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P a g e 4 ♦ F e b . 7 -13, 2001 ♦ The Lumberjack Group is not 'your typical hippie jazz band'

J im B odden The Ijumberjack established Tucson acts. Bored after a time with playing straight­ Tucson-based Interlocking Grip is com­ ahead jazz, the group was formed with tak­ ing back to Flagstaff, and has a bone to ing a funkier, more rock-oriented sound in pick. mind. While their fun, party band sound Guitarist and lead singer Nick Luca is may seem familiar, what sets them apart is critical of the Flagstaff music scene, senti­ the fact that their chops are twice as good ments that have been echoed by many as most of their contemporaries. locals as well. Luca says he is tired of the Musical talent and the intensity and jam band atmosphere of Flagstaff and inspiration behind the talent are "inextrica­ hopes to liven things up a little bit. bly linked," Luca said. "We always play the "We're not your typical hippie jazz same whether we're playing for nobody or band," Luca said. a lot of people." Interlocking Grip's self-produced The group's occasional forays into rap­ debut, "Train De Bits Important," was ping and its silly lyrics should not be taken released in 1999. The was recorded too seriously. Luca said that it's all done at Luca's own studio. Wave Lab, where he "tongue-in-cheek." has worked with many local Tucson artists, As grows, it is also maturing. as well as stars like Evan Dando and The second album, "Looking for Mr. Juliana Hatfield. Beasley," which Luca said is "a little more Luca opened the studio after graduating cohesive" than their first release, should be from the University of Arizona with his out in March. master's degree in composition. He also said he would like to work on The other members of the band, Jeremy the lyrics and his vocals a little more, while Patfield on sax and keyboards, Aaron still honing the skills of the band's instru­ Bonsall on drums and Chris Giambelluca mental performance. on bass, also have impressive music cre­ "(We're) sculpting our art," Luca said. dentials. "Every gig is sort of putting the chisel to Patfield and Bonsall have earned their the stone and chipping away." music degrees from U A, and both have The show is 9 p.m. Friday. The Monte P h o t o C o u k te s v of Interlocking G rip been featured in Down Beat magazine as Vista Lounge, 100 N. San Francisco, is the Interlocking Grip is a playing in Flagstaff at the Monte Vista Lounge Friday. The rising jazz stars. Giambelluca, the newest place to check out Interlocking Grip when Tucson based band plays jazz, rock and even docs a little ‘tounge-in-check’ rapping. addition to Interlocking Grip, has per­ they pass through town. The show is for formed in television ads and with several audiences 21 and over. album reissued

M icah A lpaugh Harrison often was forced to take a showcasing his fondness for Indian appearanee of and his band The fjdmberjack backseat to the tandem of Lennon and music and philosophy. Similar in many of the moment, Derek and the Dominos. McCartney in days, typically ways to other pastoral escapist records of While his playing (unaccredited at the The year is 1970. The '60s are over and having two songs of his own on the the period, such as 's 1969 LP time due to recording contract details) The Beatles are finished. So declares Paul group's , including such classics "Nashville Skyline," the work sang the was superb, the real curiosity took place McCartney, shortly before the band's as "" and "While My virtues of true love, while taking a few off the tape. final studio release, "Let It Be." The Guitar Gently Weeps.” potshots at the life left behind. Clapton and his best friend— members go on separate creative paths As a result of being so seldom pub­ "Watch out now/take care beware of Harrison's wife, Patty Boyd—became and begin work on solo albums. Neither lished during the era, he was able to falling swingers," Harrison wrote in romantically entangled. Immortalized in McCartney's first single or 's build up a large backlog of music to be "Beware of Darkness." "Dropping all Clapton's classic single "," his "" become the first to capitalized on when he set out on his around you/the pain that often mingles inability to have her for his own helped top the charts, however. That achieve­ own. in your fingertips." drive him deep into heroin addiction and ment goes to the "quiet" Beatle, George "It was an important album for me," Besides his own material, the album derailed his career for years. Harrison, who hits No. 1 with his three- Harrison said in the new liner notes that was made with the help of many of the "Sunrise doesn't last all morning," record-long "All Things Must Pass." accompany the album. "A timely vehicle most notable musicians of the period. Harrison wrote on the title track. "A The single "" also hits for all the songs I'd been writing during did much of the drum work, cloudburst doesn't last all day/Seems No. 1, a distinction not enjoyed by mem­ the last period with the Beatles. I began "a good fifty or sixty percent," as my love is up / and has left you with no orable post-Beaties singles such as recording just months after we had all Harrison declares in the notes. warning/AH things must pass/all things Lennon's "Instant Karma finally decided to go our separate ways and , still must pass away." Thirty-one years later, the remastered and I was looking forward to m aking the virtual unknowns at the time, appeared. Following Boyd's divorce from edition appears as a two-CD set. first solo album of 'songs.'" Dylan co-wrote with Harrison "I'd Have Harrison, Boyd and Clapton were mar­ Featured are 10 bonus tracks, including a "Pass" features a more laid-back fla­ You Anytim e," with Harrison also cover­ ried in 1979. They divorced in 1988. newly recorded version of "Sweet Lord" vor than much of his work with the ing his ". " with Harrison's son, Dhani, on guitar. Beatles, a rock album unapologetically Most notable, however, was the See Harrison, page 6