Where will the blues bands go?
By Dan Kaufman
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Taylor's Tavern, once the
home of Kugotir's blues is
closed and IS not lik(d\ In ( Ulllfi
back For blues fans, tins is sad
realit\ i lowe\ er two other lo
cal establishments are pit king
up the slai k and offering ine\
pensive weekly blues jams
K ver\ I b u rsda \ night at
Good Times Gate and bar. .!7">
b Seventh Aye. and Wednes
day night at the Butte Tavern
2 11 Washington St lot: a I
bands are getting together to
play the blues
The $1 i over i barge makes it
the best live entertainment \ al
lie around
The blues jams offer a venue
for local musicians to play on
stage and for audiences to hear
some good music
i m surprised n sounded so
good, .mil I didn't realize the
musicians had not rehearsed.''
said kellv hinder, a patron to
the (lood Times jam
Musicians slum up at ') p.m
when sets are arranged, and hv
‘1:45 the blues arrive, usual!)
tor a total ol six different sets
Most blues sets at the jams
iui lude two guitars, a vocalist,
bass, drums and often a bar
monica or horn. The musicians
who hang around until ( losing
can expect to make a few dol
lars and a chance to "talk
shop" with fellow players
Often the musicians may not
know each other or have even
played together However, the
spontaneous nature of the jams
( reates an atmosphere of excite
ment because musicians can
make it sound great or tall on
their faces.
The blues jam idea was gen
crated more than 12 years ago
by disc jockey Gavin "The
Rooster Man" Fox. Monday
nights at the Mac k Forest Tav
ern It then moved to li| kelly's
(now Oregon West Fitness) and
finally ended up .it Taylor's
about six years ago
"The Mondav night jam will
soon be happening again." 1 'ox
said "it has been going on too
long to die
Community support makes it
possible foi the two blues jams
to continue They are so popu
lar with uuisit iatis that not all
i an pbn ever\ week although
the gun organizer tries to make
lair flits eat ll \\ eek
lams have yet to be turned
away from the f lubs although
the blues guns often draw mod
erately large i rowds
led Kssig. a |)| at M.( \ and
University student. created the
rluirsday night gun at (load
l imes earlier tins year Its pop
ularity has been steadily rising
espet ially sint e I ayloi s lias
dosed
The Butte Jam has been a
sporadically running jam for a
number of years He< ause of
changes in ownership, it is
loosely organized Howevei
tins helps foster a less strii t
blues format where roi k and
reggae i an sometimes be heard
There are a number ol rea
sons for listeners and musi
f i.ms to t hei k out tile blues
puns
Says University student and
blues fail Gina /ornes. "I no to
more jams (than other forms of
live music) because it's < heap
er. draws a larger crowd and
because the music is really
good You get to see local tal
ents who don't normally play
together
Fox agrees and adds, "You
( an see a piece of our musical
heritage right now If you went
to the jams 12 years ago you
would have seen the Robert
Uravs and Curtis Salgados
Now you see Kugene's blues
veterans and the up and com
ing "
These same benefits apply to
in us u la ns as we II Young
players can learn from the old
and introduce fresh ideas
Many Kugene musii inns hone
their skills at the gum and also
form hands with the people
they meet there
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pianist. plays guitar at the
(tint's jams anil admits tli.it (it1
learned him to "uroovi'" at ttm
j.ims ,1-. wi’ll as learning th.
polities anti business side <t(
mus't
It vmi an- inft• r*• htmi m play
ing at .t blues jam. take time to
leant the blues progression and
talk tn one ot the jam organiz
ers Ml players evept the
drummer must supply their
own instruments (iuitar play
its also need their own amplili
el s while d r u m me rs need
st u ks
Although the two blues yen
ues don’t allow minors inside
special arrangements tail lie
matte foi music Ians under 1
y e.irs old
Sty les sometimes i lash and
musii ian.s have olt nights
Hopefully. I lie musii inns re
cover from mistakes and make
the next song belter I iipredii I
ability is the nature ot the Ku
gene blues jams t'nlikc large
metropolitan blues venues, the
lingerie jams are all inclusive
and .dluyy any interested must
i inn to partn ipate
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