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Show alenc FRIDAY/August 1, 1997 CLUBS & CONCERTS : Page B-12 BACKSTAGE PASS. TOM WELCH REDUX Tom Welch's resignation as president of Salt Lake Organizing Committee hassent satirists back to the drawing board. Writers of “Saturday's Voyeur '97 Jordan Rivers dance” at the Salt Lake Acting Companyare updating their play, outfitting Welch's character in African-safari garb as he sings “You Must Love Me.” The lyrics may not require modification even with Welch’s new status. In the current song, Welch’s character laments his meager compensation for all the work he has done to bring the Olympics to Utahin 2002. “Space Wars — A 2002 Space ‘Oddity’ of Olympic Proportions,” opening Aug. 7 at Desert Star Playhouse, is also being revised to reflect Welch's situation, In that spoof, characters travel back in time to save Salt Lake from the consequencesof the Winter Games. When they encounter Welch, they will sing “Hang down your head Tom Welch, hang down your head and ery, you went awayonsafari, now kiss your job goodbye.” Neither play makes any reference to the abuse allegations facing Welch. “When there’s an allegation of spousal abuse, that’s not funny,’ said David Mong, the Salt Lake Acting Company’s literary manager B EVANSTON REAL-ESTATE RUMORS The buzz on Front Street in Evanston, Salt Lake's Wyoming neighbor 80 miles east, is that Utah Jazz basketball center Greg Ostertag has made an offer on a spectacular house south of town on the banksof Bear River. Mark Madia, Evanston Chamberof Commercedirector, confirmed theoffer, but not by a certain 7-foot-2 flattopped player. Hmmmm!Makessense. That commute from Ev- anston to the Delta Centeris a long one. While heisn't anticipating the arrival of any NBAplayers, Madia is busy preparing for the Jamaican Bobsled Team’s arrival Wednesday. They are moving to Evanston to settle in andfind jobs andplaces to live while they practice for the 2002 Winter Olympics. oO WANTED:‘ANGEL’ EXTRAS The producers of ‘Touched By an Angel’ are throwing a couple of “parties” Tuesday and Wednesdayat the Delta Center. Guest of honor is Alonzo Mourning, star center of the NBA’s Miami Heat. The first 1,000 people to show up each day by 8 a.m. will get free food and drink, a chanceat door prizes and a shot at a guest appearance onthe hit Chad Sexton, Nicholas Hexum, S A Martinez and P-Nut — will playT he Canyons Thursdaynight. Versatile band emerges from the underground risk for the Omaha-born, Los Angeles- P based 311. But it was a risk the band had to take. 311 plays The Canyons, formerly Wolf Mountain, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 through Smith’s Tix. After years of cultivating an under- ‘But now that the bandis breaking even on costs and the good life is here, how do the musicians keep that momentum going? « Take success in stride, said 311 guitarist Tim Mahoney. ai Lapras consider our success as natural wth," Mahoneysaid from his Southern Califoretone “The first three records werereally kind Just word of mouth. It wasn't until the end of the fBuring season on the third album that the media apd MTV andradio really caught on to ‘Down' and qa to « Utah is an early stop on the band’s new tour of fans will like us regardless of whether this album hits hard or not. Hopefully they'll all — radio, the fans, everybody — just take a leap offaith and give the new stuff a chance.” The“new stuff” is on 311's latestrelease, “Transistor,” on Capricorn Records, The CD contains 21 songs and features an array of musicalstyles that the band is famousfor: reggae, rap, jazz, funk, hiphop, punk and hard rock. According to KXRK disc jockey Todd Nuke'em, that rangeof styles is the key to 311's accessibility “They do play reggae mixed with ro ‘ap, hip- hopand, at times, even little grunge,” he said. “It's that ability to mix those styles that is the reason they're so popular, The mix makes them very listenableto a lot of people,” And people want to hear 311 on the radio. Nuke’em said 311's meldingofstyles and strong catalog makesit one of the station's most requested bands. “They're really hot right now,” he said. “Their new stuff is good and it's getting a lot of play, but people wantto hearthe old stuff too.” To play different styles, Mahoney draws inspira- e z ae = “a wn ~ OQ © ol ee oe He United States. 311 performs Thursday at The nyons (formerly Wolf Mountain). Besides Maney, the band features vocalist Nick Hexum,volist/acratcher § A Martinez, bassist P-Nut and drummerChad Sexton. 2. Andafter toiling in obscurity for so long, Ma- “We've always had that group of hard-core fans who stayed with us, but the attention gives us a whole new group of fans, Hopefully, the hard-core BY DEBBIE HUMMEL 25 & 5 2> g &2 g =5 & Utah's biggest street party sappene 7wenkend Park City stages its 28th Art ‘estival. More than z mances seemedto be well-received. “I think peopleliked us,” he said with a laugh. “But they really aren't familiar with us yet like people arein the States. It’s kind of a weird scene over there. Halfof the time we openedfor Primus in smaller clubs andtherestof the tour was playing hugefestivals, where people camped out for three days. It was cool — we saw lot of bands.” The tour gave Mahoney an opportunity to see artists he hadn't seen before. “There were multiple stages at some of these things and there was just a ton of bands," he said. “I sawPhish, Bad Religion, Primus, L7 80 many bands. Just being able to see those bands and the wholevibe of the people getting together and listening to good music in a peacetul setting was fun for us. It was kind of like a monthlong camping trip.” 311's tour of the states features one-nighters. and Mahoney promises a good performance in Utah. “It should be loud and we'll get out the new