Weekend Concerts
By Bill Picture
Dylan-Thomas Vance
Dylan-Thomas Vance plays with at 5 p.m. Sunday at Thee Parkside, 1600 17th St., San Francisco. Admission is free. Call (415) 503-0393 or visit
www.theeparkside.com.Portland-based Dylan-Thomas Vance's lap slide guitar playing and proficiency with a heartbroken, drink-nursing lyric has been called everything from innovative to masterful.
His command of the traditional Americana/roots style is apparent, but his noted specialty is taking that tradition and tweaking it ever so slightly and respectfully, infusing his bluesy sound with a subtle jazz undercurrent. So it's no wonder that Vance's sophomore CD, "Bittersweet," was one of indie-retailer CD Baby's biggest sellers for 2003 and that the Minnesota native is a favorite on the national blues circuit. Read more at
www.dylanthomasvance.com.