{"id":26114,"date":"2022-06-14T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=26114"},"modified":"2022-06-14T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:51:16","slug":"on-stage-extra-john-doe-embracing-folk-at-city-winery-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=26114","title":{"rendered":"On Stage Extra: John Doe embracing folk at City Winery show"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The John Doe Trio<\/p><\/div>\n

John Doe, who is headlining a show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com<\/a>) on June 15, is a modern day American Renaissance man. He is a singer, songwriter, actor, poet,\u00a0guitarist, bass player and author.<\/p>\n

Born John Nommensen Duchac in Decatur, Illinois, he grew in in Baltimore, Maryland \u2013 in the Lochearn suburb.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved there in third grade and left in 1975,\u201d said Doe, during a phone interview last week from his home in Austin, Texas. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to live in Baltimore.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Doe was born in 1977 when he arrived in Los Angeles. His previous life in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Maryland was a fertile time but new music and social changes led him to events that created a life in art. He graduated from Antioch College in Baltimore in 1975, worked as a roofer, aluminum siding mechanic, and ran a poetry reading series.<\/p>\n

Doe is now touring with his folk trio, but his roots were in the L.A. punk rock scene. Doe was a founding member of the band X. <\/p>\n

X achieved limited mainstream success but influenced various genres of music, including punk rock,\u00a0Americana<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0folk rock<\/a>,\u00a0and is considered one of the most influential bands of the era. In 2003, X\u2019s first two studio albums,\u00a0\u201cLos Angeles<\/a>\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cWild Gift<\/a>,\u201d were ranked by\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0as being among the\u00a0500 greatest albums of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original members are vocalist\u00a0Exene Cervenka<\/a>, vocalist-bassist\u00a0John Doe<\/a>, guitarist\u00a0Billy Zoom<\/a>\u00a0and drummer\u00a0D. J. Bonebrake<\/a>. X is touring again this summer with all four original members and will be in Philadelphia area on July 16 for a show at the Xcite Center in Bensalem.<\/p>\n

For right now, Doe is focusing all his attention on the John Doe Folk Trio with Kevin Smith on bass and Conrad Choucroun on drums. The trio\u2019s debut album was released on May 20 via Fat Possum Records. \u201cFables in a Foreign Land\u201d features Doe\u2019s tales that are set in a dusty desolate pre-Industrial Era \u2013 starting with the leadoff track, \u201cNever Coming Back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA folk trio \u2013 just more foolish insanity,\u201d said Doe. \u201cAnd we\u2019re doing something really timely \u2013 a record about the 1890s. The songs just started coming out that way. When I got a handle on \u2018Never Coming Back,\u2019 I thought \u2013 this is the start of an album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though most of the 13 songs were written over the last three years, the sound developed organically over the course of weekly acoustic outdoor jam sessions in bassist Smith\u2019s Austin backyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played on Kevin\u2019s back porch for a year-and-a-half because we had nothing else to do during the pandemic,\u201d said Doe. \u201cI give them a lot of credit for coming up with the sound. I think I had the idea for six or seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a kid, I listened to a lot of folk music. My brother had a lot of Joan Baez music \u2013 which I still love. And my parents listened to a lot of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album in one of those lulls in spring 2021. We made it in Austin. We created it on Kevin\u2019s porch and recorded it at Jim Eno\u2019s studio. The studio has great acoustics. We just used a bunch of mics\u2014no amplification. And there was no overdubbing \u2013 no edits or punch-ins.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the songs were written during the pandemic. It\u2019s about a time when people realized there was an existential threat. It was real. People realized which things should be valued. It shows a need for empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for John Doe — https:\/\/youtu.be\/pa08vq3bhEo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Borges<\/p><\/div>\n

The opening act on June 15 will be Sarah Borges as a duo with Keith Voegele.<\/p>\n

Borges, is a Boston guitarist\/vocalist whose music has been described as \u201cwalking that fine line between\u00a0punk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0country<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

