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Th« H*al«r* (High Hat) Chi
cago- and Texas-style blues.
Sandra Hall (High Hat) Hall is
an old-time blues singer who can
belt 'em out like few others can. I
believe she’s Chicago Bob
Nelson's girlfriend. She's the real
deal. Playing with The Healers.
Kathleen Parrish (Garden
Stage) A good singer/song-writer
in the Iris DeMent/ Lucinda Will
iams mold. She’ll be joined by Mr.
Jason Slatton (who?) on mando
lin, guitar and possibly kazoo.
9 30 p.m.
Moon Boot Lover (Garden
Stage) Soul, boot and boogie
from New York City. From noon-3
p.m.
The Raymond Brake (The
Landfill) Great, noisy indy rock.
These guys sound like they've di
gested a lot of Polvo, Archers and
Sonic Youth, but what they cre
ate doesn't end up sounding
much like those bands at all. It's
pretty abrasive stuff, but it's also
pretty incredible.
Redneck GReece & the
Stump Broke Steers (Atomic
Music Hall) Mr. GReece is as
much a prankster as he is a chow-
man, and tonight he’s bringing
out the big guns. The Drive-By
Truckers open. See article on
Page 22.
Russian National Orchestra
(Classic Center Theater) For me,
this is one of the single coolest
things about the Olympics com
ing to Athens. When else would
an Orchestra as sought-after as
this come here? Thank you, orga
nizers, thank you. 8 p.m.
SciFu (Mean Mike's) From angry,
angry metal to smoothed-out
jazzy interludes. SciFu will keep
you on your toes. For this show,
they’ll be playing lots of different
kinds of music, much of which
might surprise you (even if you've
seen this band before). Two sets
starting at 11:30 p.m
Skinner Pilot (The Landfill)
This duo used to live here (and
hosted a show with Ruby Falls at
the Skinner Pilot homestead), and
they're back for two shows only.
For a while there, Henry Owings
was calling them the single best
band in Athens, whatever that
means. Call 208-8623 for info.
The Simpletons (Lowery's)
Rock covers and originals.
3 Lost Souls (40 Watt) Intro/
Outro is the name of 3 Lost Soul's
great new CD. It runs the gamut
from sorta folky to outright power
ful rock, but what ho'ds it all to
gether is some serious, undeni
able passion. Opening for V.O.L.
Tibbetts Street (Georgia The
atre) They just released their first
CD. Tonight they re playing with
Underwaterfall. Midnight.
Wild Kingdom (Garden Stage)
Rock'n'roll overtones wilh R&B
undertones. From 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Under /aterfa’I (Georgia The
atre) G'rv". 0 Rock. Playing with
TiDbetts Street. 10:30 p.m.
Vigilantes of Love (40 Watt)
They have a new singles record
coming out in August called
V.O.L. (on Warner Bros./Re
sound). It has 12 or 13 songs
culled off of other Vigilantes al
bums, plus four new ones. Theii
set is almost all new material now,
but maybe you can coax ’em into
playing "older'' material like "Blis
ter Soul," "Struggleville" or, if
you're good, "River of Love." 3
Lost Souls and Whiskeytcwn
open.
Whifkeytown (40 Watt) I've
heard quite a few A&R reps are
buzzing about Whiskeytown in
the wake of the new Americana
wave. Luckily, the band almost
lives up to the hype. Opening
for V.O.L. See record review on
Page 29.
WMa Cpm (Night Owl Lounge)
Southern rock covers and origi
nals.
SATURDAY,
JULY ST
ABINTRA FESTIVAL
(Wishbone’s) "Abintra" means
"from within," and this festival is
one way local artists and bands
can exhibit their stuff without
bothering with a corporate spon
sorship (or 10). In addition to
paintings, sculpture and other
things for sale, bands will be per
forming on the stage behind
Wishbones (which is where Effie's
used to be, at 585 S. Harris St.,
just off of Baxter). The bands to
day are Slack-daddy, Gritty
Kitty, Gick, Greyscale (for
merly Velvet Jones), S>iper
Natural, Moon Boot Lover
(from Vermont) and Mr. Pitiful.
Tickets are $6 per day, and you
can get them at Wishbones or by
calling 353-2053.
Aftermath (Atomic Music Hall)
Great free-form hip hop with a
huge band and some top-notch
freestyle rappers. They'll be
joined by special guests.
