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CUSH The Tim & Todd Show— 7pm; Variety, open mic, n/c DEXTER LAKE CLUB Jam Night—6pm; Open mic, n/c GRANARY Green Mt. Bluegrass Band—6pm; Bluegrass, n/c HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—7pm JAZZ STATION All-Comers Jazz Jam w/Kenny Reed—4pm; $3-$5 don. LUCKEY’S Broadway Revue Burlesque Night—10pm; $5 MAC’S Paul Biondi Benefit Concert—1pm; Variety, benefit, $10 don. MCSHANE’S Blues/Rock/Funk Jam—9pm; n/c PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Robert Meade—7pm; R&B, Americana, n/c PLANK TOWN BREWING GRRRLZ ROCK!—11am; Variety, n/c; Ever Ending Kicks, Paul Quillen— 9pm; $3-$5 SAGINAW VINEYARD Sweet n’ Savory Sunday w/Dave Bach— noon; Blues, rock, n/c SAM BOND’S One Dollar Check— 8:30pm; Reggae, n/c SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie Express—7pm; n/c SPYCE GENTLEMAN’S CLUB Stripperoke—6pm; Karaoke, n/c UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH Oregon Bach Collegium: Schubert—3pm; $10, $5 stu. VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach— 7pm; Classic rock, n/c THE WEBFOOT Karaoke—9pm MONDAY 11/25 BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm BREW & CUE DJ Brady—9pm; n/c BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm; Acoustic, n/c EUGENE SUZUKI MUSIC ACADEMY Irish Jam Session— 7pm; All ages, n/c GRANARY Poetry Open Mic & Jazz w/Kenny Reed—7pm; n/c MAC’S Lonesome Randall— 7pm; n/c MCSHANE’S Blues/Rock/Funk Jam—9pm; n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—8pm REALITY KITCHEN Acoustic Reality—7:30pm; Open mic, n/c VILLAGE GREEN Dylan James— 7pm; Contemporary guitar, n/c WANDERING GOAT Song Writer’s Night—7pm; n/c TUESDAY 11/26 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse Meade w/Girin Guha—9:30pm; n/c BEALL HALL University Percussion Ensemble—7:30pm; $7, $5 stu. & sr. BUGSY’S Karaoke—8pm THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c COWFISH School Night Dance Party w/Michael Human—9pm; Electro, blog-house, n/c THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke—9pm GOODFELLA’S Karaoke—9pm; n/c HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic— 8pm; n/c IZAKAYA MEIJI CO. Cowboy Karaoke—10pm; n/c LEVEL UP Ninkasi Karaoke Night w/KJ B-Ross—9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S The Get Together w/ Scotty Styles—10pm; Funk, $2 MAC’S Roosters Blues Jam— 7pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Amblin—9pm; Acoustic, n/c THE O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Karaoke— 9pm; n/c QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm; n/c RAGOZZINO PERFORMANCE HALL Lane Symphonic Band— 7:30pm; $5, $3 stu. & sr. RED LION HOTEL Trivia Night— 7pm; n/c SAM BOND’S Bluegrass Jam— 9pm; n/c THELMA SCHNITZER HALL Chamber Music on Campus— 7:30pm; Classical, n/c TINY TAVERN Open Mic Poetry Night—8pm; n/c VILLAGE GREEN Dylan James— 7pm; Contemporary guitar, n/c WEDNESDAY 11/27 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke—9pm BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim Jim—9pm THE CANNERY Jeremy Clark Pruitt—7:30pm; Acousic, n/c THE COOLER Hump Night Trivia w/DR Dumass—7pm; n/c COWFISH “Hump Night” w/ Connor J, Club Bangers—9pm; n/c DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic Sessions w/Morin, Sorseth & Steve Ibach—7pm; Acoustic, n/c DOC’S PAD Wildstyle Wednesday w/DJ Sipp—10pm; Top 40, hip hop, n/c DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Bikes, Blues & BBQ Jam—8pm; n/c GOODFELLA’S Karaoke—9pm; n/c GRANARY Mama Jan’s Blues Jam w/Brian Chevalier—8pm; n/c THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke— 