COMMUNITY
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
BRIEFLY
Kindle & the Playboys skate into 10th year
Recital features
student musicians
Tickets available
at Great Pacific
PENDLETON — The
public is invited to tonight’s
recital featuring cello
students of Loree McKenna.
The free performance
is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at
Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Those playing include Shae
and Sage Wyland, Elijah
Spencer, Paige Pitner,
Ashtyn Larsen, Michael
Morrow, Caleb Picken,
Reilly Lovercheck and
Kieric Speakman, all of
Pendleton, and Matthew
Estrada and Shiela
Burkhardt of Hermiston.
The program also
includes two ensembles,
a cello quartet and a duet.
Accompanying on piano is
Myrna Van Cleave.
For more information,
contact McKenna
at 541-276-4237 or
loree5645@gmail.com.
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Playing everywhere from
dive bars and rodeo arenas
to prisons and concert halls,
James Dean Kindle & the
Eastern Oregon Playboys is
celebrating its 10th birthday
as a band.
The group is hosting
a roller skating party,
complete with music and an
ice cream cake. The celebra-
tion is Friday from 9:30 p.m.
to midnight at Pendleton
Skate City, 407 Highway
11. In addition to a perfor-
mance by Kindle and the
Playboys — Peter Walters,
Brian Baird and Adam
Mack — several special
guests will play. Tickets are
$7 and can be purchased
in advance at Great Pacific
Wine & Coffee Co., 403 S.
Main St., Pendleton.
Singer-songwriter J.D.
Kindle always wanted
to front a Western swing
band dubbed “The Eastern
Oregon Playboys.” While
the group isn’t exclusively
in that category, he said they
do embrace elements of the
genre. Prior to the official
name, Kindle said it came
with several variations
along with his name.
“We are from Eastern
Oregon and it felt like a nice
way to take some regional
pride,” he said. “The boys
weren’t that hot on it
initially but I was pretty
insistent. We kept using the
name, and it has stuck by
now.”
Starting as a duo with
Peter
Walters,
Kindle
intended on fleshing out
arrangements of songs he
had been performing in a
solo capacity. Kindle had
relocated back to Pendleton
and the high school buddies
started inviting a few
friends to attend rehearsals,
including Brian Baird with
his bass, Cody Nash on
guitar and drummer Matt
Van Sickle. Kindle said
Photo contributed by Tristan Paiige
James Dean Kindle & The Eastern Oregon Playboys, featuring J.D. Kindle, Adam
Mack, Brian Baird and Peter Walters, are celebrating its 10th anniversary as a band.
“We are from
Eastern Oregon
and it felt like a
nice way to take
some regional
pride.”
— J.D. Kindle,
on the band name
the band performed as a
five-piece group for a few
months until Nash left to
join the Air Force. They’ve
remained a four-piece band
since that time.
Kindle, Walters and
Baird are all products of
the Pendleton High School
music
department.
In
January 2015, Mack, the
newest Playboy, relocated
with his family from the
Portland area around the
same time Van Sickle left to
pursue other opportunities.
Kindle had previously
toured with Mack as a
substitute bass player during
gigs with Sean Flinn & The
Royal We. They became
familiar with each other
while cooped up for hours
together on the road.
“Since we already had
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James Dean Kindle & the Eastern Oregon Playboys
•J.D. Kindle: vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, kazoo
•Peter Walters: guitar, vocals, tenor saxophone, vibraphone,
auxiliary percussion
•Brian Baird: bass, vocals
•Adam Mack: drums, percussion, vocals
a good rapport and I knew
he was a solid musician it
was a natural arrangement,”
Kindle said.
Kindle likened being
in a band as having
multiple significant others
simultaneously. With the
exception of Mack, Kindle
said the connection between
bandmates is probably the
longest relationship they’ve
been involved in. The key,
Kindle said, is that they are
friends — while they some-
times fight like brothers,
they also look out for each
other.
“Also, it helps that we
all really like burritos and
beer,” Walters added.
As
individuals,
the
members of the group are
often involved with other
musical projects, whether
as a solo artist, promoting
shows or performing with
other bands or choirs. The
group has collaborated with
the Oregon East Symphony
on several occasions, and
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addition, when the group
performs local gigs, they
share stage time to further
introduce other musicians to
Eastern Oregon audiences.
James Dean Kindle & the
Eastern Oregon Playboys is
releasing its fourth album,
“Roaming Charges May
Apply,” this winter. For
a sneak peak, hit up the
jukebox at The Packard
Tavern in Pendleton. Also,
Kindle will release a live
solo album later this month
that was recorded during an
August residency at Great
Pacific.
For more about the band,
visit www.facebook.com/
jamesdeankindle.EO.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
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Trivia event
benefits Heppner
Day Care
HEPPNER — Trivial
information can result in
prizes and fun.
Mr. Bill’s Traveling
Trivia Show will help raise
money for the Heppner
Day Care Friday at 7 p.m.
at the Heppner Elks Lodge,
142 N. Main St. The cost is
$150 per team (suggested
six-member teams) and
pre-registration is strongly
encouraged. The event
includes gift drawings and
a basket raffle.
For more information
or to register a team,
call 541-676-5429, visit
www.facebook.com/little.
peopleABC or stop by the
day care at 330 Gale St.,
Heppner.
Rally features
films, drumming
PENDLETON — In
observance of Indigenous
Peoples Month, an
awareness event is planned
in Pendleton.
Everyone is welcome
to attend the Indigenous
Awareness Rally. It features
a pair of films, “Historical
Trauma” and “We Shall
Remain,” Saturday at 1
p.m. at Pendleton Center
for the Arts, 214 N. Main
St. There is no admission
charge. Afterwards, the
rally will feature drummers,
singers and speakers at
Brownfield Park, 12 S.
Main St., Pendleton.
For more information,
text/call Destiny at
541-215-3764.
Music workshop
incorporates
sports techniques
HERMISTON — A
music teacher enrichment
workshop can provide tips
and techniques that can
help in student learning.
The free session for
pianists and piano teachers
uses ideas that come
through sports as well
as research on learning.
“Practicing and Coaching:
Ideas from Psychology and
Sports” is Saturday from 10
a.m. to noon at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 850 S.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. Pre-registration
is not required.
Sponsored by the
Umatilla-Morrow District
of the Oregon Music
Teachers Association
in partnership with the
Oregon Community
Foundation, the workshop
is presented by Bonnie
Esbensen. A private piano
teacher for more than 40
years, Esbensen taught
psychology and education
at Oregon State University
and Western Oregon
University.
For more information,
contact Sue Nelson at
musicdoc3@mac.com or
541-276-0346.
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Submit information
to: community@
eastoregonian.com or
drop off to the attention of
Tammy Malgesini at 333
E. Main St., Hermiston or
Renee Struthers at 211 S.E.
Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call
541-564-4539 or 541-966-
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