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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1999)
The following is a brief list of week end events. Please call the venue for more information. CONCERTS: Duffy's, 14120 St Sunday: Mary Tyler Morphine, v' Armatron, Dr. Solo Knickerbockers, 901 O St Friday: L7 with Honky, Blacklight Sunshine with Clever The Royal Grove, 340 W. Cornhusker Highway Friday: Parliament-Funkadelic • Saturday: Men of Playgirl State Fair, Bob Devaney Sports Center Friday: Willie Nelson Saturday: Chris LeDoux Sunday: Creedence Clearwater Revisited Zoo Bar, 136 N 14th St Friday and Saturday: Yabba Griffiths THEATER: 7th Street Loft, 504 S. Seventh St Friday and Saturday: “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, 12th and R streets All weekend: “eXistenZ” Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St, Omaha All weekend: “Crazy for You” Shelterbelt, 3225 California St, Omaha , All weekend: “Three to Beam Up” DANCE: Creighton Lied Education Center for the Arts, 24th and Cass streets, Omaha Saturday: Troika Ranch GALLERIES: The Burkholder Project, 719 P St. All weekend: works by Bobby Sward, Linda Rice and Tom Sheppard Gallery 9,124 S. Ninth St. All weekend: Gallery Competition Haydon Gallery, 335 N. Eighth SL All weekend: “New Work” by Ed Rumbaugh Lentz Center, Morrill Hall, 14th and U streets All weekend: paintings by Shi Hu Noyes Gallery, 119 S. Ninth St All weekend: works by Tony — Guido, Sheila Downey and Elmer Holzrichter The Sheldon Memorial Art > Gallery, 12th and R streets All weekend: Charles Rain’s “Magic Realism” FESTIVALS: ' "J/ - " -:f'\ . /' • ; . -V JoslynArt Museum, 2200 Dodge St, Omaha '7^'y ' A ''7-- pgkr - p&'.v —. >.,<..,?<.■:*> .:•,. .»-*... *<„. r*r *mp&; -- . .'. t ^ . . _ " Courtesy Photo Chris LeDoux, whose music career incfudes more than 30 albums, brings his rock ’n’ roll flavored country to the Nebraska State Fair. ByDavid Wilson Senior editor A long stretch of open highway in the darkness used to be all it took to inspire Chris LeDoux. Two decades, a record deal and more than 30 albums later, LeDoux now struggles to find any song-writing inspiration at all. The former rodeo standout, who first made a name for himself writing hard-core rodeo country, says he may never write again. “Anymore, I want to be outdoors,” LeDoux said in a telephone interview earlier this month. “Either tending the cows or fixing the fence. I’ll let the other guys sit inside and write.” That doesn’t mean, however, that LeDoux will quit recording albums full of songs that relate to his life. And that also doesn’t mean he plans to quit his energy-filled touring anytime soon. The LeDoux tour makes a stop at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday at 8 p.m. - part of the Nebraska State Fair. LeDoux and his band have been playing around 150 shows per year for the last decade. In that time, LeDoux has also put out 12 albums, including his most recent “20 Greatest Hits.” “It never really ends,” LeDoux said. “You just get a break now and then. But, shoot, we still enjoy it.” LeDoux began detailing his rodeo experiences in song during the 1970s, eventually becoming the world cham pion bareback bronc rider in 1976. Soon after, though, LeDoux quit rodeoing and decided to take his underground-music career to the next Concert Preview Ma The facts PV Who: Chris LeDoux Where: Bob Devaney Sports Center When: Saturday at 8 p.m. Cost: $10 TIm Skinny: Former rodeo champ sings about life on the road Please see LEDOUX on 15 Revamped L7 makes noise at Knickerbockers By Jason Hardy Senior staff writer In 1992, four ladies from Los Angeles gave what was quickly becoming the generation of slackers a battle cry. “Pretend We’re Dead,” was one of 1992’s biggest alternative hits, as was the album “Bricks Are Heavy.” The four women, who make up L7, have definitely been around the block more than just a few times over the last 10 years. This year’s trip around the block finally fea tures a long overdue stop in Nebraska. Tonight at Knickerbockers, 9th and O streets, Lincoln residents will get a chance to smell the magic of Of cowsi.lhis time thet&nt might be&lit tie uirterent. The group has recently parted ways both with former bassist Gail Greenwood and for mer major label Warner Brothers. Not only that, their latest release, “Slap-Happy,” is the first album from L7’s own record company, Wax' Tadpole Records. Despite the changes, much of what has always made L7 different is still there. “Slap Happy” is typical L7. It’s a very heavy guitar driven album, but the group seems to have a new energy surrounding many of the songs. The riffs are chunky as ever, but the hooks are more catchy than most, if not all, of their past few albums. “Slap-Happy” also has some tracks that totally break from L7 style, such as ‘Livin’ Large,” which uses no guitar fuzz and Pfease see L7 on 16 1