THURSDAY 11/30
AXE & FIDDLE Dirty Spoon,
Littlest Birds—8:30pm; n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
THE BARNLIGHT Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
COWFISH 90s Night!—9pm; n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Karaoke w/
Jared—9pm; n/c
THE DRAKE 80's Night—10pm;
live DJ, n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Amblin—8pm; acoustic, n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Into the Great
Wide: A Tom Petty Tribute Show
w/various artists, proceeds
benefit Las Vegas Victims
Fund—7pm; $10
JAZZ STATION Portland Jazz
Series: Charlie Porter—7:30pm;
jazz, $12
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead Family
Jam—10pm; dead covers, open
jam, $3
MAC'S Dueling Pianos w/Skip
Jones & Hank Shreve—6pm;
n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; hits,
old standards, requests, n/c
MCSHANE'S Acoustic
Underground Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S PUB Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Critical Shakes, King
Ghidora, Thom Simon—9pm;
punk, indie, rock, surf, $5
OVERTIME BAR & GRILL Blues
Jam w/Dave Roberts ft. Hank
Shreve—7pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Small
Souls, Tyler Fortier—9pm;
Americana-Folk, $5
SHADOWFOX Open Mic—8pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Whirled Music
Series ft. Anthony Pellico—6pm;
singer-songwriter, n/c
FRIDAY 12/1
AXE & FIDDLE Gabriel Cox Blues
Band—8:30pm; $5
BILLY MAC'S Christie &
McCallum—7::30pm; ameri-
cana, n/c
BLAIRALLY Church of the 80s
Night w/Chris, Jen & John—
9pm; DJ, $3
BREWSTATION The
Rainwalkers—7:30pm; n/c
BRONCO SALOON Karaoke w/
Lindsey—9pm; n/c
CITY NIGHTCLUB Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Freek-Nite w/SPOC-
3PO—9pm; underground, pop,
remix, $3
THE DAVIS DJ Crown—10:30pm;
hip-hop, dance, reggaeton, $5
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DOWNTOWN LIBRARY Eugene
Clefs of Insanity—6pm; a capel-
la, n/c
THE DRAKE Dancing—10pm;
live DJ, n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Rock 'n Rewind—
9pm; rock & soul music, n/c
EUGENE INSTRUMENT LIBRARY
Humble George, Blue Flags &
Black Grass, Oregon Dirt—6pm;
benefit, jazzgrass, feel-good
blues, Don.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH Dr. Julia Brown per-
forms music of Buxtehude,
Bach & more—noon; n/c
20
FROHNMAYER MUSIC BLDG
JazzArts Oregon & UO Honors
Combos Concert & live record-
ing session—7pm; $5-$7
HI-FI LOUNGE Asher Fulero
Band—10pm; $7
HI-FI MAIN HALL Chris Robinson
Brotherhood—9pm; $25-$30
JAZZ STATION Abe Luedke
Duo—5:30pm; jazz, n/c. Idit
Shner—8pm; jazz, $10
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—9pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Karaoke
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Pancho Spins! DJ
Night—10pm; $3
MAC'S Cherry & The Lowboys—
8pm; bluesabilly, $5
MOE'S JAZZ Comedown ft.
Barbara Dzuro w/poetry—6pm;
n/c
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN Noble
Friday Nights—6pm; n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OLD NICK'S Third Annual
Krampus Nacht—9pm; TBA
SAM BOND'S GARAGE San
Geronimo, Dead Country
Gentlemen—9:30pm; hard-
charging americana, $6
SOFAR HOUSE SHOW Artist
TBA—7pm; Americana, see
sofarsounds.com/eugene, $10
SPFD ELKS BTM Karaoke—8pm;
everyone welcome, n/c
SWEET CHEEKS WINERY TAST-
ING ROOM Tonewood Trio—6pm;
jazz, n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS The Delgani
String Quartet, vocalists & pia-
nists—7:30pm; benefit concert
for Tsunami, $50
WAYWARD LAMB First Friday
ArtWalk ft. artist Christian Ives &
music by Chad Feipel w/sam-
plings by Heritage Distilling
Co.—5:30pm; n/c. Glamazons
Drag Show—10pm; burlesque,
cabaret, $5
WESTEND TAVERN Jimmy hag-
gard Band—8pm; hot rockin
blues & classic rock, n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Clyde Carson,
Skinny Pete, DBoi LTD, Pynt,
Juma Blaq, Liko Don Dada,
Savelle Tha Native—9pm; hip-
hop, $15-$18
SATURDAY 12/2
ATRIUM Gamelan Sari
Pandhawa—2pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE The Down Home
Boys—8:30pm; rock, n/c
BREW & CUE Sassy Patty, BTM
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
BREWSTATION Low Tide
Drifters—7:30pm; n/c
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH Eugene Gleeman
Christmas Holiday Concert—
7:30pm; $12-$15
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; hip-hop, electro,
top 40, $5
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
THE DRAKE Dancing—10pm;
live DJ, n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Courtney Swain
w/Gazelle(s), Snow White, Liz
Fohl—9pm; $5
HOLIDAY MARKET Rob Tobias—
10:30am; n/c. Eugene Recorder
Orchestra—11:30am; n/c.
Inspirational Sounds—
12:30pm; n/c. Hand Bird
Band—1:45pm; n/c. Pickles &
Peppers—3:15pm; n/c. ATA
Band—4:45pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Christmas w/Tony
Glausi—7pm; jazz, $12.
