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1635 SE 7th Ave
Portland, OR 97214
503.234.BEER
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SERVICE
Mon: 3 - 10:30 pm
Tue - Thu: 3 pm - 1 am
Fri: 3 pm - 1:30 am
Sat: 7:30 pm - 1:30 am
Sun: usually closed
TECHNICIANS
Jon & Jennifer Wallace
"...one of the best roots-rock/ Americana rooms in the city, a place where you can hear the rockabilly of Cave Catt Sammy one night and hot jazz from the Kung Pao Chickens the next."
~John Foyston,
The Oregonian
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Live Music Calendar
NO SEASAC MATERIAL ALLOWED TO BE PLAYED ON THE PREMISES.
Most shows start between 9-9:30pm. Cover charges vary.
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Early Shows ($2)
Tue—Fri, 6—8 PM
Tue—Fri, 6—8 PM
TUESDAYS: TRIO BRAVO — Featuring Keeter Stuart, Bob Love & Jeff Woodcock (country/honky tonk)
WEDNESDAYS: HIGH FLYER TRIO — Honky tonk/rockabilly, featuring Chris Olson, Ian Miller & Kevin
THURSDAYS: TOUGH LOVE PYLE - Featuring Bob Love and Sammy on sultry vocals, roots rock and soul.
WEDNESDAYS: HIGH FLYER TRIO — Honky tonk/rockabilly, featuring Chris Olson, Ian Miller & Kevin
THURSDAYS: TOUGH LOVE PYLE - Featuring Bob Love and Sammy on sultry vocals, roots rock and soul.
FRIDAYS: THE HAMDOGS — Featuring Susan Hammel: "The Dogs" serve up a 21st century take on
one of the most influential periods in the evolutionary melting pot of rock, country and honky-tonk/swing. You
know the names... Gram and Emmylou, Burritos and Byrds, the Dirt Band, the Desert Rose Band, New Riders of
the Purple Sage, Commander Cody, Rodney Crowell. Take a passionate journey into the energy, spirit and
songwriting brilliance of a time that continues to inspire generations of singers, songwriters and musicians to
this day... guaranteed to get you up out of your seat, put a smile on your face and add a wag to your walk.
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Fri 27th — CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS — 9:30pm - $10
Digging deep into the roots of American music, The California Honeydrops embrace
Digging deep into the roots of American music, The California Honeydrops embrace
the traditions of Blues, Gospel, Second Line New Orleans Jazz, and early R&B. With
stellar performances of traditional material as well as their own innovative music,
The California Honeydrops get people out of their seats and onto the floor, dancing,
sweating, and singing along. Born in Warsaw, Poland, band leader and front man Lech
Wierzynski began playing blues and jazz as a teenager at after-hours jam sessions in
Washington D.C. After studying trumpet with Marcus Belgrave (Ray Charles),Lech
continued his career after moving to Oakland, honing his craft with some of the
biggest names in American music, such as Maria Muldaur, Dan Hicks, and Jackie
Payne, allowing Lech to grow equally as a trumpeter, singer, and guitarist.
The vibrant rhythm section of The California Honeydrops is fueled by the unprecedented energy of saxophonist Johnny Bones (Eddie Palmiere, Nell Carter, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums), and drummer Ben Malament (Terry Reid, The Marvelettes, The Jelly Roll Souls). Currently touring with The CA Honeydrops is Doug Stuart on bass, and Charles Hickox on keys.
See them perform once, and you won’t be surprised why they were voted the SF Bay Area’s “Best Soul/R&B Band”. Nominated for “Best New Artist” by the National Blues Foundation (2009), and recently receiving 5 East Bay Express Reader’s Poll awards (2011) including “Best Band”, “Best Album”, and “Best Musician”, with a highly anticipated live album due to release in late 2011 and an upcoming East Coast tour, consider The California Honeydrops to be unstoppable!
6—8pm early show ($2) — The Hamdogs (country swing)
Sat 28th — ROY KAY TRIO / BARN DOOR SLAMMERS 9-9:30pm
The Roy Kay Trio is a hard working traditional rockabilly
band from the Northwestern United States. The line-up of the
trio is the same today as it was when they formed in late 2001.
Although, all three players, Roy Kay (vocals and acoustic guitar
Robin Cady (upright bass) and Mike Geglia (electric guitar and
harmony vocals) had been playing music long before they met,
the trio gave them a new place to play the intense, stripped
down, heart felt music they have loved since they were
young. In the tradition of Johnny Burnette, Charlie Feathers,
Carl Perkins, Buck Griffin, Hank Williams and Johnny Horton,
the trio writes original music staying true to the spirit of early
rockabilly and country.
THIS SUNDAY SHOW START AT 8PM:
Sun 29th — ROSIE LEDET AND THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS — 8pm
Watch out! The hottest Zydeco act on the Planet is coming to Duff's Garage!
The Roy Kay Trio is a hard working traditional rockabilly
band from the Northwestern United States. The line-up of the
trio is the same today as it was when they formed in late 2001.
Although, all three players, Roy Kay (vocals and acoustic guitar
Robin Cady (upright bass) and Mike Geglia (electric guitar and
harmony vocals) had been playing music long before they met,
the trio gave them a new place to play the intense, stripped
down, heart felt music they have loved since they were
young. In the tradition of Johnny Burnette, Charlie Feathers,
Carl Perkins, Buck Griffin, Hank Williams and Johnny Horton,
the trio writes original music staying true to the spirit of early
rockabilly and country.
