MUSICLISTINGS
THURSDAY
12/20
BLACK FOREST Going Away
Party w/Hand Gesture & Full
Lush—10pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm
COWFISH 100% pop—9pm
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Funk
Jam—10pm; n/c
EL DORADO Guitaraoke w/
Neriah Hart—8pm; Karaoke, n/c
GOODFELLAS Black Metal
Bingo—9:30pm; n/c
GRANARY Open Session w/
Yamma Yamma—7pm; all ages,
n/c
HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—
8:30pm
JOHN HENRY’S ‘80s Night w/
Chris, Dr. Ake & John—10pm;
$3
LUCKEY’S Forget One Thing,
Device Grips—10pm; Indie,
rock, 21+, $3
MAC’S Christie & McCallum—
6pm; Americana, all ages, n/c
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
SAM BONDS Brooks
Robertson—9pm; Acoustic, $5
SIXTH STREET GRILL Mark
Alan—8:30pm; Acoustic, n/c
SPIRITS Karaoke—9pm
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Breakers Yard—7pm; n/c
THE TANKARD Karaoke—7pm
VILLAGE GREEN Open Mic
Night—9pm; n/c
WESTEND TAVERN Peter Giri—
7pm; Solo guitar, n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Hank
Shreve’s Blues—8pm; n/c
WOW HALL Kinky Friedman’s
Bipolar Tour: A Fact Finding
Mission w/Brian Molnar—
7:30pm; Singer-songwriter,
comedy, $30/$35/$40
FRIDAY
12/21
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Patrick &
Giri The End of The World As We
Know It Party—9:30pm; 21+,
n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Maca Rey Winter
Solstice Celebration—8:30pm
BILLY MAC’S Christie &
McCallum—7:30pm; Americana,
n/c
BLACK FOREST End of the World
Show: Pantheon, The Purpose of
Scilence, Explode a Tron, &
Falkor;—10pm; n/c
CORNUCOPIA BAR & BURGERS
Patrick & Giri—9:30pm;
Acoustic, rock, n/c
COWFISH Audio
Schizophrenic—9pm; Electro
CRESWELL COFFEE & WINE
Mike Davis—7pm; Acoustic gui-
tar classics, $3
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Ben Rice
Band—9pm; Blues, 21+, n/c
DOMAINE MERIWETHER
WINERY Tyler Morin—6:30pm;
Blues, n/c
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Metro
Retro Fridays—10pm, n/c
ELDORADO Karaoke—9pm
EMBERS Heavy Chevy—9pm;
Blues, n/c
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Winterdance: Molly’s Revenge
7th Annual Celtic Christmas
Celebration—7pm; vocal,
dance, $14/$20
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH Free Advent Organ
Recital w/Julia Brown & Rachel
Petty—Noon; Organ, n/c
GOODFELLAS Tripwire, Tara’s
Calendar Bash—9:30pm; n/c
HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke—
9pm
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
THE KEG Karaoke—9pm
LEVEL UP DJ Food Stamp—9;
n/c
LUCKEY’S Homeschool—10pm;
Rock, pop, 21+, $3
MAC’S Ty Curtis—9pm; Rock,
blues, $8
THE O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm
OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Walnut
Collective, Jacob Jarzemkoski,
Nate Wallace—9pm; Rock,
blues, n/c
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
OFF THE WAFFLE (DT) Ghillie
Dhu & the Dhonts, Sweet Papa
Lowdown—8pm; Celtic, gypsy
jazz, n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
THE POUR HOUSE Dave Garland,
Acoustic Sweetness—8pm; n/c
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 The Fiddlin’
Sue Band—6pm; Bluegrass, n/c
SAM BONDS Crow Quill Night
Owls—9:30pm; Acoustic, old-
time, $5
SIDE BAR Karaoke—9pm
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
STRIKE CITY Karaoke—8pm
SWEET CHEEKS WINERY Michael
Conley—6pm; n/c
TAPATIO Karaoke—9pm
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Lonesome Randall—7pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Brian
Cutean—6:30pm; Wordless sol-
stice show, $5 don.
