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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Buzz Fest 2007
Tuff Profit
Wow last Tuesday was a blast! What a fun crowd! So here we go again, Tonight Cary Choat will be have guest Steve Sutherland and the Tuff Profit Boys will be there as well to add the beer drinking back beat! We will kick it off around 8:00 pm and try to shut it down around 11:30. Last Tuesday we had some much fun we didn't stop until 12:30. But hey some of us have day jobs and we need our beauty sleep(well I do) any ways come on down tonight and see what kind of trouble we get into . If you would like to jam with the band, come up and vist with Cary Choat and he will set ya up! Each week we will try have a new victim, I mean guest to sit in with us and see what kind of music we can make.Oh yea as you might had guess from last week Drunk sing-a-longs are welcome at any time though the night. See ya at the Solo Club
Peace
Danny Joe Walsh
Snorty Horse Saloon
I got to go to the BEST in 417 party on Sunday. It’s a big event that area business are actually voted on in different categories to be invited to have a booth. We didn’t win anything, but Budweiser did! Yup…free beer! I thought $25 was too expensive to get in until that little detail use revealed to me. All the free beer, wine, and food you could eat. I do think they should have the best of 417 tattoo parlor. Ask the boys from Scorpion Choppers in Nixa. They are all gettin’ Snorty Horse tats. Be lookin’ for some type of weekly bike event as soon as it warms up a little.
Looks like the Radio show is goin’ pretty good also. There were a few things I didn’t like in the beginning, but the bugs are getting worked out and I think it’s going to be fine. Boland got interviewed last week which made me feel a lot better. It’s on from 10:00 P.M. to midnight every Saturday and I think you may get it online or from a pod cast also off the 100.5thewolf website. Let me know what you guys think of the show. Your input on this is important to me rather its positive or negative feedback.
Got some really good shows lined up for you this weekend.
WED. FEB. 28th: ALLEN ROSS. Have you girls had those ORANGE MO FO’s that Jake makes; or those BAD ASS TRUCKERS. These are two drinks that were developed here at the Snorty Horse and will be included in on the “Not so special drink special” which also includes $1 Yard beers and $3 Jagur shots.
THUR. MAR. 1st: SARAH HUGHES! Sarah has been a staple for the live music industry in Northwest Arkansas for years. She has won numerous awards for her songwriting and performing abilities and we’re lucky to have her included in this week’s lineup. She was honored by the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards in 2005 and ’06 as “female vocalist of the year”, “06 songwriter of the year” and “album of the year” and was also the songwriter of the year at the Ozark Music Awards in ’04.
All this and she plays at Georges Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, AR all the time which is one of my all time favorite bars.
FRI. MAR. 2nd: The JOHN EVANS BAND with KRIS KANATZER. Off of John’s website, you can click on a particular date and a short description of the show appears. For the Snorty Horse date it says “Katy Bar the Door!!!” That pretty much sums it up in a nutshell. John has made a lot of friends and fans in this part of the world and it’s going to be a good night. That and it’s going to be CRAZY!!!
Kris Kanatzer is a young guy from MSU that has turned some heads recently. He was referred to me by Michael Brothers who writes the entertainment stuff in the Springfield paper. Evidently Kris is in a CMT contest called Music City Madness and is kickin’ some ass. He has never been to this bar before and before I booked this show, I kind of quizzed him over the phone. My first question was “what kind of music influences him”… just ‘cause I didn’t want a Chesney wan a be at the horse. I could tell he kind of was stepping around the question basically tryin’ to find the answer that I wanted. I then said “Come on man…what kind of stuff do you like?” That was when he told me he was a metal head at heart and that is when I told him he had a gig.
SAT. MAR. 3rd: BASTARD SONS of JOHNNY CASH with BO PHILLIPS!!! Mark Stuart is the founder and lead man of the BSoJC and many of you might remember the Christmas acoustic show that Mark performed. It was awesome! The BSoJC are probably better known in Europe. They have been on tour there before and are fixin’ to go again. You might pick up their live DVD that was filmed somewhere over there last year. It’s good stuff. Their new CD is also sellin’ like crazy. Remember that this is an original band and not a Johnny Cash cover band although you may here some JC songs. Mark was told by Johnny Cash himself on his deathbed to use his name for Stuart’s band. This is also a more traditional old school country band compared to a lot of the stuff that I book. It’s also one of the only international touring acts that will come through the Snorty Horse doors.
BO PHILLIPS is supporting the show. Many of you may also know Bo as Stoney Larue’s brother. This guy can sing, and he’s a crowd pleaser and he’s got a full band now. I think it will be fiddle, bass, and drums and Bo on guitar. He plays at a bar in Stillwater every week and there’s always a line. Good things are happening to this guy!
Other shows:
MAR. 9th is the JOHN D. HALE show with CHARLIE HORSE and the pink guitar auction for the American Cancer Society. You can buy tix online for this show and remember that $2 of each ticket will be donated also.
MAR. 10th By popular demand! BACK PORCH MARY!!!!
MAR. 15 is the Cowboy Toy Ropin’ and we will give away a Snorty Horse belt buckle to the high money winner.
MAR. 28th RECKLESS KELLY with MICKEY and the MOTORCARS. You can buy these tickets online also.
Thanks,
Steve Greene
417.833.6700
steve@snortyhorse.com
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"Best Little Texas Roadhouse in Missouri"
3050 N. Kentwood Ave.
Springfield, MO 65803
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Brandon Jenkins
Jack Ingram
lonestarmusic.com:
Jack Ingram Q&A March 2007
By Richard Skanse
It seems like every time we've caught up with Jack Ingram in the past, he's always been standing on the verge of something big. Long established as one of the most consistently talented and respected Texas country artists of his generation — heck, practically the first Texas country artist of his generation, having bridged the gap between Robert Earl Keen and the Pat Green brigade — Ingram has nevertheless spent most of his career aiming for something bigger than regional stardom. And to borrow a line from one of his early live staples, “there ain't nothing wrong with that.” Because good as his first three, independent Texas releases were, Ingram's best three albums were all made in Nashville. From 1997's Steve Earle/Ray Kennedy-produced Livin' or Dyin' to 1999's Hey You and especially 2002's Electric , Ingram proved it was possible to keep one foot planted firmly on Lone Star soil and the other on Music Row without losing artistic dignity.
So when LoneStarMusic featured Ingram as our Artist of the Month five years ago when Electric — his second album for major-label Sony — came out, we were pretty damn sure that record was going to be “the one” that finally did it for him. But it didn't. Next thing we knew, Ingram was back to square one, working the regional scene as an independent artist. He put out three live albums, including 2004's near-definitive Live at Gruene Hall: Happy Happy. The second half of the title came from a sardonic new Ingram original, “Happy Happy Country Country,” that sounded like a stiff middle finger to the mainstream country radio world that seemed to have spurned him for good. Things may not have worked out the way Ingram had hoped they would, but he couldn't have closed the door on that long chapter of career with a better kiss-off.
Or at least, we thought it was a kiss-off. Turns out, he was just venting a little, and gearing up for another shot at the big time. Early last year, that Live at Gruene album was renamed Live Wherever You Are and re-released by an upstart Nashville label called Big Machine (a tiny little imprint of an even bigger machine, Universal). The tracklist had been amended slightly to make room for three new tunes, including a pair of new studio tracks — “Wherever You Are” and “Love You” — earmarked as singles. Ingram didn't write either of those songs, but he sang ‘em with the conviction of an artist who knew he had a couple of hits on his hands. It was just a matter of time before they, you know, hit . Which turned out to be only a few months after LoneStarMusic.com's last chat with Jack last January. By summer, while Ingram was out on the road with Brooks & Dunn and Sheryl Crow (two separate tours at the same time), “Wherever You Are” hit No. 1 on the country chart. “Love You” would later make it to No. 12.
So here we are again, catching Ingram right on the brink of what seems to be the biggest record of his life. Things didn't always pan out that way in the past, but this time, well … this is it. This is so certainly “it” that Ingram even named his new record — his first studio set in five years — This Is It (due March 27). Currently touring behind his third Top 20 country hit in a row (a somewhat controversial cover of Oklahoma rock band Hinder's recent breakthrough single, “Lips of an Angel”), Ingram is staring down another long year of relentless touring and radio and press interviews. He's going to see very little of his home in Austin in the next 12 months, but when he does get a chance to catch his breath, if he's anything less than country music's breakout “new artist” of the year, a lot of folks are gonna be scratching their heads. Because after “Lips” has run its course, the new album's stuffed with damn-near sure-thing hits — and that's just on the first half of the record, before you get to the really good stuff.
Yeah, this is it. Has to be.
Hello again, Jack. And congrats on yet another Top 20 hit. Is this getting old yet?
No! [ Laughs ] I think I have an itch that's going to prove to be addictive.
It's gotta be overwhelming to have worked so long for this kind of success, and then to have it hit like, boom-boom-boom! Even stretched out over a year, it's really caught up with a vengeance.
Yeah. I'm just trying to get over the idea that it starts happening, and you start waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm trying to get over that and to get into the mindset of hoping that this will just be the first three [hits] of many.
Well, there better be more to come, right? I mean, calling the record This Is It — that's pretty much like going “all in” even before you've seen the full hand, isn't it?
[ Laughs ] Yeah. But the thought process behind the title was just how, you know — all those gigs, all those disappointments, all those miles … it was all leading somewhere. And this was it. It comes from a line in the song “Hold On,” that says, “Hold on, because baby, this is it.” Every time I sang that line I got choked up, because in my mind I was singing it to my family and the people closest to me. So I wrote that down as a title to remember, and it kept staring back at me until I knew … OK, that's the title. It's the idea of all the roads and all that experiences leading up to this moment. But then in another sense, it's also the idea of holding onto all these good things, and it has nothing to do with professional stuff.
Speaking of all the experiences leading up this: What's been the most surreal moment for you this past year? In terms of that realization of, I dunno, “Man, we're not just in Gruene anymore”?
I think stepping onstage with Sheryl Crow was probably the most surreal. Because it was probably the most nervous I've ever been. And that seemed very real; I mean, it was surreal, but also, “This is fucking happening, man.” You know, you're onstage, and being asked to sing with a future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. It was kind of like this crashing moment of leaving my world and entering into a world that I'd seen on TV. You know what I mean?
Yeah. I can see where that might be more of a career leap for you than, say, the first time you sang with Willie Nelson. He was no doubt a bigger influence on you, but he was always …
He was a much bigger influence, and a huge hero of mine. But he's from my world, you know? He's close. Whereas, I remember when Sheryl's The Globe Sessions came out, and it just seemed like another world, like something that was unreachable.
Do you get starstruck in those situations?
Well, that's probably as close to being starstruck as I get. It's not about the stardom I guess; for that moment, it was just about the largeness of it. It felt like I was crashing into something. I wasn't nervous because I was meeting Sheryl Crow.
How do you rate your performance that first time you sang with her?
That's the other thing man. I feel like, in my head, those are the moments that surprise me and add to my arsenal of personal strength, I guess. It's doing something that you think you can't do, and then you jump in and do and you come out the other side unscathed. I don't know exactly how it was, but I know that I sang on pitch and didn't forget the words, you know what I mean? It was just one of those things where you go, “All right man, holy shit, here we go …”
She sings with you on “Hold On” on the new record. Do you ever listen back to that and still get a tingle of, “Wow, that's Sheryl Crow singing on my record. How'd that happen?”
[ Laughs ] Yeah. It's funny man. She called me after she sang on it, and she said, “Oh my God, that was great. Thanks for letting me sing on your track, I can't wait for you to hear it.” And I was like, “Thank you .” We had a 10-minute conversation. And about a half hour later I was sitting on the back of the bus, and it hit me: “Holy shit, Sheryl Crow just called me to say how great my song was that she just got done singing on!” So I actually texted her and said, “Hey Sheryl, I might have forgotten to mention this when we were on the phone a little while ago, but … Sheryl fucking Crow just sang on my record!” I think she got a pretty good kick out of that.
And then half an hour after that , you thought, “Holy shit, I just text-messaged Sheryl freaking Crow!”
Right! The whole thing reminded me of that joke … I don't know if I'm going to remember how to tell this right, because I heard it a long time ago, but this guy gets shipwrecked with Cindy Crawford. This was back when she was the hottest chick in the world. So, he promises to do something for her if, for one minute, she'll act like she's a guy. I guess he promised to do something really girly. So, she agrees, and he says, “Let me call you ‘Dave.'” And Cindy Crawford goes, “OK.” And he goes, “Hey Dave, you're not going to believe who I'm fucking!”
You've been running with a lot of big mainstream country stars lately, too. You toured last year with Brooks & Dunn and, later, Gary Allan. And you're about to spend several months opening for Brad Paisley. That's gotta seem kind of surreal sometimes, too. I mean, I know you were never part of the “Nashville sucks!” party here in Texas, but you had to have been conscious of the differences between the Texas scene and Texas artists and the whole Nashville world. Has your exposure to the other side of that fence changed your attitude or opinion about some of those more mainstream acts?
Yeah. But I still think, as a fan, that I have a right to think, “ That sucks .” Or, “that's great,” or whatever. I still reserve that right. I remember times where I'd be with the band, and we'd be dissing somebody, and someone would speak up and say, “Yeah, but he's nice.” And Bukka Allen, who was playing keyboards with us then, said, “There's no such thing as ‘nice' in music. It's either fucking good, or it's not!” [ Laughs ] But with all that being said, after meeting some of these guys … just from my experience, through the success I've had this year, you hope it has something to do with your songs and your talent, but a whole lot of it has to do with hard work. And those guys, some of these people who make music that I hate, I know for a fact that they're working harder than a lot of the people that sit down in Texas and diss on their music. That's been a sobering thought. I'm not the only guy doing interviews everyday and out on the road for nine months out of the year.
Speaking of dissing artists — I don't know if you've picked up on this yet, but hell hath no fury like 15-year-old, diehard Hinder fans.
I know man.
They've really done a number on your iTunes review rating for the “Lips of an Angel” single. And a few of them seem to have found your MySpace page, too. It seems they all think you really suck.
[ Laughs ] Yeah, I read some of that and decided that reading it was not in my best interest.
I particularly love the one-star reviews where they'll be like, “This guy totally stole Hinder's song! He needs to be sued!”
Yeah. I read a few like that. I've been lucky in my career in that I haven't had to experience a whole lot of that before, but now I'm like, “OK, now I know how that feels!” When I first saw it, it was late one night and I figured I'd go on MySpace to answer some mail and questions, and I got like four of those comments. And I was like, “Hmm. Well that stinks.” And if you get close enough to it, it's like somebody's pointing a finger in your face, and you start blowing up yourself. That's what it felt like to me. Like, “No, fuck you .” It feels like they're right in your face and you're about to get in a fight. But once I backed up from it, it's easier to kind of have an idea of where it's coming from and why it's coming. On another level, I understand what they're saying, and I can argue for and against where they're coming from. They're just really passionate about their favorite band. Especially the ones that don't understand the business aspect of it. They're pissed off because they think I stole that song, but they don't understand that I'm making that band a whole bunch of fucking money. But I get it, and I put it into perspective for myself so I don't have to dwell on it. I mean, I'm a big Tim McGraw fan now. But you would not have found anybody who didn't like “Indian Outlaw” more than me as a 22-year-old kid. I hated it. I thought it was the end to country music. I thought, “Man, that guy should burn!” That's the way I felt, and that's the way some of these guys reacting against “Lips of an Angel” feel, too. But, only Tim McGraw knew that that song was the very beginning of his career and the very beginning of the depth of music that he was going to choose to sing. You know?
Have you met the guys in Hinder? I think they're all about 22, themselves.
I haven't. I hung out with their road manager one time, but I haven't met them. And I don't pretend to be friends with them.
How did you approach that song when you recorded it? “Wherever You Are” and “Love You” were outside songs, too, but “Lips” was obviously very different because it was already a current hit for another act. Did it take you long to find your own handle on it?
The only reason I did the song was because I thought it was a well-written song. So I approached it just like I would any other song I wanted to check out; I took it all the way down to an acoustic guitar and a vocal, words and music, and built it back from that. So it became more “mine” and more of my story that way.
Let's talk about some of the songs you did write on this record, because I really think those are the standouts here. Starting with “Great Divide.”
