Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 30

3Qj-Rcord-Journal Meriden Conn Friday December 14 1990 LEISUREMUSIC bands fill past week with worthwhile concerts dug up gems like Robert Breakin' Down Blues" the Headless Thompson Gunner" "Poor Poor Pitiful That Pretty At ay i put week was redeye week for with a Saturday show at i Sting in New Britain by Til Tues-y followed Sunday by Indlga Girls i Toad's Place in New Haven and i Zevon Tuesday at Toad's firing? Yes Worth it? Yup all of even Elvis Talk" and Badfinger's The band also attempted to honor a request for You from the 1985 Voices Carry album but had to stop because the guitarist know the chords been T- Wpen 1 opening set for Tuesday but the local rock and roll serves some forgiveness it's hard to bqnd sounded well and had more of a dredge up a second wind so late But around too long" she told her fans Considering the late start almost midnight the weary audience de- hopping around the dance floor end of the set than did the the cnee and The Willards come to tius Cape Codder Cafe in New Haven followed Saturday by Those Melvins and Undertax TJ in North Haven features? Ray Boston Friday After the Fall Saturday live comedy Sunday an open blues Jam with IA Jones Tues- -day Bleached Blue Wednesday and Diamond Back Thursday And in New Haven feai tures Jeff Fuller A Friends tonights Bhw in the Face Saturday Rohn: La wren Paul Mills and Morris Pleqy sure or RPM Sunday and Fay Green A The Funky All Stars Thurg- Hammer dulcimer player Wi brings folk Celtic a cappellsi" and bluegrass music to the ig Board at First Church of- Christ Congregational in West Harfc find Saturday with a backup band fiddle viola and bass players Also Saturday McDanadl-Tanfc comes to Ibis Books in Middletown The Swampeats wade over to thfe? Poco Loco in New Haven folkie Toifi All" and even (gasp!) a lyrically altered "Winter Wonderland" which started a sing-akmg and prompted some jokers to hold hands and sway back and forth Zevon alternately accompanied himself on electric or acoustic guitars and piano leaving plenty of room for Dugmore and Morlix to demonstrate their robust chops Zevon also did one of the cuts on his recent critically acclaimed Hindu Love Gods release with fellow Hindus REM's Bill Berry Peter Buck and Mike Mills And he tried out a new song "Things To Do in Denver When need a cab to find a priestMaybe you should find a place to stay Someplace where they never change the sheets You just roll around Denver all "You like that Zevon asked those standing at the foot of the stage had no choice but to stay alert the merciless spotlights at the back of the stage shone brightly out in our faces all night As the audience started streaming out after the set despite a feeble attempt at an encore Mann returned and declared esasperatedly we're so willing and you guys are so Too bad Maybe these days you've Staff photo by Oita Swift Warren Zevon performed at Toad's Place in New Haven POP SCENE ORLA SWIFT got to curse and scream to get an audience i iners that was no reflection on 'Til I give the audience a big thumbs down for moping around w)ile vocalist Aimee Mann tried to figure out what they wanted even coining right out and asking them practically begging for requests for a reaction began the set by walking un-arinounced on stage with an acoustic gditar and singing the sad to from Everything's Different Nbw the group's last album released Indigo Girls met with a much more yarn ago (another one is reportedly the way) One by one the other ee band members padded out tended sold out show at tage to join her adding tambou- Toad's ie harmonica and castanets The Giorgia duo is touring in sup- nn has drastically departed port of its new album Nomads Indi-m her seductive tigress image ans Saints a strong follow up to their jh the teased white hair re- self-titled breakthrough release that ined occasionally picking up the took young ears by storm with the riv-lows and pinks of the stage lights eting to nn has shed her black minidresses The album contains an equally avor of blue jeans a white T-shirt compelling number and a leather jacket little makeup and Nail" which the Girls performed as er rimmed glasses well as several other impressive com- ut her Crystalline vocals re- positions featuring the gripping har-ined clear as ever And though monies and wry lyrics that set this fi energetic response from the predomi- nantiy college-aged crowd who at- n- Chapin plays at the Garde Arts Cen ter in New London and George La- after the latter tune prompting im and stoi mediate applause and stomping of tiers was stupendous and together they came within millimeters of producing harmonics they were so in tune Ray played the restless clown Sailers the Southern belle relating innocuous little tidbits of information about her life then stopping midway and excusing herself for boring us They