Floater Record Release the Rock Collection Guide
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K k MAY 2018 K g VOL. 30 #5 H WOWHALL.ORGk developing a regional following, Floater relocated to Portland. Their long string of “Favorite Local Band” awards here was fol- lowed by “Best Band” in the Willamette Week’s “Best of Portland” reader’s polls for 2009 and 2010. Floater celebrated the release of original album number eight, Wake, at the WOW Hall in 2011. In the years following the Wake tour, the band members slowed down a bit and concentrated on their personal lives, spending more time with their families and play- ing fewer shows. They took most of 2015 and 2016 off. Singer- songwriter Rob Wynia finished writing and recording his second IT TAKES THE THIEF: solo album, Brave The Strange, which was released in 2017. He toured in support of the release as Robert Wynia & The Sound – fea- turing Dave on guitar and Mark FLOATER RECORD RELEASE Powers on drums. On Saturday, May 19, the their dedication. Floater will play and we really got our start at the the WOW in October 2000. In July of 2017, Floater was Community Center for the Portland, Eugene, Medford, Chico, WOW Hall,” Rob Wynia told the Floater experimented with officially inducted into the Oregon Performing Arts, PharmFresh Seattle, Spokane and Bend in sup- Register-Guard. acoustic in-store performances Music Hall of Fame. They played Flowers and Twenty After Four port of the new record. Floater was founded in 1993 by throughout the late 1990s, and a short set with Pete on drums that proudly welcome back Floater for The last Floater shows at the Robert Wynia (bass, vocals), Peter eventually began including entire was to be his last with the band. a Record Release Show. The band WOW Hall were in September of Cornett (drums) and David acoustic sets in their performances. Mark Powers made his debut as is celebrating the release of their 2014, when the band played two Amador (guitar). The band cele- An all-acoustic album of original Floater’s new drummer on ninth all-original album (and 13th nights in celebration of their 20th brated the release of their first songs, Acoustics, was released in December 31, 2017, at the Star overall), The Thief, on Typhon anniversary. The first night they album, Sink, at the WOW Hall in 2004. Four years later, Floater Theater in Portland. The Thief is Records. performed the entire album 1994. A CD Release Party for released their third live album, the first album to feature Powers Known for intense and unfor- Acoustics from start to finish, and Floater’s third album Angels In the Floater Live Acoustic at the on drums. gettable live performances, Floater the second night they did Glyph Flesh, Devils in the Bone, was held WOW Hall. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 is a homegrown Oregon hard rock (and a lot more). here in May, 1998. The release After selling out the WOW Hall day of show. Doors open at 8:00 band whose fans are legendary for “We got our start in Eugene, party for Burning Sosobra came to a record number of times and pm and showtime is 9:00. H k INSIDE THIS ISSUE THE POSIES P2 H LA LUZ P3 KIMYA DAWSON P3 H PROF P4 POOR MAN’S WHISKEY P4 H MIKE LOVE P5 THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY OLD-TIME SOCIAL P5 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD HISTORIC EXHIBIT P5 NINTH MOON BLACK P6 H TRIO BRASILEIRO P6 SUGARBEATS P6 H MOTOGRATER P7 PAID U.S. Postage U.S. Permit No. 303 No. Permit Eugene, OR 97401 Eugene, Nonprofit Organization THE ROCK COLLECTION GUIDE On Friday, May 11, the Community Center for the Performing and roll. Arts and KLCC proudly welcome The Rock Collection to the Other incarnations of the band have included Mark Karan, WOW Hall. Jason Crosby, Paul Lamb, Reed Mathis, Robin Sylvester and The Rock Collection is an all-star songwriting and performing Sunshine Becker. collaboration with an amazing chemistry onstage. TRC tours with regular randomness, in bursts of creativity The current band is Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band/JGB), and then they fade back to their regular gigs, so it is recom- Greg Anton (Zero), Stu Allen (Phil Lesh & Friends), Dan “Lebo” mended that you catch them when you can! Lebowitz (ALO), John-Paul McLean (JGB) and Stephanie Salva. Their new album, Live at the Oregon Country Fair is avail- They’re among the most accomplished instrumentalists, singers able now on Amazon and iTunes. and songwriters on the jamband circuit. Performing original Patrons of the WOW Hall voted Melvin Seals the 2017 WOW songs by Melvin, Greg (with co-writer Robert Hunter), Lebo and Hall Awards for both Best Instrumentalist and Favorite Male RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Community Center for the Arts Performing 291 West 8th 97401 OR. Eugene, Stu… with some choice cover-tunes… a Rock