
Heart,”
Tennessee
Ernie
Ford’s
“Sixteen Tons,” the Carter
Family’s “May the Circle
Be
Unbroken”
and
Roger Miller’s “King of the
Road.”
Jacobson, who directed
the wonderful tribute to
The Ink Spots last summer,
chose 45 classic country songs
and four excellent local
vocalists to join him in
this country music retrospec-
tive.
Right from the start,
the singers provide an
ensemble chemistry that cap-
tures the audience with
fireworks of laughter and
joy.
The singers are accompa-
nied by keyboard, drums,
acoustic guitar and steel
guitar.
Two magic hours of song
with very little talk speed
merrily along like that
“Orange Blossom Special”
coming down the railroad
track.
Even the treble clef and the
big black cartoon notes pinned
to the stage backdrop bounced
with singalong glee —
and plenty of audience
lips moved, singing along
softly.
In addition to Jacobson,
singers
included
Nancy
Pearson,
Denise
Dee,
Doug Bushwar (who also
picked
acoustic
guitar)
and Marty Adams, who
also tickled the ivories.
Emmanuel Beaulieu tapped
the traps, and a young
man (whose name escapes me)
plucked
a
mean
steel
guitar and occasionally stole
the show with his nifty
licks.
Pearson’s exuberant voice is
so country, she sounds fresh
from the holler between Dolly
Parton and Loretta Lynn. A
few years ago she wowed
Florence audiences as Patsy
Cline in “Always ... Patsy.”
You can still catch Patsy in
Pearson’s rendition of “Crazy”
by Willie Nelson, “Walkin’
After Midnight” by Alan
Block and Donn Hecht and
“Sweet Dreams” by Don
Gibson.
But her cover of Bill
Monroe’s “Blue Moon of
Kentucky” shone so brightly
with hues of turquoise and sil-
ver, Elvis would have
approved.
Understated Dee dressed for
the genre in a cowboy (girl,
person) hat and Annie Oakley
braid and delivered, among
other songs, a riveting, bluesy
“Help Me Make It Through
the
Night”
by
Kris
Kristofferson and Tammy
Wynette’s defiant “Stand By
Your Man.”
Bushwar’s rich, low voice
was stunning on Marty
Robbins’ “Don’t Worry ’Bout
Me” and Roy Orbison’s
swinging “Pretty Woman.”
His hot guitar breaks and
warm backup singing won the
audience’s applause.
Adams’
swift
verbal
spontaneity kept the rhythm
bouncing, slowing enough for
a dramatic “White Sport
Coat and a Pink Carnation,”
another Marty Robbins’ chest-
nut.
Whimsical Dee even pinned
a flower on Adams’ coat.
Always affable Jacobson,
with a ranging voice that never
falters, positively charmed
with Ernest Tubb’s “Waltz
Across
Texas,”
Marty
Robbins’ saga of “El Paso,”
Johnny Cash’s titular tale of
parenting, “A Boy Named
Sue,” and Hank Williams’
spicy “Jambalaya,” comple-
mented with sizzling steel gui-
tar.
Jacobson concluded with
“Who’s Gonna Fill Their
Shoes?” a George Jones 1985
classic with lyrics recognizing
the Red-Headed Stranger, the
Man in Black, the Okie from
Muskogee, Blue Suede Shoes
and Elvis, ending with:
“Who’s gonna play the Opry
and the Wabash Cannonball?”
It would have been nice to
have a list in the program of
all 45 songs and the artists
who sold them, but the show’s
emphasis is on the sound of
the great country songs that
survived to sail forever in the
American stream of con-
sciousness.
The artists stepped into the
songs and fused a unique iden-
tity with them.
Other singers can cover
their songs, but nobody can
fill their shoes.
So saddle up and waltz
across Florence to enjoy an
evening or afternoon of classic
country music.
The show concludes this
weekend, July 3, 4 and 5.
And stay tuned for three
more productions this summer
at Florence Playhouse, now in
its 10th year.
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YACHATS
—
The
Yachats Arts Guild will host
its annual summer show
tomorrow, July 2, through
Sunday, July 5, at The
Commons, located at W.
Fourth St. and Highway 101
in Yachats.
The guild welcomes new
members Kathy Whitson,
Eileen Lighthawk, Lee
Haynes, Mark Adcock and
Jane McCarthy.
These
new
guild
members, as well as original
participating artists Claire
Good, Carol Sum-mers and
Barry Campbell, are just a
few of the artists who will be
featured in this summer’s
show.
The show will feature var-
ious mediums of artwork
including watercolor, oil,
acrylic, photography and
wood-turned bowls and
vases.
Original paintings as
well as prints and note cards
will be available for pur-
chase.
The Yachats Arts Guild
was formed to promote cen-
tral coast artists and photog-
raphers and to call attention
to the beauty of the Oregon
coast.
Anyone interested in
becoming a member or a sub-
scriber member to support
the Yachats Arts Guild can
apply at the summer show.
A percentage of all sales
go to the support and promo-
tion
of
the
Yachats
Commons.
Show hours are 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Thursday through
Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Sunday.