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8 Section 4 Chicago Tribune, Sunday, September 12, 1999 9 Ahn target The Ahn Trio opens the Chicago Sinfo-nietta's 1999-2000 season 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Orchestra Hall in Symphony Center. The trio will perform Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in their Chicago solo debut. 3 1 2-294-3000.

Hot cat Darryl Maximilian Robinson stars in Shakespeare Company's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." 773-533-0285. Question? Comments? If you have questions or comments I about the Arts Watch page, please send letters to Arts Watch Editor, Chicago Tribune, 5th Floor, 435 N. Michigan Chicago, IL 606 1 1 or send e-mail to moryantribune.com. I Arts watch In harmony Raitt Co. mellow out without a hitch in '9999' collaboration By Michael Parrish Special to the Tribune hursday night's "9999" show at the World could as easily have been dubbed "Monsters of Mellow." The four co- Rock review co-headliners on backing vocals and Lindley on old-time fiddle.

The evening's instrumental high point was a lengthy solo turn by Hornsby on piano, which flowed into, and then out of, a full band performance of his early hit "The Way It Is." The most powerful vocal performance was Raitt's slow, sensuous version of "I Can't Make You Love Me," featuring just her voice and Hornsby's equally evocative, understated jazz piano. Browne and Raitt, -who have played benefits together since their scuffling days in California in the early '70s, performed a stirring unplugged duet on his political tune "Worlds in Motion." The headliners were ably supported by their touring band, which featured Lindley on everything from oud to lap steel, and remarkable guitarist George Marinelli, who was in Hornsby's old group, the Range, and now plays in Raitt's band. All in all, Raitt and company delivered a generous, varied dose of music that reflected the obvious delight they find in touring together. ff wv lively, full gospel treatment of his "Down the Road." Raitt, rail thin and dressed to kill, livened up the proceedings immediately when she strode onstage, telling the crowd "Welcome to our picnic!" Although she played some mean guitar later in the show, her first selection was a heartfelt rendition of Richard Thompson's somber ballad "Dimming of the Day" on which Colvin and Hornsby (playing accordion) sang the second verse. The show's surprises and pleasures were numerous.

Raitt and Lindley engaged in a fierce slide guitar duel on her definitive version of John Hiatt's "Thing Called Love," which highlighted the vocal and instrumental chemistry between Raitt and Hornsby. Colvin offered what she termed the "Deliverance" version of her smash "Sunny Came Home," featuring her three headliners, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin and Bruce Hornsby, are staples of adult alternative radio, and each could handily fill a somewhat smaller outdoor venue such as Ravinia, where Colvin and Hornsby headlined their own shows earlier this summer. In their case, there is apparently no economic strength in numbers, as the four performers brought a crowd that only partly filled the World's pavilion, albeit on a chilly school night in September. The leisurely, three-hour show began with multi-instrumentalist David Lindley and percussionist Wally Ingram playing a few tunes, including a raucous version of the "Minglewood Blues" featuring Lindley on bouzouki. Nex Browne ambled out and performed a high, lonesome duet with Lindley (now playing fiddle) on "Fair and Tender Ladies," with band members joining in one by one.

Rather than performing individual sets, the singers wandered on and off stage, often trading lead vocals on each other's tunes in addition to adding angelic harmonies and instrumental support. In what was obviously a well-rehearsed show, the players all showed an enormous respect for the work of their colleagues, as well as giving every indication of enjoying the collaboration. Colvin, dressed for the weather in grunge duds and a knit cap, came out to offer harmony on a reggae tinged version of "Everywhere I Go." Next, Hornsby strode to his grand piano and delivered a Tribune file photo by John Bartley Bonnie Raitt and company delivered a varied dose of music that reflected the obvious delight they find in touring together. Garage rockers' show shifts into overdrive Rick Reger Special to the Tribune Mothers, cover your children's eyes and ears and get them out of here fast. Send for the local minister and alert the police! Such was the response many, upstanding citizens would have had to the four-band celebration of fast living and loose behavior that took place Thursday at the Metro.

A quartet of the world's best garage rockers Super-suckers, Hellacopters, New Bomb Turks and Zen Guerrilla are touring together under no particular banner extolling the thrill of girls, cars and inebriants with a musical touch one could characterize as Neanderthal overdrive. Arizona's Supersuckers have long advocated the notion that rock 'n' roll should be about nothing more than fast riffs and roaring axes, and their Metro set was a sharp, hot blast of garage-punk rip-chords and bassist Eddie Rock review kp71LLU. Jkfc Iff A $495 CLEAR PATH" SO CLEAR, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE THERE'" FREE Digital Phone FREE Nights Weekends 200 Peak Minutes until 2000 FREE Profile 300 Phone FREE Nights Weekends until 2000! $30 Limited Time Offer Paging Rebate! Spaghetti's hoarse, Gila monster vocals. From opening numbers -like "Santa Rita High" and "Dead Meat" to a rousing encore cover of Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy these rock 'n' roll sidewinders rat-j; tied out hooks with enviably tight, w. synchronized aggression.

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