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WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ Power—
9pm; n/c
UNITARIAN CHURCH Drumming
the Soul Awake—6:30pm; don.
VALHALLA WINERY The Henry
Cooper Trio—12pm; n/c
WHITEAKER COMMUNITY MAR-
KET Open Mic—12pm; n/c. Caitlin
Jemma—3pm; singer-songwriter,
n/c
MONDAY 5/29
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
BUGSY'S MondayBug—7pm;
acoustic, n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c
COWFISH Motown Monday w/DJ
Kingsley Strangelove—9pm;
soul, n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Jim Jim
& Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE Open
Mic—8pm; n/c
HIGH PASS WINERY Peter Giri
Trio—2pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz
Logan Hyde!—10pm; open mic,
comedy, n/c
SPFD GRIDIRON BTM Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm; n/c.
Dead Country Gentleman, The
Dimly Lit, Banana Sounds—9pm;
county punk, indie rock, $5
SHADOWFOX Soul & Blues
Jam—7pm; n/c
VALHALLA WINERY The Band
Taste!—12pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Songwriters
Night (originals only)—7pm;
open mic, n/c
TUESDAY 5/30
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Hannah Paysinger—
9:30pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Wonder—9pm;
acoustic, singer-songwriter, n/c
COWFISH New DJ Revue—9pm;
n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—7:30pm;
n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
night w/Brian Chevalier—6pm;
acoustic jam, open mic, n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
Current hits, standards, requests,
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night ft.
Afro Omega & Zahira—10pm;
reggae jam, n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam—
7pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S PUB Steve Ibach—
8pm; acoustic, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OAKSHIRE Bluegrass Jam—
6pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Americana Open Mic
w/Rooster—9pm; n/c
ROARING RAPIDS Jason Yeager
Quartet—7:30pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Acoustic Jams—7pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 5/31
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Powers—9pm; n/c
BREW & CUE Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke w/Caught
in the Act—9pm; n/c
COWFISH DJ Smuve—9pm; hip-
hop, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s Blues
Jam w/Brian Chevalier—8pm;
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Funk Night—
10pm; funk jam, n/c
ISLAND HUT Karaoke w/Jared—
5pm; n/c
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Igor & the Red
Elvises!—10pm; surf, rockabilly,
$10-$12
MAX'S Lonesome Randall—7pm;
n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S Open Mic—8:30pm;
variety, n/c
OLD NICK'S Armed For
Apocalyspe, Deathbed
Confessions, Sweater For An
Astronaut, None The Wiser—
9pm; hard rock, metal, $5
SAM BOND'S GARAGE LE FOMO,
Luv Blud—9pm; dance-o-matic
wave, $5
SIDELINES SPORTS BAR Karaoke
w/Mike—9pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Lipsync
Battle—9:30pm; n/c
WEST END TAVERN BTM
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Whirled Music
Series ft. Eric Stalker—6pm;
singer-songwriter, n/c
WOW HALL Frameworks, Tor,
Lapa—9pm; electronica, $12-$15
CORVALLIS
& THE REGION
THE MILL CASINO — North Bend
SA BBQ, Blues & Brews on the
Bay—12pm; $2
SU BBQ, Blues & Brews on the
Bay—12pm; $2
TRAVELERS COVE — Florence
SA Peter Giri Trio—6pm; n/c
UNDERGROUND PUB — Yachats
MO STEEL WOOL—2pm; n/c
SOME DUDES, AN AMP
AND THE BLUES
San Francisco’s dark country and blues-rockers Dead
Country Gentlemen has played the Eugene area only once
before. Guitarist and vocalist Cameron Ray says last time
through, his band stayed with some friends around Pleasant
Hill. “It was the highlight of my trip,” Ray recalls. “The low-lying
fog in the middle of the night when it’s 20 degrees out blew
my mind. Also, the silence. Coming from San Francisco, we’re
not used to silence.”
This time around, DCG tour in advance of a new EP, out
this summer. “We’re playing all the songs off it on this tour,”
Ray says, explaining that he hopes his dark lyrics and “heavy
hitting” blues rock style, with a punk edge, provide answers
to people who can’t find them in books or religion. “I like to
complement the octave fuzz riff-driven blues with lyrics about
death, the afterlife, magic and love loss.”
In fact, a close friend of Ray’s who supported him early
on as a musician, but tragically died of an overdose in 2011,
inspires DGC’s name.
“He was also a musician,” Ray says, “and when I first started
playing guitar at 12 years old, [he] would lend me guitars, pedals,
amps and other gear, and was really supportive. Sometimes my
lyrics are so dark I think people assume I’m making it up when I’m
actually being so literal it seems like fiction.”
Dead Country Gentlemen play with Banana Sounds and
The Dimly Lit 9 pm Monday, May 29, at Old Nick’s. $3-$5, 21-
plus. — Will Kennedy
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