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| Americana house party Saturday at the Opera House The Molenes, Wooden Eye and Jon Nolan & The Working Girls invite you to give Old Man Winter the boot, get out of the house, and be with friends at a "House Party" at The Rochester Opera House on Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m.; a New England tradition of live music to celebrate the beginning of spring. Until they come up with an app for a rockin' good time with hundreds of friends in an historic room, you'll have to get it done the old fashioned way: by being there. On Saturday, three of the Seacoast's finest musical acts take the stage at the majestic Rochester Opera House — a place built so the community would have a home for gatherings. Roots-rockers The Molenes join the blues infused Wooden Eye and roots-popsters Jon Nolan & The Working Girls for a "House Party at The Rochester Opera House." The concert was conceived as a way for folks to commune, shake off the cabin fever, and celebrate the oncoming spring. Tickets are ten dollars, available at The Rochester Opera House box office or on-line. The show is all ages; the door opens at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts promptly at 7 p.m. Admission is $10. Call 335-1992, and visit www.rochesteroperahouse.com. Winters feel so long because we're forced to experience it. The shoveling, the roof raking, the windshield scraping and bundling up. It's time to push the issue with Mother Nature and experience some warmth. Red Sox pitchers and catchers report March 4, and three of NH's finest purveyors of American roots, blues and pop report to The Rochester Opera House a day later. Spring is a'comin', y'all. A celebration is in order, and you're all invited to be with friends at a "House Party". "If nothing else, the intensity of the twang should get that snow melting, " jokes Dave Hunter, the frontman of The Molenes, in a press release. Lately, The Molenes have been hitting the club circuit pretty hard supporting their third release Good Times Comin'. "It's a treat to play close to home with some local friends, in a grand old room with our fans from the Seacoast." "Anybody who is a fan of amazing guitar work needs to see The Molenes, " offers Bob Halperin, Wooden Eye's guitarist, who is no slouch on the axe himself, "Watching Dave (Hunter) and Bruce (Derr, pedal steel) trade licks is something to behold." For 30 years, Halperin has steeped himself in the rich traditions of American music. He studied with Reverend Gary Davis, and was a regular in the fertile Cambridge, MA folk scene in the 1970's. Joe Rogers thinks he has the best seat in the house for Wooden Eye's sets - the drummer's seat. "I just lock in with Dan (McLellan, bass), " he said, "and we get to watch Bullfrog and Bob have at it!" Wooden Eye frontman Mike "Bullfrog" Rogers, father of drummer Joe, evokes the hot delta air with a smoky voice and the primal wail of his harmonica. Jon Nolan fronted the seminal NH roots-rock outfit, Say ZuZu, a band whose sound was reminiscent of Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Dylan, and Uncle Tupelo. "If you've got kids, like I do, " says Nolan, who fronts Jon Nolan & The Working Girls, "you're all to familiar with bouncing off the walls after a few winter months. We all want to get out of the house! Building snowmen is great, but it's time to be out with friends, turn up the amp and dance in the aisles a bit." write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |