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Quirky, communal Doe Bay Fest announces its 2010 band lineup
What began in 2008 as a communal neo-hippie party has grown into an impressive annual music event on Orcas Island.
The Doe Bay Fest Aug. 13-14 at Doe Bay Resort and Retreat on the southeastern corner of Orcas has announced a first-rate lineup for 2010: Fruit Bats, Grand Hallway, THEESatisfaction, Portland Cello Project, Drew Grow & [...]
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Elvis is long gone, but the King of rock ‘n’ roll hasn’t left the building
Fans are gearing up for what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday on Friday, Jan. 8.
The Elvis Presley Birthday Celebration 2010 is Jan. 7-10 in Memphis, Tenn. Tickets can be purchased online at the official Presley Web site.
Here in Seattle, the 13th annual Elvis Invitationals are taking place at Club Motor on First Avenue [...]
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Soul survivor Steve Cropper grooves to his Founders Award
All four Beatles once bowed from the waist in the presence of the man honored Thursday night with a Founders Award at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
Steve Cropper — singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and legendary soul man — was a founding member of the Mar-Keys (the house band for Stax Records) and [...]
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EMP honors a music-industry legend: Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper, the man who co-founded Booker T. & the MGs and helped pen the classic “In the Midnight Hour” will be the recipient of a 2009 Founders Award from the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
The third annual Founders Award Celebration is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the museum. Joining Cropper [...]
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Teatro ZinZanni celebrates tenth anniversary with zin-zational show
It was billed as a ZinZanniversary! — a riot of song, dance, stunts, antics and comedy celebrating Teatro ZinZanni’s 10th anniversary.
The anniversary celebration and benefit auction Sunday night at the ancient European spiegeltent at 300 Mercer St. reunited original chanteuse Ann Wilson (of Seattle rock band Heart) and original stars Kevin Kent and Christine Deaver [...]
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Seattle City of Music Awards makes its debut
In light of Seattle’s spotty history with music-awards shows, it’s impossible to predict how long the Seattle City of Music Awards will last.
But Wednesday night’s inaugural event at Showbox at the Market suggested that a second annual awards show will be eagerly anticipated next fall.
The Showbox event began with a Hollywood-style, red-carpet stroll by local [...]
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Remembering the Beatles
Beatlemania consumed Seattle when the Fab Four played its first concert in 1964.
The Edgewater Hotel, apparently the only Seattle hotel to accept them as guests, will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Beatles’ stay at the hotel and the Fab Four’s first Seattle concert with a series of events Aug. 21.
Festivities begin at 9 p.m. [...]
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