THIS SUNDAY SHOW START AT 8PM:
Sun 29th — ROSIE LEDET AND THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS — 8pm
Watch out! The hottest Zydeco act on the Planet is coming to Duff's Garage!
ROSIE LEDET &The Zydeco Playboys http://www.rosieledet.net/
YouTube video: http://youtu.be/dYKAe60O_Ww
$10 cover 21+
Please join us at Duff's Garage - 2011 Winner Cascade Blues Association MUDDY AWARD 'BEST BLUES VENUE!*
"Today’s premier female Zydeco artist is Rosie Ledet, whose soulful voice kicks her male counterparts’ right out of the club."
—Wall Street Journal
$10 cover 21+
Please join us at Duff's Garage - 2011 Winner Cascade Blues Association MUDDY AWARD 'BEST BLUES VENUE!*
"Today’s premier female Zydeco artist is Rosie Ledet, whose soulful voice kicks her male counterparts’ right out of the club."
—Wall Street Journal
"If the Allman Brothers went zydeco they would probably sound like Rosie Ledet."
—New York Times
—New York Times
Since moving to the front of her husband's band, Rosie Ledet has earned a reputation as the up-and-coming zydeco act on the Louisiana-Texas zydeco circuit. Rosie (Mary Rosezla Bellard Ledet) hails from the rural town of Church Point, Louisiana, and learned to play the accordion by watching her husband and then practicing on his accordion while he worked during the day. With her self-penned tunes, Ledet provides a unique female presence in the male-dominated zydeco world. She sings in both Creole French and English. Her songs are often sly and lusty and combined with her natural good looks and bluesy voice, she mesmerizes audiences everywhere.
Describing her first exposure to zydeco, Rosie says, "I attended my first zydeco dance at Richard's Club in Lawtell, La. I didn't think I would like zydeco music, but when I heard Boozoo Chavis play, I was hooked! That night I fell in love with zydeco music."
Since rising to the front of her husband's zydeco band, Rosie has performed steadily throughout the Louisiana-Texas zydeco circuit, as well as playing from coast to coast. She has appeared at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, St. Louis Blues Festival, Frog Island Festival and other major festivals across the country. She won three Best of the Best awards from New Orleans’ Offbeat Magazine, including Best Zydeco Band or Performer, Best New Zydeco Group or
Performer, and Best Vocalist. Rosie is also one of the few younger zydeco players who still writes and sings some of her own material in Creole French.
Describing her first exposure to zydeco, Rosie says, "I attended my first zydeco dance at Richard's Club in Lawtell, La. I didn't think I would like zydeco music, but when I heard Boozoo Chavis play, I was hooked! That night I fell in love with zydeco music."
Since rising to the front of her husband's zydeco band, Rosie has performed steadily throughout the Louisiana-Texas zydeco circuit, as well as playing from coast to coast. She has appeared at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, St. Louis Blues Festival, Frog Island Festival and other major festivals across the country. She won three Best of the Best awards from New Orleans’ Offbeat Magazine, including Best Zydeco Band or Performer, Best New Zydeco Group or
Performer, and Best Vocalist. Rosie is also one of the few younger zydeco players who still writes and sings some of her own material in Creole French.
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Mon 30th — BLUES TRAIN — 8PM - Doors open at 7pm
Tue 31st — DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET — 9:30pm—midnight
All-star blues/eclectic rhythm 'n' blues/swing
6—8pm early show ($2) — Trio Bravo (country/honky tonk)
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FEBRUARY
Wed 1st SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 2nd GUY DAVIS - 7PM
*THIS WILL BE AN ACOUSTIC BLUES EXTRAVAGANZA
2 Great Artists!* *SPECIAL EARLY SHOW AT 7pm*
GUY DAVIS with Special opening act LAUREN SHEEHAN
Thursday 2/2 *EARLY SHOW* 7pm
$15 Cover at the Door 21+
He’s got some Blind Willie McTell and some Fats Waller, some Buddy Guy and some Taj Mahal. He’s got some Zora Neale Hurston and some Garrison Keillor. He’s a musician, composer, actor, director and writer. But most importantly—Guy Davis is a bluesman. The blues permeate every corner of Davis’ creativity. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters, African American stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance pieces.
Davis’ creative roots run deep. Though raised in New York, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned by listening to and watching other musicians. One night on a train from Boston to New York he picked up finger picking from a nine-fingered guitar player.
His influences are wide and varied. Musically, he enjoyed such great blues musicians as Blind Willie McTell (and his way of telling a story), Skip James, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, and Buddy Guy, among others. It was through Taj Mahal that he found his way to the old time blues. He also loved such diverse musicians as Fats Waller and Gustav Holst. Zora Neale Hurston and Garrison Keillor have influenced his writing and storytelling.
Throughout his life Davis has had overlapping interests in music and acting. Early acting roles included a part in the film Beat Street and on television in One Life to Live. Eventually Davis had the opportunity to combine music and acting on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1991 in the Zora Neale Hurston/Langston Hughes collaboration Mulebone, which featured the music of Taj Mahal. In 1993 he performed Off-Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. He received rave reviews and became the 1993 winner of the Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award.