It's basically about driving through West Texas, but it's also kind of about my family, and about the culture out there. I wrote it while driving out to Abilene to play a gig at a place called the Ponderosa. It was a Friday night, about 7:30 in the evening, and as I was driving west on 20, every station on the FM dial had a high school football game. And I was just laughing because I was going 90 miles an hour because I knew the cops weren't around because I knew they were at the ball game. The song is a part of a story that just happened — it smelled like West Texas, the cotton and the oil and the cattle. That distinct thing that only happens there. And just having spent some time out there and knowing some of the people out there, I feel like I have an affiliation — I feel like I know it from an objective point of view, because I didn't grow up there, I just know about it. So I pulled over and wrote the song in roughly 10 minutes.
You've got family out West, don't you?
Yeah. In Midland. My granddad was in the oil business. There's a line in there, “Some of them get rich / but they're gamblers still.” That's what I've always loved about those rich oil men from Texas, is that as obnoxious as they can be, they all know the game, man. They're all just gamblers, they're all just one step away from the poor house. So from my perspective, the difference between the guy working on the oil derrick and the guy running the oil derrick has always seemed to be pretty small. Except for the checkbook. But most of those guys, they've all come in and out of debt, they've come in and out of bankruptcy, and they're all out there just trying to hit it big.
My other personal favorite is “All I Can Do.” Which is pretty much another one of your songs addressing your own struggle to hit it big, isn't it?
Right. That was more of a response to just some of the crazy, half-assed circumstances I was in before this record deal came about. Some of the music business stuff, where you kind of put your faith in that if you do the work, and you have faith that if other people are as involved with their work as you are with yours, that you all can find some common ground and get some things done. And at the end of the day, if somebody doesn't give a shit about you, they're not going to care about you. There's no amount of good deeds that you can do to get the faith of somebody else if they just don't see it. And after 10 years of really trying to get the attention of some people that I thought were really interested in me and my career … that song is kind of a response to that. Like, “Wow. That's all I can do, man.”
“Easy as 1,2,3” kind of hints at the same theme, but in a much more upbeat kind of way. You wrote that one with Todd Snider. He's been dropping your name a lot lately. He's got that whole verse about you in his song “Nashville,” off of East Nashville Skyline . And I heard him on KUT-FM the other day, doing a live version of “Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” where he changed the last line to: “I think I'll move back down to Austin / help Jack Ingram lug his shit around.” And then tried to cover up for saying “shit” on the radio by saying, “Hit! I meant, ‘Help Jack Ingram lug his big No. 1 hit around!'”
[ Laughs ] That's funny, man.
How long have you two known each other?
Since '96. We met 11 years ago. He has the same booking agent as I did at the time. He was the first tour that we went out opening for; he was just playing little roadside dives, but they all weren't in Texas. We went out and opened for him basically that whole year. And we hit it off right away. One conversation and we realized we had all the same records growing up. I still consider him one of my best friends in the business. He's one of those guys who, we talk every … even if it's been six months, we just pick up right where we left off.
Just a couple of last things. “Love You” is up for some kind of CMT Video Award. That's a first for you, isn't it?
Yeah.
It seems to be a fan-voted affair. Do you check in on that, to see how it's fairing in the polls?
No, I don't. I didn't even know it was nominated for a while. Not because I don't care. I do care. I just … I try to keep that stuff … I guess we'll see how I do on either of these fronts, but I try to keep it as far apart from my psyche as I do the negative comments from 15-year-old Hinder fans. Because at the end of the day, none of those things are going to count.
I actually only asked about the CMT thing so I could sneak this other awards show question. I gotta put you on the spot here: Since you're in the middle of this transition from Texas sensation to mainstream country star, what did you think of the Dixie Chicks' sweep at the Grammys? I was thrilled, but I know there were, um, “a few” folks on the mainstream country side of the industry — not to mention lots of conservatives, period — who saw that and thought, “What the hell?” They assume it was all politics, and had nothing to do with the music.
Right. The liberal media conspiracy. And I do partly agree with that, in the sense that it's people who have the right to vote. It's the same argument circling around and around and around. Like, “Hey man, you had the right to ban them from your radio stations, you had the right to smash their records, and I have the right to vote for them for best record of the year, because I think it is.” I'm a huge fan of that record. I remember when I got it, we all talked about it — that's a great record. So I'm proud for them, and I know they feel justified in some respect. But I do feel — not in the same fervor and spirit as everyone else, but I do sometimes wish she [Natalie Maines] would just fucking shut up. [ Laughs ] Not because I don't like her politics, but just shut up, would ya? And I would say that to her. Because I just think that she's so talented, and they make such great records, but … you know, I actually had a chance to watch that movie [ Shut Up and Sing ] the other day, and she said something that I've thought the whole time. She said, “God, they would not be making such a big stink over this if they knew me! Why do they care what I have to say?” [ Laughs ]
Finally … I hate to end on a bum note, but I hear your lead guitarist, Chris Masterson , is jumping ship for a gig with Jay Farrar's Son Volt. Is that something you saw coming for a while?
No. He told me about that the first week of February, I guess. But I had a feeling before that that something might be up. It was one of those deals where you're in a relationship, and nothing is said, but I just thought, “I wonder if something's about to happen.” That was in January.
What tipped you off? Was it when he started calling you “Jay”?
[ Laughs ] Yeah! Little tiny clues. Son Volt playing from his bunk, stuff like that. I'm certainly not … I don't have the attitude of, “I've seen ‘em come and I've seen ‘em go.” But I have had guitar players that I really wanted to play with and liked playing with leave before. And the world keeps turning and the train keeps going.
Whatever new guy you pick this time isn't going to have a lot of time to ease into the gig though, is he? He's gonna make his debut in front of the biggest crowds you've ever played to.
That's the only part that I'm a little anxious about. You don't have time to go burn it down jam-style in some roadside honky-tonk and get your bearings. So we're going to have to figure that out; we're probably going to have to do more rehearsals than we've done before to compensate for that. But, I'm positive it's going to work out. I know it will. I know I'm going to find the right guy, because I feel like I have a pretty good sense of where we're headed.
Specifically, a really long tour with Brad Paisley, which kicks off April 26. I understand the tour's being sponsored by Hershey's. Sweet!
Yeah. Hopefully my wife will enjoy that, too. I've already thought about that one a lot. What's their catering going to look like? Big bowls of chocolate and fountains of chocolate!
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This Is It
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Camille Harp
hello friends! just stopping by to give you a quick update.
just so you know, i did an interview with the OKLAHOMAN. it was actually in the paper on friday but for those of you who missed the Q & A, you can listen to it online at NEWSOK.COM on a live podcast. go to the "LIFE" section and on the upper left hand corner you can click on "MUSICAL PODCAST"...of course, "camille harp", to check it out.
i'll have my usual tuesday night shindig at mulligan's this week. music starts around 9!
saturday night, march 3rd, i'll be at the famous toby keith's!...i love that bar and grill! :-) music also starts at 9 and goes til midnight.
hope to see some of your precious faces!
camille
just so you know, i did an interview with the OKLAHOMAN. it was actually in the paper on friday but for those of you who missed the Q & A, you can listen to it online at NEWSOK.COM on a live podcast. go to the "LIFE" section and on the upper left hand corner you can click on "MUSICAL PODCAST"...of course, "camille harp", to check it out.
i'll have my usual tuesday night shindig at mulligan's this week. music starts around 9!
saturday night, march 3rd, i'll be at the famous toby keith's!...i love that bar and grill! :-) music also starts at 9 and goes til midnight.
hope to see some of your precious faces!
camille
Monday, February 26, 2007
Happy Birthday to Patrick
Happy Birthday to Patrick of No Justice... rock on Patrick.. keep'em real!
Sunday, February 25, 2007
THE CONSERVATORY
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Friday, February 23, 2007
CONCERTS
The Four Tops, Feb. 27. FireLake Grand Casino, I-40 Exit 178, Shawnee, 964-7263. FEB
Shooter Jennings, March 1. Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E. Sheridan, 601-6276. MAR
Randy Travis, March 2. FireLake Grand Casino, I-40 Exit 178, Shawnee, 964-7263. MAR
Bad Company, March 3. Riverwind Casino, ShowPlace Theatre, I-35 & Highway 9, Norman, 322-6464. MAR
Eric Clapton with Robert Cray, March 5. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. MAR
Rick Springfield, March 9. Riverwind Casino, ShowPlace Theatre, I-35 & Highway 9, Norman, 322-6464. MAR
Red Hot Chili Peppers, March 12 (rescheduled). Cox Convention Center, One Myriad Gardens, 235-8288. MAR
Evanescence with Chevelle and Finger Eleven, March 21. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. FEB
Kenny Rogers, March 23. Riverwind Casino, ShowPlace Theatre, I-35 & Highway 9, Norman, 322-6464. MAR
Tool, March 29. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. MAR
Willie Nelson, March 30. Riverwind Casino, ShowPlace Theatre, I-35 & Highway 9, Norman, 322-6464. MAR
Jimmy LaFave, March 31. The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, 524-0738. MAR
Reverend Horton Heat with Murder By Death & The Tossers, March 31. Diamond Ballroom, 8000 S. Eastern, 866-443-8849. MAR
Rod Stewart, April 11. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. APR
Gladys Knight, April 13. Riverwind Casino, ShowPlace Theatre, I-35 & Highway 9, Norman, 322-6464. APR
Billy Joel, May 1. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. MAy
Jimmy Webb, June 10-11. The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, 524-0738. JUNE
Keith Urban with The Wreckers, July 2. Ford Center, 100 W. Reno, 235-8288. JULY
LIVE MUSIC
FRIDAY, FEB. 23
2AM, Belle Isle Brewing Co. ROCK
Anita Russell & Friends, Clint’s. COUNTRY, POP
Barrel House, Dan McGuinness Pub. BLUES
Bart Crow, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY
Berkshire, Belle Isle Brewery. ACOUSTIC
Big Daddy, Baker St. Pub & Grill. ROCK
Big Daddy, The Dugout. ROCK
Bleu Edmondson, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY
The Blue Ryders, The Sweetheart Bar. ECLECTIC
OKGPick!Brian Dunning, Galileo. ROCKABILLY
The Clique featuring Speedy West, Friends. ROCK
Danny Hargis One Arm Bandit, Route 66 Road House. BLUES
Dirt Road Band, Landing Zone, Midwest City. COUNTRY
OKGPick!Fatback Circus, Nothing More, Slow Motion Jones, Logan Campbell, Opolis, Norman. ROCK
The Gospel Guitar Guys, UCO Jazz Lab. VARIETY
Gregg Kennedy, Junior’s. PIANO
Howard Brady, The Red Cup. FOLK
James Walker & Smoke House Band, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Jane Mays, Java Dave’s. ECLECTIC
Justin Fox, The Rhinestone Cowboy. COUNTRY
Kabaret Falschantz with The Gardes and Otto & The Hearty Bavarian Stock, Blue Moon on Paseo. ECLECTIC
Klocks, Russell’s. ROCK
OKGPick!The Larry Moore Quartet, Untitled[Artspace], JAZZ
Ligeia, Burn in Silence, The Handshake Murders & Apiary, The Conservatory. ROCK
Mark Williams with Wess McMichael, La Baguette West, Norman. JAZZ
The Midnight Marauders with the Oh Johnny! Girls, The Blue Note. ROCKABILLY, AMERICANA
Ocean, Tapwerks. ROCK
Open Acoustic Jam, Campfire Coffee, Guthrie. ACOUSTIC
Pulpit Red, 66 Bowl. ROCK
Radio Soul Duo, Cheeseburger in Paradise. ACOUSTIC
Randy & Cindy Rogers, Swadley’s BBQ, Bethany. COUNTRY, BLUEGRASS
OKGPick!Refuje CD Release Party, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. ROCK
Ron Pennington, Nancy’s 57th Street Lighthouse. ACOUSTIC
Rudy Love & The Love Family Band, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. SOUL
Ruthie and Her Banjo, Swadley’s BBQ, South. COUNTRY
Scott Keeton, The Blues Saloon. BLUES
Shortt Dogg, Remington Park. R&B, SOUL
Shy Trio, Rococo. JAZZ
Stars, Riverwind Casino, Norman. ROCK
Stephanie Jackson, Nonna’s Purple Bar. ACOUSTIC
Steppin’ Out Band, The Blues Saloon. BLUES
Steve Crossley, Bahama Breeze. ROCK
The Suspects, Bricktown Brewery. ROCK
Sweet Brenda and Sour Mash with guest Doc Blue, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Syke, The Deli, Norman. ROCK
Talk Dirty: Poison Tribute, City Walk. ROCK
Terry Pursell Show, The Red Cup. ECLECTIC
Tom Deger, Swadley’s BBQ, Moore. FOLK
Wild Heart, Country Palace. COUNTRY
SATURDAY,FEB. 24
5 Shot Victory, The Dugout. ROCK
Anita Russell & Friends, Clint’s. COUNTRY, POP
Aranda, Kanaga, Bricktown Brewery. ROCK
B & Lanada Hickerson, The Grateful Bean. ACOUSTIC
OKGPick!Ben Kweller, Red Light Knights, The Separation, Bricktown Ballroom. ROCK, INDIE
Big Daddy, Baker St. Pub & Grill. ROCK
Big Daddy, The Dugout. ROCK
Black Jack Run, Swadley’s BBQ, Moore. BLUEGRASS, GOSPEL
The Blue Ryders, The Sweetheart Bar. ECLECTIC
Blues Saloon Revue, Blues Saloon. BLUES
Brandon Clark Band, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY
Brigade, UCO Jazz Lab. BLUEGRASS
Bruce Benson, Rococo. JAZZ
The Clique featuring Speedy West, Friends. ROCK
Curly Cardinal, Ingrid’s. BALLROOM
Dirt Road Band, Landing Zone, Midwest City. COUNTRY
Doc Blue & The Blues Revue Band, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Equillibrium, Belle Isle Brewing Co. ROCK
OKGPick!Fiddlefest with the Byron Berline Band, Double Stop Music Hall. BLUEGRASS
Forest Sun with Jared Tyler & Jesse Aycock, Blue Moon on Paseo. FOLK, ROCK
Grafted In, Swadley’s BBQ, Bethany. GOSPEL, BLUEGRASS
Gregg Kennedy, Junior’s. PIANO
The Groove Merchants, Tapwerks. DANCE
Hosty Duo, Galileo. ROCK
James Walker & Smoke House Band, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Jane Mays, The Red Cup. POP
Jerry Putnam, Bahama Breeze. ACOUSTIC
Josh Smith, Full Circle Bookstore. ROCK, ECLECTIC
Justin Fox, The Rhinestone Cowboy. COUNTRY
Kelvin Drake, “Mr. Guitar,” Lincoln Station. BLUES
Klocks, Russell’s. ROCK
Lemma with Sober Boaters, Bricktown Brewery. ROCK
Leon Harrell and the Neon Cowboys, Country Ballroom Dance. COUNTRY
The Originals, Cheeseburger in Paradise. ACOUSTIC
OKGPick!Pinkie and the Snakeshakers, Dan McGuinness Pub. BLUES
Radio Soul, Tapwerks. ROCK
OKGPick!Refuje CD Release Party, Brothers, Norman. ROCK
Rick Toops & Cara Black with the Blues Saloon Band, The Blues Saloon. BLUES
Robert Melendez, Raintree Lounge, Days Inn. ACOUSTIC
OKGPick!Roger Creager, The Wormy Dog. COUNTRY
The Roger Lienke Hour, The Red Cup. ECLECTIC
Rudy Love & The Love Family Band, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. SOUL
OKGPick!Scott Ellison, Route 66 Road House. BLUES
Shortt Dogg, Remington Park. R&B, SOUL
Shy Oren, Nonna’s Purple Bar. JAZZ
The Simoleons, The Red Cup. AMERICANA
South Austin Jug Band, The Deli, Norman. ACOUSTIC
Starkweather Boys, The Blue Note. ROCKABILLY
Stranded at the Station, Starbucks, Northwest Expressway & MacArthur. FOLK
OKGPick!Subatomic Pieces, Josh Jones, El Paso Hot Button, Peter Pannn, The Conservatory. ROCK
Sunshine Hahn, Grape Ranch Winery. ACOUSTIC
Superfreak, Riverwind Casino, Norman. ROCK
Talk Dirty: Poison Tribute, City Walk. ROCK
Tierradentro, Meachum Auditorium, University of Oklahoma. LATIN ROCK
The Tom and Billy Show, Java Dave’s. FOLK
Tony Gregory & Emily Northcutt, Swadley’s BBQ, South. COUNTRY
Wild Heart, Country Palace. COUNTRY
SUNDAY, FEB. 25
Band Okie, Galileo. KARAOKE WITH THE BAND
Gary Gibson Trio, Bill and Dee’s, Norman. COUNTRY, BLUES
House, Route 66 Road House. BLUES
Hosty Solo, Deli, Norman. ROCK
Jam with Otis Watkins, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Jam with Scott Keeton, The Blues Saloon. BLUES
Jam with Speedy West, The Blues Saloon. BLUES
Jed Marum, UCO Jazz Lab. CELTIC, FOLK
Kalazh Band, On Broadway Club. R&B
Karen Khoury, Swadley’s BBQ, Bethany. KEYBOARD
Lady D and the Show Biz Band, Lincoln Station. BLUES
Qwel, Qwazaar, Robust, DJ Dallas Jackson, Invisible Struggle, The Conservatory. ROCK
Reggaemon, Bahama Breeze. CARRIBEAN
Slap & Tickle, Cheeseburger in Paradise. ACOUSTIC
Shy Trio, Rococo. JAZZ
Sunset and Her Sunset Men, The Hole in the Wall. BLUES, R&B
MONDAY, FEB. 26
Denise Smith & Band, Junior’s. ECLECTIC
OKGPick!Grizzly Bear, Paper Cuts, Opolis, Norman. ROCK
Isis, Jesu, Torche, The Conservatory. ROCK
Mitch & Co., Denver’s. BLUES, ROCK
Open Jazz Jam, Rococo. JAZZ
Ron Pennington, Nancy’s 57th Street Lighthouse. ACOUSTIC
Ruthie and Her Banjo, Swadley’s BBQ, Bethany. COUNTRY
OKGPick!The Stave, Riverwind Casino, Norman. ROCK
Travis Linville, Deli. Norman. ACOUSTIC
TUESDAY, FEB. 27
The Clique Featuring Speedy West, Friends. COUNTRY
Dyno, Galileo. ACOUSTIC
OKGPick!The Four Tops, FireLake Grand Casino. R&B
Gregg Kennedy, Junior’s. PIANO
Jam with Leapin Lannie & Doc Blue, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Mitch & Co., Denver’s. BLUES, ROCK
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28
Acoustic Jam with Ryan McClellan and Ali Harter, The Blue Note. ACOUSTIC
The Clique featuring Speedy West, Friends. COUNTRY
Denise Smith & Band, Junior’s. ECLECTIC
The Healers, Bora Bora. ROCK
The Messengers featuring Danny White & Rick Toops, Route 66 Road House. BLUES
Otis Watkins, The Biting Sow. BLUES
Randy Smith, Nancy’s 57th Street Lighthouse. ACOUSTIC
OKGPick!Resident Funk, The Deli, Norman. ROCK
Ryan McClellan and Ali Harter, The Blue Note. ACOUSTIC
Steve Crossley, Bahama Breeze. ROCK
Sunshine Hahn, Kansas City Blues BBQ, Edmond. ACOUSTIC
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Public Enemy
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Come hear Shelly and Rob and The Red Cup Coffee House! Unless you've given up caffeine for lent, then I don't think we really want to talk to you anyway.
