The Belfry hosts Pink Floyd tribute

Published 5:00 am Friday, October 11, 2013

Right here is where a music writer with a deep knowledge of Pink Floyd’s catalog would make a clever lyrical reference to introduce Pigs on the Wing’s show Saturday in Sisters.

I am not that writer. Nothing against Pink Floyd, of course. I just don’t know their stuff that well.

Go see the Pigs and it’ll be the happiest day of your life?

Don’t skip this one or people will be texting you saying “wish you were here”?

Oh, I know!

Set the controls for the heart of The Belfry!

Alright, enough psychedelic silliness: Pigs on the Wing are a Pink Floyd tribute band from Portland that specializes in ’70s-era Floyd “but is,” according to its bio, “unapologetic in the interpretation and improvisation of the music in ways that the band believes any Pink Floyd fan will appreciate.”

In other words, this isn’t a note-for-note replica of Floyd. It’s a modern band playing Floyd songs in a way that they believe is as intense, intimate and unpretentious as possible.

In the past year or two, Pigs on the Wing have been playing material from “Meddle,” “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall,” plus full-album performances of “Dark Side of the Moon” and “Animals.”

Learn, hear and see more at www.pig-wing.com.

Pigs on the Wing; 8 p.m. Saturday, doors open 7 p.m.; $13 plus fees in advance at www.bendticket.com, $15 at the door; The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Bend; www.belfryevents.com.

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