VILLAGE GREEN Mr. Wizard
Unplugged—9pm; n/c
WEST END TAVERN Scott
Austin—8pm; Acoustic, n/c
WOW HALL Dawn of a New
Age—9pm; DJ dance, $10
SATURDAY
12/22
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jeremy
Pruitt—9:30pm; Acoustic, soul,
21+, n/c
ATRIUM BUILDING Front Porch
Players—2pm; Americana, n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Hank Shreve
Band—8:30pm; Blues, soul,
jazz, $5
BLACK FOREST Live soul music:
Holy child & Elena Leona—
10pm; n/c
COWFISH “Sup!” w/Sassy Mouff,
Michael Human & Guests—
9:30pm; Top 40, electro
CRESWELL COFFEE & WINE
Strange Charm—7pm; Jazz,
rock, $3
DEXTER LAKE CLUB DLC
Roadhouse Band w/Chris
Ward—9pm; Blues, 21+, n/c
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Devils
Divas Variety Show—10pm, $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 Heavy Chevy—9pm;
Blues, n/c
GRANARY Zera—8pm; Indie,
folk, rock, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Christie &
McCallum—8pm; Americana,
n/c
HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke—
9pm
LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll
Damnation—9pm; ‘70s & ‘80s
rock, heavy metal; n/c
LUCKEY’S Papa Coyote, Father
Figure—10pm; Americana, rock,
indie, 21+, $5
MAC’S Skip Jones & The Spirit of
New Orleans—9pm; Blues, $5
OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Hamilton
Beach—9pm; Rock, electronica,
n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm
QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
RED LION INN Karaoke—9pm
THE ROK Dance Party hits w/DJ
Scoot & DJ Pheonix—10pm; DJ
dance
SAM BONDS Golden Motors,
Ferns, Paper Foxes—9:30pm;
Rock, $5
SIDE BAR Karaoke—9pm
SONNY’S TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Hanz Araki & Kathryn Claire—
7:30pm; Celtic, $12 students,
$10 seniors
STRIKE CITY Karaoke—8pm
TAPATIO Karaoke—9pm
TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ
Crown—10pm; Hip hop, dance,
n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Caldera
Songwriters Group Concert—
7pm; $5
VILLAGE GREEN Mr. Wizard
Unplugged—9pm; n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH
Michelle Drey & Branded
Band—9pm; $5
WOW HALL Blind Folded Trance
Dance—5pm; Dance, n/c
SUNDAY
12/23
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA
Karaoke—9pm
COWFISH Industry Night w/DJ
Smuve—8pm; Hip-hop, Dutch
house
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Jam
Night—6pm; Open mic, n/c
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Karaoke—
9pm
EUGENE GARDEN CLUB, 1645
HIGH ST. Eugene Sacred Harp
Singers’ annual holiday concert
& sing-along—7:30pm, don.
GOODFELLAS Springtucky
Sunday Showdown—9:30pm;
n/c
GRANARY Green Mt. Bluegrass
Band—6pm; Bluegrass, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—
8:30pm
JOHN HENRY’S Broadway
Revue—10pm; Burlesque, $5
MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—
8:30pm; n/c
O’DONNELL’S IRISH PUB
Guitaraoke w/Neriah Hart—
7pm; Acoustic karaoke, n/c
PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Robert Meade—7pm; R&B,
Americana, n/c
SAM BONDS Caroline Bauer, Paul
Quillen, Michael Conley—
8:30pm; Acoustic, $3-$5
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
THE WEBFOOT Karaoke—9pm
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH
Karaoke—8pm
FUNKY, FAST FINGERSTYLIN’
Fingerstyle guitar work is something I have long
admired. Learning to play an instrument takes enough time
as it is, but then learning to play the instrument itself and
training yourself to play it in such a difficult but lively style
can make the results even more impressive. Portland’s
Brooks Robertson is one heck of a funky fingerstyle
guitarist, and he’s bringing his act — two of them, actually
— to Sam Bond’s.
As anyone who has watched the videos on Robertson’s
Facebook page can attest, his renditions of tracks like “Wild
Turkey” are dizzying and jaw-dropping in their mastery, and
he seems to play the funky, upbeat “Skippy” at the speed of
light while barely breaking a sweat. Mid-tempo tracks like
“Pass the Buck” prove that Robertson doesn’t just play songs
at a breakneck pace, and his version of Buster B. Jones’s “A
Walk in the Park” is played with all the grace, aplomb and
beauty of someone doing just that.
Whether performing groovy numbers like “Blues Land,”
more folksy ballads like “Camille” or even hand-clapping-
inducing songs like “Carol,” Robertson performs with a skill
that is undoubtedly matched by a small few. And since his
songs are all instrumental, Robertson’s ability to coax extra,
almost-human melodies out of his guitar makes each of his
tracks shine more.
Robertson’s show is bound to be a lively affair. You might
find yourself bobbing your head silly and tapping your feet
incessantly in an effort to keep time with his faster songs.
You might even feel at times like you are at a good old-
fashioned hoedown. His first set will be a solo act, while the
second will be Brooks and Brothers, which features
Robertson and some of his friends on vocals, guitar, bass
and banjo.
Brooks Robertson plays 8 pm Thursday, Dec. 20, at Sam
Bond’s, $5. — Brian Palmer
MONDAY
12/24
BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm
BREW & CUE DJ Brady—9pm;
n/c
BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm;
Acoustic, n/c
GOODFELLAS Karaoke—7pm
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
REALITY KITCHEN Acoustic
Reality—7:30pm; Open mic, n/c
TUESDAY
12/25
BLACK FOREST Open Mic—9pm
BUGSY’S Karaoke—8pm
THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c
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