Furthur
featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir

Thursday, September 16, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010

Advance tickets on sale now at all Safeway Ticketswest outlets, online at ticketswest.com, and the Hult Center Box Office for $53.50 general admission, which includes a City of Eugene facility fee / parking.

Tickets day of show of show will cost $58.50 general admission.

Gates for both show dates open at 5:30 p.m. Concert starts at 7 p.m

All tickets subject to service charges and/or user fees.

Founded in 2009 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, Furthur’s lineup also includes John Kadlecik of the Dark Star Orchestra on guitar, Jeff Chimenti of RatDog on keyboards, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo on drums.

In 2008, for the first time in four years, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh began performing together, with a reunion of The Dead. A few months after The Dead's 2009 tour the musicians announced that they had formed a new band with Kadlecik, Chimenti, Lane, and Russo.

The band debuted with performances on September 2009, at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, California. They followed those shows up with a handful of more dates during 2009 including five shows in the northeast, as well as live rehearsal sessions and two New Years shows in California. During the New Years eve performances the band was joined by backing vocalists Zoe Ellis and Sunshine Garcia Becker.  Ellis and Becker remained in the line up for the remainder of the tour.

Furthur web site

Willie Nelson
with special guest Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses opening
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Advance tickets on sale now at all Safeway Ticketswest outlets, online at ticketswest.com, and the Hult Center Box Office for $65 for reserved seating close to the stage and $40 general admission, both of which includes a City of Eugene facility fee / parking.

Tickets day of show of show will cost $65 for reserved seating close to the stage and $40 general admission.

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Concert starts at 7 p.m

All tickets subject to service charges and/or user fees.

If ever the words "living legend" were more than just public relations bluster, the application would be to Willie Hugh Nelson.

The iconic Texan is the creative genius behind historic recordings like "Crazy," "Hello Walls," “Red Headed Stranger” and “Stardust.” His career has spanned six decades. His catalog boasts more than 200 albums. He's earned every conceivable award and honor to be bestowed a person in his profession. He has also amassed reputable credentials as an author, actor and activist. 

Born April 29, 1933 in Abbott, Texas, Nelson and his sister were raised by their paternal
grandparents who encouraged both children to play music. He began writing songs in elementary school and played in bands as a teenager. After high school, Nelson served a short stint in the Air Force, but music was a constant pull.

By the mid Fifties, he was working as a country deejay in Ft. Worth while continuing to pursue a musical career, recording independently and playing nightclubs. He sold some of his original compositions, including "Family Bible" which became a hit for Claude Gray in 1960.

That success and others convinced Nelson to move to Nashville, where record labels were initially resistant. His songwriting talents were quickly embraced, however, and 1961 proved to be his breakthrough year. His "Hello Walls" became a nine-week No. 1 for Faron Young, and Patsy Cline's version of "Crazy" became an instant classic.

In 1962, Nelson scored his first two Top 10 hits as a recording artist for Liberty Records, but struggled for a breakthrough the remainder of the decade. Disillusioned with Nashville and with his label, RCA Records’ insistence on lush, string-laden arrangements, he moved back to Texas in 1972.

Now in his 70s, he continues to tour and has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians, including Bob Dylan, and Dave Matthews. He also continues to record albums prolifically in new genres that embrace reggae, blues, jazz, folk, and popular music.

Willie Nelson web site

Heart
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Advance tickets on sale now at all Safeway Ticketswest outlets, online at ticketswest.com, and the Hult Center Box Office for $55 for reserved seating close to the stage and $35 general admission, both of which includes a City of Eugene facility fee / parking.

Tickets day of show of show will cost $54 for reserved seating close to the stage and $35 general admission.

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Concert starts at 7 p.m

All tickets subject to service charges and/or user fees.

Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind Heart, a hard-rock group who initially found success in the mid-'70s, only to reach greater heights after engineering a major comeback a decade later.

Heart will return with a new studio recording on August 31 2010, entitled Red Velvet Car - the most personal and powerful work yet from Ann and Nancy Wilson – that takes generations of Heart fans on what truly feels like the musical ride of a lifetime.

Powerfully produced by Ben Mink - who previously worked with Ann Wilson on her acclaimed 2007 solo album Hope & Glory - Red Velvet Car is an thoroughly electrifying song cycle of largely acoustic-based sound and a stunning album with a true and renewed sense of purpose.

As Ann Wilson put it, "Here we are at this point in the band's history and just like with any lifespan, the longer you love, the longer things look in back of you - and shorter in front of you too. That sense of perspective means that you're much less likely to want to waste any time at all. So there's a even greater sense of mortality, of the stakes involved here and an even stronger desire to make every moment on the album matter."

The result on Red Velvet Car is an album of breathtaking intimacy and honesty.

Heart web site