Looking for more ways to combine his love of blues, music, and acting, Davis created material for himself. He wrote In Bed with the Blues: The Adventures of Fishy Waters — an engaging and moving one-man show. The Off-Broadway debut in 1994 received critical praise from the The New York Times and the The Village Voice. Davis also performed in a theater piece with his parents, actors/writers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, entitled Two Hah Hahs and A Homeboy. Of Davis’ performance, one USA Today reviewer observed that his style and writing “sound so deeply drenched in lost black traditions that you feel that they must predate him. But no, they don’t. He created them.” Davis’ writing projects have also included a variety of theater pieces and plays – Mudsurfing, an award winning collection of three short stories, The Trial (an anti-drug abuse one-act play that was produced Off-Broadway in 1990). Guy also arranged, performed, and co-wrote the music for an Emmy Award winning film, To Be a Man. In the fall of 1995, his music was used in the national PBS series, The American Promise
http://www.laurensheehanmusic.com/
LAUREN SHEEHAN:
"The first thing that strikes me is the beauty and clarity of Lauren's voice. It's like discovering some new instrument that combines qualities of fiddle and clarinet, fresh but with deep roots, accompanied by some pretty impressive guitar work. Lauren's music is rich with ingredients that nourish the human spirit."
- Phil Wiggins, of Cephas and Wiggins
Lauren is a charismatic 'songster', an interpreter of songs learned from some of America's greatest folk and blues artists. She is known for her voice, which slides through old lyrics like clear water through a smooth creek bed. Her performances are memorable for the authentic range of her material: from unaccompanied ballads, to boozy Memphis blues, to old time banjo tunes, to old country songs and eclectic modern folk. She is a musical shape shifter, in one song making the willow weep and in another making the werewolf howl. "She is a true entertainer, weaving the stories and history of the music into her performance and connecting with her audience on a personal level." (Gray Eubank, Director, Portland Christmas Revels). "Like the old songsters, I seem to have a simple destiny with song," says Sheehan. "I just collect, interpret and play the music that strikes my heart. It's the power of the strike that pulls me into a particular song."
Lauren grew up in New England where she studied classical guitar as a child and became infected by the spirit of fiddle music at contra dances in western Massachusetts. She wrote her thesis on American folk music at Reed College before spending a number of years playing in small ensembles while founding, administering, and teaching in independent schools. During this time, she toured in New England, Ireland and the Pacific Northwest. She retired from teaching in 2003 and dedicated herself to full-time performing and recording. One look at her website, shows the variety of club, concert, and festival dates she performs, in solo, duo, and trio configurations and with the old blues band Eagle Ridin' Papas.
Lauren's passion for learning directly from other musicians has led her into the homes and front porches of the musical legends who passed on much of the material and stylistic qualities she presents today. Her endearing performances spring from time spent with such legendary performers as John Cephas, Ginny Hawker, Etta Baker, Carl Rutherford and Howard Armstrong. She enjoys recalling the twinkle in John Jackson's eye when the two of them sat alone together in an old school house and he taught her "Come On Over to My House". Another vivid and hilarious memory involves a late night music jam in which the inimitable Smokey McKeen, Maine troubadour and Lauren's master's thesis mentor, concluded, "Girl, that was a two credit party!"
6pm-8pm show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 3rd THE LONESOMES / LOS OLVIDADOS
The Lonesomes are an urban Americana that travels Wilco's sidewalks on an old Schwinn cruiser. The band is an original, local rock and roll mixing elements of country, folk, and classic rock for a winning blend of straight-ahead Americana.
Los Olvidados - a little different for Duff's Garage, as these guys sing in Espanol.
Roots Rock in Espanol.
Sat 4th THE BUCKLES
This Portland, Oregon based group of experienced, talented musicians will fill your room with infectious dance rhythms and amazing vocals and harmonies.
Featuring highly accomplished musicianship, great vocals and a fun approach to entertaining. The Buckles provide a professional show that will surely liven up your event and entertain your guests; Songs ranging from Bakersfield-sound (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard) to The Beatles, Ricky Nelson, The Dave Clark Five, The Mavericks, The Wonders, The Derailers and more; The Buckles will have you dancing, clapping and singing along.
This fine group of talented and dedicated musicians combine their diverse backgrounds and years of experience into a solid blend of classic country music 50’s-70’s and Rock n' Roll tunes that provide a fun, memorable, entertainment experience.
Mon 6th LILY WILDE 8-11pm $8 (DOORS OPEN AT 7PM)
Award winning vocalist Lily Wilde heads up an ensemble comprised of 17 of PDX's top musicians and delivers Big Band Swing at its best! LWO brings a fresh take on what many perceive to be "the" music from the great swing era with a repertoire that delves further into the less "commercially" recognized artists, along with some of the more obscure tunes crafted by the more familiar "big names" of the genre. Oh... and yes, you will hear a few of your favorite standards, with some Blues thrown in for good measure as well!
