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Show C-4 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 7-10, 2018 Singer not singular to certain styles Summer Family Fun at REDSTONE CINEMAS 6030 North Market Street, Park City, UT (at Redstone Shopping Center) Every Tuesday morning at 10am Now through August 14 All seats only $2.00! SUMMER KIDS MOVIES www.MetroTheatres.com for tickets & details! Discover Park City’s Early Years PHOTO BY JOSEPH LLANES Singer-songwriter Grace Potter loves all kinds of music and is not satisfied writing in one particular style. Potter will perform the next St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights summer concert on July 13, at City Park. Grace Potter will perform July 13 at City Park nominations from the Grammys, the Academy of Country Music, CMT Music or the Country Music Association for her work with Kenny Chesney, the thing that is constant is her voice, she said. “That means I also won’t sing a song unless I believe what I’m singing,” Potter explained. “Anything I do has to feel truthful to me.” That includes writing and performing with other artists like she did with Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips on the song “My Mechanical Friend.” The tune appeared on “Frankenweenie Unleashed: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture,” which was released as a companion album to Tim Burton’s 2012 gothic stop-motion animated film “Frankenweenie.” “When I go experimental and go a little country or pop I take care to make sure the songs come from my soul,” Potter said. “That SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Grace Potter, who will play the next St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights summer concert on Friday, July 13, at City Park, knows she drives music publicists crazy because she is fluent in different styles of music. “It’s very dangerous for an artist to do that because it creates an unwieldy marketing campaign for record companies because there is nothing to pinpoint,” Potter said. “But I’m a very unwieldy artist.” Whether if it was when Potter rocked out with her guitar and piano with her past band The Nocturnals, or garnered award Look for The Way We Were in every Wednesday edition of The Park Record The New York Times crossword puzzle ACROSS 1 Played for a fool 5 Total mess 11 Big piece of cake 15 Buzzed 19 “It’s all good” 21 Guido ____, painter of the “Crucifixion of St. Peter” 22 “Do I ____!” 23 Trying to show no signs of life 24 Show out? 26 Metaphorical time in hell 27 Future exec, maybe 28 Began a PC session 29 Seminary study: Abbr. 30 One who “went a-courtin’,” in a children’s song 32 Hurried along 33 Asian berry marketed as a “superfood” 36 “Darth Vader is Luke’s father,” e.g. 38 Kind of yoga 39 Lily Potter’s maiden name in the Harry Potter books 41 Fair 42 Attention getters 44 Longtime CBS police procedural 48 Voodoo, e.g. 50 Quite a bash, in slang 52 Partner of shock 53 Wrecks, as chances 55 Relating to gaps 59 Norm: Abbr. 62 Burrow 63 Bit of office greenery 65 Dead-end sign 67 Kind of state 68 Was forced to turn down an invitation 69 Big character? 71 Take as a bride 72 News commentator Navarro 73 Ball of yarn and others 74 Confession inducers 77 “Jeez, you should keep that private” 78 Get down 79 Go as far down as 84 ____ diagram 86 Green surroundings? 88 Seize 90 Work 91 “You betcha!” 93 Had a leading role? 96 S or M 97 Sam of Watergate hearings 98 Ipecac, e.g. 99 Openly gay 101 Fix, as a mess of wires 103 Singer Garfunkel 104 Big part of an orchestra 108 Bottle for a beachgoer 109 It’s left on a highway … or a path used by five answers in this puzzle? 111 ____ about (approximately) 112 A little 113 “Yeah, that makes sense” 114 Nota ____ 115 Had too much, for short 116 Go on a drinking spree, in slang 117 Nuggets in “Poor Richard’s Almanack” DOWN 1 Not using sensitive language, say 2 Dis-banded? 3 List ender: Abbr. “DRIVING AROUND” By Sam Trabucco Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz 1 2 3 4 19 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 20 23 13 14 27 29 34 36 39 40 48 61 65 42 50 43 44 55 63 66 73 74 91 79 93 102 80 89 83 105 106 107 90 94 95 99 103 109 111 112 113 114 115 116 4 Not wait till evening to crack a bottle 5 Semester’s end 6 Rapper ____ Azalea 7 General’s assistant: Abbr. 8 Tool for undoing stitches 9 What many runners do before a marathon 10 Senectitude 11 “r u 4 real?” 12 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 13 Nerd’s epithet for the president? 14 Lions and tigers 15 Tidbit with rice in Creole cuisine 16 Sidestep 17 It’s under helium in the periodic table 18 Dog’s warning 20 Endure 25 Per 30 ____ News 31 Annoy, in a way 33 Goal for many a H.S. dropout 34 Donations to certain clinics 35 Pantry item 82 76 98 101 81 58 72 75 88 92 108 57 68 87 97 56 71 78 86 47 64 67 70 85 46 52 54 69 84 45 32 51 62 77 18 38 41 53 60 17 25 31 37 49 59 16 28 30 35 15 22 24 26 33 12 21 96 100 104 110 37 David ____, C.I.A. director under Obama 38 “Watch it!” 40 Took a breather 43 Possess, as thou might 45 Old Testament land 46 “Pick me! Pick me!” 47 Certain Spanish murals 49 Elapse, as years 51 Braided floor covering 54 Where coal miners work 55 Doesn’t bother 56 Telly pitch 57 1040 reviewer, for short 58 Humerus connection 59 “How uncool!” 60 “Yer darn ____!” 61 It may bring a tear to one’s eye 64 “____ Is Us” (65-Down drama) 65 See 64-Down 66 Bout result, in brief 67 Like a game with equal winners and losers 70 ’Vette option 71 Happenin’ place 75 Election that’s too close to call 117 76 Peachy 78 “Phooey!” 80 Like many clowns and beachside houses 81 Kennedy Library architect 82 Nickname for a devil 83 Flowery poem 85 Help grow 86 “You agree?” 