Thursday,
Jan. 11,
8 p.m.

Mardi Gras at the Landmark!
HARMONICA RED
& THE NEW HEARD

Legendary harp player brings in the sounds of New Orleans

This hard working band plays more than 250 dates a year, this year showcasing its release, "Even Trolls Love Rock and Roll." George Heard, AKA Harmonica Red, has appeared on hundreds of recordings, working with some of the true heavyweights of the music business, including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Little Feat, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Al Hirt, Dr. John, Bruce Daigrepont, Big Al & the Heavyweights and many more. His band includes the drummer on the last five Little Feat CDs. Red promises to bring along beads from the gutters of Bourbon Street and other Mardi Gras treats.

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Landmark debut -
INNER LIMITS

Funk fusion from Eugene power trio

This group is led by Olem Alves, a cornerstone of the Eugene music scene,who learned guitar from James Thornbury of Canned Heat. He has played with Coco Montoya, Duke Robillard, Paul DeLay and Linda Hornbuckle at clubs and festivals around the Northwest. He is joined by bassist Rob Kohler, a product of the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and drummer Kevin Congleton, fresh from the One O'clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. A mainstay at Jo Federigo's in Eugene, with a critical hit CD "The Sound" here comes the future of funk.

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DIGGABONE

Jam doodling in a fusion groove from a Portland experiment

Eric Bohne is back with the latest incarnation of a hard-wroking project in originality. His label is called Made to Sound Pro Records and he lists is band as E.B., Doe Eye, J. Mac and Just B. The audience can be identified as Dig N. It.

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STEVE KERIN

In the Professor Longhair tradition from Lafayette, Louisiana

The Great Flood of 2005 sent ripples around the country, musical ripples that left people on our side of the country like Steve Kerin, who plays Louisiana piano and sings and shouts and carries on. The Landmark reminds some of Tipitina's in New Orleans and Steve reminds everybody of the Professor when he trills those trills and rolls around that keyboard.

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CROSSTOWN ROCKERS

Classic rock from South Lincoln County

Out of the Steve Wheeler school of rock, a local trio with a range of covers. This configuration hasn't been in the Landmark for a while, but we are sure you'll need some dancing shoes for this. Featuring Bill Wallace on guitar and vocals. And with a special guest (we hear.)

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J.J. KASNER BAND

Texas swing and a taste of the blues via Austin, Texas

Jim Kasner is a recent returnee to the coast from Austin, Texas, where he learned Texas swing and the dry blues. Backed by the Blue Nation rhythm section and Jules Kasner on vocals, Jim has hit a nice stride. The swing tunes carry that echo of the 40s and give the dancers a little more room to sway and there are those at the Landmark who can make the moves just as they would have to Bob Wills or Spade Cooley.

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Landmark debut
FLAT MOUNTAIN GIRLS

A high-energy old-time string band based in Portland

The Flats cover stuff from the hills and from the past -- Carter family classics, traditional songs from the Southern mountains, cowboy yodels, and romping fiddle tunes. They throw in an original now and then, always keeping the enthusiasm high. The band features Lisa Marsicek playing fiddle, Rachel Gold on banjo, Nann Alleman on guitar and Laura Quigley on bass. Get ready to stomp a foot or two.

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JAKE BLAIR BAND

Sizzling' blues guitar from a young man on his way up

In the four years 20-year old Jake Blair has played at the Landmark we've had the pleasure of watching the development of guitar sizzle at its cleanest. Jake is a juke box of things he's heard, things he's experienced through the sound and things he can spit back with his own slash and drive. He's settled into this three-piece band, where distractions few and the riffs just roll on.

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