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AXE & FIDDLE Furniture Girls—
8pm; electro rock, n/c
BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
COWFISH Sun Daze w/Aaron
Jackson—9pm; bass, house,
club, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c
CUTHBERT AMPHITHEATER ZZ
Top & The Doobie Brothers—
7pm; sold out
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
HOUSE CONCERT NEAR FERN
RIDGE RESERVOIR Danny
Schmidt & Carrie Elkin—7pm;
singer-songwriter, RSVP to
marynryan@msn.com, $20 don.
LUCKEY'S The Broadway Revue
Burlesque Show!—10pm; vari-
ety, $5
MOE'S Stone Cold JAZZ w/Kenny
Reed—6pm; jazz jam, n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE Chad Kushuba—4pm;
singer-songwriter, n/c
OLD NICK'S Dead Fucking
Serious, Streetlight Cardiacs, The
Dimly Lit—9pm; punk, rock,
emo, $5
OVERTIME BAR & GRILL Blues
Jam w/Dave Roberts ft. Sean
Jackson—7pm; n/c
RIVER STOP RESTAURANT River
Stop Sunday Jam w/Brian
Chevalier—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Jody Caroll
McMurrian, Cigarettes & Milk—
9pm; singer-songwriter, $6
SLADDEN PARK Sunday Jams—
3pm; n/c
WASHBURNE PARK Oregon Brass
Society—6:30pm; n/c
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ Power—
9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Diego Garcia (El
Twanguero) w/Eric Stalker—
8pm; guitarist, $15-$20
MONDAY 8/28
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
BUGSY'S MondayBug—7pm;
acoustic, n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Crystal Harmony &
Makada—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Motown Monday w/DJ
Kingsley Strangelove—9pm;
soul, n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE Open
Mic—8pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm; n/c.
TgTg, Stephan Nance—9pm;
indie pop, rock, alternative, $5
SPFD GRIDIRON BTM Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Songwriters
Night (originals only)—7pm; n/c
TUESDAY 8/29
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade's 10 Year Anniversary of
Tuesdays in Eugene w/Girin
Guha—9:30pm; n/c
AGRARIAN ALES Richie G. & M.A.
Beat—5pm; n/c
COWFISH Trap-House Tuesday w/
Wes Light—9pm; n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—7:30pm;
n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
Night w/Brian Chevalier—6pm;
n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
current hits, standards, requests,
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night ft.
Zahira w/Highest Conspiracy—
9pm; reggae jam, n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz
Logan Hyde!—10pm; comedy,
open mic, n/c
MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam w/
Skip Jones & Byron Case—7pm;
blues jam, 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 Digisaurus, Doran—
9pm; indie rock, dance, funk, $5
ROARING RAPIDS Olem Alves—
7pm; guitarist, jazz, n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 8/30
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE ADDverse
Effects—8pm; hip-hop, funk, n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Powers—9pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke w/Caught
in the Act—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Submerged w/Rico &
Olivier—9pm; deep-house, tech-
no, disco, 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
HULT CENTER PLAZA Brandon
Cagle—noon; n/c
ISLAND HUT Karaoke w/Jared—
5pm; n/c
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Wednesday Night
Groove Sessions w/The Sunday
Bump!—10pm; funk, jazz, $3
MAC'S Gus Russell & Paul
Biondi—6pm; 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 Strap on Halo, Adrian H
& The Wounds, Autumn, Stariana—
9pm; goth, industrial, darkwave, $5
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Jack Grelle
& Band—9pm; progressive hon-
ky-tonk, $7
SIDELINES SPORTS BAR Karaoke
w/Mike—9pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Mare Wakefield
& Nomad—8pm; $12-$15
VANILLA JILL'S Open mic—8pm;
poetry, music, n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Lipsync
Battle—9:30pm; n/c
WEST END TAVERN BTM
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Whirled Music Series ft. Eric
Stalker—6pm; singer-songwriter,
n/c
CORVALLIS
& THE REGION
BRITT PAVILION — Jacksonville
TH Lake Street Drive—7:30pm;
$26-$184
SU Joan Jett & The
Blackhearts—7:30pm; $29-
$69
WE Collective Soul—7:30pm;
$31-$56
LIFE’S A BITCH
Your friend gets cancer days before his girlfriend announces she’s pregnant, your
father dies in a head-on collision on his way to church — sometimes you just need a
goddamn drink.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats take life’s lowest days and turn them into
old-timey rock tunes catchy enough to make a sourpuss hoop and holler her troubles
away (at least until tomorrow’s hangover).
The band’s hit song “S.O.B.” from their 2015 self-titled album flooded radio circuits and
music charts at the speed of an overnight success. Rateliff’s musical career, however, has
been like his life: slow, steady, and full of whiplash and liquor.
His 21-year career began in the muggy summers of Hermann, Missouri. It’s the
type of town where you kill time in swimming holes, go to church every Sunday and
eventually get a job at the local factory, because that’s what your papa did.
After working at the plastics factory in town and leaning towards more secular
beliefs, Rateliff began using music as medicine. By the age of 18, he had scooted over
to Denver, Colorado, where he joined a blues band, Born in the Flood, and country rock
band, The Wheel.
Rateliff ground out music as he ground his bones. He worked as a carpenter, a
gardener and in the docks at a truck depot. Meanwhile, he released two solo albums by
2010. But his music, like a mirror of his troubled times, needed more.
Cue the Night Sweats: the kind of rock your granddaddy’d be ashamed you tappin’
your toes to. Wesley Watkins brings in a mean trumpet, while Andy Wild hums in
a sweet dose of saxophone. Mark Shusterman (keyboard), Joseph Pope III (bass)
and Luke Mossman (guitar) tie in subtly strong rock with a pinch of Motown-meets-
country, while Patrick Meese (drums) keeps a steady, catchy rhythm.
Rateliff himself has vocals you could find in a church or brothel — a sound that
tugs at both ends.
Together the boys create a happy catharsis. Some of their music is serious — but
hell, sometimes you just gotta have fun and laugh at what the world dishes out.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats play with Lake Street Dive 7pm Friday, Aug.
25, at Cuthbert Amphitheater; tickets $39 adv., $44 day of. — Kelsey Anne Rankin
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