9pm; n/c JAMESON’S GOLDEN DJs Thanksgiving Eve Party—10pm; Party anthems, n/c JERSEY’S Karaoke—8pm LUCKEY’S KI & The Architex— 10pm; Hip hop, $2 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 MOE’S TAVERN Jazz Jam w/ Stone Cold Jazz—7pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Open Mic— 8:30pm OAK ST. SPEAKEASY ’90s Night—9pm; n/c OLD PAD Trivia Night—9pm; n/c POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm SAM BOND’S The Sugar Beets— 9pm; $10 SPIRITS Karaoke—9pm TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ Crown—10:30pm; Hip hop, top 40, dance, n/c TINY TAVERN Comedy Night w/ Mac Chase—9pm; n/c VILLAGE GREEN Natty O—7pm; Solo guitar, n/c CORVALLIS AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BOMBS AWAY CAFÉ TH Curtis Monette, Audiophilia— 8:30pm; n/c FR Fruition—10pm; $7 SA Norman & The Parson Redheads—9:30pm; $5 WE Rebecca McDade—7:30pm; n/c CLOUD & KELLY’S TH The Milestoners, Follies & Vices—9pm; n/c FR Satori Bob & Steep Ravine— 10pm; Americana, bluegrass, n/c SA The Weather Machine— 10pm; Folk, alt rock, n/c WE Cadillac Lunch—7pm; Jazz, acoustic, n/c FIREWORKS RESTAURANT MO Southtown Open Mic—9pm; n/c MEMORIAL UNION LOUNGE FR Music a la Carte: OSU Meistersingers & Bella Voce— noon; n/c BRING HOME THE BACON The Eugene-based Breakers Yard band says it best on the back of its latest release, Raise Some Bacon: “Legend has it Breakers Yard formed when both [band members] Greazy and Hot Coppa were simultaneously visited in a dream by the ghost of Cab Calloway.” Then there’s their ReverbNation bio: “We all play lots of instruments, so you never know what you’re going to get when it comes to instruments with strings, and suitcases.” Now, like you, I’m not sure what a suitcase sounds like, but Raise Some Bacon definitely evokes restlessness and wanderlust — a razzmatazz era when musicians carted their acoustic instruments from one whistle stop to the next, traveling by train, whether they hopped it or bought a ticket. The album is almost entirely covers like “The Gallis Pole” by Leadbelly. “We all love traditional music,” says Breakers Yard guitarist and fiddle player Brandon Olszewski. “We put an album on and make dinner and become infatuated with the tune.” He explains songs with funny or creepy lyrics, or songs that subvert the predictable paradigms of traditional music, particularly appeal to the band. But the album isn’t merely a nostalgic exercise in early 20th-century music revivalism. “Our banjo player recorded the record in a sound-proofed shed,” Olszewski says. A lot of bands playing this style intentionally layer their sound with the hiss and crackle of recording technology from the era. Raise Some Bacon’s production is crisp and clean, the playing proficient, rooting the sound in the now, the digital picture of a Dorothea Lange photograph. There’s a little bit of an irreverent 1960s insurgency to the music as well, recalling Jim Kweskin’s Jug Band or Country Joe and the Fish: acoustic music played by people who grew up on rock ‘n’ roll — after all, you have to have a dark sense of humor to sing 1928’s “She Stabbed Me With An Ice Pick” by legendary Memphis musician Will Shade . So come Nov. 21, throw caution to the wind and follow the sizzling sounds of bacon. Breakers Yard plays with Steep Ravine for the Raise Some Bacon CD release party 9 pm Thursday, Nov. 21, at Sam Bond’s; $3-$5. — William Kennedy GRAND OPENING! No Membership Dues or Door Fees WELLNESS Valid OMMP Card Holders Only OMMP RESOURCE CENTER Formerly Emerald City Wellness 679 LINCOLN | 541-636-4313 | M-F 11-6 SAT 12-4 32 November 21, 2013 • eugeneweekly.com
