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AFTER FIVET H E N O R T H S T A T E M A G A Z I N EJANUARY 2018 / 31st Year / No. 3 THE NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY

Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives in Red Bluff

MARC COHNInterview: Marc Cohn is continuing a celebration of the 25th anniversary of his platinum-selling debut album that featured the giant hit, ‘Walking in Memphis.’ Cohn will be joined for a portion of the Cascade Theatre show by special guest vocalists the Blind Boys of Alabama. See page 10

SUZANNE SANTOInterview: Singer-songwriter Suzanne Santo calls her parents and family her ‘main support

and inspiration.’ They have been supportive and fo unda t iona l e v e r s i n c e she started a modeling career in her teens that sent her as far away as Tokyo to live and work. See page 19

BILL ENGVALLInterview: Bill Engvall, who rocketed to fame on the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour’ and then gained even more fans after competing in the 17th season of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ is convinced people need an outlet to laugh. See page 2

ZEPPARELLAInterview: Clementine and Zepparella know what to expect this time around. The all-female Led Zeppelin cover band that’s been touring for more than 13 years, dropped into the north state a couple months back to a wildly popular, sold-out show. Zepparella is back here Jan. 11. See page 8

ON THE COVER

/ January 2018 / After Five

By Jon Lewis

Bill Engvall, who rocketed to fame on the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” and then gained even more fans after competing in the 17th season of “Dancing with the Stars,” is convinced people need an outlet to laugh.

“Even more so these days, otherwise you’d go crazy with all the stuff that’s going on,” Engvall said by phone from his home in Park City, Utah. “I thank God I’ve got this job. When people leave my show, I want them to feel like ‘OK, things are not as bad as I thought they were.’”

Those people will have two chances to get their outlook improved as Engvall is scheduled to perform twice, at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, at the Cascade Theatre. Tickets, priced from $42 to $65, are available at the theatre box offi ce, by phone at 243-8877 or online at www.cascadetheatre.org.

There will be plenty of laughs—audience members can look forward to the newest “Here’s Your Sign” jokes—but none of the chuckles will stem from political humor. That’s not Engvall’s thing.

“For one thing, no matter how good the joke is, you eliminate 50 percent of the audience. And people are just inundated with that stuff,” he said. “My feeling is, let’s just laugh and think of the good stuff going on.”

Nor is Engvall going to pretend he’s a local.

“My stuff’s about family and being married and all the stupid stuff I do,” he said. “My theory is we all do the same things, just with different accents. I fi nd it works. I don’t live in Redding and I’d look stupid trying to act like I do. Jay Leno told me once, just talk about things you know and I’ve taken that to heart. I’m not going to get up there and say ‘so Redding, California … ha ha.’ You know, somebody is going to think ‘hey, I live here and I think it’s just fi ne.’”

A good deal of Engvall’s success as a comic stems from his ability to connect with audiences, a trait he said he was born with.

“I think it’s more like a gift from God,” he said with a laugh. “When I fi rst started, I didn’t know what I was doing. I just got up on stage and talked. The more I did that, that’s what people started digging. My show is a 90-minute conversation, just going through a bunch of subjects.

“The guys I admired, like Leno, it always felt like they were talking about your life. It just kind of fi ts me and fi ts my personality. I’d hate for people to think ‘we’re going to see a comedian.’

That always conjures up a smoke-fi lled room with a brick wall backdrop.”

And similar to Brian Regan’s act (another favorite of Engvall’s), and unlike his Blue Collar stable mate Ron White, this month’s Cascade performances will be free of foul language.

“I’m not Disney on ice out there and I do talk about adult subjects, but I learned a long time ago that you can talk about whatever you want, just do it clean,” Engvall said. “You have to give your audiences some credit. If I say my wife and I were getting romantic, they get the idea. We don’t need the details. That’s why people enjoy my shows.

“Look at Newhart and Regan and those guys. I don’t think people realize how much comics would like to do a clean show. It’s worked out so far so I don’t think I’ll ever get off that horse.”

While he admits his work in movies and TV are fun, Engvall said nothing really compares to being up on a stage in front of a live audience.

“I could do the best TV show ever, but I’ll never know if somebody is watching it and thinking ‘this sucks,’” he said. “With standup, you know right then and there if the joke works or not. Standup is what got me those shows and movies. There’s an old saying in Texas: You gotta dance with them what brung yuh. And I believe in that.”

Clean and casual: The comic Bill Engvall sticks to a proven formula for his audience2 shows scheduled Jan. 5 at the Cascade Theatre

“My stuff’s about family and being

married and all the stupid stuff I do. My

theory is we all do the same things, just with

different accents.”- Bill Engvall

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Merry Standish Comedy, featuring Aaron Standish, Liz Merry, Roland Allen and Curtiss Johnson, presents “Helpin’ Halpin,” a comedy and music fundraiser for retired Tehama County planner Robert Halpin’s campaign for Tehama County Supervisor of Dist. 3. The event takes place at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gimore Road, on Jan. 13. Doors open at 6 p.m., showtime is at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $10 each and are available at Wild Oak, 328 Oak St., Red Bluff. Admission is $15 at the door. Merry Standish Comedy features mature audience language and content. Guest speakers include: Mandy Kleykamp, who is running for Supervisor of Dist. 4 in Tehama; Cal Songmaker, who is running for Congress; and former Tehama Supervisor Barbara McIver.

