Voice Box with Cathy Richardson
F RIDAY, JUNE 16 Honey Island Swamp Band plus Ian Leith in the SideBar
www. fitzgeraldsnightclub. com T HURSDAY, JUNE 1
Live music from Springfield, Mo., featuring Ruell Chappell, Nick Sibley, D. Clinton Thompson and singing sensation Abbey Waterworth. Plus a sneak preview of Dave Hoekstra ' s and Jamie Ceaser ' s Springfield ' s music documentary
Springfield Jamboree
F RIDAY, JUNE 2 The Beatle Bros perform " Sgt. Pepper ' s " album
S ATURDAY, JUNE 3 The singer-songwriter celebrates the release of her new album, " Shame." Rachel Baiman Band with George Jackson & Patrik Ahlberg
T UEDAY, JUNE 6
The best blues bargain in town... WDCB ' s Blues Time with Tom Marker presents amonthly show dedicated to the blues. Sponsored by Revolution Brewing-
Bluesday Tuesday with Lurrie Bell
W EDNESDAY, JUNE 7 SideBar Sessions with Jeannie Lambert & Judy Roberts F RIDAY, JUNE 9 Los Texmanics
S ATURDAY, JUNE 10
Blues Fest Special
Nikki Hill Nick Moss Band, The Jimmys plus Ralph Covert ' s Acoustic Army in the SideBar
T UESDAY, JUNE 13
Come on out and celebrate the third anniversary of our evening of spoken word hosted by Maureen Muldoon with musical improvisation by Cathy Richardson.
Voice Box with Cathy Richardson
F RIDAY, JUNE 16 Honey Island Swamp Band plus Ian Leith in the SideBar
F RIDAY, JUNE 23 Terrapin Flyer
S ATURDAY, JUNE 24 Webb Wilder and The Beatniks
F RIDAY, JUNE 30- MONDAY J ULY 3 The 36th Annual ✮American Music Festival✮ June 30- July 3rd
Over 60 bands on 3 Stages • Festival Tents & in the Club for Music
Rain Or Shine • Tom ' s Good Cajun / American BBQ • 4-Day Passes Children under 12- reduced tix welcome until 10pm • Air conditioning Marshall Crenshaw • Dave Alvin • Marcia Ball • Robbie Fulks • CJ Chenier Sarah Borges • Shemekia Copeland • Ike Reilly
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Ray Alder: I think it just happened naturally. I mean, me and Jim had talked about it before. We discussed where we wanted the album to go, a vibe and flow of the album. We basically agreed to do something sort of catchier and shorter songs with catchy choruses. Of course, we were going to add a long song in there, which is what we do. We definitely knew what we wanted to do before we started to write.
Mosh: What’ s your favorite track off Theories that you enjoy playing live the most? Ray Alder:“ The Light and Shade of Things” is probably my favorite one so far to do live. It’ s 14-minutes long, but it goes by so fast. It feels like a four-minute song. It’ s just a cool song with lots of multiple parts, really heavy with a big chorus. Now we have Mike and Joey singing the chorus with three parts [ harmonies ] going on. It’ s probably the song I look forward to the most in the set. This time we’ re actually doing a song, " SOS " that we didn’ t do on the European tour.
Mosh: You’ ll be playing the Forge on the 24th, what in particular do like about playing in the Chicago-area? Ray Alder: It’ s just a great audience. I know this because we’ ve been there a few times. I remember years ago we were in Chicago with Queensrÿche and Dream Theater and it was a great show with a great audience. Every time we go there we feel great. But it seems like every time we go we’ re playing
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Mosh: I loved your performances with Engine and Redemption. Are these extracurricular projects away from Fates a necessary outlet for you to keep things fresh? Ray Alder: Yeah, definitely. Obviously, there’ s a lot of time between, so you have to fill that void with something. I have ideas kicking around sometimes that aren’ t going to flow right with Fates. The Engine thing was like that. At that point I was into bands like Deftones and Soulfly. So I wanted to do something similar. I can’ t sing like those guys but it was something I had in my head music wise. It’ s definitely something fun to do besides Fates.
Mosh: What are your plans for a new album and hopefully it won’ t take longer than three years like previous releases. Ray Alder: The plan right now is to keep touring as much as possible. We’ re constantly trying to book new shows. Jim and I are talking about doing more shows in the fall before Christmas. There’ s no talks now about a new album, we haven’ t even begun to discuss that. In July it’ ll be a year since the album was released and I don’ t want to go on that route of nine years again!
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