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
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