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Sister Hazel, which will perform Saturday night at the Duluth Town Green, is known for its No. 1 hit “All For You.” (Photo: Stinnett Photography)
Sister Hazel to rock Duluth in free concert BY JON GALLO
Staff Correspondent
It’s hard to define Sister Hazel’s musical genre. The band’s sound is part country and folk, alternative, classic and southern rock ‘n’ roll. Its songs blend optimistic messages among melodic harmonies that have been sticking in their fans’ heads since Bill Clinton was in the White House. The band’s five original members, who played their first notes together in Gainesville, Fla., in the mid-1990s, have grown up together, yet have never strayed from their goal of spending more time on stage than in a studio. “We are a band that
loves to play,” drummer Mark Trojanowski said. “If you look at the past 20 years, I don’t think we’ve gone more than a month or two without playing a show. When we were younger, we played more than 200 shows a year. Now that we are older and have families, we play between 85-90.” The next gig for Sister Hazel, which features Ken Block (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Beres (bass, vocals), Andrew Copeland (rhythm guitar, vocals) Ryan Newell (guitar, vocals) and Trojanowski, is Saturday, when the band that’s best known for the 1995 hit “All For You” takes the stage at 8 p.m. at the Duluth Town Green.
IF YOU GO What: Sister Hazel When: Saturday, 8 p.m. Where: Duluth Town Green Admission: Free
The free concert is part of the city’s Summer Stage Concert Series, which plays “a big role in bringing diversity and family fun entertainment for all ages in our downtown,” said Madison Chucci, who coordinates events for the city of Duluth. “We love being able to offer so much variety throughout the year for our attendees,” Chucci said. “We know that people enjoy coming to our Summer Stage Concerts because our
crowd sizes have grown year after year.” While Sister Hazel’s work dates to its selftitled debut album in 1994, it’s best known for its second album, 1997’s “…Somewhere More Familiar,” which has sold more than a million copies. The album included the band’s biggest hit to date, “All For You,” which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also was included in the group’s first album. Sister Hazel also has some lesser-known hits, such as “Your Winter,” and “We’ll Find It,” which went on to be included in the soundtracks of the films “10 Things I Hate About You” and “The Wedding Planner.”
“Every show we have our staple of songs we play to keep everyone happy,” Trojanowski, who lives in Decatur, said. “But the rest of our set — and we play long sets — vary. We have a long catalogue of songs, but sometimes we might play stuff that we haven’t released yet.” Sister Hazel has no shortage of songs from which to choose, as it has released 13 albums, including 2016’s “Lighter in the Dark.” The album, which is the band’s first in five years, debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, No. 6 on the Billboard’s Independent Albums chart and No. 30 on Billboard’s Top Current
Albums chart. Sister Hazel is named an honor of Sister Hazel Williams — a missionary who ran a homeless shelter in Gainesville, Fla., and whose work continues to inspire the band’s uplifting songs. Trojanowski said the songs the band plays depends on the audience. “The fans at our shows cover a wide demographic,” he said. “You have those in their 40s who grew up listening to us and then you also have teenagers at our shows. We let the crowd decide the tempo of the show. Are they singing along to every word? We first get a vibe and go from there. But we make sure we play a little bit of everything.”
Philips Arena to host ‘An Evening with the Eagles’ in October BY KEITH FARNER
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Tickets are on sale now for the Oct. 20 concert by The Eagles at Philips Arena. Presale for American Express card members runs through 10 p.m. Friday at Eagles.com, while general tickets are avail-
able at 10 a.m. on Saturday at livenation.com. The Philips show is part of a tour that begins Oct. 17 in Greensboro, N.C. with Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, alongside Vince Gill and Deacon Frey. The tour is called “An Evening with the Eagles,” and will continue Oct. 24
in Louisville, Ky., at KFC Yum! Center and Oct. 27 in Detroit, Mich., at Little Caesars Arena. Promoters said a limited number of VIP ticket packages will also be available, including premium tickets, preshow VIP lounge and exclusive merchandise. Tickets are on sale now for the Oct. 20 concert by The Eagles at Philips Arena. (File For more ticket informaPhoto) tion, visit Eagles.com.
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