OFS Presents JOHN DOE w/ Jesse Dayton

Sunday, June 21
OFS Presents
JOHN DOE
w/ Jesse Dayton
BACKSTAGE SHOW (ALL AGES)
7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show
$10 general admission / $8 OFS members
Tickets available online & at the box office
Online ticket sales close 1 hour before show, unless sold out.  Tickets available at box office until showtime, unless sold out.

John Doe’s sizable contribution to the music of X and The Knitters, which first brought him to international attention, made clear what was important to him: haunting songs, heart-rending vocals, pronounced country/rockabilly underpinnings, and no ­frills production. His commitment to these values only deepened as he branched out on his own. Part scrapbook, part roadmap, The Best of John Doe: This Far guides listeners through Doe’s solo catalog. Compiled by Doe himself, the generous track listing encompasses nearly a quarter century, highlighting songs from nine records on six different labels. But, Doe is quick to point out, this is no epitaph. “I wanted to convey the idea of the best: this far,” he says. “This is more like a celebration of the not­ so­ distant past.” Even while first making his mark with X, amidst the tumultuous Los Angeles punk scene of the late ’70s, Doe’s roots ran deeper – his burnished howl equally inspired by dustbowl troubadours, the pioneers of early country music, and rock forebears like Jim Morrison and the Rolling Stones at their most raggedly desperate. His songs stood out as gripping vignettes, focused to a razor’s edge, and the vocal blend of Doe and his songwriting partner Exene Cervenka only ratcheted up the intensity. “The trick is to be more at home with what’s real, and not what you want reality to be,” says Doe. The Olympia Film Society is honored to welcome JOHN DOE to the Capitol Theater!