Collection concert Performer. includes extended improvisation, four-part harmonies, and Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Doors open at dynamics that go from delicate ballads to blow-the-roof-off rock 8:00 pm and showtime is 9:00. H K k The Community Center for the WOW HALL NOTES Performing Arts is located in the Historic Woodmen of the World Hall (W.O.W. Hall), 291 W 8th, Eugene, Or 97401, (541)687-2746, info@wowhall. org, www.wowhall.org, Box office hours Mon-Fri Noon-6:00 PM. Printed monthly by Western Oregon Webpress, Circulation 3,800, General Support made possible by a grant from Lane Arts Council with support from City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, Copyright 2018 All rights reserved Notes Staff: Copy Editor & Advertising Representative - Bob Fennessy, Layout & Design - James Bateman CCPA Staff: Membership Coordinator & Publicist - Bob Fennessy, Programming Manager - Joshua Finch, Stage Manager - Justin Showker, Asst Stage Manager - Ed Kashin, Davis Koier, Robert Chappel, Office Manager - Danette Lamson, Zac Townsend, Bookkeeper - Melissa Swan, Volunteer Coordinator - Kaleah Bishop, House Manager - Jaley Osuna Concessions Managers - Angela Lees, Shawn Lynch, Kambra Morris-Mitzner Custodian - Daniel Noall, Eric Herz, Lighting Director - Cody Owen, Volunteer Staff: Charles Peters, Dan Wathen, Poster Distribution - WOW Hall Poster Crew, CCPA Board of Directors: Chair: Aaron Dietrich, Vice Chair: Mike Janes, Treasurer: Marjorie Bridges, Secretary: Jordan Cogburn, Members: Hannah Finley, Marlene Monette, Jon Silvermoon, Daylon Sloan PICKING UP WITH THE POSIES On Sunday, May 20, the harmonies and their lyrical agil- date, able to mesmerize with CCPA proudly welcomes The ity. The band has always been graceful melodies one moment, Posies back to the WOW Hall exploring and growing. The and step into the ring to deliver a along with special guest Terra multiyear gaps between albums hurricane of hooks or a heart- Lightfoot. are typically spent on countless wrenching chorus the next. Rock ‘n’ roll has rarely been other projects that bring new Lightfoot’s stunning, soulful voice as smart, soulful or satisfying skills, sounds, experiences and powers her emotional wallops, than it has in the hands of The people into the picture. and the only force that can go toe- Posies. During an on/off career The Posies will present the to-toe with her vocal prowess are that’s stretched across four album live in a new format, her guitar chops, with her emotive decades, the Seattle-rooted out- incorporating laptop elements playing saying what the lyrics can- fit, led by musical polymaths Jon along with guitars, keyboards not. Auer and Ken Stringfellow, have and drums. As artists, the band That’s not to say she’s a tenta- shaped and re-shaped their muse, feels it’s their duty to take risks tive wordsmith. Lightfoot’s evo- creating one of the more compel- and explore. lution into a potent songwriter ling catalogues in modern pop. might be captured best on the With Solid States, their eighth TERRA LIGHTFOOT poignant “Norma Gale”. The album, The Posies mark dra- With New Mistakes, Canada’s tune tells the real life story of its matic changes in the lives, the Terra Lightfoot offers up some- namesake’s battle to make it as a music and the evolution of the thing rare: the kind of genuine songwriter and bass player in the band. document that can only come colourful world of ‘70s country When The Posies long time from a road-tested breed of song- music, fighting to pursue her pas- drummer, Darius, died suddenly writer and performer. Shot sion while raising her son alone and unexpectedly last year, through with the guitarist-vocal- and touring non-stop. founding members Jon Auer and ist’s powerful, bluesy soul, vivid It’s easy to hear why Gale’s Ken Stringfellow were devastat- lyrics and ferocious six-string vir- story would resonate with ed. Hard as it was to continue tuosity, the steeltown native’s Lightfoot: As tried and true road- without such a close friend and third record distills her masterful dogs, they’re kindred spirits, both great musician, the moment talent to its electrifying essence. driven by a creative force they’d called for a reinvention. For Produced by Gus van Go and be willing to let tear them apart. now… the idea of the band get- Werner F (Arkells, Sam Roberts And sometimes it does. But, as ting into a room and banging Band, Wintersleep), New Mistakes Lightfoot wails in the song’s tran- out the music, garage band style, is poignant as it is rollicking and scendent finish — “I knew I had was over. The ideas coming vulnerable as it is rowdy. It to keep on going.” It’s an odyssey from Jon and Ken were fragile cruises long and sometimes lone- without a map to guide the way, and the moods contemplative -- some highways that lead every- filled with infinite missteps.