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Call of the crawl
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Just when you thought there was nothing to do on a Saturday night, the Tammies Fall Crawl has arrived to save you from the mundane. Fall Crawl will feature 48 local bands at a dozen downtown and Fourth Avenue venues - finally an excuse to leave home on the weekend. The October permutation of the Crawl builds on the successful spring music festivals that have become a staple of the Tucson music scene. "Basically, it came about because the last two years of the Club Crawl have been so successful, selling out this year, that the response from the bands and the clubs was overwhelming," said Jeb Schoonover, producer of Fall Crawl. "This is great...can't we do this more often." The enthusiasm gave birth to a second progressive dinner of rock, blues, funk and pop, a full meal of music, said Schoonover, who is also co-owner of the Rialto Theatre. Saturday night's event, which kicks off at 9 p.m., will feature everything from the strange-blues guitar wailing of Bob Log III to the neo-funk, Joe Cocker fixated lounge-jazz of Oslo B. with the Grooves, as well as popster LeAnne Savage and the bar-band eclecticism of Splendida (see related story). Unlike the spring event, Fall Crawl will not feature outdoor venues, Schoonover said. Several big name local bands, like Shoebomb, Greyhound Soul and the Kings of Pleasure "were working or just not available," for Saturday's gigs, he said, allowing the Crawl to feature some new blood, like End Transmission (see related story). "It is definitely part of our philosophy to showcase new bands every time," Schoonover said. Organizers shoot for about 25 percent of bands to be new to the Crawl experience, he added. Wristbands for the event are available at all 12 Fall Crawl venues (see calendar for venues) and at Tucson's to Zia Record Exchange locations for $5, Schoonover said, adding that the event has sold out in the past. "Even if for $5 all you do is go to two clubs, that's still a good deal," Schoonover said. The event will include music from every persuasion, from the blues to jazz, from pop to rockabilly. Besides Log, 7 Black Cats will feature the sheer weird exuberance of punk stalwarts The Pork Torta and the honky tonk stylings of The Fraidy Cats. The Cats, who filled in when Shindig dropped out of the event, feature Al Perry and members of the Phantom Limbs. Tucson's reigning Band of the Year, Crawdaddy-O will bring its Dixieland jazz and general wackiness to the Rialto Theatre stage, followed by the 1998 Tammies award winner for best blues band, the Bad News Blues Band. The Rialto show closes with desert rock stalwarts The Sandrubies. Other highlights include 1998 best cover artist and Tucson Musician of the Year LeAnne Savage and pop artist of the year Annie Hawkins on stage at O'Malley's. The two play at midnight and 11 p.m., respectively. Runner up for 1998 new band of the year J. Walker will open Mutts at 9 p.m., and best Contemporary Jazz group Oslo B. with The Grooves play at midnight. Other event highlights include the steadfast rockabilly of Al Foul, Creosote and Trailer Park Mark, at 7 Black Cats and The Hut. For the more pop-inclined, End Transmission plays the Double Zero along with James Dead, Love Mound and Bubba Grubs. For good old-fashioned bar rock, look no further than Splendida at the Third Stone. Bluesy artists mark Heart Five and the Plaza Pub, which feature such acts as George Howard and Lisa Otey. Tucson's rock culture guru Howe Gelb, of Giant Sand, closes Cafe Aroma with a midnight show. In the end, there's a little something for everybody and no denying that, for once, there's something worth doing on a Saturday night.
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