Private moment..... Many thanks...
I wanted to take a second to say THANK YOU to everyone who sent me cards, emails, text messages, myspace.com/paynecountyline comments, etc. yesterday on 'me ole 60th bday'... it was the most awesome bday ever!
Oklahoma artist and fans are by far the best of the best! Rock on ... keep it real and make it happen...
On another note, we will, keeping fingers crossed, release the awards on Thursday, March 1.
Again, thanks Oklahoma for making it one of the best ever! I wish I could send each of you a special note, but the stack was tooooooooo deeeeeeeep.... and I am deeply touched and honored by you.
Stan Moffat, Payne County Line, Stillwater, OK.
Oklahoma artist and fans are by far the best of the best! Rock on ... keep it real and make it happen...
On another note, we will, keeping fingers crossed, release the awards on Thursday, March 1.
Again, thanks Oklahoma for making it one of the best ever! I wish I could send each of you a special note, but the stack was tooooooooo deeeeeeeep.... and I am deeply touched and honored by you.
Stan Moffat, Payne County Line, Stillwater, OK.
Chris Daughtry
If you want to see Daughtry in Tulsa, you'll have to convince someone who's got a ticket to give it up. Chris Daughtry, voted out in the reality show's fifth season, has a self-titled debut album that became the best-selling rock debut in SoundScan history. Daughtry's publicist said the McLeansville, N.C., native didn't have time for an interview. It seems his newfound rock stardom has kept him hopping. His big ballad sound of guitars and bluster peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the album has sold more than 1 million copies. Daughtry's done that while writing some of his own material, an art yet to be exploited by most "American Idol" alums. The album sounds a lot like the bands of some of the people who contributed their efforts to the disc. Daughtry got some help on the album, released last November, from producer Howard Benson, who worked with Stillwater's All-American Rejects. He also wrote three songs with Brian Howes, who produced Oklahoma City's Hinder's debut album. Brent Smith from Shinedown helped out as well. Even Tulsan Zac Maloy, former singer of 1990s pop act the Nixons, contributed, garnering writing credits on the song "Used To." The song "It's Not Over" has been the break-out hit for Daughtry, a ballad about messing up a troubled relationship. In interviews, the singer has said getting voted off "American Idol," where he sang tunes that ranged from Bon Jovi's "Wanted: Dead or Alive" to Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line," helped his career as a rock singer. His Tulsa performance is part of a string of smaller shows he'll perform into mid-April. Almost each one is sold-out, his Web site shows. When: Where: Tickets:
Daughtry rides again
KEVORK DJANSEZIAN / Associated Press
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/23/2007 'American Idol' reject wins big acceptance for debut disc
An "American Idol" castoff has a sold-out show Sunday in Tulsa, but don't expect him to behave like an also-ran.
DAUGHTRY
7 p.m., Sunday with openers Cinder Road and Eve to Adam.
Other Side, 6904 S. Lewis Ave.
Sold out.
Mayors not required to sing for their supper
Mayors not required to sing for their supper The concert hall will meet city hall during the fourth act of Tulsa Opera's production of "Carmen." Bizet's opera concludes with all of Seville coming to attend a bullfight, in a procession led by that city's mayor. When Tulsa Opera stages this scene, the mayor of Seville will be played by . . . well, by a mayor. Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor has the part for the opera's opening night, Saturday at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. She'll cede the role to Richard Carter, mayor of Broken Arrow, for the March 2 performance, and Owasso Mayor Stephen Cataudella will appear on March 4. The mayors aren't required to sing. That will be left to the rest of the cast of "Carmen," which features Grace Echauri in the title role, Scott Piper as Don Jose, Donita Volkwijn as Micaela, Carlos Archuleta as Escamillo, Jennifer Holliday as Mercedes and Jeffrey Buchman as Zuniga. Tulsa Opera associate conductor and chorusmaster Kostis Protopapas will conduct the Tulsa Opera Orchestra. Elise Sandell is directing the production, which features choreography by renown flamenco dancer and choreographer Rosa Mercedes. James D. Watts Jr. 581-8478
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
2/23/2007
james.watts@tulsaworld.com
Kelley Hunt
Lady sings the blues By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/23/2007
Kelley Hunt road tests new material on concert tour
Roots R&B singer and Kansan pianist Kelley Hunt has some politically-charged material she's been working on lately, and she'll be testing it Friday in a performance at the Cain's Ballroom, .It takes enough courage to try out new material on the road, Hunt said. But when a recording artist makes a political statement in her new material, that adds to the risk factor.
But the song, from her yet-to-be-finished upcoming album, isn't preachy or dated by any specific event, she said. It's called "Emerald City," a reference to "The Wizard of Oz."
"It's a commentary on 'the emperor has no clothes' kind of thing," she said of the song she recorded Sunday. "It's pretty biting. It's pretty rough. There's flying monkeys involved, all kinds of stuff."
Hunt, who grew up in Emporia, Kan., is often grouped into the blues genre -- not known for its protest songs. However, it isn't her driving ambition to stand out from this group of traditionalists, she said. Instead she lets her earthy and natural music do the talking.
"I just do what I do and let it fall where it falls," Hunt said. If there is a strong blues and rock tinge, "It's certainly not by design. The morecomfortable I am in my own skin, the better it works for me."
Hunt got her start in 2001 following a trip to Nashville and a meeting with Trisha Yearwood's producer, Garth Fundis, Hunt's press materials state. Fundis took her under his wing and her resulting success earned her a spot in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
She also has a performed several times on National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," and at the Austin music festival South by Southwest.
Her last album, "New Shade of Blue" on the label Coda Terra, debuted at No. 9 on Billboard's Blues chart and earned her critical acclaim. The disc features a duet with blues great and Tulsa-favorite Delbert McClinton.
She is label shopping for her new album, which should be out in the late spring or early summer, Hunt said.
Outside of touring about 100 dates a year, Hunt has also been filming a role in an independent film "Bunker Hill," written and directed by Kevin Wilmott, who directed 2004's "CSA: The Confederate States of America."
Opening for Hunt Friday is the Tulsa blues act, Wanda Watson Band.
KELLEY HUNT
When:7 p.m. Friday, with opener Wanda Watson Band
Where:
Cain's Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Tickets:
$15 in advance, $17 day of show, available at Starship Records & Tapes, Reasor's, www.Gettix.net, Cain's box office, 584-2306.
Four rap acts join forces for Tulsa Take Over event
Queen's king Cash, Queen's Son, Penny Lac and Road Runna will perform and attendees will be treated to free mixtape giveaways at the 18 and over show, which kicks off Friday and will continue to play throughout the night, until 4 a.m. Philadelphia-based DJ Dyme will spin discs along with DJ Bianca. Road Runna, whose real name, (according to his Myspace page) is Daryl Johnson, uses his raps to focus on the street life and his experiences in prison, his Web site states. Queen's Son, Quentin Eaton, spends his days as an assistant basketball coach at Central High School, he said, but meanwhile he's trying to break out his rap career. He took his rap name from his mother, who is named Queen, he said. "(I'm) just trying to make this money and support my family and bring it back, put Tulsa on the map," said Eaton, who as a kid played drums with Wayman Tisdale. Tulsa rap is "too gangsta," he said, while he prefers more socially conscious rappers such as Nas or Common and Talib Kweli. Eaton uses personal experiences to show the gangbangers the errors of their ways, he said. "I can do popular music but I consider myself to be more of a conscious-type rapper," he said. "I just like to make hot music." He's got a single out called "I'm Fresh," a club-rap song with a big beat urging the ladies to get out on the dance floor. He plans on releasing an EP soon before he heads to Atlanta to try to make it big. He wants to meet up with a cousin who is on the cusp of stardom in the city and bring some money back to help his family, he said. "We're just basically focusing on trying to take over the game, slowly but surely. I think it's going to come pretty soon." When: Where: Admission:
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/23/2007 Four rap acts join forces for Tulsa Take Over event
This weekend boasts a night's worth of rap bombast at the Hive, featuring a couple of DJs and performances by four local rappers.
TULSA TAKE OVER
Featuring:
Queen's Son, Penny Lac, Cash and Road Runna
10 p.m., Friday, with DJs Bianca and Dyme
Hive, 216 N. Elgin Ave.
$10
Two with ties to state still 'Idol'-ing
Two with ties to state still 'Idol'-ing The Top 24 "American Idol" contestants were narrowed to 20 performers during Thursday night's live re-sults show on the Fox network. The two male and two female singers with the fewest votes were sent packing but were allowed to sing one last song in front of millions of viewers. Former Tulsan Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey, who has ties to Shawnee, both moved on to the next round of competition. But Paul Kim of Saratoga, Calif., said, "It hurts, man. It hurts," after he failed to snag enough of the 32 million votes cast this week to make it into the Top 20. Amy Krebs of Federal Way, Wash., didn't make the cut, either, because, as "Idol" judge Simon Cowell explained, she didn't make a strong enough impression. "Idol" judge Paula Abdul called Nicole Tranquillo of Philadelphia a "brilliant singer" and Rudy Cardenas of North Hollywood, Calif., "fantastic." But Abdul didn't have the final say. The country did.
By Staff Reports
2/23/2007
DAVID MUNNELLY BAND
Who's got the button? The joke goes like this: "A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion ... but never does." Ah, the accordion. Along with the bagpipes and the viola, it's one of the more casually reviled instruments in music. Rodney Dangerfield got more respect in his life than the accordion has received. Until, that is, an accordion ends up in the hands of someone who can get this contraption of bellows, reeds and keys to sit up and sing. David Munnelly is one of those fellows, and in a relatively brief time has made his name as one of Ireland's premier traditional musicians. His energy and enthusiasm prompted one Irish critic to dub him "The Bullet From Belmullet," Munnelly's hometown in County Mayo, Ireland. He's worked with legendary bands such as the Chieftains and De Dannan, and recorded his first solo album, "Swing," in 2001. That disc mixed traditional tunes with original numbers, all done in a style designed to evoke the the American Irish dance hall scene of the 1920s. Munnelly put together his own band a short time later, with his younger brother Kieran on bodhran and flute. The lineup has shuffled a bit over the years, withthe most recent configuration including Tony Byrne on guitar, Paul Kelly on fiddle, mandolin and banjo; and vocalist Kat Eggleston. Where: Tickets:
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
2/23/2007 Button accordiont is at heart of Dave Munnelly Band
DAVID MUNNELLY BAND
When:
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Williams Theater, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Second Street and Cincinnati Avenue
$22, available at the PAC Ticket office, 596-7111; and www.MyTicketOffice.com
Robert Randolph
Sacred steel
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/23/2007
Robert Randolph wants his music to change the world for the better
OK, so the shine has worn off now hasn't it? The buzz that surrounded pedal steel guitar maniac Robert Randolph and his family band's gumbo of funk, gospel, rock, blues, jazz and a positive message has subsided, right?Guess again. Randolph, who grew up playing in his New Jersey Pentecostal church, put out "Colorblind" last year, showing the man and his band pounding away with Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews and others in an album that soars with blues and funk-tinged soul.
The song's first track, "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That," has been used in commercials for NBC comedy shows and in the soundtrack to the film "Stomp the Yard."
The dance-worthy, hand-clapping number about using music to bridge cultural boundaries also appears on commercials for cell phones.
And, Randolph said, there isn't anything wrong with that.
"We feel a lot of people have turned to us and the music and the message and the positivity that we stand for," said Randolph, 29.
Randolph's career has taken him from his church in Orange, N.J., to the stage touring with Clapton, as he did in 2004, the last time he came to Oklahoma on tour. He learned to play pedal steel (called "sacred steel" in his church) from his mentor Ted Beard.
"In our church, if you picked up a pedal steel and you learned how to play it, then you were the cool guy," he said. He got a tape by late Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, and that tape changed his life as a musician and a human being, said Randolph, who was inspired not only by the music but by Vaughan's triumph over substance abuse before his death.
Randolph has gone to adopt a message of redemption and strength, something he said people need today.
His album "Colorblind" symbolizes part of the band's message and raison d'etre, mainly to make music that makes people feel good, no matter the color of their skin.
"It's not pigeon-holed to one people," Randolph said. "It's not really new and fresh when you look at all those old bands like the Beatles and at people like Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder, you know ... Those guys helped uplift us, get us out of a depression in life back in those days, you know what I mean, and helped the world change."
Outside of the ubiquitous single, "Colorblind" features a bluesy rock and roll version of the Doobie Brothers' "Jesus Is Just Alright (With Me)" with a little help from Slow Hand. The soulful "Love Is the Only Way" is about turning the world around with love, while "Stronger" uplifts with the power of old southern gospel music.
Randolph points to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the negatives in the world. He talked about a kid he met at a recent show in Philadelphia. The serviceman was on leave from the U.S. Navy.
"He's got to go right back over there to fight in the war, you know. I mean this kid is only 20 years old ... (He) don't even know why he's really over there, you know, he's just over there... He's just serving his time ... he went over there ... with guys and some of them never came back home and they never will, you know. They are dead."
The negative images in popular hip hop also prompts him to do good with his music, not just as a religious man, but as a black man.
"People affiliate that kind of music a lot with African American people. So we just kind of want to be different ones who's out there really giving something positive ... That's what inspires me to write these kinds of songs."
Following the end of this tour, Randolph said he and his band, which includesf two of his cousins, will record some material with Prince.
