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...death last year hold him back. You can still hear him in the mellow sounds of the Furthur Festival, a touring concert extravaganza that will visit 31 cities this summer. Furthur--a reference to the destination posted on Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters bus--features former Dead guitarist Bob Weir's countrified-blues group Ratdog as well as former Dead drummer Mickey Hart's percussive world-beat ensemble Mystery Box. (The lineup also includes Hot Tuna and Los Lobos.) Crowds at the shows range from teens to 60-year-olds, but most are under 30. Weir makes clear...
...said, it's a gas. The mix of 21 musicians includes veteran players whose stylistic roots go back to Kansas City and beyond--alto saxophonist David ("Fathead") Newman Jr., drummer Victor Lewis--and younger stars who actually seem to enjoy paying their respects to tradition--tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, guitarist Mark Whitfield, bassist Christian McBride. On track after track, soloists of different generations find a common groove. On Froggy Bottom, altoist Newman, 66, and guitarist Whitfield, 29, turn out to speak the same blues language, lyrical as well as funky. One of the CD's two versions of Solitude...
...anthropology concentrator and avid guitarist (his current musical preference is South American folk, but past styles have included rock and "funky reggae"), Kirshner is writing his senior thesis on the Andean folk musicians who perform in Harvard Square...
...wander away to play with other white kids in nearby, more affluent neighborhoods. But when the parents of his new playmates found out where he was from, they would send him home--and check their kids for lice. Alexakis, now 34 years old and the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Everclear, based in Portland, Oregon, is still pained by the memory. "I've never had head lice in my life," he says, still arguing his case...
...Plum concerts are unique rock experiences, filled with sugarcoated melodies and endless energy. Guitarist Michael Kotch spits out pop hooks while bassist Theo Mack complements him with skillfully melodic bass lines. Yet the most important person on stage must be lead singer Colleen Fitzpatrick, who shines throughout the set among the male-dominated band. With her vibrant orange hair, form-fitting t-shirt and brightly colored slacks, the audience could mistake Fitzpatrick for any random alterna-girl on the street that happened to stumble on stage. But from the opening song, she coos with a subtle energy that promises...