This opportunity to experience an evening of great music on a grand scale in a fun, relaxed, and intimate environment is just the ticket for music lovers craving the answer to the question, "What's good 'n' hot in Portland?". www.lilywilde.com (8-11pm, $8)
Tue 7th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm
An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
Tue 6pm-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 8th SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 9th NATHAN JAMES TRIO
Never one to follow convention, and always one to think for himself, Nathan James has created a musical identity with his homemade instruments and self taught skills. Whether you catch Nathan James as his true one man band pickin' and scratchin' on his own invention of washboard guitar, stomping out time on his custom suitcase drum set while singing and blowing harmonica or kazoo; or leading his new trio, you are sure to be moved and impressed with the unique energy and soul that he possesses. Nathan James is a well respected and experienced artist in his field. For 15 years now, he has successfully made his living touring and recording, solely specializing on his passion of blues, and American roots music. Starting his career of full time gigging musician at age 18, Nathan is no stranger to live performance. Drawing from a deep well of influences from many early roots artists and styles, James was quickly attracted to the individuality of self made music and artistic expression. While simultaneously discovering the guitar and the blues at age 13, Nathan James has since been in complete focus as to where his life goal would lead. Growing up in the small town of Fallbrook Ca, has been influential in deciding to choose this path. "There wasn't a lot to do here, so you either got in trouble, or found something productive to do!" Having supportive parents that didn't force him into the usual college after high school allowed Nathan to go straight into the 'real working world' of playing music. "Part of it was luck that I was able to get paying gigs right off the bat!" Local San Diego blues bands the Blues Pharaohs and Billy Watson gave Nathan a chance to get his feet wet with enough local gigs to support himself literally a month after graduating high school! This led to also working with well known Southern California blues acts Jamie Wood, and Johnny Dyer. At age 19 Nathan got the call from internationally known blues veteran James Harman to join his band and tour the country. With Harman is where he gained the experience that has shaped most of his own career.
Thu 6-8pm early show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 10th JOHN KOONCE & THE TWANGSHIFTERS
Fri 6pm-8pm early show $2 – Honey and the Hamdogs (country swing)
Sat 11th RADIO GIANTS
The Radio Giants play their own unique blend of American music that is rooted in the foundations of rock, country, and blues, all brought together with modern pop sensibilities. Their songs travel the highways and byways of the American landscape. Themes of lost opportunities, regret, longing, hope, and happiness play out in their music.
Mon 13th SUSIE & THE SIDECARS 6-8PM $2
Rockabilly, country, roots
Tue 14th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm
An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
Tue 6pm-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 15th SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 16th SUPERVISOR PDX
Thu 6-8pm show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 17th TOO LOOSE & ATOMIC GUMBO
Dance the night away to Zydeco, and Cajun music!
Fri 6pm-8pm early show $2 – Honey and the Hamdogs (country swing)
Sat 18th DK STEWART SEXTET featuring the Soul Survivor Horns
$10 Cover 21+
*Please join us at DUFF'S GARAGE: 2011 Winner Cascade Blues Association MUDDY AWARD 'BEST BLUES VENUE'!*
Northwest Blues Legend and 6 Time MUDDY AWARD winner for best
Keyboards D.K. STEWART brings his veteran Band back for a night of
Blues, New Orleans Funk, R&B and Boogie-Woogie.
The D.K. STEWART SEXTET serves up swinging, uptempo jump blues by Nat
Cole, Charles Brown and T-Bone Walker; hard-grooving New Orleans funk
by Professor Longhair, Clifton Chenier and the Meters; slashing
Chicago blues by Howlin’ Wolf and Magic Sam; and his own soulful,
compelling originals.
D.K. Stewart, whose New Orleans, boogie-woogie piano style has been a
driving force behind such Northwest blues giants as Robert Cray, Paul
deLay and Curtis Salgado, has for the past several years been tearing
up major festival stages with his own group, the DK Stewart Band.
Backed by former Curtis Salgado Stilettos & Paul deLay Band bassist
Dean Muller, longtime deLay guitarist Peter Dammann, and drummer Cory
Burden, the Soul Survivor Horns, featuring British sax legend Chris
Mercer and NW all-star trumpeter Joe McCarthy.
Stewart has performed with such blues legends as Big Walter Horton,
S.P. Leary, Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells,
James Cotton, Albert Collins, George "Harmonica" Smith, Joe Louis
Walker, and Roomful of Blues, and has appeared on bills with Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Junior Walker, Clifton Chenier, Ray Charles, Paul
Butterfield, and BB King. Stewart’s keyboard virtuosity can be heard
on recordings by Robert Cray, Paul deLay, Curtis Salgado, Lloyd Jones,
and on his own three solo projects, including the band’s latest
release, “IN THE HOUSE.”
As a band leader, and as a featured sideman, Stewart has appeared at
major blues venues throughout the US, including Portland’s Waterfront
Blues Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, Seattle's
Bumbershoot Festival, Winthrop Blues Festival, Mt. Baker Blues
Festival, and the Legendary R&B Cruise.
Mon 20th FREEWILL 8PM - $5
Tue 21st DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
6-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 22nd SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30 6-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 23rd SWEETBACK SISTERS
Sweetback Sisters Emily Miller and Zara Bode may not be blood relations, but their precise, family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the Everlys to The Judds, as well as the spirited rockabilly energy of Wanda Jackson, one of the band’s role models. Like the artists they admire, the Sweetbacks are concerned with the traditional subjects of heartbreak, revenge, remorse and staying strong in the face of relationships gone wrong, albeit with a contemporary sensibility. “We’re a renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” explains Bode. “Sometimes what we deliver is straight out of the 50s; other times it’s BR549 meets The B52s.”
