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Jodie Manross Band
Can't resist these local rockers. May 15, 10 p.m. Barley's. Free.

Sandrope, Level & Box of Souls
Former houseband for Liquid headlines. May 15, 9 p.m. Blue Cats. $5.

Streamliners Big Band
15 pieces of brass action. May 16, 9:30 p.m. Fairbanks. $6.

ShadowWax w/Skeyebone
After the Jesse Harris show, rock 'n' roll, simple 'n' straight. May 16, 10 p.m. Blue Cats. $5.

The Unsatisfied
Goth-metal band, subject of a Valleyfest flick. May 16. Ivey's.

New Monsoon
A San Francisco treat, blends many styles. May 17, 10 p.m. Barley's. $5. 21+.

WDVX Camperfest 2003
Robinella and the CCstringband, Chris Night, Malcolm Holcombe, Bill Mize, Todd Steed, Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle, and many more. Benefit for East Tennessee's best radio station. May 16, 17, 18, Dumplin Valley Festival Site, East Kodak. See www.wdvx.com for details.

Bruce Katz Band w/ "Big Daddy" Rick Rouse
Blues, blues, and yet more blues. May 17, 8 p.m. Palace Theater. $12 advance/$12 door. (983-3330)

Palm Grease
Jazzy funk. May 17, 9:30 p.m. Lucille's.

Scott Miller & Mic Harrison
They just can't stay apart; performances by former V-roys. May 18, 8-10 p.m. Patrick Sullivan's. Free.

Bindlestiff Family Circus
See music story. May 18, 7 p.m. Blue Cats. $15/$12 adv.

Vincent Herring
One of NYC's finest saxophonists, playing with K'ville Jazz Orchestra. May 20, 7 & 9 p.m. 4620, $20/$10 students.

Tim Lee with Nineteen Forth-Five
Former Windbreaker with new project by former Three Finger Cowboy. May 21, 9 p.m., the Pilot Light, $5.

Superjoint Ritual
Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo and band. May 22, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. $18.

Sam Cockrell and the Groove
This Chicago band swings harder than Sammy Sosa. May 23 & 24, 9:30 p.m. Sassy Ann's. $5. 21+.

Rockin' on the River
Sponsored by 100.3 The River and Sea Ray of K'ville. Features Johnny A w/ John Eddie and RMS. May 24, 4-9 p.m. The Cove at Lenoir City Park & Planet Xchange. (212-4655)

Rude St. Peters w/ the Voodoo Organist
Long-time faves are back. May 24, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $6.

Jesse Harris
Jesse Harris has been careening towards stardom since the age of seventeen. He began writing and performing in front of club audiences before he escaped his teens, and won his first recording deal from EMI in 1995 as half of the duo Once Blue. Eventually dropped from the label, Harris formed the Ferdinandos and continued recording and performing around the New York City club circuit. He then collaborated with an old friend and industry unknown named Norah Jones. In playing guitar and penning five songs on the phenomenally successful Come Away with Me, Harris scored a Grammy for Don't Know Why and landed another record deal. The Secret Sun, due May 20, is a mix of mellow pop and sincere acoustic balladry that borders on the no depression Americana sound and listen-at-work Adult Contemporary. Armed with his second major label debut, Harris is in the midst of a 10-day, 10-city tour that begins in Lexington and ends in New York with a stop in Knoxville. This is a special early show, so get to Blue Cats early. (Clint Casey)
JESSE HARRIS WITH CHASE PATTISON * FRIDAY, MAY 16, 7 P.M. * BLUE CATS * $5

Trevor's Farewell Concerts
It's been 17 years, but the end is near. Maestro Kirk Trevor is leaving us. After having conducted his own special swan song a couple months back with an all-out version of Verdi's Requiem and having said bye-bye to the Bijou two weeks ago, Maestro Kirk Trevor's final concerts as music director and conductor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra are tonight and Friday. For his final KSO Masterworks installment, Trevor is joined by Olga Kern, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist. On the program are Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo & Juliet and Piano Concerto #1, Ravel's La Valse, and a Suite from Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier." Fare thee well, Maestro; we hardly knew ye. (Scott McNutt)
KSO MASTERWORKS SERIES * THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MAY 15 & 16, 8 P.M. * TENNESSEE THEATRE * $16.50 TO $49.50

Mono
Anyone planning on attending this show at the Pilot Light tonight should be warned: this four-piece Japanese post-rock band is apparently quite loud. And if you go, you might want to make sure you bring some friends. Takaakira Goto, one of the band's two guitar players, has said, "When the audience gets smaller, we get more violent. We try to kill them by sounds." But the group's music is also supposed to be quite beautiful, with Pink Floyd-esque movements (minus any pretensious or insightful lyrics, because, well, there are no lyrics). The band's sophomore record, One Step More and You Die, has helped the group make a name in the instrumental rock scene. (Joe Tarr)
MONO WITH THEPLANSOFF * FRIDAY, MAY 16, 9 P.M. * THE PILOT LIGHT * $5