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Show Dead Goat Salo-on takes songwriter night by the horns A call to acoustic music arms goes out to all The acoustic showcase that has been held on Sundays at the Zephyr is moving to the highly acclaimed and internationally prestigious venue of the Dead Goat Saloon. will remain essentially the same, ·with local musicians having an opportunity to play in front of an audience. The cover charge will be $2 for non-performers, and $1 for those who wish to play. The deficiency in the Utah music scene is not one of talent, but one of participation. Remember, just because it's in a bar, don't think you have to drink. Just because James Taylor and Nand Griffith won't be playing there, don't think it won't be a rewarding experience. Finally, just because the Goat has been decent enough to host it, doesn't mean that it will become a permanent thing, without your support. In addition to having the hippest staff in the western United States, the If this sort of thing doesn't gas you up for showing up, you can always stay general idea of the weekly event is to home and watch the home shopping provide a forum for Salt Lake musicians network, or pick lint out of your belly, or Dead Goat also features an ambience to not only play~ but also meet and share whatever. But if it does, show up and that simply reeks of coffeehouse sophis- with like-minded musicians, in addition have a good time. to providing the community with .a vari- For further info call Megan or Doug any renovated basement in the known ety of the local acoustic music. at 583-1153 or, you can call that citadel of tication and a posh new look rivaling world. For those of you who have not Salt Lake City has a definite need for musical swankness ... that glittering been to the Goat in a few years, the pl~ce a place to exchange ideas and to grant showboat of fine acoustics ... that summit has undergone a maJ·or overhaul by the exposure to both experienced and n~vice o fA merican cu1 t ure. . . the one and only new owners. It's cozy, ventilation exists, songwriters and players. Ideally, the DEAD GOAT SALOON at (801) 328- and the restrooms no longer resemble Goat on Sunday evenings will become something out of the Pleistocene era of the cultural mecca of the land of Zion. American plumbing. But I digress... Get stoked, tell your friends about it The format of the acoustic showcase and, most importantly, show up. The GOAT. So act now, and come on down. See you there beginning on January 3. -Alex Boynton Winter bluegrass in Bicknell, Utah Bluegrass in Utah's outback, yessirree. Once again, Bicknell Utah, is featuring a midwinter program of bluegrass and downhome string music for the residents of Wayne County. For the benefit of you city slickers, Bicknell is a tiny jewel by the Fremont River on the main road to Capitol Reef National Park, and a long ways from the city lights. The local string music guru and bluegrass evangelist is, of course, Ad us Dorsey-formerly of Salt Lake City, currently of Torrey, an even tinier jewel a few miles down the road from the pages of many issues of this magazine. Since moving to Torrey, Ad us has burrowed tirelessly into the musical sou'! of Wayne County, converting the local cowboys into bluegrass and string music fans. This year's winter program-produced by Ad us under his "Polecat Productions" logo-features the Bluegrass Conspiracy, Utah's premier bluegrass group. Opening for them will be a local crew known only as the "To Be Announced Band." The Conspiracy is well known in the Salt Lake area for its mete- Bicknell. As many of us recall, Ad us is a oric rise on the bluegrass scene. past president of the UBMA (forerunner Until last fall it consisted of Ron of the lAMA), a dedicated mandolin and Spears on mandolin, Mark Anger on guitar _player, and an outstanding photographer, whose pictures have graced banjo, Antoon Speters on guitar, and Bangs Tapscott on bass. Shortly after the 4 Intermountain Acoustic Musician, January 1993 Deer Valley festival in Septembe~, Speters left the band to move to California with his new bride, Lisa Donovan (a pretty fair guitarist in her own right). Replacing him in the Conspiracy is Dave Hunt, veteran of several regional bands and an outstanding guitar and fiddle player (in 1989 he took first in the Utah State Flatpicking competition, and second in the Fiddle competition). Salt Lake jammers will remember Dave from many Sugarhouse Park sessions, and from the fact that he appears to be several feet taller than everybody around him. The concert is on Saturday, January 16, at the historic Wayne Theater in Bicknell. Starting time is 7:~0. Ticket prices (and if you were ever looking for continued next page |
