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Tuesday, August 15
"One Hit Wonder
Night"
Caledonia Lounge
Well, it had to happen
sooner or later, the creative,
imaginative mind of Athens-
based music aficionado and
event organizer Jen Jordan was
bound to follow the recent suc
cesses of tribute nights to Tom
Petty and The Kinks with some-
thing really big and weird. Meghann Jordan and Dave Man
"Bob Fernandez [of the Star Room Boys] and I were just sitting in the 283 Bar one night
and we were just thinking about all these songs we hadn't heard in a million years," remem
bers Jordan. "We thought, 'wouldn't it be fun if we got a bunch of our friends to play all these
stupid songs live on-stage.' It just popped into my head as a fun, different thing to do. And
everyone would know most of the songs."
This evening's event features live performances from six Athens bands including Ceiling
Fan, The Star Room Boys, Johnny Carcinogen, Urban Henry, Slapfight (featuring guitarist
Meghann Jordan) and Hayride. Some of the most anticipated "stupid songs" from so-called
"one-hit wonder bands" in the preliminary set list include "Escape," "Seasons In The Sun," "I
Touch Myself," "Cars" and "In The Year 2525." Enter at your own risk. (BL)
Moynihan, guitarist Juliet Swango and
drummer-keyboardist Oakley Munsen
crank out the jangly punk-pop with hints
ot surf music. The trio’s first full-length.
Fiction Romance Fast Machines, was
released in 1998 by Sonic Youth
drummer Steve Shelley’s Smells Like
Records.
URBAN HENRY (40 Watt; Raging,
full-on Athens rock quartet fueled by
angst, nervous energy and loud amplifi
cation. The band has stuff available on
the locai Dust Bunny Records.
Tuesday, August 15
“ACOUSTIC UNDERGROUND”
(DTts) This weekly “open mic’ session
fills up earlv, so make sure to call ahead
(543-9276). 10 p.m.
JAY BORCK (Allen’s) Acoustic singer-
songwriter. Covers and originals.
“CLUB TILT” (Boneshakers) The “best
of electronica’ with, disc jockeys Rob
Haines. Chris Garchow and several of
the Candy Records crew.
JUNIOR BROWN (Georgia Theatre)
The amiable vocalist and “guit-steel’
player swings back through Athens.
See Box below.
DURALUXE (Tasty World) This
Athens-based “noise-pop” quartet
signed with New Yorkls Meddle Records
last year and immediately released an
11-song collection steeped in vocal
melodies and sonic guitar-wash titled
Dolorosa.
“100% PRODUCTIONS PRE
SENTS" (Mean Mike’s) “Hip Hop
Night" includes spinning from DJ
Chrisis & Friends. 10 p.m.
“ONE HIT WONDERS” (Caledonia) A
pile of Athens bands reinterpret a heap
of tunes penned by so-called “one hit
wonders’ in celebration of Jen Jordan’s
“geburtstag.’ See Box.
THE SELZERS (Tasty World) Fans of
The Kinks, Graham Parker. The Jam,
Cheap Trick and Fountains Of Wayne
will surely dig this new-new breed. This
smartly-dressed New York City quartet
describes its sound as “fuzz pop...
melody-driven, crunchy 'ittle pop ditties
with all the <erocity of a mother that
receives no card on Mother’s Day.” The
band's new album The Jambox (Caged
Piper), lives up to it’s name.
NATHAN SHEPPARD (Boar’s Head)
Singer-guitarist-harp player known for
his emotive singing style and his
modern reworkings of classic tunes.
“SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOW
CASE" (AMF) This week's event fea
tures a handful of accomplished Athens
sonywriters including Drew and David
Marler (Walking For Days). Chris Moore
and Will Martin, Parakeet Nelson (AKA
Chris Cafes; and Jonathan Vance. 10
p.m.
Wednesday, August 16
GARY KELLAM (Tasty World) Local
acoustic singer-songwriter/yuitarist.
LUNARLEAF (Tasty World) A newly-
formed roots-rock band with jazz and
blues flavors.
ODE TO ABBEY (Tasty World) Funky
rock trio based out of Atlanta and
Athens
“PARAKEET NELSON JAM” (DTs) A
loosey goosey jam session conducted
by guitarist Parakeet Nelson (AKA Chris
Cates).
WINTER'S HAVEN (40 Watt) This
local (Commerce, GA) rock quintet
mixes up the vintage rockisms with
some loose grooves.
Tuesday, August 15
Junior Brown
Georgia Theatre
After recent decades titled
with guitar gods—from Jimi
Hendrix to Eddie Van Halen to
Albert Lee—one would think .
the six-string has been pushed
as far as it could go. That was
until Junior Brown came in
swingin' and slingin'.
This Kirksville, Indiana
native is one the true innova
tors of guitar picking in the
last few years, not only with his fleet-fingered Diend of honky-tonk and surf music, but also with
his trademark axe the "guit-steel." An oddball hybrid of an electric guitar and lap steel the
instrument allows the transplanted Texan tc slip easily between lightning guitar runs and sweet
sounding steel licks. Add in his Ernest Tubb-influenced vocals, a knack for writing top-notch
honky-tonk numbers and a solid-as-a-rock backing band, and it's pure hillbilly heaven.
Honing his chops through the '70s, Brown became an instructor at country legend Hank
Thompson's School of Country Music in Oklahoma and fell under the tutelage of former Bob Wills
steel player Leon McAuliffe. Around the same time, the "guit-steel" came to him in a dream, and
the firsi version, " 0T Yellow," came into this world in 1985.
Brown relocated to Austin in the late-'80s and released his first record, 12 Shades of Brown,
on Curb in 1989. His 1993 disc, Guit With It, which featured his new version of the "guit-steel,"
broke him into the burgeoning alt-country limelight. 1998's Long Walk Bock is perhaps his
strongest effort to date. (Matt Thompson)
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A TRIBUTE TO
ONE HIT WONDERS
HAYRIDE • CEILING FAN
THE STAR ROOM BOYS
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