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Bryan
Adams
The
Egg, Friday
This may not be the summer of ’69, but clearly these have
got to be the best days of Bryan Adams’ life, as the musician,
philanthropist and photographer (you had no idea, right?)
is celebrating his most successful album in years, 11.
The disc debuted at No. 1 in several countries on its release
in March; thanks to Wal-Mart, it’ll debut here in the States
this Tuesday. To recap: Adams has been a resident of Canada,
England, and France; won countless international awards; captured
many a romantic’s heart; recorded a duet with Tina Freaking
Turner; been awarded the Order of Canada; and, yes, even shot
photos for Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar, among
others. What hasn’t this dude accomplished? He even sold out
the Egg, where he’ll perform a solo set tomorrow night. (May
9, 8 PM, $25, Empire State Plaza, Albany, 473-1845).
Geoff
Muldaur
Caffe
Lena, Friday
We’ve had a lot of Woodstock transplants in the area lately,
and Friday’s show at Caffe Lena is no exception. Geoff Muldaur—a
founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, guitarist for
one of the many Paul Butterfield bands, and an accomplished
songwriter and guitarist in his own right—comes to town Mother’s
Day weekend to celebrate the family spirit . . . or something
like that. Really, this is only notable because it seems that
anybody with the surname Muldaur seems to have gotten into
the music biz: His former wife, Maria, is the singer behind
“Midnight at the Oasis”; his daughters, Jenni and Clare, are
also singer-songwriters. What a line of work—here’s hoping
dad put some food on the table, because the girls are going
to be hungry! (May 9, 8 PM, $20, 47 Phila St., Saratoga
Springs, 583-0022)
The
Electric Prunes
Pearl
Street Nightclub, Friday
While some bands go on hiatus, the Electric Prunes just plain
shut down—for 30 years. The psychedelic-rock outfit had a
decent enough run in the late 1960s; one of their songs was
even played over the Mardi Gras drug-trip scene in Easy
Rider, a paramount placement for a band of their ilk.
But in 1970, following a period of lineup changes, commercial
disappointments, and legal wrangling, the group packed it
in. Reinvigorated, for lack of a better term, by cult interest
in the band, most of the original members re-formed for touring
and recording in 2001, and now here they are, in all their
glory: the Electric Prunes! Freak out! (May 9, 8:30 PM,
$20, 10 Pearl St., Northampton, Mass., 413-584-7771)
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| The
Trapps |
The
Trapps
Red
Square, Saturday
Finally, a band with an identity, a reason for their moniker.
The Trapps are named after a mountain range in New Paltz (the
home ground of the band) known for its excellent rock climbing.
Follow us here: Rock climbing can be done only with rock-and-crust
collision, and this serves as the symbolism for many different
musical influences, so, um, the Trapps rock. (Ah well, it
made sense when we started.) Luckily their sound makes a bit
more sense: a roots-rock blend with a jam influence that manages
to both relax and ignite, matched with heavy-duty lyrics.
These semi-local boys have already built themselves a following
here and downstate; this weekend at Red Square they’ll share
the stage with the Jamie McLean Band and Alta Mira. (May
10, 8 PM, $8, 388 Broadway, Albany, 465-0444)
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Mother-Daughter
String Band
Old
Songs, Saturday
Break out the brunches and Hallmark cards, because it’s Mother’s
Day again. Thankfully, the folks at Old Songs saw it coming
and programmed accordingly. Saturday’s performance by the
Mother-Daughter String Band is just what it says it is: Folk
performers Lyn Hardy and Abby Newton will perform alongside
their daughters, Ruth Ungar Merenda and Rosie Newton. The
quartet will include in their instrumentation fiddles, cello,
guitar, ukelele, and banjo—and, of course, plenty of sweet
vocal harmony. Bring your mom and enjoy the traditional and
contemporary folk. If you can hate on this, you’re more heartless
than we are, and that is saying a lot. (May 10,
8 PM, $17, $5 children, 37 S. Main St., Voorheesville, 765-2815)
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| Don
Mclean |
It’s
a great weekend for folk fans, beginning tomorrow
(Friday) night at the WAMC Performing Arts Studio,
where the annual Phil Ochs Song Night, led by
Sonny Ochs and Wanda Fischer, will feature performances
by Magpie, Pat Wictor, John Flynn,
and Greg Greenway (8 PM, $18, 465-5233
ext. 4). . . . On Saturday, folkies get their
pick of the litter: “Warm and inviting” Canadian
songstress Eve Goldberg performs at the
Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park
(8 PM, $15, 674-2007); the Eighth Step presents
folk trio Herdman, Hills, Mangsen at the
Proctors GE Theatre (7 PM, $21, 434-1703 or 346-6204);
and legendary “American Pie” guy Don McLean
and his band will play the Egg (8 PM, $34.50,
473-1845). . . . There’s plenty out there for
other tastes this weekend, too: New York band
the Dig, whose new EP Good Luck and
Games was helmed by famed producer Bryce Goggin,
will play Valentine’s, with local chamber-pop
geniuses the Red Lions (8 PM, $5, 432-6572).
. . . Medeski, Martin and Wood offshoot the Wood
Brothers play Revolution Hall on Saturday
(8 PM, $14, 274-0553). . . . Thrice, Circa
Survive and Pelican will make some
noise at Northern Lights on Monday (7 PM, $21,
371-0012). . . . Even more noise will be made
at Revolution Hall Wednesday night by Tiger
Army, the Unseen, and the War Tapes
(7 PM, $15, 274-0553). . . . Also Wednesday, the
Chapel + Cultural Center in Troy closes
out its spring music residency with Brian Melick
and Globetrotting (7 PM, free, 274-7793).
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