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| Green Day and Jimmy Eat World ready to shake up the Tacoma Dome; Tower of Power, & Dead Kenny G's get funky at the Jazz | ||
| By Albert Rodriguez and Lorelei Quenzer
- SGN A & E Writers Green Day w/ Jimmy Eat World Monday, September 26 - 8:00 pm Tacoma Dome - Tix through Ticketmaster / $39.50 - $45 Green Day's performance at the Everett Events Center last December captured the top spot on the SGN's "Best Concerts of 2004" list. And for good reason. The Cal-based punk trio was energetic from the moment they hit the stage until the final wave goodbye. They worked that stage from side to side and drilled out a catalog of headbangers throughout the night. The show had a just-for-you quality to it, a performance that didn't appear to be the same old drill as in previous stops on their mega tour. I will always remember Green Day's concert because it left me with a bruised rib cage, thanks to a rougher than rough mosh pit and being pinned against the front row railing. That's what I get for acting half my age, right? My rib cage healed in the proceeding weeks. Just recently, Green Day walked away with an armload of MTV VMAs, winning nearly every category they were nominated in. The wins added more hardware to a trophy case that already holds two Grammys, including Best Rock Album honors for American Idiot (SGN's Top Ten Albums/CDs of 2004). The three-piece unit stands a solid chance of picking up more Grammy nods when the nominations for this year's awards are announced in early December. While the politically charged American Idiot is ineligible, the singles "Holiday", "When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (SGN's Top Ten Singles/Tracks of 2004) are. The latter is a strong contender for Record and Song of the Year mentions. Green Day returns to the Northwest for a concert Monday night at the Tacoma Dome. It should be a fired-up performance with expected mosh pits, crowd surfing and concert-goers jumping up and down from start to finish. And it will be loud. Very loud. Green Day is amazing in concert, one of the best live acts I have ever witnessed on stage. The trio, comprised of guitarist/lead singer Billy Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool, have been big supporters of the Gay community and went toe-to-toe with conservative homo haters on their newest album, incorporating lyrics like "Well maybe I am the faggot America / I'm not part of a redneck agenda". Opening for Green Day is Jimmy Eat World, whose latest release Futures (SGN's Top 25 Albums/CDs of 2004) is their best offering to date. It includes two dynamite tracks, "Pain" and Work". This Arizona-based unit can rock. Their performance last year at The Premier landed well inside the SGN's "Best Concerts of 2004" list, mainly because their songs sound ten times better live than on record. Listening to "Get It Faster" in person is an incredible experience, let me tell you. By the way, aside from "Holiday", "When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", you're likely to hear Green Day perform "Basket Case", "When I Come Around", "Longview", "Minority" and "American Idiot". Don't miss the opportunity to witness Green Day pound the Northwest again on this extra leg of their international tour in support of their now-classic award-winning album, with openers Jimmy Eat World - A. Rodriguez Tower of Power Thursday-Sunday - September 29 - October 2 Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - For reservations call (206) 441-9729 / $32.50 Tower of Power brings its funky self back to Dimitriou's Jazz Alley for four nights, September 29 through October 2. If you're a fan of R&B or funk, or if you just can't get enough of big, uh, horns, then you can't miss this show. They're celebrating their 36th anniversary, they're touring in support of Oakland Zone (their first studio album in over five years), and they've just received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The California Music Association. Tower of Power toured with Sly Stone and Creedence Clearwater Revival, creating traffic jams when they first started to headline their own shows. You remember this sound: their slew of soulful hits included "Down to the Nightclub (Bump City)," "So Very Hard to Go" and "What is Hip." Their powerhouse horn section continued to back up some of the biggest names, including Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Michelle Shocked, Aaron Neville and many more. TOP band members include Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone, vocals), Stephen 'Doc' Kupka (baritone saxophone), Rocco Prestia (bass), Adolfo Acosta (trumpet), Tom Politzer (saxophone), David Garibaldi (drums), Roger Smith (keyboards), Jeff Tamelier (guitar, vocals), Mike Bogart (trumpet) and Larry Brags (vocals). These days TOP is a Jazz Alley staple, packing the house every year, so you'll have to hurry, hurry, hurry! Three of their eight sets have already sold out - you can forget about Saturday completely unless you already have a reservation - and the early shows on Thursday and Sunday only have cocktail seating available. Call Jazz Alley for your reservations at (206) 441-9729 or you'll be kicking yourself. - L. Quenzer Pre-concert CD recommendation: Oakland Zone featuring "This Type of Funk," "Pocketful of Soul" and "Stranger in My Own House." The Dead Kenny G's Monday, October 3 - 7:30 pm Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - For reservations call (206) 441-9729 - $19.50 When the Dead Kenny G's played northern California's High Sierra Music Festival over the Fourth of July weekend, soprano saxophonist and Seattleite Skerik (Critters Buggin, Taint Septet) was heard to say that, although he didn't advocate that anyone actually go out and kill Kenny G, he and the guys might be around to help "if something were to happen." Allegedly. Then they went back to their frenzied jamming. The Mercury News described them as shattering "musical paradigms by melding elements of jazz, classical and eastern music over the soundtrack of a punk rock life." Sounds like the antithesis of a smooth jazz poster child to me. The band is made up of the aforementioned saxer Skerik (no, that's his name), keyboardist Brian Haas of the experimental jazz band the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and veteran Dallas percussionist Mike Dillon. Hey, let's face it: I can throw out any number of descriptive but pretentious phrases, like punk jazz, deconstructed jazz or post-jazz. Ho-hum. Pretentious, but meaningless. I put more stock in the fact that Jazz Alley, which is usually silent on Monday nights, is opening up its doors for the Dead Kenny G's. And the name is brilliant, so if Jazz Alley is willing to take a chance, so am I & and I'm planning on wearing black, unearthing my Doc Martens and doing something ratty with my hair, too. See you at Jazz Alley! - L. Quenzer Pre-concert listening recommendation: No CDs for the Dead Kenny G's, but go to their website (www.thedeadkennygs.com) and download their live tracks. |
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