Christmas w/Tony Glausi—9pm;
jazz, $12
KEG TAVERN Dance Music
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Breakfast Boys
Leisure League, Sam & the
Courtesy Clerks, Smyth—10pm;
funk, jazz, soul, $5
MAC'S Brian Chevalier & Heavy
Chevy—8pm; blues, americana,
$5
MORSE EVENT CENTER
Experience Christmas, NWCU's
music dept. concert—7pm;
$5-$10
NOBLE ESTATE TASTING ROOM
Scott Austin—6pm; R&B, pop, n/c
OLD NICK'S DJ Crown—10:30pm;
Caribbean music, $4
QUACKER'S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Mobilities,
Snake Oil Salesman, The Von
Howlers, The Shifts—9:30pm;
rock, experimental, $5
TIME OUT TAVERN Rebel's
Journey—9pm; rock & roll, n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Halie & the
Moon—8pm; $15
WHIRLED PIES The Grateful Web
presents Terrapin Flyer—8pm;
psychedelic jam, rock, $17-$20
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Sarah—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL The Grouch, Del The
Funky Homosapien, DJ Fresh,
DJ Abilities—9pm; $20-$22
SUNDAY 12/3
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Sun Daze w/Aaron
Jackson—9pm; bass, house,
club, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm;
n/c
THE DRAKE Karaoke—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
HOLIDAY MARKET Olem &
Micah—10:30am; n/c. David
Rogers—11:30am; n/c. Joshua
Caraco—12:30pm; n/c. The
Long Hello—1:45pm; n/c. Jerry
Zybach & Friends—3:15pm;
n/c. The Swingin'
Marmalukeys—4:45; n/c
JAZZ STATION Sunday Learners
Jam w/Steve Sharp—5pm; jazz,
$5 Don.
THE
GOOD FIGHT
Here’s a quick rundown on Dave Grohl’s résumé: He was the drummer with Nirvana. That really ought to
be enough, but Grohl also fronts the long-lasting and arguably more commercially successful Foo Fighters.
This year the grunge-lite, neo-classic rock Foos released their ninth studio record Concrete and Gold.
The album has moments of Queen-like stadium grandeur on album-opening amuse-bouche “T-shirt,”
muscle car riffs on “Make it Right” and acoustic moments with ’70s FM radio throwback “Dirty Water.”
Elsewhere, “Run” builds to a fevered, hardcore climax, reminding us that Grohl’s still a punk at heart.
Grohl also seems to be one of rock’s nice guys: affable, self-effacing, able to strut around rock music’s
largest stages and seem pretty down to earth. That counts for a lot. You can imagine buying a snare drum
from him at the local music shop. You’d have no issues if he hung around with your kid, showing them some
guitar pointers.
Maybe it’s for this reason Foo Fighters come off flat sometimes. Or that, fairly or unfairly, Grohl rose to
prominence drumming with the once-in-a-lifetime, cathartically brutal Kurt Cobain. That’s a hard act follow.
Even at their hardest hitting, Foo Fighters are neat and orderly, too sanitized for mass consumption.
Nevertheless, Foo Fighters are a competent gang of contemporary rock ’n’ roll survivors, and they’re
hard not to like. After all, they aren’t Nickelback.
These days we need some good guys to finish first, and if that prize goes to anyone, I can think of
nobody better than Dave Grohl.
Foo Fighters play 7:30 pm Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Matthew Knight Arena; $52-$102, all-ages. — Will Kennedy
November 30, 2017 • eugeneweekly.com
LUCKEY'S The Broadway Revue
Burlesque Show!—10pm; vari-
ety, $5
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
MORSE EVENT CENTER
Experience Christmas, NWCU's
music dept. concert—2:30pm
& 5pm; $5-$10
MULLIGAN'S PUB Open mic—
8:30pm; variety, n/c
OLD NICK'S Bell Witch,
Monarch!, Maestus,
Paranoiac—8pm; doom metal,
black metal, grindcore, $12-$15
RICHARD WILDISH THEATER
Eugene Gleemen Holiday Choral
Concert—2:30pm; $12-$15
RIVER STOP RESTAURANT River
Stop Sunday Jam w/Brian
Chevalier—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Kelsey
Wilson & Guests—9pm; acous-
tic, $5
SEASONS BAR & GRILL Karaoke
w/Tobey—7pm; n/c
SPFD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORI-
UM Eugene Spfd Community
Orchestra Concert—7:30pm;
n/c
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Slow Magic, Point
Point, Qrion—9pm; EDM, $15-
$18
MONDAY 12/4
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
THE EMBERS Sassy Patty
Karaoke w/Marcus—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Open Mic—8pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Unsane w/Plaque
Marks, An Empty Room, Die Like
Gentlemen—8pm; noise,
sludge, post-hardcore, $12
TUESDAY 12/5
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Hannah Paysinger—
9:30pm; 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.
Resinators w/Chiefed—9pm;
reggae jam, n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz
Logan Hyde!—10pm; open mic,
comedy, n/c
MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam w/
Skip Jones & Byron Case—
7pm; blues jam, n/c
MAX'S Classic Crooner
Productions—10pm; karaoke,
n/c
MCDONALD THEATRE Foo
Fighters—7:30pm; $52-$102
MULLIGAN'S PUB Steve
Ibach—8pm; acoustic, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
SOUTH EUGENE HS AUDITORI-
UM Eugene-Spfd Youth
Orchestras 2017 Winter Concert
Series—7:30pm; $5-$10, kids
12 & under n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 12/6
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c