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Redding School of the Arts presents “Sleeping Beauty” at the David Marr Theatre, 2200 Eureka Way, Redding, for four evening performances at 7 p.m. Jan. 19, 20, 26 and 27, and two matinee performances at 2 p.m. Jan. 20 and 27. True love is the power that conquers all. This pure simple message lies at the heart of the production, directed by Hillary Rogerson. Kids Unlimited and RSA vocal Director Dawn Hess helps the singers perform at their very best. The show is choreographed by Amberly Steffensen, accompanied by the LIVE Orffestra directed by Tom Burkett. And capturing the Disney magic with the stage and set design is Kate Lindberg. There will be extended photo opportunities with the cast following evening performances. Reserved seating is now available. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased online at rsarts.org.

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For the last 30 years The Peking Acrobats have inspired fans young and old as they defy gravity with amazing displays of contortion, fl exibility and control. Accompanied by live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments and high-tech special effects, this is an exuberant event featuring all the excitement and festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival. The Peking Acrobats are scheduled to perform at the Cascade Theatre in Redding at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31. Tickets are priced from $29 to $35 and are available online at www.cascadetheatre.org, by phone at 243-8877 or at the theatre’s box offi ce, 1733 Market St.

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“Freebo is more than one of L.A.’s best players. He’s also a richly gifted and distinctive songwriter, as expressive in his writing as on a bass.”

- Paul ZolloSongwriters On Songwriting

After several years of trying to book him, the Oaksong Music Society presents Freebo, a genuine folk, rock and blues icon. After over 40 years of recording and touring with many of the great artists of our time including Bonnie Raitt for 10 years, Crosby Stills and Nash, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John and Neil Young, Oaksong president Pete Angwin said it’s clear Freebo is one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of today. He’ll be joined by Alice Howe, a rising star in modern folk music with an angelic voice. This will be each artist’s fi rst performance in Redding.

The concert takes place at 8 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., Redding. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission or $10 for students 18 years and under with a valid student ID, and are available at The Music Connection, 3086 Bechelli Lane, Redding. Call 223-2040 for information and tickets. Tickets are also available online at www.BrownPaperTickets.com.

FreeboA multi-award winner and fi nalist in

numerous songwriting contests, Freebo was also recognized as the “Best Folk Artist 2007” by the Los Angeles Music Awards.

Angwin said Freebo’s compassionate concern for the world and people around him, as evidenced both in his lyrics and his open stage banter, has helped him connect with listeners worldwide.

Freebo will take an audience from insights about what kind of positive mark we hope to leave on the world upon our own passing with “Standing Ovation” to where you stand with your pets and your partner with “She Loves My Dog More Than Me.”

He has appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show, The Midnight Special, and with the “legendary” Spinal Tap.

Alice Howe“How can a singer-songwriter have a

voice like a broken angel’s bell and write songs that could be a week or a hundred years old all at once? Big things are going to happen with this lady.”

- Vance GilbertFolk singer-songwriter

At once timeless and original, Boston singer-songwriter Alice Howe’s musical sensibility lies in 1960s folk and ‘70s Southern California songwriters, with comparisons drawn to the pure, distilled sounds of Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell.

During her three years in Seattle, Howe became a familiar face in the acoustic music scene, playing a variety of local gigs, from the Doe Bay Cafe on Orcas Island to the basement stage of northwest favorite Dusty Strings Music Store.

In the summer of 2016, she returned to her hometown of Boston and in March 2017 released her newest EP, “You’ve Been Away So Long.” Tracing the New England native’s years in the Pacifi c Northwest, the EP is a cross-country journey through the matters of the heart.

For more information on this and other Oaksong concerts in 2018, visit www.oaksongs.org or search for The Oaksong Society For Preservation Of Way Cool Music facebook page.

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Oaksong concert on Jan. 12 to be fi rst Redding performance for both artists


PHOTO / Matt Granz

By Aaron Williams

Clementine and Zepparella know what to expect this time around. The all-female Led Zeppelin cover band that’s been touring for more than 13 years, dropped into the north state a couple months back to a wildly popular show at The Dip.

“It was kind of a last-minute booking,” Clementine, the John Bonham (drummer) of the group, said via phone from Nebraska. “We have a friend in Redding who has done a lot to support the band. We knew at least he’d show up.”

Instead, The Dip was packed.“I loved the vibe,” Clementine said.

“Great crowd. As a lifer musician, I like smaller places where people are right on top of us.”

Zepparella returns to The Dip on Jan. 11. The 21-and-over show is $20 in advance, and $25 at the door. But beware, the November appearance sold out.

“We are excited to play period,” Clementine said. “But Led Zeppelin’s music is so big, made for large arenas, that when you play a small venue, it kind of hits you.”

The band is comprised of Clementine, guitarist Gretchen Menn (Jimmy Page), bassist Angeline Saris (John Paul Jones) and singer Anna Kristina (Robert Plant), who is fi lling in while Noelle Doughty is on hiatus.

Clementine said the idea of Zepparella was born of frustration after she and Menn were driving home after a show while playing in the cover band AC/DShe.