Matt Elliott 581-8366
matt.elliott@tulsaworld.com
ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND
When:
7 p.m., Wednesday
Where:
Cain's Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Tickets:
$24 in advance, $26 day of show, available at Starship Records & Tapes, Reasor's, www.Gettix.net, Cain's box office, 584-2306
Today is last day to vote online
Today is last day to vote online
By Staff reports
2/23/2007
Friday is the last day that readers can vote for the final band in the 2007 Satellite Battle of the Bands.
Go to www.tulsaworld.com/satellite to hear the bands, read their bios, see their pictures and pick your favorite to round out our list of six bands set to play the Cain's Ballroom on March 10 at 7 p.m.
Voting closes Friday at 5 p.m. Make plans to attend the $3 show, which features the area's best young musicians.
Picnic on the Moon
Picnic on the Moon is Nick Davis (left), Bobby Wessner, TJ Beil, Alan Ludwig and Sheldon Haywood, all of Owasso High School.
JESSIE TANNER / Satellite Correspondent
Moon walk
By KATIE BIRNIE
Satellite Correspondent
2/23/2007
Picnic on the Moon boasts a tight, cohesive sound
In this world, people value experience. The music industry rarely proves any different.
Musicians in bands often require years of experience to come together and pull off a flawless sound. But this just isn't a factor for the pop-punk band Picnic on the Moon. Having only been together for a few months, Picnic on the Moon already has achieved the sound quality of a band with many years' experience.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has had the pleasure of enjoying Picnic on the Moon. These are guys don't seem to follow the norm.
Picnic on the Moon is one of six bands that will play and compete at Satellite's Battle of the Bands on March 10 at Cain's Ballroom. The five band members are students at Owasso High School and have only recently come together to make music.
Seventeen-year-old senior TJ Beil leads the band with vocals. The rest of the band are 16-year-old sophomores: Alan Ludwig plays lead guitar and does the majority of the songwriting, Sheldon Haywood plays drums, Bobby Wessner plays guitar and Nick Davis finishes the mix with bass guitar.
The three founding members of Picnic on the Moon -- Alan, Nick and Sheldon -- started the band in October. The three-man band competed at Owasso High School's Battle of the Bands. According to Sheldon, "We sucked."
Shortly after that loss, Alan gave his friend TJ a copy of the band's lyrics and demo. Thus, Picnic on the Moon gained another band mate.
A few months after the new addition, Picnic on the Moon completed its sound with another new member, Bobby.
Each of the guys has a different type of musical background, all of which contributes to the complex sound of the band's music.
"I started singing at age 8," explained lead singer TJ. "My mom made me sing in choir."
Since the beginning of his vocal endeavors, TJ has sung in choirs at Claremore Christian School, Verdigris, Claremore High School and is currently involved in the Owasso High School choir.
Lead guitarist Alan can't recall when he started playing the guitar and can't quite explain how he writes his songs.
"I wouldn't know how to explain it," he said. "I just sit down and play my guitar." Fellow guitarist Bobby started playing guitar in the seventh grade.
"I usually just messed around with other friends with guitars," he explained. Bobby started out playing mostly metal music, so his sound fits in perfectly with the varied musical mix.
Drummer Sheldon started taking drum lessons in the fifth grade but eventually stopped playing. He started again a few months ago and currently plays in the First Christian Church of Owasso's youth band.
Bassist Nick also is a member of the First Christian youth band and has been playing the bass guitar for more than a year.
Picnic on the Moon offers a sound very different from that of the typical teenage rock band. Self-classified as pop-punk, Picnic on the Moon has numerous up-beat songs, including "Go," "Boy's Night Out," "Picnic on the Moon" and "Alan's Song."
Picnic on the Moon pulls inspiration from many different aspects of life.
"Friends are what it's all about for me," claimed TJ, "and everything that happens throughout my day."
Musical influences for the band include Blink 182, Green Day, +44 and New Found Glory.
Since the band doesn't seem to need experience for a solid sound, they also don't allow themselves to deal with the usual band problems such as the dreaded artistic differences.
The members of Picnic on the Moon derived the band's name from the song written by lead guitarist, Alan.
"It's very original," explained TJ.
No long stories, no complicated explanation. His answer is very much like the band itself:
Just real guys, good music with a little quirk thrown into the mix.
Katie Birnie 581-8336
Cascia sophomore
satellite@tulsaworld.com
Music and lyrics a good combination
Martina Reyes
Entertainment Writer
When one is asked to define a Hugh Grant or Drew Barrymore movie, one thing comes to mind: romantic. Well for all those hopeless romantic fans out there, the new movie, “Music and Lyrics,” is just for you.
Grant plays faded ’80s pop star Alex Fletcher whose stardom is far from what it was when he was in the popular band rightly titled Pop. His days of playing to huge crowds of screaming teenagers have been reduced to amusement parks with screaming mothers.
His luck begins to change when he gets the opportunity to write a song for the big star of the moment, Cora. She isn’t just anybody though, she is bigger than all the other pop princesses put together. Her objective for Fletcher is to write a song about love — in one week. There is one problem; Alex hasn’t written a hit song in over a decade.
Enter Sophie Fischer, played by Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore’s character is a free spirit struggling to recover from emotional trauma in her past. However, she is what Fletcher calls a “born lyricist,” and after much persuading, Sophie decides to help Alex write the song that will jump-start his career once again.
Grant and Barrymore do an excellent job of making their characters a perfect match for each other. Grant plays his character with the witty British charm we all love — not to mention the cute accent.
It was great to see and hear him bring his dash of sophistication to the screen. Grant was even surprising, showing that he can actually carry a tune.
Barrymore brings her sweet touch of innocence to Sophie. She played her character with great balance, juggling being confident with her words but hiding behind her past.
Grant and Barrymore both show great comedic timing that keeps the audience laughing. Nothing is worse than leaving a movie with the question, “Well, what happened next?”
The best thing about this movie is the question is answered. When the credits rolled, I felt satisfied that all that should have happened did. I didn’t have to use my imagination to write the missing scenes.
This light-hearted comedy has all the right ingredients for a great movie: great actors who play their characters well, scenes that will have you laughing out loud and the classic great ending we want.
Everyone can enjoy; even the boyfriends can appreciate the comedy in the romance.
Grant plays faded ’80s pop star Alex Fletcher whose stardom is far from what it was when he was in the popular band rightly titled Pop. His days of playing to huge crowds of screaming teenagers have been reduced to amusement parks with screaming mothers.
His luck begins to change when he gets the opportunity to write a song for the big star of the moment, Cora. She isn’t just anybody though, she is bigger than all the other pop princesses put together. Her objective for Fletcher is to write a song about love — in one week. There is one problem; Alex hasn’t written a hit song in over a decade.
Enter Sophie Fischer, played by Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore’s character is a free spirit struggling to recover from emotional trauma in her past. However, she is what Fletcher calls a “born lyricist,” and after much persuading, Sophie decides to help Alex write the song that will jump-start his career once again.
Grant and Barrymore do an excellent job of making their characters a perfect match for each other. Grant plays his character with the witty British charm we all love — not to mention the cute accent.
It was great to see and hear him bring his dash of sophistication to the screen. Grant was even surprising, showing that he can actually carry a tune.
Barrymore brings her sweet touch of innocence to Sophie. She played her character with great balance, juggling being confident with her words but hiding behind her past.
Grant and Barrymore both show great comedic timing that keeps the audience laughing. Nothing is worse than leaving a movie with the question, “Well, what happened next?”
The best thing about this movie is the question is answered. When the credits rolled, I felt satisfied that all that should have happened did. I didn’t have to use my imagination to write the missing scenes.
This light-hearted comedy has all the right ingredients for a great movie: great actors who play their characters well, scenes that will have you laughing out loud and the classic great ending we want.
Everyone can enjoy; even the boyfriends can appreciate the comedy in the romance.
Music fans wade about in pirated seas of sound waves for mus
Musical booty
Music fans wade about in pirated seas of sound waves for mus
Justin Smith
Entertainment Writer
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Justin Smith
Entertainment Writer
Music is undeniably an essential form of communication. It provides people with entertainment, community and a soundtrack to life.
Some music fans have gone to great lengths to get their favorite tunes for free.
The illegal tradition of music piracy spans back to the first half of the 20th century.
The Recording Industry Association of America defines music piracy as the “illegal duplication and distribution of sound recordings.”
The RIAA is a trade group of record labels and distributors that release 90 percent of legal sound recordings in the U.S., according to the RIAA Web site.
Since 1952, the RIAA has worked on new and revised U.S. copyright laws, a 300-year-old tradition.
From early sound recording laws to the famous Napster case in the late ’90s, the RIAA has tried to combat illegal music recording and keep artists paid.
One of the most popular ways of getting illegal music over the past decade has been through Internet file sharing on peer-to-peer networks. This has included the rising piracy trend of leaking unreleased albums.
“Piracy may even affect the sale of titles before they hit the marketplace, when bootleggers are able to obtain promotional copies ahead of release,” according to the 2003 book “This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry.”
For example, The Arcade Fire’s second full-length album, “Neon Bible,” is due out March 6 but has been available on file sharing sites for at least the past month.
Since January, Ruckus, a “premier college-only multimedia service,” has launched a campaign to offer free, legal music to college students.
“The major record labels would like to combat piracy on college campuses via peer-to-peer networks,” according to the blog at www.ruckusnetwork.com.
“Ruckus Network has been authorized by major record labels to offer a catalog of nearly 2.5 million tracks for free to anyone with a dot-edu e-mail address.”
A drawback of Ruckus is that downloaded tracks will not play on the Apple iPod, according to a January New York Times article.
The tracks come in Windows Media audio format and cannot be converted by iTunes for use on the iPod or the MP3 player.
Even with this restriction, Michael J. Bebel, president and CEO of Ruckus, was still optimistic.
“Even iPod users on campus will use Ruckus because they can find music they like before they buy it from Apple or get it another way,” he said.
Bebel was previously responsible for overseeing the operations of Roxio’s Napster division, according to his biography on Ruckus’ Web site.
Ruckus keeps its music free and legal by financing its efforts through selling ad space on the Web site.
The most recent data from RIAA shows that revenue totals for all music sales of the 2006 midyear were $4.9 billion, a 6 percent decrease from the 2005 midyear total of $5.2 billion.
The decrease has been attributed to online file sharing.
Online digital music sales, however, show midyear 2006 revenue totals of $417 million, an 87 percent increase over the 2005 revenue totals of $223 million.
The Internet has made obtaining legal and illegal music easier; however, piracy extends back well before the Internet existed.
Since the vinyl LP album was introduced in 1948, listeners have tried to dodge the normal avenues of acquiring music by using dark alleys.
Before the popularity of computers and the Internet, the main way music pirates obtained their illegal music was through bootlegging and counterfeiting.
The RIAA defines bootlegging as “the unauthorized recordings of live concerts, or musical broadcasts on radio or television,” while it defines counterfeiting as “the unauthorized recordings of the prerecorded sound as well as the unauthorized duplication of original artwork, label, trademark and packaging.”
“Bob Dylan is easily the most bootlegged artist in the world,” according to a February 2006 essay in Popular Music and Society.
“It would be a lifetime effort to comb through, much less listen carefully to, all the Bob Dylan material available in the digital underground,” the essay continued.
Sound recording didn’t get copyright protection until February 1972, according to www.copyright.gov.
According to the 1969 Popular Music and Society essay, the first Bob Dylan bootleg album, “The Great White Wonder,” surfaced and received some radio airplay.
In 1991, to satisfy the demand for the bootlegs, Columbia Records, Dylan’s record label, released a three-volume “Bootleg Series.”
The RIAA’s latest measure to build awareness of the illegal nature of online music piracy is a “voluntary, government-sanctioned anti-piracy warning seal,” to be placed on copyrighted music, according to the RIAA Web site.
“It is our hope that when consumers see the new FBI warning on the music they purchase, both physically and online, they will take the time to learn the do’s and don’ts of copying and uploading to the Internet,” said Brad Buckles, RIAA executive vice president for anti-piracy, at a Los Angeles news conference unveiling the new seal.
But no matter the restrictions or the media format, throughout the years, music fans have obtained recordings of their favorite musicians any way they can, legally or illegally.
Some music fans have gone to great lengths to get their favorite tunes for free.
The illegal tradition of music piracy spans back to the first half of the 20th century.
The Recording Industry Association of America defines music piracy as the “illegal duplication and distribution of sound recordings.”
The RIAA is a trade group of record labels and distributors that release 90 percent of legal sound recordings in the U.S., according to the RIAA Web site.
Since 1952, the RIAA has worked on new and revised U.S. copyright laws, a 300-year-old tradition.
From early sound recording laws to the famous Napster case in the late ’90s, the RIAA has tried to combat illegal music recording and keep artists paid.
One of the most popular ways of getting illegal music over the past decade has been through Internet file sharing on peer-to-peer networks. This has included the rising piracy trend of leaking unreleased albums.
“Piracy may even affect the sale of titles before they hit the marketplace, when bootleggers are able to obtain promotional copies ahead of release,” according to the 2003 book “This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry.”
For example, The Arcade Fire’s second full-length album, “Neon Bible,” is due out March 6 but has been available on file sharing sites for at least the past month.
Since January, Ruckus, a “premier college-only multimedia service,” has launched a campaign to offer free, legal music to college students.
“The major record labels would like to combat piracy on college campuses via peer-to-peer networks,” according to the blog at www.ruckusnetwork.com.
“Ruckus Network has been authorized by major record labels to offer a catalog of nearly 2.5 million tracks for free to anyone with a dot-edu e-mail address.”
A drawback of Ruckus is that downloaded tracks will not play on the Apple iPod, according to a January New York Times article.
The tracks come in Windows Media audio format and cannot be converted by iTunes for use on the iPod or the MP3 player.
Even with this restriction, Michael J. Bebel, president and CEO of Ruckus, was still optimistic.
“Even iPod users on campus will use Ruckus because they can find music they like before they buy it from Apple or get it another way,” he said.
Bebel was previously responsible for overseeing the operations of Roxio’s Napster division, according to his biography on Ruckus’ Web site.
Ruckus keeps its music free and legal by financing its efforts through selling ad space on the Web site.
The most recent data from RIAA shows that revenue totals for all music sales of the 2006 midyear were $4.9 billion, a 6 percent decrease from the 2005 midyear total of $5.2 billion.
The decrease has been attributed to online file sharing.
Online digital music sales, however, show midyear 2006 revenue totals of $417 million, an 87 percent increase over the 2005 revenue totals of $223 million.
The Internet has made obtaining legal and illegal music easier; however, piracy extends back well before the Internet existed.
Since the vinyl LP album was introduced in 1948, listeners have tried to dodge the normal avenues of acquiring music by using dark alleys.
Before the popularity of computers and the Internet, the main way music pirates obtained their illegal music was through bootlegging and counterfeiting.
The RIAA defines bootlegging as “the unauthorized recordings of live concerts, or musical broadcasts on radio or television,” while it defines counterfeiting as “the unauthorized recordings of the prerecorded sound as well as the unauthorized duplication of original artwork, label, trademark and packaging.”
“Bob Dylan is easily the most bootlegged artist in the world,” according to a February 2006 essay in Popular Music and Society.
“It would be a lifetime effort to comb through, much less listen carefully to, all the Bob Dylan material available in the digital underground,” the essay continued.
Sound recording didn’t get copyright protection until February 1972, according to www.copyright.gov.
According to the 1969 Popular Music and Society essay, the first Bob Dylan bootleg album, “The Great White Wonder,” surfaced and received some radio airplay.
In 1991, to satisfy the demand for the bootlegs, Columbia Records, Dylan’s record label, released a three-volume “Bootleg Series.”
The RIAA’s latest measure to build awareness of the illegal nature of online music piracy is a “voluntary, government-sanctioned anti-piracy warning seal,” to be placed on copyrighted music, according to the RIAA Web site.
“It is our hope that when consumers see the new FBI warning on the music they purchase, both physically and online, they will take the time to learn the do’s and don’ts of copying and uploading to the Internet,” said Brad Buckles, RIAA executive vice president for anti-piracy, at a Los Angeles news conference unveiling the new seal.
But no matter the restrictions or the media format, throughout the years, music fans have obtained recordings of their favorite musicians any way they can, legally or illegally.
Trio will play Sunday
Trio will play Sunday
The Paris Trio, a chamber ensemble formed when its members were students at the National
Conservatory of Music in Paris, will perform in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at Christ the King Church, 8005 Dorset Drive.
