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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
That’ll be the day when their shoes are filled
‘Down a Classic
Country Road’
Review
B Y B URNEY G ARELICK
Arrrrgh, Yee Haw, and Boy
Howdy! Hot on the trail of the
“Pirates of Penzance,” the Buck
and A Quarter Band galloped
into town for the penultimate
roundup in the last resort.
Florence is alive and eclectic
with the sound of music, simul-
taneous entertainment from
opera to opry. While the
“Pirates” played its final week-
end Nov. 11-13, the Buck and A
Quarter Band opened its show,
“Down A Classic Country
Road,” that weekend and con-
tinues next weekend, Nov. 18-
20.
The six-piece band pays
homage to country music icons
— including Hank Williams,
Ernest Tubb, George Jones,
Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette,
Merle Haggard, Buck Owens,
Bob Wills, Eddie Arnold, Elvis
Presley and Marty Robbins —
and the classic country songs
that are part of our collective
unconsciousness. You’ll recog-
nize many of the 50-plus songs
in the show, even if you’re not a
fan of country music.
The band opens each of its
two sets swinging with adrena-
lin poppers: Buddy Holly’s
“That’ll Be the Day” and
Elvis’s “All Shook Up,” and
closes in a surge of energy with
Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls
of Fire” and Steve Goodman’s
“Perfect Country & Western
Song.” A kind of epilogue con-
cludes the show — George
Jones’s “Who’s Gonna Fill
Their Shoes?” This was the title
of last year’s wildly successful
show by the Buck and A
Quarter Band and an impetus
for the current show. You can’t
go down that country road too
often.
Singer, actor, and master of
musical genre Mike Jacobson
wrote and directed last year’s
country music retrospective,
and enlisted the musical direc-
tion of keyboardist and singer
extraordinaire Marty Adams for
the current show.
Other Buck and A Quarter
members are guitarist Doug
Bushwar, bassist Earl Knight,
longtime Florence drummer
Bob Severy and cowboy’s
sweetheart Denise Dee, whose
voice is her instrument.
Severy is the only non-vocal-
ist and keeps the others on time,
ragged but right — although
there’s nothing ragged about the
program where all those songs
are charted and played with
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“Young Love” and “Faded
Love.” Perhaps it was a stretch,
including “Georgia” in the
country genre, but Hoagy
Carmichael’s song has been
recorded by many country
artists, just as many country
songs have been recorded by
pop artists.
The show plays at the
CROW Center for the
Performing Arts on Highway
101 just north of 30th Street —
one of Florence’s newest ven-
ues for performing arts. It’s not
a classic honky tonk with dim
lights and thick smoke, and the
only cold ones are soft drinks.
But not everything needs to
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be replicated to enjoy classic
country music. The room is set
cabaret style with tables, but
there’s room for two-stepping,
if you’ve a mind.
Cowboy hats, cowboy boots,
and singing along are encour-
aged.
Finally, the show will cost a
little more than a Buck and A
Quarter, but it’s worth the fare
because, in addition giving you
pleasure, a portion of ticket
sales will benefit CROW, the
Children’s Repertory of Oregon
Workshop.
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“Take This Job (and Shove It),”
“Ghost Riders in the Sky,”
“Cattle Call,” “Walkin’ the
Floor over You” and “Battle of
New Orleans.”
Bushwar played guitar with
the Maddox Brothers and Rose,
known as America’s Most
Colorful Hillbilly Band. While
Rose packed a mean punch,
Bushwar’s singing is gentle on
your mind. His songs include
“All Shook Up,” “Help Me I’m
Falling,” “I Got a Woman,” and
“Don’t Worry About Me.”
Knight, who played with
Merle Haggard, did the honors
with “Rambling Fever,” “Today
I Started Loving You,” “Silver
Wings,”
“Okie
from
Muskogee,” “Good Hearted
Woman” and “Pancho and
Lefty,” a cool duet with
Jacobson.
In addition to his nifty tin-
kling piano, Adams rattled the
keys and indulged in memo-
rable songs like “You Fill Up
My Senses,” “Peaceful Easy
Feeling,” “Georgia,” “Together
Again,” “Great Balls of Fire,”
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very little talk. Occasionally,
Jacobson will mention the
songwriter or the singer who
popularized the song, and less
frequently, Adams will crack
jokes worthy of groans. This
show is all about the music.
There is no hierarchy in the
Buck and A Quarter Band.
Solos are equitably divided, and
tempos are balanced. The five
voices blend in harmony and on
duets like brothers and sister.
Most of all, the singers are
relaxed and confident, and their
demeanor spills into the audi-
ence for an all-around good
time. You get the feeling they
could jam all night, or as the
song says, “I’ll hang around as
long as you will let me.”
Dee is a terrific song belter
and carries the vitality of those
iconic divas. Her songs include
“Blue Bayou,” “Wheel of
Fortune,” “She’s Got You,” “I
Don’t Want to Play House” and
“Help Me Through the Night.”
Jacobson’s big, somewhat
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