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August 2008 Schedule |
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No Cover! Open Jam every Thursday starting at 6 p.m. For more information, call 541-547-5459
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UPRITE DUB ORCHESTRA Portland reggae outfit makes an overdue return appearance Uprite Dub is not your usual band. It's music is not quite reggae and it's not really rock, but the beat is true to its school and the energy is high. The listed inspirations include the Ska from the days of Desmond Dekker, and Dub from when Tubby was King. The groove is organic, driven by tight horns, conscious lyrics, haunting melodies, rising and falling from minimal to the maximum. The recent addition of MC Villain (credentials include Warsaw Poland Bros and Heavyweight Dub Champion) has opened up new levels for musical exploration in the band's electrically-charged live shows. It's been a while since these guys made it down the coast. Let's see what they are up to. |
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| Saturday, August 2, 9 p.m. |
CAMP 3
Punk musings from the underbelly of Corvallis This rock trio includes leader/singer/writer Adam Nilsson, drummer Marcus Looze and bassist Dominic Maze and plays a variety of punk sounds that bring in rockabilly, raggae and some cold hard Johnny Cash. The philosophy found in the lyrics and the sound goes a certain distance toward an understanding of the theory of random chaos. These players are not mathematicians, however, just hard-working blasters on a journey around the universe. |
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| Friday, August 8, 9 p.m. |
SPEED LIMIT & THE VIOLATIONS From Austin, Texas, high octane folk rock from a veteran songwriter Here we have Marvin Gershowitz, a 20-year veteran of the Austin, Texas, music scene, and his new Portland band, another transplant hopping aboard the Northwest musical bandwagon. Marvin played the major venues in Austin, grabbing his share of the alt country spotlight in one of the nation's hottest scenes. He brought the act to Portland in 2004 and has continued his 200 gigs a year pace, playing solo and with his band. A reviewer from a British magazine called him "one helluva songwriter, arranger, player ... why it's as if R.L. Burnside mixed some genes with Eric Clapton and Otis Redding, who then mixed more genes with Patti Smith and Tamra Spivey and you were born." |
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J. R. SIMS & TEXAS SPECIAL From SRV to Hendrix - those rippin’ blues from the south J.R. is a consummate blues guitar player who can recreate the sound of the tradition as well as anyone. Stevie Ray rewrote the Texas blues of the '40s and '50s into the high-flying guitar styles that last today. J.R. was there when Stevie Ray invented this stuff and J.R. brings it right into the Yachats living room for your listening pleasure. And check out his album cover, that's Yachats Beach. |
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PARISH GAP Eclectic art rock from Fleetwood Mac to the Dixie Chicks Tom Wright on guitar, harmonica, and vocals, and Bob Rause on keyboards, bass, and vocals are the heart of this band. They have been an inseperable musical duo since they met in high school in the Chicago area. The "Art Rock" style developed as a reaction to the simple bleats of punk. Jefferson Airplane and the Dead both had their "art rock" phases of soaring song development and the jam bands have the current hold on the style. Tom and Bob are joined by Catherine Wright, a former member of choirs and acapella groups who is now the lead singer. Joe Montgomery on drums rounds out the group, which has been drawing crowds in the Corvallis-Salem area. A Landmark debut. |
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PAPAW'S BLUE JELLY BAND Rock and blues in the Mississippi style, from Corvallis This is a band that has been playing together for over a decade and it shows in the tightness of the covers and the quality of the originals. Jonathan Carroll is a New Yorker guitarist playing counter to David Bryant, who hails from Clarksdale, Mississippi. Somehow the mesh is no mess and out comes everything from Hendrix's "Little Wing" to Buddy Guy's "Heavy Love." |
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HOOKAH STEW John Michael Young can play them all -- and does: funk, blues and rock Some performers of the electric guitar stay outside the instrument; others, like the leader of Hookah Stew, go inside. John Michael Young formed this band 10 years ago and gave it a crash course of Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Aquarium Release and the Five Fingers of Funk. Some Stevie Wonder and a lot of Hendrix has rounded the sound in the past few years. The strength of this band grows the more it plays. And it has been playing more lately -- on its own after breaking out of the casino rut. |
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BILL MAGEE BLUES BAND Blues with a New York City style, from a true veteran Voted "Best Blues Band in San Diego" by both the San Diego Music Association and the Reader Magazine. Magee was born in Mississippi but formed his musical roots in Harlem. In 1963 Bill ran into a budding musician named Jimi Hendrix and together formed Jimmy James and the Flames. This continued until 1967 when Jimi moved to England and created musicial history. Magee continued in the New Yor k City music scene for almost three decades, performing with every great blues player imaginable including multiple performances at the famed Apollo Theater. Bill relocated to Southern California in the late '80s and formed the current band in 1993. |