Part of Chamber Music in Oklahoma's 2006-07 concert season, the Paris Trio will perform Schubert's Notturno, Op. 148, Mendelssohn's Trio in D minor, Op. 49 and Dvorak's Trio in F minor, Op. 65. For more information, call 974-2415.
AUDIO CHARTS
AUDIO CHARTS
Weekly music charts from Billboard magazine.
Hot 100 singles
1. "What Goes Around ... Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake.2. "Runaway Love,” Ludacris (feat. Mary J. Blige).
3. "Say It Right,” Nelly Furtado.
4. "Not Ready to Make Nice,” Dixie Chicks.
5. "Don't Matter,” Akon.
6. "The Sweet Escape,” Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon).
7. "It's Not Over,” Daughtry.
8. "Cupid's Chokehold,” Gym Class Heroes (feat. Patrick Stump).
9. "Irreplaceable,” Beyonce.
10. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race,” Fall Out Boy.
Billboard 200 albums
1. "Not Too Late,” Norah Jones.2. "In My Songs,” Gerald Levert.
3. "'07 Grammy Nominees.”
4. "Corinne Bailey Rae,” Corinne Bailey Rae.
5. "Infinity on High,” Fall Out Boy.
6. "The Evolution of Robin Thicke,” Robin Thicke.
7. "FutureSex/LoveSounds,” Justin Timberlake.
8. "Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks.
9. "Daughtry,” Daughtry.
10. "Continuum,” John Mayer.
Adult contemporary
1. "Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield.2. "Waiting on the World to Change,” John Mayer.
3. "What Hurts the Most,” Rascal Flatts.
4. "How to Save a Life,” The Fray.
5. "The Riddle,” Five For Fighting.
6. "Bad Day,” Daniel Powter.
7. "Put Your Records On,” Corinne Bailey Rae.
8. "Chasing Cars,” Snow Patrol.
9. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” K.T. Tunstall.
10. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” Rod Stewart.
Gospel albums
1. "WOW Gospel 2007,” various artists.2. "Hero,” Kirk Franklin.
3. "Victory Live,” Tye Tribbett and G.A.
4. "Songs From the Storm, Vol. I,” Kirk Franklin.
5. "The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle,” Patti LaBelle.
6. "This is Who I Am,” Kelly Price.
7. "Free to Worship,” Fred Hammond.
8. "Life Changing,” Smokie Norful.
9. "Mary Mary,” Mary Mary.
10. "Piece of My Passion,” Janita Bynum.
Mainstream rock tracks
1. "Pain,” Three Days Grace.2. "Ladies and Gentlemen,” Saliva.
3. "Breath,” Breaking Benjamin.
4. "The Enemy,” Godsmack.
5. "Sillyworld,” Stone Sour.
6. "Snow (Hey Oh),” Red Hot Chili Peppers.
7. "Ten Thousand Fists,” Disturbed.
8. "It's Not Over,” Daughtry.
9. "Forever,” Papa Roach.
10. "Well Enough Alone,” Chevelle.
Alternative tracks
1. "Pain,” Three Days Grace.2. "Snow (Hey Oh),” Red Hot Chili Peppers.
3. "Starlight,” Muse.
4. "From Yesterday,” 30 Seconds to Mars.
5. "Face Down,” The Red Jumpsuit Aparatus.
6. "Famous Last Words,” My Chemical Romance.
7. "Dashboard,” Modest Mouse.
8. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race,” Fall Out Boy.
9. "Read My Mind,” The Killers.
10. "Anna-Molly,” Incubus.
Country songs
1. "It Just Comes Natural,” George Strait.2. "Watching You,” Rodney Atkins.
3. "Ladies Love Country Boys,” Trace Adkins.
4. "Stupid Boy,” Keith Urban.
5. "Alyssa Lies,” Jason Michael Carroll.
6. "Beer in Mexico,” Kenny Chesney.
7. "Anyway,” Martina McBride.
8. "Little Bit of Life,” Craig Morgan.
9. "Last Dollar (Fly Away),” Tim McGraw.
10. "Wasted,” Carrie Underwood.
Country albums
1. "Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks.2. "Some Hearts,” Carrie Underwood.
3. "Me and My Gang,” Rascal Flatts.
4. "Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing,” Keith Urban.
5. "If You're Going Through Hell,” Rodney Atkins.
6. "Taylor Swift,” Taylor Swift.
7. "Time Well Wasted,” Brad Paisley.
8. "Your Man,” Josh Turner.
9. "Waitin' in the Country,” Jason Michael Carroll.
10. "Totally Country 6.”
Chamber choir to perform Sunday
Chamber choir to perform Sunday
EDMOND — The Windsong Chamber Choir will present "Windsong: By Request” at 3 p.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church of Edmond, 201 E Second.Composers featured on this concert range from Monteverdi and Bach to Randall Thompson and Moses Hogan. Also planned are some Alleluia settings by Bach, Mozart, Honegger and Thompson. Audience members will be invited to spin the Wonderful Wheel of Windsong that will determine the selections and the order in which they are performed.
For more information, call 721-7723.
Camille Harp
Musician selects the best, discards the rest
Local Music Q&A: Camille Harp
•Why: Rock, country and pop influences drive Camille Harp as she carries on her family's musical tradition. She performs her songs and chooses the best from different genres. Her newest compact disc is "Like the Rain.”
•When: 9 p.m. Wednesday.
•Where: Mulligan's, 746 Asp, Norman.
Q:You've been in music for a long time, haven't you?
A:I grew up with a musical family. Both my parents are musicians. My mama is a bass player and singer. My dad is a guitar picker and a songwriter. When I was little, they used to play the rodeo circuit around Oklahoma, and I remember going to the band contests that they were in.
My dad just had this wonderful stage presence that always made me want to kind of do what they do, because so many people looked at them and admired them. My mom, it was the same thing. There's not many female musicians you'd see — you see more now, but back then you didn't see too many. I always thought she was the cutest and coolest thing on the stage. I've always watched and aspired to be like them.
Q:Did you like music in school?
A:No. It was different than what I was used to. We'd listen to outlaw country: Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams Jr. and stuff like that. At school, they were doing what I considered kiddie stuff. I participated in music, but I never did any solos or tried out for any parts or anything like that. I was just one of the background kids. I let the other kids do the big stuff.
Q:Tell me about your best and worst times in music.
A:I think it's day-to-day. There's never been one time where I thought I'd never do this again, for more than maybe a few minutes.
It always kind of depends on the music venue that you're playing or the crowd's reaction. Sometimes you think maybe it's the sound and it doesn't sound right to you on the stage. Or no one in the audience seems to be listening. People are drinking and talking or whatever. Sometimes those are discouraging, but then there's other times when you've got the best response, and so many people come up to you and tell you you're doing a great job.
Q:Do you like the bigger venues or the smaller ones?
A:It depends on the crowd. I've played big venues, where I opened for semi-famous people and the crowd didn't know who I was. They didn't realize I'm just the girl next door. And they thought I was someone big, and the response was huge. I sold a ton of CDs and signed autographs after the show. People didn't realize I was just an Oklahoma City girl.
But then again, there are small venues like the Deli in Norman where you can play all original songs and nobody's asking you to play someone else's music. I think most original artists would rather play their own original songs.
Q:What style of music do you play?
A:That's the toughest. I'd just say it's eclectic. A lot of the songs I write have country influence. I try not to go too country, because I don't want to stifle myself in one genre. I'd rather just play a little bit of everything and pick the best and leave the worst out. I guess if you like me, you like me.
— Chris Colberg
Christian music show scheduled
Christian music show scheduled
From Staff Reports
NORMAN — One of Christian music's most popular tours shows is coming March 2 to Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 Jenkins Ave.
Winter Jam 2007 features contemporary Christian recording artists NewSong, Steven Curtis Chapman and Jeremy Camp. Other special guests include Hawk Nelson, Sanctus Real and new artist Britt Nicole.
Nonmusical guests are speaker Tony Nolan, comedian John Morgan and Andre the Hollywood Cowboy.
"Winter Jam will be the ultimate jam session with amazing artists like Steven Curtis Chapman and Jeremy Camp headlining the show,” said Eddie Carswell, founding member of NewSong.
"I can think of no more rewarding way to kick off 2007 than being part of such a phenomenal entertaining and inspirational concert experience.”
Doors will open at 6 p.m. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door.
For more information, call 325-3838 or go online to www.premier
productions.com.
Tomlin, Jars of Clay lead nominations for gospel's Doves
Tomlin, Jars of Clay lead nominations for gospel's Doves
By John Gerome
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christian singer Chris Tomlin, the Dove Awards' artist of the year in 2006, is the leading nominee of the gospel music awards again this year with nine nominations, including another nod for artist of the year.
Other leading nominees announced Tuesday for the Gospel Music Association's 38th annual awards were Jars of Clay with six and The Crabb Family with five. Newcomers Aaron Shust and the group Leeland had five each.
Tomlin was last year's leading nominee, and took home five trophies. Among the awards Tomlin is up for this year include song of the year and pop/contemporary song of the year for "Made to Worship,” praise and worship album and pop/contemporary album for "See the Morning” and special event album for "Passion: Everything Glorious.”
He also received two nominations in the worship song of the year category for "Made to Worship” and "Holy is the Lord.”
"I'm really blown away by the nominations and the recognition for the music,” Tomlin said from New York, where he performed Monday. "In our world and culture of music that seems to be all about making a name for yourself, it's an honor to carry the message of the everlasting God and his unending fame.”
Tomlin said he was particularly pleased to be recognized in the worship categories.
"That's what I've been doing for a long time, about 15 years now,” he said. "I try to write songs that give people a voice to worship God.”
This year's awards will be held April 27 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The show will be televised in national syndication in May.
Backstreet Boy and contemporary Christian artist Brian Littrell will co-host the show with singers Natalie Grant and Donnie McClurkin.
"I'm a ham, and I look forward to hamming it up in front of the camera,” Littrell said. "My problem will be sticking to the script.”
Littrell, who made his Christian album debut last year, was nominated for short form video for "Welcome Home.”
"It's been a big year in contemporary Christian and traditional gospel. To be part of it is a gracious experience,” he said.
XM, Sirius merger has good, bad sides
XM, Sirius merger has good, bad sides
Business analysts not optimistic about deal's chances of approvalBy
George Lang
Assistant Entertainment Editor
After months of courting and industry speculation, satellite radio providers XM and Sirius announced their civil union this week. If the planned merger clears its anti-trust and communications hurdles, subscribers will see the services merge by the end of 2007.
"This combination of our two offerings will benefit you — our loyal listeners,” Mel Karmazin, chief executive officer of Sirius, said in a prepared statement. Karmazin, who will also serve as CEO of the new company, went on to make what are called "forward-looking statements” in the securities business.
"As a single company, we'll provide superior programming to you every day with the best of both Sirius and XM,” Karmazin said. "Currently, XM and Sirius broadcast a wide range of commercial-free music channels, exclusive sports coverage, news, talk and entertainment programming. Howard Stern. Oprah and Friends. The NFL. MLB. NBA. ESPN. CNBC. Fox News. Additionally, the combined company will be able to improve existing services such as real-time traffic information and rear-seat video as well as introduce new ones.”
If the deal goes through — BusinessWeek is reporting that business analysts are less optimistic than Karmazin — we satellite heads must prepare for a season packed with joy, compromise and outright rending of garments over what will happen to our respective services. I have been a Sirius subscriber since mid-2003, one of the first 125,000 to sign on with the service. Back then, satellite antennas were rarely seen in traffic, and subscribing to Sirius — the second service to go operational — was considered risky, like buying a Sony Betamax in the early '80s. Both services were far from being profitable, so any choice was a calculated gamble, but I chose Sirius for its deep indie-rock programming on Left of Center (Channel 26), and its three public radio stations.
Four years later, Sirius has nearly 6 million subscribers, while XM totals about 8 million users. At this stage in the game, I am far less vigorous in my Sirius devotion — these days, it is a Coke vs. Pepsi choice. Now, subscribers' biggest worry is that the combined service will be Crystal Pepsi or New Coke.
The future company will weed out redundancies, and while those fascinating people who follow both Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey will be ecstatic, the worry is that certain channels that were markedly better than their competition might be lost. Left of Center is far superior to XMU in its timely programming of independent music, but which one will survive the cuts?
Until the companies can make the government relatively happy about this merger, the two will continue to operate independently. But my greatest concern is that, without another company in its orbit, XM/Sirius' programming will get lazy.
If that happens, podcasts might be our last refuge from mediocrity in broadcasting.
•I have seen the future of rock 'n' roll, and its name is Great Northern. This Los Angeles quartet excels at ornate, widescreen ballads and delicate male-female harmonies. Go online to www.myspace. com/greatnorthern to hear samples from Great Northern's upcoming debut disc, "Trading Twilight for Daylight,” due in May.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
the bluehemians
the bluehemians
will be appearing this weekend at:
friday: cimarron bar
27th & memorial
saturday: scarlett's rodehouse
15th street
music starts @ 9pm both nights
Dustin Pittsley Band
The Dustin Pittsley Band taped a Segment this past Tuesday to appear on "Up Late with Ben Sumner" on Tulsa's Fox 23 which will air this Saturday night at 12:30. DPB will also be appearing on KMOD's Breakfast Club Zoo with Phil and Brent March 9th. If you can't wait until then, catch them live this Friday night at The Red Dog Bar and Billiards in Dewey. Don't forget that I will be at the Red Dog Friday giving away Renegade Rail swag in anticipation of their show which has been moved to 
Friday, March 2nd. See you there!
Friday, March 2nd. See you there!Photos by Bridget Martin Woods
Camille Harp
Come see me! 73rdish and North Western!
I start at 10pm and play til about midnight or so.
No cover charge and a very sophisticated atmosphere!
See you there!
Camille
Honeybrowne
Only Two shows this weekend....Make your plans now!
Friday 2/23/2007
Texas Hall of Fame
www.texashalloffame.net
www.texashalloffame.net
2309 S. FM 2818
Bryan, Texas 77807
(979)822-2222
Saturday 2/24/2007
Hat Tricks
101 E. Corporate Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
WINTER JAM 2007
WINTER JAM 2007
Steven Curtis Chapman
Jeremy
NEWSONG
Sanctus Real
Britt Nicole
Tony Nolan
Andre The Magnificant
At the
No Tickets Required! Only $10 at the door!
For More Information go to www.jamtour.com
Unloading Yoko
Unloading Yoko will be making a return to poke country(Stillwater) this Friday February 23rd at the "VIBE". The owner will be making this his birthday bash so it ought to be good times.
We will see you there
Zane
the vibe is north of Stillwater on highway 77(formerly City Boots and the Ozone)
18 to enter
18 to enter
Idol moments: 'Doolittle did a lot' on 'Idol'
Idol moments: 'Doolittle did a lot' on 'Idol'
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/22/2007
A year ago around this time, "American Idol" contestant Melinda Doolittle thought she might try out for the No. 1 show in America -- as a background singer, the former Tulsan said on Wednesday night's episode.
Well, 12 months later, the 29-year-old professional background singer found herself on the Idol stage with background singers of her own, as she performed Aretha Franklin's "Since You've Been Gone," as if she were the Queen of Soul herself.
From the crowd and judges reactions, it could be said Doolittle is certainly a frontrunner to become America's next monarch.
What our judges said:
Hank Charles, owner of the Broken Arrow recording studio Valcour Sound, said, "Melinda started very confident with great stage presence. Her pitch was dead-on throughout. She never let up until her performance was over, and completely won over the crowd and the judges. What made it even better for me was her sweetness and humility after the song was over. I predict that she could go all the way. Doolittle did a lot!"
Rochelle Chambers, a popular local R&B and blues singer, said, "She's the frontrunner. She's definitely, in my eyes, so far, the shoo-in for the 'American Idol.' She blew me away, I'm like, 'Now that's
how you bring it. That's what you're supposed to do.' She did exactly what she was supposed to do: she brought it tonight."
What the Idol judges said:
Randy Jackson began, "This is what I keep saying, 'If you've got it, show it, prove it. You came out there, sang, blew it out the box. You were hot. All you need is to have confidence and believe in yourself because you've got the natural gift. That was the bomb."
Paula Abdul said, "No more background singing. You are a front-runner. And you're a firecracker, too. Big, big performance."
