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Side A welcomes Scott Knickerbocker
The Side A-lley
concert is July 1
By John Vollinger
Go! Magazine
LA GRANDE — As the
weather begins to (finally)
become warmer, it might
be a good time to lounge in
the shade, grab a cool drink
(perhaps even some food), and
enjoy the live music offered by
Side A’s “Side A-lley” concert
series.
Coming up on July 1, La
Grande welcomes Scott Knick-
erbocker. The music begins at
7:30 p.m. on the back patio of
Side A Brewing, 1219 Wash-
ington Ave.
Knickerbocker’s original
songs center around such
themes as, he explains, “love
and murder, sin and redemp-
tion, whiskey and whimsy”
with a variety of stringed
instruments, from a banjo and
resonator guitar to a fiddle.
When not playing music,
Knickerbocker is a Professor
of English and Environmen-
tal Studies at The College of
Idaho, and he has also pub-
lished a book titled “Ecopoet-
ics: The Language of Nature,
the Nature of Language.” His
work focuses on the ways that
language can bring us closer
to our ecology, and centers on
poets who, rather than bland-
ly describing the world, think
about language as something
that is “rather wild, and…[can
recreate] the world, perhaps
performing the world on the
page.”
For an example of his music,
check out his performance
SIDE A-LLEY CONCERT SERIES
Side A-lley concerts are held most weeks at Side A Brewing, 1219 Washington Ave. in La Grande. For
updates, visit the Facebook page or sideabeer.com.
Schedule:
Aug. 6: Chris Baron & the Two Secrets
July 1: Scott Knickerbocker
July 8: Melissa Ruth
Aug. 12: Calico Bones
July 15: Alka Mahdi
Aug. 20: Megan Alder
July 23: Sage & Stone
July 30: Jezebel’s Mother
Aug. 26: Wes Youssi & the County Champs
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Side A/Contributed Photo
Scott Knickerbocker plays the Side
A-lley concert Friday, July 1, at Side
Brewing in La Grande.
of his song “Dear Reader” by
typing “Scott Knickerbocker
– A Coyote A Day” into You-
Tube. Here, Knickerbocker
sings from the perspective of
a shelved book, entreating his
“dear reader” to pull him down
and explore his words and
ideas.
To the tune of a folk/country
guitar strum, he delicately bal-
ances two ideas in the song.
The listener is able to imagine
the book as a metaphor for
the singer, asking his love to
embrace him again — but the
lyrics also make a comment
on the importance of language
and taking the time to step
away from the screen to enjoy
the complexities of the written
word.
For more information
about the musician, visit
junkerdashrecords.com/
artists/scott-knickerbocker.
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