Date: Fri 20-Mar-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

Woohooo! The first concert announcement from the Meadows for its summer season

and this one's a whopper! JIMMY BUFFET tickets will be going on sale this

Saturday (March 21) for a concert in Hartford on Tuesday, August 25.

I think the weather is getting warmer already!

Having just finished a three-month trek of sold out concerts throughout

Europe, THE DEFTONES will be returning to the United States next month to

continue supporting Around The Fur . Constant legwork on the World

Annihiliation Tour has helped support the album, which has sold over 200,000

copies in the US since its release in October 1997.

The Deftones, who Spin magazine calls "the sensitive guy's metalheads," will

be at The Webster Theatre in Hartford on April 21. Actually, I'm looking at

the band's concert schedule, and of the 30 days in the month of April, the

Deftones are playing 23 of those nights.

The readers of Guitar Player magazine, a reader out of Britain, have voted

ADRIAN LEGG Best Fingerstylist for four years running. The same readers also

named Legg the Guitarist of the Decade.

It's always good news to hear this excellent entertainer is coming to the

area, and I have good news to share this week. Legg will be returning to the

Towne Crier in Pawling, NY, on Friday, April 3. I say entertainer, rather than

just "guitarist" or "musician," because Legg really is a well-rounded

entertainer. He provides plenty of laughs with his deadpan humor, and he

constantly amazes with the work he does on any guitar he picks up. I saw Legg

a few years ago at The Crier, and his show was phenomenal.

Seating is pretty limited up there, so you may want to reserve a seat in

advance. The Crier is right on Route 22, a few miles from the state line. I

don't have ticket prices for you (nor whether there is an opener or not), but

if you want to call the Crier, the phone number is 914/855-1300. Showtime will

be 7 pm.

radio 104 will be holding another Earth Day in the Park concert this year at

Bushnell Park in Hartford. On Sunday, April 19, this year's free concert will

feature, among others, LETTERS TO CLEO, THE SPECIALS and SUPERDRAG. The park

is pretty impossible to miss; take the Capitol Avenue exit off I-84 and follow

the traffic. You'll see the park from the ramp.

One word of advice: If it has been raining at any point in the previous 24

hours preceding the concert, be sure to wear weatherproof boots to the show.

Last year's concert, with BARENAKED LADIES, was great fun, but with the

thousands of people who turn out for this event, the ground pretty quickly

becomes very messy. Don't go up there wearing the open-toe sandals (or the

brand-new Keds) unless you want to come home with enough mud between your toes

to plant a garden with.

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.