MUSICLISTINGS
THURSDAY
12/6
AXE & FIDDLE Polecat—
8:30pm; Stompgrass, $5
THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm
COWFISH 100% pop—9pm
COZMIC Tomo the Samurai—
5pm; Funk, R&B, soul, pop, n/c;
Farmageddon Tour 2012
Grant Farm, Huckle,
Food Drive—
8:30pm;
Americana, folk,
rock, $8
DOWNTOWN
LOUNGE Pro
Funk Jam—
10pm; n/c
EL DORADO
Guitaraoke w/
Neriah Hart—
8pm; Karaoke,
n/c
GOODFELLAS Terry Lee—9pm;
Country, western, rock
HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—
8:30pm
HOUSE CONCERT Chamber
Music Amici Bach Solo Cello
Suites No. 4-6—7:30pm
JAZZ STATION The Halie Loren
Trio w/Matt Treder & Mark
Schneider—7:30pm,
$5,$4 mem.
JOHN HENRY’S ‘80s
Night w/Chris, Dr. Ake
& John—10pm; $3
LAVELLES Gus
Russell & Laurie
Hammond—6pm;
Vocal jazz, n/c
LUCKEY’S Outer
Party, Security in
Numbers, Bad Luck
Blackout—9:30pm;
Rock, $5
MAC’S Lonesome
Randall—6pm;
Rock ‘n’ roll,
all ages,
n/c
MOHAWK Monolith—9pm; Old
School Rock, n/c
MUSIC MASTERS Open Mic—
7pm; Acoustic
OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm
OVERTIME TAVERN West Side
Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam,
n/c
RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm
THE ROK College Night w/DJ
Scoot & Simon Says—10pm; DJ
dance
THE SHEDD A Jazz Kings
Christmas 2012: Let It Snow!—
7:30pm, $32
SIXTH STREET GRILL Mark
Alan—8:30pm; Acoustic, n/c
SPIRITS Karaoke—9pm
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Tim
McClaughlin’s Revolving Trio—
7pm; n/c
THE TANKARD Karaoke—7pm
VILLAGE GREEN Open Mic
Night—9pm
WANDERING GOAT Ground
Blooms, Soccer Babes, Statue +
Cowboy—9pm; Indie, don.
FRIDAY
12/7
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Sonic
Bent—9:30pm; 21+, n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Ramana Vieira &
Ensemble—8:30pm;
Portuguese fadista, $10
BILLY MAC’S Christie & McCallum
—7:30pm; Americana, n/c
COWFISH Audio
Schizophrenic—9pm; Electro
COZMIC Madagascar Culture
Night: An Evening of Art,
Learning & Music—5pm; n/c
CRESWELL COFFEE & WINE Lea
Jones, John Baumann—7pm;
Singer-songwriter, $3
DAVIS Olem Alves—7pm; Jazz,
funk, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB DLC Road-
house Band w/Hank Shreve—
9pm; Rock, blues, 21+, n/c
DOMAINE MERIWETHER
WINERY Viva—6:30pm; Singer,
acoustic
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Metro
Retro Fridays—10pm
ELDORADO Karaoke—9pm
EMBERS Red Thunder—9pm;
Retro, n/c
EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY The
Jarvis & Thomas Classical
Guitar Duo—6pm; n/c
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH Free Advent Organ
Recital w/Dr. Julia Brown—
noon; Organ, n/c
JAZZ STATION Laura Kemp &
The Liaisons—5:30pm; n/c; Bob
Ragan’s Xmas Special w/Dana
Heitman—8pm; $5, $4 mem.
HAPPY HOURS Heavy Chevy—
8pm; Blues, soul, rock ‘n’ roll
HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke—
9pm
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
JSMA Eugene Sacred Harp
Singers—noon; n/c
THE KEG Karaoke—9pm
LEVEL UP DJ Food Stamp—9;
n/c
LUCKEY’S The Satin Chaps, The
Up Beat!—10pm; ‘60s Mod
Soul, reggae, garage, rock, $5
MAC’S The Ben Rice Band feat.
Paul Biondi & Lloyd Tolbert—
9pm; Blues, rock, $5
MCDONALD THEATRE Marv Ellis,
DJ Dv8, Shook Twins, Alclyon—
8pm; 18+, $10 adv., $15 door
MOHAWK TAVERN The M80s—
9pm; Rock, pop, n/c
MULLIGAN’S Marsgrass &
Milepost—9pm; n/c
THE O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm
OAK ST. SPEAKEASY The
Essentials, Forget One Thing—
9pm; Funk, rock, n/c
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—8pm
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
RED LION INN Karaoke—9pm
ROGUE PUBLIC HOUSE Trivia
Night—8pm; n/c
THE ROK Dance Party hits w/DJ
Scoot & DJ Pheonix—10pm; DJ
dance
SAGINAW VINEYARD W.J.
