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Sean Kelly, guitarist and vocalist for the Samples, will perform an acoustic show at Omaha’s Ranch
Bowl tonight.
Samples singer goes acoustic
By Cliff Hicks
Staff Reporter
While Sean Kelly’s name may not
click initially, all it takes is a mention
Concert
Preview
of his band to perk
any M idwestcrner’s
ears. He’s the gui
tarist and vocalist
for the Samples, a
band from Boulder,
Colo., and his solo
tour will hit
Omaha’s Ranch
Bowl, 1600 S. 72nd
St., tonight.
Kelly called to
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album, “Light House Rocket.” And
despite the melancholy countenance
he wears on all of his press photos, he
couldn’t have been a nicer guy to chat
with.
“Instead of trying to incorporate
some acoustic like we do with the
band, it’s specifically acoustic,” Kelly
said. “It’s a little more laid-back.”
Touring with Kelly is Rob Somers.
Somers plays guitars and bass, and he
assists on vocals.
“Scan and I startedplayingguitar in
Manchester, Vermont, when we were
kids... about 15. We continued to play
in bands together through the time we
were both in Vermont,” Somers said.
“It’s great touring with Scan, play
ing with an old friend. He flics me in
from wherever lam. It’salways worth
it,” Somers said.
Although the Samples arc still very
much together (10 years and count
ing), Kelly toured solo quite success
fully last spring.
“It’s fun to let people hear our ver
sions of (Samples’) songs, and it’s a
good opport un ity to try out new songs,”
he said.
A common misconception is that
Kelly’s solo album will sound like a
Samples album, Kelly said.
“What our band does is so different
than what 1 do acoustically,” he said.
Still, Kelly is the Samples’ major
songwriter, and soma elements of the
Samples’ sound seep through. One of
the songs off “Light House Rocket,”“I
Remember Dying,” was redone by the
Samples for the band’s new album,
“Outpost,” which is due out in June
“It's fun to let people
hear our versions of
(Samples') songs, and
its a good opportunity to
try out neiv songs. ”
SEAN KELLY
Samples guitarist and vocalist
from MCA Records.
At the show, Kelly will play work
from his solo album, along with some
of his favorite Samples songs and some
of Somers’ songs. — ,
The Samples’ last album,“Autopi
lot,” came out in 1994. “Light House
Rocket” was recorded shortly after
that. In comparison to the $50,000
spent on the recording of “Autopilot,”
“Light House Rocket” was an abrupt
change.
“It cost $700 to make “Light House
Rocket”and produce it,and it wasa lot
of fun that way,” Kelly said.
While Kelly claims he has enough
material to make two or three more
solo albums, he is going to sec if any of
his songs will work with the Samples
first.
But until he does get back with the
Samples, Kelly is content to keep play
ing on his own.
“I’m just doing this because I have
some time off. We always have fun at
the Ranch Bowl. I think every band
does,” Kelly said.
At the show, fans arc encouraged to
bring tape recorders, all except digital
audiotape recorders.
“I love bootlegs,” Kelly said. “We
have to be playing di fferent ly knowing
people are recording. It makes sure
that we’re progressing forward.”
As well as making their own tapes,
concert attendees will have the option
of buying low-cost cassettes of newly
recorded material.
“It just keeps that grass-roots feel
ing,” Kelly said.
Kelly and Somers aren’t the only
faces that will be at the show. In addi
tion to the occasional keyboards of
Billy Sinatra, Kelly insists that the
crew plays a vital part for him.
The crew is all part of the team,
Kelly said. “They become part of the
show. I’m used to being around such a
big band; it’s weird just having Rob’s
hairy chest looking at me. So Roscoc,
our tour manager, comes up on stage.”
The tour manager isn’t the only
one.
“Our stage manager, Brian, lie’s the
salty dog. That night’ll be his birthday
night. We’ll play ‘Happy Birthday’ for
him,” Kelly said.
Rounding out the crew is Jay Ander
son, who does the sound for not only
Kelly’s solo shows, but also for the
Samples’ shows.
“Hc’sbecn with us for years,” Kelly
said. “He’s really a great guy.”
Sherri Jackson, a Denver native who
sings and plays both the guitar and the
violin, will open the show tonight. She
has been compared to a variety of
artists, including Traci Chapman,
Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews.
Jackson has opened for a variety of
big names, including Joan Osborne,
Rusted Root and the Freddy Jones
Band. Her debut album, “Moments In
Denial,” was released late last year.
Kelly said the show would go on,
regardless of how many people at
tended.
“It did sell out in Chicago, but it
really depends on what night it is,” he
said. “Even if it’s low-key, we still
play our show.
“Acoustically, I like ‘emsmaller—
venue, I mean. I would like a lot of
people to show up in a small place.”
And although Kelly likes to keep
things low-key, his shows won’t be
laid-back to the point of drowsiness.
“The show has a sense of humor to
it. It’s not just two sleepy guys playing
away. People should come to relax and
have a good time,” Kelly said.
“I don’t know how to entice people
any more than say if you want to hear
a different angle and a different slant,
you can expect the best.”
Tickets for tonight’s concert are $6
at the door. The doors will open at 8
p.m., and the show will start at 9.
Jazz artists heat up Lied Center
By Lane Hickenbottom
Music Critic
It is beautiful to sec a group of
musicians, who have completely mas
tered their instruments, play together
in harmony.
Such was the case Saturday night
when the Caribbean Jazz Project per
formed a showcase of tropic-sty 1c music
to an impressed Lied Center audience.
The first set opened with a song that
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sheer power as drummer Walker con
nected with Eskenazi on his piano.
When the set was over, the audi
ence gave itsthorough approval with a
quick jump to its feet to applaud the
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