JAN. 19-25, 2017 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE • WWW.WHATZUP.COM 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------ January 19, 2017 whatzup Volume 21, Number 24 aybe it’s just us, but winter seems to be rushing by in a big, fat hurry. Just glance at the page before this one. It won’t be long before the Foellinger Theatre and Pacific Coast Concerts announceM their summer concert series (and from what we’re hearing, 2016 was just the beginning). But even if the weather doesn’t cooperate, things are starting to heat up here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For example, there’s some pretty smokin’ hot blues in the form of Anthony Gomes and his band coming to C2G Music Hall, one of the best small music venues you’re going to find anywhere. It should be a great show, and it’s our cover story, courtesy of Deborah Kennedy (see page 4). AT Laughter can warm a body up, too, and the Honeywell Center (also a stellar FEB. 11, 2017 7PM venue) is offering up comedy from Second City, the improvisational comedy incubator that brought us so many legendary performers over the years. See Mark Hunter’s feature on page 5. And on page 6, John Hubner previews a unique performance from local THE UNION PROJECT musicians March On, Comrade. DEEP PURPLE There’s plenty more and inadequate space to describe it all here, so we encourage you to start turning pages and reading all the features and col- umns, paying particular attention to the folks who make whatzup possible: PHIL SCHURGER’S the advertisers. Tell ’em we sent you, won’t you? SUN GATE inside the issue BOB DYLAN • features SCREENTIME ................................. 16 Hidden Figures Tops the Box Again ON BOOKS ...................................... 17 ANTHONY GOMES .....................................4 Play Anything Making the Blues Rock SANKOFA WITH DIRECTOR’S NOTES ....................... 18 SECOND CITY ..............................................5 Failure: A Love Story The Incubator of Laughter JARED ANDREWS CURTAIN CALL ................................ 19 INXS MARCH ON, COMRADE..............................6 Heroes Lights, Strings, Interaction • columns & reviews • calendars SOUL35 SPINS ................................................7 LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ....................8 PRINCE Slow Dakota, Dr. Dog, Wardruna, ESP Ohio MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 13 BACKTRACKS ...................................7 N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (1988) ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 15 OUT AND ABOUT ...............................8 ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 17 TIM FWFO Host a Huge Night of Funk STAGE & DANCE ............................ 18 ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 13 THINGS TO DO ............................... 19 HARRINGTON BAND FLIX ................................................. 16 Hidden Figures Cover by Brandon Jordan CHICAGO TICKETS EMBASSY LIVE MUSIC / Ɗ $20/VIP LIGHT APPETIZERS f (ADVANCE SEATING) $8 MEMBERS $15 GUESTS $15 STANDARD SPONSORED BY: Fort Wayne Museum of Art is funded in part by Arts United. 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As a literal scholar of the blues, no one child of a Portuguese father and French-Ca- In the midst of recording and nearly Cute by Nature Jewelry ..........................................................9 has more respect for the genre than Anthony nadian mother. Not a terribly likely begin- constant touring, Gomes also managed to Dupont Bar & Grill....................................................................8 Gomes, the much-lauded 46-year-old guitar- ning for a blues man, he is the first to admit, launch his own charity, Music is the Medi- ist, songwriter and musical philanthropist but one that prepared him for life as an artist cine, which seeks to improve lives through Embassy Theatre ................................................................3, 5 from Toronto. That respect, however, hasn’t in a global artistic marketplace. the healing power of the blues. So far, it has kept Gomes from experimenting with the “Toronto is the most multi-cultural city funded music scholarships, founded music Fort Wayne Dance Collective ..............................................18 form during his 20-year career. In fact, his in the world,” he said. “There are 200 nation- education programs and provided instru- Fort Wayne Museum of Art ...................................................3 willingness to break down boundaries, noto- alities and ethnic backgrounds represented ments to students in need. riously hard and fast in the blues field, is one in the Toronto parliament alone. I was raised Members of the so-called blues police Fort Wayne Musicians Association ...................................10 thing that defines him. to think not just of myself or my immediate and other purists spend a great deal of time Gomes, who will be worrying about the future Fort Wayne Youtheatre/Remembering Anne ......................18 at C2G Music Hall Satur- of the blues. They’re wor- Hamilton House Bar & Grill ....................................................9 day, January 28 with his ried the genre will disap- band – Freddy Spencer, pear along with the aging IPFW Community Arts Academy .......................................18 Jr. on drums and Carlton bluesmen who helped Jam Theatricals/Cinderella .....................................................3 Armstrong on bass – does bring it out of the rural not mince words when he South and into America’s Latch String Bar & Grill ..........................................................9 describes his twelfth and cities and onto the radio. newest album, Electric But Gomes is confident Mitchell’s Sports & Neighborhood Grill ...............................8 Field Holler. the blues are alive and NIGHTLIFE ......................................................................... 8-11 “It is by far our most well. Perhaps all the rock influenced album genre needs is a new ap- Northside Galleries ..............................................................15 to date,” Gomes said in proach to marketing. Pacific Coast Concerts ...........................................................2 a recent phone interview “Right now the blues from his current home are marketed all wrong,” PERFORMERS DIRECTORY ................................................10 base in St. Louis. “This he said. “Rock n’ roll was a calculated move came from the blues, so Sweetwater Sound .......................................................... 9, 20 on our part. We wanted to kids are told to listen to WGL 1250 AM Fox Sports ................................................16 make a blues rock album, the blues so they’ll know so we did, even though where rock came from. whatzup Dining Club ...............................................................12 blues rock is sort of the It’s like, ‘Eat your veg- bastard stepchild of the etables. The blues are Wooden Nickel Music Stores .................................................7 blues world. What can I ANTHONY GOMES good for you.’ What peo- WXKE 96.3 ............................................................................16 say? It puts people in the ple should really say is, seats.” 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan 28 ‘Don’t listen to the blues, Which Gomes is hap- C2G Music Hall kids. Whatever you do, py to do, even if it means 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne stay away. The blues are drawing ire from those he refers to as “the dangerous. It’s the devil’s music. It will cor- whatzup blues police.” Tix: $15-$30 d.o.s, thru Neat rupt you instantly.’ You market the blues like Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and “The blues police barely put up with us,” Neat Neat Record Store, that and you’ll see a huge resurgence.” Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. he said. “As blues rock artists, we’re seen as So Gomes takes the dangerous ap- 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 the destroyers of blues culture, but I would Wooden Nickel Music Stores proach. He plays hard and fast and loud. He Phone: (260) 691-3188 • Fax: (260) 691-3191 E-Mail: [email protected] argue blues rock is actually the most relevant & www.c2gmusichall.com loves Robert Johnson and other legendary Website: http://www.whatzup.com form of the blues being performed today. We founders of the blues, but he isn’t afraid to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatzupFortWayne
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