McEachern—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S EW’s Next Big
Thing: Volifonix, Paul Quillen,
Tara Stonecipher & The Tall
Grass—9:30pm; CD release, $7
SAM’S PLACE Gus Russell &
Rick Markstrum—8pm; Blues &
soul, n/c
SIDE BAR Karaoke—9pm
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
STRIKE CITY Karaoke—8pm
S’WINE Patrick & Giri—6pm;
Solo acoustic, n/c
TAPATIO Karaoke—9pm
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS The
Porch Band—7pm; n/c
UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN
CHURCH John Nilsen—7pm;
Piano, $10
VILLAGE GREEN No Way Out
Unplugged—9pm; Rock, n/c
WEST END TAVERN John
Shipe—8pm; Acoustic, n/c
WOW HALL Sara Watkins w/
Aofie O’Donovan—8pm;
Americana, $18 adv., $20 door
YUKON JACK’S Monolith—9pm;
Old School Rock, n/c
SATURDAY
12/8
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Crooked
River—9:30pm; 21+, n/c
ATRIUM COURTYARD 5th
Element Wind Quintet—2pm;
Woodwind quintet music, n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Goshwood—
8:30pm; Country, bluegrass, $3
THE BEANERY The Now
Brothers—7:30pm; Folk, blues,
rock, n/c
BREWERS UNION LOCAL 180
Little Dipper—7pm; Acoustic,
fiddle
THE CITY Dance Party For
Women w/DJ Coco—7pm; 21+,
$8, $5 stu.
COWFISH “Sup!” w/Sassy Mouff,
Michael Human & Guests—
9:30pm; Top 40, electro
COZMIC Sugarcane, Dag Shaw—
9pm; Folk, rock, bluegrass, $8
CRESWELL COFFEE & WINE Alex
Haggerty—7pm; Contemporary
Instrumental Guitar, $3
DEXTER LAKE CLUB DLC
Roadhouse Band w/Hank
Shreve—9pm; Rock, blues, 21+,
n/c
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Acoustic
Minds—9pm; $5; DJ J Philly—
10pm; n/c
DOC’S PAD DJ J-Will—8pm;
Dance mix, n/c
DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm
ELDORADO Karaoke—9pm
EMBERS Red Thunder—9pm;
Retro, n/c
EXCELSIOR Jeremy Pruitt—
7pm; Acoustic, soul, n/c
HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke—
9pm
HOLIDAY MARKET Suzuki
Strings Holiday concert—
11:30am; n/c
HULT CENTER The Eugene
Concert Choir: The Spirit of
Christmas—8pm; $18-$38
JAZZ STATION Trio Artura—8pm;
Contemporary piano, $5
JOHN HENRY’S SNAP!—9pm;
‘90s dance, $3
LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll
Damnation—9pm; ‘70s & ‘80s
rock, heavy metal; n/c
LUCKEY’S Current Swell, The
Hoons, Miles Schneider—10pm;
Indie, singer/violin, $5
MAC’S The Valley Boys—9pm;
Classic rock ‘n’ roll, $5
MOHAWK TAVERN The M80s—
9pm; Rock, pop, n/c
THE O BAR No Way Out—9pm;
Rock, dance, country, n/c
OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Drop That
Beat—9pm; House, n/c
P H OTO BY TO D D C O O P E R
MARV
ELLIS GETS SHOOK
Garrick Bushek, aka Marv Ellis, is perhaps Eugene’s most famous emcee. And despite a move to Portland, Ellis is once again
living in Eugene and remains a popular attraction on local stages, with locals remembering his days with hometown hip-hop group
Genus Pro. Eugene has stayed loyal to Ellis as he’s grown and expanded his definition of hip hop, integrating a broad range of styles
into his sound, and Ellis returns the loyalty to Eugene, continuing to bring a little something special to shows in his hometown.
Another favorite on Eugene stages is Portland’s twin-sister folk duo Shook Twins. Shook Twins play a quirky update on traditional
roots music: sibling harmony, banjo, mandolin and guitar mixing to create something fun and modern — they sing songs about
microchips, imaginary windows and the ’60s. So I let out a big “What the whaaa?!?” when I saw the Twins are joining Marv Ellis at the
McDonald Theatre, the only apparent common denominator being a loyal local crowd in Eugene.
Turns out the Shook Twins appear on Marv Ellis’ latest release Shadow Means Light, their angelic harmonies backing up Ellis’
rhymes and supplying the chorus hook on the album’s title track. Really this pairing shouldn’t surprise anyone familiar with Ellis’
broad appetite for music. Lyrically, Ellis is still searching: for his masterpiece, for hip hop as a true art form, interested in integrity
and moody imagery. Occasionally his rhymes are a bit clumsy: “’Cause I transform like dust in the middle of a sandstorm; stand
strong and be myself so I don’t get shelved like canned corn.”
But in the end this unlikely pairing works, the Shook Twins’ trance-like and repetitive take on folk blending well with hip hop’s
repetition and Ellis’ samples of Spanish-flavored spaghetti western acoustic guitars, like on album opener “North Wild West.”
Marv Ellis and the Shook Twins play 7 pm Friday, Dec. 7, at McDonald Theatre; $10 adv., $15 door. — William Kennedy
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