THURSDAY 12/21
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
THE BARNLIGHT Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Rob Tobias &
Friends celebrate winter sol-
stice—7:30pm; 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
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—8pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Thelem & Secret
Recipe w/Spelunker &
Pizzabowl—10pm; bass music,
$7-$10
JAZZ STATION PDX Jazz Series:
Christopher Brown Quartet—
7:30pm; jazz, $12
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead Family
Jam—10pm; dead covers, open
jam, $3
MAC'S Harpdog Brown & The
Travelin' Blues Show - Canada's
Best Classic Blues Band—6pm;
$10
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 Eugene Order of
Steel Happy Hour Bout—7pm;
n/c
OVERTIME BAR & GRILL Blues
Jam w/Dave Roberts ft. Ricky
Johnson—7pm; n/c
SHADOWFOX Open Mic—8pm; n/c
FRIDAY 12/22
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Beef
Bottom—9:30pm; n/c
BLAIRALLY Church of the 80s
Night w/Chris, Jen & John—
9pm; DJ, $3
BREWSTATION Blue Flags &
Blackgrass—7:30pm; blue-
grass, n/c
BRONCO SALOON Karaoke w/
Lindsey—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Freek-Nite w/SPOC-
3PO—9pm; underground, pop,
remix, $3
DAVIS DJ Crown—10:30pm; hip-
hop, dance, reggaeton, $5
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
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Heavy Chevy—
8pm; blues, soul & zydeco, n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE A Night of
Burlesque w/The June Bugs—
10pm; burlesque, pop-folk, $5
HOLIDAY MARKET Jim Crabbe—
10:30am; n/c. Olem Alves—
11:30am; n/c. Jerry Zybach—
12:30pm; n/c. Rudolf Korv—
1:45pm; n/c. The
Huckleberrys—3:15pm; n/c.
Gumbo Groove—4:45pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Q Morrow—
7:30pm; jazz, $12
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—9pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Karaoke w/Caught
in the Act—9pm; n/c
MAC'S Kevin Selfe & The
Tornadoes - "Blues at its
best!"—8pm; $6
MOE'S JAZZ Comedown ft.
Barbara Dzuro w/poetry—6pm;
n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Guilty
Pleasures—9pm; rock, n/c
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN Noble
Friday Nights—6pm; n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OLD NICK'S An Evening w/The
Viper Cats—9pm; rockabilly, $5
SALSEROS DANCE STUDIO
Descarga 54—10pm; Salsa,$10
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Wreck The
Hallz!, The Elena Leona Project,
Walt Trab, Jacob Smythe—
9:30pm; hip-hop & R&B show-
case, warm clothing & goodies
drive, n/c
SPFD ELKS BTM Karaoke—8pm;
everyone welcome, n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Glamazons
Drag Cabaret—10pm; burlesque,
cabaret, $5
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
SATURDAY 12/23
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Baked
Daily—9:30pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Goshwood—
7:30pm; bluegrass, n/c
BREW & CUE Sassy Patty, BTM
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
BREWSTATION Liquid Vibe &
David Larsen—7:30pm; holiday
favorites w/a jazz twist, n/c
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; hip-hop, electro,
top 40, $5
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c
DAVIS DJ Crown—10:30pm; hip-
hop, dance, reggaeton, $5
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
THE DRAKE Dancing—10pm;
n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
HELP
THE HOOPLE
Years before this little band called Nirvana suddenly put Seattle on the glittery transcontinental map
PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL P. SHEAHAN, ESQ.
of rock music, a cornball clutch of great local outfits were plying their own inbred brand of Northwest cool,
playing for peanuts in small joints to an incestuous tribe of passionate geeks and plaid-clad oafs.
In the early ’80s, the foremost purveyor of portside garage pop was The Young Fresh Fellows, whose
savvy pop licks and aw-shucks antics captured the insouciant side of punk rock’s flippant howl. If you
don’t know the Fellows, you don’t really know Seattle music — where it all came from, what it means, what
it used to be and is.
Fellows front-guy Scott McCaughey — he of the perpetual smile, permanent Ray-Ban sunglasses and
ever-straggly long hair — is a straight-up Northwest legend. Where so many of his contemporaries fell
away, died off or quit, McCaughey kept plugging away, applying a non-stop work ethic to his significant
songwriting genius and his pure joy for performing. When all of us in Seattle who had been enjoying —
nay, standing in awe — of McCaughey’s talent saw him playing with R.E.M. for the second half of that great
American band’s career (from 1994 until 2011), we weren’t surprised. It felt like a vindication, a triumph.
All of which leads to this: Last month, while on tour with Alejandro Escovedo in San Francisco,
McCaughey suffered a stroke. Reports are he’s recovering rapidly but it’s going to be a long haul, so
folks in Portland have organized a two-night benefit, “Help the Hoople,” to help with medical expenses.
Let’s get this guy back on stage ASAP — the world needs him.
The shows take place Jan. 5 at the Star Theater and Jan. 6 at the Wonder Ballroom, both in Portland,
and will include musical appearances from a long list of luminaries: Mike Mills and Peter Buck of
R.E.M.; Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney; James Mercer of The Shins; Patterson Hood
of Drive By Truckers; Alejandro Escovedo, Count Kellam, Fernando, Justin Townes Earle, M. Ward, The
Decembrists, Casey Neill, Kurt Bloch of the Fellows and the Fastbacks and a special appearance by
’90s Portland legends The Dharma Bums; and probably a whole lot more special appearances.
Both shows have two ticket options ($50 general admission, and VIPs for $100); for tickets and
further info, visit helpthehoople.org. — Rick Levin
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