“We wanted to play more shows and were pissed off when Gretchen told me she wanted to learn to play some Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Page,” Clementine said. “I said, ‘If we are going to learn, we may as well do it on stage.’ ”

The rest is history.Zepparella’s repertoire is varied,

spanning most everything from “Good Times, Bad Times” from Led Zeppelin I to “Rock and Roll” from Led Zep IV to “The Rover” from Physical Graffi ti.

But there’s one song you won’t hear at a Zepparella show.

“We decided not to do ‘Stairway (to Heaven),’ ” Clementine said, adding that people still scream out for it.

All the ladies in Zepparella have original solo work to keep things fresh, Clementine said.

“Gretchen has a masterpiece of an album, Anna Kristina has a new album out, I have solo stuff and Angelina’s will come out in January,” Clementine said. “We are career musicians, and writing music is just as important as playing it.”

She said growing up, her parents had the stereo on at 8 a.m. and she cycled through all the classic bands as a kid.

“My dad loved The Stones, and music is in my blood,” Clementine said. “I fell madly in love with Led Zeppelin in high school and when I started playing drums, I felt like it was in my bones to play John Bonham.”

And while she said she loves playing the varied catalogue of Led Zeppelin, she’s partial to the inaugural album, Led Zeppelin I.

“I love the feel of them not giving a crap, saying ‘Here it is,’ ” she said.

And while covering a band most know and love might seem daunting, Clementine said the approach to keeping it fresh is knowing that playing Led Zeppelin live is how it was meant to be played.

“When they played live, they stretched out and improvised,” she said. “Zepparella gets to do that, too; to become a band within that structure.”

Anna Kristina, left, and Gretchen Menn of the all-female Led Zeppelin cover band Zepparella, who will be performing at The Dip in Redding on Jan. 11. Their last show at The Dip a couple months back sold out.

All-female Zeppelin cover bandreturns to The Dip in Redding


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Two American tourists, Jo-seph Dasilva, 38, and Travis Dasilva, 36, of San Diego, were arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, and detained in an immigration detention center

on Instagram, taken in front of the Buddhist temple Wat Arun, or Temple of the Dawn.

The pair’s Instagram ac-count, traveling_butts, show-cased their hindquarters at tourist sites around the world, but it was deleted shortly after the arrests.

District police chief Ja-ruphat Thongkomol told Re-uters that the two would also

a different temple.

In Birmingham, England, renowned 53-year-old sur-geon Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty to branding his initials onto human livers using an argon beam during transplant surgeries.

an organ during a follow-up surgery, which sparked an in-vestigation, the Guardian re-ported.

and acknowledged that mark-ing his patients’ livers had been a mistake.

But former patient Tracy Scriven of Dyrham, Wiltshire, told the Birmingham Mail that he should be reinstated. “Is it really that bad? I wouldn’t have cared if he did it to me.

-lin, California, tried using a fa-vorite trick of Old St. Nick – but he got stuck in the chimney of a Citrus Heights business he was trying to rob and had to call police for help.

ABC News reported that -

sponded and used special equipment to free Berube, who now faces one count of burglary.

Citrus Heights police said Berube “does not have the

Lorette Taylor of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, responsible for meting out her family’s in-heritance after her father’s death sent a bank draft to her brother, Louis Paul Hebert, for

Hebert waited at his local -

rive – but nothing came in. “I came back in the eve-

the package only to its distri-bution center north of Toronto, so along with an apology for

Taylor’s bank, TD Canada Trust, initially assured her the check would be canceled, but two days later refused to issue a new draft until Taylor signed an indemnity agreement mak-ing her and her heirs liable for life should the original check be cashed.

Not only that, the bank then asked her to put up collateral against the new bank draft, but that request was later re-called.

whole ordeal began, the bank released the money, and He-bert, at press time, was mak-

up the check in person.

An unnamed newborn boy underwent surgery at the Sci-

Pediatrics in Baku, Azerbai-jan, to remove a small remain-der of a parasitic twin that had attached itself to the baby’s back: a penis.

Gunduz Agayev, head of the institute’s neonatology de-partment, reported to Metro News that the baby “has a normal sexual organ where it

penis on the back ... has been

The newborn was not trau-matized by the surgery and is already at home with his par-ents, the doctor said.

British model Chloe Ham-

Chloe Rebelle, succumbed to

Holloway, 56, tapped on her car window to ask her to stop using her phone while driving

Metro News reports that Hammond responded by parking her Audi TT and then

Holloway, kicking her in the stomach, grabbing Holloway’s hair and biting off a piece of her ear.

Holloway, bloodied and disturbed, didn’t realize part of her ear was missing until someone “picked it up off the

Hammond was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Southwark Crown Court, and a judge sen-

An unnamed man in Cath-erine Way, Batheaston, Eng-land, started digging a “very

ago, but caused a neighbor-hood disruption when he climbed into the hole and re-fused to come out.

Neighbor Dominic Denny told the Bath Chronicle that

when there was a lot of shout-ing and screaming coming from the house opposite me. The young man’s family was outside trying to get him back

Emergency responders from a variety of services con-verged on the scene, even bringing a crane to lower into the hole to retrieve the man.

