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FRIDAY MAY 16 @ 9PM (doors)
AGENT ORANGE
Punk to the core, yet with audible influences from early heavy metal and
surf rock, Agent Orange formed in Fullerton, California at the end of
the '70s, with vocalist/guitarist Mike Palm, bassist James Levesque and
drummer Scott Miller. The first Agent Orange record, released in 1981
on Poshboy Records in the midst of Southern California's already hectic
hardcore community, cemented their reputation as one of the best skate-punk
bands around the area. Throught the Orange County Punk Scene, Agent Orange
stood as one of the most influential Punk bands and one of the more experimental
as they fused Surf Rock and Hardcore creating a memeorable hybrid.
CHECK THEM OUT: http://www.myspace.com/agentorange
TICKETS: $20
ONLINE , GULLIVERS AND THE BLUE LOON
$25 DAY OF SHOW |
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SATURDAY MAY 24 @ 7PM (doors)
HOT TUNA
no smoking show
Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady
The pair began playing together while growing up in the Washington D.C.
area, where Jack's father was a dentist and Jorma's father a State
Department official. Four years younger, Jack continued in junior high,
then high school -- while playing professional gigs as lead guitarist
at night before he was old enough to drive -- while Jorma (who had
played rhythm guitar to Jack's lead) started college in Ohio, accompanied
his family overseas, then returned to college, this time in California.
In the mid 1960s, Jorma was asked to audition to play guitar for a new
band that was forming in San Francisco. Though an acoustic player at
heart, he grew interested in the electronic gadgetry that was beginning
to make an appearance in the popular music scene -- particularly in a
primitive processor brought to the audition by a fellow named Ken Kesey
-- and decided to join that band; soon thereafter he summoned his young
friend from Washington, who now played the bass.
Thus was created the unique (then and now) sound that was The Jefferson
Airplane. Jorma even contributed the band's name, drawn from a nickname
a friend had for the blues-playing Jorma. Jack's experience as a lead
guitarist led to a style of bass playing which took the instrument far
beyond its traditional role.
While in The Jefferson Airplane, putting together the soundtrack of the
60s, the pair remained loyal to the blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk
influences of the small clubs and larger venues they had learned from
years before. While in San Francisco and even in hotel rooms on the road,
they would play together and worked up a set of songs that they would
often play at clubs in the Bay Area and while on the road, often after
having played a set with the Airplane. This led to a record contract;
in fact, they had an album recorded before they decided to name their
band Hot Tuna. With it they launched on an odyssey which has itself continued
for more than 35 years, always finding new and interesting turns in its
path forward.
Along the way, they have been joined by a succession of talented musicians:
Drummers, harmonica players, keyboardists, backup singers, violinists,
mandolinists, and more, all fitting in to Jorma and Jack's current place
in the musical spectrum.
After two decades of acoustic and electric concerts and albums, the 1990s
brought a new focus on acoustic music to Hot Tuna. More intimate venues
with a more individual connection to the audience became increasingly
frequent stops. Soon, the loud electric sound (and the semi trailer load
of equipment) disappeared entirely from Hot Tuna tours. For the last
few years, Jorma and Jack have been joined in most of their Hot Tuna
performances by the mandolin virtuoso Barry Mitterhoff. You know their music but see what they are up to anyway: http://www.hottuna.com/ TICKETS: ONLINE
$40 GENERAL ADMISSION
$50 THEATER SEAT
$200 RESERVED TABLE FOR 4
$300 RESERVED
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FRIDAY JUNE 20 @ 6PM (gates)
THIRD EYE BLIND
ALL AGES OUTDOOR SOLSTICE CONCERT
We are happy to have this multi-platinum selling band at the Blue Loon
to help celebrate the longest day of the year. This San Francisco based
band has been playing since the mid-90's and in 1996, the band landed
an opening gig for Oasis. They were invited out for an encore, even after
Oasis had already played. Afterwards, the band found themselves in a
bidding war among record labels, in which they settled on Elektra because
they believed it offered the most artistic freedom. The contract was
one of the largest ever given to an unreleased artist. Third Eye Blind's
first album, Third Eye Blind, became an immediate success after its release
in 1997. The album had 5 singles, "Semi-Charmed Life", "Graduate", "Losing
a Whole Year", "Jumper", and "How's It Going to Be". "Semi-Charmed
Life" hit as high as #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Modern
Rock Tracks for 8 weeks. The band also played "How's it Going to
Be" on Saturday Night Live. To date it has been the most successful
Third Eye Blind CD, selling 6 million units worldwide. During this period
they also opened a number of shows on U2's Popmart tour. The band released
the album Blue in 1999 and Out of the Vein in 2003. Between April and
November of 2007, Third Eye Blind toured extensively throughout the US,
playing dozens of sold-out shows as a build-up for the release of their
new album. They toured with other 1990s acts such as Counting Crows,
Live, and Collective Soul during the summer of 2007. Come see them outside
at the Blue Loon.
CHECK THEM OUT: http://www.3eb.com/
TICKETS: $35 ONLINE,
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FRIDAY JULY 25 @ 6pm (gates)
WILCO
ALL AGES OUTDOOR
CONCERT
As part of our summer concert series we are also proud to present the
very sucessful band Wilco. Some critics have dubbed Wilco the "American
Radiohead", due to the their stylistically diverse catalog A critic
from the New York Times argues that Wilco has a "roots-rock...[sound
which] reached back to proven materials: the twang of country, the steady
chug of 1960s rock, the undulating sheen of the Beach Boys, the honky-tonk
hymns of the Band and the melodic symmetries of pop.
Rolling Stone described Wilco as "one of America's most consistently
interesting bands" and "America's foremost rock impressionists."
Call them what you want, alt-country, indie-rock, whatever, they are a
truly great band and will be in Fairbanks for a great event.
CHECK THEM OUT: http://www.wilcoworld.net/
TICKETS: $35 ONLINE GULLIVER'S
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