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Guitarist Billy Gibbons, pictured at the Spokane Coliseum three years ago, is still rocking with ZZ Top. File/The Spokesman-Review

The Paul deLay Band will be playing new stuff and old favorites at Mad Daddy's Blues Club in Coeur d'Alene.

1. Far left: Singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows rocks his world. 2. Left: The Wallflowers peform as opening act for Counting Crows. For a story on the band, see page D7.

When it comes to laying his life out for all to see, Jakob Dylan is quite the opposite of Adam Duritz. Dylan, singer/songwriter for the Wallflowers and son of folk legend Bob Dylan, has been notoriously tightlipped when it comes to speaking of his private life - especially that part that involves his very private father. Few could blame a guy whose family has been constantly under the spotlight since his birth and well before.

1. Liz Berlin of Rusted Root plays percussion during a recent concert. The band mixes layers of instrumentation for its rootsy sound. Photo by Ken Settle 2. Carlos Santana during a performance in Spokane's Opera House. He remains one of rock's innovators. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

Guitarist Billy Gibbons stays in the ZZ Top groove. Photo by Ken Settle

1. Expect a rowdy show when Jimmy Thackery takes the stage at Fort Spokane Brewery. 2. The Aquabats are part music show and part mayhem.

Louisiana native Terrance Simien plays Saturday.

Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at The Gorge on Friday.

Tiana Gregg's sound is reminiscent of her influences - Joni Mitchell and James Taylor.

Exotic animals, flying acrobats and a passel of clowns will fill five rings when the circus comes to town Tuesday and Wednesday. The Carson & Barnes Circus will raise its big top - with the help of a few elephants - at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. Carson & Barnes, the only traveling five-ring circus left in the country, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this tour. The show arrives in Spokane with about 100 animals including giraffes, camels, rhinoceros, hippopotamus and 20 elephants. And don't forget the cats - lions, tigers and a cross between the two, called ligers.

Shawn Colvin, who will perform at the Spokane Opera House on Wednesday, didn't emerge a pop-folk star overnight. File/Associated Press

Sammy Hagar Wednesday, Aug. 13, Opera House The crowd loved Sammy Hagar. No, it adored him. Indeed, at times it seemed the cheering, the whistling, the shouts of "We Love You Sammy" roared almost as loudly as this rock-and-roll dude's guitar solos.

Six rock bands will offer up a free show in Coeur d'Alene City Park Saturday beginning at noon. Sugar Pig will headline with Stonefish, Felix Shmitt, Bolt, Morning Breath and Worm Drive opening. The bands hail from North Idaho and Spokane and are on the heavier end of the rock spectrum. They will perform in the rotary bandshell.

The Makers headline at Ichabod's North, with The Stoics and The Pills.

Lollapalooza Tuesday, Aug. 12, The Gorge If there's one thing Lollapalooza '97 proved, it's that the fans who attend this music circus can and will mosh to anything. I mean really, who would have thought anyone could work up the gusto to crowd surf to swirling Brit-pop from James? Is it a sign of desperation? A pining for times past? It would seem so.

Barenaked Ladies use a mix of wacky comedy and folk-flecked rock to stage one of the more popular shows around. Photo by Jake Blakesberg

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Lucky Dube's music was banned in South Africa during apartheid.

Wylie Gustafson, from LaCrosse, Wash., mixes '60s rock with old-time country.

1. Orbit, which plays the second stage at Lollapalooza, takes a more thoughtful approach to tunes about fast cars and lust. Danny Clinch photo 2. Tool, which has won numerous video and music awards thanks to a visually strong stage show, plays a dark art-metal that can be strangely alluring.

BeeCraft members, from left, Colby Davis, Don Goodwin, Jamie Zyskowski, Bob Rees, Scott Goodwin. Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The Spokesman-Review

Art and food lovers will flock to Coeur d'Alene this weekend for a three-fold event that finds hundreds of artists and vendors hawking their wares, displaying their talents and cooking up their finest feasts. The events are Art on the Green, The Street Fair and Sidewalk Sale, and A Taste of the Coeur d'Alenes Fine Food and Arts Fair. All three run Friday through Sunday.

Get ready for some blues, brews and some reggae, too. Silver Mountain is hosting the Third Annual Blues, Brews and Microbrew Festival Saturday. More than 40 microbrews from places like Northern Lights, Pend Oreille Brewing, the Bayou Brewery and the Fort Spokane Brewery will be on hand for beer lovers to sample.