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police later re-ported that the incident was resolved and “the man got out

An employee at a TCBY yo-gurt shop in Matthews, North Carolina, got a surprise while opening three packages deliv-

the store told WSOC-TV, the packages had been delivered mistakenly and were meant for a P.O. Box at the postal store next door.

While the origin of the packages is still unknown, the drugs and the recipient’s infor-mation have been turned over to police, who report that no arrests have been made.

The Mirror reports that a

in China has been suspended after a co-worker captured her

meals meant for passengers. In the video, a line of open

meals is on a shelf in front of the female attendant, who samples from at least two of them with a spoon.

The airline said in a state-ment that the meals were left-overs not handed out to pas-sengers, and it was launching a full investigation.

Israel Perez Rangel, 38, of Santa Ana, California, raised suspicions begging for money at a service station to put gas

he was driving.

rough shape, according to the Los Angeles Times, with

from the body and vomit caked on the side.

When Santa Ana police ar-rived, Rangel ran away, but he was caught nearby hiding in bushes.

Car owner Susan Fried-man of Laguna Beach had left the Ferrari at a Costa Mesa service center, where it was stolen, and surveillance video

nicked the hot rod. Fortunately for Friedman,

her insurance company cut her a check and she replaced

-

she said.

Visitors to South Korea for the Winter Olympics may want to make a side trip to Haesin-dang Park near the coastal town of Sinnam.

The park, also known as Penis Park, opened to the

-cated to the memory of a vir-gin bride-to-be left behind by

Locals told the Mirror that after being abandoned, the bride was swept out to sea

leave the area. Now her spirit can only be

soothed by the sight of male genitalia. The park features

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tors take in the titillating sights each year, most of them wom-en.

A Tesla showroom in South -

us of four different arrests, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, in which at least two of the suspects claimed to be

(The car company is named after inventor Nikola Tesla, not a family owner.)

-way Patrol car at a stoplight,

-

said a man he hardly knew gave him the car and keys to three other Teslas.

returned to the showroom, it had been burglarized, but

burglary had occurred before he got to the dealership, so he felt he was allowed to take the vehicle and keys.

led troopers on a short chase, until his Tesla’s battery died.

pulled over in West Valley, and

old woman, was stopped at a liquor store and told police a man named Tesla had given her the car.

“We are still trying to sort

Lake Police spokesman Gary Keller. “We actually have two people claiming their name is Tesla and a family member died and left them these cars. It’s one of those cases where you just have to scratch your head and say, ‘Really?’“

-tington, New York, responsibly arrived at the Northport Police Department and Village Jus-tice Court to answer a sum-mons issued for possession of marijuana.

But before she could even park her car, Bonnici, who was on her phone, attracted the at-

an unmarked police vehicle and wheeling into the spot re-served for the chief of police.

The Long-Islander News

approached the car and Bon-nici rolled down her window, a cloud of marijuana smoke poured out, and she was promptly arrested for posses-sion again, along with getting a ticket for using her cellphone while driving.

She was able to kill two buds, er, birds, with one stone and appear before the court for both charges.

Meanwhile, in Newberry,

Franklin Dell Hayes of Mid-lands appeared at his trial for his third charge of possession of methamphetamines.

came to a close, The State reports, Hayes was ordered into custody, but when New-berry County sheriff’s deputies searched him before locking

of meth in his pants pocket. Without knowledge of the

new meth discovery, the jury sentenced Hayes to nine years in prison.

Popeye’s preferred diet of spinach to pump up his biceps had to be healthier than what a Russian man has been in-jecting.

-atigorsk in southwestern Rus-sia, concocts a dangerous muscle-enhancing solution of olive oil, lidocaine and ben-zyl alcohol and injects it into his arm muscles, resulting in

say may become paralyzed or even have to be amputated.


By Jon LewisEarly in his long and illustrious

career, Marc Cohn endured what he called “a dark night of the soul” after coming to the realization that his songwriting just wasn’t cutting it.

“The biggest thing to me was listening to a bunch of song demos I had worked on for years. I hadn’t been signed and I had to come to terms with the fact that I wasn’t writing great songs. I had to admit songs I had been working on for years weren’t compelling,” Cohn told After Five in a phone interview from his New York home.

Cohn said he had to focus on the songwriting craft and accept the simple truth that for most, “it takes years to write things that are compelling and honest.”

“You always hear that there are hundreds of Bob Dylans out there, and I always think ‘no, there’s not. There’s only one and we found him,’” Cohn said. “Look at somebody like Bruce Springsteen. There is such amazing talent there, but I know he put in the hours.”

The Boss has been on Cohn’s mind after he recently had the good fortune to take in “Springsteen on Broadway,” Springsteen’s wildly popular one-man stage performance at the 960-seat Walter Kerr Theatre in Manhattan.

“That Broadway show is a brilliant work in and of itself,” Cohn said. “That show is draining. The fact that he’s putting himself out there in that vulnerable space, night after night for

months … that’s a whole other level of work ethic that a lot of artists can’t compete with. I can’t.”

Don’t get the impression Cohn is a slouch, though. The 58-year-old is on the road for an average of 100 nights each year and he’ll take the Cascade Theatre stage in downtown Redding at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20. Tickets, priced from $35 to $45, are available at the Cascade box offi ce, by phone at 243-8877 or by visiting www.cascadetheatre.org.