6-8pm EARLY Show Tough Lovepyle $2
Fri 24th EASTSIDE SPEED MACHINE / PERROS OLVIDADOS
6-8pm Show - Honey & The Hamdogs $2
Sat 25th BRITISH BLUES TRIBUTE NIGHT
In the early 1960s, while the blues languished in obscurity here in the U.S., teenage guitarists all across England were wearing the grooves out of scratched 45s by Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley and dozens of American blues artists. The first wave of the British Invasion was not led by The Beatles, but by working class bands that first put their own stamp on classic blues covers, and then tapped the blues idiom for a new generation of original rock ‘n roll.
For many American musicians of a certain age, the inspiration to pick up a guitar and start a band came from hearing the music of The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Animals and others like them blasting out of malt shop juke boxes, tinny transistor radios and the family sedan. For one night only, Duff’s “Underground” Garage celebrates this British Blues Explosion, inviting some of Portland’s premier blues and rock players to channel their garage band roots and pay tribute to those English lads across the sea who kept the blues flame alive until we discovered it was right here all along.
Featuring the music of:
The Animals
Long John Baldry
Cream
Spencer Davis Group
Fleetwood Mac w/Peter Green
The Kinks
John Mayall /Bluesbreakers
The Pretty Things
The Rolling Stones
Them
The Who
The Yardbirds
Artists scheduled to appear:
Greg Georgeson
Jon Koonce
Rich Layton & The Troublemakers
Andy Madson (of The Rolling Tones)
Geoff Metts
Mon 26th SUSAN & THE SURFTONES / WAVE SAUCE / SURF WEASLES
SUSAN SURFTONE, PREMIERE SURF INSTRUMENTAL LEAD GUITAR PLAYER, WEST COAST TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Album Coverage In BUST Magazine, AfterEllen and Record Collector News Portland, OR, January 12, 2012 – Acme Brothers Records announces Susan SurfTone West Coast tour dates. SurfTone will tour in support of the new full-length album titled, Shore. The live line-up features Susan SurfTone on lead guitar, Brian Goodman (drums), Kim13 (organ), Dan Ferguson (bass) and Avory Gray (organ/percussion). Susan SurfTone West Coast Tour Itinerary (all dates may be subject to change): Monday, February 27, 2012 at Duff's Garage in Portland, OR Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Forbidden Island in Alameda, CA Friday, March 2, 2012 at Max Steiner's, Long Beach CA Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Redwood Bar in Los Angeles, CA BUST Magazine wrote "Susan SurfTone’s new album, Shore, is helping me get rid of those wintertime blues….Her bouncy track “Chance” made me want to grab a surfboard, while the blistering guitar solo on “Subduction” made me want to learn a few chords. But it’s “Compression” that has me pressing repeat." And AfterEllen enthused "File Under '60s surf-rocking sounds making you crave hanging 10." Record Collector News specializing in vinyl releases will include a review in February/March 2012 print issue. Susan SurfTone founded the band Susan and the SurfTones in 1993. In 2000 she moved to Portland, Oregon. Shore is her first solo album. SurfTone has long been one of the only women lead guitar players fronting an instrumental surf band. She began playing guitar when she was nine years old and once her guitar teacher turned her onto The Ventures "there was no turning back." She has toured extensively throughout Europe and has a particularly enthusiastic following in both Italy and Germany (where OmOm Music and Gee-Dee Music have respectively released her music). SurfTone and her bands have toured with acts like Lords of Altamont (USA), The Balboas (USA), The Aqua Velvets (USA), The Surf Coasters (Japan), The Looney Tunes (Germany), Huskey and the Sandmen (Finland), Pollo Del Mar (USA), The Cadillac Hitmen (USA) and many others.
Tue 27th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
6-8pm show – Trio Bravo (country) $2
Wed 22ndSUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30 6-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Wed 1st SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 2nd GUY DAVIS - 7PM
*THIS WILL BE AN ACOUSTIC BLUES EXTRAVAGANZA
2 Great Artists!* *SPECIAL EARLY SHOW AT 7pm*
GUY DAVIS with Special opening act LAUREN SHEEHAN
Thursday 2/2 *EARLY SHOW* 7pm
$15 Cover at the Door 21+
He’s got some Blind Willie McTell and some Fats Waller, some Buddy Guy and some Taj Mahal. He’s got some Zora Neale Hurston and some Garrison Keillor. He’s a musician, composer, actor, director and writer. But most importantly—Guy Davis is a bluesman. The blues permeate every corner of Davis’ creativity. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters, African American stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance pieces.
Davis’ creative roots run deep. Though raised in New York, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned by listening to and watching other musicians. One night on a train from Boston to New York he picked up finger picking from a nine-fingered guitar player.
His influences are wide and varied. Musically, he enjoyed such great blues musicians as Blind Willie McTell (and his way of telling a story), Skip James, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, and Buddy Guy, among others. It was through Taj Mahal that he found his way to the old time blues. He also loved such diverse musicians as Fats Waller and Gustav Holst. Zora Neale Hurston and Garrison Keillor have influenced his writing and storytelling.
Throughout his life Davis has had overlapping interests in music and acting. Early acting roles included a part in the film Beat Street and on television in One Life to Live. Eventually Davis had the opportunity to combine music and acting on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1991 in the Zora Neale Hurston/Langston Hughes collaboration Mulebone, which featured the music of Taj Mahal. In 1993 he performed Off-Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. He received rave reviews and became the 1993 winner of the Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award.
