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Stacey
Earle and Mark Stuart, Karen Savoca
Eighth
Step at the GE Theatre at Proctors, Friday
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart’s “drive her till she drops”
tour rolls into Schenectady Friday night for another fine
Eighth Step presentation. The “her” in the tour name is the
duo’s 2000 Chevy Suburban, which tallied its 444,444th mile
in February. (Who says GM sucks?) These singer-songwriters
are even more formidable than their vehicle, combining blues,
pop, country and rock into their own, southern brand of Americana.
Opening the show will be singer-songwriter and drummer-vocalist
Karen Savoca, who will perform her “melodic songs that probe
the mysteries of the heart and soul” (Willamette Week)
with guitarist Pete Heitzman. (April 9, 7:30 PM, $24, 432
State St., Schenectady, 346-6204)
Bernard
Fowler
Northern
Lights, Friday
When Bernard Fowler named his current jaunt the Friends with
Privileges Tour, he was probably referring to himself. Truly,
few session vocalists have had as awesome a run as Fowler.
Hired in 1985 to cut backing vocals for Mick Jagger’s first
solo record, he ended up singing on solo albums by all of
the other Rolling Stones, and joined the rock legends on several
world tours. That’s just the tip of the iceberg: He’s added
vocals to albums by everyone from Herbie Hancock to Public
Image Ltd., from Bootsy Collins to Philip Glass. His first
solo album—the aforementioned Friends With Privileges—didn’t
come until 2006. After that long a wait, who can blame him
for touring on it four years later? (April 9, 7 PM, $25,
1208 Route 146, Clifton Park, 371-0012)
Root-a-Rama
4
Valentine’s,
Friday-Saturday
Before you queue up for tickets to see the man in concert,
check this out: Friday night, the first of the annual two-night
Root-a-Rama Americana festival at Valentine’s, features a
full performance of Neil Young’s harrowing 1975 album Tonight’s
the Night by a group of area musicians calling themselves
the New Santa Monica Flyers. The album was a tribute to fallen
Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry
(who “used to load that Econoline Van,” as the title song
goes); the show will be a tribute to the tour that introduced
the songs, complete with period-specific stage decorations.
Day one also features Diego and Overland Gunslingers. Saturday’s
bill features Esquela, Grainbelt, Roger Bryan and the Orphans,
and Sumac. (April 9-10, 8 PM, $8, 17 New Scotland Ave.,
Albany, 432-6572)
Trans-Siberian
Orchestra
Palace
Theatre, Saturday
We know what you’re thinking: Christmas is here already? If
you’re a fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, yes, Virginia, it
is. The traveling roadshow best known for metallicized versions
of popular holiday tunes has set off on their Beethoven’s
Last Night 2010 tour, which brings them to Albany this week.
And it’s a doozy, this: The production is based on a story,
written by the band’s principal members, that imagines a 10th
Beethoven symphony produced as the result of a deal with Mephistopheles.
Right. So what you have here is something that treads the
fine line between theater, classical symphony and heavy-metal
concert. And to all, a good night. (April 10, 8 PM, $48.50-$58.50,
19 Clinton Ave., Albany, 465-5233)
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Surprise
Me Mr. Davis
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Surprise
Me Mr. Davis
Red
Square, Wednesday
The latest incarnation of avant folk group Surprise Me Mr.
Davis adds piano wizard Marco Benevento to the combination
of ThaMuseMent’s Nathan Moore and the dudes from the Slip;
this will no doubt add some improvisational surprises to the
band’s compelling mix of the ethereal and the absurd. They’ll
be cheerfully plugging their new EP, That Man Eats Morning
for Breakfast. The EP was recorded in a barn in Vermont
because Moore, who was en route to Montreal, was turned away
at the Canadian border. (Frankly, the whole business sounds
kind of shifty to us.) Psychedelic funksters Sugar Proof,
featuring ex-Tree Wizard Eric Johnson and ex-Funkshop Loomis
member Titian Dion, will open the festivities. (April 14,
8 PM, $15, 388 Broadway, Albany, 465-0444)
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Soulive
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If
you missed ’em at the Linda, you have another
chance to catch the Hold Steady tonight
(Thursday), at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock
(8 PM, $20, 845-679-4406). . . . Jillian’s has
turned into a regular ol’ concert venue as of
late; for example, tomorrow (Friday) finds long-traveling
jammers New Riders of the Purple Sage on
the North Pearl Street stage (8 PM, $17, 432-1997).
. . . The aforementioned New Riders are just one
of the many acts slated to perform at this weekend’s
Rock the Resort Festival, running Friday through
Sunday at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in
Kerhonkson; KRS-One and Soulive are
also in the mix (call for times and prices, 866-565-8351).
. . . Albany Sonic Arts Collective presents another
show that treads the fine line between music and
noise: Saturday’s bill at Upstate Artists Guild
features Marko Timlin and thenumber46
(8 PM, $5, 426-3501). . . . Canadian ensemble
Le Vent du Nord will blow into Old Songs
on Saturday; that joke is funnier if you know
what their name means in French (8 PM, $25, 765-2815).
. . . On Sunday, Woodstock musician and storyteller
Mark Rust plays a concert at the Dominican Retreat
and Conference Center in Schenectady (7 PM, $16,
393-4169). . . . Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo:
Third Eye Blind keep on keepin’ on at Northern
Lights on Wednesday; Alpha Rev will open
(6:30 PM, $28, 371-0012).
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