87 Enjoy consistent, favorable luck, in poker lingo 89 Story line 92 Sort of rooftop unit, familiarly 94 Another name for a porpoise or dolphin 95 Certain domain suffix 97 Subject of a 2001-02 scandal 98 Caught congers 100 Strong desire 101 ____ Reader 102 Shade of green 104 “Absolutely!” to Alejandro 105 Capital of Okinawa 106 Chew (on) 107 Match makers? 108 Get all blubbery 110 Show with Kate McKinnon, for short also means my fans can find themselves on the edge of their seats wondering what kind of rabbit I will pull out of my hat next.” The songwriter doesn’t shift musical genres to torture her fans, either, she said. “I simply breathe music in all I did try to take lessons, but every teacher who tried to teach me would, without fail, drop me...” Grace Potter, award-winning singer and songwriter directions,” Potter said. “I don’t have one style that I’m glued to.” Potter’s love for diverse music came from her parents’ record collection. “From my childhood I was attracted (to) and imitated everyone from Led Zeppelin, The Band, Neil Young, Derek and the Dominos, Delaney and Bonnie,” she said. “That upbringing made it easy to move freely from one genre to another and create this broad spectrum that I live in.” Potter also loved the images that adorned their albums. “I remember seeing the art on King Crimson and Jethro Tull albums, and that was another way these records drew me in,” she said. “I also fell in love with the mysticism that surrounded putting a vinyl album on a turntable and sitting back to listen to side A before flipping the record over to side B. I was very honored my parents trusted me with their record collection.” Potter also attributes her love of music to hearing her grandmother’s church choir and joining her friends in the mosh pit at a Coalesce concert. “This all fed my artistry, so when I started playing music around the age of 8, it all came very naturally,” she said. Potter first started playing music on the piano before she began playing the guitar. “I did try to take lessons, but every teacher who tried to teach me would, without fail, drop me,” she said with a laugh. “They felt I was unteachable, so I learned a lot a lot by ear and by going to concerts, where I would watch the musicians.” Potter also experimented with music at home. “My parents wouldn’t let us watch TV unless we were doing something creative,” she said. “They would put on a movie, and I would sit at the piano and play to them like they were silent movies and make up my own scores.” When Potter writes songs these days, she finds it normal to shift from one genre to another. “I can start off with a hard rock drum beat and the song would end up being a heart-wrenching ballad,” she said. Her style evolved more when she wrote with her former band, The Nocturnals. “I would write with each musician in mind, and I would think about where the guitar solos, drum fills or bass lines would go,” Potter said. “I created a formula, which was at first exciting but became limiting after a while. That’s why I felt it was time for me to create some solo music so the songs could expand and contract when they needed to.” Potter is also known for her acting. She appeared in the TV teen drama “One Tree Hill” and voiced the character of Carol in Disney’s animated TV short, “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice.” Both programs featured her songs. Potter loves working in film and TV because she can take part in the stories the script tells. “As a songwriter, when you start writing a song from scratch, it can be scary and take time to find the emotional sectors you want to cover,” Potter said. “I feel film and TV creates an incredible tennis court you can play on. You get a chance to collaborate with scriptwriters, costume makers and people like that. I find that easier to emotionally tap into when you have so much input around me. I am always looking for stories; a thread I can pull that can connect people.” Potter uses that same cinematic philosophy as she puts together a concert setlist. “I will craft the set like I would make a movie,” she said. “I will have an introductory scene where the audience will learn what the band will be doing and kind of music we’ll be playing, and then we’ll take an unexpected plot twist.” That surprise could be a stripped-down intimate acoustic segment or a thrashing punk rock moment, Potter said. “It’s never the same, but it’s not a gimmick,” she said. “It’s just something that I find exciting.”. Potter will also think about what her fans would want to hear. “I actually try to put myself in audience members’ shoes when deciding what songs to play,” she said. Potter also keeps the different venues in mind as well. “If I play an outdoor garden, which is different than an acoustically perfect indoor venue, I will take into consideration if people will be seated or standing,” she said. “I will also consider if we will be going on late at night or during the afternoon or early evening.” Lately, Potter and her husband, producer Eric Valentine, have been working on some new songs for a new album. “At the moment, I’m staring at a snake cable that is running through my living room,” she said. “My husband is setting up some drums, and I’m going to play piano while we track some music. We’re just in a creative process and this is the first time I’m writing music without having a record label.” In addition to making new music, Potter continues to think of new venues to perform. “I would love to go to outer space and play music in a place without an atmosphere,” she said. “I never plan on giving up music, but I want to take some time off to learn more about the world, to travel, and if that means leaving the atmosphere, great. If not, I’d still like to reach the top of a few more mountains.” Grace Potter will perform at the Park City Institute’s St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 13, at City Park. Tickets are $49 and $89. They can be purchased by visiting www.bigstarsbrightnightsconcerts.org. |