96 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, May 2 - May 8, 2003
Roomful of Blues will perform Saturday, May 24, at 1776
Classic American Steakhouse.
DSO to offer 'Beethoven'
double bill on May 17
The Delaware Symphony Or-
chestra is presenting a Beethoven
double bill: a unique opportunity
to compare the work of the master
from the beginning of his career
to the end. Beethoven's monu-
mental Symphonies One and
Nine will be performed in one
concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, May
17 at the Grand Opera House.
Guest conductor is Henry Charles
Smith; guest soloists are soprano
Winifred Faix Brown, tenor Lee
Henning, baritone Philip Kraus
and mezzo soprano Emily Lo-
dine. Tickets are $32 to $52 are
available by calling or visiting the
Grand box office at 800-37-
GRAND and on the website at
www.desymphony.org.
In his First Symphony,
Beethoven, whose popularity as a
piano soloist was at its peak in
1799, was chafing at the musical
restrictions imposed by the times.
His compositions were influenced
primarily by Haydn and Mozart.
As a Romantic, he endorsed the
beliefs romantic composers-
the right of individuals to express
themselves freely and the necessi-
ty for such expression to be a per-
sonal statement.
From then on, Beethoven in-
creasingly flouted the existing
rules of musical competition in
order to convey his musical ideas
and innovations. By 1817, his
music had entered a. new era. The
culmination of his symphonic ca-
reer was the earth shattering
Ninth Symphony - also known as
the Choral Symphony - written in
1824, which, with its choral fi-
nale, is truly a breathtaking show-
piece.
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Roomful of Blues heading
to 1 76 for May 24 show
The horn-fueled, jumping,
swinging, award-winning band,
Roomful of Blues, will celebrate
the release of its Alligator
Records debut, '"qhat's Right!","
with a live performance, Satur-
day, May 24, at 1776 Classic
American Steakhouse at Midway.
The great Count Basic called
them, "The hottest blues band
I've ever heard." "DownBeat"
said the band is "in a class by it-
self."
Roomful of Blues is currently
celebrating its 35th anniversary.
Time and ticket price for the show
will be announced at a later date.
Since 1968, Roomful of Blues'
horn-driven blend of swing, jump,
blues and soul has earned it four
Grammy Award nominations and
a slew of other accolades, includ-
ing two W.C. Handy Blues
Awards. The band has always
boasted great musicianship fea-
turing a stellar horn section
Roomful received a 2003 W.C.
Handy Blues Award nomination
for Best Instrumentalist - Horns.
With an almost nonstop per-
formance schedule for the last 35
years, Roomful of Blues has
earned critical, popular and radio
success and a legion of fans
around the globe. Twice, the pres-
tigious DownBeat International
Critics Poll selected Roomful of
Blues as Best Blues Band. Now,
Schwartz
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of 'q.a Movida," the pop cultmal
movement of late 70s Madrid.
From those humble beginnings,
Almodovar has become one of the
most acclaimed and prolific film
directors working today.
His earlier works include such
cult classics as "Law of Desire"
the next chapter is being written,
as Roomful of Blues joins the Al-
ligator Records family with its
newest release, 'q'hat's Right!"
Over the years, Roomfuls' line-
up has changed but the band has
alway.s been one of the tightest,
most joyful blues ensembles in
the world. Currently an eight-
piece unit led by guitarist Chris
Vachon, the band has never
sounded fresher, stronger or
tighter. With newest members vo-
calist/harpist Mark DuFresne,
bassist Brad Hallen, drummer Ja-
son Corbiere, keyboardist Mark
Steverts and baritone and tenor
saxophonist Mark Farley joining
long time members tenor and alto
saxophonist Rich Lataille and
trumpeter Bob Enos, "That's
Right!" swings with ferocity and
rocks with urgency and purpose.
It all began in Westerly, Rhode Is-
land, in 1968 when guitarist Duke
Robillard and keyboardist AI
Copley started a band that played
tough, no-holds-barred .Chicago
blues.
They soon began exploring the
swinging, jumping blues, R&B
and jazz of the 1940s and 1950s,
and added a horn section in 1970.
In 1974, they performed with
Count Basie and a few years later,
legendary songwriter Dec Pomus
helped them land their first record
deal. In 1977, Roomful of Blues '•
r
(1987), "Women on the Verge ofa
Nervous Breakdown" (1988),
"Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!"
(1990) and "All About My Moth-
er" (1999), which won the Oscar
and Golden Globe for Best For-
eign Language Film.
"Talk to Her" has a running
time of 112 minutes. It is rated R
for nudity, sexual content and
some language.
The film is in Spanish with
English subtitles.
self-titled debut album on Island
Records (recently reissued on
Hyena Records) brought them to
the attention of fans and critics
from coast to coast. When found-
ing member Duke Robillard left
the band in 1980, he was replaced
by equally talented guitarist Ron-
• hie Earl. Singer Lou Ann Barton
joined the band at this time, shar-
ing vocals with Greg Piccolo. By
now the band was touring nation-
ally and attracting bigger and big-
ger crowds. Roomful recorded the
critically acclaimed "Hot Little
Mama" fortheir own Blue Flame
label and two successful albums
for the Varrick label during the
1980s. In addition, they often
backed legendary musicians like
Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Mc-
Cracklin, Roy Brown, Joe .Turner,
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and
Earl King - stars of the 1940s and
1950s blues scene - and the very
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