When\u00a0Borges\u00a0straps on her guitar and starts to sing, she rocks out \u2013 even in acoustic mode. There is country, punk, blues and rock in her musical DNA, but it is the rock element that stands out the most.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the live shows now, we\u2019re playing a lot of new songs,\u201d said Borges. \u201cThey\u2019re re-issuing \u2018Silver City\u2019 (her debut album in 2005) so I\u2019ll also be doing songs I haven\u2019t played in 17 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borges\u2019 old songs and new songs are all characterized by musical intensity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love playing good, fast rock songs,\u201d said\u00a0Borges, who graduated from Emerson College with a degree in radio. \u201cWe keep evolving but we also keep playing some of the older songs. With so many songs I\u2019ve recorded, it\u2019s hard putting together a set list.<\/p>\n

Video link for Sarah\u00a0Borges\u00a0\u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/qaPzt9YteHU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on Wednesday night will start at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the City Winery show range from $20-$30.<\/p>\n

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Tim Snider<\/p><\/div>\n

Tim Snider, who will headline a show on June 14 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>), is also a very versatile entertainer.<\/p>\n

Snider has been touring the world non-stop as the renowned violinist for the Pacific Northwest band Nahko and Medicine for the People — performing to sold-out crowds in amphitheaters like Red Rocks and The Greek. He has performed at some of the world\u2019s biggest festivals, Bonnaroo, Byron Bay Blues, Caliroots, Glastonbury, and been direct support for Zack Brown Band, Dispatch, Rebelution, and Xavier Rudd.<\/p>\n

When Snider takes the stage at Sellersville, he will be performing with his new band Tim Snider & Wolfgang Timber. There is a new record — \u201cWhen The World Stops” — dropping in the fall and a catchy summer single, \u201cBy You Side,\u201d will be serviced to radio soon.<\/p>\n

Snider plays violin and guitar \u2013 and also loops guitar, percussion, and vocals into a sound that has been described as a \u201cworld-folk hybrid, aimed at the heart the head and the feet.\u201d The group also features Zack Teran on bass and vocals, Miguel Jimines-Cruz on drums, Chance Utter on percussion and Lucas Arizu on guitars and flute.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolin was my first instrument,\u201d said Snider, during a phone interview last week from his home in Reno, Nevada. \u201cMy great grandfather Theodore Post was a composer and a violinist. He studied violin at Julliard and Harvard and helped found the music department at University of Nevada Reno<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was born, my grandmother was dying of lung cancer. When I was two months old, my grandmother, who nearing her last days, held me in her arms and said, \u2018Finally, I have my violinist.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was three, I saw a performance by Itzhak Perlman on Sesame Street and fell in love with the violin. I started studying classical violin when I was four.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a young teenager, I disconnected with violin. I got into rock and roll and learned to play anything with strings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years other influences came into play — rock music, songwriting, African music, flamenco, jazz and salsa.<\/p>\n

Eventually, he rediscovered his love of classical music and went back to the violin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was listening to classical violinists like Jascha Heifetz,\u201d said Snider. \u201cThen, St\u00e9phane Grappelli was the first time I heard a violinist improvise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI began hearing guys playing electric violin \u2013 guys like Jerry Goodman. I studied flamenco music in Spain \u2013 in Grenada and Sevilla. My wife is Brazilian, so I spent time there in Sao Paulo listening to Brazilian music.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2003, Snider enrolled at University of Nevada \u2013 Reno and started Sol’Jibe, a group that blended American roots, world beat, and Latin rhythms into an inspired sound dubbed “World Rock.\u201d Sol\u2019Jibe was named Reno\u2019s Best Local Band four years in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cSol\u2019Jibe was a regional touring band,\u201d said Snider. \u201cAfter the band broke up, I did a lot of solo touring. I moved to the Pacific Northwest and played in a lot of bands in Portland and Seattle. The biggest band was Nahko and Medicine for the People.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith my current band — Tim Snider & Wolfgang Timber \u2013 it\u2019s 50\/50 guitar and singing. I enjoy telling stories as a songwriter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a singer\/songwriter and also a violinist and instrumentalist. The instrument is the tool. What you\u2019re trying to communicate is more important.\u201d
\nVideo link for Tim Snyder — https:\/\/youtu.be\/oCV-JPmhJ8I<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater, which has\u00a0Jeremy & The Harlequins as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start at $29.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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