Then Simon Cowell, who's been an outspoken Doolittle supporter thus far, once again praised the gospel singer when he said, "You know, it's interesting, over two nights I have seen people come out here with little talent and a huge amount of arrogance, and you're the opposite. You are an incredible singer. You have a fantastic story. You're a fantastic person. I really hope you do well."
Before Doolittle's performance, she told millions of viewers, "You would think that the six feet between, like, the background mike and the front mike is not really a long walk, but it can be a scary one."
After Wednesday night's performance, it seems Doolittle won't ever have to make that scary walk again. She'll just stay out front where she belongs.
Thursday night on Fox, the two male and two female contestants with the fewest votes will be eliminated during the live results show.
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/22/2007
A year ago around this time, "American Idol" contestant Melinda Doolittle thought she might try out for the No. 1 show in America -- as a background singer, the former Tulsan said on Wednesday night's episode.
Well, 12 months later, the 29-year-old professional background singer found herself on the Idol stage with background singers of her own, as she performed Aretha Franklin's "Since You've Been Gone," as if she were the Queen of Soul herself.
From the crowd and judges reactions, it could be said Doolittle is certainly a frontrunner to become America's next monarch.
What our judges said:
Hank Charles, owner of the Broken Arrow recording studio Valcour Sound, said, "Melinda started very confident with great stage presence. Her pitch was dead-on throughout. She never let up until her performance was over, and completely won over the crowd and the judges. What made it even better for me was her sweetness and humility after the song was over. I predict that she could go all the way. Doolittle did a lot!"
Rochelle Chambers, a popular local R&B and blues singer, said, "She's the frontrunner. She's definitely, in my eyes, so far, the shoo-in for the 'American Idol.' She blew me away, I'm like, 'Now that's
how you bring it. That's what you're supposed to do.' She did exactly what she was supposed to do: she brought it tonight."
What the Idol judges said:
Randy Jackson began, "This is what I keep saying, 'If you've got it, show it, prove it. You came out there, sang, blew it out the box. You were hot. All you need is to have confidence and believe in yourself because you've got the natural gift. That was the bomb."
Paula Abdul said, "No more background singing. You are a front-runner. And you're a firecracker, too. Big, big performance."
Then Simon Cowell, who's been an outspoken Doolittle supporter thus far, once again praised the gospel singer when he said, "You know, it's interesting, over two nights I have seen people come out here with little talent and a huge amount of arrogance, and you're the opposite. You are an incredible singer. You have a fantastic story. You're a fantastic person. I really hope you do well."
Before Doolittle's performance, she told millions of viewers, "You would think that the six feet between, like, the background mike and the front mike is not really a long walk, but it can be a scary one."
After Wednesday night's performance, it seems Doolittle won't ever have to make that scary walk again. She'll just stay out front where she belongs.
Thursday night on Fox, the two male and two female contestants with the fewest votes will be eliminated during the live results show.
Cross Timbers
"Matt Emde" memde@cox.net mlemde
I'm with a band here in Central Oklahoma called Cross Timbers. We've just release our first CD "Don't Play No Slow Song!" and would appreciate ya'll giving it a listen. You can hear sound samples at http://cdbaby.com/cd/crosstimbers
Thanks in advance! Matt
Thanks in advance! Matt
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Snorty Horse Saloon
I know last week’s newsletter was really too long, so I’ll make up the difference on this one and keep it short.
We did have enough teams for our Cowboy Toy Ropin’ on last Thursday to be able to give the buckle away next month. We will take the two high money winners and do a shootout on one of our bigger nights inbetween sets. Should be a good time and “no pressure” to the ropers.
Ray Wylie Hubbard was stellar!!! It was a truly great night music and story tellin’. Rainman, our accountant, got a bunch of sailor hats and wrote snake farm on them. Ray and Gurf were wearing them by the end of the night. Hope some of you took some pictures. Please send me some if you did.
I bet a lot of you a reading this wondering if we got kicked out or cut off of the chili cook off. Nope… but I sure as hell don’t remember much of it. From noon Saturday to …well; I guess Sunday afternoon was pretty much a blur. It was for everybody else too. It was a damn good time as always and I think it helped tremendously for some upcoming shows. Don’t think we won anything, but people really seemed to like us and our chili.
This week’s shows….
WED. FEB. 21st: ALLEN ROSS and “The Not So Special Drink Special” $1 yard beers and $3 Juger shots. Did you hear that??? $1 yard beers!!! Oh yea, we got to make a new Stag pyramid because we trashed it at the cook off.
THURS. FEB. 22nd: CODY WALKER and whoever else comes with him. I suspect COLE PORTER will be back. He’s always a crowd pleaser. Keystone pyramid night. Remember also that this is Whiskey night! $2 well whiskey and $1 off every other kind of whiskey.
It will be either $2 or $3 bucks to get in. I can’t remember what Cody and I agreed on.
FRI. FEB. 23rd: The MARK CHAPMAN BAND!!! We will be packed!!! Mark played at the cook off and talked us up a bunch, so we ought to have a great time. Look for good thing to come for these guys, although I hope they will always be a Snorty Horse fixture. They are playing at our St. Patrick’s Day party next month by the way. Tickets are $7.
SAT. FEB. 24th: The MIKE McCLURE BAND with The JOSH DAVIS BAND!!! McClure has often been described as the founder of Red Dirt and is considered a god father of this scene. Not only do his talents include songwriting and performing, but recording and producing albums. You guys know that Renegade Rail CD I’ve been playing a lot…McClure produced that. He also has a brand new CD out called FOAM. Get online and buy it now. It’s awesome. Laura left it here last time she was here and she can’t have it back. McClure doesn’t get out and play near as much as he used to just because he is so busy producing, so this a rare chance to see him live. That and he has that big orange amp that will melt you face off if you stand too close to it.
Got JOSH DAVIS opening. We really like these guys and it’s the fourth time that they have played here. It’s also a perfect band to pair up with McClure and their excited about being able to perform with him. You guys are going to love this show. Tickets are $8.
Take a look at some of the March lineup.
SARAH HUGHES on Mar. 1st
JOHN EVANS BAND on Mar. 2nd
BASTARD SONS of JOHNNY CASH with BO PHILLIPS on Mar. 3rd
JOHN D. HALE BAND with CHARLIE HORSE. This will be a very special night. $2 of each ticket sale will be donated to the American Cancer Society and a pink guitar will be auctioned off and will have many of the artist that play here signatures on it including Jason Boland and Ray Wylie Hubbard. You can buy your tickets in advance on line.
BACK PORCH MARY on Mar. 10th.
Thanks,
Steve Greene
417.833.6700
steve@snortyhorse.com
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"Best Little Texas Roadhouse in Missouri"
3050 N. Kentwood Ave.
Springfield, MO 65803
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Fat Dixie
This week is going to be a great week! We hit the road today and will be out 4 days. Tonight we will play an acoustic show at the Vault in
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Eli Young Band
Eli Young Band
02 Mar 2007, 12:00 PM
Dirty's Tavern
321 S. Washington
Stillwater, TX 74077
Eli Young Band live in Stillwater at Dirty's Tavern on 3/2!!
21 and up welcome!
Visit www.dirtystavern.com for details.
Carrie Underwood Re-Teams With 'Jesus' Collaborators, Others For New LP
Carrie Underwood Re-Teams With 'Jesus' Collaborators, Others For New LP
Grammy winner will also work with new songwriters.
LOS ANGELES — Now that Carrie Underwood's won some Grammys as a country star, including Best New Artist, when can we expect to see her take on some of the other genres she conquered as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol"?
(Come on — you know you want more songs like her big-haired rendition of Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield.")
"No, no," Underwood said. "I love country music and they've been so great to me, it's just been amazing. All the people in it are amazing, so that's definitely where I want to stay." In fact, Underwood is already at work on the follow-up to her five-times platinum Some Hearts.
"We started writing and putting songs together and mapping out what we want to do with it," the Oklahoma native said. "We're just gonna go in and hope it does just a teeny fraction of what this past one did."
Underwood has so far collaborated with the same team of writers behind her country smashes like "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (Brett James, Hillary Lindsay, Gordon Sampson and Jonathan Yudson) and "Before He Cheats" (Chris Thompson and Josh Kear).
"I'm starting out with them and I'm getting comfortable writing and stuff like that. And then I'm going to move on to people I don't know so well and see where it takes me," Underwood said.
In the meantime, she just released the fifth single from Some Hearts, "Wasted."
"It was one of the first ones that we ended up recording and I'm just very lucky to get my hands on it," Underwood said. "It's about a girl who's with a guy who has a problem and she's going to leave him. It's kind of a sad song, but it's kind of upbeat, so it's the best of both worlds."
Last week, Underwood became the first country artist to win Best New Artist since Shelby Lynne won in 2001 (see "Timberlake Rocks; Blige Weeps; Chicks, Chilis Clean Up At Grammys").
"It feels really awesome just because there was so much talent in that category and it was an all-genre category, so for a country person to be recognized, it's amazing for me," she said. "It's amazing for country music."
In her acceptance speech, Underwood clearly thanked "American Idol," differentiating herself from other past contestants who have tried to distance themselves from the show.
" 'American Idol' is the reason that I'm here — period, end of story," Underwood said backstage. "There's no way I'd be doing anything like this if it weren't for 'American Idol.' And it's awesome for the new season of contestants to see that great things can happen, [like it has this year] for myself, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry."
High school band takes Risk of Being Heroes
High school band takes Risk of Being Heroes
Stillwater NewsPress
By S. West
It is quite obvious that Stillwater is full of musical talent. Living in a college town with very few centers of attraction, there is nothing better to do than pick up a guitar and begin singing.
During the summer of 2006, this is exactly what four ambitious guys from Stillwater High School decided to do.
The Risk of Being Heroes is a post-hardcore band made up of vocalist Senior Brett Johnson, guitarist Sophomore Blythe Cordova, bassist Sophomore Ryan Johnson, and drummer Sophomore Andrew Roberts. It has been ten months since Brett and Andrew began jamming together in Brett’s garage.
Since then, there have been many line-up changes and a few obstacles thrown in their way that has formed the band into what they have become today.
“We’re pretty good,” Roberts said.
They are a band far different than any other band found in Stillwater. One obvious reason is the sound they make. Most bands that come out of Stillwater have a more mellow-indie feel to them. Nobody should go to a Risk of Being Heroes show and expect to sit down during the performance.
From the energetic stage performance to the brainmelting guitar and bass riffs, to even the tense and electrifying drum beats, they have the ability to give their audience exactly what they
want.
“They are simply amazing, and the greatest band ever. If you don’t think so, then you’re wrong,” Junior Tim Best said.
The Risk of Being Heroes have only put on two shows so far. One show was held at the Wesley Foundation in December, and the latest was held at Happy Narwhal Records on February 2. They played with Cymbeline Complexion from Perry. Together, they packed the tiny record store with more than 100 people.
“It was the most ballin’ concert ever,” Junior Garrett Petray said.
Their next show will be a benefit concert for the Humane Society on April 21. The concert will be held in the afternoon so that students will still be able to make it to Prom on time. The show will be held at the Community Center and will feature many bands such as Mayola, John Statz, The Principalities, and Legend of Junior.
More plans involve recording with 2006 Senior Garrett Redding, and putting out a seven-song, self-titled, EP by early summer.
Their influences include bands such as Thursday, Saosin, Blood Brothers, Coheed and Cambria,
and even Metallica.
Their music is about growing up, losing friends, past romances, and how everything in life happens for a reason.
The Risk of Being Heroes got the idea for their name from a quote by Sir Thomas Moore in the movie A Man for All Seasons. The name doesn’t reflect any conceited opinions they may have of themselves, but instead reflects their efforts in believing that they can live up to their own standards, and overcome any mental battles they may have.
How Britney Spears lost hair, mind
How Britney Spears lost hair, mind
Kurt Amend
Opinion Columnist
Kurt Amend
Opinion Columnist
Britney Spears is insane. There, I said it. It’s something we are going to have to come to terms with. In reality, nothing more needs to be said, but we have to fill this space.
If you have been in a hole for the past few days, here’s a quick recap. Britney shaved her head and made a public appearance at a tattoo parlor to get two separate tattoos.
So what’s so intriguing about a former pop star losing her hair and her mind in one fell swoop? What is it that makes two million people check YouTube for video of a bald Britney?
Crazy celebrities are nothing new. Even before media coverage of such events, we had Nostradamus and Vincent Van Gough. Of course, back in their day, no one was really “crazy” — just really creative.
Since insanity became clinically defined, it really only applied to those who committed a crime and the homeless. Any middle- to upper-class nut job was merely eccentric (see Gary Busey). This is why it’s tough for us to accept that Britney is off-her-rocker bonkers. She does not fit the mold.
Is this really the girl that every guy my age fell in love with at the MTV Music Awards, in spite of the fact that she brutalized the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction”? Was this love just an illusion fueled by sequins and flesh colored spandex?
Maybe. Still, it’s hard to admit one’s mistakes, and that’s what the new Britney era makes college-aged guys do.
But how were we to know? Only 15 short years ago, she was a seemingly happy and stable member of the Mickey Mouse Club. When she lied about being a virgin, that might have been an early warning sign. At the time, it just seemed like a good business decision.
Of course, everyone noticed that she went through two marriages before she was 24, but this is reasonably normal behavior for the drug and alcohol addled lives of people unencumbered by responsibility or reality. With all of Britney’s other questionable decisions, you could have easily replaced her name with Paris Hilton and no one would have batted an eye. This decision is different.
The decision to sport the same hair style as Paul Shaffer is more than just dubious; it’s crazy. To self-promote this new style choice by intentionally being seen by the media is more than just a cry for attention, it’s a cry for help.
So why do we still care about Britney without actually caring for her? In November 2003, Chuck Klosterman, a pop culture journalist, wrote a piece about Britney in which he concluded that she was culturally significant because she was everything to everyone. He claims that she could teeter the line between virgin and sex kitten with incredible dedication.
Well, those days are over. Britney has fallen off that tightrope into a pit full of crazy. Her cultural iconography is clearly anchored in a sea of bad decision-making, and it’s unlikely Britney plans on raising anchor anytime soon.
If you have been in a hole for the past few days, here’s a quick recap. Britney shaved her head and made a public appearance at a tattoo parlor to get two separate tattoos.
So what’s so intriguing about a former pop star losing her hair and her mind in one fell swoop? What is it that makes two million people check YouTube for video of a bald Britney?
Crazy celebrities are nothing new. Even before media coverage of such events, we had Nostradamus and Vincent Van Gough. Of course, back in their day, no one was really “crazy” — just really creative.
Since insanity became clinically defined, it really only applied to those who committed a crime and the homeless. Any middle- to upper-class nut job was merely eccentric (see Gary Busey). This is why it’s tough for us to accept that Britney is off-her-rocker bonkers. She does not fit the mold.
Is this really the girl that every guy my age fell in love with at the MTV Music Awards, in spite of the fact that she brutalized the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction”? Was this love just an illusion fueled by sequins and flesh colored spandex?
Maybe. Still, it’s hard to admit one’s mistakes, and that’s what the new Britney era makes college-aged guys do.
But how were we to know? Only 15 short years ago, she was a seemingly happy and stable member of the Mickey Mouse Club. When she lied about being a virgin, that might have been an early warning sign. At the time, it just seemed like a good business decision.
Of course, everyone noticed that she went through two marriages before she was 24, but this is reasonably normal behavior for the drug and alcohol addled lives of people unencumbered by responsibility or reality. With all of Britney’s other questionable decisions, you could have easily replaced her name with Paris Hilton and no one would have batted an eye. This decision is different.
The decision to sport the same hair style as Paul Shaffer is more than just dubious; it’s crazy. To self-promote this new style choice by intentionally being seen by the media is more than just a cry for attention, it’s a cry for help.
So why do we still care about Britney without actually caring for her? In November 2003, Chuck Klosterman, a pop culture journalist, wrote a piece about Britney in which he concluded that she was culturally significant because she was everything to everyone. He claims that she could teeter the line between virgin and sex kitten with incredible dedication.
Well, those days are over. Britney has fallen off that tightrope into a pit full of crazy. Her cultural iconography is clearly anchored in a sea of bad decision-making, and it’s unlikely Britney plans on raising anchor anytime soon.