joked with the audience joked with each other jumped around the stage (mostly Ray) and sang up a storm The storm included some unexpected twists such as ai thunderous And finally there was excitable boy Warren Zevon who put on a two hour acoustic show Tuesday with backup lap pedal steel and electric guitar player Dan Dugmore and bassist and mandolin player Gurf Morlix audience (which filled the club to capacity by the end of the show) epitomized fanatacism thrusting their fists in the air waving two-finger peace signs and howling nonstop throughout the evening The howling of course was the way of requesting version of Along the Watchtow- of the colorful tune Zevon is fAMtku I wiU AMMlaa' MAAt IaMAI with famous for But the didn't feet very important that you like the new ones see? otherwise be singing all over Las Vegas Zevon in Vegas? No way Elsewhere this week blues musician John Matt plays an early show at Toad's with opening act Treat Her Right a Massachusetts-based rhythm and blues band knock your socks and shoes off Streetemperature plays at the 880 Club in Hartford tonight followed Saturday by a show at Hartford's Arch St Tavern Weapons of Pleasure come to Water Street Station in Torrington tonight followed by RUEZ Saturday Joined Forces and The Regulators play at the Sting in New Britain to- Sting in New Britain to- and Joey Kid play at Montego Bay in New Haven followed Wedneq: day-by Evelyn King Noel Tracy Spencer and Stevie Sundays foster features hypnotist- comedian Dan LaResa at Modesti- Restaurant in Meriden Sleepy i LaBeef at the Moon in New Haven with Delvls and progressive bluegrass artists Northern Lights at the Cape Codder Monday night is for writing thoqf Christmas cards you sent yet and probably arrive in time anyway- On Tuesday The New York Citizen and those Melvins land at the Moon while Steve Fortart and McDonnell Tane come to the Cape Codder Acoustic guitarist and songwriter Les Julian comes to the Britannia the cast Spoon in Wallingford Wednesday Gravel Pit And closing out the week on Thuri- Together opening (the duo on their 1989 release a song titled Bal- Alpert joining in heir 1989 sang that act Rache Strange Fire) lad of Squeaky (nobody most song come until his encore well after midnight Guns and Money" opened the show followed by "Splended Isolation the latter enhanced by rich three-part harmonies and Dugmore's lap iteel jjuitar work Long time no New the here knows who wrote that but every one wants to know) and even a Joni Mitchell tune harsh vocals will always an- she aqoui bowling alley the cavernous building ing number sung by Emily Saliere didn't diminish the band's sound at the one with the real voice titled I- In the which hough acoustically oriented the brought a roar of cheers as Sailers sot picked up somewhat from its folky Iang the opening line start with an energetic rendition of other numbers bn the new release Never as well as such as featuring Amy she Just Fall creaky vocals are less enjoyable and in a their break- sometimes just plain unpleasant through hit "Voices Cany" and But Sunday Ray sounded fine Sa- joked about the less than ideal duo far apart from their competition istics of the enormous former It also contains an absolutely haunt- noy me but having seen Indigo Girls scruffy ponytailed singer told the live I can understand why the duo is hooting crowd "It's nice to be here selling out wherever they play Their feeling a little crazy oneot NewHaven mnighr follow arrangements are unique their those commit a felony nights for me" haw bv UNYN uwssaver voices offset each other superbly and But the only thing close to a felony most importantly they have a Zevon committed Tuesday was ne- night followed Saturday by of Beatiemanla Catwalk and Ghestshlrts play at the folIowed Reality Performance artist Karen Ozone in day features live com satur- dy Iron Horse plays at Water Street Station in Torrington Max Creek" comes to Toad's and folkies Amy Djh vis and Danny Gardella play at Ibfg Books in Middletown and Bad Finley one of four artists turned down for Excitable derequests Instead he glecting to play spite repeated grants by the National Endowment for the Arts comes to the Lincoln Theatre at the University of Hartford tonight in a show si Art Ways And Zi bv Real Blues Expert- e-fje Write to Orla Swift in care of Pop'" Scene Record-Journal 11 Crown Meriden Conn JUElTS BAKED STUFFED $095 SEAFOOD AMERICAN IM) Bwriln Tpfco Markton SHRIMP FRIDAY SATURDAY A SUNDAY SPECIALS 687 East Main St Meriden CT 237-5251 Do It All AtModestino This New Eve Comedy Show Dinner Dancing Dinner 8 pm Choice of Prime Rib A Lobster or Prime Rib A Baked Stuffed Shrimp Comedy Show alerting Ed The Machine Reglne Live Band Champagne Toast Continental Breakfast after Eve HHW 1MSBkSmSSLWaaWM TWIN LOBSTER LOBSTERS 525 LUNCHEON SPECIAL EVERY DAY! 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