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October 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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| Friday, Oct., 3, 9 p.m. |
TBA |
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THE DIMES with DERBY and DOMINIC CASTILLO & the ROCK SAVANTS Some of the best indie rock the Northwest has to offer The Dimes have been getting a lot of good press these days, with a great feature in SPIN magazine, a piece on NRP and a bushel basket of good reviews from the CD "The Silent Generation." Never a group to sit on its routine, The Dimes have been sharing the bill lately, traveling with various bands and performers. Tonight, Johnny Clay promises to sing a few new songs (he just keeps writing) and introduce two bands new to the Landmark: Derby, a Beatles-esque Portland outfit also highly praised on NPR; and Dominic Castillo & the Rock Savants, a five-piece rock band promising more modern nostalgia and more songwriting. And let's not forget the rest of the Dimes band, namely Pierre Kaiser, electric guitar and vocals; Ryan Johnston, bass and vocals and Jake Rahner, drums and vocals. |
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| Thursday, Oct. 9, 9 p.m. |
Landmark Debut! EARLY MAXWELL Exploratory rock and blues from Memphis Here's a band trying to break out of its home turf, spending a couple of weeks traveling the West Coast to get a feel for some different venues, to experience some new likes and dislikes. The style here is progressive college rock, with a lot of experience in the clubs and halls of Memphis moving the blues in their own direction. Bluegrass is another influence/element of the sound. This is a five-piece band with a big sound that should fill up the Thursday night air and could be a surprise. |
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| Friday, Oct. 10, 9 p.m. |
KOLVANE Rockin' Portland blues band winning awards and followers In four years singer/songwriter Kolvane moved the Rose City Kings from obscurity to notoriety, winning Muddy awards, releasing three critically acclaimed albums; touring behind Chicago blues legend Jody Williams and gaining entry into the Top 50 Roots Music Report in the Roots Blues category. Last year the Kings morphed into the band Kolvane, playing a rollicking style of rock with the crash-energy Kolvane blasting around the stage and Louisiana keyboard monster Steve Kerin rattling the room with boogie-woogie that let's you feel the Fess. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 p.m. |
THE STREAMLINERS
Blues, jump blues and swing from jazzy Eugene outfit This band plays music by everybody from Louis Prima to Ray Charles, presenting a different approach to the blues. The lead guitarist is Michael Anderson, a West Coast guy who has performed all over, solo, in jazz groups and behind the sound boards recording and producing. He can whip his guitar through just about anything and has a solid voice perfect for the style. On drums is Rick Markstrom, keeping the beat since the late 60s, and on bass is New York City native Mike Hatgis, who has performed Top 40, Middle-Eastern dance, R&B, Blues, Jazz, and Latin. |
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| Friday, Oct. 17, 9 p.m. |
BAJUANA TEA
Blues duo - original songs in the classic mode Here we have Austin Armitage, 29, and Matrisha Armitage, 26, Eugene players with 10 years experience. Austin is a singer and guitar player in the classic blues/rock tradition who can turn out originals you are sure you've heard before. Matrisha is a drummer who chimes in on the vocals. With enough raw material to create two albums, Bajuana Tea’s music ranges from acoustic to electric, from blues to funk. With special guest Jerry Zybach. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 18, 9 p.m. |
THE JERRY ZYBACH BAND Groovy blues and rock with one of the Northwest's top bluesmasters Accomplished singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, arranger, and band leader, Jerry Zybach does it all. Thirty some years into it, he's at the top of his game and just keeps growing as an artist. Classical voice training as a young man gives him a unique take on the songs he loves. He has a great ability to project emotion whether he's playing his Gibson 135, his Harmony H50, his collection of resonators or acoustics, finger style and slide. He's ripped up the Landmark on many occasions and is one of the coast's favorite performers. |
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| Friday, Oct. 24, 9 p.m. |
Landmark Debut! Blues and rock in the style of Morrisette, Sheryl Crow and Joan Osborne Lisa Mann is a life-long bass player and budding singer/songwriter. Before forming her own group, she backed Portland blues greats Sonny Smokin Hess, Paul DeLay, Margo Tufo and Duffy Bishop. She has her own CD of original rock, pop and blues. In 2001 she won a Muddy for Best Bass from the Cascade Blues Association. Last year she and her band took second place out of 150 nationwide artists in the Famecast competition in Austin, Texas. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 25, 9 p.m. |
Landmark Debut! LLOYD JONES Portland's premier bluesman, four decades of gritty, beguiling music Jones got his start in the '70s Portland band Brown Sugar and learned his craft as backup for touring performers such as Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Otis, Big Mama Thornton and the like. In the 80's he joined forces with Curtis Salgado in a band called Yo' Face, then built the Lloyd Jones Struggle after Salgado left to join Roomful of Blues. His late 80's records won over a dozen local music awards, as well as acclaim from national music publications such as Down Beat and Guitar Player, which in turn led to some extensive touring under a Miller Beer Sponsorship Program. In 1995, Blues Revue called his release "Trouble Monkey" "one of the best albums of the 1990s." Jones and his band have become a mainstay on the West Coast circuit and toured from New Orleans to Canada to the Caribbean. Along the way he's played with Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, B.B. King, Dr. John, John Hammond, Etta James, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy. He's making his long-overdue Landmark debut. |
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Thursday, |
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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| Friday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m. |
The One And Only! featuring... T. RAY & THE SHADES Rock and blues from a band with roots on the Oregon coast and New York This band is stoked for Halloween. T. Ray, the lead singer, and Matt Murray, the drummer, are South County locals who moved to Portland, started a band, got a lot of gigs and are now ready for a Halloween homecoming here at the Landmark. The others in the group bring musical influences from around the country -- New York, San Francisco and Portland -- that make a funkified rock style that rips through the covers and originals alike. The Costume Parade will start around 11 p.m. with the prizes awarded sometime thereafter. |
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Looking Ahead!
Friday,
Oct. 31,
9 p.m.
The One And Only!
ANNUAL LANDMARK HALLOWEEN PARTY
Saturday,
Nov. 1,
9 p.m.
PHAMOUS PHACES
Legendary Eugene band reunites to play some alt pop ala the late Beatles
Originally from different rock bands in Eugene, these guys have been together since 1993, playing a brand of music that is Beatles-esque in the White Album tradition. They toiled in the clubs of Eugene until a breakout week in Liverpool, England, in 2005 where the band won the International Pop Overthrow, appearing at The Cavern Club, The Cavern Pub, and Lennon's Bar. The band was back in Liverpool in 2006 and has been touring Oregon and the Northwest the last two years. The Phaces are made up of Jesse Ruggles, guitar and vocals; Mike Trathen, bass and vocals; and Ron Petty on drums.
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