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THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Weekend Edge Friday, August 27, 1999 3 The Beat CD I WS Paul Rodgers Solos To City's Harleyfest Other standouts are Cowboy Junkies' whis-pery take on "Ooh Las Vegas," the gospel-tinged "$1 ,000 Wedding" by Evan Dando and Julianna Hatfield," the honky-tonk drive of Chris Hillman and Steve Earle on "High Fashion Queen" and Elvis Costello's lonely lamentations on "Sleepless Nights." A portion of proceeds from this album go to Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's "Campaign for a Landmine Free World." Now, you can't argue with that. Gene Triplett, The Okiahoman Soon after his Oklahoma City appearance, Rodgers will tour Europe and Asia before returning to his 200-year-old home in the English woods. As one might expect of an Englishman, Rodgers travels with his own tea, Twinings Earl Grey blend. But he uses a Louisiana hot sauce as inspiration for his songs. "You know, in order to write music you need lots of Tabasco sauce," he said, laughing.

"I carry my own tea, food and Tabasco on the plane with me." Bands Rambler and Sugar Bush will start the music at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the gate. with both bands, but with my band I can visit all my music and it makes a great set," Rodgers said. "It all comes together for me then." He'll be playing "All Right Now," his first hit with his band Free, and adding "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Shooting Star" and "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" all hits with Bad Company.

Rodgers has just finished mixing his sixth solo CD in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Bryan Adams' Warehouse studio. As much as he enjoys creating music, he likes playing it live more. "Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity," he explained. song isn't finished until it's played live, and then it moves on." By Sandi Davis Staff Writer When you've sold more than 125 million records, you can do anything you like. Paul Rodgers does.

He has been dovetailing two touring schedules one with his 1970s supergroup Bad Company, another with his own band playing blues as well as the hits he had with Free, The Firm. Bad Company and his tribute albums to Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix. Rodgers brings his solo act to the Harleyfest at In Cahoots Sunday night. His concert, in the parking lot of the club at 2301 Meridian, will close the event. The artist called from a pay phone in the Yakima, airport to talk about the upcoming show.

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31-9 am 7 pm 8444 NW Expressway COUNTRY ROCK Various Artists "Return of the Grievous Angel a tribute to Gram Parsons" Almo Records Depending on the company you're in at the moment, you might get some argument over who invented country-rock. Carl Perkins fans might get pugnacious with anyone favoring Elvis or Jerry Lee, and downright pugilistic over any claim that the Beatles deserve credit. Fact is, what started with Perkins and other southern rockabilly artists of the early '50s was refined by Kentucky's harmonizing Everly Brothers in the late '50s, polished by The Beatles in their early works, and finally brought back to basics by The Byrds. That was about the time the Los Angeles-based folk-rock band was joined by a Harvard-educated hillbilly named Gram Parsons. While others like Buffalo Springfield, Poco and especially the Eagles added a city-slick quality to the sound, the music Parsons made with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and on two solo albums was grit and pathos and roots imbedded deeply in authentic country.

Though he died of a drug overdose at 26 in 1973, he left an enduring body of work that has influenced artists old and new, including his protege, Emmylou Harris. She's responsible for assembling this glittering gang of stars to pay tribute to her cosmic-cowboy mentor. Harris appears on three tracks herself, duet-ing with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders on "She," a bluesy spiritual about a cotton-field girl who yearns to sing; then with Beck on "Sin City," a steel-guitar-and-fiddle recreation of Parson's mournful classic of depravity and salvation; and with Sheryl Crow on the agonizing lost-love lament, "Juanita." Harris' angelic voice blends beautifully with all three, creating the highlights of this collection. But don't miss Wilco's upbeat, boiling treatment of "One Hundred Years from Now," Whis-keytown's mesmerizing cover of "A Song For You," and the battered soul of "Hot Burrito 1" by The Mavericks. WESTERN SWING Various ArtistsAsleep at the Wheel Ride With Bob DreamWorks Gram Parsons may have kept the flame of country rock alive, but there's no question that Asleep at the Wheel is doing it now for Western Swing.

On "Ride With Bob," the band collaborates with the likes of Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, Dixie Chicks, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Reba McEn-tire, LyJe Lovett, Clay Walker, the Manhattan Transfer and Willie Nelson to create an album of songs written or made famous by the king of Western Swing Bob Wills. Yoakam's take on "New San Antone Rose" is a good one, while the Dixie Chicks' version of "Roly Poly" has been a radio staple for months already. "Maiden's Prayer" with the Squirrel Nut Zippers shows just how close western swing could be to big band music, while Tracy Byrd's vocals and the lively guitar and fiddle on "You're From Texas" shows how close it can be to country. Merle Haggard takes on "St. Louis Blues" while Lovett and Shawn Colvin do justice to "Faded Love." Nelson, who will be in Lawton on Labor Day along with Yoakam, sings with the Manhattan Transfer on "Going Away Party." Every cut on "Ride With Bob" will take you back to the qreat days of radio, and maybe 1' "Oklahoma city's best kept seoe if" qAihk drama romance cowboy style!" DlHHER UYE ORIGINAL MR H)R THE WHOLE tAMlLTl PROUDLYSPONSOREDBY: W.

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A lot of this stuff would be totally hip how." Finch, the sole remaining charier member, who plays guitar, accordion and keyboard, swears the band isn't just out for a laugh. "The novelty aspect of the band was always a very small part," he said. "We would take rock songs and turn them into polkas things that no one would over imagine being a polka, but we also wanted it to work musically." Example: The band turns the Doors' "People Are Strange" into Brave Combo Sunday 11 a.m. -noon Walburg Boys Noon-1 p.m. Alpenfest 1- 2 p.m.

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Alpine America worth a journey to Germanfest to catch this eclectic band, who'll appear at 7:30 and 10:30 tonight and Saturday on the main stage, at the corner of Sheridan and Oklahoma Avenue. Tickets are $5 at the gate after 7 p.m. But that was not the most important thrust of the band. We've been very serious about playing the music properly, and finding the essence of the music so, it's been a pretty wild journey, actually." Certainly seems "a beautiful, hora. It's a dance, like a wedding dance.

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