Looking for more ways to combine his love of blues, music, and acting, Davis created material for himself. He wrote In Bed with the Blues: The Adventures of Fishy Waters — an engaging and moving one-man show. The Off-Broadway debut in 1994 received critical praise from the The New York Times and the The Village Voice. Davis also performed in a theater piece with his parents, actors/writers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, entitled Two Hah Hahs and A Homeboy. Of Davis’ performance, one USA Today reviewer observed that his style and writing “sound so deeply drenched in lost black traditions that you feel that they must predate him. But no, they don’t. He created them.” Davis’ writing projects have also included a variety of theater pieces and plays – Mudsurfing, an award winning collection of three short stories, The Trial (an anti-drug abuse one-act play that was produced Off-Broadway in 1990). Guy also arranged, performed, and co-wrote the music for an Emmy Award winning film, To Be a Man. In the fall of 1995, his music was used in the national PBS series, The American Promise
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LAUREN SHEEHAN:
"The first thing that strikes me is the beauty and clarity of Lauren's voice. It's like discovering some new instrument that combines qualities of fiddle and clarinet, fresh but with deep roots, accompanied by some pretty impressive guitar work. Lauren's music is rich with ingredients that nourish the human spirit."
- Phil Wiggins, of Cephas and Wiggins
Lauren is a charismatic 'songster', an interpreter of songs learned from some of America's greatest folk and blues artists. She is known for her voice, which slides through old lyrics like clear water through a smooth creek bed. Her performances are memorable for the authentic range of her material: from unaccompanied ballads, to boozy Memphis blues, to old time banjo tunes, to old country songs and eclectic modern folk. She is a musical shape shifter, in one song making the willow weep and in another making the werewolf howl. "She is a true entertainer, weaving the stories and history of the music into her performance and connecting with her audience on a personal level." (Gray Eubank, Director, Portland Christmas Revels). "Like the old songsters, I seem to have a simple destiny with song," says Sheehan. "I just collect, interpret and play the music that strikes my heart. It's the power of the strike that pulls me into a particular song."
Lauren grew up in New England where she studied classical guitar as a child and became infected by the spirit of fiddle music at contra dances in western Massachusetts. She wrote her thesis on American folk music at Reed College before spending a number of years playing in small ensembles while founding, administering, and teaching in independent schools. During this time, she toured in New England, Ireland and the Pacific Northwest. She retired from teaching in 2003 and dedicated herself to full-time performing and recording. One look at her website, shows the variety of club, concert, and festival dates she performs, in solo, duo, and trio configurations and with the old blues band Eagle Ridin' Papas.
Lauren's passion for learning directly from other musicians has led her into the homes and front porches of the musical legends who passed on much of the material and stylistic qualities she presents today. Her endearing performances spring from time spent with such legendary performers as John Cephas, Ginny Hawker, Etta Baker, Carl Rutherford and Howard Armstrong. She enjoys recalling the twinkle in John Jackson's eye when the two of them sat alone together in an old school house and he taught her "Come On Over to My House". Another vivid and hilarious memory involves a late night music jam in which the inimitable Smokey McKeen, Maine troubadour and Lauren's master's thesis mentor, concluded, "Girl, that was a two credit party!"
6pm-8pm show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 3rd THE LONESOMES / LOS OLVIDADOS
The Lonesomes are an urban Americana that travels Wilco's sidewalks on an old Schwinn cruiser. The band is an original, local rock and roll mixing elements of country, folk, and classic rock for a winning blend of straight-ahead Americana.
Los Olvidados - a little different for Duff's Garage, as these guys sing in Espanol.
Roots Rock in Espanol.
Sat 4th THE BUCKLES
This Portland, Oregon based group of experienced, talented musicians will fill your room with infectious dance rhythms and amazing vocals and harmonies.
Featuring highly accomplished musicianship, great vocals and a fun approach to entertaining. The Buckles provide a professional show that will surely liven up your event and entertain your guests; Songs ranging from Bakersfield-sound (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard) to The Beatles, Ricky Nelson, The Dave Clark Five, The Mavericks, The Wonders, The Derailers and more; The Buckles will have you dancing, clapping and singing along.
This fine group of talented and dedicated musicians combine their diverse backgrounds and years of experience into a solid blend of classic country music 50’s-70’s and Rock n' Roll tunes that provide a fun, memorable, entertainment experience.
Mon 6th LILY WILDE 8-11pm $8 (DOORS OPEN AT 7PM)
Award winning vocalist Lily Wilde heads up an ensemble comprised of 17 of PDX's top musicians and delivers Big Band Swing at its best! LWO brings a fresh take on what many perceive to be "the" music from the great swing era with a repertoire that delves further into the less "commercially" recognized artists, along with some of the more obscure tunes crafted by the more familiar "big names" of the genre. Oh... and yes, you will hear a few of your favorite standards, with some Blues thrown in for good measure as well!
