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The Raventones: Randy Hamme (left) and TR Kelley produce a sound bigger than most duos and that falls into many musical genres.
Local twosome packs punch
into genre-bending music
The Raventones bounce
from funk to country
with invigorating results
By Natasha Chilingerian
Pulse Reporter
The Raventones may be small, but
their sound is big.
Randy Ham me and TR Kelley com
prise the local duo, which produces
more music than the average two
some via Hamme and Kelley's
acoustic and baritone electric guitars,
five-string fretless bass and vocals, and
Hamme's drums.
"The band is very small, but it
sounds very huge," Kelley said. "We
make a lot of noise for just two people"
And that noise fits into numerous
musical genres. Hamme described
lire Raventones' music as a combina
tion of country blues, hippie jam,
funky soul, jazz, rural bohemian soul
and twangy country, and called it "all
over the place."
"You never know what we will
come up with," Hamme said. "We
can go from playing surf tunes to
1950s jazz band music. TR flows be
tween these genres very well."
The Raventones are based on Kel
ley's vast background in music. Kelley,
who comes from a musical family
and says she was "caught in the folk
tradition," began playing bass for
country and classic rock bands in bars
at the age of 14. Her big break came
in 1993 when she joined the all-fe
male folk quartet Babes With Axes,
which she said was "a huge deal." She
said her sound concentrates on jazz,
folk and soul hybrids but also branch
es into other categories except rock
and roll.
"I go back to the pre-rock and roll
era," she said. "I'm also into weird
stuff like powwow music, electronica
— pretty much anything."
"You never know what
we will come up with.
We can go from playing
surf tunes to 1950s
jazz band music."
Randy Hamme
The Raventones
Kelley first knew Hamme as a huge
fan of her Babes With Axes shows. A
year ago, Hamme decided to pick up
drumming, then he and Kelley
formed The Raventones. Hamme said
the band has meshed well despite the
fart that Kelley's performing experi
ence surpasses his. So far they have
put on shows in the Eugene area and
scored college and independent radio
station play around the world. Last
August they released their first album,
"Odd Birds." *
Local musician Laura Kemp, who
was a member of Babes With Axes
and is a close friend of Hamme's and
Kelley's, said The Raventones' success
lies in their different backgrounds and
melodic balancing art.
"(Kelley) does more of a jazzy
thing, and (Hamme) comes from
the 1980s rock era," she said. "He's
a super tasty drummer, and he does
n't overpower her. He doesn't get in
the way."
Visually, their acts are just as loud
as their music. Hamme described
their shows as "colorful and rich."
"I have a big sparkly Ludwig drum
kit and hair down to my waist," he
said. "TR wears a lot of vibrant,
crushed-velvet type outfits."
The Raventones have two upcom
ing local performances: Saturday at 8
p.m. at the Deadwood Community
Center, located about 65 miles west of
Eugene on Deadwood Creek Road,
and Feb. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at Luna Jazz
Club, located at 30 E. Broadway. Kel
ley said Saturday's show is oriented to
a hippie audience and will include
lots of surprises.
"The show (at the Deadwood
Community Center) will be colorful
and jam-oriented," she said. "A lot of
our shows are spontaneous, and they
especially are here."
Hamme said he feels confident that
The Raventones will continue their
music career. They plan to book festi
vals, spread the word about their gigs
and record a new album.
"It looks like the group is here to
stay," he said. "We're stable in our per
sonal and business life. I see us play
ing together for a long time."
The Deadwood Community Cen
ter show is all ages and requires a fee
of $5 to $ 10. The Luna Jazz Club per
formance is a 21 and over show and
will have a $5 cover charge.
Contact the Pulse reporter at
natashachilingerian@dailyemerald.com.
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