Cohn is continuing a celebration of the 25th anniversary of his self-titled, platinum-selling 1991 debut album

that featured the giant Grammy award winning hit, “Walking in Memphis.” He will be performing the record in its entirety in a concert that also will be featuring never-before-heard songs and demos. Cohn will be joined for a portion of the Cascade show by special guest vocalists the Blind Boys of Alabama.

The Blind Boys of Alabama, a gospel group formed seven decades ago and led by original member Jimmy Carter, is one of the dozens of groups and artists Cohn has collaborated with. Cohn, in partnership with longtime producer John Leventhal, wrote three songs for “Almost Home,” the Blind Boys’

latest recording, and one tune, “Let My Mother Live,” has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best American Roots Performance category.

“These are things that are the antidote” to the growing challenges of the music business, Cohn said. “There are still great people to write for, collaborate with and perform with. Those are the things that outweigh the diffi culty of the business. Hitting the stage again with the Blind Boys will be great. Talk about forces of nature.”

In addition to the Blind Boys, Cohn has worked with Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Roseanne Cash, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt.

Like many recording artists of a certain age, Cohn has had to deal with the digital revolution, the advent of streaming services and the disappearance of record stores. How does he stay afl oat in these new waters?

“My way of navigating is to keep on playing, keep writing, keep performing and trying to get better at what I do,” he said. “The business is something musicians have always complained about.

“One thing I miss from when I was a kid is the album. That’s the art form I grew up loving, but the truth of the matter is most people don’t listen to albums any more. That’s not going to stop me from recording albums. It’s something I treasure. Release another chapter of the diary, as it were.”

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Returning to Memphis

Marc Cohn plans career retrospective at Jan. 20 Cascade Theatre show in Redding

“There are still great people to write for, collaborate with and perform with. Those are the things that outweigh the diffi culty of the business. Hitting the stage again with the Blind Boys will be great. Talk about forces of nature.” - Marc Cohn


“One of the last remaining links to traditional country, roots music, and the generation of greats like George Jones and Hank Williams.”

- Rolling Stone

Marty Stuart is a fi ve time Grammy-winner, platinum recording artist, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Americana Music Association, Grand Ole Opry star, country music archivist, photographer, musician and songwriter. Since starting out singing gospel as a child, Stuart has spent over four decades celebrating American roots music.

His teenage years on tour with bluegrass legend Lester Flatt in the 1970s were followed by six years in Johnny Cash’s band in the ‘80s, and a chart-topping tenure as a solo artist in the ’90s.

Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives recently won the award for “Duo/Group of the Year” at the Americana Music Association’s 16th Annual Americana Honors and Awards and they are scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at the State Theatre in Red Bluff. Tickets are priced from $39 to $49 and are available online at statetheatreredbluff.com. For more information, call 529-2787.

“Way Out West is rootsy psychedelia in a late-1960s-early-1970s daze, like the Grateful Dead dropping by Laurel Canyon.”

- New York Times

In 2017, Stuart released Way Out West on Superlatone. The album, he said, was conceived as a love letter to the promised land of California.

“This is a California record, and I knew that when I emerged from the studio at night,” Stuart said. “I wanted to see palm trees and breathe that desert air.”

Listeners too can feel the warmth of those Santa Ana winds over the album’s 15 tracks, a collection of newly

written originals, instrumentals and rare covers like the Benny Goodman-penned “Air Mail Special,” and “Lost on the Desert,” once recorded by Johnny Cash.

“I asked Johnny about that song when I was in his band, and he said the only thing he remembered about it was changing some words,” laughs Stuart. “But Way Out West just as easily could have been titled Lost on the Desert.”

NPR Music said: “Way Out West is Marty Stuart’s album-length paean to the myth and magic of the American West. It fi nds country’s stalwart neo-traditionalist turning cosmic cowboy for a journey through the Joshua trees, shadowy canyons and desert dreams that tantalize travelers with the promise of a golden shore on the other side.”

Produced by Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), it features the Fabulous Superlatives - guitarist Kenny Vaughan, drummer Harry Stinson and new member, bassist Chris Scruggs - Stuart’s longtime band, which NPR Music said could “melt your heart with four-part harmonies, rock your bones with honky tonk, and dazzle you with picking worthy of their name.”

The idea of losing oneself runs through Way Out West, with the title track both a spiritual adventure and a cautionary tale. Stuart wraps up the travel ballad with a spoken aside about his own bad trips with pills.

“I researched that for 30 years,” he jokes, self-deprecatingly. “There’s a lot of truth in that song.”

The rollicking “Time Don’t Wait” also offers a warning: to not let life race by.

“As the dirt fell through my fi ngers / the wind it seemed to say / don’t put off until tomorrow, what you can today,” sings Stuart.

“That’s just country wisdom. I can’t claim that,” Stuart said. “But I like when you can talk about the simple things that are around us. That makes country music come to life for me.”

