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FEB. 2-8, 2017 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE • WWW.WHATZUP.COM --------------------------- Feature • Down the Line 11 --------------------------- Interpreting Rock’s Icons Thursday, Feb. 2 • 8pm By Mark Hunter The success of the first year led to sub- cause there are so many good bands. On sequent years and eventually to an expan- the other hand, having five bands makes it MEET THE MUSIC This just in: Bob Dylan will not be at- sion of the brand that Duymovic eventually special. Five bands, one night. This is Down tending Down the Line. Then again, neither came to view somewhat as overkill. the Line. It brings back singularity to the will any of the other artists featured in this Down the Hard Line was added for event.” LIVE BROADCAST year’s version of the wildly popular event. headbangers, then Down the Country Line Which leads back to the 2017 Down the But that’s okay. The bands being covered in for boot-scooters, and the original Down the Line. For Soul 35, The Union Project and the the local talent showcase are in good hands. Line then needed the tag “classic” to distin- Tim Harrington Band, choices of which art- Now in its 11th year at the Embassy guish it from the newcomers. ist to cover seems natural. Theater, Down the Line has Soul 35 picked Prince. The vocal flex- returned to its original format: ibility, guitar pyrotechnics and rhythmic one night, five bands. This in- carnation will see the music of Bob Dylan, Chicago, Prince, INXS and Deep Purple inter- preted on the stage. The February 11 shindig will see a diverse range of Fort Wayne musicians tackling an Friday, Feb. 3 • 8pm • $15-$30 equally varied selection of na- tional acts. And while a major- ity of the match-ups seem like DAVY KNOWLES no-brainers, at least two pair- ings had Embassy program- Friday, Feb. 10 • 8pm • $15-$30 JANIS JOPLIN ming director Jar- TRIBUTE ed Duymovic very DOWN THE LINE 11 nearly scratching feat. THE UNION PrOject, Clockwise from top left: The WITH KAT BOWSER his head. For several PHIL SCHUrgEr’S SUN gaTE, Union Project (w/julia meek), years now, Duy- SaNkOFa W/jarED aNDrews, Phil Schurger, Soul35, Sankofa movic has had & the Tim Harrington band the difficult yet soul35 & TIm HarrINgton baND fun challenge 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 The problem, complexity of the late musical genius will of choosing the Duymovic found, fare well in the capable hands of vocalist lineup for Down Embassy Theatre was that the bands Jordan Applegate, guitarist Jon Swain and the Line. This 125 W. jefferson blvd., Fort Wayne for expression of drummer Bryan Nellems. This is a band that year, that process Tix: $15-20 thru Ticketmaster and the brand didn’t grabs your attention without being in your led him to invite necessarily want face about it. As Duymovic noted, even Phil Schurger and box office, 260-424-5665 to stay within the when filling the role of background music Sun Gate, the Tim confines of the in the corner of some restaurant, Soul 35 Harrington Band, Soul 35, Sankofa and The label. Country is not always easy to distin- finesse their way to the foreground of your Union Project. But who each band picked to guish from classic rock, which can be hard focus. Friday, Feb. 17 • 8pm • $15-$30 cover was out of Duymovic’s hands. rock, and the performers may want to stretch The Union Project are a collection of “The special sauce of Down the Line has out and try something beyond their normal young, talented musicians featuring Austin always been the diversity,” Duymovic said. realm, he said. Marsh, who plays guitar and sings, Sam MARK ESKEW “There used to be a fairly prescriptive model. “I went through the first cycle of three Byus on guitar and vocals, keyboardist Jake REFLECTIONS OF ELVIS My spiel to the bands is I’m not the artist. I and found that it was hard to categorize Allen, Lance Roberts on bass and Colton want the bands to pick what they want. Their genres,” he said. Conrad behind the drums. Despite their rela- GO TO OUR WEBSITE motivations are their own.” So that model was switched for a two- tive youth, the guys in Union Project have FOR TICKET INFO & MORE When it debuted in 2006, Down the Line night, festival-type concept. That, too, de- a firm grasp of classic rock, and the choice was viewed as sort of a one off event to help spite its success, seemed a bit much. While it of Deep Purple fits right in with their tastes. ALL SHOWS ALL AGES raise money for the Embassy. That first year worked from a variety standpoint, Duymovic Any band that can tackle “Lazy” credibly saw loads of enthusiasm, not only from the said, it still seemed to spread the brand too has my vote. people who lined up to see the show but thin. If ever there were a band to cover Chi- from the musicians who had what was likely “Building the story arc of the lineup was cago, the Tim Harrington Band are it. With a once-in-a-lifetime chance to perform in the fun,” Duymovic said of the 10-band, two- Harrington on guitar and vocals, Paul Row- beautiful atmosphere and acoustically mag- night version. “Going back to five bands nificent theater in front of hometown fans. was harder for me to handle a little bit be- Continued on page 12 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------- February 2, 2017 Whatz Up.qxp_Layout 1 1/26/17 2:10 PM Page 1 whatzup Volume 21, Number 26 irst, the news. As we write this, we are oh so close to having movie times back online (and with luck, they’ll be online by the time you read this). Early last year we paid a web developer to set up automated movie times using an API (applicationF program interface) provided free by Google. Towards the end of last year, however, Google discontinued that service, forcing us to start all over again. 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