Final lineup set for Country Fever
Final lineup set for Country Fever
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/20/2007
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/20/2007
Contest winner Whitaker to sing anthem on June 9
Country Fever officials unveiled the final lineup for the festival, while also announcing that a teenage girl who won a local talent contest will sing the national anthem.New performers for the four-day festival include Marci Mitchell Band, Bomshel, Michael Scott, Tulsa's Western Justice and fellow Oklahoma act Matt Murphy & Murphy's Lawmen
Alaina Whitaker, 16, who with her sister Brittney won the My Big Break contest about two weeks ago, will sing June 9, along with Reba McEntire, Tracy Byrd and Trent Tomlinson, said her grandmother, Norma Whitaker.
"We're so proud of her and they're both such good girls, very humble, very grounded," Whitaker said.
Alaina and Brittney Whitaker won the $5,000 prize at the My Big Break contest and a chance to record a three-song CD. Alaina Whitaker won the National Anthem gig after singing at the Daryl Starbird Rod & Custom Car Show, also winning a two-night stay and airfare to the next "American Idol" auditions, Norma Whitaker said.
The festival takes place from June 7-10, about four miles north of Pryor off U.S. 69. Headlining the festival are Ronnie Milsap, Blake Shelton, Big & Rich featuring Cowboy Troy and McEntire.
Other acts are Joe Diffie, Cleveland-native Thomas Martinez, The Gatlin Brothers, Miranda Lambert, He Wears Black, Aaron Tippin, Mark Chesnutt, Pake McEntire, Kentucky HeadHunters, Gary Nichols and Phil Vassar.For a schedule, tickets and other information go to www.feverfest.com or call (866) 310-2288. The tickets are also available for purchase at area Reasor's locations.
Matt Elliott 581-8366
matt.elliott@tulsaworld.com
Phil Stacey
Idol Chatter: After song, Stacey sides with critic
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/21/2007
Church pastor said 'Idol' hopeful has 'favor of God'
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/20/2007
Phil Stacey missed the birth of his second daughter just so he could audition for "American Idol" in Memphis, Tenn.
That sacrifice earned him a ticket to Hollywood and, eventually, a place in the contest's Top 24.
Now, 12 men, plus 12 women -- including former Tulsan Melinda Doolittle -- will battle it out to become America's next idol.
Stacey's immediate family, including his wife's family in Shawnee, is not allowed to give interviews. However, John Stitt, senior pastor of Riverside Church in Norman, is a longtime family friend of Stacey's in-laws, the McIntoshes, and was willing to share his memories of the 29-year-old could-be Idol and his wife, Kendra.
Actually, Stitt is so close to Stacey's in-laws that he considers Kendra's father, Mark McIntosh, "like a brother or a son." And on Feb. 13, when the first day of Idol competitions in Hollywood aired, Kendra's father asked his visiting daughter where she would like to watch "American Idol," Kendra, who lives in Jacksonville, Fla., replied, "Let's go over to Pastor John's house."
"They live about 40 miles away, so they came Tuesday night to my house and we had dinner together and we watched the show together," he said. "That's the kind of relationship we have."
When Kendra was a young girl of roughly 6 years of age, her father worked at Stitt's church. And it was Stitt who later presided over the funeral of Kendra's brother.
The Staceys, who are both pastor's children, met in Wichita, Kan., and both attended Lee University, a Christian liberal arts university in Cleveland, Tenn., where they both sang in the large choral group, the Lee Singers.
In between working at a church in Colorado and joining the Navy -- Stacey serves as a vocalist in the Navy -- the singer spent four or five months working at Stitt's church.
In those few months, Stacey sang in church about once a month, he helped design and build the church's recording studio and he even modernized the church's announcements.
"I've been here 27 years, and I'd get up and say, 'OK, next week we're going to have the ladies' meeting . . .' Well, he changed all that," Stitt said.
Stacey designed modernized video announcements, like the one that featured a picture of Stacey's head popping open to spill out announcements, all to the sound of music.
"He's one of the most creative individuals, not only as far as talent, but he's also creative," Stitt said.
Then there was the time back when Riverside hosted a pastor's conference that Stacey formed a quartet to perform a medley of songs, with the singers all clad in garb from the 1920s.
As Stitt recalled that performance, he said, "Man, I'm not surprised at all where he is right now."
Over all, Stitt respects Stacey for handling God's gift in a humble manner.
"He is so gifted, but he's not arrogant. He's not cocky," Stitt said. "He realizes he has to be a good steward of the gift God has given him. You almost have to pull it out of him to know what he's capable of doing. I mean, he has a stage presence, but he never pushes himself. He never tries to steal the limelight. He's just a servant of God and wants to serve in the church and do whatever you ask him to do."
Earlier in the interview, Stitt said God has a higher purpose for Stacey.
"I'll be honest with you," Stitt said. "I believe the reason he's where he is, is because there is the favor of God upon his life because he does live a godly life."
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
TV
“AMERICAN IDOL”
When:
7 p.m. Tuesday
What:
Top 12 male finalists compete
Where:
FOX, channel 23, cable channel 5
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/21/2007
"American Idol's" host, Ryan Seacrest, introduced Phil Stacey, the last of 12 male performers on Tuesday night's episode, by asking millions of viewers, "Have we saved the best for last?"
"Well, he thinks so," Seacrest joked about Stacey, but it was a question best left to the judges.
Stacey, who has family ties to Shawnee, performed Edwin McCain's ballad "I Could Not Ask For More," which includes the lines, "These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive / These are the moments I'll remember all my life."
It was a touching song from a religious man whose wife, Kendra, his two little girls, and his wife's parents joined him in Hollywood to lend their support.
What the judges said
Randy Jackson began, "It started a little rough for me, but guess what? You get the best vocal prize of the night. That was on point, in tune, rich, full."Paula Abdul commented, "The beginning was a little shaky, but, man, you just opened up and you were right on pitch. It was great."
Simon Cowell, however, was less enthused:
"The beginning was absolutely monstrous, to be honest with you. I don't know what happened there. It was OK at the end. I don't think it was necessarily the best vocal.
"I'll tell you why I say that, because I'm comparing you to past singers, you know, people like (former "American Idol" performer) Chris Daughtry, who really nailed songs like that. I don't think you nailed it. I think it was OK."
When he was allowed to address the judges, Stacey chose Cowell.
"I 100 percent agree with Simon," he said. "I felt rough at first -- I appreciate what you said. I know I've got a lot of work, and I'm going to put a lot of work into it, Simon."
Hank Charles, owner of the Broken Arrow recording studio Valcour Sound, and Rochelle Chambers, a local songstress, offered their takes on Stacey's performance.
"Phil started off a little shaky and pitchy," Charles said, "but once the chorus hit, he was on the money, exciting and sure of himself. I thought when he showed respect for Simon's opinion, it was a wise move. Most of the performers had pitch problems and chose safe songs. Phil took a little more risks than the others. Good job, Phil."
Chambers added, "He was the best of the night, he really was. He was more powerful and he delivered better than anybody. Some of them were pretty good but I think, vocally, he did the best. He had more strength and power to his voice. He did really good."
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
Church pastor said 'Idol' hopeful has 'favor of God'
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/20/2007
Phil Stacey missed the birth of his second daughter just so he could audition for "American Idol" in Memphis, Tenn.
That sacrifice earned him a ticket to Hollywood and, eventually, a place in the contest's Top 24.
Now, 12 men, plus 12 women -- including former Tulsan Melinda Doolittle -- will battle it out to become America's next idol.
Stacey's immediate family, including his wife's family in Shawnee, is not allowed to give interviews. However, John Stitt, senior pastor of Riverside Church in Norman, is a longtime family friend of Stacey's in-laws, the McIntoshes, and was willing to share his memories of the 29-year-old could-be Idol and his wife, Kendra.
Actually, Stitt is so close to Stacey's in-laws that he considers Kendra's father, Mark McIntosh, "like a brother or a son." And on Feb. 13, when the first day of Idol competitions in Hollywood aired, Kendra's father asked his visiting daughter where she would like to watch "American Idol," Kendra, who lives in Jacksonville, Fla., replied, "Let's go over to Pastor John's house."
"They live about 40 miles away, so they came Tuesday night to my house and we had dinner together and we watched the show together," he said. "That's the kind of relationship we have."
When Kendra was a young girl of roughly 6 years of age, her father worked at Stitt's church. And it was Stitt who later presided over the funeral of Kendra's brother.
The Staceys, who are both pastor's children, met in Wichita, Kan., and both attended Lee University, a Christian liberal arts university in Cleveland, Tenn., where they both sang in the large choral group, the Lee Singers.
In between working at a church in Colorado and joining the Navy -- Stacey serves as a vocalist in the Navy -- the singer spent four or five months working at Stitt's church.
In those few months, Stacey sang in church about once a month, he helped design and build the church's recording studio and he even modernized the church's announcements.
"I've been here 27 years, and I'd get up and say, 'OK, next week we're going to have the ladies' meeting . . .' Well, he changed all that," Stitt said.
Stacey designed modernized video announcements, like the one that featured a picture of Stacey's head popping open to spill out announcements, all to the sound of music.
"He's one of the most creative individuals, not only as far as talent, but he's also creative," Stitt said.
Then there was the time back when Riverside hosted a pastor's conference that Stacey formed a quartet to perform a medley of songs, with the singers all clad in garb from the 1920s.
As Stitt recalled that performance, he said, "Man, I'm not surprised at all where he is right now."
Over all, Stitt respects Stacey for handling God's gift in a humble manner.
"He is so gifted, but he's not arrogant. He's not cocky," Stitt said. "He realizes he has to be a good steward of the gift God has given him. You almost have to pull it out of him to know what he's capable of doing. I mean, he has a stage presence, but he never pushes himself. He never tries to steal the limelight. He's just a servant of God and wants to serve in the church and do whatever you ask him to do."
Earlier in the interview, Stitt said God has a higher purpose for Stacey.
"I'll be honest with you," Stitt said. "I believe the reason he's where he is, is because there is the favor of God upon his life because he does live a godly life."
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
TV
“AMERICAN IDOL”
When:
7 p.m. Tuesday
What:
Top 12 male finalists compete
Where:
FOX, channel 23, cable channel 5
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The sixth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 14-17, 2007, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee , 60 miles south of Nashville. With over 100 bands and 20 comedians performing on 13 stages during the 4 day weekend, the mind-blowing Bonnaroo '07 line up promises to rock the Volunteer State like never before. A wildly diverse list of confirmed acts follows, with more to be announced in the weeks ahead.
Tickets for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will go on sale this Friday, February 23rd, at Noon Eastern time through www.bonnarootickets.com.
BONNAROO 2007 ARTISTS:
The Police • Tool • Widespread Panic
The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Wilco • The Flaming Lips
MANU CHAO Radio Bemba Sound System
The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand
Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • Gov't Mule
Ziggy Marley • The Decemberists • The Roots • Kings of Leon
Michael Franti & Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor
The Black Keys • Galactic • Lewis Black & Friends • DJ Shadow
Gillian Welch • Spoon • Dave Attell • Keller Williams (WMD'S)
Sasha & John Digweed • STS9 • David Cross
Old Crow Medicine Show • The Hold Steady • Lily Allen
North Mississippi Allstars • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna
Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock
The Richard Thompson Band • Dierks Bentley
James Blood Ulmer • Xavier Rudd • Gogol Bordello
Junior Brown • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples
Clutch • Cold War Kids • Dr. Dog • Paolo Nutini • Brazilian Girls
RX Bandits • The Nightwatchman • The Slip • Girl Talk
Railroad Earth • Martha Wainwright • Rodrigo y Gabriela
Annuals • Tea Leaf Green • Sam Roberts Band
Elvis Perkins in Dearland • Charlie Louvin • Sonya Kitchell
Mute Math • Apollo Sunshine • Uncle Earl • The National
The Little Ones • Black Angels • Ryan Shaw
Tickets for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will go on sale this Friday, February 23rd, at Noon Eastern time through www.bonnarootickets.com.
BONNAROO 2007 ARTISTS:
The Police • Tool • Widespread Panic
The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Wilco • The Flaming Lips
MANU CHAO Radio Bemba Sound System
The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand
Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • Gov't Mule
Ziggy Marley • The Decemberists • The Roots • Kings of Leon
Michael Franti & Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor
The Black Keys • Galactic • Lewis Black & Friends • DJ Shadow
Gillian Welch • Spoon • Dave Attell • Keller Williams (WMD'S)
Sasha & John Digweed • STS9 • David Cross
Old Crow Medicine Show • The Hold Steady • Lily Allen
North Mississippi Allstars • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna
Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock
The Richard Thompson Band • Dierks Bentley
James Blood Ulmer • Xavier Rudd • Gogol Bordello
Junior Brown • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples
Clutch • Cold War Kids • Dr. Dog • Paolo Nutini • Brazilian Girls
RX Bandits • The Nightwatchman • The Slip • Girl Talk
Railroad Earth • Martha Wainwright • Rodrigo y Gabriela
Annuals • Tea Leaf Green • Sam Roberts Band
Elvis Perkins in Dearland • Charlie Louvin • Sonya Kitchell
Mute Math • Apollo Sunshine • Uncle Earl • The National
The Little Ones • Black Angels • Ryan Shaw
BLUE MOON'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND!!!
BLUE MOON'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND!!!
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Tuesday Night jams at the Solo Club!
From 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm Cary Choat and Namen Lee of Tuff Profit Band will be performing the first of many Tuesday Night jams at the Solo Club!
Tonight the Band Member of Tuff Profit will join in to help kick off the first night. Cary will be bringing in some friends we have meet out on the road and Local talent to sit around and play fun songs plus an chance to try out new ones as well.
This is Not the Tuesday Night Science!
That wonderful event has moved to Dewey to the Red Dog Billards and is still and always will be a must go see event that will be every Tuesday there as well. The Solo Club wanted some live music on Tuesday but set at an earlier time for us working folks. So come on down to Solo Club for some up close and fun picking.
You just never Know who will just show up!
Tonight the Band Member of Tuff Profit will join in to help kick off the first night. Cary will be bringing in some friends we have meet out on the road and Local talent to sit around and play fun songs plus an chance to try out new ones as well.
This is Not the Tuesday Night Science!
That wonderful event has moved to Dewey to the Red Dog Billards and is still and always will be a must go see event that will be every Tuesday there as well. The Solo Club wanted some live music on Tuesday but set at an earlier time for us working folks. So come on down to Solo Club for some up close and fun picking.
You just never Know who will just show up!
Peace
Danny Joe Walsh
This is a good week for Dustin Pittsley Band fans....
This is a good week for Dustin Pittsley Band fans....
Dustin is the special guest this week at Tuesday Night Science at The Red Dog Bar and Billiards in Dewey. Last week was our first show after moving from the Solo Club and we were thrilled to see how many of you knew we had moved and followed us there. The added space on the dance floor allowed for dancers who took advantage of the opportunity and boogied all night long. It's funny, I have seen some of you almost every Tuesday night for the past year and a half and never knew you could dance!
Science might start just a few minutes late this week because the band will be taping a segment for "Up Late with Ben Sumner" on Fox 23 which will air this Saturday night at 12:30. I am excited to be working with Ben on several projects and this is a great opportunity for the artists that I work with, many of which are from the Bartlesville area. This also allows me to get air time for local businesses and gets allot of you on TV acting silly.... anything to get our town known for a thriving music scene. Right?
Friday night The Dustin Pittsley Band will be at the Red Dog and this promises to be a full on almost nasty & gritty night of music....Jesse will be off with his band and Dustin tends to go wild when they don't slow down for the sensitive side that Jesse brings to the DPB....
Also Friday night I will be at the Red Dog giving away a few Renegade Rail Cd's to get you all in the mood for March 3rd. Mike is sending me some copies of the demo for their single "Fat Girls and Weed" as well. These are some of my very favorite people in the world and I am so thankful to be able to spend time with them without having to drive several hours.... If you are one of the lucky ones to get a demo, make a copy to share with your friends, but don't forget you have to be at The Red Dog Friday night to get one!
Dustin is the special guest this week at Tuesday Night Science at The Red Dog Bar and Billiards in Dewey. Last week was our first show after moving from the Solo Club and we were thrilled to see how many of you knew we had moved and followed us there. The added space on the dance floor allowed for dancers who took advantage of the opportunity and boogied all night long. It's funny, I have seen some of you almost every Tuesday night for the past year and a half and never knew you could dance!