Marty Stuart ‘way out west’for a concert Jan. 11 at theState Theatre in Red Bluff

Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives


The 19th annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacifi c Flyway is scheduled Jan. 24-28 in Chico. This fi ve day event celebrates the journey of millions of waterfowl and raptors along the Pacifi c Flyway that call the Northern Sacramento Valley their home during the winter months. Choose from over 70 fi eld trips and workshops that should appeal to a wide variety of interests. In addition to numerous bird-watching fi eld trips for waterfowl, cranes, raptors and songbirds, you might choose to take a guided tour of a nature preserve, visit a local vineyard, or hike the scenic Sutter Buttes in search of lofty views and resident wildlife. Free nature activities are offered for youth as well as armchair adventures. Special guest and keynote speaker is Jon L. Dunn, chief consultant and author of all seven editions of the “National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America,” and a birding tour leader for over 30 years. For more information visit www.snowgoosefestival.org or email Jennifer Patten, event coordinator, at [email protected] or call (530) 592-9092.

Snowgoose Festival of the Pacifi c Flyway with 70 fi eld trips and workshops scheduled Jan. 24-28

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Ascend Wilderness Experience presents An Evening with Jim Reynolds at 6 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center in Weaverville.

A Trinity County native, Reynolds and his climbing colleague, Brad Gobright, recently broke the speed climbing record on The Nose of El Capitan, a famous climbing route in Yosemite National Park. On Oct. 21, 2017, the two men completed the climb in 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds beating the previous record of 2:23:46 set by Hans Florine and Alex Honnold in 2012.

The Nose is one of the better-known climbing routes in the world, fi rst climbed in its entirety by Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore in 1958 taking 47 days. In 1975 John Long, Jim Bridwell and Billy Westbay made the fi rst ascent in a day. Ever since, it has become an unoffi cial

contest to attain the fastest ascent. For most parties not competing for

speed, the route requires three to fi ve days, hauling food, gear, water and sleeping on portaledges. Reynolds and Gobright took neither food nor water and minimal gear to save weight.

The Jan. 25 presentation in Weaverville is a free event with baked goods and drinks for sale. Donations are accepted and all proceeds benefi t Ascend Wilderness Experience, a Trinity County non-profi t offering backpack trips into the Trinity Alps Wilderness for local youth.

Reynolds is an alumnus of the Ascend Wilderness Experience backpacking program.

For more information visit ascendwilderness.org, or call Amanda (541-292-2833) or Danyel (503-720-6092), or email [email protected]

Trinity County native to talk about hisspeed climbing record on The Noseof Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan

Trinity County native Jim Reynolds, above, and his climbing partner, Brad Gobright, broke the speed climbing record on The Nose of El Capitan at Yosemite National Park on Oct. 21, 2017.


The 15th annual Multicultural Celebration at Central Valley High School in Shasta Lake will offer some things familiar to regular attendees and some things that are new, organizers said.

Among the new is an extended concert by the Matsiko World Orphan Choir whose tour through the north state area necessitated moving the event from February to January this year – Saturday, Jan. 20, to be specifi c.

Previous years have included several different performers during the 1 to 3 p.m. cultural performances. Not this year.

“The emphasis this year is on music (the theme is “Music Unites Us Across All Borders”) and the centerpiece will be the Matsiko choir,” said organizer Lee Macey who, along with Don Yost, has spearheaded the event since the fi rst Multicultural Celebration was held in 2003.

It all began when the Mien Community in the city of Shasta Lake wanted to thank the Shasta Lake community for welcoming Mien to the community. In turn, the Shasta Lake community wanted to share cultures with the Mien community.

A committee of interested citizens and organizations in the city of Shasta Lake and the Gateway Unifi ed School District formed the Multicultural Planning Committee.

Macey said the purpose and mission of the Multicultural Planning Committee is to promote cultural recognition and respect, and to celebrate the diversity of our local communities. With this purpose and mission in mind, the Committee convened that year to plan an annual celebration of cultures in the city of Shasta Lake and neighboring areas.

The Celebration is funded through donations from the community and through fundraising.

As for the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, Shasta Lake is but one stop in the area for the group.

“They are touring the United States and looking forward to their stop in Shasta County,” Macey said. “The group will be in Shasta County January 18 to 21 and will performing at two local schools and staying with families in the area. Their concert at Central Valley High School is expected to be their big event.”

Currently, Macey said, the Choir is made up of young people from India, Liberia, Nepal and Peru and their chaperones.

“The Matsiko Choir is full of energy and hope and we are looking forward to a joyful and lively afternoon,” Macey said.

In addition to the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, this year’s event will have the DAWI Native American Drum present a welcoming song as well as the Gateway Ubuntu Ensemble from Shasta Lake School performing Zimbabwean music.

The day’s event begins at 11 a.m. in the halls of Central Valley High School which, as usual, will be fi lled with tables showcasing local non-profi t groups and displays by ethnically diverse members of the community. Last year, Macey said over 50 service agencies had tables and over 17 organizations provided cultural sharing in the form of music, song and dance.

Student artwork based on multicultural themes will be displayed in Talon Hall.

As is the custom, samples of international food will be served in the Talon Hall cafeteria. While guests are waiting in line for food, they will be able to place stickers indicating family heritage on a large world map.

“Where our families come from may just spark some lunchtime conversations,” Macey said.

Matsiko World Orphan Choir

Matsiko World Orphan Choirto perform free concert at 15th Multicultural Celebration


New Year’s Morning Pajama Skate, 9:30am, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Call 926-1715.

