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Neil Young tribute band plays Sutter Creek

The Sacramento-based band Tribe Whitzell said. “He eschews success we’re not doing this to dress up like of the Red Horse, a Tribute to Neil to chase his art. I’ve always him; we’re doing this to celebrate Tribe of the Red Young, comes to the Sutter Creek respected that. I’ve always had him and his music and point other Theatre for a show at 8 p.m. tremendous respect for his music people toward his music without Horse show Saturday, Feb. 9. and tremendous respect for the being kitsch.” Tribe of the Red Horse celebrates man. His songs are less about Tribe of the Red Horse is also WHEN: 8 p.m. Feb. 9 the music of Neil Young and Crazy showiness and narcissism and more actively involved in the Bridge Horse with a resonance that is true about creating a wall of sound.” School, a nonprofit organization to the music, not the shtick. Forget The Tribe of the Red Horse mem- whose mission is to ensure that indi- WHERE: Sutter Creek the long hair and mutton chops; bers have devoted many hours to viduals with severe speech and Theatre, 44 Main St., remember the wall of sound full of recreating that sound and the feeling physical impairments have the tools Sutter Creek electricity and passion. of the music without being too tacky. they need to fully participate in their The band is comprised of guitarist “There are a lot of Neil Young trib- communities. Every year, Neil TICKETS: $14 in and singer Wayne “Tex” Whitzell, ute bands that have a guy dressed up Young and his wife Pegi organize a advance at sutter- guitarist Frank Kenney, bassist like Neil with a wig on or sideburns, benefit concert at the Shoreline creektheater.com or Charles Williams and drummer Ernie ripped jeans and a warbley voice,” Amphitheatre to raise funds for this Belles. Their goal is to deliver what Whitzell notes. “But when it comes organization. For more, visit $16 on show day Young and Crazy Horse are known time for the music and the tone and bridgeschool.org. for: the guitar tone, raw energy and the solos, it just falls off a cliff. To The Feb. 9 show starts at 8 p.m. at MORE INFO: genuine concern for the human race me, that epitomizes everything that the theater at 44 Main St., Sutter (916) 425-0077 communicated through music. Neil Young and Crazy Horse stand Creek. Tickets are $14 in advance at “Neil Young goes 180 degrees against. I feel confident that if Neil suttercreektheater.com or the Heart when he thinks he’s becoming too were ever to stumble upon us or see and Soul Boutique at 42 Main St., or are $16 on the day of the show. For Wayne “Tex” Whitzell performs as Neil successful or too patterned,” us, I would hope he would realize Andis Wines at 46 Main St. They more, call (916) 425-0077. Young with Tribe of the Red Horse. A pair of threes beat all comers Mr. Mike’s stun the eyeballs of this reviewer cent. He extolls the virtues of the Mondo Video as a wee one watching Adam richest of the citizenry sharing their “” By Mike Taylor West and Burt Ward tickle my sawbucks – with or without their funny bone, but the show only permission (preferably the latter) – lasted three years. with the unwashed masses. Critics, as a character has long of course, had a field day trying to caused arguments among fanboys pontificate on what they believed s Christmas and New Year’s who struggle between the noncha- Nolan was trying to say when this days visited me, I found myself lance of wealth and privilege and the flick hit the big screen; it seems an Adrawn to a pair of threes. dark recesses of the human struggle easy, always batty mark to me. What child of the late 1960s and from which the bat seems to have is serviceable in early ’70s didn’t dream of adopting taken to flight. Director Christopher this outing as Wayne and the the jet-setting playboy lifestyle of Nolan thrilled those fanboys with a Batman; he hasn’t got a lot to say the likes of James Bond or, dare I truly new vision of the caped crusad- because Bane is so busy shaking up suggest it, Bruce Wayne? Bond had er in “,” but he the status quo. There are emotions at gadgets galore, but Wayne got to impaled us on his brooding vision in work all over Wayne Manor, but don a cool-looking (albeit really “The Dark Knight.” Yes, as much things are a little schizophrenic. At I’ll be watching it for a long time to recapture the black magic without weird) suit and fight the bad guys fun as the was wearing Jack the beginning of the picture, Bruce come. As the tension mounts, Nolan tripping over Johnny Knoxville’s with a huge collection of clever toys Nicholson’s skin in Tim Burton’s looks like he hasn’t gotten out of his never lets up and the drums pound tongue. He has helmed all three of with names like Bat-copter, Bat- wannabe dark-themed “Batman” – jammies in months. To remember as the good guys and bad perform these, just like Nolan did the Bat- winch and the popular Bat-comb. which spawned two sequels that why, trust that you might want to their “Pows!” and “Boffs.” You series, and with a lot of the same It was the late ’60s that saw the should have been left in someone’s watch the final half-hour of “The could belabor the sociological production team, “MIB 3” looks and camped-out classic “Batman” tele- mental trash bin – it was the late Dark Knight” to catch up on the undercurrents of this film for quite sounds perhaps better than the first vision series etch a certain kind of who made the char- undercurrents at play. some time, but why not just enjoy a leg of the triangle. masked marvel (oops, this is a DC acter something memorable. I can’t I was riveted to my chair as Bruce particularly dark superhero movie K made a mistake 40 years ago Comic!) into our minds. “Pop!” immediately locate a better-per- regained his macho momentum; for the fun of it? and it has come back to haunt him. “Boffo!” and “Wham!” helped to formed onscreen villain in my cra- pleasantly surprised at Anne My second three is “Men in Black That’s about all I want to divulge, nial trash can. Hathaway’s turn as a beguiling 3,” a blast of a sci-fi film that also fea- except to say that time travel is In “The Dark Knight Rises,” jewel thief who some might say will tures some unexpected emotional involved and gets to do Nolan completes his Bat-trilogy spawn a series of Catwoman films; heft. and Will a spot-on impression of Tommy Lee with an unctuous savoring of all Jones as a younger man. It’s a won- We buy things looming and foreboding. I appreciated Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Smith are back as Agents K and J, do- derfully layered performance, con- Silver! won’t try and wrestle with the plot turn as a good-hearted policeman; gooders keeping their eyes trained on and I was heartened by a couple of all of the aliens living in our midst. sidering Jones’ K is such a hard-ass. Flatware, Coins, because it’s a labyrinth of shady characters strewn along the celluloid scenes between Bruce and his long- Admit it, you probably loved His error involves Boris the Jewelry, Anything Silver! wasteland of Gothan City, but let’s time butler, Alfred (played elegantly “Men in Black.” It was a fun view Animal, a really nasty alien whose Richard & Sherry say that a new uber-baddy named as ever by the irreplaceable Michael into a world those Area 51 addicts species wants Earth (that’s always Bane (played by Tom Brady trapped Caine). Those scenes carry the real decree must be real and it reminded the case in the “Men in Black” Collectables behind a mask that both hides his emotional meat of this tale. us that Michael Jackson and Elvis films, so just go with it). Jemaine 209-257-1005 mouth and tweaks the daylights out To give a final word on this movie, surely couldn’t be human. “Men in Clement is a cool bad guy (he was Open 10-4 Closed Tues. of his voice) has grabbed Gotham’s I have to say it’s something else. Black II” was a dog, if you ask me, the evil cockatoo Nigel in “Rio”; I 33 Main St., Jackson attention by appealing to the 99 per- Exactly what, I’m not too sure, but so it’s great to see Barry Sonnenfeld Continued on next page 26 January 9 - 15, 2013 Sierra Lodestar