Science might start just a few minutes late this week because the band will be taping a segment for "Up Late with Ben Sumner" on Fox 23 which will air this Saturday night at 12:30. I am excited to be working with Ben on several projects and this is a great opportunity for the artists that I work with, many of which are from the Bartlesville area. This also allows me to get air time for local businesses and gets allot of you on TV acting silly.... anything to get our town known for a thriving music scene. Right?
Friday night The Dustin Pittsley Band will be at the Red Dog and this promises to be a full on almost nasty & gritty night of music....Jesse will be off with his band and Dustin tends to go wild when they don't slow down for the sensitive side that Jesse brings to the DPB....
Also Friday night I will be at the Red Dog giving away a few Renegade Rail Cd's to get you all in the mood for March 3rd. Mike is sending me some copies of the demo for their single "Fat Girls and Weed" as well. These are some of my very favorite people in the world and I am so thankful to be able to spend time with them without having to drive several hours.... If you are one of the lucky ones to get a demo, make a copy to share with your friends, but don't forget you have to be at The Red Dog Friday night to get one!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Review: Lerner-Loewe, with Tulsa touch
Review: Lerner-Loewe, with Tulsa touch
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
2/19/2007
One of Barry Epperley's ambitions for the orchestra now known as the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College was to celebrate and showcase local talents.
That ambition was well-served Friday night at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education as the orchestra presented its first of two concerts of music by the team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
The "all-Tulsa" show drew soloists from the TCC Concert Choir as well as from the Signature Chorale, the vocal ensemble affiliated with the orchestra.
It was also -- for a pops concert by the Signature Symphony -- a fairly low-keyed affair: no narration to put the music in any sort of historical context, and Lisa Stefanic's simple and direct staging of each number.
Perhaps that's because the music of Lerner and Loewe doesn't need to be gussied up to be entertaining. As for context, they are a bit like the mythical town of their first hit, "Brigadoon," which appears once a century. They are within the history of American musical theater, but not quite of it.
The songs that composer Loewe and lyricist Lerner wrote during their relatively brief partnership are unique in how they marry the lilt and lightness of Viennese operetta to words that are at once conversational and poetic.
Of all the icons of American musical theater, Lerner and Loewe are easily the most European. That's why the faux rusticness of "Paint Your Wagon" -- their only show with American subject matter -- never sounds quite natural (the way Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" does, for example).
The Signature Symphony played a lot of "Paint Your Wagon" -- six selections, including "I Talk to the Trees," "They Call the Wind Maria" and "I'm On My Way," to name the best-known tunes.
The best of these was "They Call the Wind Maria," which featured the TCC student Garrett Lawson, who sang with great feeling and authority; Jordan Cox's performance of "Another Autumn"; and the wistfulness that Joe Simmons and Carrie Eben brought to "I Talk to the Trees."
"Camelot," the duo's final success, was represented by three songs. Paul Mabrey sang the title song as he wandered through the audience, and he joined Sherry Kennedy on stage for "What Do the Simple Folk Do?" Nick Perez gave an impassioned performance of "If Ever I Should Leave You," and did excellent jobs with some of the other romantic standards by Lerner and Loewe, including "Come to Me, Bend to Me" from "Brigadoon" and "On the Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady."
One could make a case for this concert being "An Evening with Paul Mabrey," as he also sang the majority of the tunes from "Gigi," adopting a suave tone and a slightly cartoonish French accent that is perhaps necessary to defuse the inherent creepiness of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." But the accent was less necessary for "Gigi" and "I Remember It Well," the latter of which was a duet with Cynthia Mabrey.
Mabrey also did a fine job with "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from "My Fair Lady." Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece, it was properly represented by 10 numbers. Eben did a fine job with "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," Sue Wilson gave an operatic turn to "I Could Have Danced All Night" and Marla Patterson (with some assistance from Perez) turned "Show Me" into a knockabout comic number.
Epperley and the orchestra opened with a "Lerner and Loewe Overture" that was a bit like the CliffsNotes for the show, quoting just about every standard by the two. Throughout the evening the orchestra played with great energy and more than a little finesse.
James D. Watts Jr. 581-8478
james.watts@tulsaworld.com
American Idol: Doolittle: Ahead of the pack
American Idol: Doolittle: Ahead of the pack
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/18/2007
Melinda Doolittle said she was bowled over when she learned she'd made into the Top 24 of the "American Idol" competition.
Her comments are featured in a video interview that appears on the on the "Idol" Web site.
"When I found out I made it to the Top 24, I thought I was going to fall over," said the former Tulsan who attended Union High School and the University of Tulsa.
"I cried, as I usually do. I don't understand why I always cry, but I cried first and then I shook so bad that I had a little problem walking . . .," said the professional background singer.
Then she recalled the fateful summer when she first discovered her soulful voice.
"You know what? I first started singing the summer after my seventh grade year," she said. "I was actually tone-deaf all the years before that, so the summer after my seventh grade year . . . I really wanted to try singing because I loved it, but I just couldn't sing on pitch."
So she prayed to God for help. He got the message.
"I've been singing ever since," she said.
Singing, she can do, of course, but dancing, well, that has proven hazardous.
"I dance at home by myself, but I'm not very good," she said.
"I actually gave myself a little minor whiplash, so I try not to dance too much."Doolittle went on to say she loves blues guitar slinger Jonny Lang -- "He's young, real soulful and bluesy and he's got a message behind his songs." She also confessed to a weakness for fluffy teeny-bopper flicks.
Asked what she'll do if she doesn't become the next American Idol, Doolittle said she'd return to singing background vocals for a living.
If she won, well, she'd like to be a symbol for all background singers who aspire to step into the spotlight.
"I want to be the next American Idol because I feel like it's time some of us background singers . . . show that we can step out front and still handle ourselves," she said. "I haven't done the best job of that, but I'm working on it.
"And I want to get to the point where I'm a little more calm, I handle myself a little better. But I'd love to represent for the BGVs (background vocalists) out there."
'Idol' pair
'Idol' pair
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/18/2007
Oklahomans have two 'American Idol' competitors to watch
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell kissed Melinda Doolittle on the cheek after the show's toughest critic told the former Tulsan she had earned a slot among the Top 24 performers, in an episode that aired Wednesday evening.
"You may be surprised when I tell you you're good enough to stand at the front of the stage and you're through to the next round," Cowell told the professional backup singer who lives in Tennessee.
He then told Doolittle, "You are no longer a backup singer. Got that?"
She did.
It wasn't the first time Cowell praised the singer, who attended both Union High School and the University of Tulsa.
During her Memphis, Tenn. audition, Cowell said, "Melinda, we have a lot of people who come in here with a lot of attitude and a lot of confidence, and they're not very good.
"You walk in with no confidence, no attitude, and yet you are a brilliant singer -- a brilliant singer, seriously. . . . You are in the top 2 percent of good singers this year."
As for Phil Stacey, he has family ties to Shawnee and is the father of two children, including a new baby girl.
He's also a Navy petty serves as a Navy singer in Jacksonville, Fla.
"Idol" judge Randy Jackson let Stacey know he had made it into the Top 24 when he said, "Dude, you made it. You're through to the next. You're on the show, baby."
Both Doolittle and Stacey share a deep Christian faith, and are both 29, making them the two oldest contestants on the show.
Stacey battles the other male singers Tuesday night at 7 p.m. on Fox. Doolittle competes Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
The first live results show, when two men and two women are eliminated, is Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Here's a look into their personalities, thanks to video interviews on the "American Idol" Web site, www.americanidol.comAmerican Idol: Stacey: Sacrificing for 'Idol'
American Idol: Stacey: Sacrificing for 'Idol'
By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
2/18/2007
"American Idol" hopeful Phil Stacey, who hails from Jacksonville, Fla. but whose wife is from Shawnee, wore a multi-colored knit-cap over his bald pate as he gave a light-hearted, often comical interview.
The interview is posted on the "Idol" Web site.
Stacey, 29, said he was "stoked" to make it into the Top 24 and that he was "a little relieved" and "a little crazed."
Of course, he also felt pressure to impress the judges at his audition in Memphis, Tenn.
"I felt it come on me," he said. "There were a lot of talented people who showed up at the audition . . ."
Although, he kidded, he'd never actually sung before that day.
"When I stood in front of that table, I knew that I had to get up there and do it," he said. "I thought, 'You know what? You've never sung before, but now is the time. Now is your chance to shine.' I just opened up my mouth and that's what came out."
Stacey then wished he could hula-hoop and mentioned he has an interest in drawing.
One thing people might not know about Stacey is that he was once carjacked in high school.
"I mean, somebody came up with a gun and stole the car from me," he said. "I mean, because even though I could be upset about it and everything, I mean that's kind of a cool story to tell. You know, how many people have been carjacked?" Among his favorite musicians are Brian McKnight, Prince, Sting, James Taylor and Stevie Wonder.
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He kidded that "the contestant that I most closely relate to" are former "Idol" winners Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks, "because they're both guys and they won."
So what if he doesn't actually join Studdard and Hicks as an "Idol" winner? "I believe if I don't become the next American idol, I will probably curl up in a ball and cry myself to sleep on my wife's lap, or something like that. I'll probably weep openly in front of everybody," he said light-heartedly.
"It's what I'll do. I'm just trying to be honest. Look, everybody else says, 'Yeah, I'm going to be a frycook on Venus.' I'm just going to weep. I'm going to self-destruct as a person, probably grow a big beard . . ."
At the end of the short video interview, Stacey joked about his future career hopes.
"I would like to be the next American idol because it's a great opportunity to come to political power," he said, "and I don't think anybody has taken advantage of that opportunity yet, because I would make a great president of the world."
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne Says Member of Her Family Has AIDS
Monday, February 19, 2007
AP Kelly Osbourne
In a stunning declaration at a London charity gig last night, teary punk celeb Kelly Osbourne revealed that a member of her family has the AIDS virus.
The singer and actress, best known for her part in "The Osbournes," the reality show about her dysfunctional musical family, spoke at a benefit for the HIV-related charity Body & Soul.
Introducing a performance by the pop band Scissor Sisters, Kelly fought back tears as she said the cause was special to her because a member of her family had been diagnosed with the disease. Photographers said Osbourne sobbed before leaving the stage.
Calls and e-mailed requests for comment were not immediately returned.
Besides her 58-year-old dad, Ozzy, the frontman for Black Sabbath, her family includes mom Sharon, 54, sister Aimee, 23, brother Jack, 21, half-sister Jessica, 35, and half-brother Louis, 32.
Kunek
Publication Date : February 19, 2007
Familiar sound
Fans pack Mike’s to see Stillwater fave
Austin Porter
Entertainment Writer
Familiar sound
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Steven Purvis/O’Collegian Jesse Tabish, member of Kunek, sings Friday night at Mike’s College Bar. | Steven Purvis/O’Collegian Kunek, composed of six musicians, was formed in Stillwater three years ago. The band released its debut album, Flight of the Flynns, on Playtyme Records. |
Austin Porter
Entertainment Writer
Kunek delivered a solid performance, which stood up to the band’s reputation, for fans in Mike’s College Bar on Friday night.
The band’s alternative, multi-instrumental music is soothing and entertaining in an atmosphere like Mike’s.
When Kunek took the stage, it provided an example of how bands with their own sound should perform.
It soothed ears and entertained regular fans, as well as anyone looking for an amusing night.
Because most of the band members are from Stillwater, Kunek has a number of people who are familiar to the band’s performance and who are awaiting the next album.
The band gave an unfamiliar sound, enjoyable to anyone with that sense of music or looking for a night of musical variety.
Kunek’s members are Jesse Tabish, Jenny Hsu, Colby Owens, Jon Mooney, Eric Kiner and Josh Onstott, according to the band’s MySpace page.
Kiner is from Perry, and Onstott is from Cushing. The rest of the members attended Stillwater High School, said Ben Elder, Kunek’s manager.
Founding members Tabish, Hsu and Owens established an instrumental project around 2004, which has evolved into what Kunek is now, Elder said.
Kunek has signed a contract with Playtyme Records and has gained interest among larger record labels, Elder said.
After the release of its debut album, Flight of the Flynns, Kunek has been on a nationwide tour hitting many locations, including New York.
iTunes chose Flight of the Flynns as best indie album for 2006, according to Kunek’s MySpace page.
The band has signed with national distributing agencies, making its albums accessible from most name-brand music stores.
“Right now is an interesting time for the band because they are deciding where they want to go with their music now that they have opportunities,” Elder said.
“Some of the members would probably like to stay closer to Oklahoma, but they have the opportunity to decide what they want to do with their music.”
Hsu said she is proud to represent Kunek and what it has accomplished.
“I would like to play music for a living,” she said.
Kunek’s members play many instruments, including piano, guitar, bass, cello, keyboard, harmonica and drums.
Although the band’s sound is hard to define, its music is entertaining.
For a band that goes with what it feels and has the ability to play almost anything it wants, Kunek does a great job.
Almost anywhere on the Stillwater Strip, anyone can see many musicians performing, but Kunek is more like an experience to watch because of the enormity in music.
Most fans around Stillwater were probably at the show, but all fans look forward to the next album in the works.
The band’s alternative, multi-instrumental music is soothing and entertaining in an atmosphere like Mike’s.
When Kunek took the stage, it provided an example of how bands with their own sound should perform.
It soothed ears and entertained regular fans, as well as anyone looking for an amusing night.
Because most of the band members are from Stillwater, Kunek has a number of people who are familiar to the band’s performance and who are awaiting the next album.
The band gave an unfamiliar sound, enjoyable to anyone with that sense of music or looking for a night of musical variety.
Kunek’s members are Jesse Tabish, Jenny Hsu, Colby Owens, Jon Mooney, Eric Kiner and Josh Onstott, according to the band’s MySpace page.
Kiner is from Perry, and Onstott is from Cushing. The rest of the members attended Stillwater High School, said Ben Elder, Kunek’s manager.
Founding members Tabish, Hsu and Owens established an instrumental project around 2004, which has evolved into what Kunek is now, Elder said.
Kunek has signed a contract with Playtyme Records and has gained interest among larger record labels, Elder said.
After the release of its debut album, Flight of the Flynns, Kunek has been on a nationwide tour hitting many locations, including New York.
iTunes chose Flight of the Flynns as best indie album for 2006, according to Kunek’s MySpace page.
The band has signed with national distributing agencies, making its albums accessible from most name-brand music stores.
“Right now is an interesting time for the band because they are deciding where they want to go with their music now that they have opportunities,” Elder said.
“Some of the members would probably like to stay closer to Oklahoma, but they have the opportunity to decide what they want to do with their music.”
Hsu said she is proud to represent Kunek and what it has accomplished.
“I would like to play music for a living,” she said.
Kunek’s members play many instruments, including piano, guitar, bass, cello, keyboard, harmonica and drums.
Although the band’s sound is hard to define, its music is entertaining.
For a band that goes with what it feels and has the ability to play almost anything it wants, Kunek does a great job.
Almost anywhere on the Stillwater Strip, anyone can see many musicians performing, but Kunek is more like an experience to watch because of the enormity in music.
Most fans around Stillwater were probably at the show, but all fans look forward to the next album in the works.
Lessons From Geese
Lessons From Geese
Editor's Note: "Lessons from Geese" was transcribed from a speech given by Angeles Arrien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network and was based on the work of Milton Olson. It circulated to Outward Bound staff throughout the United States. We share it here with the alumni community hoping that we can all learn these lessons.
FACT 1:
As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
LESSON:
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
FACT 2:
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.
LESSON:
If we have as much sense as a goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.
FACT 3:
When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies to the point position.
LESSON:
It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.
FACT 4:
The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
LESSON:
We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.
FACT 5:
When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.
LESSON:
If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Grub Dog's South Austin Roots Rock Festival
Grub Dog's South Austin Roots Rock Festival
Trophy's Bar & Grill
2008 S. Congress, Austin, TX
Saturday, Feb. 17th , 2007
1-2 Slowtrain www.myspace.
Trophy's Bar & Grill
2008 S. Congress, Austin, TX
Saturday, Feb. 17th , 2007
1-2 Slowtrain www.myspace.
12:15 - 12:45 Underwood
11:30 - 12 Orlando Rios www.orlandorios.
11 - 11:30 Bryce Clifford www.clifford-
10:15 - 10:45 James Rider www.jamesrider.
9:15 - 9:45 Long Time Comin' www.longtimecomin.
8:30 - 9 Amanda Cunningham www.amandasmusic.
7:30 - 8:15 Grub Dog and the Modestos www.myspace.
$5 (all proceeds go to local charities)
21+
Red Gorilla Music Fest
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