New Year’s Afternoon Skate, Noon-5pm, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Telephone 926-1715.

Redding Toastmasters, 6pm, Redding Library, 1100 Parkview Ave., Redding. This repeats every Thursday. Telephone 945-9226.

Bill Engvall, 6:30pm and 9pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $42 to $65 available at the Cascade Theatre box

Weaverville Art Cruise, 5 to 8 pm, Downtown Weaverville. Many businesses stay open late and offer refreshments for this cultural experience.

Ranger-led Snowshoe Walks, 1:30pm, Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Walks are open to those ages 8 and older and last up to two hours. Call 595-4480. Repeats every Saturday and Sunday through April 1.

Redding Health Expo, 10am, Civic Auditorium, Redding. Admission is $5, kids 12 and under are free. Call 229-0036.

Fiddle, Bluegrass, and Americana Concert, 1 to 4:30pm, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Dr. Presented by California State Old Time Fiddlers, Dist. 6. Held

John McCutcheon, 7:30pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $20. Call 893-3520.

Ranger-led Snowshoe Walks, 1:30pm, see Jan. 6.

Kris Kristofferson, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $10 to $53 and available at the University

6333.

Zepparella, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Telephone 241-2662.

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, 7pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $39 to $49. Call 529-2787.

Siskiyou Land Trust 8th Annual Slide Show, 7pm, Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 N. Old Stage Rd., Mt. Shasta. Donations are requested.

Redding Toastmasters, 6pm, see Jan. 4.

Freebo with Alice Howe, 8pm, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., Redding. Presented by the Oaksong Music Society. Tickets are $10 to $25. Call 223-2040.

TEASE Burlesque Revue, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call 241-2662.

Helpin’ Halpin, a comedy and music fundraiser for Robert Halpin’s campaign for Supervisor of Dist. 3 in Tehama County, 7pm, Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff. Featuring Merry Standish comedy. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door.


Suzanne Santo of HONEYHONEY, 7pm, Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant, 1790 Market St., Redding. Tickets are $20. Telephone 229-9449.


Martin Luther King, Jr. Skate, noon-5pm, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Telephone 926-1715.

Caregiver Support Group, 10am to 12pm, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., Red Bluff. Admission is free. Call 898-5925. Repeats third Wednesday of every month.


Sleeping Beauty, 7pm, David Marr Theater, 2200 Eureka Way, Redding. Presented by Redding School of the Arts. Tickets are $10.

The Talbott Brothers, 7pm, Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant, 1790 Market St., Redding. Tickets are $10. Call 229-9449.

Cheap Skate Night, noon-5pm, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Telephone 926-1715.

Marc Cohn & the Blind Boys of Alabama, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $35 to $45 available at the

Telephone 243-8877.

The Man From Earth, 7:30pm, Riverfront Playhouse, 1620 East Cypress Ave, Redding. Tickets are $15 to $25 available at the Cascade

8877.

Alex Skolnick Trio, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Call 241-2662.

15th annual Multicultural Celebration, 11am, Central Valley High School, 4066 La Mesa Ave., Shasta Lake. This event will feature multicultural themes of artwork and food and a performance by the Matsiko World Orphan Choir. This event is free and open to the public. Telephone 241-8421.

Avalanche Center’s Snow Ball, 5:30pm, Mt. Shasta City Park, Nixon Rd., Mt. Shasta. This event will feature

silent auction. Tickets are $25,

kids 10 and under are free. Call 926-9613.

Shasta Ascension Backcountry Ski Race, 10am, Mt. Shasta Ski Park. Call 926-9613.

Sleeping Beauty, 2pm and 7pm, see Jan. 19.


Rivercity Music Society, 1 to 4pm at the Redding Elks Lodge, 250 Elk Dr. Monthly concert series featuring Pat Karch. Admission is $5 for everyone. Call 921-3159. Held the third Sunday of each month.

Fiddle, Bluegrass, and Americana Concert, 2 to 4pm, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Dr. Presented by California State Old Time Fiddlers, Dist. 6. Held the third Sunday of each month.

The Man From Earth, 2pm, see Jan. 20.


Chicago Blues Harp Blowout, 7:30pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $34.50. Telephone 893-3520.

Ben Haggard, 7pm, State Theatre, 333 Oak St., Red Bluff. Tickets are $40 to $45. Call 529-2787.

Surfer Blood and Terry Malts, 8pm, The Dip, 1730 California St., Redding. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Call 241-2662.

Labor Law Update, 9:30 to 11:30am, Hampton Inn & Suites, 520 Adobe Rd., Red Bluff. Admission is free. Call 800-399-5331.

Snow Goose Festival, through Jan. 28, Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East

birding walks, naturalist hikes, informative workshops and free activities. Telephone 592-9092.

An Evening with Jim Reynolds, 6pm, Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, 101 Arbuckle Ct., Weaverville. Reynolds will detail his record-breaking speed climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Admission is free. Call 541-292-2833.


Redding Cultural Cruise, 4:30 to 8:30pm, Redding. Tickets are $20, includes complimentary wine on the bus and admission to art shows throughout Redding for the 2-day event. Telephone 241-7320.

