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Beer gardens kick off
with Unshakable Race
Ming Rodrigues
Contributor
They call themselves the Unshakable Race because they
believe that race, creed, sex or religious belief play no part in a
world where everyone is t reated from the same life force
"We trust in unity and a common goal." stressed bandleader
anil co-founder Roll fames
And true to their philosophy, not only does each band mum
twr hail from different parts of the country and musical back
grounds. their high-energy, spiritual-lunk-reggie music speaks
of universal harmony
Though formed just early this year, the Unshakable Race has
quickly bram bed out and gained quite a following with their
danceable performances and opening acts for famous artists
mi biding Desmond Dekker, Curtis Salgado and Human Rights
But the Unshakable Race is not a hand out to just make a
name for themselves They have an independent record label.
Covenant Records, that not only releases the group’s own mate
rial but also that of other up-and-coming artists And you’ll
often find the group calling themselves “The Dubstilutes. the
pseudonym they use when they play hack-up to these fresh
liands
“We want to give talented people the chance to do what they
do best," said James. "These folks are probably stuck in jobs
that can’t give them that choice, but we believe that everyone
should have the equal opportunity to go ahead with what they
want.”
Unshakable Race performs tonight at the Beer Gardens {EMU
Fountain Court) from 5-7p m There’s free chips and salsa from
4-5p.m.
"We’re going to have bigger and better entertainment this
Turn to BEER GARDENS, Page 16
John Henry's offers new option on local club circuit
Dave Charbonneau
Associate Editor
A group of Eugene music
lovers have taken what's got id
about bars and clubs in Eugene
put them all together and
opened a bar for people who
enjoy good music.
The bar is called John
Henry's, but don't let the word
"bar" fool you. The emphasis of
John Henry's is not the drinks,
but the music.
“This is definitely a place for
music lovers," Lucy Lizznrd.
who is in charge of booking
bands at the club, said
John Henry's, which is locat
ed at 130 E. 11th Ave . was
opened in August by Bruce
Hartnell. Tom Tracey and Al
lenkins with the sole purpose of
giving the Eugene music audi
ence and touring bands another
option.
"We approach it as a music
venue that sells beer." Hartnell
said.
Currently in Eugene, there are
many places to see good musi
cians. but the owners of lohn
Henry’s have tried to combine
all of Eugene's current music
venues into one.
New Max’s. Taylor's, Good
Times and the WOW Hall are
the places most noted for cater
mg to the music-conscious pub
lic.
|ohn Henry’s is a combination
of all those venues.
It has a huge 24x16-foot stage,
which Hartnell said is the same
si/e as the stage at the WOW
Hall. The WOW Hall, however,
is an all-ages club and alcohol
is not permitted in the main
room In order to drink, one
must go downstairs in a base
ment. where it isn t possible to
see nr hear the music upstairs
clearly without the use of a
video screen.
New Max's has traditionally
attracted some of the top alter
native and rock hands that
come to the area, but the bar is
so small that it is usually
packed from wall to wall, espe
cially on the weekends.
Taylor's is a bigger bar with a
bigger stage than New Max's,
but liecause of its campus loca
tion, it is also usually very
crowded.
Good Times has a decent size
stage but veers away from book
ing most alternative bands, opt
ing for a more mellow blues
influenced sound.
John Henry's, which formerly
was called Club 136 and Club
Hollywood under different
owners, is smaller than the
WOW Hall, but a great deal
Dancara ah aka It up on tha danca floor at John Hanry’a. which Ian t juat an altarnatlva mualc danca club
mow spacious than Now Max's.
Taylor's and Good Times, giv
ing the audience plenty of room
to dance, mingle or just plain
drink.
"It's sn much bigger than the
nlher l>«»rs.” Li/xard, who has
brought bands like L7 and
Melvins to Eugene, said It's
not a place where someone |ust
slapped ill <1 stage
The owners have spared no
expense in creating as good of .1
sound system as possible Ihe
stage is complete with bass
holes and the wails are
equipped with tubo-likc struc
tures that help put a halt to
reverberation -
"At most places in Eugene."
Hartnell said, "the stages were
put in as an afterthought Here
the stage is as big as the W( )VV
Hall, but the layout of the place
is a little more intimate "
Hands such as The Daddies.
Two Minutes Hate and lolls
Mon have already graced the
stage at |obn Henry's, but the
owners say they will not limit
bookings to strictly "allerna
live" Kinds
"If they can sell beer, they're
in here," Hartnell said He has
been a member of many bands
himself. including The
Detonators "He don't want
this place to Is- known only as
an alternative place We had
t he (iuardians, a drunk country
western band, in here a while
ago They weren't a big draw,
but their t rowd drank a lot of
bts-r
because he is a musii ian.
Hartnell says he knows how to
make bands happy
"In order to make everything
attractive to the musicians, we
give them the lake at the door.
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