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FOR
ART’S
SAKE
Brian Bovenizer and The New Old Stock
perform at fourth annual Tillamook
Head Gathering fundraiser
By KATHERINE LACAZE
FOR COAST WEEKEND
rom a field trip to
watch a national
tour performance of
“Cinderella” in Portland to
workshops and assemblies,
arts enrichment opportuni-
ties at Seaside High School
have become more accessi-
ble in recent years thanks to
the Tillamook Head Gather-
ing and its annual fundraiser,
coming up Saturday, Jan. 13.
“There are so many
things in education that
are important that you
can’t necessarily quantify,”
said English teacher Mark
Mizell, one of the Gath-
ering’s original founders.
“Ideally, what schools do
when they’re doing their
best work is encouraging
kids to find things of interest
they can access for the rest
of their lives.”
The arts, he believes, play
a big role in accomplishing
that. They will be celebrat-
ed, and fundraised for, at
the fourth annual Tillamook
Head Gathering, taking
place at the Seaside Civic &
Convention Center. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m.
F
Featured performers
Each year, the Gathering
features a different perform-
ing arts or musical group,
COURTESY MARK MIZELL
Emcee Ben Chambers, who
teaches at Seaside High School
or someone who works in
another artistic profession.
Songwriter and musician
Brian Bovenizer, with his
backing band The New Old
Stock, is headlining this
year’s event.
The Astoria-based mu-
sical group includes pedal
steel guitarist Jamie Gre-
enan, guitarist Jeff Munger,
bassist Luke Ydstie and
drummer Olaf Ydstie. In the
past, Bovenizer described
the band’s sound as “surf
country,” although it’s
evolved to encompass more
rock ‘n’ roll, he said.
As a teenager, Bovenizer,
originally from the Chicago
area, worked for Peterson
Electro-Musical Products, a
music-electronics company
COURTESY BRIAN BOVENIZER
Brian Bovenizer (center) and The New Old Stock
COURTESY MARK MIZELL
Kelsey Mousley plays at the 2017 Tillamook Head Gathering.
that specializes in instrument
tuning devices, through
which he was introduced to
various country artists. Since
then, he has remained in the
music industry, working a
variety of jobs, from booking
and marketing to performing.
“The music industry is
constantly evolving, and I’m
interested in keeping up on it
all the time,” he said.
In 2009, Bovenizer
“moved to Astoria to launch
a songwriting project and
started picking up gigs
playing drums for bands,”
he said, adding that drums
were his initial instrument
of choice. He got connected
with Munger, Greenan and
the Ydstie brothers about two
years ago.
“Right off the bat, it
clicked,” he said. “I’m hap-
py to be writing songs and
have a cool band behind me.
… The guys who are with
me are all pros.”
When it comes to
songwriting, Bovenizer is
inspired through random cir-
cumstances and situations,
like surfing or being in the
middle of a river in a canoe.
“Most of the songs that
end up being the ones I per-
form just come from stream
of consciousness,” he said.
In general, the people he’s
met in Astoria have “opened
up the music” for him.
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