That same year, "She Hates Me" hit No. 1 on the mainstream rock charts, as did "Drift and Die." The unexpected success was thanks to nu-metal rapper Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), who put in a call to a guitarist and drummer he knew in Jacksonville to play with Scantlin, then signed them to his new label, Flawless Records.
Puddle had formed in 1993 and selected its moniker after the Missouri River flooded its practice space in Kansas City, leaving the floor a big puddle of mud. Joining the band will be guest Deepfield. The show begins at 8 p.
m., and tickets are $22.50 in advance or $25 the day of the show.
Buy 'em at any CD Warehouse location or online at www.floydsmusic store.com.
For more details, call 222-3506.
The Shaw redemption
Saxophone great Eddie "House Rockin'" Shaw and the Wolf Gang blow in from Chicago to play a few rounds at the Bradfordville Blues Club tonight. For more than 40 years, Shaw, who was the sax player and band leader for Howlin' Wolf, has been on the forefront of blues innovation.He arranged Muddy Waters' "Unk and Funk," and his songs have been recorded by John Hammond, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush, Howlin' Wolf and Magic Sam, to name a few. The guy's won the 2006 Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist (horn), a nod for the same honor this year, the Living Blues Critics' 1996 Most Outstanding Blues Musician and many more accolades. The Wolf Gang, one of the hottest blues bands in Chicago, includes his son, guitarist Eddie Vaan Shaw, bassist Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert and Tim Taylor (the son of Eddie Taylor) on drums.
Music starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.
Call 906-0766 for more information.
No pressure here
Local nine-piece rock/swing outfit Content Under Pressure heads to the American Legion Hall on Saturday to play a fundraiser in honor of a local commercial artist and former string bender by cookin' up tunes good enough for dancin' for all you rug-cutters out there. Band members are professionals by day and musicians come nightfall.Saxophonist Jeff Armstrong, drummer Don Dewey (both local doctors), trumpeter Tom Buchannon, bassist David Schrenk (both music store owners), keyboardist Jerry Domico, guitarist Bill Jones, trombonist John Moore and vocalists Robert Keaton and Betsy Gray are playing a benefit for their former bassist Bruce Hall. He recently had a melanoma tumor removed from his leg and brain surgery for a related tumor. Word is, though, Hall is back and may play a few songs with the band.
"The benefit is for the American Cancer Society, which does research on melanoma," said Jones. "Skin cancer is a big deal here in Florida." In fact, the ACS estimates that Florida will see 4,380 new cases of melanoma this year.
The gig starts at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per head, plus any extra contributions people want to make.
Call 222-3382 for details.
Why not Wycliffe?
Famed jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon will perform with the FSU High School Honors Jazz Ensemble (similar to the Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra - only for jazz) on Saturday in FSU's Opperman Music Hall.Gordon, whose hard-swinging jazz has earned him countless awards, is also a committed music educator, serving as a member of the Jazz Studies Program at Juilliard. He'll also be hosting a master class at noon Saturday in Lindsay Recital Hall for those interested. The events are sponsored by the Commission Project, a nonprofit organization that funds workshops and composer-in-residence programs at public schools nationwide.
The show starts at 8 p.m. in Opperman (inside the Kuersteiner Music Building off Copeland Street).
Admission is free. For details call 559-6275 or On Saturday night, the Albert Castiglia Band, led by contemporary bluesman Castiglia (pronounced ka-steel-ya), returns to the Bradfordville Blues Club for another hot night of smokin' blues. Miami-bred Castiglia, an up-and-coming blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, moved from Florida to Chicago to hone his chops, paying his dues performing with Junior Wells and the Hoodoo Man's Band before breaking out on his own.
"His vocals are emotive and stirring," said BBC owner Gary Anton of the half-Cuban, half-Italian instrumentalist. "His style of play oozes the blues with clean, crisp, cryin' licks. His stellar songwriting tells a colorful blues story.
" Anton said one of his favorite CDs is Castiglia's debut album, "Burn." It all starts at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12 and are available at www.bradfordvilleblues .com.
Call 906-0766 for more.
Dress in your Sunday best
Come out for a listening party featuring jazz/blues/R B singer Soccorro (pronounced soh-coh-roh) on Sunday night on Saint Francis Street to gear up for next month's release of her debut album. The singer, who hails from Donaldsonville, Ga., has performed with such artists as Kool and the Gang, the S.O.S.
Band, Keith Sweat, Kelly Price and George Clinton, and she received her vocal training at FAMU with the late Augustus J. Pearson. The South Georgia native's 15-track album "Love's Experience" includes songs "Beautiful Man" and "Too Late," and is infused with jazz, blues, soul and even a touch of hip-hop.
It will be released nationally on Tuesday. Preview the music at 6:30 p.m.
at 469 St. Francis St. There is no cover cost.
For more info call 345-8671 or e-mail .
Second helping
Rock trio Chevelle returns to Tallahassee for the first time since it played the Civic Center in September with Nickelback and Hinder to rock out Floyd's Music Store (a much smaller venue) on Wednesday. The trio's 2002 album, "Wonder What's Next," went platinum, and the band has enjoyed the radio success of singles "The Red," "Send the Pain Below," "Vitamin R" and "The Clincher." The group's latest album, "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)," sold more than 566,000 copies. But punk-rock brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler raised eyebrows after it was rumored they fired their younger brother/bassist Joe from the tour. "It was the hardest decision we ever had to make," drummer Sam Loeffler said.
"I don't think (Joe) ever really felt a passion. The chemistry worked as long as it could, but the fighting just got too old." Opening for Chevelle is Dropping Daylight.
Everything starts at 8 p.m. at 666-1 W.
Tennessee St. Tickets are $20 for all ages and can be purchased at all CD Warehouse locations or online at www.floydsmusic store.
com/events. For more info, call 222-3506.
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