Date: Fri 05-Dec-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD FOR DECEMBER 5, 1997

Excellent news heard this weekend. No date yet, but the wonderful (no

favoritism here, oh no!) SARAH McLACHLAN will be coming to The Oakdale Theatre

in Wallingford next year. Hopefully sooner than later.

A reminder: entry to the Connecticut Independent Police Union-sponsored

concert Monday night by THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND is by advance ticket purchase

only. The show, at Crossroads Cantina in Waterbury on December 8, is a benefit

for the police union, a non-profit organization with members across the state.

Tickets are $20; call 925-8497. That number will put you in touch with the

Shelton Police Union; ask for Sgt Tom Adams, Officer Mike Madden or Officer Ed

Dobbins. The cantina is at 210 Meadow Street (telephone 573-9458 for

directions, but don't call the club for tickets; sales are only through the

police union).

Jim Allen, a Newtown musician, will be performing at The Towne Crier, Pawling,

NY, on Friday, December 12. Allen will be accompanying singer-songwriter

Terence Martin. The duo will be opening for British guitarist Martin Simpson.

Allen's new release, One More Mile , will be available at the show. Showtime

is 9 pm; tickets are $15. For additional information, contact the Crier at

914/855-1300.

The Globe Theatre in Norwalk has reopened. One of the first shows to be booked

at the venue is by a band called CORK, which features the talents of Jimi

Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, Mountain drummer Corky Laing and Spin

Doctors guitarist Erik Schenkman. The all-ages show has been announced for

December 20. Tickets are through the Globe's box office, 852-0088.

When FIONA APPLE plays at CCSU's Welte Auditorium on Sunday (Dec 7), opening

will be BEHAN JOHNSON. The singer/songwriter duo has managed to combine pretty

disparate backgrounds into a melting pot resulting in a folk-jazz-pop hybrid

for its RCA Records debut.

Behan is a lithe, down-to-earth short-cropped blonde from Watertown, NY. A

godchild of hippie fugitive Abbie Hoffman, Behan counts among her influences

Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Carol King.

Behan was introduced to L.A. native Deron Johnson, a multi-sport star with

dreds raised on the music of Stevie Wonder and James Brown. As a teenager,

Johnson was hand-picked by the legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis to play

keyboards in his last band. The duo's album is wide-ranging thematically, with

songs like "Cypress Hill," about an imaginary place "under the Cypress trees

where star-crossed lovers can finally come together for eternity"; "Nothing,"

a pointedly political song from the first-person of a Ku Klux Klan

sympathizer; "Someone To Call My Own," about Behan's experiences in Hollywood;

and "Song For Abbie," a eulogy for the godfather Behen never really knew until

after his death.

Welcome to the holiday season. Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the

road.