ma terial and mix in some old stuff, too, Basically it will be a typical 311 show. A good timewill be had byall.” @ Ludwig meets the Little Tramp when the Park: City International Musie Festival presents Charlie Chaplin's ‘The Gold Rush” with musical accompa- niment adapted from Beethoven. Russell Harlow conducts. The shows will be tonight at 8 at the Jiny Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. in Park City, and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South in Salt Lake City. Admission ig $12, or $10 for students andseniors. @KRCL(FM 90.1) begins its annual “Womer Aloud” program Saturday and Sunday KRCL workers will also have a pot-luck lunch’ Sunday from to 5 p.m. at thestation, 208 W. 800 South, Salt Lake City. Listeners are invited te bring their favorite dish to share. @ The vibrant paintingsof Pilar Pobil and works, offive other womenartists are featuredin a exhibe it opening at the Art Barn’s Finch Lane Gallery, Finch Lane in Reservoir Park, Salt Lake City, to« day with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m, For thi exhibit, Pobil concentrates on“what I consider the roots of myinspiration as an artist: my Spanisty heritage and the ties with Mexican and Latin Americanart that I have experienced in mylife. time.” Ex Domo" represents the work of Jennifer Hily lam Barton, Jacqui Biggs Larsen, Downy Doxey~ Marshall, Kathy Minck and Heidi Moller Somsen. @An evening of outdoor Venezuelan music and dance awaits audiences Monday at Liberty Park ag the Utah Arts Council's Folk Arts Prograny launchesthefirst of four annual outdoor concertes The free, 7 p.m, event at the front of the Chasd@ Home Museumof Folk Art features musicof the Garcia family, performing as the Venezuela Cane tando, presenting sounds of acoustic folk instru« ments, This year, the festival introduces a “Print Tent" where painters and printmakers will sell reproduc. ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE g CRITIC'S. CHOICE tion from other performers. “T listen to a lot of jazz guitarists and everybody in the band loves reggae,” Mahoneysaid, “None of us want to do just one thing.” The band spent June in Europe playing small venuesand largefestivals, “Europe was all right," Mahoney said. “What was strangeis that over there we’rereally just getting started. There are places in Germany and stores in Paris where people can buy our music, but most peopie really didn't know whowe were. The French would watch us kind of quietly, then just clap politely at the end of the song. It's different."” Regardless, Mahoney said the band’s perfor- a mentum. honeyand his mates aren't afraid of success. “What the exposure has done forus is open the door for us to get our music out to a group of people that have never heardofus,” he explained WN ground image, taking pride in their word-of-mouth reputation and guarding their unique sound, being an “overnight success" could have been band members’ undoing. It has happened to many bandsbefore. (Can you say “Candlebox"?) “Down” ran up the charts, Album sales and radio play soared. Unlike other bands that have worked hard for years, gained sudden popularity and then died, 311's good fortune is gaining mo- Noone under18 will be admitted without an adult and no one under 4 wil! be admitted at all. Bring a pillow. It will be a long dayin a Delta Center seat ions. “This is an alternative for those who don't want to pay the high price of originals,” said Sarah Behrens, the festival's events manager and development offi- cer. ‘The food pavilion will have an international flair with Mexican, Asian, Polynesian and American In- dian cuisine, as well as bagels, pizzas and sweets Artists will display and sell everything from paint seulpture to hand-made crafts and instru- ts. Several artists will demonstrate their talents h as oriental pape: making. , stained-glass work, nitting and wood carving at the Kimball Aris Center the botom of Main Street Kids willfind plenty to do at the Youthyard, where ry can got their faces painted, paint masks or crea community piece of art with other children, Ae See Attendees can expect much the same atmosphere as previous years, but should be aware that to accommodate 80,000 guests, parking will be restricted ‘Traffic into Historic Old Town will be limited to residents with access passes, Free shuttles will run every five to seven minutes from lots at the Deer Valley Soow Park Lodge, Park City Mountain Resort, Park Meadows, Prospector Square, points along Kearns Blvd. (Highway 248) and the entrance & Festival Schedule Here is the Park City Arts Festival entertainment sched ule: SATURDAY ; Patio Mage Mike Lucarelli, 11 a.m. Taiko Drummers, 12:30 a.m. Gigi Love Band, 2 p.m Sun Masons, 3:30 p.m Spittin’ Lint, 5 p.m. Claimjumper Stage: Mary Amanda, 12 p.m. | | | | Maggie & Julie, 1 p.m Don Gomes, 2 p.m. Kirsty MeDonaid, 3 p.m Leraine, 4 p.m. CongaRtumba, 6 p.m. ian Stee: Jett Wax Trip, 12:80 p.m Doug Winteh Duo, 1:30 p.m foams a3 Doug Wintch Duo, 3:30 p.m. Loraine. 5:30 p.m Patio Stage: Park City High Schoo! Jam Band, 10:80p.m. Rich Wyman Band, 12 p.m Houseof Cards, 1:80 p,m Utah Travelers, $ p.m Stretech Armatronng, 4:80p.m. Clalmjamper 8 | ak Lee, 12 p.m |:eee: |\ictiiictea Cow Daddies, 3 pin | Andy Monaco, 4 p.m. Pavition Stage: Wayne Christiansen Duo, 12-30 pm Cow Daddies, 1:30p.m James Scot, 2:30 p.m. Kathryn Warner, 3:30 p.m Jay Toups/Steve Wesson, 4.30p.m road from Kimball Junction (Highway 224) _SUNDAY INTHE ARTS: ROBERT SHAW IN SALT LAKE Fees i @ Dial 311 be extras, playing spectators at a basketball game. @ BY ST! M. BROPHY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE eleasing a song called “Down” was a & CBSseries. Thehitch: You have to remainin the Delta Center until 8 p.m., because participants actually will \ |
