Joe Ehrbar

Bruce Baumgartner will sign autographs on Friday.

Get ready for a storm, Spooookannnnnne! For the Rolling Thuuuunnderrrrrr strikes Thursday! Friday! And Saturday! At the Spooookannnnnne Interstate Fairgrounds!

Asleep at the Wheel (pictured in 1991) is at Kelly's.

There's no shortage of concerts in the great outdoors of the Inland Northwest this summer. KSFC, the alternative rock station at Spokane Falls Community College, is throwing its own outdoor rock show called Falls Rock on the River Saturday at Riverfront Park in the Clocktower Meadow. The event features some of the best and brightest bands in the region, such as the Flies, Eugene's Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Comb, Snaut, Royball and Quitters Inc.

Veteran singer-songwriter Michael O'Neill performs at the Wine Cellar in Coeur d'Alene tonight at 8 p.m. O'Neill originally hailed from Seattle before moving to Los Angeles in 1981 to carve out a career in music. The acoustic-based folk and roots musician garnered lots of notoriety in the 1980s through his Warner Bros. albums and his tours with U2, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Grateful Dead. In addition, O'Neill co-wrote songs with several notable bands and musicians, including Dolly Parton, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Little Feat and the Everly Brothers.

FOR THE RECORD: May 31, 1996 The sold-out Alanis Morissette concert at The Gorge will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. The date was wrong in a story Thursday in the IN Life section. Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" has sold more than 8 million copies.

Robin Peterson is one of 12 area contestants for Mrs. Washington.

Hey, all you budding, junior high and high school rock stars, here's your chance to gain some major exposure. Kidsweek '96 is staging yet another Battle of the Bands. If you want to spar with a dozen of the area's up-and-coming talents for the title of the People's Choice Award, submit a demo tape of your most recent work to the Chase Youth Commission. The deadline is June 24.

1. Alterna-queen Alanis Morissette plays the Gorge Ampitheater this Saturday. Photo by Associated Press 2. Vince Gill plays the Gorge on July 21 at the Columbia Riverfest.

1. Sheryl Crowe plays Riverfront Park on Sept. 21. 2. Merle Haggard will play Silver Mountain on Aug. 10.

After a two-month national tour opening for Stabbing Westward - the band that just scored a mega hit with "What Do I Have to Do?" - Shoveljerk has returned to the area and will play Mother's Pub tonight. Together, the two bands played clubs that held capacities between 400 to 1,200 people. Most shows were sold out. "They're the coolest band we've ever met as far as guys go," says vocalist-guitaris Paul Hemenway. "Their singer ended up being our light guy."

D.O.A. returns to play Outback Jack's.

Shoveljerk has been gone from the area for the last three months touring behind its debut album "Swarm." Two of those months were spent opening for Stabbing Westward - a band that landed a huge hit with "What Do I have to Do?" Now the band is back and it will play Mother's Pub Sunday night. Shoveljerk's first single from "Swarm" was a moderate success. It received heavy rotation from 90 stations across the country and charted in the top 70 for album rock songs. Its next single, "Summer," hits the airwaves in - you guessed it - summer. The cover is $5. Showtime's at 9:30 p.m. The names of the opening bands were not available at press time.

Lynard Skynard is known for classic guitar riffs.

Moody Blues Saturday, May 18, Gorge Amphitheater When it was announced that the Moody Blues was to play the Gorge Amphitheater for the umpteenth time, some people reacted, "Yuck, not them again." It was a fair comment, being that the band is like the Energizer bunny - "It keeps going and going and going..." - and, to some, it wore out its welcome years ago.

Don Larson has more than one musical side.

"The reason I latched on to this folk thing is, similarly to punk, it's of the people. It's subcorporate music," DiFranco says.

1. 1942's Lilac Queen Bobbee Judd Eddy stands with 1996 Queen Abigale Palmer at the Lilac Luau Luncheon. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Bobbee Judd Eddy was Spokane's third Lilac queen. "People were very proud of Lilac week." 3. Karen Stratton was the Lilac queen in 1977. "Back then, it was a really fun thing. All the high-schools got involved."

1. Spokane native Craig Montoya (right) plays bass for Everclear. Above: Selene Vigil (left) sings for 7 Year Bitch. 2. Paul D'Amour (second from right) plays bass for Tool, the Replicants (pictured here) and Failure. 3. Former Spokanite Kirk Miller (left) fronts the band Hog. "It took me four months to ink a deal on a major label after 13 years of preparation," said Miller. 4. 1973 West Valley graduate Glenn Symmonds, second from left, and Untouchables members chat with bobbies about security for a 1985 concert in London.<

Confederate Railroad is following the tracks back to the Inland Northwest again. This time the band will appear at Kelly's Grand Ole Opry in State Line, Idaho, on Monday at 7:30 p.m. The country band, which stirs up a catchy mix of rock, blues and honky tonk, is known for all sorts of quirky hits like "Trashy Women," "Elvis and Andy" and "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind." The band is out on tour supporting its latest album "When and Where," which was released last fall. Tickets are $15 and are available at G&B; outlets or by calling 325-SEAT or (800) 325-SEAT.

Likehell plays Swack's on Monday.

It'll be another night of nostalgia at Ugly Rumors, located in the Mars Hotel. Two '50s and '60s legends the Drifters and the Box Tops will resurrect their glory days for two shows Thursday at the downtown nightclub. During their run, the Drifters, one of the most popular vocal groups of that era, spawned a string of hits such as "On Broadway," "Under the Boardwalk," "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment" and "There Goes My Baby." The Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

Confederate Railroad's three albums have sold very well for Atlantic Records.

The Pages of Harmony, Spokane's chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, will pay tribute to the legendary entertainer Al Jolson on Saturday. Jolson, who died in 1950 at the age of 64, was an early vaudeville performer known for many achievements, including appearing in the first talking motion picture, "The Jazz Singer." He also served as a source of inspiration for another legend, Bing Crosby.