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Tacoma Rock City
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 06:03:55 pm

Nashville legend Ronnie Milsap will headline the Puyallup Fair & Events Center grandstand on Sept. 15, Fair organizers announced today. The country vet -- known for "A Woman in Love," "Any Day Now," "Never Had It So Good" and other hits -- will have support from Tacoma Symphony.

Ticket are set at $15 to $35, and will be available through Ticketmaster beginning 10 a.m. on July 12. Find the Puyallup Fair's full concert lineup here.

Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 11:20:31 am

Eddie Vedder isn't the only Pearl Jam guy with a side project to keep him busy this summer. Drummer Matt Cameron will unveil his new jazz trio, Harrybu McCage with a new, self-titled CD on Tuesday (July 8), Pearl Jam publicist Vanderberg Communications announced today.

The trio – also keyboardist and guitarist Ryan Burns and bassist Geoff Harper (Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell) – recorded 10 tracks, including originals “Rhodes Jam" by Cameron and "Jetskiing on Priest Lake" by Burns.

Other selections are inspired by renowned jazz drummers Art Blakey, Roy Haynes and Max Roach. Five songs are interpretations of material by Thelonious Monk, and the disc closes with a cover of Funkadelic’s 1974 funk classic, “Alice in My Fantasies.” Track listing below:

1. I Mean You (C. Hawkins, T. Monk)
2. A Little Max (D. Ellington)
3. Sneakin? Around (R. Bryant)
4. Evidence (T. Monk)
5. Monk's Mood (T. Monk)
6. Jetskiing on Priest Lake (Ryan Burns)
7. Ask Me Now (T. Monk)
8. Off Minor (T. Monk)
9. Rhodes Jam (M. Cameron)
10. Alice in My Fantasies (G. Clinton, Jr.)

The album will be released on Pearl Jams’s Monkey Wrench label and be available through the band's Ten Club.