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TWO LEG LUCY Classic rock covers and originals from red hot Eugene guitar band Roger McConnell and his band Two Leg Lucy are growing with every gig. His covers are sharper and his spooky, evocative guitar originals are starting to move into a leading role. Roger has toiled in other bands for years and is now experiencing a breakout run that comes from getting out on your own. No matter how many other bands he jams with or plays in, this is the one closest to home. |
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| Wednesday, August 27, 9 p.m. |
BRYAN LEE New Orleans blues staple, with 30 years on Bourbon Street Nominee at the 2007 Blues Music Awards for "Best Contemporary Blues Album" with his new release "Katrina Was Her Name." Lee is a natural born houserocker with a whole lot of soul. Coming off a tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd's blues revue, Lee has been unleashing a passionate brand of blues power on tour this summer. Bryan Lee is a true New Orleans name with over 30 years performing on Bourbon Street. Blind since birth, Bryan is a unique presence in the blues touring circuit. |
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| Thursday, August 28, 9 p.m. |
BLACKBERRY BUSHES
Acoustic string band from Olympia delivers some indie grass Progressive Americana of original, bluegrass, and traditionally twisted music infused with a love of indie, jazz, punk and alternative styles. The band has been called the "Mountain Divas" and Olympia's "Sirens of Indiegrass". Says the Sounds of Olympia: "Delicious lyrics, soaring harmony and toe-tapping acoustic grooves. Their music is sweet and sophisticated." With Jessica Raymond, mandolin, guitar, vocals; Kendl Winter, banjo, guitar, vocals; Joe Capoccia, acoustic bass, banjo, vocals and Pam Margon, fiddle, vocals. |
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| Friday, August 29, 9 p.m. |
THE VIPERS with DEB CLEVELAND
Best Blues Band/ Best Blues Personality in Eugene poll Since its formation in 1992, this has been a band that can always find the right person up front. Once it was Canned Heat guitarist Henry Vestine, then came the veteran bluesman Eagle Park Slim, now it is the diva Deb Cleveland. She toured Europe with the band in 2004, including an appearance at Sweden’s Linköping Blues and Jazz Festival. In 2005 The Vipers Featuring Deb Cleveland won the Eugene Weekly readers’ poll as best local blues band. Deb was voted best blues personality in the same poll last year. The band is led by founder/harp player Jon Silvermoon, another guy with Canned Heat connections. He's joined by Johnny “Guitar” Ward, a long-time veteran of the Eugene blues scene; bass player Maurice "Mo-fessor;" McConnell; and drummer/vocalist Rick Markstrom, who toured the Midwest with his band The Tayles. |
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| Saturday, August 30, 9 p.m. |
JOHN SHIPE
Alt rock and folk from a solid singer whose songs never stop developing Shipe has a 200-plus original song repertoire, a decade of touring, and 10 recording projects -- dozens of Shipe tunes have played on 100 independent and commercial radio stations, without the support of a major record label. Now comes the latest, "Yellow House," a recording treat that runs round the neighborhood and into the far yards. Shipe gets in his licks regarding frat boys, angels on the wing and (in several forms) his own life and times. He'll be paired up during this gig with his usual partner Ehren Ebbage (who also has a new CD) and is bringing along a rhythm section for a little more rock than usual. But usual isn't really a good word in connection with Shipe. You have to be there to see what's what. |
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| Sunday, August 31, 9 p.m. |
SOULICIOUS
Funk and rock: Janis Joplin meets Mavis Staples Soulicious strolled into the Landmark a couple of months ago and lit up the place with an upbeat take on the blues groove. This six-piece crew delivered a fresh sound to old school funk and R&B, showing off years of experience in various Northwest bands. Led by Paula Vaden on vocals, rhythm guitar and percussion, the band includes Gerry Rempel on lead guitar, Sharon Greve on drums, Cheryl Camelio on vocals and percussion, JoAnne Lutz on keyboard and Jamie Porter on bass. The band calls its sound "Rock Mo' Funk." |
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Looking Ahead!
Future Attractions
Thursday,
Sept. 4,
9 p.m.
ROGER 'HURRICANE' WILSON
Atlanta bluesman who has played with the greats
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson is a New Jersey native who went to college in Atlanta in the '60s and was inspired to play the guitar by seeing the Allman Brothers and listening to records by Robert Johnson and Elmore James. He formed his own band in 1978 and has been touring and playing clubs ever since, finding time to put out six albums and have a separate career as a radio broadcaster. Over the decades he's played with icons such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert Collins, Les Paul, Roy Buchanan, Dickie Betts, Little Feat, and Marshall Tucker. His style ranges from the simplest 12-bar riff into the wildest areas of psychedelic rock. He's appearing solo in his Landmark debut.
Thursday,
Sept. 11,
9 p.m.
SONNY RHODES
Lap steel guitar master from Texas
Rhodes cut his teeth in the blues with Johnny Clyde Copeland and Albert Collins in Texas clubs as a teenager in the late '50s and has been devoted to the music since. He's toured Europe several times, criss-crossed the United States and recently recorded the theme song for the Fox TV series “Firefly.” Now based in California, Rhodes has recorded over 200 songs in his 37 year career. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed disciple of the blues!" he declares. He has been nominated for the Blues Music Association Awards 11 times.