ABC Pick
Eugene Chadbourne (Saturday, October 6 - Flicker Theatre & Bar)
originally published October 3, 2001
What does Chadbourne's music sound like? All of the above. On guitar. [Erik Hinds]
ABC Pick
Ronnie Milsap (Friday, October 5 - Classic Center Theater)
originally published October 3, 2001
Inspired and shaped by much the same mixed bag of nightspot influences as fellow C&W Hall of Famer Charlie Rich, Milsap remains best remembered for his love-gone-wrong-plus-20/20-hindsight hits "Smokey Mountain Rain," "Any Day Now," "There's No Gettin' Over Me" and the juke joint serenade "Lost In the Fifties Tonight," among a lengthy list of others.
Though recognized primarily as an interpreter of others' work, Milsap has always cast his pole from the long end of the pier, ending up with sturdy material from the pens of top-notchers such as Mike Reid, Tom Brasfield, Troy Seals and even John Hiatt. Following a path similar to his forbears Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles and of course, Presley himself, the steady-touring Milsap continues to put his unique barroom-honed, yet still reassuring, spin on that rapidly-homogenized thing we still call country music. Facts are facts: the man's pedigree makes today's pop-lite cowpokes in training look like no more than a full-page glossy ad for big damn belt buckles and funny lookin' hats.
This show is a part of the ongoing "Cingular Wireless Country Series" at the Classic Center Theater. Call the box office at (706) 357-4444 or (800) 864- 4160 for ticket information. Music starts at 8 p.m. [Michael Andrews]
ABC Pick
Doug Hoekstra (Friday, October 5 - The Bean'ry)
originally published October 3, 2001
Hoekstra grew up in suburban Chicago listening to The Beatles, Dylan and Stevie Wonder records and playing in garage-rock bands as a teenager. Between 1989 and 1991, he was a member of the Chicago-based group Bucket No. 6. By the mid-'90s, he had drifted from traditional rock to more of a "folk" sound. He relocated to Nashville and released his first solo When The Tubes Begin to Glow in ’94. His second album, 1996's Rickety Stairs, earned a Nashville Music Award nomination for "Best Folk Album." Make Me Believe, his third release, came in 1999.
Hoekstra's latest record, Around The Margins came out last March on the Dutch label Inbetweens. According to Hoekstra, the beautifully arranged, low-key 15-song collection is "a singer-songwriter deal, but decidedly different with touches of gospel and loops and avant-garde sax and all sorts of surprises." The work fits nicely next to that of Johnny Dowd, Donovan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Daniel Lanois and Lou Reed.
Hoekstra is currently on a small tour across the Southeast. He's already set to release a brand new album this winter, tentatively titled The Past is Never Past, a disc he calls an "alternative look at an alternative record."
The Bean'ry is located at 510-A Thomas Street in downtown Athens. Call (706) 425-9911 for more information. Music starts at 8 p.m. [BL]
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