Friday
Feb. 2
9 p.m.

THE SUMMIT UNDERGROUND

Mike Riley brings in the blues from up the mountains

Riley is a consistent and generous blues player who has lived the life all his life. This band is 15 years old, a testament to the mellow style and the depth of appreciation its members have for the music. The blues lives because musicians live with the blues. Mike is backed by Vegas and LA session harp player Kooch Kucera, with Young Pappy Boynton on bass and Bongo Bob Pettit on drums.

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ERIC HATCHER AND THE WORKER BEES

Blues in the Portland style by a group of veterans

Here are four veterans based in Portland who evoke the names of Bloomfield and Butterfield. Featuring Eric Hatcher on vocals, guitar and slide guitar and Larry Oxley on harp and vocals, the band was a hit at last summer's Waterfront Blues Festival and has played the leading Northwest blues venues. Drummer Cody Christopherson has kept time in country, metal and blues circles and is joined in the rhythm section by newcomer Rick Mazzotta, recently off the plane from Connecticut.

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CHUCKBARRYMANILOW

Reeotch and Tricky P add a few players and throw together a weird stew

This is a hyrda-headed band devoted somehow to Chuck Berry and Barry Manilow. How we ask? And what also does one make of the myspace reference to Louis Armstrong on acid. Did Armstrong actually take acid, back in the days when it was legal, back around the time Chuck Berry began to duck walk and the young Manilow wrote his first nursery rhyme. In this case, the stew somehow means a stiff shot of rock along with a clever chaser from the alternative wing..

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THE FRANKIE HERNANDEZ BAND

Soul, funk, Latin and reggae from Austin, Texas, via Grants Pass

Frankie has seen the musical world from just about every angle -- band leader, sideman, session staple -- from Austin to L.A. with stops around the country. He's played with the likes of Leftover Salmon, Phish, Seal, Outlawz and Rod Stewart. Since moving to southern Oregon he's performed at the Oregon Country Fair, High Sierra Music Festival, Earthdance, Kerrville Folk Festival, Falconridge Folk Festival, and the Santa Monica Earthday Festival. To say this bunch is high energy is to almost sell them short. In their first show at the Landmark a couple of months ago, the FHB had the crowd winging quickly to the beat. Horns, guitars and unstoppable rhythm.

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THE DEAD AMERICANS

Male/female vocal harmonies sung over driving, psychedelic guitar-driven rock

This Eugene five-piece features the melodic songwriting of singer/guitarist Zak Johnson and the feminism-fueled lyrics of singer Kyra Kelly. The band has been together since 2002 with the current line-up starting to jell in Eugene and Northern California duirng the past year. It's been compared with Jefferson Airplane, Cave Dogs, and the Dandy Warhols. In addition to the leads the band consists of Terry Travis (guitar, vocals) John Raden (drums, vocals), and Josh Britton (bass, vocals). Their CD "The Boy Who Shot Out the Sun" has been reviewed well and received regualr air play on alternate rock stations.

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TWO LEG LUCY  &
GAYELEE RUSSELL

Classic rock covers and a few originals from red hot Eugene guitar band

Roger McConnell and his band Two Leg Lucy is 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. GayeLee is also feeling the rush and the last appearance at the Landmark drew the kind of cheers that make for a special night. Do not miss this band -- they are on their way up.

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WOLFE

From New York City, psychedelic rock and blues led by the former lead guitar player for Sheryl Crow's touring band

The Wolfe here is Todd Wolfe and the tour went for five years. Crow was a rising star and she opened for a rather distinguished cro wd in the mid 1990s. The list includes Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Eagles. Todd got off the road around 1998, began running the blues jam at Manny's Car Wash in New York City, then evolved this new touring band that hits the Landmark. Lately, this band shared the bill with the likes of The Allman Brothers, Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Wolfe has three CDs,"Delaware Crossing," (2004), "Wolfe" (2002) and "Live from Manny's Car Wash" (1999).

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BLUESDUSTERS

Originals soaked in the blues tradition, from Ashland

Bluesdusters is the project of a pair of blues veterans, Johnnie O. (John Nelson) from Chicago via Denver and L.A., and Grif (Leonard Griffie) from L.A. via L.A. These two and their bandmates generally stay away from covers and while they have a blues sound, they have a unique sound, dare we say it... an original sound. They call it American roots music and they know what they are talking about. Go for it, guys!

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