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Show Bluegrass Band Entertains Saturday The hit of last summer's Park City Bluegrass Festival, "Hot Rize", will perform Saturday night at the Egyptian Egyp-tian Theatre at 8 p.m. The popular Colorado based group featuring Tim O'Brien, Charles Sawtelle, Pete Wernick, and Nick Forster, combines the best of traditional and "newgrass" elements. "Dr. Banjo" is Pete Wernicke Wer-nicke other name. He is not only one of the country's best known bluegrass banjo players, he's its leading banjo teacher, thanks to his best selling instruction guide "Bluegrass Banjo". Pete gained national recognition in the early 70's for his banjo work with the trend-setting innovative bluegrass band Country Cooking. With Hot Rize, he sometimes augments aug-ments his clean and driving style with a special "phase shifter" attachment which some say creates a new banjo sound. Dr. Banjo is from New York City, and yes, he does have a real Ph.D. Tim O'Brien, the triple-threat triple-threat front man with Hot Rize, is gaining a wide following as one of the "hottest rising" stars in bluegrass. His natural, soulful, tenor is a treat to hear, whether traditional bluegrass, swing, or yodel numbers. He's also an exceptional mandolin and guitar picker with a powerful and unique style, and has won fiddle contests in several states around the country. Charles Sawtelle, guitarist in Hot Rize, hails from Austin, Texas. For years one of the best known and respected sidemen in the Denver area Charles' tone and dexterity on the guitar and his distinctive singing combine in a remarkable, personal bluegrass style: His four years' experience running run-ning a concert PA sound company helps account for the consistency of Hot Rize's strong, clean sound under varying performance coiuli-Please coiuli-Please turn to page 5B i XV alf F I Hot Rize More Hot Rise general admission and $7 for members of Park City Performances. For reservations reserva-tions call 649-9371. Tickets are on sale at Cosmic Aeroplane, Smokey's Records Re-cords and all Z.C.M.I. datatix outlets and at the Egyptian Theatre. Continued from Page 2B tions. Nick Forster, from Red Hook, New York, is Hot Rize's jack-of-all-trades. He ably handles severals important roles from bass player to emcee to bus driver and t-shirt entrepreneur. Just as his smooth and forceful bass lines power the Hot Rize sound, Nick's warm and witty emcee work lends a special dimension to the group's stage show. He is also number-one harmony singer in the group, able to sing all parts tenor to bass, and at times plays guitar, mandolin, and fiddle as well. Tickets for Hot Rize are $9 |
