Program Notes: Rickie Lee Jones and Anders Osborne

PROGRAM Selections to be announced from the stage.

RICKIE LEE JONES

Friday, November 9 | 8PM

RICKIE LEE JONES & ANDERS OSBORNE A City Lights Concert

vocals Rickie Lee Jones vocals Anders Osborne guitar Cliff Hines percussion Mike Dillon Concert to be performed without an intermission.

All performances at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall

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PROGRAM NOTES | RICKIE LEE JONES & ANDERS OSBORNE – NOVEMBER 9

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Two-time Grammy winner RICKIE LEE JONES exploded onto the pop scene in 1978 and has made a career of fearlessly experimenting with her sound and persona over 15 critically acclaimed albums. A cultural phenomenon, Rolling Stone magazine put her on its cover twice in two years, and Saturday Night Live gave her an unprecedented three songs for her second appearance. Rickie is both a character in the songs and the songwriter singing, defying convention with her sometimes brazen sexuality and the mixed bag of jazz, rock and what has come to be known as 'confessional' songwriter performances.

Her latest album The Other Side of Desire was written, recorded and rooted in the city of New Orleans, where Jones lives on the opposite side of the street made famous by Tennessee Williams. Produced by John Porter (of Roxy Music) and Mark Howard, this is the first new music Jones has written in over a decade.

“This work is inspired by many years of sitting with all the events of my life until I had something to paint with,” says Rickie. “I came to New Orleans to write and to live a different way than what I have known in on the west coast…. Here is another record then, made of my imagination, and whatever else that has no words, using the clay of this place and the shapes of my eyes to form some kind of picture of my life, or my heart, that I alone can understand, and hopefully that others can enjoy.” n

Between the potency of his richly detailed songwriting, his intensely emotional, soulful vocals and his piercing, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ ANDERS OSBORNE is a true musical treasure. He is among the most original and visionary musicians writing and performing today. Guitar Player calls him “the poet laureate of Louisiana’s fertile roots music scene.” New Orleans' Gambit Weekly has honored Osborne as the Entertainer Of The Year. Osborne’s latest released Flower Box, his second full-length album of 2016, was recorded in his hometown of New Orleans. Flower Box is a heavier, guitar-driven follow-up to the acclaimed Spacedust & Ocean Views.

A powerful live performer, he has won over fans through non-stop touring as well as a heralded collaboration with the North Mississippi Allstars & Southern Soul Assembly.

He has toured virtually non-stop, either with his own band, as a solo artist, or as a guest with his countless musical admirers, including Toots and The Maytals, Stanton Moore, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh, Jackie Greene and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. He’s produced and played on critically acclaimed albums by Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone and Mike Zito.

Since his recording debut in 1989, Osborne has written virtually all of his own material and contributed memorable songs to a wide variety of artists. Two tunes co-written by Osborne appear on Keb Mo’s Grammy®winning 1999 release Slow Down. Country superstar Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with Osborne’s song “Watch The Wind Blow By.” Osborne’s compositions have been covered by artists as diverse as Brad Paisley, Tab Benoit, Jonny Lang, Edwin McCain, Sam Bush, Trombone Shorty and Aaron Neville and Kim Carnes. His songs have appeared in multiple feature films. He can also be seen performing in an episode of HBO’s New Orleans-based drama, Treme. n

DON'T MISS THESE UPCOMING CONCERTS IN OUR CITY LIGHTS SERIES FRIDAY, FEB 22 | 8 PM

AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN In this show celebrating the magic of Frank Sinatra, Michael Feinstein and his trio will perform favorites with contemporary surprises. Expect to be transported to several different decades of music hearing some of your favorite swinging American standards made famous by Sinatra. There will be many fun twists and turns in this “Seasons of Sinatra” show.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 | 2PM

AN AFTERNOON WITH LEA SALONGA Lea Salonga’s unique talent burst upon the world as the 18-year-old star of the searing Vietnam War musical Miss Saigon, the role for which she won the first-ever Tony Award for an Asian-American woman. Since then, Salonga has made a name for herself as one of Broadway’s most celebrated leading ladies, starring in Les Misérables, Flower Drum Song and a show that had its record-smashing debut at the Old Globe before transferring to Broadway, Allegiance.

She is also beloved by Disney fans as the singing voices of the characters Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan.

San Diego Symphony does not appear as part of these programs.

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