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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v6n38 (09/20/2007) » Section: Calendar Spotlight


Paul James Jazz Band

Mixing the old with the new, the recently formed local jazz ensemble the Paul James Jazz Band effects a vintage yet utterly modern sound. Consisting of Paul Schulte on guitar, Moose Erbacher on bass and Paul Allison on drums, the up and coming instrumental group can perform as either a duo or a trio. Relatively new to the local music scene, the Paul James Band has started out booking gigs at Brodo Soup and Wine Bar in WIlliamsville (located at 4548 Main St.), and will provide dinner music tonight (Thursday, Sept. 20) from 7-9pm, and again next week on Saturday (Sept. 29), also from 7-9pm. Stop in for a soothing, sophisticated couple of hours complete with wine, jazz and great Bistro food.



The Fury

The Fury, a rocking trio out of Syracuse, comes to Merlins on Friday (Sept. 21) for a 10:30pm show with the Painkillers and Anal Pudding. Frontman Mick Fury, who comes back to the area after tearing it up in L.A. for a spell, is a seasoned rocker whose neo-classic rock-n-roll, he says, “has been known to knock girls’ clothes off.” The band’s latest full-length album, She Rocked Me, explores themes like staying out all night, drinking beer straight from the tap and the art of getting chicks to dance—preferably on the strip pole. Although this will assuredly be a rough and rowdy show, the Fury can’t hit it too hard because they’re booked again on Saturday night, at the Buffalo Frisbee Tournament, being held at the Polish Community Center (1081 Broadway) at 9pm.



Ronnie Baker Brooks

Fast-rising next-generation blues star Ronnie Baker Brooks wil thrill fans with another appearance at the Lafayette Tap Room this Saturday night (Sept. 22), at 9:30pm. Since 1994 Brooks has been making an annual visit to the Tap Room from his hometown of Chicago, where he’s been riding a wave of success from his latest release, The Torch (Watchdog Records), and keeping the legacy of Chicago’s blues tradition going strong with frequent club appearances. Ronnie is the son of blues great Lonnie Brooks, and he grew up among “the best of the best,”with legends like Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and of course his father. But the younger Brooks is on a mission to extend the blues tradition to a different generation, enlivening the classic genre with touches of modern funk and hip-hop. The 17 original songs on The Torch are a celebration of the blues, old and new.



Benefit for Corrine Pelowski

Statistics tell us that every three minutes a woman in the US is diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2001, Corrine Pelowski experienced this reality first-hand, undergoing a radical mastectomy and extensive chemotherapy. Just shy of her 5-year remission date, she learned that her cancer had returned to attack her sternum. Radiation treatments and continuous chemotherapy have followed. On Saturday (Sept. 22) from 1—11pm, a benefit fundraiser will be held at the Loyal Order of Moose (on 45 Church St. in Hamburg) to help offset the debt she’s accumulated as a result of her battle with an opponent that will visit over 200,000 American women this year alone. Musical guests include the Steam Donkeys, Lickity Split, Midnight Soul and Mojo Limbo. For tickets or to make a donation call 563-3832.



Living With the Past

Jethro Tull live tribute band Living With the Past has a return engagement at Nietzsche’s on Saturday (Sept. 22), for a very special occasion in honor of the late Mark Freeland. The band will be performing with an emphasis on the “golden age” of Jethro Tull: Music from the classic early seventies albums Aqualung (1971) and Thick As A Brick (1972), as well as Living With the Past (also ‘72), The Best Of... (1976) and more. The six-person ensemble boasts three guitars, keys, bass and drums—and of course flute—to best recreate Tull’s music as it was originally played and recorded. Opening the show at 9pm is local recording artist Chris Squier and Pink Floyd tribute band Relics. Proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Mark Freeland Fund.



Aiden

What’s black and white and rocks all over? That would be Victory Records superstars Aiden. As the band hits the road this month to promote the latest chapter in their alt-evolution, Buffalo can don its collective eyeliner and mosh to the sounds of Aiden’s newest album, Conviction. Released less than a month ago, Conviction far exceeded expectations and has thrilled fans with its melodically focused tracks and heavy emotional messages. Aiden has graced covers like Alternative Press and Metal Edge, music from their previous records has been featured in the big screen horror flicks Dead Silence and Underworld...Evolution and they’ve hit the stage with such acts as Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, and 30 Seconds To Mars. Joining them at the Icon on Sunday (Sept. 23) will be Drop Dead Gorgeous, Still Remains and 1997. Why not break out the make-up and hoodie for a night of jumping and head-banging? After all, skinny is the new boot-cut.





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