This opportunity to experience an evening of great music on a grand scale in a fun, relaxed, and intimate environment is just the ticket for music lovers craving the answer to the question, "What's good 'n' hot in Portland?". www.lilywilde.com (8-11pm, $8)
Tue 7th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm
An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
Tue 6pm-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 8th SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 9th NATHAN JAMES TRIO
Never one to follow convention, and always one to think for himself, Nathan James has created a musical identity with his homemade instruments and self taught skills. Whether you catch Nathan James as his true one man band pickin' and scratchin' on his own invention of washboard guitar, stomping out time on his custom suitcase drum set while singing and blowing harmonica or kazoo; or leading his new trio, you are sure to be moved and impressed with the unique energy and soul that he possesses. Nathan James is a well respected and experienced artist in his field. For 15 years now, he has successfully made his living touring and recording, solely specializing on his passion of blues, and American roots music. Starting his career of full time gigging musician at age 18, Nathan is no stranger to live performance. Drawing from a deep well of influences from many early roots artists and styles, James was quickly attracted to the individuality of self made music and artistic expression. While simultaneously discovering the guitar and the blues at age 13, Nathan James has since been in complete focus as to where his life goal would lead. Growing up in the small town of Fallbrook Ca, has been influential in deciding to choose this path. "There wasn't a lot to do here, so you either got in trouble, or found something productive to do!" Having supportive parents that didn't force him into the usual college after high school allowed Nathan to go straight into the 'real working world' of playing music. "Part of it was luck that I was able to get paying gigs right off the bat!" Local San Diego blues bands the Blues Pharaohs and Billy Watson gave Nathan a chance to get his feet wet with enough local gigs to support himself literally a month after graduating high school! This led to also working with well known Southern California blues acts Jamie Wood, and Johnny Dyer. At age 19 Nathan got the call from internationally known blues veteran James Harman to join his band and tour the country. With Harman is where he gained the experience that has shaped most of his own career.
Thu 6-8pm early show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 10th JOHN KOONCE & THE TWANGSHIFTERS
Fri 6pm-8pm early show $2 – Honey and the Hamdogs (country swing)
Sat 11th RADIO GIANTS
The Radio Giants play their own unique blend of American music that is rooted in the foundations of rock, country, and blues, all brought together with modern pop sensibilities. Their songs travel the highways and byways of the American landscape. Themes of lost opportunities, regret, longing, hope, and happiness play out in their music.
Mon 13th SUSIE & THE SIDECARS 6-8PM $2
Rockabilly, country, roots
Tue 14th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm
An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
Tue 6pm-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 15th SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30
Wed 6pm-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 16th SUPERVISOR PDX
Thu 6-8pm show $2 – Tough Lovepyle
Fri 17th TOO LOOSE & ATOMIC GUMBO
Dance the night away to Zydeco, and Cajun music!
Fri 6pm-8pm early show $2 – Honey and the Hamdogs (country swing)
Sat 18th DK STEWART SEXTET featuring the Soul Survivor Horns
$10 Cover 21+
*Please join us at DUFF'S GARAGE: 2011 Winner Cascade Blues Association MUDDY AWARD 'BEST BLUES VENUE'!*
Northwest Blues Legend and 6 Time MUDDY AWARD winner for best
Keyboards D.K. STEWART brings his veteran Band back for a night of
Blues, New Orleans Funk, R&B and Boogie-Woogie.
The D.K. STEWART SEXTET serves up swinging, uptempo jump blues by Nat
Cole, Charles Brown and T-Bone Walker; hard-grooving New Orleans funk
by Professor Longhair, Clifton Chenier and the Meters; slashing
Chicago blues by Howlin’ Wolf and Magic Sam; and his own soulful,
compelling originals.
D.K. Stewart, whose New Orleans, boogie-woogie piano style has been a
driving force behind such Northwest blues giants as Robert Cray, Paul
deLay and Curtis Salgado, has for the past several years been tearing
up major festival stages with his own group, the DK Stewart Band.
Backed by former Curtis Salgado Stilettos & Paul deLay Band bassist
Dean Muller, longtime deLay guitarist Peter Dammann, and drummer Cory
Burden, the Soul Survivor Horns, featuring British sax legend Chris
Mercer and NW all-star trumpeter Joe McCarthy.
Stewart has performed with such blues legends as Big Walter Horton,
S.P. Leary, Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells,
James Cotton, Albert Collins, George "Harmonica" Smith, Joe Louis
Walker, and Roomful of Blues, and has appeared on bills with Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Junior Walker, Clifton Chenier, Ray Charles, Paul
Butterfield, and BB King. Stewart’s keyboard virtuosity can be heard
on recordings by Robert Cray, Paul deLay, Curtis Salgado, Lloyd Jones,
and on his own three solo projects, including the band’s latest
release, “IN THE HOUSE.”
As a band leader, and as a featured sideman, Stewart has appeared at
major blues venues throughout the US, including Portland’s Waterfront
Blues Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, Seattle's
Bumbershoot Festival, Winthrop Blues Festival, Mt. Baker Blues
Festival, and the Legendary R&B Cruise.
Mon 20th FREEWILL 8PM - $5
Tue 21st DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
6-8pm show $2 – Trio Bravo (country)
Wed 22nd SUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm
Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30 6-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Thu 23rd SWEETBACK SISTERS
Sweetback Sisters Emily Miller and Zara Bode may not be blood relations, but their precise, family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the Everlys to The Judds, as well as the spirited rockabilly energy of Wanda Jackson, one of the band’s role models. Like the artists they admire, the Sweetbacks are concerned with the traditional subjects of heartbreak, revenge, remorse and staying strong in the face of relationships gone wrong, albeit with a contemporary sensibility. “We’re a renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” explains Bode. “Sometimes what we deliver is straight out of the 50s; other times it’s BR549 meets The B52s.”
