Gorge Guide

KRIS DEELANE - LIVE MUSIC

Saturday, September 5, 2009
7 p.m.
Free
21 and Over
McMenamins Edgefield
Troutdale, OR

Raised in suburban Los Angeles during the punk rock era and subsequent musical revolution of the late 70s/early 80s, Deelane's influences were diverse -- from The Beatles and Neil Young to The Pretenders, X, and The Plasmatics (Wendy O. Williams was a favorite). The sense of righteous defiance coupled with a tragic flair resonated in her, and continues to inform her music, art and style. Deelane started her music career in college as keyboardist and singer in an Andrew Sisters-meets-B52's group called Alice, I Wonder. In 1990, she toured the Soviet Union in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. When she got back to LA, she got behind the drums for the first time in the band Slaughterhouse 5 and played bass in the ska band Timeboy. Deelane went on to sharpen her songwriting and guitar skills on many tours with the nationally-acclaimed acoustic duo Adam + Kris. She took a break from the duo in 2000 to play guitar, and percussion on tour with a reggae group that included the legendary Fully Fullwood, Rock Deadrick and Jawge Hughes. In SweetJuice, Deelane has, at one time or another, played guitar, bass AND drums. Visit sweetjuice.com for more information.