Hansel and Gretel, 7:30pm, Shasta College Theatre, Redding. Presented by the Shasta College Opera Workshop. Tickets are $8 to $12. Call 242-7573.

Spotlight Performances, local dance, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. This event showcases more than 100 local dancers ages 6 to 60. Tickets are $10-$20 & available

Call 898-6333.

The Man From Earth, 7:30pm, see Jan. 20.

Sleeping Beauty, 7pm, see Jan. 19.

Iration, 8pm, Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico. Tickets are 23.50.

Pick-up Hockey Tournament, 6-9pm, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Telephone 926-1715.

The Man From Earth, 7:30pm, see Jan. 20.

Redding Cultural Cruise, 11am to 3pm, see Jan. 26.

Hansel and Gretel, 7:30pm, see Jan. 26.

Sleeping Beauty, 2pm and 7pm, see Jan. 19.


North State Symphony, 2pm, Old City Hall, 1313 Market St., Redding. Tickets are $10 to $25 and available at the

Call 243-8877.

Lewis Black, 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium at CSU Chico. Tickets are $10 to $62 and available at the University Box

The Man From Earth, 2pm, see Jan. 20.

Hansel and Gretel, 3pm, see Jan. 26.


A celebration of the music of Big Mo, 7:30pm, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico. Tickets are $20. Call 893-3520.

Peking Acrobats, 7:30pm, Cascade Theatre, Redding. Tickets are $29 to $35 and available at the Cascade

8877.

Full Moon Skate, 7:30-9:30pm, Siskiyou Ice Rink, Shastice Park, 800 Rockfellow Dr., Mt. Shasta. Telephone 926-1715.

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By Jim Dyar

A scene from Suzanne Santo’s video “Ghost in my Bed” from her new release Ruby Red shows a house engulfed in fl ames. The video leaves viewers with the impression that Santo was indeed the one to have lit the spark.

As for Santo’s creative career, that also appears to be a house on fi re. Since her new solo album released in August 2017, she’s performed a series of small tours with Willie Watson and The White Buffalo to support it.

Her collaborations with Benjamin Jaffe in the Los Angeles based duo HoneyHoney continue as well. The two wrote original songs (including the theme) and performed each week on the TBS series The Guest Book, which was recently renewed for a second season. Santo and Jaffe will return to work on season two of the series in April.

Santo will perform with her band at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant, 1790 Market St., Redding. The group will play songs from Ruby Red, which Santo recorded with multi-instrumentalist, producer and friend Butch Walker. It is her fi rst solo record.

Over the past decade with Jaffe in HoneyHoney, the two songwriters co-wrote everything.

“It worked well for us to split everything down the middle (in HoneyHoney),” said Santo in a phone interview with After Five from upstate New York. “It was an appreciation for

one another, but it could also be a blanket when we wrote dark and racy songs. So this (solo record) is a big step. When I fi rst heard the record, I thought, ‘this is awesome. Oh, shit!’”

The sonic and lyrical content on Ruby Red is certainly dark and racy, and has plenty of rockin’ groove to it as well. The fi rst track, “Handshake,” sets the tone with the opening line: “Yeah I wanna smoke and I wanna drink/And screw every time I think about you.”

A review in Rolling Stone called the album, “An expansion of her Americana roots, with Southern-gothic soul and dusky, driving pop-fueled songs.” American Songwriter wrote that,“should she want to, Suzanne Santo has a promising career as a frontwoman under her own name.”

“I sent it to my parents and was nervous even though they’re pretty cool,” Santo said. “I got a message

from my dad and he said, ‘Honey, I just got done listening to your dirty, fi lthy, raunchy, beautiful, incredible record. I’m so proud of you. Keep writing your songs.’”

The Cleveland native calls her parents and family her “main support and inspiration.” They have been supportive and foundational ever since she started a modeling career in her teens that sent her as far away as Tokyo to live and work.

“They’ve been a catalyst for things I’ve been able to do in my life,” she said. “They really gave that to me and somehow I transformed it into rock and roll. But not everyone gives their kid the support to be an artist.”

In Redding, Santo will front her band and play fi ddle, banjo and guitar. She says to expect “straight rock with tender moments.” She’ll also continue to tour with HoneyHoney, including an upcoming performance for Represent Us, a non-partisan organization aimed at reducing corruption in politics.

Santo has previously performed at Vintage with HoneyHoney, but hopes music lovers will come out to see she and her band perform to support Ruby Red.

“I’d love to see this record keep going,” she said. “It’s an independent release and I’m happy with the progress, but it’s a different game (from being on a label). I need all the support I can get.”

Tickets for the Vintage show are $20 each and are available online at suzannesanto.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, call Vintage at 229-9449.

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“I got a message from my dad and he said, ‘Honey, I just got done listening to your dirty, fi lthy, raunchy,

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Ruby Red to her parents for their reaction.

HoneyHoney’s Suzanne Santo ventures into solo territory; performs Jan. 14 at Vintage

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“HELPIN’ HALPIN”Comedy & music fundraiser for Robert Halpin, Tehama Supervisor Dist. 3 candidate. Jan. 13, 7pm, Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road.Featuring Merry Standish Comedy. Tickets $10 at Wild Oak (328 Oak St.), $15 at the door.

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