6-8pm EARLY Show Tough Lovepyle $2
Fri 24th EASTSIDE SPEED MACHINE / PERROS OLVIDADOS
6-8pm Show - Honey & The Hamdogs $2
Sat 25th BRITISH BLUES TRIBUTE NIGHT
In the early 1960s, while the blues languished in obscurity here in the U.S., teenage guitarists all across England were wearing the grooves out of scratched 45s by Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley and dozens of American blues artists. The first wave of the British Invasion was not led by The Beatles, but by working class bands that first put their own stamp on classic blues covers, and then tapped the blues idiom for a new generation of original rock ‘n roll.
For many American musicians of a certain age, the inspiration to pick up a guitar and start a band came from hearing the music of The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Animals and others like them blasting out of malt shop juke boxes, tinny transistor radios and the family sedan. For one night only, Duff’s “Underground” Garage celebrates this British Blues Explosion, inviting some of Portland’s premier blues and rock players to channel their garage band roots and pay tribute to those English lads across the sea who kept the blues flame alive until we discovered it was right here all along.
Featuring the music of:
The Animals
Long John Baldry
Cream
Spencer Davis Group
Fleetwood Mac w/Peter Green
The Kinks
John Mayall /Bluesbreakers
The Pretty Things
The Rolling Stones
Them
The Who
The Yardbirds
Artists scheduled to appear:
Greg Georgeson
Jon Koonce
Rich Layton & The Troublemakers
Andy Madson (of The Rolling Tones)
Geoff Metts
Mon 26th SUSAN & THE SURFTONES / WAVE SAUCE / SURF WEASLES
SUSAN SURFTONE, PREMIERE SURF INSTRUMENTAL LEAD GUITAR PLAYER, WEST COAST TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Album Coverage In BUST Magazine, AfterEllen and Record Collector News Portland, OR, January 12, 2012 – Acme Brothers Records announces Susan SurfTone West Coast tour dates. SurfTone will tour in support of the new full-length album titled, Shore. The live line-up features Susan SurfTone on lead guitar, Brian Goodman (drums), Kim13 (organ), Dan Ferguson (bass) and Avory Gray (organ/percussion). Susan SurfTone West Coast Tour Itinerary (all dates may be subject to change): Monday, February 27, 2012 at Duff's Garage in Portland, OR Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Forbidden Island in Alameda, CA Friday, March 2, 2012 at Max Steiner's, Long Beach CA Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Redwood Bar in Los Angeles, CA BUST Magazine wrote "Susan SurfTone’s new album, Shore, is helping me get rid of those wintertime blues….Her bouncy track “Chance” made me want to grab a surfboard, while the blistering guitar solo on “Subduction” made me want to learn a few chords. But it’s “Compression” that has me pressing repeat." And AfterEllen enthused "File Under '60s surf-rocking sounds making you crave hanging 10." Record Collector News specializing in vinyl releases will include a review in February/March 2012 print issue. Susan SurfTone founded the band Susan and the SurfTones in 1993. In 2000 she moved to Portland, Oregon. Shore is her first solo album. SurfTone has long been one of the only women lead guitar players fronting an instrumental surf band. She began playing guitar when she was nine years old and once her guitar teacher turned her onto The Ventures "there was no turning back." She has toured extensively throughout Europe and has a particularly enthusiastic following in both Italy and Germany (where OmOm Music and Gee-Dee Music have respectively released her music). SurfTone and her bands have toured with acts like Lords of Altamont (USA), The Balboas (USA), The Aqua Velvets (USA), The Surf Coasters (Japan), The Looney Tunes (Germany), Huskey and the Sandmen (Finland), Pollo Del Mar (USA), The Cadillac Hitmen (USA) and many others.
Tue 27th DOVER WEINBERG QUARTET – 9:30pm An All-Star Blues/Eclectic Rhythm n' Blues/Swing/ 9:30pm-midnight
6-8pm show – Trio Bravo (country) $2
Wed 22ndSUBURBAN SLIM’S BLUES JAM – 9:30pm Featuring: John Neish on Bass & Jeff Strawbridge on drums, 9:30-12:30 6-8pm show $2 – High Flyer Trio (rockabilly)
Early Shows ($2)
Tue—Fri, 6—8 PM
Tue—Fri, 6—8 PM
TUESDAYS: TRIO BRAVO — Featuring Keeter Stuart, Bob Love & Jeff Woodcock (country/honky tonk)
WEDNESDAYS: HIGH FLYER TRIO — Honky tonk/rockabilly featuring Chris Olson, Ian Miller and Kevin
THURSDAYS: TOUGH LOVE PYLE - Featuring the infamous Bob Love on vocals and guitar and the sultry vocals of Sammy, in this roots rock, rhythm n' blues band
FRIDAYS: THE HAMDOGS — Featuring Susan Hammel: "The Dogs" serve up a 21st century take on
one of the most influential periods in the evolutionary melting pot of rock, country and honky-tonk/swing. You
know the names... Gram and Emmylou, Burritos and Byrds, the Dirt Band, the Desert Rose Band, New Riders of
the Purple Sage, Commander Cody, Rodney Crowell. Take a passionate journey into the energy, spirit and
songwriting brilliance of a time that continues to inspire generations of singers, songwriters and musicians to
this day... guaranteed to get you up out of your seat, put a smile on your face and add a wag to your walk.
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