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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 4-6, 2018 The Park Record Musicians reinterpret tunes to make things interesting PHOTO BY DAVID MCCLISTER Jay Farrar, known for his bands Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, will perform three nights this week at the Egyptian Theatre with multi-instrumentalist Gary Hunt as the Jay Farrar Duo. Jay Farrar Duo finds way to the Egyptian Theatre depth understanding of music than I do, I need to make sure I’m up to what he leads me to do,” Farrar said. “That allows me to try out different things.” Still, Farrar’s musical training reaches back to his childhood. “I grew up in a musical environment, and I fell into it,” Farrar said. “Everyone in my family played, and my dad, in particular, was very spirited in passing along any knowledge he had about different instruments. So it just seemed like the path that was laid out for me.” LIZY MICHELLE JA N E L L E Deer Creek TITLE INSURANCE, INC. Confidence to close! MICHELLE HUGGINS 4 35 . 6 59. 4 4 07 D M I C H E L L E H U G G I N S @ H OT M A I L .CO M Love. Truth. Hair. gins with the acoustic guitar. “I’ll write some music and then add a few words to work with,” he said. “It’s more of a stream of consciousness until things start to fall into place.” Anything is fair game when it comes to writing songs, FarSCOTT IWASAKI rar said. The Park Record “Whatever has influenced Singer, guitarist and vocalist me over the years gets put into Jay Farrar cemented his legacy the grinder,” he said. “It churns during the past 30 years in the and I chew it up and spit it back roots and alternative country out.” scene with his bands Uncle TuWorking with Hunt in the pelo and Son Volt. Jay Farrar Duo helps keep his Instead of sitting complacreative juices flowing. cently, he has continued to “It hard not to get complamake his own music as a solo cent and not do the same thing artist with Son Volt multi-inover and over,” Farrar said. strumentalist Gary Hunt as one “Having a creative outlet has half of the Jay Farrar Duo. always been paramount to me. The pair will play three It’s a great thing to be able to “My dad, in nights, April 5-7, at the Egypdo what you really like doing, particular, was tian Theatre, and Farrar is lookin this case, playing music. I very spirited in ing forward to the shows. feel fortunate in that regard and “This is really the first time passing along any hope to keep doing it.” Gary and I have ever done To do so, Farrar feels a reknowledge he had more than one show, let alone sponsibility to himself and to about different three, in one place,” Farrar said his fans. instruments...” with a laugh. “I certainly take in account The concerts will feature what I hear from people who songs from Farrar’s career, know my work,” he said. “I try Jay Farrar going back to Uncle Tupelo, to keep an open ear when they singer and songwriter which hit its stride in the late talk with me about my songs. 1980s. So I hope those ideas come “We have this situation through when Gary and I dive to try these songs in a duo,” deeper into the older songs.” Farrar said of his partnership Farrar met Hunt while the In addition to updating the with Hunt. “We tried a bunch multi-instrumentalist was in a older songs, Farrar is working of songs, and if some of them band with Farrar’s brother. on new material for a new aldidn’t work, we would move “I would sit in and play ped- bum. ooh la la guitar 3.5” xwith 5”,the b&w ad “New on with some others.” al steel band,” “I Gal don’tLillie thinkLashes” we’re going Farrar cited Hunt’s ability to Farrar said. to play any of those songs, but move from one instrument to Farrar began writing his that’s what I’ve been working another as key to the set list. own songs when he got serious on in my spare time,” he said. “We update them, if you about music. The Jay Farrar Duo, featurwill, and will pull out some “I think early on when you’re ing alternative-country pioneer deep Son Volt cuts that we first in a band you play a lot of Jay Farrar and multi-instruhaven’t played for a while in covers, and then you realize if mentalist Gary Hunt, both of this setting,” he said. “Gary is you want to take the next step Son Volt, will perform at 8 p.m. steeped in the history of coun- you have to start writing your on Thursday through Saturday, try blues. So playing with him own songs,” he said. “That’s an April 5-7 at the Egyptian Theis very conducive (for) rein- exciting time, you know. Be- atre, 328 Main St. Thursday venting some of the songs we cause you have an open canvas. tickets range from $19 to $29. are playing live.” You start to try a few things Friday and Saturday tickets are Hunt’s versatility also push- and then keep on doing it until $23 to $35. 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