Date: Fri 13-Aug-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD WITH SHANNON HICKS

SARGENT SCAGNETTI is back at The Garage this weekend. The band will be at

Newtown's teen center on Church Hill Road for a concert Friday, August 13,

beginning at 7 pm. Admission is $7 per person. Please note the show is

restricted to teens who are at least high school age or above.

Also performing Friday night will be STEP LIVELY, 5 KNUCKLE SHUFFLE and

SPAZTIC HABITS.

The next concert in Beardsley Zoo's 5th Annual ZooFolk Summer Series is also

this weekend. On Saturday, August 14, the zoo will present a "Connecticut

Artist Showcase" and among the four musicians performing will be Newtown's own

GRADY McAULIFFE, the lead singer of the local band MIND TYDES. Grady will be

performing his own music in Bridgeport. Additional performers Saturday night

will be ANN-MARIE MENTA, RICHARD HULETT and KEVIN BRIODY.

The zoo is at 1875 Noble Avenue; telephone 394-6565. Tickets are $7 per

person, and showtime is 7 pm. Concerts are outdoors in the zoo's Picnic Grove,

or in the carousel building if there is rain. Picnic baskets are welcome, but

alcohol is not permitted on the zoo grounds.

Connecticut magazine will be back at the Oakdale in Wallingford next month

hosting a party with the best of everything Connecticut, including music of

course (why else would the party be mentioned here?). Winners from the

magazine's annual "Best of Connecticut" reader-selection poll will bring

samples of their winning products and services to the amphitheatre on

Thursday, September 16.

This year's winning musicians line-up looks an awful lot like last year's,

with EIGHT TO THE BAR, THE GALVANIZED JAZZ BAND and THE SONNY COSTANZO JAZZ

ORCHESTRA -- all winners in the 1998 Best Of contest -- slated to perform. The

evening will also include gourmet foods, beer, wine, pastries, chocolate

creations and representatives of Connecticut points of interest. Tickets for

the event are $35 in advance or $40 at the door, which in part benefits the

March of Dimes. The celebration will run from 6 to 9 pm. For tickets call the

CT chapter/March of Dimes at 800/446-9255.

Also at the Oakdale next month will be EARTH, WIND & FIRE, who is touring this

fall with AVERAGE WHITE BAND. Tickets for a September 9 show will be going on

sale Saturday, August 14, with prices ranging from $28.50 to $48.50.

The return of all things Eighties continues at Foxwoods, where ROBERT PALMER

now has a show scheduled for Saturday, September 11. Tickets for that concert

are available for $38.50 and $55, and Foxwoods tickets are available through

TicketMaster outlets or by calling the resort's box office directly at

800/200-2822.

Coincidentally, tickets for the BLONDIE concert at the same venue are also on

sale for the band's September 10 show, but I forgot to give to prices when

that date was first announced a few weeks ago. Blondie tickets are going for

$27.50 and $49.50 apiece.

The opening band for the rescheduled show by THE VERVE PIPE at Toad's Place,

August 25, has been changed. The Gravel Pit will now be opening.

Now that the Russians have closed down the Mir space station, I suppose the

only way anyone is going to be able to see this thing from now on will be by

visiting the IMAX Theatre at The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Mission To Mir

is part of a double feature at the aquarium, weekends through October 17.

After that, Mir will really be gone for good. Until next week, I'll be seeing

you... on the road.

Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)

should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road,

Newtown 06470, or shannon @thebee.com. Include a phone number for

confirmation, please . If you don't have a stamp or a piece of paper or a

writing utensil that works, give me a call! Phone number at the office is

426-3141. Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and

over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

AUGUST 13 -- Sargent Scagnetti at The Garage, Newtown, Step Lively, 5 Knuckle

Shuffle and Spaztic Habits opening; Duran Duran at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard;

Everlast and Roots at the Oakdale, Wallingford; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction,

Danbury; Darik & The Funbags at Toad's Place, New Haven, DOA 2000 and Epic

opening; Peter Obre at Mary Hawley Inn, Newtown;

August 14 -- Big Toe at Tuxedo Junction; CT Artists Showcase at Beardsley

Zoological Gardens, Bridgeport, featuring Ann-Marie Menta, Richard Hulett,

Grady McAuliffe & Kevin Briody; Quadrafonia and Drench at Laszlo's Arts Cafe,

Monroe;

August 15 -- Ives Concert Park's Annual Blues Festival (Delbert McClinton,

Koko Taylor, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Corey Harris, The New England Blues Society

All-Stars; gates open 11 am, music begins 1 pm), Danbury;

August 17 -- siMent and Deep at Toad's Place, The Aggressors and Degenerates

opening (all ages);

August 19 -- Hubinger Street at Toad's Place (all ages), Jiggle The Handle and

Cubistic Jack opening;

August 20 -- Shakedown at Toad's Place (all ages), Smoke the Prophet opening;

Chris & mike at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

August 21 -- Bruce Hornsby at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; Goo Goo Dolls,

Fastball and Sugar Ray at The Meadows Music Theatre; Adva and Euphorium at

Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

August 22 -- The Cranberries at the Oakdale, Collective Soul opening; One

World Music Festival at Woodbury Ski Area with The Wailers, others TBA; 10,000

Maniacs at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, N.Y.; Sol Dog at Cafe Nine, New Haven;

Insane Clown Posse at The Webster Theatre, Hartford;

August 24-25 -- The Allman Brothers at the Oakdale, Lucinda Williams opening;

August 25 -- The Verve Pipe at Toad's Place (all ages, early show; rescheduled

from July), The Gravel Pit opening;

August 26 -- Blue Oyster Cult at Mohegan Sun Casino/Wolf Den (free show);

Citizen King at Toad's place (all ages), Show Off opening; The Listings at

Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

August 27 -- Peter Obre at Mary Hawley Inn, Newtown; Max Creek at Toad's

Place, Psychedelic Breakfast opening (all ages); The Amazing Clowns at The

Webster Theatre, Hartford;

August 28 -- Sammy Hagar at The Oakdale; Sol Dog at TK's American Cafe, New

Haven; Spring Heeled Jack USA at The Webster Theatre; Cryin' Shame at Laszlo's

Arts Cafe;

August 29 -- Jethro Tull at The Oakdale; Sevendust at The Webster Theatre,

Staind and Power 5000 opening;

August 30 -- Luciano at Toad's Place (all ages), Firehouse Crew and Anthem

opening;

August 31 -- Neurosis at Toad's Place (all ages), Candiria, Cave In and

Scapegoat opening.