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9pm BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm COWFISH “Hump Night” w/Connor J, Club Bangers—9pm; n/c DEXTER LAKE CLUB Songwriter’s Night—7pm; Open mic, n/c DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Bikes, BBQ & Blues Jam—8pm; n/c GOODFELLAS Karaoke—7pm GRANARY Jazz jam w/Gerry Rempel & Bruce Cole—8pm; n/c THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke— 9pm; n/c HAPPY HOURS Guitaraoke w/ Neriah Hart—8pm; Karaoke, n/c JOHN HENRY’S Bounce w/DJ Sassy Mouff—9pm; Dance, n/c LUCKEY’S Only Sean Doherty, Paul Quillen—10pm; Folk, $3 CORVALLIS, ETC Nightly Food & Drink Specials All You Can Eat Pizza Tuesday All You Can Eat Spaghetti Wednesday And More! CLOUD & KELLY’S TH DJs La Shmoove & Cloudy Dee—10pm; 80s & 90s dance party FR Landon Wordswell, Mosley Wotta—10pm; Hip hop SA Brown Shoe & Guest—10pm TU Jay Tablet & Co.—10pm; Dark party, dance, hip hop FIRST UNITED METHODIST FR Craig Hanson: music of Jean Langlais—12:15pm, don. LASELLS STEWART CENTER SU Corvallis-OSU Symphony: Vive la France!—3pm; $18-$32 MEMORIAL UNION LOUNGE FR Sunghee Kim—Noon; Piano, n/c … Frank IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest of the rat pack continue to seize some intimate nugget of nostalgia in the American imagination, abetted by the steely slick appeal of AMC’s hit show Mad Men and the persistence of skinny ties and cocktail culture for the haute bourgeoisie. Yet years before Don Draper ever donned a diachronic dinner jacket, Benny Goodman was striking up the big band and giving G.I.s, cigarette girls and hepcats a reason to sing their blues away. The tunes and croons of the Swing Era will be faithfully recreated Nov. 16 when Artbeat’s “In the Mood,” the premiere revue of America’s Big Band era, hits the stage of Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall. As the show’s producer, Bud Forrest, said of the music of bandleaders Glenn Miller, Cab Calloway and others, “Everybody was listening to Big Band. It was the last time everybody was listening to the same kind of music. It’s a time that hasn’t been replicated since.” “In the Mood” is now in its 19th year of touring the world, Forrest notes of a live show that strives to bring an unreconstructed view of the Swing Era to audiences around the nation. “The music is the story,” he explains, adding that swing and big band were intimately connected to the war overseas. Forrest says that one of the era’s leading figures, Glenn Miller, served in the military and that during World War II performers like Bob Hope and Miller brought comfort to soldiers with USO performances. “The sound of that music, I don’t want to say it made it better,” Forrest says, “but it may have given a little more impetus for going through the horrors of the war.” He adds that the show continues to strike a chord with folks around the world who respond to swing’s uplifting messages and undeniable beats. “All over the country there’s a whole audience of people who love this music,” he adds. “It seems to work really well,” Forrest says of “In the Mood,” which features a 13-piece band and six singers and dancers. “People keep telling me that one of the things they like is how it’s been put together. It illustrates what it must have felt like to hear a big band.” “In the Mood” plays 7 pm Friday, Nov. 16, at Hult Center; $27-$47. — Rick Levin PHOTO COURTESY BUD FORREST ENTERTAINMENT. Granary Pizza Co. $5 OFF ANY PIZZA ON GAMEDAY! HOME AND AWAY GAMES • PRESENT THIS COUPON Open 7 days a week Live Music Nightly • Happy Hour 5-6pm Daily Bluegrass, Electronica, Grateful Dead, Poetry, Reggae 259 E. 5th Ave. Eugene, OR 541-343-8488 Open 7 Days a Week 5pm until close 0 WKHDWUH & '21$/' N Music is BETTER LIVE :LOODPHWWH6WUHHWf'RZQWRZQ(XJHQHfPFGRQDOGWKHDWUHFRP NOV N 15 TIX 6PM DRS 7PM SHW NOV WEDNESDAY 11/21 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke— WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Karaoke—9pm; n/c 16 DEC C O N T I N U E D MAC’S Wine, Jazz & Variety Show w/Gus Russell & Paul Biondi— 6pm; Jazz, blues, n/c MAX’S Lonesome Randall—7pm; Rock & roll historian, n/c MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—8:30pm; n/c MUSIC MASTERS Bluegrass Jam— 7pm OLD PAD Trivia night—9pm; n/c POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm QUACKERS Open jam—7:30pm; Blues, n/c RED LION HOTEL Mike Brewer & the Brewketts—6pm; n/c THE ROK Karaoke—9pm SAM BOND’S Taste—9pm; Soul, R&B, $1-$5 JAMESON’S Golden Thanksgiving Eve Throwdown—10pm; n/c SPIRITS Karaoke—9pm THE TANKARD Karaoke—9pm VILLAGE GREEN Larson Jazz Productions—7pm; n/c WESTEND TAVERN Patrick & Giri— 7:30pm; Acoustic, n/c 31 .......... MUSICLISTINGS on sale NOW N TIX 7PM DRS 8PM SHW N 8PM DRS 9PM SHW on sale NOW TIX on sale NOW TIX AVAIL. BY CALLING 1-800-992-TIXX. also avail. at CONCERT THIS FRIDAY! the EMU or online at mcdonaldtheatre.com music is better live eugeneweekly.com • November 15, 2012 27