Apenas Atenas (Garden
Stage: also City Bar) Brazilian-fla
vored dar.ceable reggae and
funk. From noon-3 p.m. at the
Garden Stage. Again at 11 p.m.
at the City Bar.
Beliz Beha tGarden Stage)
Multicultural house-hop from
Burlington, Vt. From 3:30-6:30
am.
Bleedhole (Atomic Music Hail)
Opening for God Shmod as part
of a FREE AFTERNOON SHOW at
the Atomic.
Contagious (Night Owl
Lounge) Coders and originals.
EROK (High Hat) Smokin' blues,
as led by guitarist Eric Culberson.
He released a record earlier this
year on Florida's King Snake
Records.
Ghostmeat Presents: (High
Hat) This is a FREE AFTERNOON
SHOW, from 4-7 p.m. This week
features The Delta Angels and
The Drive-By Ttuckers. The
Delta Angels are a great band
who you might have seen here at
the High Hat before. The Drive-
By Truckers play songs written
and sung by Patterson Hood,
along with members of the Hot
Burritos anc Star Room Boys.
God Shmoc' (Atomic Music
Hall) Formerly known as
Tractorneck, these guys have re
vamped an H rethunk it all. Part of
a FREE AFTERNOON SHOW at
the Atomic. Bleedhole opens.
Helmet (Classic Center The
ater) They just finished recording
a new record with Dave Sardy
(from Barkmarket) twisting the
knobs, and main-man Page
Hamilton says it will make Mean
time just look silly. Them’s fightin'
words, because Meantime is one
brilliant slab of wax. Also, the
band just lost its second guitar
ist, so it'll be interesting to see if
he's replaced already or whether
Hamilton will take up the slack
himself. 10 p.m. Trinke* opens.
Really.
In Like Flynn (Georgia The
atre) Song-oriented Southern
rock with boogie-woogie in there
just for good measure. 10:30 p.m.
Boots Randolph (Morton The
atre) Randolph is an acclaimed
sax player, and you can find out
more about the show by calling
613-3770.
The Simpleton* (Lowery's)
Rock covers and originals.
Ttinket (Classic Center The
ater) Bassist Tom Salmon says
that this gig opening for Helmet
will put to rest any notions of
the U2-meets-Jim Morrison
Trinket of old. 10 p.m.
Derek Trucks & the Derek
Trucks Ban J (Georgia The
atre) Trucks is a member of the
Allman Brothers family, and he
also happens to be a 16-yea r -
old guitar whiz who has played
with everyone including Bob
Dylan. Midnight.
Underwaterfall (DT's Down
Under) Groove rock. With the
way these guys get booked
around town, they must be do
ing something right.
SUNDAY,
JULY 38
ABINTRA FESTIVAL
(Wishbone's) "Abintra" means
"from within," and this festival
is one way local artists and
bands can exhibit their stuff
without bothering with a corpo
rate sponsorship (or 10). In ad
dition to paintings, sculpture
and other things for sale, bands
will be performing on the stage
behind Wishbones (which is
where Effie's used to be, at 585
S. Harris St., just off of Baxter).
The bands today are
Breathlanes, Loveapple,
Mrs. Atkins, Where’s
Anita?, Tibbett* Street,
Underwaterfsll and In Like
Flynn. Tickets are $6 per day,
and you can get them at Wish
bones or by calling 353-2053.
Always... Patsy Cline (Clas
sic Center Theater) A remark
able, joyful and tuneful tribute
to the so-much-mo r e-than
country singer Patsy Cline. The
show features many of the
songs that Cline made famous.
3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Ensemble Artistique
Bonogo of the Maison des
Jeunes et de la Culture de
Ouaga-dougou, Burkina
Faso (Morton Theatre) This is
an internationally acclaimed
dance troupe from the African
nation of Burkina Faso. They
have more than 20 years' expe
rience performing on four dif
ferent continents. The troupe
has 14 members and is known
for its graceful iendition of West
African percussion and instru
mental music, dance and
chants. The performance will
feature four different genres. A
dialogue between the "Tam-
Tam" and the "Djembe" will in
troduce the audience to La
F6te. composed of dances from
the ethnic gro ps of Burkina.
The second act is one of Se
duction, described by the
troupe's director as "a display
of grace, strength, finesse and
virility where young men and
women challenge each other in
dance." The third act,
Brassage, transports the audi
ence to neighboring Senegal,
Mali, Guinea, and C6te-d'lvoire.
The closing act, L'Aurevoir, fea
tures mossi dances from cen
tral Burkina, usually performed
during weddings, deaths and
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